'Rone ki kya zaroorat hai' Nachiket Ragini OS

Neil goes back to his room, removes his coat and makes himself a drink of his favorite scotch. He is sipping on it as he is looking out the window and while his mind goes back to the image of Ragini crying. He couldn't believe that she still affects him so much, he hates her, then why does he feel so restless when he sees her cry after all these years.

"Ok fine, Aarav shouldn't have said all those disrespectful things to her, she could have even scolded him...ismein rone ki kya zaroorat thi...Alright, she couldn't get mad at him but she could have at least continued to lecture me like she did while we were upstairs, it comes naturally to her, you know letting all her anger out on me...lekin rone ki kya zaroorat thi? I am sure woh abhi bhi Roh hi rahi hogi" Nachiket sighs as he sips the last bit of his drink.

Just then Pam walks into the room and asks him to join the party, "Pam please leave me alone" Pam as always starts annoying him even more and starts shit talking about Ragini. "Pam, I don't wanna hear it, aaj tumhari wajaise Ragini upset ho ke chali gayi, I am already in a bad mood, don't make it worse. Please leave, now!!"

Pam is adamant and starts shit talking even more. She thinks Neil won't react. Nachiket however, does. "That's enough Pam, I guess you won't leave, so I will" his eyes are red, he hated it when people talked shit about Ragini in front of him. When Nachiket and Ragini were married, Pam was the same, even though she wasn't vocal about her dislike for Ragini, Nachiket would still have none of it. He was very protective of his wife. Now that Ragini left him, he was proved wrong, so he couldn't even defend her.

Nachiket grabs his coat and leaves the room. Ragini is on his mind, "is she okay?" His drink is slowly hitting him. "Karan can I please borrow your car keys, I need to go see if Ragini is okay?" Karan is confused as to why he would worry about Ragini "Neil, tum Ragini ke bare mein kyun soch rahe ho, I am sure she must be home with her husband".

her husband' suddenly strikes him. "Oh yeah, I forget that she is married, you are right". He grabs a shot at the bar and chugs it. "She moved on..." He smiles as he tries to hide his tears from Karan and Dimpy. Neil dials Dr. Aman's number, but he won't answer the phone. He thinks that Ragini may have already called him to pick her up, but Nachiket wasn't convinced. "I still need to go and check on her" Nachiket borrows Karan's car keys and heads toward MG road.

He was trying to maintain control of his car, and he was doing a pretty good job at it, all he knew was he had to get to Ragini. There she was, lost in her own world, weeping like there is no tomorrow. He pulled the car right next to her and rolled down his windows. "Ragini..." is all he could say in the most loving manner. It's the nicest he has been to her ever since he met her after 15 yrs. She didn't look at him yet, she knew it was him, she tried to put on a strong face. He was the last person she wanted to be weak around, she already made that mistake a few moments ago and she couldn't do that again. She quickly wipes her tears and her runny nose and turns to face him.

She sees genuine care and love in his eyes, she could tell he has been drinking...her heart sort of melts. She thought he would be celebrating his victory, but mostly her loss.

"Why are you following me? Tum jao aur celebrate karo apne friends ke saath, apni Nivedita ke pass"

Neil is thinking "why am I even here?" he is getting irritated. Nachiket gets out of the car and tries to stand still, remember...he has been drinking. "Excuse me, Ms Ragini Patel...I mean Mrs. Ragini Ama...

Just when he was about to finish saying her full name' she interrupts him "Tumhari problem kya hai, tum kyun mujhe akela nahin chodhte, aren't you happy that you won?"

"Everything's a game for you, tumhari ego itni badi hai Ragini that you can't even appreciate the fact that I am here, just to make sure that you are okay, I don't even know why I bother?" Nachikets sighs and throws his hands up in the air, his cute dimples are visible. Aww ;=)

"Listen, I don't need you Nachiket, tum jaa sakte ho, I will manage, mujhe tumhari koi zaroorat nahin hai" Ragini fights back. "Haan tumhe meri zaroorat kyun padh ne lagi, tumhara pati jo hai to take care of you, actually I called him, but looks like he is asleep, phone nahin uthaya usne" Nachiket taunts her.

"Woh jaldi sote hai, aur jaldi uth thay hai" Ragini finds it silly trying to defend her non-existing husband. "Achaa, that's good...acchi aadat hai, subah jaldi uth kar unhe hospital ka menu jo set karna hota hai" Nachiket tries hard not to laugh, Ragini herself finds it a bit funny, but she knows she can't laugh. He is taunting her friend, after all.

"Anyway, I don't care about you or your husband, I just wanna make sure that the mother of my kids reaches home safe, so come on sit in the car" Neil tries to be assertive.

Its things like this, that he says...sort of breaks her and melts her heart at the same time. "He doesn't care about me, yet he is here, why? Oh just because I am the mother of his kids??? Is that the only reason, ughhh" she is irritated even more.

"Don't talk to me in that tone, you know I don't like it" Ragini starts walking again.

