#4 Aashlok FF- EK ANOKHI KAHAANI - Ch 60 (Epilogue) Pg 134 (26/08/14) - Page 52

Originally posted by: sireesha76

wow..finally Shlok accept he love astha

so happy yaar

Originally posted by: First_Light

Oh OK I'll brace myself for the future cliffhangers 😉😆.

Btw when are you starting work? Is this your first job? You must be sooo excited!

Originally posted by: lachii

Oh , plz update nxt part sooon

Originally posted by: niki795

awesome update...
shlok finally realised he loves astha
but what is the surprise??
continue soon

Originally posted by: Anukalu

Well neha! It certainly was special. Loved the update. So kamina baba finally realising his feelings that was there all along. Really loved the whole spending the night scene. Beautifully written. Update soon. Thanks for the pm as always.

Originally posted by: hashima

omg...who is that person?...it was a good update...finally shlok is taking some positive step...update soon

Originally posted by: mehare

Sorry for late comments read remaining update in one time loved it so much or to say mar dala with your writing skills

Originally posted by: lively_roshani

who is the person

Sorry for the delay friends... Actually I am down with fever since a couple of days. So could not write... But then, how can I make you wait so long for the update? I convinced myself to write this update... I don't know how it is... It is not very long... Please ignore mistakes... I had planned more for this update, but sorry I couldn't include it here... Hope the update is not too bad 😆

EK ANOKHI KAHAANI - Part 51

Was he Karan? This was the first thought that came to Aastha's mind after seeing a young man lying motionless on the bed with saline injected into his vein on the left hand. And her doubt was cleared when Shlok and Rahul wished him as "Happy Birthday Karan!!" They both were very happy. Everything was ready for a celebration. There was a birthday cake with candles, there were beautiful bouquets placed by the side of the bed. Karan's mother had prepared Karan's favourite food items. The cake was placed on a stool beside the bed. Shlok held Karan's hand in his and cut the cake while the everyone sang "Happy Birthday" song to Karan. Aasha was surprised to see all this. They all were talking to Karan normally, as if he was normal. They knew he could hear, and see. They knew he could understand. All this amazed Aastha. The cake was cut into pieces and was served to everyone. Shlok sat beside Karan on the bed eating the cake while others sat around the bed.

"Wow! The cake is very tasty!" said Shlok looking at Karan, "It's your favourite pineapple flavour!"

Everyone smiled. Aastha was silently observing everything. This was normal for everyone else, but for Aastha it was something she had never seen before. They all were talking of their childhood days and Aastha silently enjoyed their conversation. There was silence for a moment.

Shlok broke the silence. "You remember Karan? Your birthday marked the beginning of a series of get-togethers for our group!" Rahul and Karan's mother laughed remembering it. "First it was your birthday. And then four days later, Pratik's birthday! Oh, I always hated that boy!! Haha, but his birthday party used to be fun!!" Everyone laughed again. "And then... a week later..." Shlok paused, "it used to be Aai's birthday! Wasn't celebrated for long though... huh!" Shlok's eyes were wet. Smiles from everyone's face vanished.

"And then came your birthday!!" said Rahul to change the mood. "It used to be so much fun!!" he added.

Shlok smiled remembering it. "I wish we never grew older!" said Shlok with a sigh. Everyone agreed and was lost into own thoughts.

Shlok suddenly changed his mood and said with great enthusiasm, "Karan, tell me, what gift do you want from me?" Everyone smiled but their smiles were short lived as Shlok spoke further. "You haven't asked for anything from me since years... Tell me what you want... whatever you want!!" Shlok asked in excitement, "You want me to take you for a movie? I will!! You want me to treat you at McD? I will..!! You want me to buy your favourite book for you? I will...!!" His eyes watered, "I miss your demands so much... Why did you stop asking for these things? Look at me, I am the same Shlok!! But why have you changed? Tell me what you want damn it!!!"

