raanjhana; naagin 5 (chapter 6)
the next few days went by with bani resting. veer didn’t let her leave the room and made sure she was recovering. no one in the family asked what happened as they figured it was related to what happened with mayuri and jay.
wanting to avoid ponky, mayuri told the family that she was going to her own place until the wedding. her excuse was that she wanted to enter the house as ponky’s bride when the wedding happened. that was a huge sigh of relief for veer and the family. bani would be safe for now.
veer told mayuri that bani had slipped. he didn't mention anything else and neither did the family. they kept the same story so that jay wouldn’t find out and suspect anything.
jay tried entering the house but because security was so tight it was impossible.
once bani recovered, she started adjusting to the house and tried her best to be normal.
she would play games with the cousins, make the whole family dinners and eat with them, and at night check in on veer’s dad and the elders in case they needed anything.
they started to adjust to bani and her presence as well. in fact most of them enjoyed her company and liked having her around.
but she wasn’t back to her usual self. she wouldn’t come out of her shell. it felt as if she was living every day with a chain tied to her leg or something. veer noticed but she hardly spoke to veer either. any time he tried talking she’d go blank or excuse herself.
bani didn’t know what to tell him. she wasn’t sure what to do. she was getting over jay slowly but she also knew she wasn’t over it yet. she felt a breakdown coming as ever since she knew the truth, she hadn’t cried once.
it was all bottled up inside.
the whole family sat for dinner a week later and bani served their favorite dishes.
“bhabhi, oh my god this is amazing. all of our favorite dishes?”
“you guys have been taking care of me so much, making sure i’m okay and i know you’ve been walking on eggshells. i’m sorry for the trouble and to make it up i thought i’d make your favorite dishes. it’s the least i can do,” bani responded to one of the cousins.
“you made all of this yourself?” asked veer’s dad.
“yes daddyji, i gave all the chefs the night off and told them i’d take over for dinner. i hope that’s okay?”
“bani you really didn’t have to take the trouble but thank you. we’re all very excited to try the food,” veer’s dad responded.
“sweetheart, you really didn’t have to do this. or you could’ve taken help from one of us. why stress gharwali? besides you’re a part of our family now, there’s no trouble in us taking care of you,” veer chimed in.
bani smiled and didn’t say anything. she motioned him to sit and served him and the other members.
“bhabhi this is amazing, i haven’t had a meal this good in years.”
“he’s right, this is really good bani,” said veer’s dad.
“gharwali, you have magic in your hands. are you trying to make me fall in love with you?”
“what?” bani asked confused.
“they say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. are you trying to get into my heart?” veer asked mischievously.
“umm..” bani didnt know how to respond.
“i'm not complaining but you’re already in my heart, there’s no need to make me try to fall for you even more.”
veer would try to act as normal as possible with bani, trying to make it seems as if jay never existed and it was just them. when he heard jay and mayuri in the mandir, they mentioned bani saving him and how she was melting. he kept reminding himself that. he desperately wanted it to be true that bani was melting and she was started to have something for him aside from hatred or revenge. especially now, there was no hatred or revenge. she was just empty.
after dinner, bani went back to the room. it was a mess so she starting sorting up everything. she had never gone into veer’s cupboard before but because his stuff was a mess, she thought of clearing it up for him. while she was taking his clothes out to fold them, something dropped on the ground.
bani bent down to pick it up and realized it was an earring. initially she assumed it was some other girl’s but the minute she look closer, she noticed it was hers. it was the earring she lost and found when she was saved from the truck. when she went back to take it, it was gone.
“that means, veer saved me? he held on to this the entire time?”
her heart was so conflicted but seeing this melted her heart. veer was always there, he was always protecting her. the entire week, he was at her side. before that, when he thought she killed teer, even then, he would never hurt her. instead he would constantly take care of her.
but then she was reminded of the mandir and what happened. it would come back to her every now and then. today was different, this was different because she wanted to be done with jay today. after seeing this earring, she didn’t want jay anymore.
bani wanted veer. she wanted veer to be with her, taking care of her, pulling her leg. she was gutted by how the man she loved easily betrayed her and then there was veer who after everything still took care of her and stood by her.
bani broke down and took refuge on the floor next to the bed, she had her back rested on the bed side and finally after almost a week, she broke down and cried her heart out.
she cried for jay, for her broken heart, for the years she waited for him. but she also cried for veer, for how badly she had treated him previously, for misunderstanding him, and for not realizing how he was the one for her.
bani was uncontrollably sobbing, her knees at her chest, rocking herself back and forth. she was so exhausted. she just wanted to be held. she wanted to feel that sukoon again that she used to.
veer said good night to his family and went to the room. as he opened the door, he saw bani’s breakdown. he knew it was inevitable and that it would happen soon but, he wasn’t prepared to see it. he knew she had to let it all out before moving on. she didn’t cry after the revelation, she was stone cold and it scared him because he knew the breakdown would be even worse then.
veer felt as if someone was tugging at the strings of his heart. bani was now shaking. she wasn’t crying as bad as she was previously but you could tell she was having a breakdown.
