Chapter 6 – Missing You
Kajal ki life achhi tarah se chal rahi thi. Job aur padhai dono ko manage karna ab thoda aasan lag raha tha. Uske family ke problems bhi dheere-dheere solve ho rahe the, aur ghar mein khushi ka mahaul tha.
Ek din Kajal aur uske dost campus canteen mein baithkar baatein kar rahe the, jab Yoongi ne achanak announce kiya,
“Mujhe apne naye music album ke kaam ke liye kuch dinon ke liye shehar ke bahar jaana padega. Yeh moka miss nahi karna chahta.”
Sab khush the, par Kajal ke dil mein thodi udaasi chhupi thi. Wo soch rahi thi ki Yoongi ke bina din kaise guzarenge, kyunki wo uske saath comfortable feel karti thi. Namjoon yeh sab notice kar raha tha, lekin usne kuch nahi kaha. Andar se thoda hurt zaroor tha, ki shayad Kajal usse waise feel nahi karti jaise Yoongi ke sath krti hai.
Next morning, Kajal, Namjoon, Hoseok, aur Jin Yoongi ko airport par chhodne gaye. Kajal thodi off feel kar rahi thi, par usne apne jazbat chhupa ke Yoongi ko goodbye kaha.
Wapas aate waqt, Namjoon apni car mein Kajal ko le ja raha tha, aur Jin-Hoseok apni car mein wapas aa rahe the. Par Namjoon ne apna rasta college ki jagah badal kar Kajal ko ek peaceful jagah par le gaya.
Kajal thodi shock mein thi, soch rahi thi ki Namjoon ne usse wahan kyun laya. Namjoon ne apni seat belt kholi, Kajal ki taraf face karke use dekhne lga.
Kajal ne pucha,
“Hum yahan kyun aaye hain?”
Namjoon ne thoda serious hoke kaha,
“Mujhe tumse kuch personal baat karni hai.”
Kajal thodi heran thi aur nerves bhi thi. Wo sir hilate hue boli,
“Haan, bolo. Kya baat karni hai?”
Namjoon ne dheere se pucha,
“Kya tum Yoongi ko pasand karti ho?”
Kajal thodi shock ho gayi, usne Namjoon ki taraf dekha aur kaha,
“Woh sirf mera acha dost hai. Main uske saath comfortable feel karti hoon, bas. Aur kuch nahi.”
Namjoon ne thoda gusse se poocha,
“To kya tum mere saath comfortable feel nahi karti?”
Kajal hairan thi, aur boli,
“Tume aaj kya hoya hai? Itni ajeeb baatein kyun kar rahe ho?”
Namjoon chup raha, phir achanak usne Kajal ko kiss kar diya. Kajal aur bhi zyada shock ho gayi.
Namjoon ne kiss todte hue window ke bahar dekhna shuru kiya. Kajal usse dekhti rahi.
Namjoon ne kaha,
“Main tumhe pasand karta hoon. Jab bhi tum Yoongi ke saath hoti ho, mujhe achha nahi lagta. Haan, main maanta hoon woh mera dost hai, par main jealous feel karta hoon.”
Kajal chup chap sab sun rahi thi. Kajal ne thodi der ke liye aankhein band kar li, uska dil bhut tezi
se dhadak raha tha. Uske liye ye sab kuch itna achanak tha ki wo samajh nahi pa rahi thi ki kya bole. Namjoon ki baaton mein sacchai thi, par uske dil mein ek confusion bhi thi.
“Main tumhare baat se sehmat hu ki tume jealous feel hoti hai but vo mera friend hai to us se baat Krna normal hai but touchy nhi hoyogi itna kar sakti hu. Tum muje ache lgte ho but mene kbhi isa feel nhi kiya muje thoda time chahiye kya tum de skte ho ,” Kajal ne dheere se kaha.
Namjoon ne Kajal ki baat dhyan se suni, uski aankhon mein samajh aur thodi narammi thi. Usne halka sa muskurate hue kaha,
“Main samajhta hoon. Shayad Maine thoda jaldi confess kar diya. Thik hai, main tumhe waqt deta hoon, par please jaldi sochna, aur jab ready ho jao, mujhe bata dena.”
Kajal ne thoda relieved mehsoos kiya. Uske dil mein abhi bhi confusion thi, lekin Namjoon ke samajhne wale attitude ne uske jazbaat ko thoda halka kiya tha.
“Thank you, Namjoon. Mujhe bhi waqt chahiye apne emotions ko samajhne ke liye. Tum mere liye important ho,” Kajal ne dhire se kaha.
Namjoon ne car ko phir se start kiya aur wapas college ki taraf chal diya. Raaste mein dono chup the, lekin wo khamoshi mein bhi ek alag si baat thi—jaise dono ek doosre ki feelings ko samajhne ki koshish kar rahe ho.
College ke gate par jab Namjoon ne Kajal ko utara, to usne kaha,
“Kal milte hain, thoda waqt nikal ke baat karenge.”
Kajal ne muskurakar haan kaha aur apne backpack ko sambhalte hue aage badh gayi.
Us raat, Kajal apne kamre mein baithi thi, dimaag mein namjoon ke baare mein soch rahi thi. Wo janti thi ki dil mein ek nayi feeling ubhar rahi hai, lekin wo jaldibazi nhi Krna chahti thi.
“Shayad waqt hi batayega,” wo apne aap se boli.
Next morning, Kajal college campus mein thodi nervous thi. Uska dimaag abhi bhi kal ki baat mein uljha hua tha. Usne socha, “Kya main sach mein Namjoon ke liye waise feel karti hoon jaise wo mere liye karta hai? Ya bas dosti hai?”
Class ke baad, Kajal ne decide kiya ki wo Namjoon se baat karegi — apne dil ki baat khulkar. Wo lecture hall ke bahar thodi der ruk kar Namjoon ka intezar karne lagi.
Namjoon jaise hi bahar aya, Kajal ne himmat juti aur kaha,
“Namjoon, kya hum thodi baat kar sakte hain?”
Namjoon ne muskurate hue haan kaha,
“Bilkul, kya baat hai?”
Kajal ne dheere se kaha,
“kya tumne kisi ko kal ki baat batai hai."
Namjoon ne samajhdari se kaha,
“Nahi , kio kya huya.”
Kajal ne halka sa muskaan diya,
“Thanks, Namjoon. Tum sach mein ek acha dost ho.”
Namjoon ne apni baat jari rakhte hue kaha,
“Dost toh hum hain hi, par agar kabhi tum chaaho to main kuch zyada bhi ban sakta hoon. Jab bhi tum ready ho, main yahan hoon.”
Kajal ne thoda ghabrate hue kaha,
“Thik hai. Main try karungi apne feelings ko samajhne ki.”
Donon ke beech ek aisi khamoshi chhayi jo dono ke dil ki baatein bayan kar rahi thi.
Phir Kajal ne apne phone par ek message dekha — Yoongi ka.
“Miss kar raha hoon tumhe. Jaldi milte hain.”
Kajal ne muskurakar reply kiya,
“Main bhi. Jaldi milte hain, Yoongi.”
Kajal ne socha, “Zindagi kitni complicated hai, lekin isi mein to maza hai.”
