Arnav learns a lesson Thread One - Page 27

Arnav breaks the kiss,breathless.

Khushi looks at the sad, guilt-ridden face of her husband and her heart breaks into pieces.

Khushi: Bas Arnavji! (wipes his tears) Aapko yeh sab kehne me itni taqleef ho rahi hai toh aap isse aage ki baatein mat kahiye! Aap apneaap ko sudhar rahe hain,aap apni galtiyon k liye humse maafi mang chuke hain,yeh hi humare liye sabse badi baat hai! Aur humein kuch nahi chahiye! Humne aapko maaf kar diya hai! Ab chaliye,aap..

Arnav(interrupts): Nahi Khushi! Aaj mujhe keh lene do jo mujhe kehna hai! U know what? Maine jab bhi koi bhi baat apne dil me chhupayi hai,it always led to a disaster!
Khushi(confused): Matlab?

Arnav(cups her cheek): Tumhe yaad hai humari shadi se pehle wali raat ko tumne mujhse poochha tha ki maine tumhare liye choodiyan kyun kharidi thi?

Khushi nods.

Arnav: Main tab tumse kehna chahta tha kyunki main tumhe khush dekhna chahta hoon,isiliye maine choodiyan kharidi! Kyunki maine dekha ki NK ki di huyi choodiyan sahi size ki nahi thi phir bhi tumne unhe pehenne ki koshish ki. Tum kitni excited thi choodiyon ko lekar!Mera man kiya ki main choodiyan dilakar tumhe khush karoon,tumhe chehre pe smile dekhoon,isiliye main choodiyan laya hoon!

Khushi smiles.

Arnav(shakes his head): Par main tab yeh keh nahi paya.. Main.. yeh bhi nahi keh paya ki tum mere liye special ho! Mujhe.. kitna kuch kehna tha lekin maine nahi kaha. Aur hua kya? Shadi wali raat ko.. woh sab..

He takes Khushi's hand in his hands.

Arnav: Agar maine tumhe us raat yeh keh diya hota toh tum bhi mujhse kehti na,ki tum bhi mere liye kuch special feel karti ho?

Khushi nods.

Arnav: Toh shaadi wali raat jo misunderstanding hui woh hoti hi nahi! Uske baad jo kuch bhi hua woh bhi nahi hota! Similarly,agar maine di pregnant hain,yeh sochkar Shyam ki sachhai unse nahi chhupayi hoti,toh kitna achcha hota! Meri yeh baat chhupane ki aadat ka nateeja hum sab ko face karna pada!

Khushi: Aap..

Arnav(interrupts): Poor Lavanya! I broke her heart.. Kaash main use keh pata ki main usse nahi, tumse pyaar karta hoon! Woh toh koi ummeed toh nahi bandhti aur na use taqleef hoti.(sighs) Lavanya bahut achchi hai, usne mere sorry kehne par mujhe maaf kar diya,par life itni easily humein humari galtiyon k liye maaf nahi karti hai! Baat chhupane ka fayda kya hua? Aage chalkar baat toh baahar aa hi gai. Time par nahi bataya us k liye life ne penalize kar diya! Galti meri aur saza sabko mili..

Khushi: Aap akele nahi hai is me. Bhool gaye? Humne bhi sab se us aadmi ki sachchai chhupakar rakhi thi?

Arnav: I know. So,the point is,ki koi bhi baat,chahe achchi ho ya buri,humein apne man me dabaakar nahi rakhni chahiye! Kyunki aage chalkar humein uske kaise consequences face karne padenge,yeh hum bhi nahi jante.

Khushi(leans her head on his shoulder): Sahi kaha aapne!

Arnav: Jaane se pehle Lavanya ne kaha tha mujhse..

Lavanya: Agar tumhari life me kabhi pyaar aa jay,toh hold on to it ASR! Kyunki pyaar nafrat se bahut bada hota hai!Sabse bada hota hai! Make sure ki tum use apni life se kabhi jaane na do!

