**Love Me in Another Life**
*(Ek Lambi Kahaani – Mohabbat, Kismat aur Doobti Hui Umeed Ki Dastaan)*
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Kabhi kabhi zindagi humein sab kuch dekar bhi khaali chhod deti hai. Aur kabhi kabhi sab kuch cheen kar bhi ek ehsaas de jaati hai — mohabbat ka. "Love Me in Another Life" sirf ek lafz nahi, ek dua hai. Ek aisi dua jo tab maangi jaati hai jab insaan ko lagta hai ki is zindagi mein sab kuch hote hue bhi woh us insaan ka nahi ho sakta jise woh sabse zyada chahta hai.
Yeh kahaani hai Aarav aur Meera ki.
### Pehli Mulaqat
Aarav aur Meera ki mulaqat bilkul aam si thi. College ka pehla din, bheed bhara campus, naye chehre, naye sapne. Meera library ke kone mein baithi thi, haath mein ek kitaab, baalon ko baar baar kaan ke peeche karte hue. Aarav ne pehli baar usse tab dekha jab woh apni seat dhoondh raha tha. Usne bas ek pal ke liye nazar uthayi, aur phir jaise waqt ruk gaya.
Kehte hain na, kuch logon se milkar lagta hai jaise pehle bhi mile ho. Jaise rooh pehchaan leti ho. Shayad yahi hua tha.
Unki dosti dheere dheere shuru hui. Pehle assignments, phir canteen ki chai, phir lambi baatein. Aarav ko Meera ki hansi pasand thi — seedhi, saaf, bina kisi dikhave ke. Meera ko Aarav ka khayal rakhna pasand tha — woh har chhoti baat yaad rakhta tha.
Waqt ke saath dosti mohabbat mein badal gayi. Lekin dono mein se kisi ne bhi pehle izhaar nahi kiya. Shayad darr tha — kahin yeh rishta badal na jaaye.
### Mohabbat Ka Iqraar
Ek shaam baarish ho rahi thi. Campus ke purane neem ke ped ke neeche dono khade the. Meera ne halka sa muskura kar kaha, "Kabhi kabhi lagta hai zindagi yahin ruk jaaye."
Aarav ne uski aankhon mein dekh kar jawab diya, "Agar tum saath ho toh ruk bhi jaaye."
Wahi pal tha jab dono samajh gaye ki yeh sirf dosti nahi. Aarav ne dheere se kaha, "I think I love you."
Meera ki aankhon mein aansu aa gaye, par hansi bhi thi. "Mujhe pata tha," usne kaha. "Aur main bhi…"
Us din se unki duniya alag ho gayi. Har subah ek dusre ke message se shuru hoti, har raat ek dusre ki awaaz par khatam. Sapne bhi saath dekhne lage — chhota sa ghar, ek khidki jahan se dhoop aaye, aur do log jo har mushkil mein saath ho.
### Majbooriyaan
Lekin kahaaniyaan hamesha aasaan nahi hoti.
Meera ek paramparik parivaar se thi. Uske maa-baap ne uske liye bachpan se sapne dekhe the — ek achhi naukri, phir shaadi kisi aise ladke se jo unki pasand ka ho. Aarav ka parivaar alag tha — financial struggles, zimmedaariyan, chhota bhai jiski padhai ka kharcha Aarav uthata tha.
Jab Meera ke ghar waalon ko unke rishte ka pata chala, toofan aa gaya. "Yeh rishta mumkin nahi," uske pita ne saaf keh diya. "Humne tumhare liye aur sapne dekhe hain."
Meera ne bahut koshish ki. Samjhaya, royi, ladaai ki. Aarav bhi apni taraf se tayyar tha har mushkil ka saamna karne ke liye. Lekin kabhi kabhi sirf pyaar kaafi nahi hota.
Ek raat Meera ne Aarav ko phone kiya. Uski awaaz kaanp rahi thi. "Mujhe shaadi ke liye haan kehni padegi."
Aarav chup ho gaya. Jaise saans ruk gayi ho. "Aur hum?" usne dheere se poocha.
Meera ne bas itna kaha, "Shayad hum kisi aur zindagi ke liye bane hain."
### Judaai
Shaadi wale din Aarav door se khada tha. Na kisi ne dekha, na kisi ne pehchana. Usne bas ek nazar Meera ko dekha — laal jode mein, aankhon mein aansu chhupaye hue.
Us pal dono ke dil mein ek hi dua thi:
*Agar is zindagi mein saath nahi mil sakte… toh kisi aur zindagi mein milna.*
Woh alag ho gaye. Zindagi aage badh gayi, lekin waqt kabhi poora bharpaayi nahi kar saka.
### Saalon Baad
Saal beet gaye. Aarav ek safal architect ban gaya. Meera apni zimmedariyon mein uljhi rahi. Dono ne zindagi jeene ki koshish ki — muskuraye bhi, khush bhi rahe, par dil ke kisi kone mein ek khaali jagah thi.
Ek din achanak airport par dono ka saamna ho gaya.
Pal bhar ke liye dono bas ek dusre ko dekhte rahe. Na shikayat, na sawaal. Sirf yaadein.
"Kaise ho?" Meera ne poocha.
"Zinda hoon," Aarav ne halki si muskaan ke saath kaha. "Tum?"
"Je rahi hoon."
Dono hans diye. Lekin woh hansi aankhon tak nahi pahunchi.
Boarding announcement hua. Jaane ka waqt aa gaya. Jaate jaate Meera ne kaha, "Agar sach mein doosri zindagi hoti hai na… toh mujhe wahan dhoondhna."
Aarav ne jawab diya, "Main har janam tumhe dhoondhunga."
### Love Me in Another Life
Kuch mohabbatein poori nahi hoti, kyunki shayad unka maqsood sirf is zindagi tak simatna nahi hota. Shayad woh roohon ka rishta hoti hain — jo waqt, faasle aur majbooriyon se pare hota hai.
"Love Me in Another Life" ek intezaar hai.
Ek yakeen hai.
Ek aisi kahaani jo yahin khatam hoke bhi kahin aur shuru ho jaati hai.
Ho sakta hai iss duniya mein unka milna mumkin na tha.
Lekin kahin na kahin, kisi aur aasman ke neeche,
koi aur Aarav aur koi aur Meera
phir mil rahe honge.
Is baar bina darr ke.
Bina majbooriyon ke.
Sirf mohabbat ke saath.
Aur shayad iss baar, kahaani adhoori nahi rahegi.
**Love me in another life —
jahan hum sirf hum ho.** ❤️