Unrequited Love Kanuma FF (Complete, 20 Parts)

Brown long hair trailed down her back, her thin fingers pushed her curls into a tight knot on the top of her head.

Pushing the creases out of her clothes she heaved a deep sigh as she pushed the sindoor into her hair.
Eyes closed she sighed as her fingers gripped her mangalsultra.

Any harder and the beads would spill everywhere, a perfect analogy for the loss of your sanity.

Thats what love does, no , not the normal kind of romantic love, the unrequited kind.

The womans name is Kanak Rathi and this is her love story.
When an arranged marriage is pushed upon the most respected man of the city, he has no choice but to accept to make his Maasi sa happy, but as time goes on, he wonders how the bright eyed, loud girl can show him love when he doesnt deserve it.

Can she prove to him her love is true, or will it always be unrequited?

Uma pushed the parched paper onto the desk, sliding it over he stopped as Kanak's thumb sliced across the edge of the paper.
"As my wife you have certain rules to follow, you cannot touch me, not without my permission. You must clean and iron my clothes, you must cook for me daily, i will take care of all your needs outside of this"


Kanak's eyes brimmed with tears, her fingers gripped onto the corner of the table, Uma's words repeating in her mind.

Was their marriage a contract, simply a convenience.

Her eyes met his as she blinked away her tears "I want to put one thing forward"

Uma considered for a while before nodding, it was the fair thing to do.

"I want all my rights as a wife, no one else is allowed in your life in a romantic manner but me, and I want to be allowed to show my love, even if you dont"

Uma smiled "The only love in this world is that between you and your god"
Pushing the pen towards her , he watched her sign it before grabbing the paper and walking out the door.

Kanak dished out the dinner onto Uma's plate as he sat down.
Uma watched as Kanak sat down, looking towards her , raising his eyebrow he looked back at the food.

"I will eat when youre done"
Uma shrugged "suit yourself"

Uma pushed his chair back, thanking her he stood up and walked away.

Kanak pushed the food around with a spoon, before deciding she wasnt hungry and got up and went back to her room.


Uma sat on his chair, head swung back his fingers dug deep into his temples.
Kanak edged closer to him, putting her hand on his head he jumped up.

"What are you doing"
"I am trying to help you get rid of your migraine "
"Why do you care"


Kanak grabbed his hand, pulling him up she sat him on the bed.
Sitting down she pulled his head onto her lap "because im your wife"

Kanak began to massage his temple, slowly but with pressure.
Uma looked up at Kanak, why did she care? She had nothing to gain from helping him.

Soon Uma's eyes drifted close as Kanak hummed a soft melody to put him to sleep.

She slept peacefully that night, knowing Uma couldnt deny her love forever.

Kanak woke up the next morning, Uma was nowhere to be seen.

"Suman, where is Uma" Kanak asked as Suman crossed her path
Suman pointed outside to the heavy rainfall pouring down.

Kanak ran outside "Uma"
She watched as he stood by the tree, his hands dug into the soil.

Suman shouted after Kanak "His father planted the tree, the rain will knock it down"

If it was important to Uma, it would be important to her.
Running back inside she grabbed some string before running back out.

The branches were thin, would break easy.
Kanak began to tie the branches with the string, Uma looked toward her.

"What are you doing"
"Making sure the branches dont fall off, by tying them up to that"
Uma looked up at what Kanak pointed at.

Grabbing the string he began to help as Kanak pushed the soil in deeper to the ground as it became softer.

As the rain began to subside, Uma and Kanak walked back inside.
"Thank you" muttered Uma as he walked back into his room to clean up.

After Kanak had freshened up, she saw Uma lying down, asleep.
Touching his head she realised he had a temperature.

Grabbing a cold cloth she draped it on his head.
Kanak shook his shoulder "Uma, take this"
He took the tablet and the water.

For hours she sat by him, holding him while he was cold, cooling him down when he was warm.
Rubbing Vicks on his chest, giving him his medication, keeping him hydrated, giving him food.


3 days later Uma felt a lot better. For once in his life he was very distracted by the angel who had looked after him for 3 days and nights without complaint.

What made her look after him so selflessly?

After walking out of the shower, Uma looked at his clothes draped over the door.

Changing quickly he walked down to get breakfast.
His meal was made and plated ready for him, but Kanak was still nowhere to be seen, how was he meant to thank her?

"Maasi sa, where is Kanak"
"She is in the kitchen, why are you missing her" Maasi sa commented cheekily

"No, I just dont like this food" Uma said, to get out of the current situation
Kanak leant over his shoulder picking up his plate "Then ill make you something else"

Uma closed his eyes in despair, only his timing was rubbish.
Getting up he walked to the kitchen a few minutes later, Kanak held out a plate to him.
Taking it he opened his mouth to say something but Kanak pushed past him quickly.


