How the one out of the blue meet with a stranger has turned out to be the one person,beyond whom the world ceased to exist for her.Their meetings that has started on a formal arena has held a mind of its own as they seamless fell into an amiable companionship in the days to come.She has been in her final years of Bachelors and he has just shifted to Delhi for his Masters.
After their respective colleges,the would meet at their fixed place as they recountered the happenings of the day.She would giggle and laugh as she narrated the stories one after the other and he would listen attentively,having all the time in the world for her.
Khushi hasn't even realised when she has started to looking up at Arnav for everything. He always held a solution to all her problems.He has become her confidante with whom she can talk about everything and not feel even slightly abashed.
Something has shifted between when they have shared their first laughter together.He talked less and listened more,he was reserved when she was completely outgoing.Their choices were as different as chalk and cheese,she preferred tea while he didn't drink anything except coffee.
She thrived on different cuisines of food while he relished simple meals.But all these things seemed to fade in oblivion when they were together. Over shared cups of tea and coffee,over bubbling laughters,in the mundane daily life,they have found a space where they felt completely whole.
Sometimes she has wondered,how come he bare with all her craziness and her antics but the moment the question has left her mouth,Khushi has realised it was too late.In all these months of being together,Khushi has first time his eyes veiling a mask in front of her.
Those bewitching eyes that has perturbed her the first time,the same eyes she has come to read effortlessly,the same eyes that talked to her when he was silent,that always told her when he needed his space,when he needed a friend,when he just wanted someone to be just there has then turned expressionless.
He has left without voicing a word to her and Khushi has felt the world fade around her.In that moment Khushi has stumbled upon her realisation of love and the sight of him walking away from her has led to such a havoc of emotions in her that she has confessed her love aloud halting him in his tracks.
He has turned ,his face mirroring expressions from shock to amazement to realisation and then recognition.As they have walked towards each other,crossing the distance of few feet between them,Khushi has realised she has hurt him by her question.
His eyes were brimming with same love that clouded hers,she has known that he loved her more than she could ever love him.She has pulled at her ear for apologising but he has stopped her midway nodding his head in negative.
Bridging the gap between them as he has pulled her close and they have shared their first kiss,they have realised what ultimate happiness felt like.After that defining moment in their life,Arnav and Khushi have become synonymous to life for each other.
Having someone to finally call his own,Arnav had told Khushi everything about himself.His father was a well renowned businessman,the Raizadas were a name to be reckoned with and his mother was the most loving lady ever.
They were a happy contended family until destiny had played a cruel joke and snatched his parents away from him at the mere age of 12.He was a single child and his relatives has shown their back when the time arose.His father has been his hero and he has taught him to never be dependent on anyone.
Arnav has always felt,it was always the parental instinct in his parents that they have opened a trust in his name.The business has dissolved with no one to look after it and he has spent all his after years in hostel.He never had to worry about money because his father has made all the provisions of his wellbeing.
Recognising his passion for flying quite early,Arnav has found his direction long ago.Once he has turned 18,he has turned the trust into an orphanage for other children keeping the name of his parents alive.
Khushi has never known so much pain until he has heard him,seen his tears,hear the cracking of voice everytime he talked about his deceased parents.Holding him to herself,Khushi has cried the tears that he hasn't been able to shed for himself.
That day she realised the man Arnav Singh Raizada truly was,inspite of all that he has faced,he didn't harboured any negative feelings for anyone.He was a self made man who has battled all odds and to know he was hers for keeps was a joy like no other.
She has vowed to herself to never let any more pain come his way ever,not knowing what future held for them.It is said that true love empowers you and it couldn't have been more true in her case.
She was youngest in her family,adored and pampered by her parents and brother and inspite of growing up,she always remained the baby for them.Her father was in the textile business and falling the footsteps of her brother,she has got herself enrolled in business manangement course.
Though a few weeks down the line,she has known it was not her calling.Yet she has sticked to it not knowing whatelse to do.Confused as she was,her life has been going on until Arnav came and changed it all.
If he has broken his rules by following his heart and taking a step ahead in their relationship,Khushi has long ago known that when it comes to him,no rules existed for her.From the first time when she has explained the reason of her fainting to a stranger to making him privy to her secret scribblings as she has termed it as,he has always been the only exception.
They completed each other,falling together like missing pieces of a puzzle.His protectiveness ,her liveliness,his secret smiles and her echoing laughter,her reciting her poems as he listened incessantly,their mindless bickerings and pacifying each other,their first date,the innumerable photographs capturing their cherished moments immortalising it.
Arnav has applied to the flying school in USA and the day he has got his admission letter,they both have been on seventh sky.He has to move for 2 years and for the life of themselves,the idea of living apart was never in their thought process.
They haven't talked about the time and when because it has always been a preconceived thing.Their relationship has to be culminated into marriage,they both respected the sancity and sacredness of this institution and that has been the reason they have never crossed the boundaries of their relationship.
Thus that evening,ASR has turned to the doorstep of Khushi Gupta to formally ask her parents for their marriage.Khushi has been elated with the mere thought of being his in all ways and she was confident that her parents who had never denied her anything,would agree to Arnav's proposal at the very instant.Besides,her Arnav was perfect.
The man he was,Arnav has told Khushi's parents every single detail about him.Khushi has felt her head going ten inches taller when she has heard the conviction in his voice as he talked about them,his voice never faltering.He has provided not only verbal but assurance to her father of being more than capable to take care of all her needs.
Arnav and Khushi have stood there holding hands as an dreaded silence has surrounded the room when Arnav has finished talking.The ground beneath their feet has shaken when they have heard her father's words.He hasn't said much but those few words has shaken the entire course of their life.
"I cannot bestow my daughter's hand to an orphan.How could I trust a man to give my daughter the security that only a family can provide when he has never had his.Khushi,if you want to hear my answer in one word then it's a clear NO and if you still decide to go ahead with this relationship then we are finished here".
Khushi has felt that someone has sucked the life out of her.All her dreams has come crashing down in a fleeting second,thousand arrows pierced her heart as her father's words resonated in her ears,he has called her Arnav an orphan.
She couldn't even fandom what Arnav might be feeling as she opened her mouth to speak but she found Arnav gripping her hand as gestured her to not say a word.His face hadn't deciphered anything but when has he been able to hide his pain from her as khushi felt her own heart being ripped into pieces seeing the raw hurt in his eyes.
He made a move to leave and stopped only to ask her parents for meeting her one last time and when he pried his fingers away from her,they both have known the decision was taken.
(CREDIT TO THE MAKER)
A Song that suits Arnav and Khushi perfectly,If you would like to listen,then here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYDgN-gqSKo
SORRY,CANT EMBED IT,USING PHONE.
FLASHBACK TO BE CONTINUED WITH THEIR LAST MEETING.
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