Damini looks at Prithvi who is hurt beyond explaination. He had thought that in the past few days, she had wanted to give their marriage another chance. But this action of hers had proven him wrong. She was, is and always will be Arjun's. And whether she wants it or not, he'll make sure that she goes back to him.
"Prithvi... mein..." she was silenced by Prithvi.
"Bas Damini!!" he scares her as this is the first he's ever shouted at her. "Bas!" he gets up from the bed and stands up. "Aur kitna jhoot bolo gi. Huh? Sabat kya karna chati ho? Face the fact Damini. Tum ab tak usse bhool ni payi. Agar tum usse pyar karti ho, toh phir mere saath yeh natak kyun? Maana ki mein tumse pyar karta hoon, lekin uska yeh matlab ni ki mein apne khushi ke liye, tumhe dhook doon. Tum Arjun ki thi, ho aur hamesha rahogi. Samji!" He comes so close to Damini, that she can feel his breath on hers. "Mein Arjun ko lekar aaonga. Aur tum uske paas jaogi. Whether you like it or not." he says the last sentence while gritting his teeth. He goes away from there, leaving Damini shocked.
Damini replayed the last incident several times in her head, but she was unable to comprehend what had just happened. Wasn't it just a few hours ago, that they were so happy and together? Wasn't it just a few hours ago, that Prithvi had wanted to give her all the happiness that a girl gets when she gets married? Wasn't it just a few moments ago, that they had embraced each other so tightly, that they didn't want to let go? Then, how was it that just a few seconds ago, Prithvi broke all ties with her and gave her up?
Damini starts breathing in long breaths of air through her mouth as she's unable to get any oxygen into her brain to think straight. She gets out of bed, with great difficulty and makes her way to the window, where she opens it to let in not only fresh air, but maybe some answers to her mind-boggling questions. She thinks and thinks but still is unable to get any answers. Just as she was about to retire herself to some sleep, she heard Prithvi talking to someone on the phone outside. Luckily, he was just within hearing distance, so Damini didn't have to try so hard to hear what he was saying.
"Han, mein Prithvi hoon. Han, wohi. Dekho, mein janta hoon, ke tum heran honge ke meine tumhe phone kiya. Par kya karoon, baat hi kuch aisi hai. Tum toh ab jaan hi chuke hoge, ki meri shaadi Damini se ho chuki hai. Dekho mein tumhe aur Damini aur takleef nayi dena chata. Arjun, tumari Damini ab bhi tumara intezaar kari hai. Tum please chaha akar usse le jayo. She's very lonely without you. And trust me, she still loves you as much as she used to. Alright. Thanks alot!" Prithvi ends the call and heads back into the house.
Damini who had listened to his whole conversation didn't know how to react to this. Had he started her hating so much that he wanted her to be gone as soon as possible? Well, she wouldn't let his wish come true so soon. With a determined look, Damini went to her bed and layed down on there, pretending to sleep. Just a few moments later, Prithvi came in, went to his closet, searched for his night outfit and left with a pillow and a blanket. As the door shut, Damini quickly got out of bed and started filling a handbag with some clothes. She went into the bathroom, quickly grabbed her toiletries and came back out. She took out a pen and paper and wrote a quick note to Prithvi saying: Prithvi, there is no way that I'm going back to him. You're wrong about everything. It's a shame that you haven't been able to recognize me. I'm leaving, Prithvi. Far away from here. Far away from Arjun. And... far away from you. A tear fell on the last word as she had never thought that this day would ever come. A day when she will be compelled to leave an enormous part of herself behind.
She wiped away her tear and folded the note. With the handbag, slung around her shoulder, Damini as quietly as she can, made her way towards the praying room inside their house. She entered the room, and closed the door behind her. She sets the handbag down, and covers her head with the dupatta from her pink and white lengha outfit. She goes down on her knees, folds her hand with the note in between them, and closes her eyes praying. Praying for the well being of everyone in this house. Praying that Soni and Aditya's wedding goes by without any complications. Praying that Varun and Roshni would stop arguing over everything and start getting along with each other. Praying that Arjun would find someone else in his life to love. Praying that despite all odds, Prithvi would realize what he did and come back to her. Praying that God will stop taking tests from her and bless her with happiness.
