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Bheegi bheegi sadkon pe main
Tera intezar karun
Dheere dheere dil ki zameen ko
Tere hi naam karun
"I never thought I would see you again..." She whispered.
"Well life doesn't goes like we plan it... In our head..." He replied.
"After that day, I would have never imagined something like this... Meeting you here... In new York... At a book store..." she tried starting a conversation.
"Destiny I guess... Or call it a plain coincident..." he said shrugging his shoulders.
"Hmm... So how's life...??" She asked, a bit scared of his reply.
"Life is life..." He replied smartly, making her curious.
"Are you busy today...?? Can we go and grab some coffee..." khushi said, making a first move.
"Is it a date...??" He smirked.
khushi couldn't help but remember the days she spent with him. Her fond memories.
"Yes, if that makes you happy..."
arnav quietly followed khushi as she started walking.
Khudko main yoon kho doon
Ke phir na kabhi paaun
Haule haule zindagi ko
Ab tere hawale karu
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
Karam re, karam re
Tera mujhpe karam hua re
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
"I'm sorry arnav..." khushi apologised. The first thing she said to him after they walked out of the coffee shop.
"For what khushi...??"
"Don't make it difficult arnav... I'm sincerely sorry..."
"For what baby... For going away... For cheating on me..."
This was what she was avoiding all this time.
khushi took a deep breath and kept on walking, arnav walking beside her, his eyes on the road.
"I thought you were cheating on me..." khushi whispered trying to hold the tears pooled in her eyes.
"That's my apartment... Wanna come up..??" arnav interrupted, ignoring khushi and her words.
"Hmm..."
khushi followed arnav to his apartment and stood outside the door. Hundreds of thoughts running in her mind and millions of fears hiding in her heart. In her chest. What if he moved on with some another woman...?? Is his wife home...?? Does he has kids..?? A son like him or a daughter like his wife..??
"Come on khushi... Get in..." arnav said breaking khushi's train of thoughts.
khushi shivered before entering in his apartment and when she looked around, she felt warm and being at home. The apartment had that touch... That arnav-ish touch and it calmed her down.
"Coffee...??" He asked.
"Hmm... Black..." khushi replied only to be interrupted.
"Without sugar, just half a spoon of cream..." He said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Exactly..."
She removed her overcoat and sat on the couch till he prepared coffee. Her eyes landed on a towel that was lying on the couch opposite hers. She felt her lips curve into a smile automatically remembering his hgabit of throwing his wet towel here and there - his favourite spot being the couch.
"Here you go..."
khushi took her cup of coffee and looked at the couch once again. arnav caught the hint in just a second and hurriedly got up to pick up the towel.
"Sorry for the mess... I was in a hurry this morning..." said arnav.
"Its ok..."
"khushi you thought I was cheating on you..." arnav said after sipping the coffee.
"Yes... And I regret it... I know you didn't..." khushi replied with guilt visible in her eyes.
"You knew me way too much to know I would never cheat on the girl I married..." arnav stated.
The exact thing khushi had been telling her since 5 years. She knew her husband way too much to doubt on him of cheating on her.
"You were always coming home late, irritated always, too tired to even touch me... One thing lead to another... And then that secretary of yours... She always dropped hints that she has you for more time than me... She knows you better and I don't... Those cold looks and harsh words sowed those seeds in my mind. I started doubting you regardless of knowing you so well... And -"
"And what...??"
"And when I found a lipstick mark on the collar of your shirt. It made me furious. I confronted that woman and she showed me a photograph... You both kissing each other. Too intimate. And I felt my trust on you falling apart. I assumed you were cheating on me and as a revenge I went to a bar. A cheap motel..."
"That's it... You can leave... Nice meeting you..." arnav got up and ordered khushi to leave.
"arnav... arnav I didn't cheat on you... I swear... I was about to... But I didn't... I didn't arnav... I could never let a man touch me... It has always been you..." khushi confessed, her tears being the sole witness.
Baadalon ki tarah hi toh
Thune mujhpe saya kiya hai
Baarishon ki tarah hi toh
Thune khushiyon se bhigaya hai
Aandhiyon ki tarah hi toh
Thune hosh ko udaya hai
"Then why didn't you say it earlier...??? Why khushi...?? Why did you have to leave me...??" arnav asked grabbing khushi by her shoulders and pulling her close. His eyes screaming his pain, agony and loneliness.
"I believed you cheated on me and when I failed at cheating on you, I was furious. Mad at me for loving you so much... So much that it hurted... I was miserable arnav... I couldn't face you... Though I wasn't the one who cheated. It was you... I don't know if you ever noticed or not, I wasn't doing well that time... I was losing my appetite, felt tired all day. Something was wrong with me. And me being the chicken I was back then, or should I say weak and incomplete without you, I lied. I told you I was cheating on you and needed to get away. I never fell out of love as I claimed then..."
arnav stepped back a little and fell on the couch, unable to take it all.
"arnav I had some major health issues when I left the house... Not deadly of course. One day at the hospital, I saw that woman who claimed to get you by hook or crook with another guy. She was the reason our marriage failed. The only person because of whom I was there at that hospital alone dealing with health issues along with being in state of depression. I found out that guy was her current boyfriend and she was pregnant. I confronted her again. This time to know that I doubted my husband falling for some cheap trick of hers... I failed as a lover and a wife arnav... No matter how much I wanted to come back to you, I couldn't... I couldn't..."
Mera muqadar sawara hai yoon
Naya savera jo laaya hai tu
Tere sang hi bitaane hain mujhko
Mere saare janam re
"Kyun itni der kar di khushi...??? Kyun...???" arnav asked, his voice choking by the end.
"I'm sorry arnav... I know its too late... You are probably married now... It isn't fair on that woman... That a random woman from your past walks in to your future... In her home... I should go..."
khushi hurriedly made her way to the door when he said something that stopped her immediately.
"Im married khushi... To you... You are my wife..."
khushi turned around unable to believe her own eyes. This very thing she wanted to hear and believe from years, but somehow couldn't. Why...?? Because she failed as a wife, an ideal life partner...
"Really...?? I thought you moved on..." khushi whispered, with a smile these time. Tears still flowing through her eyes but this time they were tears of joy, happiness and reunion.
"I have been moving on but how can someone move away from life... You are my life... My love... My everything..." arnav replied and opened his arms - for her.
khushi ran into his arms and hugged the love of her life after years.
"I love you arnav... I love you so so much... Never let me go..." She whispered against his chest.
"I love you more khushi... Never doubt on our love... We have a long way ahead love..." arnav told khushi, his fingers running through her hair.
"Never... Never ever..." khushi said before leaning in for a kiss.
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
Karam re, karam re
Tera mujhpe karam hua re
Sanam re, sanam re
Tu mera sanam hua re
O ho o ho o...
They kissed each other lovingly and passionately. A kiss erasing their pain and sufferings. A kiss promising their togetherness. A kiss dreaming of a beautiful future together. Their future together.
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
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