Complicated Arhi FF Part 25 Pg 137,NTL Pg 147 - Page 43

3 Years Later:

Arnav was passing through the corridor when as his normal routine he stopped near a room. He can just watch her lying silently but he never dared to go inside the room. He thought that he had lost his sister 15 years back but no! he was wrong he lost it 3 years back when he throw her out of the house and her Di swore that she will never see his face again in her life, the night was still fresh in his head but he can never tell his Di the reason behind him doing all this. He painfully closed his eyes as his hands turned to fists

"Aap hamari baat toh sunain hum ……"

"You don't exist for me anymore Khushi"

"Nahi Arnav Ji please aisa mat kahein hamari baat ……."

He opened his eyes and there he saw the face of the man who was the reason of his cruel decision. Shyam came to the door and smirking he closed the door on his face. He silently came from there.

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"JUST GO AWAY KHUSHI" Her eyes shot open as she drenched in sweat. For a moment she forgot where she was.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY" The yelling brought her back to senses and she realized like usual she was dreaming. She got up and sat only to see Lavanya with her favorite brownies and her morning coffee in her hand

"Thanks Lavanya" She smiled taking coffee from her hand while Lavanya lit the candle on the brownie making her smile

"Now blow the candle and make a wish" Khushi closed her eyes but opening it quickly the next moment. The picture she saw can never happen. Her smiling lips shrink and as soon Lavanya noticed it she pinched her

"Aah" She hissed

"Khushi tum phir se uss loser ko toh apne saath imagine nahi ker rahi" Lavanya guessed it right and as Khushi looked away she sighed

"That was your past Khushi, aur jab tak tum yeh stupid sindoor aur manglsutr nahi utaaro gi you can never get out of these nightmares"

"Please Lavanya hum bohat baar iss topic pe baat ker chuke hain" Taking knife from her hand Khushi quickly cut the brownie and feed it to Lavanya

"Happy Birthday Sweets" Lavanya hugged Khushi. Both felt something burning

"OMG SWEETS" Lavanya yelled in her ear and ran to the kitchen leaving a laughing Khushi behind

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He has to stop again because of the sweet smell from the kitchen. It takes him to the past

"Jalebis are my favorite, Di mujhe promise kero ke mere hr birthday pe aap mujhe aisi hi maze ki jalebi bana ke do ge" Not again! He felt his feet moving towards the kitchen

"Happy Birthday Khushi" There he saw a crying Payal, As he took another step he collide with the counter and the glass fell and broke in to pieces

Payal looked up at the voice and seeing him she quickly wiped her tears. Turning off the stove she made her way out of the kitchen

"Payal …. I ….." He tried to speak but she did not give him a chance and left from there

It's been three years now since he was getting this silent treatment from his family. Aakash and NK never talked to him except business, Payal and Anjali don't even like to see him, Manorma despite her disliking towards Khushi blamed him for his decision and the one who was the reason of everything was enjoying this whole situation, if all this was not for his sister's life he would have thrown him out of the house long back but Anjali loved her husband so much that she believed on Shyam's made up story and not him.

He wished for him to die but he has to live not for himself but for someone else!

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"Lavanya hum ne tum se kitni baar kaha hai ke tum yeh try na kia kero, tum se nahi hoga" Khushi said holding the burnt jalebi in her hand trying hard not to laugh watching Lavanya pouting

"I want to surprise you" She said

"Look I am surprised" This time she laughed making Lavanya smile too

Only then door bell rang, "I'll see" Lavanya moved to the door, soon she came back with a wrapped box and a flower bouquet

"Khushi your secret admirer" Khushi again gave her an irritated look, "What? He send you gift and flowers on your birthday"

"Shut up Lavanya" She said angrily

"Ohh please don't say again ……" Before she could complete Khushi cut her sentence

"Hum jaante hain Payal ne yeh sub bhaija hai" Khushi excitedly opened the wrapping, "Haa, Jalebi" Inside the pack was a sweet box of Jalebis and on other side a beautiful bracelet

"Yummy ….. Let me thank Payal" She went to the phone munching the Jalebi while Lavanya sighed seeing her childish acts

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"Di … Di please yeh juice le lain" Payal was trying from past 10 minutes but Anjali wasn't reacting, she was staring at some distant point, her eyes blank and it made Payal sob

"Di aap jaanti ho na aaj kya din hai" It worked, finally her pupils moved a bit, Payal squeezed her hands as her lips parted to say something

"Di aap … aap kuch kehna chahti hain" Payal hoped to hear anything from Anjali

"K ….Kh …..Khus ….Khushi……" Payal sighed as Anjali spoke her name, in all these years every time she say anything it was just her name

"Di …. Aur … aur bhi kuch kahiye na …. Please" She encouraged Anjali to speak but she was gone again to her state, this time Payal could not control her tears but soon her eyes were burning with rage hearing the person who was the reason for all this

"Payal, give me the glass I'll give it Anjali" Payal getting up shot a furious look at Shyam who did not understand why Payal did not speak to him or on seeing him there was only one expression anger! He could not understand the cause of it

She silently put glass on table and left the room before she could do something which she should not have done! Or at least for the sake of Anjali's health she has to zipped her mouth so the bitter truth cannot ruin her life!

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Before Khushi could dial her phone rang and she smiled seeing the caller ID, she picked it up

"Happy Birthday princess" She smiled widely

"Thanks Aakash Bhai, aap aur Payal aaj aao ge na?" She asked

"No We can't actually I have an important meeting with Bhai so ….."

"Acha Bhai where is Payal?" He could feel her shifting the subject as he unintentionally spoke of Arnav

"Haan here talk to her" He gave phone to Payal

"Happy Birthday Khushi" Payal spoke softly

"Thank you Payal, and thanks for the …… Hello ….. hello" She heard the beeping and then line went dead

"Hello Khushi …." Payal looked at the phone and sighed 'Battery Dead'

"Aakash how many time I have to tell please charge your phone" She said applying the charger pin into the phone

"Why would I care, tum ho na" He wrapped his hands around her waist making her smile

"Aakash" She shyly looked away

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Khushi dialed the number again but it was powered off, She left it for some other time and came to the room but stopped outside hearing Lavanya.

"Haan main khayal rakh rahi hoon, ….. don't worry ……. Acha theek hai ……. Hmm"

She heard her talking to someone at the phone secretly but Lavanya never told her about it, but she knew to whom she talk so she silently came to the kitchen again

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-Sumeela