Damini opens her eyes and takes the blessing from the idols of Shri Ram and Sita ji. She then places the note by their feet and looks at them one last time before leaving. Unintentionally, Damini closed the door a bit harder than she wanted and an orange flower that was placed on both Shri Ram and Sita ji's shoulder, fell beside their feet and covered up the note.
Outside, Damini squints her eyes as the door closed loudly behind her. She opens one eye expecting someone to be getting out of their bed and see what the noise was. When nothing happened, Damini went into the kitchen and took some food that'll keep her full till she reaches her unknown destination. She places them into her handbag and takes a quick look at how much money she has on her. She had enough money to get out of the city, but she wasn't quite certain as of yet if she wanted to leave the city or not. Thinking, she'll decide on that later, she shoved the cash and credit cards into a corner of the handbag and left the kitchen.
She walked as quietly as she could but there of no use, as every slight movement she made was echoed throughout the whole house as if the house itself didn't want her to leave.
Once she reached outside, Damini took in a deep breath of relief as the difficult part was accomplished; getting out of the house without anyone noticing. She quickly runs out the gate and says many thanks to her worthless, sleepy watchman. She opens the gate and closes it behind her and starts walking off but stops to take one look behind at the house. Mentally, she could picture her close-knitted loving family, snoozing peacefully away without knowing the drastic step she's taken. She could turn back now, but she can't. She has to teach Prithvi a lesson. She has to let him know that although, she's married to him and has a right over her, he can't take major decisions like this without her approval. Her life was ruined once because of such decision, but then she was in no state to recognize what was right or wrong. But now, the situation is different. She can tell the difference between right and wrong and she will make her own decision.
Damini breaks out of her reverie by a loud, long whistle that could only belong to a train. She looks at the direction towards the train and realizes that while she was lost in her thoughts, subconsciously, she brought herself to the train station. She wonders if this is a sign. Should she leave the city or stay till morning. If she leaves now, she'll won't be able to protect herself from the unknown dangers on board. If she stays here, atleast there will be someone to call for help. Damini seats herslef on a bench and watches the train pass by. She takes off her heels and places her feet on the bench and rests her chin on it, with her hands hugging her legs. She has her handbag around her shoulder so that in case any thief would want to still it, they wouldn't be able to without arousing her from her sleep first. For the first time, Damini sleeps at the train station like some homeless person. She realizes how lonely a person can get when they have no to care for or to be cared by. Now she knows the struggle that a homeless person has to go through to survive through one day and it hasn't even been an hour since she's been here.
Prithvi wakes up earlier than usual for some unknown reason. He feels that something's not right. He just knows it, but he can't tell how or why. He gets up from the sofa that he had uncomfortably slept on, and stretches, loosening the muscles that had become stiff overnight. He rubs his eyes and thinks to his phone call last night. He decides that he should tell Damini about it and goes towards his room. He's surprised to see Damini not in bed as it's too early even for her to be up. He considers her being in the bathroom, but sees the light off. He goes out and searches for her throughout the house but is unable to find her. As he's running around the house looking for her, everyone else wake up and look at him running from here to there, wondering what he's doing. Prithvi's brother goes up to him and asks him what's wrong.
"Bhaiya, woh Damini kahin ni mil ri." Prithvi says frantically. "Pata ni kaha chale gayi."
"Kya? Woh aise kaise jaa sakti hai. Tumne teek se dekha. Shayad bahar garden mein ho." he suggests.
"No, bhai. Meine dekha. Kahin ni hai."
"Tume usse phone kiya?" asks his brother.
Prithvi feels so stupid infront of him right now and wonders as to why it didn't dawn him before. He quickly takes out his phone and calls her.
