DAY 40! - Ready!
"Guys...we're ready!"
He's ready! He's ready to fight the most dangerous battle yet. He's ready to face the biggest fear of his life till now. Her safety is at stake. Her faith is at stake. Her belief is at stake. Her innocence, trust in humanity, goodness, virtuousness...it's all at stake! And he's ready to battle it out to reinforce that as long as he is by her side; no harm will even dare touch her reflection. He's ready to face this cunning devil's hidden plans and determinedly expose his true intentions to save her from his sinful hands. He's always been ready to die for her but today he stands on a road where he's ready to even kill for her. He's ready to reimburse for the lost days of their togetherness. He's ready to repay the price of every priceless tear that she has shed due to him. He's ready to tread on this journey of love. Of true love. He's ready to fill her life with selfless love, boundless care, infinite respect, immeasurable hope and endless buckets of happiness. He's ready to shield her self-respect every time she stands in front of him half-dressed. He's ready to ease the restlessness her heart feels upon seeing him enter when she sits their half-clothed. He's ready to make her feel comforted, secured, relaxed; now and forever. He's ready to include her in every decision of his life; even if it's as simple of a decision as choosing a brooch for him. He's ready to inhesitantly envelop her for a hug in his long, cosy arms to soothe the mutual fear that sometimes arise in both of their hearts. He's ready to accept his want of her, accept his need of her. He's ready to confess to her...to his friends...to his enemies...to the whole world about his unconditional, unconstrained, unequivocal love for her in his heart. He's ready to expose his soul to her that only breathes for her. He's ready to fill her heart with the delightful news it's been waiting so very impatiently to hear. He's ready to utter those three magical words that seemed to have only been invented for her. But she's told him to wait. She wants to express her readiness too.
If he's ready to fearlessly face a devil for her, she's ready to courageously speak her heart in front of the witch. "Ma'am...mai joh deserve karti hoon, woh mujhe aaj milega. Nothing and no one can stop me today." She's ready to welcome him, along with all his joys, pains, tears, anger, darkness, enemies and friends. She ready for her bright radiance to engulf all the remaining darkness that still lurks in his life. She's ready to permanently claim her right to soothe out every heartache, every wound that his soul ever experiences. She's ready to let him complete her incomplete tasks; whether that means dressing her up to look flawlessly stunning or filling in the words in her broken sentences. "Maybe I can help you choose the best word...the one which I like." She's ready to face and fight his anger with her love so it never ends up harming him. She's ready to finally narrate to him the real story of her fireflies. She's ready to comfort his nervous heart whenever his hopeful flame starts flickering. She's ready to fulfil all her promises of reading his silences, of fighting his battles for him when he shatters and falls weak. She's ready to become his companion, his shadow, his partner at every step of life. Be it to perform in an opening act, sing with him, tread on a roller coaster journey that this night will slowly unveil or hope for his brother's return with him...she's ready to become a part of him in every way and form. She's ready to forgo all her shyness, all her nervousness, all her self-consciousness just to voice those three words he's been impatiently waiting to hear. "Nandini Murthy...new kaushish!" She's ready to repeatedly practice the long-awaited words of confession because they seem to have become the new motto of her life now.
Nandini Murthy is ready to murmur the unheard words that Manik Malhotra's ready to absorb. Manik Malhotra is ready to redefine the meaning of love that Nandini Murthy is now ready to perceive. They are ready intertwine their fingers with each other's forever. They are ready to lock one another in the warmth of their secured arms. They are ready to pull each other as close to themselves as possible so they can listen to each other's heartbeats even amidst noise-filled crowds. They are ready to permanently tie themselves in the knot of forever togetherness that will ensure that they will always stay each other's. Hamesha! The wait is finally over! They are ready to become each other's.
The "I love..." has been mumbled ... they are now ready to harmoniously recite the "you".
Friends seem to be preparing on one end, and enemies are reaffirming plans on the other.
A family of friends once again was ready to set the stage on fire with their soulful voices. There will never be a time they won't be ready! They may be apart from one another at this stage, but they aren't deceptive of the bond that still binds them together. Fab 5! They are ready to face any test of life that may come their way because hope still remains. They are ready to once again wish for the return for their fifth finger so they can form a handful fist again. They are ready to hope for a brother's return as they were, are and will always remain each other's family. Their music is ready to be played and so they're ready to play their music. The music of love, of friendship, of relationships, of unity!
A duo of enemies are finalising the last of their mindful of plots. They both fear their downfalls and so they are ready to stoop to any level to fulfil their malevolent intentions. One is ready to separate her boy from the girl and the other is ready to separate his girl from the boy. One is ready to use her malicious mind in this last round of the battle and one is ready to use his physical means of man-handling to fulfil his uncanny wishes. The witch is ready to attack on the love-bound girl. And the demon is ready to attack on the love-filled boy.
The battles are coming to their respective ends. And every battle is ready to be fought!
Battle no. 1: His "supposed" hatred vs her confident hope: "Tu jo hai...toh mai hoon!" The battle was supposed to be between two lovers. But the two lovers are ready to fight for each other now. The aim was to fight and successfully triumph your respective emotions. But this battle never had any room for hatred. And so they're ready to fight for their mutual hope; together!
Battle no. 2: Mr. Monster Manik Malhotra vs The devil and the witch: The battle was to handle the hottest vamp duo of the decade. The battle was initially just between the monster and the devil. The monster wanted to protect his beauty; Nandini, whilst the devil wanted to victoriously claim his rights upon someone else's beauty; Nandini. Then entered the mother of witches! Here the monster wanted to protect his love; Nandini, whilst the witch wanted to protect her love; power! This battle; the monster is ready to fight alone! The monster possesses nineteen dark years of experience. His fears are definitely present because his heartbeat, his life, his oxygen, his life, his love, his Nandini is in danger. But this fear has made him ready for this battle.
Battle no. 3: A brother's love vs a brother's hatred: "Nadaan parinde ghar aa ja!" The battle was originally between Manik's hope for his buddy's return and a Dhruv's insecurities blinding to distinguish between the rights and wrongs of life. But the family of Fab 3 are willing to try again! They are ready to commence their last attempt of "Dhruv's return!" A plan so complicated, so jumbled that there certainly are loopholes and hence plenty of room for attacks from preying enemies. They claim they are ready for their plan to take off, but only time will reveal how ready they were in reality.
Nandini's day is coming to an end, Manik's long-awaited night is slowly revealing. Panditji's day has finally arrived and Nyonika's night of drama is finally starting to unfold. Everyone is ready to take their positions.
Because?
Because "Aaj raat...it's all over!"
Twinkle <3