Part 41
When Visaal saw Sujal, her heart skipped a beat. She knew he would also be in the party but hadn't intended on running into him and now he practically stood in front of her. She had tried her level best to convince Riddhima and Anjali to let her go but they insisted that she joined them for the game. She agreed just for their sake but now with Sujal there, she wasn't that sure anymore.
For those few seconds that their eyes had met, Sujal was able to notice her distress. Something was nagging her and he wanted to know what it was. From the past few days he was able to notice his Kasish surfacing from beneath the Visaal shield but still there was a glitch holding her back. Whatever it was he was determined to get her out anyway he could.
The rest had got busy in making their teams and arguing about one thing or other. The challenge was set and both the teams were ready to out beat each other. Of course it was just foreplay to get Sujal and Kashish together.
The game began with Mauli taking the lead, "Aap Jaisa Koi Meri Zindagi Mein Aaye
To Baat Ban Jaaye, Haan Haan Baat Ban Jaaye ... Phool Ko Bahaar, Bahaar Ko Chaman
Dil Ko Dil, Badan Ko Badan
Har Kisiko Chahiye Tan Ka Milan
Kash Mujh Par Aisa Dil Aapka Bhi Aaye
To Baat Ban Jaaye ha baat ban jaaye"
Her gaze certainly remained on Piyush but her reference was towards Sujal from Kashish of course. Piyush stole glances and smiled and then got his cue to continue.
"Ek larki chaheeye khaas khaas
per ho wo MA pass, pass
Laakhon me ek haseena ho
her waqt rahe mere aas paas
Oska standard bhi high chaheeye
Mujhko aisee hifi ek lugayee chaheeye
mujhko aisee, hifi ek lugayee chaheeye"
The gang all shared knowing grins with each other as they continued looking towards Sujal and Kashish and then singing alternate songs to instigate their feelings further. It was a constant answering game between the male and female where they intended to reflect Sujal and Kashish's true feelings.
Riddhima looked towards Armaan and gave a sly smile that this was best time to tell him things indirectly. Therefore she pretended to look towards the women but her reference was towards him.
"Yeh larka hai allah kesa hai deewaana
kitna mushkil hai tauba isko samjhaana
ke dheere, dheere dil bekaraar hota hai
hote, hote, hote pyaar hota hai."
It was as if he understood what she meant and grinned. He wasn't going to just leave it like that so he prepared a good answer for her whilst others continued to cheer and clap.
"Hum tumhein chahte hai aise
Marne waala koi, marne waala koi, zindagee chahta ho jese.
Hum tumhein chahte hai aise"
After he finished both of them stared at each other with a different sense altogether. It was as if they tried to convey messages through their eyes and both of them understood the language of their hearts. Yet still she wanted him to spill it out like she had done in her letters.
Meanwhile the others carried on with the game with their concentration on Sujal and Kashish. They hadn't joined in yet and they had to do something to make them sing too. Mauli whispered something in Anjali's ear and she smiled. Then she took over.
"Seene me dil, dil me dharkhan
Dharkhan me kya hai teree pyaas hai
har pyaas mein dard hai sanam
yeh dard tera ehsaas hai.
Oh dilo jaana, teri tamanna her saas ko
Maine hain dekha mehsoos karke is pyaas ko"
The words certainly had stirred something inside Visaal as she felt them of being her feelings towards Sujal. Something she wanted to tell him herself but couldn't because she knew he was never going to be her's. She had fallen in love with Sharim not Sujal.
"Seene me dil, dil me dharkhan
Dharkhan me kya hai teree pyaas hai
har pyaas mein dard hai sanam
yeh dard tera ehsaas hai."
All Sujal could think the while was how beautiful she looked. The way she tried to hide her eyes away from him appeared cute and he smiled many times by himself.
She sure tried her best to avoid him but tonight he was going to make her confess that she had the same feelings as him. Nothing had changed over the year.
Atul got in form and sang dramatically, looking towards Anjali.
"Hasratein hai bohat magar, tumse kya me kahoo
leke baaho me, me tumhe
pyaar karta rahoo.