After finishing his breakfast, Uma walked over to Kanak "Kanak I"
As Kanak turned to face him, he saw the tears still streaming down her face.

"Kanak whats wrong"
Sniffing loudly she closed her eyes before sighing "I broke the rules, i touched you without your permission, does this mean you will divorce me"

Uma raised his hand to comfort Kanak but she flinched backwards.
Pushing his hand into a fist he walked away.

Uma lifted his hand, hitting the wall.
Lowering his head he growled.

His Maasi Sa's words repeating in his head "The only love a man should have is for God and no one else, he should not show his emotions"

As the lightning struck he faced the idol of Shiv "Why do i care for this girl, why does she care for me, why are you doing this to me"
Uma banged his hands down onto the stone "She deserves love, I cannot give her that, what has that girl done wrong to get me as her life partner"

Growling again he turned quickly and walked back into the house.
Kanak turned to face him as she hung up the last top.

"Uma your hands " going forward to grab them he put his hand up "stay away from me"
Kanak again stepped forward, Uma pushed his hand onto her head and shoved her back slightly.

Kanak's hand lifted to her head at Uma's blood that dripped down her forehead, filling it with new colour.

Uma pushed past her and got into bed.
Pulling the cover over himself he closed his eyes.

Kanak focused on her reflection in the mirror "I wont give up on you Uma, I promise "

Uma woke up to see his hands had been cleaned and bandaged.

Again she had looked after him after he had been so horrible to her last night.
"Good morning, i brought your breakfast here because of your hands"

Uma stood up immediatley "Why are you doing this, what do you want from me, youre not a servant youre my wife, i dont need you to care for me this way"
Kanak calmly put the plate down.

Pushing his shoulders she sat him down, holding out a handful of food she waited for him to take it.
After he finished eating Kanak stood up "I do it because i want to, i know my place, no matter what you say you cannot ruin my day today"


Uma gulped "Whats so special about today"
His heart filled with concern, his chest tight it became harder to breathe, was she going to leave him.

Smiling up at him she held out a glass of water to his lips "Because you accepted me as your wife"

Uma's eyes widened "Something so small made you so happy"
Kanak nodded "For me its a huge thing"

With that she walked away.
Uma shook his head "Crazy girl"

"Uma, Uma wake up" Kanak said, Uma raised his head to get up, bumping heads with Kanak.

Kanak grabbed his again , bumping it with hers "its bad luck to do it once"
Uma rolled his eyes before sitting back against the bed.

"I need to clean your hands"
Uma held his hands out, watching intently as she cleaned his cuts "I think some air for them will do you good"

When Kanak heard no reply, she looked up to see Uma's face inching closer to hers.
Kanak's eyes drifted close, then suddenly Uma had pulled back.

Clearing her throat she cleared her stuff away and brought him more food, feeding him again.

Nanda poured the oil on the first few steps, backing away she hid behind the pillar as she watched Kanak carry the plates towards the stairs.

As her foot slipped forward, she let out a shrill scream as the plates clattered around her.
Uma jumped out of bed quickly, running towards the stairs as he saw Kanak's body descend down the last few stairs.


Her eyes were blank as she looked up at a devestated Uma .

Uma arrived at the bottom of the stairs, lifting Kanak quickly he splashed some water on her face.

"Maasi sa shes not waking up" rocking her again he watched as the doctor Suman had called gently took Kanak out of his hands.

Uma had walked backwards and forwards outside the shut room for what seemed like hours.

Doctor Gupta pushed the door open "Kanak is asleep, shes okay, no major injury just a slight fracture in her ankle and a few bruises"
Uma thanked the doctor and went to sit with Kanak.


Holding her hand he traced small circles on it with his thumb, he faintly wondered how he had come to care for this woman so quickly, what kind of charm she had on him.

A few hours later, Uma awoke with a start as he heard Kanak hiss in pain.
Holding her shoulders he helped her sit up as he handed her some water.

"Is there anything I can do for you"
Uma felt helpless, watching his angel in this state.
A strange feeling of immense anger coursed through him at the person who spilt the oil.

Kanak shook her head, her eyes fell on her hand he still held, as she squeezed his hand he averted his gaze towards their linked hands and pulled his back.

"Get some rest Kanak"
Lying back onto his seat he closed his eyes.

What energy drink do you take? Itni speed sAy story likhthi ho. I need that energy drink you take! Don't get me wrong it's quite fascinating! Loved your story because uma had a conscience but then I read masssi sa pitting oil part and was sad to see the villain here too. But redeemed again when uma actually wanted to find out who it was and didn't just accept it unlike our current uma who God forbid wonders anything.

Great story maya! Can't wait to read the next time you are ready to write friend!