Arjun saw Arohi falling and immediately took hold of her waist so that she doesn't fall down. He looked at the beauty in his arms and could not take his eyes from her face. This was the first time Arjun could see her face clearly. He looked at every inch of her face. He noticed that she had hardly put any make-up and her nose ring was looking very cute on her face. 'She's so beautiful' was the only thing he could think of at that time. He looked at her eyes which were closed tightly. He smiled slightly looking at her closed eyes. He wanted to look in those eyes and the very next moment he saw her opening her eyes. He looked into her eyes and was lost in them. It was same with Arohi she was not able to look away from his eyes. She noticed that his eyes were deep brown in color. She was feeling good being in his arms and thought of being there for her whole life. To Arjun, her eyes showed pure innocence in them and while looking in her eyes he noticed pain, which he had seen at the mall also but this time the pain was much deeper. Arjun lifted his one hand and removed the strand of her hair which had come because of the blowing wind and it was blocking his view. They were lost in each other oblivious of the surrounding.
On the other side Rudra had sent Neev to call both Arjun and Arohi as it had been quite a long time since they have gone. Neev came in the garden and searched for them but they were nowhere in his sight. Neev started walking and after walking for few minutes he saw them. He smiled looking at the sight in front of him. Arohi in Arjun's arms, and they were lost in each other. 'They look so cute together, made for each other and what's that called'.. Yeah, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.' Neev thought. "I don't want to spoil their moment but Dad said to call them and if I'll go there they will get embarrassed. What should I do??? Think Neev." Neev spoke to himself and thought for some time and he came up with an idea. He walked back a little so that they could not see him; he then removed his cell phone and dialed Arjun's number.
Arjun and Arohi came out of the eye lock session when they heard phone ringing. Arohi immediately looked away from his face. She looked down from his face and saw that her hands were clutching Arjun's jacket. Arjun also looked away and helped Arohi to stand and removed his hands from her waist. Arohi slowly left Arjun's jacket when she felt Arjun helping her to stand. They stood a little away from each other. Arohi adjusted her dupatta and Arjun adjusted his jacket. They both were felling very embarrassed, so embarrassed that they were not even looking at each other.
Arjun removed the cell phone from his pocket and picked up the call without looking at the name of the caller. "Hello" said Arjun. "Where are you Bro?" asked Neev. He was looking at them and smiling. "Neev?" asked Arjun. "Yeah, oh there you are." Said Neev acting as if he had just seen them and he cut the call. Arjun looked towards the direction from where Neev was coming and saw him reaching towards them. "Hey" said Neev. Arohi looked up to see who it was and saw Neev standing in front of them; she gave him a slight smile and looked down. Neev smirked looking at Arohi then Arjun, and repeated the same action once more. Arjun gave Neev a questioning look asking why is he here? "Oh!! Dad was calling, everyone is waiting for you both, but if you both still want to talk I'll go and tell-" said Neev but Arjun cut him off and said "We were just coming inside only." "Yeah, I saw that" Neev muttered. "Did you say something?" asked Arjun. "Yeah, then let's move in" said Neev. Arjun nodded and they started walking towards the restaurant. Neev was walking in front of them giving them a little space and was smiling widely thinking about his bro and would be bhabhi, after seeing Arjun and Arohi together, few minutes back, he wants Arohi to be his bhabhi.
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Arjun removed his jacket and threw it on his bed. They have just reached home after the lunch. He opened the first two buttons of his shirt and went and sat on the couch. He leaned back on the couch. He could not believe that the girl with whom he just met hardly an hour ago was the same girl with whom he had collided, the same girl who was not leaving his mind. 'Dhruv was right, if the destiny wants we'll meet, and destiny wanted us to meet.' Thought Arjun. He closed his eyes and saw her face; he smiled remembering how she looked in his arms. 'She looked so innocent, I bet she is innocent.' Thought Arjun. He recollected their conversation. Few things were really bugging Arjun. There were few questions which were coming in Arjun's mind. Arjun opened his eyes and walked towards the balcony in his room. He was trying to find the answers to his questions but failed. He heard his door click open. He turned and found his Dad coming towards him. Rudra gave him a smile coming and standing beside him; Arjun smiled back at his Dad and looked towards the sky.
