Premise: Sai ended the press conference by saying things which she never said before to her husband .T That she is proud of him!. Virat who was expectant of some other words was disappointed big time. He formally wished everyone happy holi and requested them to let him rest and retreated to his room.
Virat walked dejectedly to his room. He knows he is expecting too much from his wife. She indeed surprised him with her gesture, clearing him off of the blame society levied on him. Only she could have done this way, he mused. She is definitely guilty of suspecting him and causing pain, he understood. If he leaves his anger now, things will be back to normal. But he doesn't want such normal anymore.
He silently walked into his room and proceeded to pack his bag. He always overestimates his patience with Sai. Whatever promises he makes to her are bound to break because he is not truthful to them at heart. He cannot be just her friend and live with her under the same roof. He will hurt her again and she will hurt him too, if he lets this normalcy seep in.
Sai understood her husband's disappointment the moment she concluded her speech. She knows he was expecting something else from her lips. She saw him leaving the venue, with his shoulders drooped and dragging his feet carrying the weight of his expectations from her. Few hours back when she realized her true feelings for him, she also understood his love for her. The disappointment she carried for an year, expecting to hear the same words and assurances from him are reflected on his face today. Her being true to her feelings let her see his year long actions towards her in different light. His eagerness for their first trip, his outburst when she did not trust his judgement, his jealousy over AJ, his repentance, his efforts to fix their relationship on their anniversary and his fear of losing her, everything looked normal to her now, everthing made sense!!
She walked silently after him to convince him of her love. It is an uphill task given the circumstances they are in. Will he even believe the truth now? They have played this hide and seek too many times to realize how futile this task is. Every time they are placed at crossroads where their truth is swallowed by the pretense they put up for each other. But today she is determined to say the truth for both their own benefit.
Sai and Virat's bedroom.
Virat was zipping up his suitcase when Sai entered with a cheerful voice.
"Are you leaving me?", she questioned casually. "Wait, let me also pack my bags", she said moving to her side of the shelf.
Virat did not turn but carried on to finish his task and kept his luggage down. Naturally, he glanced sideways to see his wife opening the suitcase too. Her ways are always amusing but lately he considers them childish. However seeing her pack the bag seriously he grew anxious and hence broke the silence.
"What are you doing? Dont play childish games. Leave me alone.", he hissed summoning the non existent anger.
"I am not playing games. I am coming with you. Wherever you go.", she said without stopping her packing.
Virat is in the verge of tears, understanding that she wants to be his wife. After all she addressed herself as Mrs. Sai Virat Chavan. But he doesnt want it this way. It is going to end in the same way that he dreaded all this while! That he will make her vulnerable to accept him. He has to be strong now. Reject her actions even if it hurts her, for her own good.
He stayed with his back turned away from her, clearly avoiding to see her directly and spoke the words unwillingly.
"Why will you go with me? I stopped considering you my wife the day you divorced me. I know you have done that to save my job. Thanks for that and thanks for today. Please dont do anymore charity.", he said gulping down his emotions.
"I will come with you Virat, not because I am your wife but because I cannot live without you.", she said plainly without any pause.
Is it his name coming from her mouth for the first time or the words that followed that, they broke him down. He still did not turn, holding up his flooding tears, hoping against hope that what she spoke is the truth not her guilt. He was summoning all his strength to refute her words but the sincerity in her voice is making him weaker. Just when he gathered enough courage to counter her, her delicate hands hugged him from behind tightly pulling him into her.
"I love you Virat Si...Virat", she said softly. "Please dont leave me. Don't commit the same mistake I have been committing. Running away from the truth. Lets end this here.", she pleaded.
Virat looked up silently thanking the divine and the one person whose presence and departure both gave him this person whose love he craved. He turned around slowly taking her hands in him to see the truth in her eyes that he found in her voice.
She didnt bat an eyelid or cast them down when he looked straight into her eyes. There was only a plea to believe her words and not let the past or present judge her. He cupped her face and asked to repeat the words again, still testing her.
"I love you Virat. I want to be with you till I am alive.", she said with tears rolling down mixing with her smile.
"Sai..", Virat breathed out her name relieved, meeting her forehead with his. "You are the only one I loved...I dont have..", he tried to reassure himself but was failing under the joy of her acceptance.
Sai understood what he wanted to say and completed it for him. "You only had me in you heart. I know", she assured him. and hugged him tight. Virat lifted her up a bit and hugged even tighter.
After spending few moments in each other's embrace they moved back to look at each other. Sai suddenly felt shy and looked down. Virat kissed her forehead and wiped the tears off her face.
"Shall we go down and celebrate holi now? This calls for a celebration, ain't it", she asked suddenly feeling the festive mood. "Dont say no. Forgive the elders just like me. How will they understand us, when we were confusing them so much.", she giggled.
Virat nodded agreeing to his wife. "Lets go.", he said before stopping her again and saying. "Let me color you first before others can. I know you colored me in the morning."
"You also colored me. ", Sai said naughtily surprising her husband.
"Me? when? How?", he asked clearly not remembering anything.
"Like this", Sai said hugging him again and rubbing the color on her cheek to his, thus erasing any remaining doubts he had in his mind about her confession.
NOTE: I am not sure if the confession will happen or not. But this is the right time to show it IMO. I anyways wrote my version so that I dont get disappointed if they dont show it next week. Guilty pleasures 😃
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