Arnav: I was sucha jerk! Lavanya samajh gayi ki main tumse pyaar karta hoon aur meri nafrat sirf oopari dikhawa hai,lekin main nahi samjh paya! Maine apni life me koi bhi lesson waqt par nahi seekha,jiski wajah se meri life itni f***ed up hai!

Khushi: Arnavji!

Arnav: Aur kya?! Achcha ok,maan liya,us waqt mujhe yeh nahi pata tha that I love u.Tab toh pyaar ka ehsaas nahi thi,lekin aaj?Aaj subha mujhe Lavanya ki baat yaad kyun nahi aayi? Tumse roothkar sara din baitha raha. Kaam toh kuch hua nahi!Poore din tumhe miss karta raha lekin tumse milne nahi aaya! Lavanya ne kaha tha ki pyaar ko jaane mat dena,par main..

Khushi(interrupts): Par hum toh aapko bina bataye hi chale aaye,toh aap kya karte?

Arnav: Theek hai,par jab mujhe pata chala ki tum buaji k ghar aa gayi ho,mujhe us hi waqt yahan aa jana chahiye tha. Tumhe phone na karke seedhe tumhe lene aa jata! Lekin nahi! Meri ego, the great ASR ego,jiska mujhe ghamand tha aaj tak,woh actually meri dushman hai,yeh maine aaj realize kar liya hai! (lowers his eyes) I.. I feel ashamed Khushi! I'm ashamed of myself! Di ko mujhe batana pad raha hai ki mujhe apni patni k saath jo issues hain unhe kaise solve karna chahiye! Nani! Nani ne mujhe aaj phir.. us insaan k saath compare kiya jiske baare me main sochna bhi nahi chahta!
Khushi: Kiski baat kar rahe hain aap?

Arnav(disgusted): Us insaan ki jo meri maa ka pati aur mera aur di ka pita tha! Lekin usne humein kisi aur k liye chhod diya!

Khushi is too shocked to say anything.

Arnav: Usne jo kiya kya woh kam tha? Aaj nani mujhse kehti hain ki main sochu ki agar usne kabhi meri maa k saath zor-zabardasti ki hoti,ya apni galtiyon ka ilzaam maa par lagaya hota toh mujhe kaisa lagta?!

He swallows hard.

Arnav: Shaam ko di ne mujhse kaha ki main sochu ki agar us.. Shyam ne di k saath aisa kiya hota toh mujhe aur unhe kaisa lagta aur raat ko nani yeh kehti hain mujhse! Mujhe itna gussa aaya yeh sab sunkar! Maine pehle socha ki main nani ko keh dunga ki aaj k baad mujhe kabhi unse compare na kare! Aur di se kahunga ki main Shyam ka naam bhi unk moonh se nahi sunna chahta!

His voice breaks at this point.

Arnav: Phir mujhe laga ki maine toh isse bhi worst harkatein ki hain!Nani ko di ne woh bataya jo unhone us raat dekha,woh yeh ki main tumhari baahein jakad raha tha aur tum par chilla raha tha. Unhe yeh nahi pata ki maine nafrat k junoon me aur bhi ghatiya cheezen ki hain tumhare saath.. Tumhe Sheesh mahal me band kar diya, press me humari photos de di taaki tumhari badnaami ho jaay, tumhe parking lot me tez baarish me khada rakha, tumhe raat ko,sunsaan sadak par chhodh diya.(swallows) Tumhe office me torture kiya. Tumhe kiss karne ki koshish ki.Tumne sawal kiye toh tumhe dikhane k liye Lavanya se engagement ki announcement kar di. Tumhe kitni baar aukaad ka tana mara! (wipes the tear entering his mouth) tumse zabardasti shaadi kar li. Tumhe poolside par sulaya, tumhe patni ka samman aur adhikaar nahi diye! Tumhe meri har galti k liye blame kiya! I'm so sorry,love! I dont deserve ur forgiveness,but.. plz mujhe maaf kar do,har us galti k liye jo maine ki! M really sorry!

