Sheher ke ghumgeen galiyon mein, jahan zindagi ka lay baraabar tez tha, do rooh mil kar aise mohabbat ki kahani likhne lage, jo hamesha unke dilon ko garam karde. Milye Emily aur Liam se, do ajnabi jin ki raastein ek barish mein mileen, aur unki mohabbat ne phool ki tarah khilna shuru kiya.


Emily, ek ummeedwar kalakar, jis ka shauq tha duniya ke husn ko apni canvas par qaid karna, aksar rangin galiyon mein kho jaati thi. Us faisle din, uski chhata ne usko dhoka de diya, jisse woh bheeg gayi aur mayoos ho gayi. Jaise hi woh haar maan ke ghar jaane lagii, aik garam awaz barish mein hawa ki trh se guzri.


"Chahat ki zarurat hai?" Liam ki awaz uski mehfil ki tarah thi. Woh wahin khada tha, uski aankhon mein meherbani ki chamak, aik pura ajnabi jo tayyar tha apni chhat ka saath dene ke liye.


Thora sa muskurati hui, Emily ne Ishara diya, aur chhat ke neeche, unhone kahaniyan batane lage. Liam, aik Lekhakh tha, jo inaayat ki roshni mein numayan thi, Emily ki funkaarana rooh se mutasir ho gaya. Jab woh saath chalte hue muskurane lage, unka hansna ek naagahani dhun ki tarah ghanti, aur unki tafreeqat barishy dhundh mein ghulne lagi.


Din hafton mein tabdeel ho gaye, aur unki mukhtalifiyat ne aik gehra rishta banaya. Woh kalakar Emily aur lekhak Liam, dosti se mohabbat ki taraf aage badh gaye. Saath chalte hue woh kalakari gallery mein jate, bagh mein chehakti hui hawa mein sair kartay, aur apne khwabon ki baatein karte, jo pehle kabhi zabaan par nahi aayi. Har roz unki mohabbat mazboot hoti gayi, aur unki zindagi Emily ki canvas par rangon ke tarah milne lagi.


Aik shaam, jab suraj sheher ki daakhil khak mein doob gaya, asmaan ko narangi aur gulabi rangon se saja dala, Liam ne Emily ko aik sukoon bhari chhat par le gaya. Manzar se mutasir hokar, usne Emily ko aik series khud se likhi hui mehboob notes dikhai, jo usne unki mulaqat ke din se likhna shuru kiya tha. Har note un lamhat ki yaad dilaate the, jinhe woh saath guzarte, un ehsaasat ki baat karte, aur umeed ka izhar karte.


Emily ne jazbat mein doob kar note padhne lagi, jabkay Liam ne apni mohabbat ka izhar kia. Us lamhe mein, unki mohabbat ek aisi taareekh ban gayi, jis mein inkar ka koi maqam nahi tha. Unki pehli mulaqat woh lamha tha, jaise hazaar aur bhi aane wali hain.


Magar zindagi ke mushkilein kabhi nahi ghayeb hoti, aur unki mohabbat waqt aur haalaat ke imtehan se guzri. Emily ki kalakari ki raah usay door door ki galleries tak le gayi, jabkay Liam ke lekhak daawat apni talaash mein usay door door ke shehron mein le gayi. Phir bhi, unki mohabbat un dooriyon ke bawajood aur bhi mazboot hui. Woh khat likhte, postcards bhejte, aur intezar karte, jab woh phir se milen.


Is tarah, unki mohabbat ki kahani jaari rahi, aise rishtay ki daastaan jise qismat ne joda tha aur dooriyan bhi jita deti. Har taqseem ke baawajood, unki mohabbat din ba din zyada mazboot hoti gayi. Unki mohabbat ki kahani kabhi bhi aasaabi duniya mein, shor o sharaabat mein bhi, sab se khoobsurat mohabbat ki kahani kaise khil sakti hai, yeh yaad dilaati rahi. Saal guzarne par, unki mohabbat ki kahani sheher ki galiyon mein phail gayi, aik aisi saboot jo dikhata tha ke mohabbat ki quwwat kisi bhi toofan ko bardaasht kar sakti hai, aur har surat e haal mein qaim reh sakti hai.