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"WHAT??" He exclaimed. He recalled the events that took place earlier that day.
FLASHBACK
It was Arjun's wedding day. His happiness had no bounds. He was finally getting married to the love of his life. His Miss. Purvi. She would soon be Mrs. Purvi Arjun Kirloskar. The name sounded so perfect. All his struggles and sacrifices paid off. His love had finally won.
While getting dressed Arjun had this dreamy smile on his face. He had planned everything. Immediately after their wedding and the post wedding rituals, they would go to Europe for their honeymoon. They would be there for 3 weeks. And once they got back, he would ask Purvi to continue working with him in the office. Although she did not want to continue working after their marriage, he loved spending time with her and what better than the place where they had fallen in love? He not only wanted her in the office, but needed her. She was his support pillar and stood by him in the worst of times.
He was pacing around his room planning his future life while waiting to be called to leave for the wedding venue, when he got a call from Purvi. "Hey! Soon to be Mrs. Kirloskar! How are you? Are you nervous? Don't worry. Don't be nervous. We are going to be married in 2 hours. I am sooo happy Purvi. We are finally getting married. After all the pain and separation we had to bear. I love you Purvi..."
"Arjun!" She cut him off. She sounded worried. There was something in her voice that stopped Arjun talking and got him worried. "What is wrong Purvi? What happened?"
"Arjun I want to meet you right now!"
"What? Now? Why Purvi? What happened?" Arjun got worried. What was it that Purvi called him a couple of hours before their wedding vows? Why did she sound so tensed? All sorts of questions were running in his mind.
He reached the destination in a couple of minutes, the hill top temple. There she was in the distance, looking as beautiful as ever in a maharashtrian yellow sari. She looked gorgeous. Arjun was mesmerised until he realised she had called him urgently.
"Purvi...," he began while walking towards her.
"Arjun! Arjun you came..." came Purvi's reply.
"Purvi! What happened? Why did you call me so urgently? Is everything fine?"
Arjun was really anxious seeing Purvi. She was not answering him. She looked down, her eyes fixed on the ground, her fingers playing with the edge of the shawl she had wrapped around her. He started panicking. Why had she called him 2 hours before the wedding? As he looked at her, he realised how pale she looked. Her eyes were full of sadness. Her body was shaking. Her face had stains of dried tears. What had happened that she was so sad on their marriage day? He had spoken to her the previous night and she was fine, smiling and blushing. Then what happened all of a sudden? And why wasn't she answering him? Arjun was getting really nervous. But he had to control the situation. He had to know what had happened and that could happen only when Purvi calmed down. He took a deep breath, held her by her shoulders and gave a tight hug. She responded with equal enthusiasm. But pulled back all of a sudden.
"How much do you love me Arjun?" She asked.
He was surprised at her question. He loved her so much that he could give up his life for her. "Why the sudden question Purvi. You know how much I love you. I have always told you how much I love you. Then why?"
"Answer me Arjun. How much do you love me?"
"A lot Purvi! I can give up my life for you honey!" Arjun holds Purvi by her shoulders when he says that, looking in to her tearful eyes. He still did not understand why she was crying, why she was asking him such questions and why was she worried.
Arjun holds Purvi by her wrists brings her hands forward and places his lips on them. The kiss was to say that he is there for her always. He looks in to her eyes and asks, "what is it Purvi? Why are you so tensed? And why are you asking me such questions when you already know the answers to them?"
"Arjun I have a request. And only you can help me in this. Will you help me?"
"What is it Purvi? Tell me and of course I will help you if I can, is that even a question to ask?"
Arjun looks at Purvi expectantly. He looks in to her eyes and sees the sadness in them. He wanted to take away her sorrows and grief, but how could he when she was not telling him anything?
"Purvi, honey, please tell me what is the matter, please. I cannot see you like this."
"Ar..Arjun.., please get married to Ovi!"
END OF FLASHBACK
To say he was shocked would be an understatement. For a while he thought he heard her wrong, but one look at her and he knew his ears did not deceive him. His love had. How could she ask him for that?! How and why?! In spite of knowing how much he loved her, how could she ask him to marry Ovi?! Her SISTER?! His best friend?! No. He can never do that. He loves HER, not Ovi. In fact he never loved Ovi. He only agreed to get engaged to her because she loved him. But after coming to India, he met Purvi and he fell in love with her, her simplicity, her caring nature, her innocence and all her qualities.
