Chapter 1
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3 times Khushi Kumari Gupta crossed the line
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Khushi Kumari Gupta couldn't believe this was happening to her again. Here, in a house full of happy people celebrating the new couple about to be bound by matrimony. Here, under the same roof where his wife lives, yearning for his company.
And she couldn't even scream.
His hands under her kameez felt the same as insects crawling on her skin. Khushi kept shaking. Nauseated. There were marks on either side of her arms. She wanted to throw up.
When she finally got the chance to run away from this pathetic excuse of a human being, Shyaam, she ran and she ran into none other than Arnav Singh Raizada. Always.
"Khushi what is wrong with you?!"
"Hu-humein maaf ki jiye Arnav ji" she mumbled without looking into his eyes and walked away without giving him a chance to talk back. Well, she actually wanted to hug him and tell him how she has been being groped- not once but on several occasions. But she was afraid of reasons more than one.
The next time it happened it was after her dance performance when she was changing her outfit in the room by the pool. It was becoming a regular ordeal and she had never felt more helpless before in her life.
"Khushi ji, agar aap seedhi baat se maan jaati aur humse shaadi ke liye haan kar deti" Shyaam whispered into her ears as he held her pressed against the wall, her hands behind her under his cruel grip with her back towards him. "Toh humein aise aapke saath zabardasti nahi karni padti."
"P-please. Chhor dijiye mujhe" Khushi felt his weight crushing him from behind. His breath under her ears- repulsive. All she could do was silently cry. She wanted to scream but there was no point. She was alone in here. There will be no help.
Or so as she thought.
When she realised she had been released from Shyam's captivity, she looked back to find Shyaam on the ground and Arnav, raging, throwing violent punches at him. She stood there immobile, watching as he kept kicking him, bashing him up and hurling abuses at Shyaam until the point where he fell unconscious.
And when Arnav Singh Raizada finally looked up at her, there was disappointment in his eyes.
"Arnav ji-"
"What on earth were you thinking, Khushi?" he spoke before she could finish. He wanted to scream at her but chose not to. He was hurt.
"Arnav ji aap hum-humein galat mat samjhiye. Ye-ye humaare saath zabardasti-" she broke down, letting herself lean on to his chest.
Why was she giving him an explanation? Did she really think he didn't notice her sudden change in behaviour? Or the fact that she'd have fresh red marks on her skin every other day.
He held her tight. "Aur tumne ekbaar bhi mujhe ye batana zaruri nahi samjha?"
Her mouth fell open as she looked up at him. He believed her?
"Humein laga aap humare baat pe yakeen nahi karenge." her words pricked him like pins.
"Aur agar main aaj yahan nahi hota, tab tum kya karti?" he rebuked. Arnav couldn't even get himself to imagine what all she had to go through all this while. Probably under his nose, and he couldn't do anything to stop it. He was mad at her, for her stupid ways. If only, she had spoken out loud. But mostly he was mad at himself for letting this go so far.
"Lekin..Anjali ji ko pata chala toh unhe bohot takleef hogi" her lips trembled as she spoke.
Oh, Khushi. When he looked at her face covered in tears and snot, he couldn't breathe. This girl is going to be the end of him.
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Hey! My name is Rii and I'm new to this forum. I only started watching the show a week back(a little late to the party, yea I know I know) and god, I'm hooked.
This is going to be a series of 3 OS/Drabbles. The concept is inspired from a fanfiction I had read on a Korean drama I used to watch. I cannot recall the writer's name but I give him/her full credit of the concept. The stories in this series, however, are written by me.
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