Damini who had fallen gotten some sleep, is awakened by the familiar ring tone of her cell phone. Drowsily, Damini reaches into her handbag and takes out the cell phone. Without seeing the caller ID, she disconnects it, and switches it off as she doesn't want to talk to anyone right now and just wants to go to sleep. Plus, she decided that she'll use it only for emergencies.
Prithvi feels hurt as Damini had disconnected his phone. He realizes that she must have been seriously hurt by his words last night and left. He looks at the worried faces of his family members and quickly makes up a plan that won't make them so worried.
"Hello, Damini. Damini kaha ho tum? Pata hai, hum sab kitne pareshan hai." he lies. "Han. Oh right." he covers his face in his left hand. "Pata ni kaise bhool gaya. Sorry. Jab tum pohanch jao, tab mujhe phone karna okay. Alright. Love you. Bye."
He faces his family members and fills them in. "Sorry. Mein bhool gaya tha, ki Damini ki ek friend bohot bemar hogi thi, issi liye usse wahan kal raat hi jaana paara. I guess, mujhe ab Damini ke bena uthne ki adat ni hai."
They all take in a breath of relief and smile reassuringly at him. They all go back to their respective rooms, except for his bhabhi, who stays to say something to him. She puts her hand on his arm.
"Don't worry. Woh bohot jald bafaas aa jaye gi. Hmm." She places her hand under his chin to meet his eyes with her eyes. When he nods she smiles and leaves.
"I wish, bhabhi. I wish ki aap ki baat bohot jald sach ho jaye." he thinks and closes his eyes.
Ten days later....
Prithvi wanders down the hallway, lost in his thoughts. Lately, this is all he's able to do without screwing up. He's unable to focus properly in his work at office. He nearly lost them a very important contract. Therefore, his brother had advised him not to come to office till he's feeling better. Varun and Roshni, who always cheered him up, failed to do that as well, as he wouldn't even look towards them anymore. His mother had gotten very worried for him and had asked him to tell Damini to come back and if he wouldn't do that then she would, but he had flatly refused her. His bhabhi had decided that it's best to leave him alone and let him figure out how to solve this problem on his own. When he needed help, he'll come and ask them himself.
Prithvi knew that when Damini left it would hurt him... but this much? Never in his life. He wonders, what would have been the difference when she left with Arjun? How does he know if she's not with him right now? Even Arjun didn't come the next day as he had said he would. Prithvi had wondered as to what he would tell him when he comes and finds out that Damini wasn't there. He doesn't know why, but he knows that she's not with him. If she was then he would have known. She's just somewhere. Not with anyone, just somewhere.
Prithvi stops infront of the praying room, seeing the doors closed. He takes off his shoes and opens the door to allow himself in. He goes down on his knees and just sits there staring at the idols of Shri Ram and Sitaji. He breaks into tears for the first time, since he found out that she left her. He wails and cries his heart out till he's done. He then wipes his tears away and takes the blessing of Shri Ram and Sitaji. As he brings his hands back, they brush the orange flowers by their feet and reveal a note. Prithvi opens it and reads it quickly. He feels ashamed of himself and cries even more now knowing that it was because of her that she left.
He stops crying as he hears his phone vibrate. He wipes away his tears and take it out. He had received a text message. To others it might have been an ordinary text message but for him it was a beckoning from an angel. His angel. Damini. After ten long, suffering days, Damini had texted him. He quickly pressed the View button to read the message. It said: Prithvi... please meet me at the following address as soon as you can. Please... I need you. Those three words was all it took Prithvi to change from a heart-broken lover to a savior. He looked at the address and quickly recognzied it but wondered as to why she would call him there. He quickly dismissed it and thought he'll ask her himself when he sees her. The most important thing right now is to go see her.
He got into his car and drove as fast as he can, surpassing all the speed limits. He ignored all the honks and even some of the fingers that he got as the only thing that his mind was focused on was getting to Damini. Prithvi made a left and went upon a dirt path and entered into a lane that was covered by greenery on both sides. He looked around to see the mark the fallen tree as Damini had said. He stopped the car as he spotted it. He got out and went towards and went over it knowing that the car obviously can't go there.
