The Broken Heart - Heart That Is Hurt (Part 6)
In The Present Time
It was five o'clock in the morning. Lying on the sofa, Ashwath's eyes slowly started opening. Ashwath rubbed his eyes and sat up, looking at the time at the clock hanging on the wall. Seeing the time, Ashwath got up in a hurry and came to Shraddha lying on the bed.
"Shraddha ji... wake up early, you will be late in catching the train...!" Ashwath said in a loud voice, waking up Shraddha but she turned on her side and started sleeping.
"Get up Shraddha ji, you are getting late...!" Saying this Ashwath started taking out his clothes from the cupboard.
Shraddha was still sleeping, Ashwath came near her and started moving his hand towards her shoulder in an attempt to wake her up. Ashwath's heart started beating faster, he placed one of his fingers on Shraddha's shoulder and started shaking her slightly.
"You should have woken me up, Shraddha ji, but instead I have to wake you up... Shraddha ji, get up!" This time Ashwath shouted a little.
"Let me sleep Ashwath ji, I am feeling sleepy...!" Shraddha said while swearing in her sleep.
"I don't want to waste my time in waking you up, get up quickly Shraddha ji otherwise we will miss the train!" Ashwath took out his clothes from the cupboard and entered the bathroom. Shraddha also got up lazily and started searching for her clothes.
At 5:30 AM , both of them got ready quickly and came down. Everyone in the meeting was waiting for both of them. As soon as Ashwath and Shraddha came down, Sumitra ji came with the puja plate in her hand. He applied tilak on the forehead of both of them and after performing their aarti, both of them bowed down together and touched the feet of Sumitra ji.
"Have a nice journey to both of you...!!" Sumitra ji placed her hands on the heads of both of them and blessed them.
"I will miss you both a lot brother and sister-in-law...!" Saying this, Nishika hugged Ashwath and Shraddha.
"We will be back soon, Nishika!" Ashwath said.
"I will miss Bhabhi more than you, we both got to spend time on the same day and now Bhabhi has to leave from here!" Nishika said sadly.
"Don't be sad, when we come back we will spend a lot of time with each other!" Shraddha said smilingly.
"Hmmmm...but you come back soon!"
"Okay, we will come soon...!!"
"Come on, time is running out, it will take us half an hour to reach the railway station!" Kaushik ji said.
" Let go !" Saying this, Ashwath picked up his and Shraddha's suitcase and came out with everyone.
When Kaushik ji took the car out, Ashwath kept his suitcase inside it. After sitting in the car, Ashwath and Shraddha once again met Sumitra ji.
"You two, take good care of each other, don't fight and always stay with each other!" Sumitra ji said while explaining to both of them.
Both of them took the blessings of Sumitra ji and after picking up Aman on the way, sat in the car with Kaushik ji and set out towards the railway station. Today there was a little less crowd at the railway station, coolies were roaming around carrying the weight of passengers' luggage on their shoulders. Everyone sat on the bench and started waiting for the train.
"Ashvattha! You live well with Shraddha and take care of her... Aman, Shraddha! If Ashwath does any wrong, then both of you tell me directly, then I will take care of it!" Kaushik ji said.
"Yes! Of course uncle, don't worry, if he does anything then I will be the first to bring him to his senses!" Aman said.
"My intelligence is at its own place, find the destination of your intelligence!" Ashwath said.
"Thanks for telling me, but I don't have any brains!" Aman said in a joking tone.
"It is visible!" Ashwath said while staring at him.
Shraddha laughed a little at what both of them said but she soon controlled her laughter. Now her mood had calmed down a bit, otherwise Shraddha was upset just thinking about going to Jaipur with Ashwattha. After some time, the train came on the track making noise, Aman, Shraddha and Ashwath touched the feet of Kaushik ji and started keeping their luggage near the seat. After some time, the train started moving, Ashwath, Shraddha and Aman bid goodbye to Kaushik ji from the train window itself. Gradually the train picked up its speed and started moving towards Jaipur. Aman was sitting on the seat in front of Ashwath and Shraddha, listening to songs and Shraddha was looking at the outside view with her head resting on the window with her hand. The breeze hitting Shraddha's face was giving her peace.
Seeing both of them engrossed in themselves, Ashwath started looking around with boredom, the compartment where he sat was mostly populated. Ashwath did not face any problem in understanding his words, while looking here and there his eyes suddenly went to the boy sitting a little ahead of his seat who was looking back at Shraddha sitting next to him. Seeing this, I don't know why Ashwath started feeling burning in his heart? He placed his hand behind Shraddha and started playing the phone.
"I know you're not for me,
So why do I think you're the one for me?
