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Posted: 10 years ago
#51
Beautiful chapter

Excited for the next part..
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Posted: 10 years ago
#52
I love the way you write. Honestly. You focus on all characters and their motivations and not just the main two, and it is wonderful.
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Posted: 10 years ago
#53
So, thank you my dears for your patience!! This fic got put on the backburner while I finished The Divorce, and also life got in the way of my writing time 😳. I'm happy to be working on this fic again but I'm not sure how long it will take to finish!

I would like to say I've been working on this all month but actually...all of this was written tonight. Not much editing done because I just want to move the story forward! Feel free to let me know about whatever you think needs improvement!

A note, I haven't seen any of the hospital episodes or anything after, and this fic was started before the Purab/Aaliya wedding. So it does not match the developments of the show since then.

Thank you for all your kind words and thoughtful responses! Please forgive me for not replying to the comments on the last chapter. Your feedback means A LOT to me, and I will try to be more prompt with responses going forward.


Enough
A KKB FF by -mina-

In all the weeks she had spent trying to hide the truth about her marriage to Abhi, Pragya had forgotten one basic thing.

Her mother had a temper.

Pragya's decision to stay in her marriage after the first night had been based largely on overhearing her mother sound so wistful and worried about her future, and also on her memory of Sarla's frightening collapse when she had tried to break her engagement to Abhi. It reminded her of the way Sarla had broken down when her alliances ended with Suresh and Tarun. It had been a year full of drama for their family, and her mother's response for most of it had been hysterical collapses leading to deteriorated health.

But for all that Sarla had recently tended to react to bad news with desperate sadness, she was still the same fierce-spirited woman she had always been. She was the same woman who had stood up to customers trying to cheat her out of payment over decades of running her marriage hall, the same woman who had argued with merchants trying to give her inferior goods, the same woman who had walked away from valuable business deals when asked to do something unethical. And she was the same mother who had ruled over Pragya and Bulbul's childhood with a spine of steel and a golden heart. She was the same mother who had scolded Pragya for hours when she missed handing in an end-of-term assignment because she was too busy helping Bulbul, and the same mother who had punished Bulbul's first and only lie about skipping school classes by forcing her to take extra tuition in her free time.

Sarla Arora had indeed grown anxious and hysterical with age. But she had not lost her instinctive temper, as Pragya was finding out in what had to be the most painful conversation she had ever had with her mother.

"I just don't understand, how could you think THIS would make me happy?" Sarla asked for the third time. She hadn't yet given Pragya a chance to answer, instead repeating over and over what she'd been told, clearly unable to believe it.

"Maa, I just wanted to -"

"Really Pragya, really? Is this what I taught you your whole life, to hide your pain from me? To try to solve all the problems in the world without once looking to see if someone could help?"

"Maa, after what happened to your health when you found out about Suresh -"

"You thought I was too weak, didn't you? You thought I couldn't handle the truth. You thought that the mother who took care of you for your whole life is now so weak and useless that there's no need to tell her the truth!"

"But Maa -"

"Pragya, I never thought you could make me so disappointed. You are supposed to be my understanding daughter. How could you think that making sacrifices and playing pretend would fix anything? Don't you see, Pragya, those people are so selfish and wicked that there was never anything you could have done to make that marriage real!"

Pragya was shocked at her mother's words. Suddenly, she felt the vault of pain buried in her heart unlock. She had known all this time that none of it was her fault, at least not in the beginning; the situation with Aaliya and Abhi was not of her making. Nonetheless, she had kept trying to cover it up and fix it and plan and hope for things to somehow work out and now, to finally have someone tell her that she had been foolish to even think it was a problem that she could solve - it was a relief that Pragya hadn't known she needed.

"Maa!" she breathed shakily, unable to put her sudden gratitude into words.

Sarla extended her arms, and Pragya gratefully fell into her embrace. She lay her head on her mother's chest and cried like the silly teenager she had never quite allowed herself to be. As the first wave of sobs slowed down, she started to tell Sarla all the little details of her complicated experience at Mehra Mansion. She told her about the ugly moments with Tanu, and Abhi's habit of blaming her for nonsensical things, and Aaliya's never-ceasing unpleasantness. She told her about how sweet yet blind Daadi and the Daasis were, how inexplicable Mithali Bhabhi was, how much she was growing attached to Bunty and Babli. To her surprise, she even found herself admitting to her mother that a small part of her had somehow grown fond of Abhi, because he had his endearing moments, and he was so protective of his family, and underneath all the rockstar arrogance and immaturity there seemed to be a good heart, and she only wished that she could somehow get him to see her...