"Arjun" said Rudra looking towards him. "Yeah" said Arjun in a low voice. "Since you have not spoken anything about your meeting with Arohi, I can say that the answer in not a no and you are thinking about it." Said Rudra, a small smile playing his lips. Arjun looked towards Rudra and gave a questioning look as to how does he know. "I'm your father son, I know my son very well." Rudra said chuckling. Arjun smiled and looked down, keeping his hands in his jeans pockets. Rudra sighed and said "You know Arjun, today when I saw Arohi, she reminded me of your mother, I could see the same innocence in her eyes which were there in your mother's eyes." Rudra said. He wanted to say that he wants Arohi to be his daughter-in-law but he didn't say as he doesn't want to force Arjun. He wants Arjun to take this decision. Arjun smiled remembering the innocence in her eyes when he had looked into them. But her eyes also reminded him of the pain in them. He came out of his thought when he heard Rudra say "Arjun I wanted to say that if you want to marry Arohi then it will be better if the marriage takes place before you go back to Mumbai, I know it's very soon but I also know that once you'll get back to Mumbai, you'll not come back to Chandigarh soon and if you are ready then why to wait? But if you are not comfortable with it then we'll drop this idea." Arjun nodded his head. He'll think about this later he thought Rudra patted Arjun's shoulder and walked out of Arjun's room.
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Salil and Purvi were sitting in the hall and were talking with each other. Arvind had left for the office directly from the restaurant as he had to attend a meeting. "What do you think about Arjun? He seemed a nice guy to me." Said Purvi. "Hmm, it seemed to be good, but I'm not sure about it." Said Salil, he looked up and saw Arohi coming down. She came and sat with them, she knew that they want to know about her meeting with Arjun. She kept one cushion on her lap, her hands over it and her fingers were entwined. She waited for them to start the conversation. "How was he?" asked Salil. "Good" Arohi said, then she looked up and saw Salil looking at her with questioning eyes. He wanted to hear more about him. 'Well, I'll have to tell him the whole conversation.' Thought Arohi. She took a deep breath and started "He was nice bhai, he told me about his work and education then he told me that he stays in Mumbai and if we get married then I'll have to move to Mumbai with him. And I said that I don't have a problem with that" Arohi paused and looked at Salil and saw that he was shaking his head. "He asked me if I want to ask him anything to which I said no, then he asked if I'm comfortable with the arrange marriage thing to which I said I'm okay with it and I also said him a yes for the marriage." "It will not be considered until I approve." Said Salil. Arohi looked at Salil and smiled slightly, she liked Salil being possessive for her. But she wanted to marry Arjun, not because she liked her but because now if Arjun rejects her, her father will find a fault in her and will blame her and then Salil will fight with her father and she doesn't want that to happen. She does not want to be the reason for the fight between her father and brother and moreover if he says yes then her father will be happy but only if Salil approves. Arohi shook her head thinking about this and looked at Salil.