I have no feelings for you,
Then why does my heart burn for you?
I don't love you, then how is this feeling? ,
After some time, Aman felt sleepy while listening to the songs and went to sleep. Gradually, Shraddha's eyes also started getting heavy due to sleep and her head started leaning towards Ashwath's shoulder. When Ashwath realized that Shraddha was sleeping with her head on his shoulder, he tried to wake her up but reluctantly he stopped and let Shraddha sleep like that. Once again Ashwath's eyes went to the boy sitting in front who was sitting at a short distance. Now Ashwath could no longer control himself and started questioning the boy while sitting at his place.
"Why are you looking here, is there something?" Ashwath asked politely.
"No... otherwise...!" A boy said while looking into his eyes.
"So why are you looking here?"
"Otherwise...we weren't looking at you!" The boy said.
"Sorry, I may have misunderstood!" Ashwath said while ending his conversation.
There was silence between them for a few moments but the boy again turned and said to Ashwath smilingly - "Take care of your wife, I do not want to see tears in her eyes!"
Hearing the boy's words, Ashwath froze for a few moments. He could not understand how this boy knew Shraddha and how did he know that Shraddha was his wife? Ashwath was not able to ignore his words even if he wanted to.
"What do you want to say?" Ashwath asked with surprised expressions.
"That's what you heard!"
"How do you know my wife Shraddha?" When Ashwath asked, the boy did not answer and turned his face away.
"You did not answer my question, sir?" The boy did not respond to Ashwath's words and remained sitting with his face turned away.
Now Ashwath also did not ask him anything and started looking at Shraddha who was sleeping deeply with her head on his shoulder. Seeing her, Ashwath's mind started thinking about her despite not wanting to.
"What happened Edward sir, is there a problem?" asked Joshua, his assistant sitting next to that boy i.e. Edward.
"No...what problem will I have?" Edward said.
"Sir! Do you know the boy sitting behind?" Joshua asked pointing towards Ashwath.
"No... I don't know them!"
"So what were you talking to him about?"
"I was giving them a little advice!"
"What kind of advice?"
"There is no advice for your work, you concentrate on your work!" When Edward said this in a calm tone, Joshua started working quietly on the laptop.
Jaipur, Rajasthan
The train stopped at the station at 8 o'clock in the evening. Shraddha came out and yawned, the breeze was making her feel quite good. Aman came out of the train and started stretching and bent backwards slightly, placing his hands on his waist. Ashwath also came out carrying his and Aman's suitcase.
" what ur doing....?" Ashwath said while staring at Aman.
"Exercise... can't you see?" Aman said while exercising.
"Enough of the exercise, grab your things!" Ashwath said while giving Aman his suitcase.
"I am taking it…!" Saying this he took his suitcase from Ashwath's hand.
Suddenly his eyes went towards Ashwattha. His hair looked like a bird's nest, his face was hanging a bit and he was standing holding one shoulder with the other hand. Seeing Ashwath's condition, Aman and Shraddha laughed a little. When Ashwath stared at them, both of them controlled their laughter.
"What has happened to you, why is your hair messed up?" Shraddha asked Ashwath.
"Tell me Ashwattha, who did this to you, it seems as if you had a scuffle with someone!" Aman also put his question to Ashwath.
"You two do not need to run the horses of your imagination, I have not fought with anyone!" Ashwath said in a flat tone.
"Looking at your condition, it doesn't seem so!" Aman said staring at her from top to bottom.
"If I can't seem to get it now, what should I do?"
"Get your appearance in order!"
"So tell me straight, why are you twisting things unnecessarily?" Saying this Ashwath started fixing his hair.
All three started leaving the station carrying their suitcases. Aman and Shraddha were walking while talking to each other but Ashwath's eyes were searching for Edward. He wanted to know about him. Seeing Ashwath walking behind, Aman called out to him.
"Walk fast friend, if you walk so slowly we will reach home tomorrow!" On Aman's request, Ashwath walked towards them both with his quick steps but his eyes were still searching for Edward whom Shraddha had recognized.
"What happened Ashwath ji, are you looking for someone?" Shraddha asked him.
" Yes.....!" Ashwath replied hurriedly while looking here and there.
"Who are you looking for...?" On this question of Shraddha, Ashwath realized what he had said, so he tried to change his words.
"No...otherwise, who will I look for?" Ashwath replied quickly.
"But earlier when we asked, you had answered yes and now you are saying no!"
"That yes came out of my mouth by mistake, I was just observing the surroundings! Come on, we have to reach home soon!" Saying this, Ashwath started walking holding Shraddha's suitcase.
To Be Continued.....!