Chapter 07: Home... ?

I had started feeling suffocated there. That same pale wall was looking so dull, so uninteresting. The lights were as bright as from the time of inception date but, the difference is the brightness now, couldn’t show me the path in darkness. I needed to leave that Place as much as an employee wants to log out from his office at 6:00 PM.
 I wanted to change my flat not because I had started getting negative vibes there but, because there was nothing left for me anymore.

There was nothing for me in her heart now, so I choose to take my good memories and luggage and leave the place for a better good.

I am a bachelor, which means that I do not belong here. When your conversations gets limited and that laughter supporting your humour fades away… Then the Land lady says,”Wo sab to thik hai beta! Par, Ab humne ye Ghar family walo ko dene ka faisla kiya hai”.

I do not deserve a place in your house because I am not settled yet…? Sounds convincing from Land Lady’s point of view….

So, as I left carrying all the luggage on my own and wandering over the pedestal … I took out a blanket and made my cottage of cheese till, she flipped my days……..

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LIGHTS

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FLASHBACK

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I was looking for a flat so, that I can feel belongingness. A loyal Inclusion.

She gave a call for conformation. I replied affirmatively.

When I moved into her flat… I literally visualised the set-up, Will keep the bed here and Put the bean bag there. I imagined it all with you. If you had said that you liked coffee, I would have bought the Xpresso machine. I was delighted to get that place and thus Partied whole night the first night. When I woke up in the morning there was a lovely mess at my new address. I cleaned up the utensils and cleared the choke ups… & then my phone rang… I was so happy to see the caller ID... It was the Land Lady <3. I picked up, she said Hello…

& That was the time I got the feeling of occupancy. You should have seen my face with continuous expanding smile. God, I loved it. I had that self-complete feeling that yes, now I am settled. I again partied the whole night. That night we laugh together till 4:30 in the morning.

At 4:35..

I asked should we sleep now..? She said No na… & We blushed.

The words from conversations of that night might have been buried somewhere now… But, that moment is still revolving in the back of my head as if I have got the place for the first time in my life.

I planned a house party where all our friends could have come. It taught of it as for old days sake, So, that we could get inspired to see that we have reached somewhere from here. I wanted to tell my new address but, the land lady added some terms and conditions to the agreement. No friends allowed. she said Bunney, this will disrupt our privacy. I smiled cunningly and didn’t spoke a word with my friends.

       The next day, I was polishing my shoes and my phone started signing “Heeriye, Heeriye Mai ranjhanna tera…. Hoooo Heriye heriye……….”. I throw away cheery blossoms and picked my phone. I said Hello Land Lady, I was expecting your call.

But, I was not expecting this from you. She added.

 She made me aware that The Secretary of my Society had made a complain, Ye, upar wale flat ka bachelor raat bhar party karta rehta hai.

Now, This is a one of those critical turns in Occupancy. I suggest Handle with care.

To cut the long story short, All I could remember is, there was a fire last time. We lighted up it by ourselves. I didn’t had contact number of fire fighter so I called my friends but, they didn’t knew the address. We burned our nest not because the secretary didn’t understood the Loyal Inclusion. We both forgot our belongingness.

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Present day

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I was having my evening tea and my phone rang … “I’m in love with the shape of you…..”

We talked for half an hour, we do it daily. She was telling me about the how rough her day was, how hard she finds to stay positive in the organisation… & I kept telling her that I believe in you… No Matter what, I believe in you.

She is not my new Land lady but, we do have our place fixed at each other’s Flat…

She says, you are that destination where I want to reach. You are my Home where I get my Peace.