Pragya had not even admitted to herself that she had developed an attraction to Abhi, but it all came out as she unburdened her griefs to Sarla. She had spent the past weeks always worrying about and planning how to deal with all the misunderstandings she was helping to perpetuate, so that her conscious thoughts always drowned out her unconscious yearnings. Now that she was finally able to be honest with herself by telling her mother everything, she suddenly understood why she wasn't feeling happy and relieved about freeing herself from the torture of her marriage. She had thought that it was just because she still had to worry about her mother's health, but now she knew that it was also because some delusional part of her really hadn't wanted to leave at all.

Pragya was not very impressed with herself when she realized that she had started to fall for Abhi. The last thing she needed in her already complicated life was another brush with unrequited love. After all, with everything that had already gone wrong between them, and with all their major differences in values and attitudes, how could there be any chance of a proper relationship between them? And anyway it was ridiculous to think that Abhi could ever want her; he'd already explained so many times and in so much detail why she could never be his type.

Pragya was pulled away from these thoughts when Bulbul cautiously entered the room. She sat up and wiped away her tears and gestured for Bulbul to join them on the bed.

Bulbul sat down with them and took Sarla's hand. "Maa, I want you to know that I never meant for Di to face all these problems because of me," she started to explain.

"Chup!" Sarla admonished, snatching her hand back. "I don't know where I went wrong with both of you, that neither of you told me the truth about all this. Bulbul, you could have told me at any time about Purab! Is this how little I mean to you? I have always wanted you both to be honest, and this is what you do?"

"But Maa, we were all so confused! And I didn't want you to worry about Di's marriage, I was sure Jiju would have no problems if Purab married Aaliya," Bulbul insisted.

Sarla pulled Bulbul closer to her, so that she had both her daughters in her arms. "Silly girls. I thought you were so grown up, but here you are playing games with your lives. My dears, no problem is ever solved with this kind of nataak involving so many secrets and sacrifices. And no matter what happens, I never want either of you to sacrifice honesty, do you understand?"

Pragya and Bulbul murmured their agreement. Both sisters were enjoying the special safety and comfort of being accepted in their mother's arms. Neither liked it when Sarla basically said that they were behaving as children, but still both of them knew that in some way she was right.

"Don't worry, my darlings," Sarla said soothingly, drawing from her inner strength to speak with confident courage. "We'll be fine. We don't need to keep rishtas with such people as Abhi and Purab. We'll be fine."

Pragya told herself that her mother always knew best, and for her mother's sake she tried to accept the idea that she didn't need Abhi. She hoped it would get easier to believe that as time wore on and her memories of him faded away.

***

The day after Bulbul's final rejection, Purab gathered his courage and went to meet with Abhi. Robin answered the door at Mehra mansion and informed him that Abhi was out. Purab then called Abhi's cell, but it was actually Akaash that picked up.

"Sorry, Purab. Bhai's busy, he can't talk to you," Akaash said, not sounding sorry at all.

"Well can you at least tell me where he is? I need to meet with him." Purab hated that he was beginning to sound desperate. His emotions were all over the place these days, and it was getting harder to keep his cool as all the frustrations in his life built up.

"He's dealing with a lot right now, he can't see you. I'm sure he'll contact you in his own time," Akaash answered smoothly.

Purab was dismayed to realize that Akaash had developed an impressive professional manner. It seemed he was doing a great job as Abhi's manager, and it was galling to think he'd been so easy to replace. He'd been at Abhi's side for years, he'd learned how to be a gatekeeper and a dealmaker and to do everything Abhi needed, and now he was being shut out by Abhi's little cousin who used to run around in mud-stained, torn shorts while he and Abhi were trying to do homework.

"I have to go, Purab. Sorry. You take care, alright?" Akaash clicked off the phone, not waiting for Purab's answer.

Dejected, Purab leaned against the closed door of Mehra mansion, wondering how on Earth he could reach Abhi. His one-time best friend, the older brother he'd never had - they used to be practically joined at the hip, and today he couldn't even find out where Abhi was. He looked up at the clear, blue sky; it was a sunny, warm day, and for a moment Purab felt like he could curse the universe for being so indifferent to the misery he was personally facing. He shook off the nonsensical thought and turned to leave.

The front gates were opening to let in a car. Purab realized that Abhi was driving, and for a moment he felt better as it seemed his luck was improving. He watched as Abhi parked the car and got out of it alone. Evidently he was just coming back from somewhere.

