FF: It all started with 300 Rupees Updated Part 22 - Page 13

Originally posted by: Appy_Indy

what a beautiful part...i simply dont have words

I am just mesmerized...still in tranz.

I will be back with my comments soon.

B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L

Originally posted by: desicurry

ooohh my God

what an update

suuuperb
full of emotions

wahh just loved it

kushi forgives asr
asr on knees begging

hope they confess their love or sth like this
and kushi decides tries to live with asr again,
to give him a chance to love him

can't wait for the next part

gud work :)

Originally posted by: MrsRaizada101

khushi the silence is killing me! and omg that was so emotional! the wat he went down on his knees after stopping her and the fact he asked her the question... beautiful beautiful update! my mind = blown i just LOVE the update😆!

It all started with 300 Rupees (Part 7)

"Khushi, what happened that night? I don't remember anything……. I tried and tried but I couldn't recall what happened that night…..and the way you left next morning……without waking me up……I know I will never be able to face you again…..or myself…..if your answer is 'yes'….but I still have to know…..for my sake…..Did I force myself on you that night Khushi…..Did I forcefully……did I…..is that why you don't want to come back to my life? Did I force you to sleep with me Khushi…..? Did I r…..a……p……e you? Did I?"

She looked at him……

In complete silence….

No sound……..

Still………

Lifeless……..

He asked her again sensing her discomfort "I know you probably hate me for what I did that night…..but I still need to know Khushi….please tell me what happened that night…..Did I force you to……?

Silence

Silence

Silence

NOTHING could have prepared him better for the answer he heard…….

"NO" she replied……tears rolling simultaneously…..as she answered……

She looked straight into his eyes and said "No, you didn't force me to do anything….."

The Blur…….the night……the kiss…….the broken bangle……..the wrinkled sheet……..the blood stain……..it all came back to him……..that morning……..the letter……the leaf………the 'I did love you'………her leaving……quietly…….the confusion…….his mind rambling……with thoughts…….

But……if I didn't force her then why did she……leave………

He had to find out…….THE TRUTH…….

Arnav moved closer towards her…… she saw him approaching her…..

She started moving back…….and said "I have to go now…….I can't…….stay……I…." she turned around and started running…..away from him…….farther away……

Arnav ran after her…….he wasn't going to let her go……not like this……he followed her……so fast…..as if Khushi was his oxygen…..if he let her go…….he would die…….he got to her……went around her………stopped her……..and said…… "Khushi, wait….."

She stopped…….her eyes were red…….from all the crying……..her face was wet…….she looked disturbed…..she kept wiping her tears……but wasn't able to hold the stream in..….

He approached her again and said "Khushi, are you okay? Why are you running away from me? Are you hiding something from me? You did tell me the truth…..right? I didn't force myself on you? You can honestly tell me if I did……I can take it……you don't have to lie to me……tell me Khushi, did I force you to bed with me? Did I?

She started crying harder……..much harder……

Arnav couldn't understand this……other than the fact that he couldn't see her like this……he wasn't even able to understand any of this……why was she crying……if he didn't force her into doing anything……OR did he? Was she trying to protect him…..? If not, then why was she sobbing like this? What was going on? He couldn't follow any of this.

He held her firmly by her arms and said "Khushi, please stop crying….please……don't cry……" He cupped her face with one hand and wiped the tears from the other…….he saw her red eyes from close……felt her burning cheeks……held her shaking body…….why was she like this all of sudden…..what was going on……he needed to know……this was driving him crazy…

He asked her again "Khushi, are you okay?" still holding her firmly……trying to understand what was happening…...he was worried about khushi……he saw her again……standing still……tears kept balling…….he wiped her tears and asked her again "khushi, are you okay?" she just stared at him……blankly……no emotion…..no hatred.…. Nothing……it seemed as if her tears had washed away all her emotions in the past few minutes…… even more confused…..now Arnav was concerned……he shook her little, still holding her firmly, yelled her name "KHUSHI, what's wrong….Khushi…..can you hear me……Khushi…..talk to me……"

All she could do was blink……she just blinked…….and remained liked that……her eyes closed…….shut tight……trembling body…….he couldn't take this anymore……he asked her again "Khushi, please answer me…..what's wrong……why are you doing this…..what are you afraid of? Please talk to me Khushi, please open your eyes……Khushi you are scaring me now……Please Khushi…..tell me….what's going on?"

