Omkara sighs as he sees her leaning against a wall sobbing quietly to herself. His heart ached seeing her this way. He again let his anger get the better of him. Instead of consoling her he scolded her for coming there making the already bad situation worse. But what could he do? He seeing them laughing at her like that, seeing them mocking her like that he just lost it.
Why could they not be like her? Simple, innocent, beautiful! He knew that his outburst must have left Gauri even more hurt than before. He already screwed up pretty bad by not accepting her as his wife in front of everyone but now she'll only have more reasons to leave this house which he won't accept not this time!
He quietly went and sat beside her looking at her with guilt. As soon as she realised his presence she sat up straighter quickly wiping her tears looking anywhere but at him.
He still did not say a word making her anxious. Was he angry at her? Of course he was but then why did he come and sit here? Maybe he is accepting an apology! She took a deep breath mustering energy for a conversation she did not want to have. She turned towards him still resting her eyes on his chest.
'H..hume maaf kardijiye hume wahan nahi aana chaheeye tha. Aapne pucha bhi ni aur hum khud he..' Her voice cracked at the end a few more tears slipping out of her eyes. His hands formed into fists seeing her in pain like this. Why was she even apologising?
'Hum jaante hai humari wajah se aapki bhaut badnami hui. Uu sab logon ke saamne humne aapka sar jhuka diya. Hum jaante hai hum aapke layak nahi hai. Shayad eelie aap hume apni patni nahi maante. Par sachme hum aapko dukhi nahi karna chaahte the. Hum chale jaayenge yahan se saadi hote he. Aap kahenge toh hum t..talaq ke kaagjat par bhi dasthakhat (sign) kardenge. Par plij hume maaf kardijiye.' She said folding her hands and broke down loud sobs rocking her body. Omkara instantly hugged her his eyes watering at the sight of her. He knew saying those words physically hurt her. For her marriage was a forever thing and here she was talking about breaking it just so that she could save him from getting embarrassed because of her.
Seeing her like this broke his heart. He was used to that dabang Gauri who jumped into fire to protect a statue not one who would cry sitting on the floor helplessly. He was used to her being proud of her catching a kampat with her mouth not ashamed of her self to a point where she felt that she did not deserve him.
Here Gauri froze as he hugged her her tears freezing with her. She was not used to Omkara initiating any kind of contact between them at least not willingly. Maybe he pitied her she thought sadly. She did not want his pity. She started struggling in his embrace and he immediately let her go only now realising what he was doing. He looked down awkwardly but then realised this was not the time. He looked directly into her eyes making sure she looked back.
'Gauri tum mere layak ho. Actually mai tumhare layak nahi hu. Hota toh aaj jo tumhare sath hua wo kabhi nahi hota. Mai islie nahi gussa tha kyoki tum wahan aai ya fir kyoki tumhari wajah se meri badnaami hui mai islie gussa tha kyoki meri wajah se aaj tumhe apni nazrein jhukani padi.' Saying that he wiped her tears.
'Jo Gauri garv se nazre uthakr chalti thi hamesha aaj meri wajah se wo sab log uska mazak uda rahe the. Tum toh gundo se ladti ho, ek murti bachane ke lie aag meh kood jaati ho, swetlana jaisi villains ko bhi darati ho. Meri puri family ka dil jeetlia tumne, mujhe wapis painting karna sikha dia, yaha tak ki apni maa ki ek khushi ke lie mujh jaise insan ko apni pati maan liya. Tum kaise mere layak nahi ho?' He cupped her face in both his hands.
'Maine tumhe patni nahi mana kyoki mai insecure ho, mujhe dar lagta hai. Please apne aap ko kabhi blame mat karna iske lie. Aur baat rahi unn logo ki toh tum unn logo se bhaut achi ho Gauri. Tumhe toh pata bhi nahi hai ki tum kitni khoobsurat ho. Tumhara dil kitna khoobsurat hai.' He said with love in his eyes a love he still did not realise. A smile graced his face as he thought about her about how wonderful she is.
Gauri could not believe her ears. This is the closest he has come to ever accepting her as anything in his life. It was not everything but it was a start. She quickly hugged him snaking her arms around her waist a full blown smile on her lips. He smiled at her gesture somehow not feeling at all weird in her embrace. Maybe slowly he was accepting her.
Out of impulse or maybe love he didn't know but he kissed her head. She immediately broke their hug looking at him with shock in her eyes. They both stood up looking everywhere but at each other.
'Wo mai...' He did not even complete his sentence when she said 'haa hume bhi kaam hai.' And they both sprinted out in opposite directions with pink cheeks and wide smiles on their lips.
'Jatadhari hippie.'
'Pagal chiraiya.'
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I did not make him confess because that would too unrealistic and honestly if Omkara was that forward they would have consummated their marriage by now! 😆