Hasratein hai bohat magar, tumse kya me kahoo"
He even went forward and took her in his arms. She was surely surprised as to what was he doing but then just laughed at his comical habits. It was too hard to take him seriously.
It was as if they sang all the songs according to Sujal and Kashish's present thoughts. The situation was perfect and his friends knew that once they got him singing then the magic would take place itself. They knew the rest would happen automatically.
The antakshari continued with the passing onto each other and various songs. By then Visaal had totally submerged herself into Sharim's world which belonged to 'Kashish'; his beautiful muse on which thousands of couplets had been written. But then again a part of her heart felt painful because now that she knew Sujal and Sharim were one, she also knew the fact that she was never going to get his love. If only she would have been his Kashish but she wasn't.
Her eyes reflected the battle going on within her and Sujal understood something was wrong. She looked upset and if he hated anything then it was tears in her eyes. Her eyes had welled up and he had to prevent it.
The gang was stuck at the letter'o' and a dispute had taken place between them about who was going to sing the right song. They soon heard the chords of the guitar playing and they all turned to see who it was. It was a pleasant surprise for them that finally Sujal decided to sing.
"Oh dil se dil ka rishta jo hain, pal do pal mein mitta nahi
Bandhan dilo ka toota nahin, bandhan dilo ka toota nahin"
He stood in front of Visaal and she knew he referred to her. This time he made it clear that yes he did sing for her.
"Tere dil ka mere dil se rishta puraana hain"
He touched the lone tear which dropped out of her eye just then
"In aakho se her aasoo mujhko churaana hain
Mujhko churaana hain
Mujhko churaana hain
Tere dil ka mere dil se rishta puraana hain"
She felt conscious with everyone's attention on her all of a sudden so she got up. Yet she couldn't leave so just turned away from him in order to hide her sadness. However he recognized his Kashish totally.
"Teri beichaini ka teri tanhaiyi ka ehsaas hain mujhko sun"
He turned her towards him to console her
"Main jo saath tere hoon phir tujhe hain kesa gham
Dard baat lenge hum sun"
Then he did the unexpected and actually kissed both her eyes. She didn't even protest as if it was a natural act which he alays performed.
"In palko main khushiyo ka sapna sajaana hain
Tere dil ka mere dil se rishta puraana hain"
It was soon that Visaal realized about their proximity which disturbed her. It wasn't correct and it was time she left. Without saying anything she walked away in order to get to the exit.
He knew very well that she was too upset to accept the fact of him being there for her. He couldn't just let her go because it was the correct time to pull out the Kashish she had buried inside her. He followed her and then prevented her way.
"Kaise me batayu yeh tera is tarha rona dekha nahi jaata hain sun
Sham jab dhalti hain subah muskuraati khushbuye lutaati hain sun"
He held her in his arms now and she held him tight as if she didn't want to be any place else. The solace she received there was unexplainable.
"Udaasi ke lamho me hamain muskuraana hain
Tere dil ka mere dil se rishta puraana hain
In aakho se her aasoo mujhko churaana hain
Mujhko churaana hain
Mujhko churaana hain"
The gang searched for them and when they saw the scenario, each one of them gaped with shock. They all thought that had they missed something because how did Sujal and Kashish reunite? Did the song do the magic? It was just unbelievable.
The saying was true though that dreams never lasted long and often had an abrupt ending. Similarly Visaal opened her eyes and saw she was in Sujal's arms. Everything came back to her and she just couldn't let it happen. It was just going to end up with her heartbreak and she didn't want that at all.
Therefore she pushed him back. "No, this isn't right." She stated and marched away from there.
Sujal followed her with desperate need, "Kashish wait…"
"Bus Sujal." She halted and made sure he maintained the distance. "I know you're trying to find your Kashish in me but I'm not her." Her eyes had gone blood shot red with anger. "I've tolerated everything till now but now it's the limit. I can't take it anymore." Tears streamed down her cheeks. "sirf chehre ek hone se log ek nahi hojaate. You'll never get what you want from me so just leave me alone. Ab agar tumne mujhe or pareshaan karne ki koshish ki to me police me complaint kardungi on harassment charges." She couldn't look straight in his eyes because she knew it would get more difficult. "I don't care whoever, was your Kashish and I don't even want to be her so you dare not try to find her in me again. Understand this very clearly Mr. Sujal Garewal." That was it, her self control had broken and she didn't want to break down in front of him so she just ran from there, to a place which was far away from him.