I must have definitely forced her that night……he thought…..that's why she is reacting like this….there is no other explanation…..all the horrible memories must have come back when I asked her that question……what the hell is wrong with me……first I forcefully…….then I turn around and ask her for details…..what is wrong with me? Am I really expecting her to sit there and narrate me the whole night? It wasn't enough that I had made her life miserable and she still forgave me. Now I had to remind her of that night……I am so selfish……just to get rid of my guilt, I did this to her?……."DAMN IT!" he screamed out loud at himself……

She heard him scream…….and finally opened her eyes…..she looked at him…..she saw him holding her again……she removed his hands one by one from her body…….and stepped back…..

She said "I have already answered your question, no you didn't force me to do anything, can I go now?" He replied "Khushi, if you are telling the truth then what just happened, why were you crying like that? What made you so upset? Are you hiding something from me Khushi? If I didn't force myself on you then why……?"

She replied "I don't think I need to explain you anything…….I think I am allowed to cry when I feel like it…..am I not?" Arnav answered "yes, you are allowed to do anything you want but I still don't think you are telling me the truth…..there is more to what you are telling me……..you don't need to be that nice to me Khushi, if I was such a beast, then I need to know that Khushi…..please tell me honestly…….I know it must be very uncomfortable for you to discuss about that night…..but if I don't know the truth……I can NEVER face you again…..and I don't want to lose you again……I DON'T…….so it's very important that I know exactly what happened……..PLEASE".

She looked at him blankly and said "as I told you earlier, NO YOU DID NOT RAPE ME, and that's it, that's the truth…..ALL OF IT, now if you excuse me, I have people waiting for me inside….."

He interrupted "I don't believe that……..I still think you are hiding something…….I may not have seen you for long time…….but I have known you long enough to tell that you are hiding something from me…….I just can't figure out WHAT…….there is something about that night…….that still bothers you…..and I cannot let you go until you tell me everything…..and I mean EVERYTHING…..remember?…..you are the one who said…….you have to let go of the past to move on..…then why are YOU holding on to your past? Why aren't you letting go? Why Khushi?"

Tears started storming out of her eyes again……..she screamed "WHY DOES IT MATTER? The only thing that matters is that you didn't rape me……and I have already told you that……YOU DID NOT…. So why do you want to know anything else? WHY?"

He replied "because something about that night still haunts you. It still makes you cry. Still upsets you SO MUCH. That's why I NEED TO KNOW."

She walked towards him……..taking her steps gradually…….one footstep after another…… fighting her tears…….pushing the sand……..lessening the distance between them……fuming with anger…….she stood right in front of him…….face to face……..eye-to-eye……and said "what do you want to know, ask me and I will tell you……what do you want to know…..?"

He replied "if I didn't force myself on you that night…..then why did you cry? What made you so upset? What Khushi?"

She answered "I didn't cry because you raped me that night…….I cried because you LOVED me that night………DID YOU HEAR ME? I cried because you LOVED me…….NOT BECAUSE YOU RAPED ME……..HAPPY? Is that what you wanted to hear? Are you happy now? Do you want me to say it again? Here……I will repeat it for you…..I cried because that was the only night MY HUSBAND LOVED ME……THE ONLY TIME…….." saying that she dropped herself on the damp sand……covering her face with her hands……sobbing hard…..

No more questions……

No more answers………

No more confusion………..

He was done asking her questions……his brutal questions……..

She had answered his question…….her honest answer……

Arnav Singh Raizada stood MOTIONLESS

This wasn't shock what he felt at that moment……

It was something else………

Something shattered inside his body……his heart……..his soul………

He just saw her, breaking in tears……….

