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Posted: 9 years ago
Hey Bubble...

Once again, an excellent duo of chapters (14 & 15). I loved how Sanskaar had so thoughtfully arranged tickets for the concert; which he knew Swara would love to go to.

And his much awaited outburst, though a controlled and relatively genteel one to Swara, asking why every conversation of theirs has to revolve around Ragini and Lakshya! 😛 Priceless! At least Swara is slowly getting the message, that now with RagYa putting their life together on track, her monitoring and analysis and overweening concern about them is no longer needed or even appropriate.

I just loved the the SwaSan conversation on the terrace. He apologizes for his minor outburst, she sunnily says it's fine, and when he says he feels utterly jealous at her preoccupation; I liked the way you had made Swara as "in a small voice", if Sanskaar was jealous of Lakshya. It came through very clearly, that ot bothers her if Sanskaar doubts her, or thinks she could still be harboring romantic feelings for Lakshya. But the way he said he's jealous of Swara's devoted focus on Ragini, sure must have made Swara think a lot.

That little nuance was wonderfully put; how Sanskaar feels it would be so nice to be the centre of Swara's thoughts, indeed her very existence; and the way Swara reassures him, that her focus on Ragini is because Ragini's life is causing her no end of worry, but Sanskaar provides her with all the answers!! 😊

THe next chapter was great too. An interesting twist about Ragini's latent past insecurities slowly coming out, as she gets comfortable and secure with Lakshya to confide in him. Seeing Swara so comfortably leaning back against Sanskaar's leg seems to have awakened Ragini's jealousies at her cossetted, suppressed upbringing. So she seems to have been very jealous indeed, of Swara's friendship with Debabrata! 😉 My guess is, that Ragini had a monster sizes crush on Debabrata, who didn't ever notice her, and was just pals with Swara. Ragini's insecurities vis a vis Swara must have started right then; exacerbated by Lakshya's snapping off of their engagement and falling in "love"/ infatuation with Swara.

Great work with maintaining a very different storyline from the serial. You have fleshed out both Ragini and Lakshya much better than we get to see on TV!

Looking forward to chap 16, dear.

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Posted: 9 years ago
Wats her problem with swara whether she is loving her husband r nt she has the rights on him. Hw cum she talk abt swara's upbringing like this i hate her. So who s the new entry? pls continue soon and pls pm me also. I didn't get this update pm :(
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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: CogitoErgoSum

Hey Bubble...

Once again, an excellent duo of chapters (14 & 15). I loved how Sanskaar had so thoughtfully arranged tickets for the concert; which he knew Swara would love to go to.

And his much awaited outburst, though a controlled and relatively genteel one to Swara, asking why every conversation of theirs has to revolve around Ragini and Lakshya! 😛 Priceless! At least Swara is slowly getting the message, that now with RagYa putting their life together on track, her monitoring and analysis and overweening concern about them is no longer needed or even appropriate.

I just loved the the SwaSan conversation on the terrace. He apologizes for his minor outburst, she sunnily says it's fine, and when he says he feels utterly jealous at her preoccupation; I liked the way you had made Swara as "in a small voice", if Sanskaar was jealous of Lakshya. It came through very clearly, that ot bothers her if Sanskaar doubts her, or thinks she could still be harboring romantic feelings for Lakshya. But the way he said he's jealous of Swara's devoted focus on Ragini, sure must have made Swara think a lot.

That little nuance was wonderfully put; how Sanskaar feels it would be so nice to be the centre of Swara's thoughts, indeed her very existence; and the way Swara reassures him, that her focus on Ragini is because Ragini's life is causing her no end of worry, but Sanskaar provides her with all the answers!! 😊

THe next chapter was great too. An interesting twist about Ragini's latent past insecurities slowly coming out, as she gets comfortable and secure with Lakshya to confide in him. Seeing Swara so comfortably leaning back against Sanskaar's leg seems to have awakened Ragini's jealousies at her cossetted, suppressed upbringing. So she seems to have been very jealous indeed, of Swara's friendship with Debabrata! 😉 My guess is, that Ragini had a monster sizes crush on Debabrata, who didn't ever notice her, and was just pals with Swara. Ragini's insecurities vis a vis Swara must have started right then; exacerbated by Lakshya's snapping off of their engagement and falling in "love"/ infatuation with Swara.

Great work with maintaining a very different storyline from the serial. You have fleshed out both Ragini and Lakshya much better than we get to see on TV!

Looking forward to chap 16, dear.


As always, thank you so much for being such an attentive reader!
Sanskaar is starting to demand Swara's attention for himself, just a little bit.

And Ragini has issues, which filter her outlook. She jealous, judgmental... and sometimes, plain mental 😆😆
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Posted: 9 years ago

Originally posted by: gayu6

Wats her problem with swara whether she is loving her husband r nt she has the rights on him. Hw cum she talk abt swara's upbringing like this i hate her. So who s the new entry? pls continue soon and pls pm me also. I didn't get this update pm :(


Sorry, Gayu, I didn't send any PMs at all - I will, next time. You are on my list 😛
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Posted: 9 years ago
That is okay dr bubble. 😃

Originally posted by: soapbubble


Sorry, Gayu, I didn't send any PMs at all - I will, next time. You are on my list 😛

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Posted: 9 years ago
The Best of Things
(RagLak, SwaSan) Fan Fiction Series
By Bubble

Chapter 16

Sunday morning! Light was filtering in through the balcony... Lakshya surfaced with a wonderful sense of relaxation - no need to rush, nothing to do, nowhere to go... the day lay before him to do with as he pleased. He sat up and stretched.

