The Most Unpredictable Couple
Chapter 3+2 recap: Khushi reaches the hospital where Shaym takes her into a room to discuss a proposal. He then leaves to check on her father, and the returns. At Raizada Mansion Arnav tells Anjali about Khushi, and Anjali has hopes for Arshi to be together. The siblings decide to go to he hospital to meet Khushi. Back at the hospital, news comes that Khushi's father has passed away.
Chapter 4
"He, he's no more. We tried but we couldn't save him."
There was a minute of complete and utter silence, she didn't have anything to say. She wasn't able to digest the truth.
"No, no, you're lying. He can't leave me. Babuji promised me that he would never leave me. He wouldn't leave me, he, he can't!
She couldn't believe this, her father. He couldn't have left her. No, he just couldn't have.
"Miss Gupta. I can see your pain; I know how it feels like to have one of you parents snatched away from you my mother is gone. I tried saving her, but I couldn't. I guess, now you know how it feels as well, it hurts doesn't it? "
The doctor's words were un-heard to her. She couldn't understand anything; it was like her world had just ended.
La's screams could not be ignored though.
"JUST TWO FREAKIN MINUTES AGO YOU WERE TELLING US THAT HE WILL BE FINE! And now, now, you're saying he's gone! And then you're asking her how she feels, why don't you guess! What is your damn problem?"
"Lavanya, by the time we reached it was too late." He replied in an irritated tone.
"But how?" La asked, in a MUCH more irritated tone
Khushi couldn't take it anymore, here she was broken and these two were just arguing. She didn't want to hear anything at all!
"LA, JUST SHUT UP! Babuji's gone, don't you get it. He's just gone. How and when doesn't matter anymore, because he's… he's gone!" Khushi screamed
Khushi couldn't take this anymore.
Babuji had so many dreams, so much he wanted to do, so much he wanted her to do but now, now he was gone.
And it was all her fault. She should have been there with him, he was her father. And she was too busy at work.
But now, it was too late. Her father was dead, leaving her parentless.
It was too much for her, she just was not able to digest the truth, and knew that she needed some time alone. So she ran, away from Lavanya, and away from the stupid doctor.
Khushi ran to a corner of the hospital and cried, she cried for at least 15-20 mins. Pouring her heart out. She was broken, both inside, and out! But then, she knew that she has to pick up the pieces in her life. At that exact moment she decided on one thing- that she would fulfil ALL of her Babuji's dreams. She would make her father proud, and most of all. She would find the killer that took her Babuji away from her!
……
Hospital Car park
"Di, we are here"
"Really Chotte, I DIDN'T EVER REALISE!!"
"Drop the sarcasm Di, seriously don't want to hear it."
"Babuji uske hai Chotte, but over here it seems like you are more worried, what's the matter Chotte?"
Looking at his Di in anger, signalling her to shut up he got out of the car. But then stopped, he was nervous.
"Di, you go, I'll be there"
"Chotte, I have never even met her, come out now, and like I 'dropped' my sarcasm, you drop your ASR act. For Khushi's sake!"
She then quickly changed her sentence
"I mean, make sure you are not grumpy in front of her as well"
His Di was talking like she knew Khushi so well, and the truth was, she probably did. She had been asking him all these insane questions about her- When did she start working with you, how does she look like, how did she react e.c.t. If this were a normal day he would have burst by now. But he was too occupied in his thoughts… of Khushi.
"Let's go Di"
"Wait Chotte, look"
Pointing at a direction of a girl that looked exactly as the description Chotte gave her of Khushi.
"That girl looked exactly like how you said Khushi was"
"That's because it is Khushi…"
Khushi was on one corner of the car park in complete shock. It looked like she had ran from the hospital to the car park. Without another though he ran towards her, what had happened.
Anjali stayed put, she didn't want to make her feel awkward
Hesitantly putting his hand on her shoulder, he asked her
"Khushi, are you okay"
Khushi was in one corner of the car park, not moving. She was broken inside, but she had run out of tears. What would tearing up do for her? Lavanya was most likely inside arguing with the doctor, but what La didn't get it that there was no point. Suddenly someone touched her shoulder, shocking her.
"Khushi…"
"ASR"
Arnav could see the pain on Khushi's face.
"How is your dad…"
"He.. he's…"
She could not handle the pain anymore, nor could she face the truth as it hurt her so much. Unintentionally, she hugged him. She felt so much more comforted and much more better. Like everything would be all good.
It felt like RABBA VEE… had started out of no-where and wind was blowing, even though they were in an underground car park. (Sorry just HAD to add that)
Anjali, who was watching from far had just seen this little scene and was left in an utter state of shock. Saying her brother's dialogues she exclaimed "WHAT THE…!"
Whilst poor ASR was left wondering how this girl really knew how to shock him
Khushi was hugging him he kept repeating in his head. So many girls had hugged him before, but why did it feel so right when 'she' hugged him!?!