Abhi headed for his front door, but stopped short when he saw Purab. He took off his sunglasses and slowly looked over Purab, surely noticing his messy hair, tired eyes, and rumpled clothes.

"Bhai -" Purab began eagerly.

"No. Don't talk to me. I don't know why you're here, Purab, because we have nothing to talk about," Abhi said firmly.

"I just want to explain -"

"We're past the time for explanations. Go away, and don't show me your lying, cheating face again, do you understand?" His words were harsh, but his voice was frighteningly calm. Purab had never seen Abhi managing his anger in this careful, serious way, and it was almost like facing a stranger.

Still, Purab was sure that they could work things out, if only he got a chance to tell his side. "Bhai, please, after all these years -"

"Stop calling me Bhai. You have lost that right, Purab. You hid from me like a coward, and you betrayed my sister. I don't need a brother like you." Abhi put his sunglasses back on and started to walk past Purab.

Purab grabbed his arm. "Abhi - Abhi, please just listen to me!" he begged, falling to his knees in front of Abhi out of desperation. He looked up at his friend's increasingly stormy face, willing him to have just an ounce of mercy.

Abhi roughly pulled Purab to his feet and stepped back from him. "No, Purab. All these years, you behaved as the perfect little brother, and I loved you for it. I never had to choose between you and Aaliya. But now you've made me choose, and I choose her."

Purab felt tears stinging his eyes and bit his lip to keep control. "But -"

"Aaliya is my baby sister, Purab. She is my responsibility. Your choices created a huge mess in her life and mine, and I just can't deal with you anymore. Goodbye."

Abhi brushed off Purab's further attempts to hold onto him. He strode into his house and made sure that the door was closed before Purab could follow.

Purab stood staring at the closed door for what seemed like hours. He could not believe that Abhi had rejected him so completely. How had all their years together just become meaningless over a few crazy weeks? How had the simple mistake of falling in love destroyed his life so thoroughly?

When Bulbul had broken up with him, it felt as if the ground had opened up and thrown him into a hell where his punishment would be an eternal broken heart and a longing that could never be met. But now with Abhi also walking away from him, he was beyond hell; there were no words to describe the empty darkness he could feel creeping into his soul as he realized just how alone he was in the world.


So dear readers...thoughts? Predictions? Please comment and like, and THANKS so much for reading!!

I hope that this fic will be long and slow; it will be my alternate future for KKB, from the point of Aaliya's sangeet being a disaster. Eventually there will be an AbhiGya happy ending, but maybe interesting things will happen to the other characters along the way. Not sure how often I can update. Always interested in ideas and suggestions from you guys!

And yes there's been a lot of crying in this fic so far...I think everyone has had their turn now, so hopefully we can move on? 😆 There will still be lots of drama and tension ahead; this is not a fun/fluffy fic. But yeah I think everyone has had a chance to cry...Abhi, Aaliya, Bulbul, Purab, Pragya...

Thanks again for reading 😊

PS All my AbhiGya and KKB fics can be found at my index if you are interested in further reading!
Edited by -mina- - 9 years ago
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Posted: 10 years ago
#54
Eeep!!!

This how i wanted sarla to be all along! Thanks!!!

Oh the big brother abhi! Obviously will chose aaliyah

Intresting to see what happens next!!!
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Posted: 10 years ago
#55
A bunch of stuff that should have happened in the soap have happened in this update!
A strong Sarla, a repenting Purab, and of course Pragya is doing what we all wished she did in the soap!
Aww she has something little for Abhi! That is what will move AbhiGya forward later, I guess.
Thanks Mina for this update, will look forward to how AbhiGya meet again.
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Posted: 10 years ago
#56
Simply superb mina...very nice. ...u made us see the best sarla maa in ur fiction. ...perfect bold mom...its very relieving to see pragya shared her thoughts completely...how long she can cover up...poor girl...
Thankyou for this open pragya who put everything infront of her mother. ..felt sorry 4 purab...abhi may soon clear things... n there is no tanu I totally loved it😉...take ur own time mina...I l wait for your another part...
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Posted: 10 years ago
#57
Loved it cannot wait for next update !!
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Posted: 10 years ago
#58
nice update, it's nice to see Sarla being strong and there for her daughters, feel really sorry for Purab
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Posted: 10 years ago
#59
loved this strong sarla...wanted to see sumthing like this in the serial...purab left all alone...continue sooon

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Posted: 10 years ago
#60
Omg it's scary how to see abhi in the serious and angry mode

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