Ragini was not in the room. She was an early riser - her sanskaari' training had been ingrained too well for her to lie-in beyond 6am. He brushed his teeth, stumbled out of the bathroom, picked up the newspaper on the table, and scanning the headlines, got back into bed. There was a chill in the air and the razai was temptingly just there...

Ragini came in with a tea tray. "Lakshya, aap uth gaye? Good morning!" She was wearing a lovely soft sari in dark blue threaded with silver, her hair still damp from the shower. She set the tray down, poured out a cup of tea and held it out to him.

He looked at her. "Put it here," he said, indicating the side table and folding the newspaper. She set it down. "Now go and shut the door," he ordered softly, "and lock it." Her eyes rounded. She went over to lock it, and turned towards him.

He raised his hand, put out one imperious finger and beckoned her. A tremulous smile on her lips, she went closer and sat at the edge of the bed, close to him. A hand snaked around her bare waist and pulled her close. He slid down the pillows till she was full-length on top of him.

"Mrs Ragini Maheshwari..."
"Ji?"
"Do you like roller-coasters?"
"Ermm... yes..."
"You'll love this ride!"
***

The ladies were going to some bhajan mandali business in the afternoon and Ragini and Swara were supposed to join them, since they both had such good singing voices.
"I'm going to read the whodunit I've been trying to read all week," Lakshya announced, "so please, please don't ask me to drop you - take the driver!"

Annapoorna pouted but then agreed to call the driver. As they were waiting for him, Lakshya messaged Swara: Need to talk' and then looked carefully blank when she looked up from her phone.

She looked puzzled. In fact, she was downright uncomfortable with these clandestine summons but... sigh, ok!

She made a show of checking her phone, and suddenly let out an exclamation. "Oh no, I completely forgot! Badi Ma... I'm supposed to call a friend of mine in Bhopal - Sunday is the only day she has and she'll be waiting... aap log jaayiye, please... Mai usey phone kar leti hoon!"
"Arre!" Sujata exclaimed, "baad mein kar lena, chhori! Why cancel this for a phone call?"

Unexpectedly, Ragini came to her rescue. "Husna bohut achchi saheli hai Swara ki, Choti Ma, aur itni busy rehti hai ki donon ki mushkil se baat hoti hai... Swara ko baat karne dijiye! You stay home and speak to her, Swara."

Swara looked at Ragini in surprise. But for once, there was no bite to Ragini's words. She was happy, and happiness makes people generous. Swara saw a shadow of the friend she had lost and blinked back tears.

***

Sanskaar came home at bit later that afternoon and looked for Swara. She wasn't in the room, and Ghanshaam kaka told him Swara was supposed to go with the other ladies but hadn't gone. Sanskaar was perplexed - he checked his phone but she hadn't messaged him either.

He searched the house, eventually reaching the back door, caught sight of Swara sitting on the bench on the back lawn. And sitting with her was Lakshya.
A shade of annoyance crossed Sanskaar's face. What was Lucky playing at? If Swara hadn't gone with the others, it must've been Lakshya's idea. But what was Swara doing encouraging him? Hadn't there been enough trouble by going off to secretly meet anyone who called her?! He was going to find out what the matter was.

He opened the back door and sauntered over to join them. They both turned when they heard him approach but apart from raising a hand in acknowledgment, Lakshya continued to elaborate his point without giving pause.

Swara noticed the slightly stony look Sanskaar was wearing, which always meant there were strong emotions running underneath. But that wore off when he heard what Lakshya was saying with growing interest.

"What do you think?" Lakshya asked him finally.
"Makes sense! I think we should try it," Sanskaar responded.
Lakshya turned to Swara: "Well?"
"Absolutely! We'll wait for a good natural opportunity and roll from there!" she said.
"Done!" said Lakshya raising his hand for a high-five.
Swara met his hand with a smile, and quickly dropped hers.
Lakshya stood up. "Chalo, I'm off! Thanks a ton," he waved and he was gone.

Swara stole a look at Sanskaar's face. She knew how he felt about her, and also knew how much he tried to keep it hidden, so as to keep her comfortable.

But she knew him so well now, she could see the effort it cost him to keep his insecurity, his jealousy under the radar. Every now and then, when this matter of Lakshya came up, he became deliberately blank-faced. And Lakshya! she thought with irritation, just because he's now thoroughly occupied with Ragini and her state of mind, he doesn't have a thought for anyone else! Where was the need to put his head so close to mine?

Swara wasn't in love with Sanskaar but he was her friend, her partner, and she hated him to have the wrong idea. Oh, damn it all!

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Posted: 9 years ago
Lovely update
Can't wait to find out what Laksh n swasan are going to do
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Posted: 9 years ago
Nice update. So ragini is ok with swara as of nw. What laksh n swara were talking about.
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Posted: 9 years ago
Interesting update
Thanks for the pm
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Posted: 9 years ago
Laksh is becoming a mystery here.. at one point he is sensible, fun guy but at the same time getting Swara alone while everyone else left the house seemed really tactical...

Hope Sanskaar doesnt draw any MUs.. i know he isnt such a person but theres a limit. Glad Swara notice it too.

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