He stood still staring at her..….KHUSHI……..she was crying………because of him………once again…….he had made her cry…..no not cry…….she was broken…….because of him…..and not because he wronged her…….but because he had loved her……..

He didn't know what was worse……..his assumption of that night…….or the reality of that night? His guilt……..or Khushi's breakdown?

Was it worth it? Was his horrendous question worth the answer? WAS IT? He screamed in his mind….

Still standing MOTIONLESS

Still staring at sobbing Khushi…….

Why am I not comforting her? He thought……. Why am I not consoling her? Why am I allowing her to cry like this? Why am I not stopping her? WHY can't I move? She is right there in front of me……her soul breaking…….what am I doing standing here……..watching her shatter more and more by each passing second…….

And I thought I couldn't face her if she answered 'YES'……….what was I thinking…….she answered 'NO' and I still can't face her………his mind racing with chaotic thoughts……

It seemed like an ETERNITY…..

His mind jolted him…….his body decided to move…….

Arnav walked towards Khushi…….leveled with her……….her hands still covered her sobbing face…….her sobs stabbed his ears…..his heart……..

He held her face from either side…….and said…… "Khushi………I am sorry!" He slowly moved her hands away from her face…….and said "I am sorry Khushi" holding her hands…..

She replied in a very dejected manner "why are you sorry? It wasn't your fault…..I have already told you that….", she slipped her hands away from his and wiped her tears……..

She continued "That night I……" "SHHH" Arnav interrupted her by placing his finger on her lips……. r

She felt his touch……..on her lips………that sensuous touch……..it could still tempt her like a magnet……..she looked at him…..

He helped her stand up…….very gently……..without releasing the grasp…..

And said "Khushi……shhh……..don't say anything…….don't…….."

Saying that……he moved slightly…….towards her shivering body………he let go of her hands………put his cold fingers around her bare waist……..and embraced her………securely……in his strong arms………

And whispered "Khushi, I am sorry…….please don't cry………I love you……" in her ears……letting her feel his warm breath on her neck……

Khushi stood still…….secured in his arms……unable to pull away…….not physically…….but emotionally…….

Her mind started racing again…….what was she doing…….all this……all over again…..WHY…..

She got out of his hold and moved back…….in anger…….not angry at him……at herself…..

He was surprised at her action…….he said "Khushi, I know you are very upset…..but….."

She interrupted "But what? You think you can fix everything again? Is that what you want to say? I should come back to your life again? Right? We should be together again? If that's what you are thinking then it's not possible…….I have moved on with my life…….I didn't want to tell you anything about that night because I hated myself for that night. How could I be so desperate for your love? Your touch? You hated me more than anything in your life and I let you make love to me………I let you touch my body………how could I have done that? After all the hell you put me through……after all the demeaning things you told me……..I let you make love to me……how could I?"

She paused……..

She looked into his eyes……and continued

"I have never talked about that night to anyone…..not even myself……the more I think about that night……the more I hate myself……I get so disgusted at myself……how could have I done something like that……I felt like a prostitute……"

He interrupted with a shaky voice "Khushi please don't say that..."

She continued talking while wiping her tears "why not? That's exactly how I felt……I felt like a prostitute…….the only thing that was left for you to do was pay me money the next morning…..for sleeping with you……"

"Khushi please don't talk like that" he said in a fuming voice

She replied "why not? Why shouldn't I? You always said I was after your money…….you always thought I was a gold digger……anytime I did anything for your family members…..you thought I was trying to please them to get money out of them……all that was still bearable…..but if you had offered me money because I slept with you…..or if you had accused me of seducing you……to get money out of you………I don't know what I would have done……that's why I decided to leave……with the good memory of that night……"

Arnav spoke "khushi, I would have never done something like that…….why would you think that?"