So Prithvi continued the journey on foot. He took out his cell and followed the directions that Damini had left him to make it easier for him to find her. He stops in his tracks and is shocked as to see the next mark covered with Damini's pink and white dupatta. The same dupatta that she had worn at the party. He dashes towards the big flat rock and picks up the dupatta into his hands and feels the familiar touch to it. He puts it up to his face and smells in the sweet fragrance of Damini. He wraps it around his hand and screams out for Damini.
"DAMINI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Birds scatter from trees and disperse into a group in the sky as they were frightenend by Prithvi's heart-wrenching call for Damini.
Damini lifts her head from her knees and hears the familiar call. She would have recognized that voice from anywhere. He came for her against all odds just to protect her. To make sure she was okay. She got up and ran towards the opening but stopped as she was halted by two swords making a cross. She looked at the two men at the door and took her steps back. She looked around at her surrounding once more. It was an old ruin that had many cracks running down the side of the walls making it look very ancient. The cracks were adorned with fresh green leaves sprouting out from the vines. There were no doors or windows. Only empty blocks allowing her to see outside. There was a crumbling staircase that led upstairs to what would have been a second level to the ruins. Unfortunately that was gone. When someone looked up all they could see was the clear blue or black sky depending on the time of the day. There were bricks scattered everywhere especially in the second level.
Damini sat back in her original spot, which was nearby a small pond that was created by a waterfall nearby. She saw how the water from the waterfall, made its way through the slit of two rocks that had fallen on top of each other. The fresh water got mixed with dirt as it came into the ruins, making it very polluted, therefore impossible to drink. She looks into the pond and thinks of when she was sleeping peacefully at the train station. She was startled by the group of men surrounding her. She had no choice but to go with them as they had showed her a gun, which no doubt was fully loaded. Though, she still can't think of as to why they will bring her in of all places. If they had to ask for ransom then they would have done so long time ago, but they hadn't. They just brought and left her with men guarded at every entrance, making it impossible for her to leave.
Damini smiles as to how cleverly she had left clues for Prithvi to find. It still surprises her as to how they never found out that she had her cell phone with her. Damini looked at her reflection in the pond and hated what she saw. Her hair was a mess and she hadn't taken a proper bath in days. She couldn't take it any longer and decided to go freshen up. She had behaved and did exactly what they said. She went up to the two men and demanded them to let her go to the waterfall so she can freshen up. Surprsingly, they let her. She had thought they would have refused and would make her sit back down. She guessed that they too thought, she definetly needed a shower. Offended by that thought, she clutched the handbag and followed one of the men to the waterfall. He told her that he would be back in exactly thirty minutes and he would take her back in whatever state she was in. Damini hugged herself along with the handbag hearing that.
She walked to the bigger pond created by the roaring waterfall. She had never been this close to a waterfall before. She looked at the scenery around herself and lost herself in her fantasies which no doubt had Prithvi in them.
Prithvi had followed the clues left by Damini and only hoped that she would be alright. He stopped as he came upon an old ruin. He saw two men at the entrance and two more up on the roof each with a weapon in their hands. Prithvi never had liked violence, so he started thinking up of a plan to get them out of there. Upon getting an idea he quickly took out his cell phone and raised up the volume. Then he went to his ring tones and selected the one that sounded a lot like a police siren. He thanked Varun for adding it onto there and himself for not deleting it as he always said he would but forgot. The men at the old ruin had heard the police siren and quickly picked up their belongings and ran away from there.
Prithvi noticed that they didn't take Damini with them. He ran inside the ruin and saw no one there. He went up the crumbling stairs and saw no one was there either. He stood upon the edge of the roof and searched the area for her. He cupped his and hands around his mouth and called out to her as loud as he can multiple times.
"DAMINI!!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMINI!!!!!! DAMINI!!!!!!!!" he shouted out to the world.