Khushi: Bas kijiye Arnavji! Humne kaha ne aapse ki humne maaf kar diya hai aapko. Toh aap khud ko kyun saza de rahe hain,ha? Aap kyun yeh sab keh rahe hain?
Arnav (cups her face): Tumse kya kuch nahi kaha maine Khushi? Tum mujhe shaitan aur rakshas kehti thi naa? Main toh shaitan se bhi battar hoon! Main..

He is unable to speak coz of the lumps in his throat.

Khushi engulfs him in a warm embrace.

Arnav weeps like a small child,holding Khushi tightly by her waist.

Khushi,like a forgiving mother,strokes his head lovingly and tells him to stop crying.

But Arnav doesnt stop,he cries his heart out.

PRECAP: Khushi: Chaliye,ab hum ghar chalte hain!

Arnav: ruko! Abhi tumne mujhe saza kahan di hai?Saza toh do mujhe!
Khushi: Hum aapko koi saza nahi dena chahte,aap bas ghar chaliye!

Arnav: Nahi! Main tab tak nahi jaunga jab tak tum mujhe punish nahi karogi.Aur jab tak mujhe nahi bataogi ki neighbours k wahan kya hua aur..

Khushi: Aur?

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Arnav breaks the kiss,breathless.

Khushi looks at the sad, guilt-ridden face of her husband and her heart breaks into pieces.

Khushi: Plz stop Arnavji! (wipes his tears) Telling me all this will only increase ur pain,so plz dont tell me what happened next! U r changing for the better, u have already apologized for ur mistakes, this is more than enough for me! I dont need to hear anything else! I have already forgiven u! So now,plz u..

Arnav(interrupts): No Khushi! Plz dont stop me tonight! U know what? Wheneevr I hav hidden something in my heart,it always led to a disaster!
Khushi(confused): What do u mean?

Arnav(cups her cheek): U remember u had asked me the night before our wedding, y had I bought those bangles for u?

Khushi nods.

Arnav: I wanted to tell u right there that I got u those bangles coz I wanted to see u happy! Bcoz I saw how elated u were to try the bangles which NK got for u, despite knowing that they were not of the right size. U were so excited about them! I wanted to buy those bangles to make u happy,to bring a smile on ur face,hence I got those for u!

Khushi smiles.

Arnav(shakes his head): But alas! I couldnt say all this back then.. I.. couldnt even tell u hav a really special place in my heart! I wanted to say so many things, but I couldnt say all that. And look what happened? On the night of the wedding.. all that..

He takes Khushi's hand in his hands.

Arnav: Had I told u everything that night then u would hav also told me that I hold a special place in ur heart,is it not?

Khushi nods.

Arnav: Then the misunderstanding which happened on the wedding night would have never arised! Niether would all that followed ever happen! Similarly, had I not hidden Shyam's true face from di,coz she was pregnant, it would have been much better! We've all had to face the consequences of my bad habbit of hiding things in my heart!

Khushi: Arnavji, u..

Arnav(interrupts): Poor Lavanya! I broke her heart.. Wish I could have told her that I didnt love her,that I love u! That way she wouldnt hav expected anything from me. And her heart would not have been broken n hurt. (sighs) Lavanya's really sweet , she forgave me when I said sorry, but life doesnt forgive us for the mistakes we commit that easily! And what did I gain of hiding all this? Anyways the truth did come out later. Life penalized me coz I didnt say the truth at the right time! It was my fault but everyone had to bear the punishment with me..

Khushi: U r not the only one who did this. Did u forget? I had also hidden the ugly truth of that man from the family for a long time.

Arnav: I know. So,the point is,whether it is something good or bad,we must never hide things in our hearts! Bcoz that way later on when the truth gets revealed, we dont know what kind of consequences we might have to face..

Khushi(leans her head on his shoulder): U r right!