In a matter of moments Sujal's life was shattered once again. Her denial pierced his heart out and the whole world appeared empty.
Naajaane koi, kesee hai yeh zindagaani, zindagaani
Hamari adhuri kahani
Naajaane koi, kesee hai yeh zindagaani, zindagaani
Hamari adhuri kahani
He seemed to have lost everything again and now he was frustrated. He was tired of constantly fighting with his fate and running after something which had left him long time ago. The anger within him had grown to such extent that he himself was unaware of what he would have ended up doing. For the first instance he stormed out of the place too without paying heed to anyone around him.
Of course the show down was witnessd by the group and they were left speechless. Numerous emotions had afflicted within them which included, anger, sadness, repentness and somewhat fear too. The fear was related to Sujal as to it was unpredictable what he might do. They all knew his current state which scared them a lot.
Mauli, Varun and Armaan were furious with everything. "That's just it." Armaan kicked the ground, "I'm not going to just sit around and let my brother's life be ruined again." Varun seconded him.
"I agree." Mauli looked as if she was going to charge on someone anytime. "Bohat waqt de diya ham ne per kuch nahi huwa or ab waqt aagaya hain Visaal ko saari sacchai bataane ka." She folded her arms across her chest. "How dare she accuse Sujal so harshly? Ose koi andaaza bhi nahi ke kitna tarpa hain Sujal oske liye or osne itni behrehmi se oska dil kuchal daala?" She was hyper.
Piyush saw she was distressed which wasn't good at all. "Mauli please calm down." He held her. "I agree what happened wasn't right but you're not in the state. If your blood pressure rises then there could be complications for the baby."
It was true and she knew it but she was too angry to think about anything. "I know Piyush but I can't just leave this." She held onto her stomach as it slightly hurt. Piyush helped her sit down and then went to get some water for her.
Just then Rishi and Pratham arrived who looked really delighted. "Hey guys, I've got great news." Rishi announced with excitement. "Big B is officially off the case."
"Kya bole raha hain tu?" Mauli was confused.
"Yes bhabhi." Rishi nodded. "ACP Rana had had inkling about Big B not being responsible for his and Kashish's accident. The breaks of the car were failed due to which the car got out of control." All of them looked with surprise. "Theek wese hee Big B ki car ki bhi breaks kisine fail kardi thi jiskee wajese onka itna bara accident huwa."
It was certainly shocking news for them all especially for Mauli, Varun and Armaan as they were aware of the happenings more than the rest. Just then Piyush arrived with the water and when he saw Rishi he was glad and after hearing the news about Sujal's innocence, he was overwhelmed.
Yet there was something else he also revealed, which wasn't so pleasant. "The real culprit was caught, more like she gave herself in." Rishi narrated further.
The mention of 'her' was another alarming thing in their list. "What do you mean 'her'?" Piyush asked whilst taking care of Mauli.
"What I mean that it was quite shocking to know that it was Charu." As Rishi mentioned her name another set of gasps left the rest. The revelations were obviously unexpected so it hurt more to know the one you knew so well actually turned out to be the back stabber. "Yes it was Charu because after her father, Mr, Mehta died she was terribly disturbed. Now we all know that he wasn't Kashish's real father so obviously Charu took it all against her and believed everything happened because of her. Therefore she wanted to avenge her so she failed the breaks that day." They all sighed as he continued. "It was only unfortunate that Big B drove the car that day with her and then the accident took place."
"But why did she do it with Sujal?" Varun asked with slight agitation as they all had been friends once upon a time. Especially with Akshat which reminded him about him. "And guys where is Akshat? I haven't been able to contact him since six months."