Night had fallen and Damini was still at the waterfall. She had taken a long nice bath and was properly dressed now. She wore an orange sari with an orange blouse that was tied into a knot at the back. She wore the orange earrings and orange bangles that she had brought with her. She sat up on the rock on where she had earlier fantasized. She now wondered as to why the man hadn't come to get her as he said he would. He had mentioned he would come within half an hour, but morning had turned to night and there was still no news from him.
Just then it dawned upon her. What if Prithvi had come there and scared them off? Then he surely must have seen her not there. Had he left back to town, leaving her here? No. It's possible that he had called out to her but she couldn't hear him because of the roar of the waterfall. She had felt many times before as if someone was calling out to her but she had dismissed it thinking it as part of her imaginiation. Damini searched into her handbag for her phone and switched it on. She then dialed Prithvi's number and waited till he picked up.
Prithvi was now inside the car, defeated by fate and was ready to leave when the phone rang. He answered it at the first ring, knowing who it was.
"Damini. Damini kaha ho tum? Pata hai mein kitna pareshan hoon. Please for God's sake, say something!!" he pleaded.
"Prithvi.. mein waterfall ke pas hoon." she shouted over the roar coming from the waterfall.
"Waterfall?" he asked. "Teek hai, tum wohi roko. Mein abhi aata hoon." he answered and hung up.
While he was rushing to get out of the car, his hand brushed against a button and turned on the radio and had raised the volume. Not caring, to turn it off or close the door, Prithvi just quickly ran to the location of his beloved wife as fast as he could. Damini smiled uncontrollably as she was going to see him after ten long days which had seemed like an eternity. She put the phone in her handbag and closed it and started running along the rock but got stopped by her dupatta getting stuck in a tree branch. She started tugging on it but when she saw it wasn't going to let go, she went upto it and started making it loose. Once she had, she turned around to go down the path again, but slipped against the slippery surface.
Damini that she would fall down and crack her head. Which was true and would have happened if she wasn't got in strong, and protective arms. While she had her eyes closed, she felt the familiar touch of Prithvi's hands. She remembered the first time when she fell into his arms. She had a blindfold on and was clutching onto his shirt. This time she was just in his arms. She just knew that she was protected by him. But she didn't just want to know. She wanted to feel. She slowly made her hand come up his chest. She opened her eyes and stared into his.
They were now standing straight, their faces just inches away from each others. They had so much to say. So much to clarify. But without saying it, they decided that they'll deal with it in the morning. For now, they just want to be with each other. They just want to live in the moment. They just want to become each others. Damini placed her head onto his shoulder and stayed there, while Prithvi had her in his arms. The song from the car had travelled to where Prithvi and Damini were now lost in each other, as there was nothing stirring in the silent night. It was as if all the creatures, all the living things in the forest had disappeared to give them their privacy. To allow them to finally become each others.
They listen to the tune of the song and start swaying along with the rhythm. They come out of their embrace and walk away from each other while still looking at each other.
Meri Pehali Mohabbat Hai, Meri Pehali Yeh Chaahat Hai Damini looks at Prithvi from the other side of the tree branches.
Meri Itani Si Hasrat Hai Gale Lag Ja Na Ja She opens her arms out to him. Prithvi starts walking towards her with a smile as she looks upon him coming towards her. His white shirt presses against his body as the wind blows at it.
Teri Baahon Mein Raahat Hai, Teri Julfon Mein Jannat Hai He holds onto Damini's arms preventing her to leave from behind her and presses his face against her then makes its way against her neck.
Meri Itani Si Hasrat Hai Gale Lag Ja Na Ja They both sway to the left then to the right in each other's arms.
Sulage Sulage Badan Hai Ulajhe Ulajhe Se Mann Hai She turns around to face him and walks away backwards. She puts her right hand which was made into a fist with the edge of her dupatta in it, up to the hollow of her neck.
Badhati Jaati Hai Tan Ki Pyaas She turns around just to have Prithvi come up behind her and kiss her on her neck.
Behaki Behaki Hai Raatein, Mehaki Mehaki Hai Saansein She tilts her head and Prithvi kisses her on the other side of her neck.