Arnav: Before leaving Lavanya told me..

Lavanya: If love ever visits u in this life ,toh hold on to it ASR, bcoz love is much greater than hatred! Its the greatest in fact! Make sure that u never let it go from ur life, never ever!

*Flashback ends*

Arnav: I was sucha jerk! Lavanya understood that I've fallen in love with u and that my hatred is just on the surface, but I never understood this! I've never learnt any lesson on time in my life, no wonder my life is so f***ed up!

Khushi: Arnavji!

Arnav: No,really Khushi! Ok understoof, that time I didnt know that I have feelings for u. That time I hadnt experienced love, but today? Why didnt I remember what Lavanya had told me this morning? I was angry the whole day. Could do no work at all! Missed u throughout the day but never came to meet u! Lavanya told me, dont let go of ur love,but me? I just..

Khushi(interrupts): But I came home without informing u, so what could u have done about it?

Arnav: Alright, but the moment I came to know that u were at buaji's place,I should have come to pick u up right then! Instead of calling u I should have directly come to pick u up! But no! My ego, the great ASR ego, the one which I was so proud of till today, its actually my enemy and I've realized this today! (lowers his eyes) I.. I feel ashamed Khushi! I'm ashamed of myself! Di has to tell me how I should solve issues between myself n my wife! Nani! Nani again compared me to that man tonight whom I dont even want to think about!

Khushi: Who is that?

Arnav(disgusted): That man who was my maa's husband and my and my di's father! The one who left us for another woman!

Khushi is too shocked to say anything.

Arnav: Was what he did not enought? That tonight nani tells em to imagine how I would have felt had he mistreated and abused my mother, or had he blamed her for his faults?!

He swallows hard.

Arnav: This evening di told me to imagine how I would have felt had that Shyam done the same thing to di and at night nani tells me to imagine that man doing it to my maa! I cant tell u how angry I was when I heard all this! First I thought I'll tell nani not to compare me with that man,ever again! And I'll tell that I dont want to hear Shyam's name from her mouth again!

His voice breaks at this point.

Arnav: Then I thought what Ive done to u is probably worst than this! Di told nani only what she saw- that I was manhandling u and screaming my lungs out! She doesnt know what all my stupid hatred for u drove me to do! From locking u inside Sheesh Mahal, to giving ur photos to the press so that u loose respect in public, to making u stand in the parking lot despite heavy rains to leaving u at night on a desolate street,Ive done it all! (swallows) I tortured u in office. Then
I tried to kiss u on Diwali. When u asked answers for ur questions, I went n announced my engagement to Lavanya, just to make u feel bad! I taunted u about ur social status so many times! (wipes the tear entering his mouth) I married u forcefully. I made u sleep at the poolside, I never gave u the rights n respect that a wife deserves! I blamed u for each of my mistakes! I'm so sorry,love! I dont deserve ur forgiveness,but.. plz forgive me, for every single time that I hurt u ! M really sorry!

Khushi: Enough Arnavji! I told u naa that I have forgiven u. Then y r u punishing urself this way,ha? Y r u saying all this?

Arnav (cups her face): I was so harsh on u, Khushi. U used to call me a beast and a demon right? I'm even worse than a beast! I'm..

He is unable to speak coz of the lumps in his throat.

Khushi engulfs him in a warm embrace.

Arnav weeps like a small child,holding Khushi tightly by her waist.

Khushi,like a forgiving mother,strokes his head lovingly and tells him to stop crying.

But Arnav doesnt stop,he cries his heart out.

PRECAP: Khushi: Chaliye, now lets go home!

Arnav: wait! U havent punished me yet! Come on, punish me!
Khushi: I dont want to give u any punishment, lets just go home for now!

Arnav: No ways! I wont drive home till u dont punish me, till u dont tell me what went wrong when u went to visit ur neighbours n till..

Khushi: And till... what?

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Yes,it will happen for sure in IPK dear! We just have to wait n watch!