Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Rishita wiped her tears as she recollected what had happened. Shiva stood still next to Dev. The doctor had said that Raavi was going through a partial amnesia.

To say that the family was in shock would be an understatement, specifically  for Shiva. His chipkali thought they were back to being enemies, she was back to hating him.

 And worse, she thought Dev was her husband. He just sat at a place hopelessly.

Rishita couldn’t control her tears and Dev was still in shock.

“I’ll talk to Raavi, I’ll tell her everything,” Dhara said wiping her tears.

Rishita took a deep breath and moved towards her, she knew what she had to do.

“No Bhabhi, we are not going to force her to regain her memories. Doctor clearly said that she would be remember everything slowly but soon. It can cause stress that can be injurious to her life. If Raavi thinks that Dev is her husband, then he has to pretend that he is,” Rishita asserted and a lone tear rolled down her cheek.

“Are you out of your mind?” Dev screamed at the top of his voice. “She is my younger brother’s wife. I can’t do that. I think Bhabhi is right, we should talk to her, she will be alright.”

“And what if it backfires? Will you be able to forgive yourself?" Rishita paused for a moment before continuing, "Dev, if I am alive today it’s only because of Raavi. She saved me and it’s our turn to do something for her.”

“Dev,” Shiva moved towards him and held his hand. “Maine aaj tak tujhse kuch nahi maanga, aaj maang raha hu, haq se. Meri Raavi k liye tujhe yeh karna hoga mere Bhai.”

Dev shook his head in disbelief.

He looked at Shiva with teary eyes, “Yeh tuney kya maang lia, Shiva? I can't do this. This isn't right! You love her so much!”

“I do. I love her. Lekin uska saath, uski zindagi se zyada zaruri nahi hai mere liye.”

Everyone looked at him stunned, they knew it was the only way but no one was sure if it was right.

“But Rishita, what about our baby? You need me,” Dev felt hopeless.

“Raavi needs you more,” she insisted.

“Fine,” Dev sighed.

Shiva hugged him.

“Thank you, Dev,” both the brothers cried in each other’s arms.

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Raavi stood in front of Pandya Niwas with a huge smile on her face. She held Dev's hand while entering. Dev looked at her uncomfortably. Shiva looked the other way and Rishita closed her eyes to calm herself down.

“Raavi, now go to your room, you need proper rest,” Dhara said and Raavi nodded like an obedient kid.

She didn’t ask anyone about where to go and walked directly towards her and Shiva's room.

Everyone looked at her stunned but didn’t say anything. All of a sudden,Shiva rushed and stood in front of her blocking her way.

“Tu andar nahi jaa sakti,” he said quickly closing the door.

“What is this behavior, Shiva? How can you stop me from going inside my own room?” Raavi looked at him in disbelief.

“Your room?” he asked her confused.

“Dev and I are married now. I might have forgotten the wedding, but I clearly remember I was given this room.”

She would remember everything slowly, the doctor had said. Shiva sighed a relief. His chipkali at least remembered their room. She wouldn’t be living in someone else’s room, she would live here, where they spent so many moments together. But he couldn’t let her go inside. There were pictures of them hanging on the wall. They had hung them together on their first anniversary. Raavi had said that it was their first step towards their future together. 

Moreover, he had to shift his stuffs somewhere else too. They needed time.

“You can’t go inside,” Shiva said. “You have to wait before some arrangements are done.”

“What arrangements?”

“You guys are newly married, we have made plans for you,” Shiva said looking down at the ground, particularly no where.

Raavi smiled. This bhootnath has actually made some plan for her and Dev? Shiva Pandya, who hated her presence in the house was planning surprises for her. Although she didn’t like him stopping from entering her room, she also didn’t want to spoil his surprise.

“Fine, I’ll rest in Dhara Di's room for sometime,” Raavi said and walked towards Dhara's old room which was now Dev and Rishita.

Before she could enter, Rishita stood in front of her.

“You can’t go inside.”

Raavi frowned. 

Who was this girl stopping her in her own house?

“Who are you?” she asked politely.

Those words crushed Rishita's heart). In a year of their respective marriages, they had become best friends – no, sisters!. But she composed herself.

“I guess you don’t remember me,” Rishita smiled. “I am Rishita, Dev’s friend.”

“Hello,” Raavi chirped as soon as she heard her. “Dev’s friend, that means my friend. Nice to meet you. You came to attend our wedding?”

“Ah… yes, but you can’t go inside this room because Dhara Bhabhi has given it to me for few days.”

“Oh, no issues. I’ll manage somewhere else."

Raavi knew she was asked to rest but she wanted to help Dhara with the chores. She walked out of Suman's room and moved towards the kitchen and bumped to Shiva. Ignoring him, Raavi tried to go from the other way and Shiva did the same at the same time, bumping once again.

“Tu jaan bujh k kar raha hai na?” Raavi huffed. “Just to trouble me?”

“What did I do?"

“Ab main Dev ki wife jo bann gayi hoon, isliye tu mujhe pareshan karraha hai.”

Shiva shut his eyes tightly hearing her calling herself Dev’s wife. He decided to avoid the topic and moved, Raavi moved too making both of them bumping into each other. She lost her balance and was about to fall when Shiva held her from her waist. He looked straight into her eyes and Raavi  looked back,she didn't know why but she felt her heart racing, their proximity was affecting her.

Shiva eyes were filled with tears. A lone tear fell from his eyes on Raavi's face and she came out of her trance. She pushed him away gently and stood up straight on her feet. She was deeply affected looking into Shiva's eyes.

Unable to control her racing heart, she ran back towards Suman’s room and shut the door, locking it from inside. She rested on the other side of the door for a few minutes to calm her racing heart. 

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I hope that was good 

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