“sweetheart,” veer began, trying to come up with something that would comfort her but he was at a loss of words.
he came closer and sat in front of her, he cupped her face with his hands so she would be facing him.
“i’m fine, i’m okay,” bani tried to say more in attempt to convince him but this was all that could really come out.
“you’re not and that’s okay. sweetheart you’re allowed to cry it all out. it doesn’t make you any weaker. you won’t be able to get through any of this if you don’t let it all out. i told you i’m here for you. let it out, it’s okay.”
“are you going to leave?” bani asked.
“what?” veer was confused.
“are you going to leave like jay did?”
“sweetheart, i’ve loved you since satyug and i will love you till the end of time. plus now that we’re married, guaranteed i’ll be there for the next seven lives at least. you’ll be my gharwali in all of them.”
“promise me. promise me that you won’t leave and you’ll be here for me.”
“i promise you. i will always be there for you. i will never leave you, even if god told me to, i’ll be by your side. no matter what, it will be us against the world. never us against each other.”
veer wasn’t sure why bani was asking him all of this. he couldn’t understand what was going on in her mind. was it that jay’s betrayal shook her so much that she couldn’t trust veer now?
“good because i’m not letting you go,” bani responded and hugged veer. she just wanted to be in his arms for sometime. she wanted that comfort and safety, the one she’d only get in veer’s arms.
veer hugged her back and comforted bani. his heart was happy today. hearing her say that she wasn’t letting him go was all he needed. veer felt as if he was the luckiest man.
they stayed like that for a while and then bani remembered the earring. she broke the hug to question him about it.
“veer, i found this,” bani said as she showed him the earring.
“where did you find it?”
“i was clearing the room and wanted to put your clothes back, your cupboard is a mess by the way, so i decided to sort those out and it fell. did you save me from the truck?”
“i did. i can’t believe you were so reckless bani. what would’ve happened if i didn’t come?”
“i would’ve died?” bani said carelessly.
“don’t. don't talk about death so carelessly like that. i’ve told you a million times, if anything were to ever happen to you, i wouldn’t be able to take it. i would set the world on fire with me,” veer said seriously, he wasn’t in the mood to joke on this.
“you love me that much?”
“more than you can imagine.”
they sat in silence for some time, enjoying each other’s presence. bani was started to get sleepy and veer could notice but she didn’t want to get up and ruin the moment.
“sweetheart, as much as i don't want to ruin the moment, you’re still not well and need your rest. let’s get you to bed.”
“okay patidev, as you say,” bani said as veer helped her get up from the floor.
“i like it when you listen to me,” veer responded.
“i’ll take the sofa, you take the bed today.”
“no bani you’re sleeping on the bed and i’ll take the sofa. don't argue please?”
bani huffed and got on the bed. veer went to the sofa and lied down. bani realized veer didn’t have a blanket so she got up and took it out from the cupboard.
she went to him and put the blanket on him, covering him with it. veer looked at her, he was filled with so much love for her and counted his blessings that he was able to marry her at least in this life if not the last.
it was as if bani could hear his thoughts because just then, she said, “veer, i’m really sorry for killing you in satyug.”
“gharwali, why are you bringing that up now?”
“because you kept saving me. from the truck, the other day, at any point i'm in trouble, you’ve been there and i killed you. i'm sorry.”
“and i'm sorry i tricked you to enter the mandir. but sweetheart, saving you is my responsibility. taking care of you is my pleasure.”
“good night,” bani said smiling, content with how things turned out.
“good night gharwali, sleep well.”
bani went on the bed and tried dozing off but her mind was heavy with thoughts of jay and veer. she was now conflicted with her feelings. she felt better about jay but veer was taking over and she didn’t know how to feel. if he was meant for her then, she wasn’t wrong to love him back, right?
every time i listen to dil ibadat i go hayeeee and i really need to chill but it’s been years since i’ve liked a couple on screen. i think the last show i really enjoyed was naagin 1 and then previous to that was qubool hai. they really stepped up with this season. here’s hoping that the next few weeks will be as good and we won’t be let down.
chapter 7: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/154504686
Edited by nainaasharmaa - 4 years ago
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