Nafrat Aur Mohobbat Ki Anokhi Kahani
Prologue
It was a sunny morning Arnav woke up to hear his angel crying to get his attention. He woke up and took her in his arms and started to shush her . Soon she stopped crying and slept keeping her head on his on his shoulder. Seeing her sleeping peacefully he thought,"Sote waqt bilkul apni mamma jaisi lagti hai." This thought twisted the knife in his heart. His mind went back to that fateful day 6 months ago. All the memories were still fresh as if all that had happened yesterday. Arnav had locked those memories deep inside his heart for his family and his angel. He had resolved that he would be strong for all of them and not show his pain to others for their happiness.
Arnav's chain of thoughts was broken when his angel-who was sleeping soundly in his arms-woke up and and started to stir to get down. "Arre meri princess uth gayi, good morning bacha!", he cooed her in a baby voice. As on cue she leaned on his cheek and gave him a sloppy kiss. This was their ritual every morning, Arnav would wish her and she would give him a kiss. "Chhote has Riana got up?", Anjali asked softly, poking her inside the room. "Haan Di she's up, aap isse neeche le jaiye mai fresh hoke aata hun.", he said unemotionally. Anjail sighed and took Riana from him. Anjali noticed how her sweet chhote was being strong just for them, but the fact was that each day a part of him died. She had seen him act all normal infront of the family but at night he sat by the pool and cried to himself remembering her.
As soon as his Di left with Riana, he went to the bathroom to get ready to survive one more day in his now lonely life. He went to the cupboard to get his clothes. The moment he opened the cupboard, he saw all the colorful sarees, suits, western outfits gone. He stood there shocked and enraged. "Di who the hell removed her stuff from my wardrobe!" Anjali, who was busy feeding Riana, flinched hearing her brother shout from his room. It had been a long since she witnessed him losing his temper. Before she could go and see what was wrong she saw her bhabhi enter his room. Only Payal could approach Arnav when he got angry.
Payal was walking down the stairs when she heard Arnav yell at the top of his voice. She decided to spare Anjali from his wrath and entered his room. She saw him standing in front of his cupboard, practically shaking with fury. Before she could ask him what the matter was, she heard him growl, "Di aapne mere cupboard ko haath kyun lagaya? Who gave you the permission to touch her things. Maine aap sab se saaf saaf kaha hai na ki koi bhi uski cheezon ko nahi chuega, to ye sab kya hai." "Tumhare cupboard ko Anjali ne nahi maine haath lagaya hai. Aur iss tarah subah subah subah chillane ka kya matlab hai." Payal said to him in a calm tone. She knew that she had to handle this matter calmly because he was still grieving and was very temperamental. She could see the raw pain in his eyes which had the same intensity it had 6 months back. "Arnav come sit." , she made him sit on the bed and sat beside him cupping his cheek. "Arnav mai jaanti hun ki tumhare liye itna aasan sab kuch bhula dena. Hum sab keep liye Riana keeping liye tumhe iss dard our akelepan se ladna hoga, bahar nilkalna hoga. Par agar tum aise uski cheezein apne paas rakhoge toh kaise bhula paoge who sab." Aap soch bhi kaise sakti hai bhabhi ki jo hua mai use aise hi bhool jaunga. Uss din jo kuch bhi hua usse mai nahi bhool sakta, chaap gaya hai woh pal mere dilodimaag mein. Usne meri aakhon ke saamne...", Arnav shuddered remembering that fateful day. "Bhabhi please leave me alone aur please uski saari cheezein wapas cupboard mein rakh dijiye."
Payal decided to leave him alone and went out of the room she. As soon as she came out, she saw Akash standing with a questioning look on his face. She just nodded in negative and went off to the kitchen. Akash understood what must have happened and why Payal looked so disappointed. Payal, Anjali and him had planned this to give Arnav a push to move on but their plan had exactly the opposite effect. Akash realised that it won't be easy to get Arnav out of his shell which was slowly detaching him from them and the world. Akash decided to tell both of them to just be normal around him and wait for the day he would come to terms with the truth.
Arnav slid down beside the bed too weak to support his body. He was tired of being strong, tired of his life which looked like a deep black abyss which was ready to suck him in and take away all the light from his life. He was trying to survive just by looking at her clothes, feeling their softness, hoping that her scent would take him out of this mess and make him feel safe just the way he felt when was in her arms. But today when he opened the cupboard and didn't see her stuff he felt as if he was back to that day. He hadn't meant a word he said to Di but he couldn't help it. Anger and indifference had become his defences against all the pain. He couldn't express his feelings as he thought it would give more pain to others and he didn't want to be the reason for that. Arnav looked up at the sky from the poolside, "Why did you leave me? Kyun kiya tumne mere aur Riana ke saath aisa. Bolo Shanaya kyun chod diya uss din mera saath.
What happens when you lose the person you love the most because of the person who helped you to live with the fact?
What if you fall for that person who is in a way responsible for that person's death?
Will love overcome hatred?
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