What had happened, he wondered, in the last few hours that brought this moment between them? Where the woman standing in front of him, the love of his life, was asking him to marry another? He looked in to her eyes which were downcast and shedding silent tears, and forced her to look in to his. Her eyes were so sad, and they were trying to convey what is in her heart, but he could not understand. He wanted to know, he had to know why she asked him to marry Ovi. And he wanted her to tell him herself. And asked her once again in a slightly calmer voice because he knew if he would get upset at her at this point she would never tell him the entire matter, "what?"
More tears rolled down her cheeks. "What is it Purvi, please tell me. How am I going to help you solve the matter if you do not tell me what it is? Your continuous crying is not helping in anyway honey. Why are you asking me to marry Ovi? What happened between last night and today afternoon?"
It hurt Purvi every time she distanced herself from him. From the time she broke out of the hug to the time she asked him to marry Ovi. It killed her when she pulled out of his embrace, when that was the place she wanted to be in for the rest of her life. His arms! Her Arjun's safe and protective embrace, where she felt safe from all the harm and tension in her life. Oh how she wanted to hug him back. How she yearned to hold him tightly, close to her heart, feel his heartbeat which beat only for her. And when she told him to get married to Ovi, a piece of her heart would break with every word she uttered.
However, she had no option but to do this. To sacrifice her love for her mother. That mother, who although did not give birth to her, but loved her as much as every mother would love her child. The mother who gave her name, a name by which she was recognised in the world. That mother who stayed up nights to ensure she slept well, who ensured that she was happy, who fulfilled all her wishes, who woke up early so that she could reach school on time, who gave her all the happiness, who forgave her when she was wrong, who supported her and guided her in all her decisions and that mother who went against her entire family, the family she waited for 18 years just for her. Her mother, who meant the world to her. No she could not do this to her mother. She could not be selfish, she could not.
Telling Arjun; the love of her life, the man who gave her a chance to dream and live her dream, the man who supported her, who went against his best friend and his role model for her, the guy who treated her like a princess, who lived in a chawl for her, who put his life in danger to save her, who respected her family as they were his own, who was like a guy every girl would wish for; to get married to HER SISTER was no easy task. It killed her. Her breath got stuck in her throat as she tried to speak, but she had to. And she did.
What she saw now, was one thing she had never thought she would witness. Her Arjun was in tears. And that too because of her. He was a strong guy who only cried' when he was happy, that too because he did not know how to express his emotions of happiness. And now he was crying due to grief and it was all because of her. Tears were streaming down his cheeks and she could not even wipe them away. How could she? When she was the reason for them?! How could she tell him what had happened the night before last? How could she tell him that she had thought that a way would come out, but it did not? She thought of lying to him, but she knew it will never work. He knows her too well.
Arjun wiped his tears. He had to know what Purvi was doing and more importantly what she was hiding from him. "What happened Purvi? Please answer me! Why are you doing this? What happened in the last few hours that you are asking me to marry Ovi? Did Ovi say something to you Purvi? Answer me Purvi! Answer me damn it!" He held her by her shoulders roughly while asking her but on getting no response, pushed her, such that she stumbled.
Purvi was in tears. How could she tell him what had happened. How could she tell him that Ovi asked her for her Arjun in return of their mother's happiness. How? How could she tell Arjun that she had no option but to sacrifice her love for him, and give it to her sister for the sake of her mother? How could she tell him that?
"Arjun... Please get married to Ovi. You don't know by getting married to her, you will be doing me and my mum a great favour. Arjun, if you get married to Ovi, she will accept her mother and she will make sure that Baba, Sacchu dada and Savita Aaji also accept her. Please Arjun, please say yes." Purvi pleaded to him. "If we get married then I will lose everything Arjun. But if you get married to Ovi, then I will gain everything. Please Arjun, please say yes."
