This OS is my little treat to my Chhoti aka Shreyu aka Kiddo_Star on her demand đđ
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MEHENDI KA RANG
The Colour Of Mehendi
Khushi woke up. Today was the day... the first festival of Khushi after her 'temporary' marriage with Mr. Arnav Singh Raizada. Khushi was excited. She remembered the lady's words who had come to apply mehendi on her hands the day before... "Mehendi ka rang jitna achha rachta hai, utnahi tumhaara pati tumse pyaar karta hai...!" The darker the colour of mehendi, the more your husband loves you! Khushi quickly checked her hands to see the colour of mehendi. She was shocked...!! The colour of mehendi was very light. She didn't understand. She became restless. "Yeh rang itna pheeka kaise ho gaya?" She felt like crying. "Ab main kya karun?" She just wished that somehow the colour became dark. But that wasn't possible. "Doesn't Arnav ji love me?!!" she was talking to herself. "No this can't be...!! I know he loves me...!! But then this mehendi...? Why is it so light? Does it really mean anything? Nahi aisa nahi ho sakta...!!"
She heard a laughter... the same evil person that had once shattered her... broken her heart into pieces. She saw Arnav standing beside. Making a sad face, he sarcastically said, "Awww... Kya hua? Mehendi ka rang pheeka pad gaya... Bechaari Khushi... I am sooo sorry..." and again his monstrous laugh. He held her by her arms roughly, hurting her... "Tumhein kya laga, haan? What did you think? That I love you?!" he smirked. "Huh!! Pyaar... aur tumse?!!" He pushed her away with force and left.
Khushi couldn't believe it. She had thought Arnav had changed. But alas... All that was happening again. She saw Arnav walking away. "Arnav ji...!!!" she called out to him. But he didn't return.
"Arnav jiii!!" Khushi screamed suddenly waking up.
Arnav got up hearing Khushi's scream. "Khushi... kya hua?" he asked. What happened?
Khushi was sat up on the sofa crying. She seemed scared. Arnav guessed she might have had a bad dream. It was dark. He checked the time on his mobile screen... 4:20 am. Arnav got up and went near Khushi. She was still scared. She was still not completely out of her dream.
Arnav placed his hand on her shoulder, "Khushi, are you okay?"
"Arnav ji...!!" Khushi hugged him and held him tight without saying anything. Arnav hugged her in return. She was still scared. She was crying. "Arnav ji..." she whispered as she tightened her grip around him.
Arnav caressed her. "Khushi... Shhh... Chup ho jaao... Kuchh nahi hua hai... Just relax... It was just a dream..." Arnav tried to relax her. She calmed down. Arnav held her by her arms... "Are you alright?"
Khushi nodded. She was about to wipe her tears with her hands when she remembered that her hands had mehendi on them. "Mehendi...!!" she thought. She had left it on her hands to dry all night. She couldn't see the colour of her mehendi in the darkness. "Arnav ji!! Jaldi light lagaayiye!! Please... put on the lights... now!!" Arnav didn't understand the reason. But he followed her words. And in the light, Khushi could see the lovely colour of mehendi on her hands. She was relieved, she was pleased. She heaved a sigh of relief. Arnav was confused.
"Waise, aisa kya dekha tum ne sapne mein ki tum itna darr gayi?!!" asked Arnav. What was there in the dream that scared you so much?!!
Khushi became sad remembering the nightmare. She told him, "Meri mehendi ka rang bohot pheeka tha... I couldn't believe that the colour of my mehendi was so light... I couldn't believe that you didn't love me..." Khushi became breathless as she spoke. "You were there... aap thay wahan...!! Lekin..."
"What the..." Arnav slapped his forehead in disappointment. "You were scared because of the faded colour of your mehendi...?!!" He was angry as well as amused. He laughed. "Kya Khushi...?! This colour of mehendi doesn't mean anything...! I didn't know you believe in all this rubbish...!!" he said laughing.
"Karna padta hai Arnav ji, vishwaas karna padta hai..." said Khushi with a stern smile. "When you are left with no other choice, you begin believing in such things...! You haven't gone through anything like I have... You won't understand...!" she said.
Arnav still thought it was funny... "Khushi, I don't believe it..." he laughed. "The colour of your mehendi will decide how much I love you?!!" He laughed again. "And you believe in it?!"
"Aap kuchh kehte nahi hain... You are not ready to say it... You are not ready to express it in words... How will I know then?" complained Khushi.
Arnav looked at Khushi and she stared back into his eyes. He came closer to her without breaking the eyelock. Khushi's heart was beating faster. She could feel his breath over her face. "Har baat lafzon mein kehna zaroori toh nahi hai..." he whispered. Not all things need to be expressed in words...
Khushi had closed her eyes. She could feel his presence, his breath, his closeness. "Kuchh baatein kehna zaroori hota hai..." she managed to say in a trembling voice. "Mere liye yeh jaanna bohot zaroori hai..." she whispered as he came closer. Some things need to be said aloud... I need to know...
Khushi could feel his warm breath on her ear. She clenched her fists, crumbling the dried mehendi, as her heart was thumping. He gently whispered in her ear... "Don't you know me?"
Khushi opened her eyes and Arnav was gone...! She saw him walking away. He turned back and smiled. His mischievous eyes clearly telling her that he would not say it so easily, what Khushi wanted to hear. Khushi blushed. She knew he loved her... He loved her very much...!!
I know you are mine and I belong to you...
I can feel it in your every touch...
Please say it, just say it once...
Say that you love me so much...!
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