Originally posted by: -FlameOfHope-
Finally, I've got enough time to review this. So sorry for being this late, though. Let me review it quickly. And I didn't cry like Shwetha and dv did. *halfway between smirking and smiling* Because life has thrown way too many things at me to cry now. But I do cry on books/stories sometimes. Your 'Just a dagger away' made me cry. :(
Selecting parts...
Ishaani got the cue that he wanted to change the topic. Not arguing further, she looked at him excitedly and told him the entire story in detail, starting from how they met at the airport to all of their dates and love-filled promises, their close-knit family ties and how she was the luckiest person on Earth to have found her soulmate - Chirag. She would might as well have thrown him off from the terrace and done the job.
I was really fuming at Ishaani for this whole love-sick speech. She was so... Urgh! She could read his mind well, right? Why was she so blind to Ranveer now? :(
"Well, you should find someone soon. It's not like I'm going to be with you anymore," she joked, and even the fake smile was wiped away from his face at the comment.
That was a bad, bad joke, really.
"Because he stole you away from me," he replied blankly, even though he felt his heart break as the truth behind his words struck his heart like an axe.
True confessions. At last! I've always found Ranveer hesitant to reveal his love at first. And finally, dil ki baat bahar aa gayi!
"But I don't like him. There's something strangely familiar about him and I don't like it," he continued, while Ishaani stared at him silently.
Only had they both realised who Chirag really was. :(
"You've changed Ranveer... you are not the same person who I knew," she shot back at him.
Hasn't she realised that how much she had changed?
"I just want you to be happy for me," said Ishaani, her voice now upset.
Well, how can Ishaani FORCE him to be happy. It's his own choice. Uski chahne ya na chahne se koi fark nahi padne wala.
"No, I want an answer right now! You've just been a sorry twat ever since you've returned back! I can't believe how much you've changed in all these years. And I'm sorry if you can't understand my feelings because you haven't ever been in love yourself! The day you fall in love, that day we'll talk!" she shrieked at him angrily, while Ranveer felt his hand clench into fists.
I can really imagine your state writing such painful and harsh words. :\
"...I've known all along," whispered Harshad with a tired smile upon his face...
Psst... Everyone except Ishaani has known all along. I can't seem to fathom why she 'chose' not to see his love.
"The love in the heart of one alone is enough to suffice for two," replied Harshad with a small smile. Ranveer remembered how much he loved listening to Harshad say this particular line.
You reminded me of that 'Akele ka pyaar' crap. :\ It is soothing to hear that line which was repeated like a radio repeats songs all day on the show. But as cruel as reality is... This line isn't true at all. It's only in love stories as this that this line holds true. </3
"Your Falguni Maa never loved me... but my love was enough to sustain for both of us," he whispered, his voice now slighter higher.
So, does HP mean that Ranveer's love isn't enough to sustain both Ishaani and him when together?
"I cannot take it... seeing her with Chirag every time..." confessed Chirag as his eyes shut, the twisted agony clawing at his heart.
This was a correction. Isn't it Ranveer?
"You are asking me to sacrifice my love so that she can be happy?" whispered back Ranveer, his tone heavy.
Why does everyone find only Ranveer to carry out their promises? :@
"There's no love without sacrifice, Ranveer. Many are those who have claimed to fall in love, but rare are those who have walked away for their love," muttered Harshad wisely and Ranveer gave his mentor a pained look.
This reminded me of the exceptionally GR... (Wait) ...REAT sacrifice our beloved lawyer did on the show.
"You will move on in life. You have worked very hard to achieve what you have... but you have a long, long way to go... Promise me that you will not give up on life. You will fight it... and move ahead, with or without Ishaani. I know... that you are upon a cross road where you... cannot see the end to any of it. But just because you've been left right... in the middle does not mean that... you will stop. Pick up the pieces of... of your life and find your aim. Make your own road to it..." replied Harshad and Ranveer bit his lip.
Inspirational lines. I noted them in my diary excluding the names of HP, Ranveer and Ishaani. :)
"What good is any life without her?" asked Ranveer softly, biting his lip now.
'Cause other's no life without her. I repeated your own quote. :P
"Promise me, Ranveer. You owe a dying man that much," pressed Harshad strongly and Ranveer gave his mentor an agonized look.
To all dying men of the world! Your promises/wishes can be mailed to Mr. Ranveer Vaghela. He will wholeheartedly carry it out!
Why do all dying men find this fella to carry out their promises?
Nearly three hundred kilometers away, Ishaani sat upon her bed tiredly while her eyes eyed the painting in front of her. Turning her face away from it in loathing...
Which painting was it that she turned away from in loathing?
Phew! Selected all the parts which I wanted to. Coming to the update, this was another gripping update. I was surprised when you started it with a flashback. But as the story proceeded further, it became clear. It starts with their confrontation and ends on an unreciprocated confession. Chirag definitely knows to spoil stuff. But it was about HP this time... :(
HP has been an amazing character in this fic till now. A well-written one. And it's sad that he breathed his last. But all things come to an end. His conversation with Ranveer is something which we all loved in majority. Full of heartbreaks, truth and promises. <\3
And here comes the end to Ranveer's nightmare. He then slipped into unconsciousness breaking that glass in his hand only to wake up after a day and night combined. Brilliant effects of insomnia. Insomnia sometimes leads to hypersomnia.
He starts exploring the past after finishing his food. And the servant part was something which added to the realistic touch as well. And Ishaani slipping to explore the past three-hundred kilometres away seemed like I was watching a movie. Not any filmy Bollywood movie but the inexplicable feeling of breathing the same air as a character.
Now, now, before I drool too much let me conclude this. I actually thought that there would be six interludes here too. But you broke my heart, LM. </3 But it's okay, back to the epistles now.
Love,
Effulgent/Poplu.
CID
Bade Achche Lagte Hain Naya Season