Shlok was breathing fast. Aastha was shocked. Karan's mother and Rahul knew very well how attached Shlok was to Karan. Rahul placed his hand on Shlok's shoulder as if to calm him down. Shlok looked at Rahul. "Tell him to speak yaar!!!" Shlok said in frustration and left the room. Aastha's gaze followed Shlok as he walked out. Karan's mother couldn't hold back her tears. Rahul took her into his embrace trying to console her. Aastha saw tears in Karan's eyes. She wanted to do something for everyone, but what? She looked at Rahul. He signalled her to go and talk to Shlok. Aastha nodded and came out of the room. Her eyes were wet too. She looked around for Shlok but didn't find him. "Shlok Sir?" she called out for him but there was no reply. She saw a shadow in the balcony and went there. She saw Shlok standing there, tears rolling down his cheeks. As he sensed someone was there, he quickly wiped his tears.

"It's okay, you can cry in front of me... I have already seen you cry..!" said Aastha with a wink.

Shlok chuckled. Both were silent for a moment before Shlok began speaking.

"Karan was my best friend, Aastha..." said Shlok. And then he began to tell her the story behind Karan's condition. Though Aastha knew it already, she listened to Shlok as if she was hearing it for the first time. She remembered she had promised Rahul that she would not let Shlok know that Rahul had told her about it.

[If you don't remember, here's the link to the part in which Rahul had told Aastha about Swati and Karan - Story of Swati and Karan]

"... I will never forgive Swati!! She ruined Karan's life..." said Shlok in anger. "And she didn't even come to see if Karan was alive!!! She left him when he needed her the most!! How could she?! Tell me Aastha, were you in her place, would you have done the same?" Shlok looked at Aastha waiting for her answer.

"Sir, sometimes things can't be explained. Whatever Swati did, there must be some strong reason behind it... May be she was..."

"I don't believe this!! You are taking Swati's side?!! You don't even know Karan... You don't know what a humble person he is..."

"Exactly my point! We don't know what happened before or during the accident. None of you was present there to witness it"

"I only know that Swati ruined Karan's life!! His love ruined his life!!"

"And that's the reason you don't believe in love..."

"That's the reason I did not believe in love..." Shlok corrected her.

"Did not?" thought Aastha. "And now? Do you believe in love?" she asked.

Shlok looked into her eyes. "I guess so..." he whispered.

Aastha wanted to look away but she was lost into his eyes. Her heart was pounding. They were standing so close to each other that they could feel each other's breath.

"Have you ever loved anyone?" asked Aastha in a whisper without breaking the eyelock.

"I think I have..." Shlok replied.

Aastha could hear her heart in her ears.

"And I think she loves me too..." Shlok whispered again, "I hope she'll be with me... always! Whatever may happen..."

"Don't worry, she will..." whispered Aastha.

Shlok was about to say something when Rahul came there searching for both of them. Aastha quickly moved away from Shlok. "Shlok, are you alright?" asked Rahul. Shlok nodded in 'yes'.

Everyone walked into the hall. Shlok hugged Karan's mother telling her that everything would be fine. She blessed Shlok, Rahul and Aastha before they left after meeting Karan again. Rahul left for his home. And Shlok and Aastha drove to Aastha's home.

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Shlok and Aastha were silent all the way. They just stole glances at each other from time to time. They reached Aastha's home. Both got down from the car. Shlok got out Aastha's bags. Avdhoot, Kalindi and Ajju watched them stand in front of each other. Shlok and Aastha didn't know what to say. Both knew what they felt for each other and both of them were extremely happy.

"Thank you Sir!" said Aastha breaking the silence.

"For what?" asked Shlok.

"For everything!" she said.

Shlok remembered something. "Aastha, when you were calling out to me that night, you said "Shlok" and not "Shlok Sir"..."

"Is it? Oh, I.. I am sorry... I didn't realise... I was very scared and..."

"Shhh... Actually I liked it! 'Shlok' is better... Don't call me 'Sir'..."

"But Sir..."

"Again 'Sir'? No more 'Sir'.. okay? Call me 'Shlok'. It feels better. Lagta hai jaise koi apna..."

And Shlok's phone began ringing. He picked up the call. "What?!!!" he exclaimed. Aastha looked at him, worried. "Which hospital?!!" he asked, "Okay! I will come there right away!!"

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Thank you so much for reading 🤗

Sorry if the update was boring... 😳