"NO!" Arjun exclaimed. After listening to Purvi, he got really upset. He had to vent out his feelings and he did just that! "I will not do that!" Arjun told her. He grabbed her shoulders with a force and heard her wince in pain. "Hurts doesn't it?! You have caused me pain more than thousand times worse here!" pointing to his heart. "What do you think am I Purvi? A toy? Whom you can easily give to your sister so that she is pacified? I know I made mistakes in the past and I tried rectifying them. And I know due to that one mistake many of us suffered, but now everything has become ok, then why Purvi? Why are you punishing me? What for?! I am a human being Purvi, I have feelings. A heart beats in here (he puts her hand on his chest) and it beats only for you. I love you Purvi, but that does not mean that I am going to ruin my life for some stupid deal between you and your sister!" Purvi's eyes widened in shock at this statement. "Yes! I could tell from your talks that all this is a deal! A deal between you and your sister! A deal of OUR LOVE!!! How could you do that Purvi?! You made a mockery of my love, my feelings, my promises, and my dreams of OUR future!!! How could you do that?!" Arjun finally broke down. Letting all those suppressed feelings out. He fell on his knees to the ground and tears streamed down his cheeks. He wanted to scream, shout out in pain, but he could not do that. How could he? When his own beloved had betrayed him?! The girl, the woman for whom he could give up his life for, was giving him a punishment worse than death!
How could she do that to him? What wrong had he done to her to suffer so much at the hands of his beloved? Only yesterday she promised him that she will always be there for him, she will be by his side. He had told her about his deepest darkest fears of losing her like he lost his mum and she vowed never to leave him. Then why? Why did she want to leave him now?! What wrong had he done?! Was loving her wrong? Was that the mistake he made?
Bejaan Dil Ko (x2)
This lifeless heart
Bejaan Dil Ko Tere Ishq Ne Zinda Kiya
This lifeless heart was awaken by Your love
Phir Tere Ishq Ne Hi Is Dil Ko Tabah Kiya
And then this love of Yours also ruined this heart
Tadap Tadapke Is Dil Se Aah Nikalti Rahi Hai
Suffering, suffering, from inside this heart came out sighs
Mujhko Saza Di Pyaar Ki Aisa Kya Gunaah Kiya
You gave me the punishment in love, what crime had I committed
To Lut Gaye Haan Lut Gaye
That I have been robbed
To Lut Gaye Hum Teri Mohabbat Mein
That I have been robbed of everything in Your love
It hurt Purvi to see Arjun that way. She could not bear seeing him in pain and rushed forward to him to console him. But he pushed her away. "Go Purvi! Leave me alone! Who am I to you anyways? It does not matter to you if I am there in your life or not. Actually it does. If I am in your life, then you will lose everything and if I am not you will gain everything. Then go Purvi! I am NOT going to get married to YOU or YOUR SITER for that matter!!" Arjun was heartbroken. He was shattered from within. He saw his Purvi, his love in tears, and they mattered to him but what she said a few moments ago mattered more. She wanted to make a deal out of his love was all he thought, and it shattered his already broken heart more.
Purvi was really hurt. She knew she hurt the one man who loved her truly, who taught her the meaning of love, who taught her the depths of love in every sense of the word. But she had no other option. She had to choose between her mum and him. How difficult it was for her to choose her mum and actually tell him all this was only known to her. She tried every way possible to have both by her side. But she failed. She too was devastated. The thought of living away from her Arjun, her love, was killing her. And now he was livid with her. She could not bear this anymore and ran away from there tears running down her cheeks.
The emotions in their heart and tears in their eyes were also portrayed by the weather as it thundered and started pouring heavily. In a month of no monsoon, it was raining. This was clear indication that the weather understood the feelings of the two souls and it poured like never before.
"WHY PURVI?! WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?! I loved you with all my heart and soul and this is what I get?! You broke all my dreams, shattered them so badly that the same dreams and promises are hurting me!! WHY PURVI?! What was lacking in my love that you did this to me?! WHY??????!" Arjun screamed his heart out in the rain.
On the other hand, "I am really sorry Arjun. I am really sorry. I love you with all my heart, my love, but I cannot be selfish. I just cannot be selfish in front of the woman who raised me, who gave me her name when I was all alone. I am sorry, my love. I love you with all my heart and will always love you." Tears rolled down Purvi's cheeks.
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