"What else?" asked Salil. "He's said he would like to meet me a couple of times more before giving his answer." Arohi paused and looked at Salil who was asking her to continue. "We didn't talk much." Said Arohi. "You both were out there in that garden for such a long time and you'll just spoke this much?" Salil asked widening his eyes. Arohi looked down when she remembered how she was about to fall and how Arjun saved her from falling, then being there in his arms, the protectiveness she felt in them and then his deep brown eyes in which she was lost the moment she looked in them. She came out of thoughts when she heard Purvi say "When I saw him entering, I felt like I have seen him somewhere." "He's Ramesh Uncle's friend's son, you must have seen him with Uncle." Said Salil. Arohi then remembered that when she had collided with him in the mall, Purvi was also there with her, and she had seen him there. She thought of telling it to Purvi. "Umm Bhabhi you remember we had last gone to mall and I had collided with someone and dropped the food on him?" asked Arohi. Purvi thought for a moment and then nodded when she remembered about the incident. "That Guy was Arjun." Said Arohi. "Ohh!!!" exclaimed Purvi. "You knew him from before? But you didn't tell me." Said Salil. "No!! I dint knew him from before, I had just collided with him and I had forgotten about that incident. Even I had felt that I had seen him somewhere but could not figure out where and when we were out in the garden he apologized saying that he felt he was rude at the time we collided. At that time I remembered that he was the same guy" Said Arohi "He apologized? So sweet of him." Said Purvi. "We'll decide if he's sweet or not after I talk to him and I think he had purposely collided with her and now he's come for-" Salil was saying but Purvi cut him off and said "Shut up Salil, it's just a coincidence" Salil shrugged his shoulders and said "May be, but I'll call him up and fix a meeting with him. I need to talk to him before he decides anything. For now I'll go to the office and will see you guys in the evening." With that he stood up and walked towards the door and even Arohi stood up and walked towards her room.
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Arjun was laying on the floor of the terrace and was gazing at the stars in the sky. Still thinking about the meeting with Arohi.
After coming from the lunch he was just thinking about her, He didn't like the pain which he had seen in her eyes. He had decided what he wants but still was a bit hesitant about it. He came out of his thoughts when his phone rang. He looked at the screen and saw number flashing. 'Unknown Number' he thought. He sat and picked up the call "Hello" said Arjun in a low tone. "Hello Arjun' Salil here' Arohi's brother." Said Salil from the other side of the phone. "Ya Salil, tell me" said Arjun. "Actually I wanted to talk to you, can we meet tomorrow if you are free??" asked Salil. "Yeah sure." Said Arjun thinking 'Why does he want to meet me?' "So see you at Caf World at around 12. Is that fine?" asked Salil. "That's cool, will see you there tomorrow" said Arjun and cut the phone after bidding bye.
He again lay down in the same position in which he was laying before. 'Why does he want to meet me?' he thought the same thing again. He heard footsteps coming towards him. He tilted his head and saw Neev coming towards him huffing and puffing. Neev came and sat down facing Arjun, trying to bring his breathing back. "In the whole house you got this place to sleep? I looked for you everywhere and you are laying here." said Neev and before Arjun could speak he added "By the way, Salil Ahluwalia had called up Dad, he wanted to speak to you so Dad gave him your number so he might call you." "He called up just a few minutes back." Said Arjun "Ohh!!" exclaimed Neev.
"So what have you decided?" asked Neev. Arjun sighed thought about it. "Well I have decided something but the final decision we'll be made tomorrow, I think Salil wants to speak something important, that is why he wants to meet me" Arjun said more to himself realizing why Salil might want to meet him. "At least say what you've decided." Said Neev. "You'll have to wait for it." Said Arjun. "So you think that whatever he has to say might change your decision?" asked Neev. "Might be. Though I don't want my decision to change" said Arjun in a very low tone. "Okay will wait till tomorrow to know your decision" said Neev and after a pause he said teasingly "By the way you both were looking really very cute in each other's arms." Arjun's eyes grew wide, he sat up and looked at Neev and saw him smiling smugly. "Wh' what' did you say." Arjun stammered. "That you both were looking cute in each other's arms." Said Neev, he then sat besides Arjun and kept his hand on Arjun's shoulder from behind and then asked "How did it feel?" Arjun remembered the incident and a smile came up on his lips. "Oye-Hoye" said Neev that's when Arjun came out of his thoughts and looked at Neev. He gave Neev a glare but it did not work. "Save your life Neev" said Arjun. The next moment Neev got up and started running and Arjun was chasing him from behind. They were running on the whole terrace finally when they were tired they sat down and burst out laughing. "Seriously Bro, you both were looking really very adorable together and I would love to have her as my Bhabhi" said Neev after controlling his laughter and seriousness in his voice. Arjun sensed the seriousness in his voice. He gave Neev a smile and ruffled Neev's Hair.