"Damnit" Arnav thought. What the heck was he meant to do now? So without thinking, he hugged her back. (Very un-ASR, I know. But he is in Arnav mode right now!)
"Khushi, it will be okay. He will be fine"
Realising the position she was in she suddenly stepped back. Why did she hug him? And why did she feel so much better? And why was he here!?!?!
"Why are you here"
"Actually, I thought I could come and meet you, but then I saw you here and"
"Oh…"
"Khushi, don't worry, your dad's going to be fine, nothing is going to happen to him"
"ASR, my dad is… he's"
"Khushi, what happened?"
"My dad's"
"Khushi I'm telling you it will be fine, I'll make sure your dad gets the best treatment. Don't worry, nothing is going to…"
"ARNAV HE'S DEAD!"
Once again, Arnav had been shocked. He didn't know what to do, and he felt so helpless. He looked at her, and saw those eyes, that had been tired out because of too much crying. He saw that mouth, which always used to contain a smile. Now, it had no charm to it.
He saw Khushi, but couldn't recognise her.
……
Back Inside the Hospital
"Look Mr Shaym Manhor Jha, if you don't tell me the truth I WILL not spare you!" Lavanya screamed, holding his collar.
"Miss Lavanya Kashap, try and understand that I HAVE TOLD YOU THE TRUTH!"
"Tell me in detail WHAT BLOODY HAPPENED!"
"Her father was shot near the heart, and then I brought him here. Then I started treating him. I had taken Khushi AND you into the room to talk about the patient's health and how I can help her with some money. But then.. the nurse came in said he had stopped breathing. THE REST YOU KNOW!"
"Bullshit! You yourself said that he was fine, but then he died, TWO MINUTES LATER"
"Miss Kashap I am requesting you again, talk to me in a nice tone, otherwise I will have you kicked out of the hospital!"
"I deserve to know the truth!"
"I have told you the truth Miss"
"And I repeat, it's Bullshit!"
"If you don't realise, I was the one that brought her father over here. I was the one that ACTUALLY wanted to help him, but I couldn't…"
Lavanya was so confused. What was going on, this all seemed like the most complicated thing ever, this doctor was so wrong. But whatever he said was right. Nothing was wrong. But still, everything was so wrong!
"Shit!" La thought, "Khushi!"
She was too busy trying to solve this mystery that she had no idea where Khushi had gone.
Giving the doctor one last death stare she left towards the car park, guessing that is where Khushi would be.
….
Back at the car park
Khushi and Arnav had been disturbed by their staring session when both Anjali and Lavanya interrupted them, though the 'session' did not go unnoticed by Lavanya and defiantly not by Anjali, who had been dreaming in her head for some time now.
"Di, I will go and talk to the doctor…"
To which La replied
"I'll come too."
Lavanya already knew ASR, as she used to work with him, but then quit due to getting a better job.
Anjali and Khushi were left alone
Khushi didn't want to go, and hear anything else.
"Khushiji, I'm Anjali. Chotte's elder sister"
Anjali seemed like a very sweet person, who could cheer up anyone. But, who was Chotte?
"Sorry, who's Chotte?"
"Uff, I mean Arnav aka my little brother, Chotte"
"WHAT! He actually let's you call him that!"
"Who said I gave him a choice"
For the first time that day, Khushi actually smiled. Who knew that someone actually controlled ASR!
"You know Khushi, I know how bad you must be feeling right now. How disturbing it must be and well shocking. My parents…"
"I know, he told me"
"KYA! Chotte told you! I mean.. Chotte never talks to anybody about this sort of stuff. He is usually so reserved, you know"
"Oh…"
So that meant Arnav only talked to her about this. But why? She had to accept though; she liked that felt comfortable around her, just like she did.
"Khushi, I hope you are okay." Anjali asked
" He's passed away"
"I heard"
"And you also saw that I, umm…" Khushi was feeling so awkward. She had hugged her boss in a hospital car park and that even in front of his elder sister.
"Don't worry about that Khushi, but take care of yourself, ok?"
"What.. huh, so, wait" Khushi was so confused, if Anjali had seen then why was she not questioning her, and why was she not asking her a million questions.
"Maybe she didn't see" Khushi concluded.
Anjali and Khushi spent the nest half an hour talking whilst Anjali was trying to comfort Khushi. She felt so sorry for her, and knew that Khushi was trying to keep her mind off everything. But she could see, Khushi would fight and fulfil her father's dreams, which made Anjali smile.
By then, Arnav and Lavanya and returned.
…
Precap:
"MY HOUSE, NO NO! This can't be happening!" Khushi screamed.
If Arnav were not their, she would have already been inside the house trying to save her memories.
Her father had already been taken away from her. Now Devi Maya can't take away the place where all her memories with her father are. Her house cannot just burn down like this.
Hope you all liked it! Its not one of the best Chapters as I was trying to convey a lot of pain, which was quite hard for me, as I have noever wrote in that genre before.
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