I was sitting on my knees with my back to him. Suddenly, I saw him dropping ahead from my side. For a moment, I dint understand what had happened. Then he straightened himself
“Kya hua” I asked
“Wo kuch nahi, I was trying to hold you but because of the train jerk, I lost my balance and fell ahead”
I burst out laughing. Amidst such passionate and romantic moment, we had a practical joke and I could not control my laughter. He started laughing too. For next half an hour or so, we just looked at each other and laughed. We laughed more. It was around 2:30 at night, and our voices must be making people wonder what we were up to.
Raat ke dhai baje koi shehnai baje,
Dil ka bazaar laga, dhilak ta pai baje
Chauki chauke chauke se, khoye khoye se hum,
Aankhein doobi doobi se, soye soye se hum,
Dil ne kaisi durgat ki hai, pehli baat mohabbat ki hai,
Aji aakhiri baar mohabbat ki hai,
Arey pehli baar mohabbat ki hai, aakhiri baar mohabbat ki hai,
Jaan hatheli upar le li, jaanu kaisi harqat ki hai,
Aji pehli baat mohabbat ki hai, aakhiri baar mohabbat ki hai…
The lyrics of this song came in my mind and I laughed even more. He lay down in my laps and I moved my fingers lovingly in his hair. He seemed so relax. His face so innocent, his eyes closed with a perfect smile , contentment in his heart. It all showed. I was so much in love with this man, I realized again. It was heaven to be so close to him, to see him this way.
It was one of the most romantic moment of my life. so much passion, so much laughter and so much peace.
I wanted him to take some proper rest. He denied at first, but I compelled him to lie down properly and sleep for some time. We lay on the same seat but in opposite directions. He had my feet close to his face and I had his close to mine. He cuddled up my feet and kissed them innumerable times during the night. I did the same. I seldom moved so that I don’t end up disturbing him, but somehow even while sleeping, we were very much aware of each other and not just aware, we also were thoughtful for other’s comfort. I woke up at the lightest of his movement and so did he, yet I experienced one of the deepest sleeps. It was because of the inner peace that we had with each other. He wanted me to sleep well, and was bothered enough to check every now and then if I would like to change positions. I felt and did the same for him. Kissing on feet could be equally fulfilling as to kiss on lips. Hugging from legs could be as satisfying as hugging otherwise. I could never imagine. I had always found train berths being uncomfortable and small even for one person to sleep, and here we were two grown up adults and still there was a lot of spare space. We were mingled in each other. We got up almost at the same time, as if we had not slept at all. As he got up, he turned himself and rested his head on my chest and kissed me affectionately. I wrapped my arms around him and we remained like that till we almost reached the station.
