SS: Yeh shaadi nahi hone doonga pt.7 on pg 10 - Page 6

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PART 6:

Aise kaise ho sakta hain? Khushi ko sacchi mein kuch nahi pata tha? I never would have guessed this! Di ko bhi, aur Khushi ko bhi. Itna bara dhoka. I can't believe Jiju turned out to be like this.

Arnav's head was racing with all these thoughts as he recklessly drove home (you know, all fast and furious types J)

Maine kitna kuch kehdiya usko. Aur who bechari, bas sunti rahi. She didn't even yell back. Or slap me. Hell, aur koi hota toh I would have gotten 3 tight slaps. And I would have deserved them too. Damnit (he slammed the steering wheel) Maine soch bhi kaise liya ki Khushi... the girl who values shaadi above everything, would do such a thing. She must have been so hurt after hearing the news, and I only hurt her more... Mujhe usse baat karke sab kuch clear karna hoga... if nothing else, for Di's sake.

Di.

Oh no. Di ke baare mein to socha hi nahi. What will I tell her? How will I face her? If she finds out...

Arnav has flashbacks of his conversations on pyar, ishq, mohabbat, with his Di. How his Di told him that if she is ever separated from his Jiju, uski "saansein hi rukjaengi."

(mumbling to himself) Nahin. Di ko kuch nahin ho sakta hain. I won't let anything hurt her. Ever. Is Shyaam ki toh aisi haalat karunga main. I swear, just let that bas***d come in front of me. I won't spare him.

And with that, Arnav screeches to a halt in front of his house.

"Khushi!! Khushi! Darwaaja kholo. Khushi! Hua kya hain? Apni jiji se chupa rahi ho? Hume toh bataa doh."

Payal had been knocking/ banging on the door for a half hour now. Neither her nor buaji could understand what was suddenly wrong with Khushi. And to top it off, she wasn't opening the door.

Shyaam ji had told them not to worry. He had said that he is going out to get something, and will be back in an hour or so. Payal was lost; she didn't know what to do.

After yet again getting no response from Khushi, Payal finally gave up.

"Haaye re nandkishore. Tu hi jaane ka hua ee sankadevi ko. Ab ka kare hum? Ka kahenge Shashi babua se? ke hum ooki bitiya ko khush nahi rak paaye."

Payal interjected buaji, "nahi Buaji. Aisa nahin hain. Zaroor koi baat hogi. Hum hain na, hum manaalenge Khushi ko."

Just then the door opened, and Shyaam came back. He was holding a plate of garma garam jalebis.

"Nandhkishoree. Itni raat ko. Jalebiyan. Kahan se laaye bitua."

"Arre buaji, hum apni Khushi ji ke liye itna bhi nahin kar sakte hain kya? Aap sharminda kar rahi hain hume." With that Shyaam handed Payal the Jalebis, and stepped back. He wasn't sure how Khushi would react to him, and decided it was best to play it safe in front of Payal and Buaji.

Payal went to try once again. "Khushi! Kholo na. dekho kya hain humare paas? Humare paas jalebiyan hain! Hum jaante hain ki tumhare paas mehek aa rahi hain. Jaldi aao, warna hume sab akele khaana padega."

Still no answer from Khushi.

"Dekho hum khaa rahe hain Khushi." And with that Payal made a big show of eating the jalebi, crunching and chewing extra loudly so Khushi could hear.

Silence, again.

"bahut meethi hain Khushi, aur bilkul garam, jaise tumhe pasand hain." Nothing. Now Payal was getting worried, there was a new desperation in her voice. "Khushi. Please."

Khushi finally responded. "hume bhook nahi hain Jiji. Aap aur buaji khaa lijiye."

"Hayee re nandhkishore. Aisa kya hogaya parmeshwary ko, ke jalebiyan bhi ooka gussa tandha na kar sake."

Shyaam finally spoke up. "Buaji, hume lagta hain, ki we should give Khushi some time. Shayad subah tak she'll feel better."

Payal agreed. "Haan buaji, aaj hum aapke saath so jaayenge, aur kal Khushi se baat kar lenge."

"Arre Chote! Tum aagaye?"

Arnav sighed. Of course, he was greeted by the one person he didn't want to see.

Anjali di continued, "waise, kahan gaye the? Humara gift laane na? hum jaante hain, har saal ki tarah tum hume surprise karne ki koshish karoge. Aur har saal ki tarah hume pehle se hi pataa chal gayaa."

Arnav sighed again. this time out of relief- relief to be able to talk about anything but what he had just seen.

"haan di. Sahi kaha aapne. Waise bhi, koi aapko surprise kar sakta hain kya? Is hi liye, iss saal maine socha, why even bother? Aapka gift bhi... I mean gift bhi toh har saal dete hain na. so boring. Isliye, is saal, maine decide kiya ki gift ka chakkar hi nahi karenge."

"Chote! Aise kaise keh sakte ho tum!? Humara birthday hain kal! Tum humare birthday pe hume gift nahi doge? Jao abhi jaake leke aao. Ye toh humara haq hai"

"Di. ab kaise? ab toh everything is closed."

"Chote, I don't know all that. I said abhi, toh abhi. How mean, hume hamare birthday ke liye ched rahe ho."

"Relax di, aisa kabhi hua hain ki maine aapka birthday bhoola diya? Waise toh mein kal dene waala tha, par itni pyaari Di ke liye, thodasa flexible toh ban hi sakta hoon."

And with that Arnav pulled out a small box, with a pair of diamond studded long dangling earrings inside.

"Chote. Kitne sundar hain. Bilkul ma ke the na, waise."

"I know Di. Those were your favorite na? I still remember, whenever there was a party, you would beg Ma to let you wear them. And then you would sit in one place and not even move a bit, in fear that you might lose them. Now you have a pair of your own." Arnav got caught in the nostalgia.

He finally looked up to see silent tears of happiness in his sister's eyes.

"Chote, tum is duniya ke sabse acche bhai ho. Sach. I love you so much! If it weren't for you, I don't know how I'd live."

"Di, no matter what, just know that I'll always be here for you. Always. Chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye. Just know that there is always one person you can blindly trust, Di. I promise, main aapko kabhi, kuch bhi nahi hone doonga."

But, as he hugged his sister, Arnav couldn't let go of the uneasy feeling in his stomach. Of the fear of the storm that was about to strike.

____________End of Part 6 _________________

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