Rehana Rehana Tu Dil Ke Paas She turns around and places her forehead against his.
He picks her up in his arms, while they look into each other's eyes. He takes her to a wide branch of a long, dead tree, and places her there, while she still has her arms around him. She pulls him down on top of her from his shirt and he lays ontop of her and they kiss. They break apart for a breath of fresh air and Damini hides herself into his chest while blushing.
Ho Tu Agar Saamane Ho Kaise Main Khud Ko Rakh Paau Hosh Mein Prithvi hugs her while making her shiver while he sends down little strokes from his finger down her back.
Darata Hai Dil Khata Yeh Kar Baithe Na Mohabbat Ke Josh Mein She smiles at him, while her hair drapes the surrounding view around them.
Ho Tu Agar Saamane Ho Kaise Mein Khud Ko Rakh Paau Hosh Mein He grabs Damini by the hair and switches position with her.
Darata Hai Dil Khata Yeh Kar Baithe Na Mohabbat Ke Josh Mein She smiles and leaves before he can get the chance to kiss her again.
Badala Badala Hai Mausam, Pighala Pighala Hai Yauvan Prithvi stares at Damini while she sways her hips and then spins around.
Jaage Jaage Hai Abb Ehsaas She runs into the pond.
Behaki Behaki Hai Raatein, Mehaki Mehaki Hai Saansein She puts some water upon herself which makes her sari cling onto her body. Prithvi takes off his shirt and shoes and gets into the water himself.
Rehana Rehana Tu Dil Ke Paas She gets startled as she doesn't see him come up behind her and embrace her.
He picks her up and spins her around. Damini slowly comes down into his arms while they share an eyelock. He takes off her earrings and intertwines his hands with hers. They both have their heads beside each other. They're so close that they can feel each other's heartbeats. Damini places her hands onto his chest and Prithvi's hands make their way up towards the knot that held her blouse intact.
Mere Jasbon Ki Jo Bhi Haalat Hai, Woh Samajh Lo Na Bin Kahein He drops Damini and catches her into his arms.
Ho Inn Labon Se Kahon Jo Armaan Hai Barso Yeh Hont Chup Rahe He slowly brings her up and brushes his lips with his.
Mere Jasbon Ki Jo Bhi Haalaat Hai, Woh Samajh Lo Na Bin Kahein He places her into one of his arms and bends down with her.
Ho Inn Labon Se Kahon Jo Armaan Hai Barso Yeh Hont Chup Rahe He traces the outlines of her lips then lightly taps them.
Thandi Thandi Agan Hai, Mithi Mithi Chubhan Hai She stands up along with him and gets so close to his face that he can feel her breath against his.
Judati Chudati Hai Tujhase Aas She extends her hands out towards the sky and bends down held by Prithvi's arms.
Behaki Behaki Hai Raatein, Mehaki Mehaki Hai Saansein They both walk out of the water and settle themselves onto the soft sand underneath a shade of a tree.
Rehana Rehana Tu Dil Ke Paas They both stare into each other knowing that now no one can stop them from becoming each others.
He kisses her on the shoulder, then makes his way up her neck.
Teri Baahon Mein Raahat Hai, Teri Julfon Mein Jannat Hai She puts her hands into his hair as he's kissing her. He can feel her cool hair falling down onto his bare back.
Damini lays down and looks up at Prithvi a bit scared. He kisses her on her forehead soothing her.
Meri Itani Si Hasrat Hai Gale Lag Ja Na Ja They both lock their hands in each other's tightly knowing that now no one can separate them.
Far from where Prithvi and Damini are right now, Arjun was looking angrily at the four men that had come back to him with horrible news. Arjun paces up and down wondering what to do. He then slaps one of them.
"Ek ladki ko rakne ke liye kaha tha, woh bhi teek se ni kar paye. Useless idiots. Get out!!!" he yells.
The four men leave while Arjun thinks as to what he should do now.
"Iss bar toh tum bach ki Damini. Par ab ni. Ab mein kudh tumhe lene aaonga." Arjun threatens.
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