Neil is ready to leave but Nachiket does not move, Ragini continues to walk, she is almost at a point where she will have to turn onto another street, out of his sight. Neil gives in to Nachiket as Nachiket follows her and tries to make an effort to walk straight. The drink is slowly hitting him, a few feet away from Ragini, he runs and stumbles on a rock (so much construction on Mumbai streets, and when you are drunk its even worse) and falls as he calls out "Ruko Ragini!!"

Ragini turns around to see her Nachiket fallen on the road. Her heart melts, as she sees the rock hit him on the head, causing it to bleed. Nachiket being all manly doesn't stay on the ground for too long, he tries to get up on his own but is about to fall yet again, when Ragini runs to him and holds him just in time.

Their eyes meet, Nachiket smiles "Sorry, woh rock..pata nahin kahaan se aagaya beech main" He is drunk, he doesn't know what he is saying. She pulls his arm around her neck and grabs him by the waist. Ragini loved his touch, he was always so warm, (READ: RONITFAN's FURNACE OS). He didn't have his coat on, his sleeves were rolled up. She sees the blood dripping off his face, seemed like a big cut, she is extremely worried.

"Kya zaroorat thi mere peeche aane ki?" She feels guilty for leaving him behind over there, in a way she is glad that he followed her instead of driving under the influence, it would have caused him even more harm. Neil tries to separate himself from her "Thank you, but I think I can walk on my own now" he gives her a half smile.

Just when he is about to make the first step, Ragini grabs him by the elbow with both her hands.

"No, you are drunk! Can you stop being stubborn, lets walk back to the car" Nachiket was confused but he relented. Neil was trying to fight back since she is now another man's wife.

Ragini was always his DD (designated driver) when they went to parties together. Karan and Nachiket used to enjoy their drinks while, Dimpy and Ragini, the wives would play the designated drivers. They didn't mind, as they wouldn't want any other women around them especially while they were drunk. This was strictly during the dating days and before the birth of their kids. Nachiket matured a lot of the birth of Nishi.

Basically, Ragini knew exactly how to handle her drunk "Nachiket".

They reached the car and she made sure, that he was comfortable as she made him sit inside the car. "Thanks Ragini" Nachiket is now almost gone...

Ragini turns on the car..."Saathiya tune kya kiya...itna karo na mujhe pyar" is playing on Nachiket's music system...she looks at him, he is almost ready to pass out...his eyes closed. He doesn't know what is going on. Her eyes filled with tears.

"He remembers" She is about to touch his face but just then he starts talking still his eyes closed trying to open them and look at her "Ragini, you are not crying na? please don't cry, tumhe pata hai ke I hate to see you cry, mujhe kuch hota hai"

"this is the man I fell in love with, the man who was madly in love with me, the man who hated to see tears in my eyes, is now the biggest reason why I cry, why did he change?" Ragini thought.

"Its okay Ragini, don't worry...Aarav tumhare paas waapas aajeyega, I will make sure that he does, you don't worry okay" saying that he passes out.

"How many times is this man going to melt my heart today?" she thought, her mind went back to his wound. He was looking like a cute sa baby...she grabbed the tissue box and with her left hand gently moved his hair behind and wiped the blood off of his forehead and off of the wound. It wasn't a big cut, but still it worried her. She moved his head in her arms and just stared at him "how could she stay away from him for all these years? Was she even alive?" she slowly kissed his forehead, and a tear fell off her eyes as she hugged him in her arms.

She had forgotten all the bitterness, she didn't want this moment to end. She was lost in her own world, when his phone rings. It was an "Unknown number" Ragini gets out of her dream world and answers it "Neil, tum kahaan ho, main kabse tumhara wait kar rahi hoon, please jaldi aa jao!!" It was Nivedita.

Ragini fumes with anger, she hangs up, she suddenly remembers it's not her Nachiket, its Neil, she gently places him back on the seat and turns on the engine, and drives back to Karan's house. The entire time, she is fuming with jealousy. One part of her was saying "he better not be staying in the same room as her" and the other part of her was trying to reason "why are you so jealous Ragini? He is not your husband, you let go of him? Remember, he cheated on you?"

Before she knew it, she was outside Karan's apartment complex. Karan was downstairs with Agham waiting on Neil. They see the car pull in and walk towards it. They are surprised to see Ragini drive it.

She gets out of the car, towards the passenger side, and tries to get a drunken, sleepy Nachiket out of the car. Agham and Karan rush to help her.

"Please take care of your friend, Karan, itne bade bachon ke pita hone ke bawajood, he still gets drunk as if he is in his 20s, please isse kuch samjhaon" Ragini goes off on Karan.

Aagham is somewhat happy to see his parents coming home in the same car. Its one of those happy moments for him. He thanks his mother and bids her good night as he helps his father upstairs to the apartment.

Ragini is upset as she watches her son and her husband, ex-husband. the love of her life walk away from her. "come on Ragini, I will drop you home" Ragini was emotionally drained to even say "no" she sat in the passenger seat.

The entire drive to Ragini's house , Karan reminisced the good ole days when the two couples were together in Mumbai. Ragini felt a roller coaster of emotions, despite the fight with her son, she had the best moment of her life in the last fifteen yrs...with her Nachiket, the man she loved and lost, the one that got away. 😭