Originally posted by: shona136
Hi Devi,
I am Shona, and I have started reading your story Lavender just
yesterday and just completed it now. I have my semester final exam tomorrow,
but who cares when you come across such a brilliant and refreshing story and
that too on Arnav-Khushi...😃It completely
blew me away.
I had joined IF only with a broken heart from the untimely closure
of our loved IPK, at the end of 2012. It took me some to time to get used to
this wonderful new world of creativity, and soon I was spending most of my
leisure time on the forum, reading FF's and SS's only of Arnav-Khushi. I met
some of the absolutely brilliant writers on this forum, who took my breath away
with their capability to form running images with their words. TIna, Meera,
Kalyaani, Zehra, Saiyu, Sandhya, Kavya, Sabi, and many more wonderful ladies,
devoting a part of their busy times to keep the spirit of the serial, that we
all loved, alive.
It was day before yesterday, that I somehow found you story Lavender
recommended in someone's blog. I bookmarked it. Started reading it yesterday,
thinking just one or two chapters wouldn't hurt, just to get to know the writer
and the story. I couldn't stop, and now am here writing to you as soon as
I finished with the 60 chapters that you posted.
The story was a breath of fresh air. Truly. Each story has its own
uniqueness, and yours was that it had this extremely crisp, refreshing feel to
it. The most amazing part that I loved was that, though I absolutely love long
chapters, each chapter came to an end before I got the hang of it, and that I
found surprisingly very interesting. It kept me hooked onto it till I finished
reading the posted parts.Arnav Khushi, as always are bang on. I loved the slow
pace at which they moved ahead in their realizations of their attraction and
acted, and right when they were ready to take it forward, you left it all to
our imagination. The initial phase where Arnav continuously made the most
embarrassing sexual remarks to Khushi was so hilarious. Loved it.😆But what caught my
heart most in this story, was Rajeev-Vaibhavi. They surely appeared out of
nowhere and took the story to a different level. I never thought I would be so
interested to read more of other characters in an Arnav-Khushi story, other
than the one in Meera's Emerald Isle Tales, where we simply could not resist
Aman-Aditi pair. But Rajeev and V just snatched the limelight. I feel this
overpowering urge to go and hug V so tight and break her fragile small bones
with the hug, she is absolutely adorable and one of a kind. Arnav inclination
and concern and care for her, was worth reading than the usual one with his
Anjali Di. Bravo for pulling that off so well. I disliked Rajeev when at the
beginning he was mean and rude to Khushi, but I don't know when I started to
look forward to reading more of him, whether it be with V or Khushi or even
Arnav. The man really pulled my attention to him. I am still a bit overwhelmed,
under the haze of the story, since its been just sometime that I had finished
reading it. Will need some time to come out of it. But I would always cherish
that last words from V to Rajeev in Psych101 " I will keep both yours and
mine to myself..." nothing can really beat this it was sooo mherat
warming that too coming from someone like V... . Touched my heart with such
warmth that I cannot explain it. As the story neared the 60 chapter, I was
looking forward more to the secret meetings of Rajeev and V in her room. What
love can do, to transform the stubborn, always ready to fight, Jhalli, smart
mouthed, mischievous minx V to melt into a puddle of mush in his arms and
Rajeev too, from the mean, angry man to the building climbing romantic. Lavanya
and her two little princes stole my heart as well...!!!
Would have been so good to get to read it to its completion. I don't
know why you decided to stop writing it, must be a serious one. I really wish
you would once again somehow change your mind and start it again. We can wish
and hope for a miracle right!! I know you have got lots of similar
messages to continue to writing it, and since you have declared that you are
going to discontinue it there are very feeble chances. But I hope against hope
that you start it again. Oh please please please please... I had
experienced this terrible feeling when Kalyaani had moved her work (Pusuit of
Love and Raizada and Sons) to a blog without completing it on IF, and on the
first rounds I was not given access to her account. She assured me she would
give it to me when she was sending requests again in the next round, and I sat
with patience not bothering her with constant messages. But my bad luck. She
forgot, and when One day I again knocked her she said they had been completed a
long time back, and due to some glitch the blog got deleted and the two stories
were not posted anywhere now nor had any chances of being posted anywhere. I
was very heartbroken that day. I truly feels that your heart would come
out of your chest, with sadness when you know that you are not going to get to
know the ending of a story that you cherished reading so much, that brought
immense joy to you. I feel immense joy now after reading Lavender, and feel
very depressed simultaneously that I wouldn't get to know the end of this
story. How Rajeev managed to climb up V's balcony and managed Arnav as well.
How Khushi and Arnav ended up with their Coffee and Conversation. It s all a
mystery. I know this is no big deal, what's with a story on IF rgiht?? but when
you truly feel connected to something, no matter how silly or unimportant it is
it still effects you. I wish you had completed it.
Since I have just started reading your work and never got the
chance to whine and ramble when you stopped writing this, I would request now
on my part to please try and complete this at any point of time you seem fit.I will wait. and
Stalk sometimes to see if you have. Hope is all I have.
I don't know how to read your other works or where to find them.
You are a marvellously eloquent and precise writer, delivering what is
needed in the story in very crisp and perfect manner. I would like to read more
if you allow me. I see that you don't accept buddies if they haven't commented.
I am new no, so where do I comment actually? I will once I start reading
something else. I would be very happy and glad if you let me know of your other
works to read. I seriously have become a great fan of your writing style, in
just two days. You are so GOOD Dammit...!!!! 👏
Nonetheless, I am happy to have found you and your story, and even
if it is incomplete, I am glad I got to read as much as you have written, otherwise
I would have missed something truly beautiful that makes your insides go all
warm. Thank you for this...
Best of luck for whatever you do in life. Lots of love. Still
keeping fingers crossed for someday for you to come back with a surprise of Lavender.😉
Best wishes,
Cheers
Shona🤗(running off
to study now)
Bindi
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