She replied in anger "why would I think that? Let me see…..remember the Diwali night? You almost kissed me……and then you realized that you shouldn't have…….you announced your wedding…..then told me that I will never be able to trap a rich person like you just because you had my payal……remember? When you found out about my engagement……you decided that I should plan your engagement party…….you belittled me every day…….by offering to buy me that lehenga as a tip, by gifting your girlfriend my choice of necklace…..when you finally started being nice to me during your brother's wedding…..you came to my house and helped me serve my relatives……that very night you blackmailed me into marrying you……..without giving me any explanation……remember? I couldn't have stayed there after that night…….I didn't know what you would have done the next morning. And any way that was the last day of our contract……so I did exactly what I was supposed to do…..remember?"

Arnav said "Khushi I am so sorry for everything that I did…..I really am…..but I would have never done that to you Khushi…….I have loved you longer than you think……and I know it's not your fault to think that I would stoop so low by offering you money for that night……that night happened because I was so in love with you……I didn't want you to go…..and I didn't know how to stop you……that's why…….I am so sorry Khushi…..I really am…..for making you feel like that……"

He walked towards her………took her hands in his and said "Khushi, please give me another chance to fix this……I know you love me…….I love you….. I will do anything, and I mean ANYTHING to make this work……please just give me a chance……give our relationship a chance…….for our sake……we both know we need each other…..we both love each other…… Fate has given us another chance to make it work….and we should at least give it a try…….and as I said earlier, I will do anything to make our relationship work…..please khushi…."

He was still holding her hands in his……asking for another chance………

Khushi was just listening…….without saying a word……..

After a brief pause……

Khushi finally replied "Anything?"

He looked at her, amazed by her one word question……and replied "absolutely, anything!".

She asked again "are you sure? I don't think….."

He interrupted "If I have given you my word, I follow it….you know that!"

She said "ok, let's give US a chance…..but let me warn you I am not the old Khushi Kumari Gupta you are dealing with here……don't complain later that I didn't warn you…….okay?"

He looked at her and smiled…….at her changed attitude…….and said "I promise, I won't complain"

She said "Alright then, I want two things from you:

ONE: you will not acknowledge us, our relationship in public……until I am comfortable enough to disclose it to everyone…….

TWO: you will not ask me anything about my past after I left RM…..NO CLAUSES!, if you can do that, we can give it another try".

Arnav Singh Raizada looked at her again……admiring the new Khushi……her confidence….her language……..how she asked him to do just the opposite of what he made her do for six months: pretending to be in love in public and now she wants just the opposite…….she was right…..she has changed……he thought…..

He replied "Okay…….I can do that…….anything to get you back in my life….."

Hearing that from him…..made her eyes welled up again……she couldn't believe he was actually okay with those two conditions……how is it possible? Did he really love her that much? She wondered…….that's when she felt his hand wiping her tears……..

She let him wipe her tears this time…….she didn't push him…….didn't step back…….didn't scream……

He embraced her again…….and said "I love you khushi, thank you for trying to make it work……I promise I won't let you down……I love you so much…….."

They just stood there……hugging each other…….in silence…….too much had been said already….too many precious tears wasted…….there was no more talking…….no more questions….no more answers……..

Just pure silence…….serene silence…….until…….

Their moment was interrupted by some noise…….

They both heard noises……lots of noise coming from somewhere……disturbing their moment…….what was all the chaos, they both wondered……what was all that noise? That's when khushi saw paparazzi approach them out of nowhere..….Arnav had his back towards them, he couldn't see anything yet……she whispered "well, are you ready to run?" He didn't know what she was talking about, he asked her "what…..what do you mean? Run? Where? Why?" she replied "I guess the reporters missed ASR inside the banquet, they are coming here to get you back……or at least to get their gossip headlines! So, as you had promised….either you let me go……or let's run….."

He turned around to be shocked to see how many reporters were walking towards them……with cameras flashing from distance……..what were they doing there…….how did they know…….what the hell…….he thought…..he grabbed khushi's hands and said "you know I can't let you go……let's get the hell out of here…."

To be continued……

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