Pratham had a glum expression. "Even I hadn't and now I know the reason and it isn't good." His eyes welled up and that expression told Varun everything but he didn't want to believe it. "I'm afraid we lost our friend way back, or wo bhi is Charu ki wajese." Anger took over, "maar diya osne hamare dost ko."
Mauli and Varun felt really sad because Akshat had always been close to them since they had all become friends. "Akshat is dead…" Mauli appeared in slight shock. "If Sujal finds out he'll terribly be depressed because Akshat was closest to him than all of us were." She shook her head, "we can't tell him about it. Not with everything else that's going on." She held onto her tummy again as slight pains came and went.
That made Rishi look around, "where is Big B?" if everyone else were there than he had to be.
At last Piyush told him what took place that night between Sujal and Visaal. How she rejected him harshly and then both of them stormed off without telling anyone anything. They all were very concerned about Sujal because they knew very well what he was capable of when he was angry. "Pata nahi Sujal kya karega." He looked tensed. "Itni mushkil se to wo theek huwa hain or kahi phirse wo…" he didn't want to think on those lines but he was forced to not think otherwise.
Things became worse because he noticed Mauli just took off without telling anyone. He knew very well she went after Visaal and in the condition she was in, it wasn't safe at all. He desperately ran after her to stop her and Armaan followed too, to help him. Riddhima also joined in and everyone was just running after each other.
In between, Shilpa turned up and she ran into Armaan. She held onto him and asked him where he was going and what happened. He didn't have time to stop and explain anything as he was going to loose Mauli but she didn't let him go.
It was at that point that Riddhima caught up with him and when she saw the two together, fury built up in her. He was still a total jerk and he deserved no attention what so ever. It was her fault that she fell in love with a man who didn't have any feelings at all. She just sauntered towards him and gave him a tight slap.
Of course he was flabbergasted as to what just happened. Yet when he saw the tears in her eyes he understood her pain and realized she was still pissed about him being with Shilpa. But before he could explain anything she ran away from there. "Riddhima wait…" he chased after her to prove his innocence.
"What is going on here?" Varun was confused seeing everyone running around. It seemed like he missed a lot even though he was amongst them all, practically the whole time.
"Leave that as at present we need to go and find Big B before its too late." Rishi insisted Varun and Pratham and henceforth all three of them left together to find him.
Visaal's house
She hadn't stopped crying since she had left the party as it was too painful to forget. Only she knew how much she had loved Sharim and now after the long wait it was all for a waste. The man was certainly an illusion and she should have listened to others whom had always warned her. Atleast then she wouldn't have had suffered from the heartbreak. Why did it have to be Sujal? The man was in love with someone else.
Her eyes were swollen but she couldn't stop crying. The moments in the past few months flashed in front of her; of the first time she had seen Sujal's injured body full of blood and then the lifeless body in the coma. Then there was the first time he opened his eyes and had seen her and then the rest of her encounters with him. She cried over the fact that she had always felt a connection with him but never understood it. Yet now when she did it felt as if someone stabbed her a hundred times. "I shouldn't have gone to that party at all." She cried more, practically feeling sorry for herself.
"Ab ro rahi ho per tab nahi socha jab tumne in aansoo ki keemat ki hee beizzati karli."
Hearing the sudden voice of someone else made Visaal turn around, only to be astonished to find Mauli there. "What are you doing here?" she asked angrily wiping away her tears.
Mauli stepped forward, "I'd no intention of coming here initially but after what you did with Sujal it was about time someone gave you a good hearing." Her arms were folded across her chest.
Visaal stood up from her bed with a spring. "I don't want to discuss anything with you so please leave me alone." She turned away.
"I haven't come here to discuss anything with you." Mauli intook breath as the pain returned in her abdomen. However she ignored the kidney shot, "I've only come to ask you that why did you do this? Jis insaan ne apni puri zindagi sirf tumhaare naam karli thi oski zindagi kyu istarha ujaar di?"
With a whiplash, Visaal turned around, "I haven't ruined anybody's life. From beginning I've told all of you repeatedly that I'm not Kashish and to stop obsessing about the fact but you guys didn't give up." Her eyes welled up again. "I warned Sujal too but he also didn't listen and now it had just reached the limit and it was about time I got it through all of your thick heads that I'm not Kashish, I'm Visaal. Only Visaal."