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Salil was waiting for Arjun at Caf World. He had collected as much as information as he could about Arjun. He had also spoken to Ramesh and got a positive response. Now he just wanted to know what Arjun thinks about Arohi and he had thought about a way to know that. He saw Arjun coming, he stood up from his chair and greeted Arjun. After getting seated they both ordered coffee. Arjun looked at Salil and waited for him to start a conversation. Salil cleared his throat and started "Well Arjun, actually I wanted to meet you to interrogate you." Arjun laughed and said "I thought it was over yesterday." Salil laughed listening to Arjun and then he heard Arjun say "You can ask me whatever you want" "No, I had a talk with Ramesh Uncle in the morning and he told me everything about you, I'm sorry for that but I had to." Said Salil. "You don't have to be sorry about that, you have full right to interrogate about me, you are doing this for your sister." Said Arjun and saw Salil nodding his head.
"Well Arjun I want to tell you something about Arohi" Salil said. He paused for a moment and then continued "Arohi is not my real sister, she's actually my cousin; her parents died when she was very small, and at that time my parents adopted her." "Do you think it matters?" asked Arjun. "That's what I want to know, will this affect your decision?" asked Salil. Arjun shook his head and said "it doesn't, I don't think that way, for me what matters is the relation which you share from your heart." Salil was impressed by his answer. There was silence so Arjun thought of speaking.
"You know what Salil, when I met Arohi yesterday and we spoke, she said that she's ready to marry me, I was shocked to hear that, I was shocked because we don't know each other at all, I told her that I would like to know her more to decide, but when I looked into her eyes I noticed two things, that made me change my decision, one that she's very innocent and second that she's in pain" Arjun paused and on the other hand Salil was very amused listening to Arjun. "After coming back home yesterday I was just thinking about Arohi, I don't know why but I want to be the reason for her happiness, I want to remove all the pain from her eyes and just want to see happiness in them. I cannot see her in pain. There is some connection between us I don't know what it is but there is something and my heart, mind, soul is screaming and telling me to say yes for the marriage." Arjun paused and Salil was listening to him carefully. "I might sound stupid but when I thought the other way round, meaning, if I say no for the marriage then there will be some other guy who will come, it might be a possibility that the guy may not be good for her, I don't say that I'm good for her but I don't trust anyone, my heart is not allowing me to do that. I am very confused, there are many questions running in my mind, I still don't know her but there is one thing I'm sure about that I'm ready to marry Arohi'. Now I want you to decide do you find me capable enough for your sister, whatever you will decide will be the final decision" said Arjun.
Salil had listened to each and every word spoken by Arjun carefully; He was really amused by the way Arjun spoke. He also got to know that Arjun likes Arohi or may be is attracted to Arohi but he wants Arjun to analyze it. Salil smiled and said "I trust you Arjun; you are exactly the kind of guy I was looking for Arohi and what Ramesh uncle told about you is absolutely correct. You are exactly the way he described, good at heart, frank' And you are wrong that you don't know Arohi, by just looking into her eyes you could say that she's innocent and is in pain. Like by just talking to you now I can say that you are perfect for her. I just want Arohi to be happy, she's has suffered a lot in her past and I'm sure you'll bring happiness in her life and Arohi is a nice girl, she wants everybody around her to be happy so I'm sure that she'll keep you happy. I would love to have you as my brother-in-law."
Arjun was happy listening to Salil's answer. "I don't know if I'll be a good husband, but I promise to keep her happy, I promise that I'll help her forget all the things which give her pain and will fill her life with happiness." Salil stood up from his chair and moved towards Arjun. Arjun saw him coming towards him and stood up immediately; the next moment he felt Salil giving him a hug. Arjun hugged him back. They sat back down and had their coffee. They sat there talking about random stuffs. Salil also told Arjun what he was thinking about him before he met him today. 'Just Keep them happy God' Salil prayed Silently.
Edited by veds_6791 - 14 years ago
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