Farah,
It was beyond brilliant. And you exceeding all my expectations ! Which is saying a lot as I have such expectation from you...
The way you described the word mortified set the tone for this emotional roller coaster of an update.
I loved the use if the dialogues from the show but integrated into our story so well...the visual appeal of this chapter was brilliant, I felt it was all unravelling in front of my eyes...every gesture, move and expression...
Khushi fell in love with Arnav, accepting him and his beliefs without any plan to change him...she fell in love with him in totality...she knew what she was getting into...and to her their love was all she needed, like she said she just wanted to be loved by him...but today it seemed he broke her heart in more ways than one...his words ...to her brother, her family were pale in comparison to her love for him...she holds her family in the highest of regards, she does not consider herself an orphan, bit to hear Arnav say to the the family she so loyally guards and lives for shattered her...
I loved how he starts by taking all the blame as he realises what Khushi must be going through to have been found in Arnav's arms by her brother,and also loved her for sharing that responsibility with Arnav...
I loved how Rohan seeing the two is immediately transported back into time where Khushi was always a hinderance to Arnav...to now see them so intimate...that was so beautiful.
Arnav and his temper...the fight between Rohan and him was bound to be, Arnav with all his pride and ego could not come out and tell Rohan what he felt for Khushi an instead kept waiting for Rohan to ask him about his feeling for her, he wanted to tell Rohan that he loves her ...but not till he was asked and rohan knowing his friend and his very colourful past and his feelings about the institution of marriage was only interested in that very institution that he knew held no value for Arnav ...the clash had to happen...as a brother Rohan wants his sister who he feels has suffered enough by her background to be happy and respected ...and to eventually be bound by marriage...to someone who can provide her not only love and respect, but security and happiness too...
It was enough for him to have to witness his sister entangled with Arnav not just physically but for her to come out and claim she loved him...when as a friend he knew that Arnav could not and would not give him the respectability of marriage...
I wish Arnav would have just come out and say what he felt...it might have avoided all the unpleasantness, hurt, regret and betray...
Khsuhi is fiercely loyal to her family as Arnav is to his...and they had earlier even discussed this as an issue, their respective families would always come first and then each other to them...so her saying that he would not stand for any criticism of his family but had the audacity to speak to hers they way he did was heart wrenching!
Arnav's anger uncontrollable at the best of times sometimes even without much provocation but then to be deprived of any rights over Khushi...to be dictated to stay his...Red, made him see red...pretty literally too...given his punch causes Rohan to bleed!
And then to add to that talks of her marriage to someone else...Khushi was his ...and he loved her...but will that be enough for them...
I hate that Khushi is heartbroken by what she hears and sees...but then I know Arnav is hurting too...he is no longer a Casanova and is irrevocably in love with Khushi! But the big question is now what? Can he learn to live with Khushi's regrets about her feelings for him,? For her regret in ever getting involved with him knowing what he stood for...?
Will anyone ever understand that neither of them is complete without the other ? And so in one person's suffering they both feel the pain equally!? ,
The precap suggests they talk more and fight more, accusations and more heartbreak...I hope they are able to come out of this mess...
I apologise for the delay in commenting but did not want to do so in haste...
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