It enraged Mauli now and she almost jerked her body, "and how many times do I have to tell you that you are Kashish. That Kashish and Visaal is the same person, theek osi hee tarha jistarha Sharim or Sujal ek hee hain."
Obviously Visaal didn't want to hear anymore, "that's it, just stop it." she brushed her hands through her hair. "I'm tired of hearing this over and over again and now I've had it. Just leave!"
This time it wasn't going to be easy to remove Mauli because she was determined to reveal the truth, "I'm not going to leave until you become familiar with the truth and the truth is that you are Kashish." Visaal just distressfully turned away again. "Yeh baat tumhe samjhaana bohat mushkil hain but it has to be done. The reason why you are Kashish and don't remember about it because you've got a mental illness." At that point Visaal turned towards her with shock. "Yes its true. You weren't always ill but it practically took place when you first began reading Sharim's poems. You had buried yourself in his world so much that you fantasized about being the woman he often used as his muse. But the people around you didn't understand it and believed to be a dangerous obsession. Onki yehi roke toke ki wajese tum kuch hadd tak itni disturbed hogayi ke tumne apne aap ko yeh larki samajh na shuru kardiya. It was like an escape from them all." Visaal listened on but was just too distressed to agree. "It's a simple case of multiple personality disorder due to which whenever you want an escape you switch to Kashish. The woman, who is stuck in this world full of bad and is waiting for her knight to rescue her. Osi tarha tumhaaree Sujal se pehli mulaqaat huwi per tab tum puri tarha Kashish banchuki thi. It wasn't possible to bring Visaal back. That's why your friends also pretended that you were Kashish and your parents didn't have any choice. You had begun to believe that Mr. Mehta was your father who was in real Charu's father." Mauli felt the jabbing pain again but she ignored it, "Jitna sab kuch Kashish karti thi, jis tarha Sharim ne ose banaya tha, bilkul osi tarha bangayee thi tum, kyu ke tumhaara junoon yehi tha ke tumhe Sharim miljaaye." She found it almost amusing, "call it a coincidence but you happened to run into him unknowingly and then when you did find out, you fell even more in love with him. Per kismet ko shayad kuch or manzoor tha or phir tum dono ka wo accident huwa and due to your head injury, all of your Kashish's memories were surpressed. Your parents were glad and didn't insist the doctor to help you recover because they were only interested in having their Visaal back." Visaal tried to absorb the information but it was difficult. "You certainly got your life back but Sujal lost his life completely because his Kashish died that day. His soul left his body leaving it lifeless."
"No, this isn't true." Visaal didn't want to believe at all. 'This is all nonsense."
"Yeh sach hain," Mauli fished around in her bag and took out a file and a diary. "These reports are true." She shoved the file in front of her. "And this diary; It has all of Kashish's memories." She threw that in front of her too. "Itni saari baat ko kese jhutlaaogi tum?" Visaal covered her ears with her hands as she didn't wnt to hear further. "Never once did you look back towards a tormented soul who only lived for the sake of it but had no aim left. Jis insaan ne ose jeena sikhaaya tha os insaan ke jaane ke baad osne jeena hee chore diya." Mauli cried, "and for what? So that when that person comes back, simply comes up and says 'don't you dare come in my life'?" Visaal still didn't want to hear anymore and she cried. "He has wasted his life totally for you Kashish and without you Sujal is incomplete." Mauli held onto her tummy as she moved forward. "Oski bikhri huwi zindagi sirf tum hi sawaar sakti hu phirse. Please sujal ko oski Kashish lautaa do. Please…"
"Please just stop it, I don't want to hear anymore, just leave me alone." Visaal requested and broke down on the floor. The information was too much to take and she felt as if her brain was going to burst. All of it couldn't be true, it just couldn't.
There was really not much, Mauli could have done further. She had told Visaal everything and now everything depended on her. She felt really uneasy and the jabbing pain made her loose balance. All of a sudden she held onto her stomach and fell to the ground squealing out in pain. "PIYUSH!" 
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