Destiny, Fate And Love Thread 3. Chapter 54 (C) - 68 (A). - Page 22

Originally posted by: jasminerahul

I've nopeace of mind bcz of maan's resent condition.song also was emotional.plz unite maaneet.who iselected 4 Arnav?Lavaya or Khushi?

Originally posted by: chavvi16

wooo hooo

so here it is the one which will separate maneet right
and maybe even arhi
well if not now it will happen eventually

so sad and yet it has to happen

get to it soon
so lets see how badly it affects maan
who shall be in his MSK avtaar again soon

Originally posted by: Zindagirocks_21

First of all I have to say I actually cried theoughtout the chapter! I felt the pain maan was going through. And I'm still crying while writing this.

Originally posted by: spvd

part 55 C
awesome dear...
excellent...

CHAPTER 55 (D). THE ENGAGEMENT

Place - Maan's Room in Khurana Mansion

It was early morning and Maan was getting ready in his room when Daadima entered the room. She smiled at him but the joy was gone from her smile. She noticed Maan having dark circles under his eyes and she knew that he did not sleep the whole night. He was dressing up and his hands were moving jerkily as if he was unable to even function without Soni. She neared him and placed her hand on his shoulder. He turned to look at her with a lost expression on his face. Daadima spoke up, "Apne aapko sambhaalo beta. Warna Khurana Constructions ko kaise sambhaaloge!" Maan hugged her tightly and Daadima hugged him back. After a while Maan pulled back and wiped the tears from his eyes and Daadima could see the mask come back on his face; the same mask he wore in public to avoid being questioned or talked to, the same mask that he chose to wore to hide his hurt and pain from the world. Daadime felt her heart break while all she wanted to do was to make Geet come back into her Maan's life. But that was not possible! Daadima smiled sadly and spoke, "Manohar bte ne call kiya tha." Maan looked at her curiously. "Sab teen din mein discharge ho rahe hain. Woh chaaro bimaar ko thode din best rest pe rehna hai par baaki sab theek hai.", Dadima mumbled without using the names as she was sure that hearing Geet's name would shatter the tender control Maan was maintaining on his feelings. Maan nodded but refrained from asking about Geet. Even the name brought pain into his heart. Daadima continued, "Aakash ki sagaai adhuri reh gayi thi. Toh paanch din baad Aakash aur Arnav dono ki sagaai hai! Aur humein chalna hai!" Maan smiled properly for the first time. Toh Arnav ne apne dil ki baat ghar waalon ko bata di! Achcha hua! Kisi ko toh apna pyaar mila! Mere pyaar ko toh nazar lag gayi par Arnav aur Khushi ke pyaar ko toh kisi ki nazar nahi lagi! Unka pyaar bach gaya! He sighed softly and spoke, "Haan! Daadima! Hum sabko chalna hoga! Ghar ki dono betiyon ki sagaai hai! Humein toh wahaan jaana hi hoga!" Daadima patted his cheek all the while thinking that if Geet had not forgotten Maan even I would have been arranging for his engagement. Daadima turned to walk away when Maan piped up, "Par Daadima! I will be late!" Daadima turn to look at him. Maan continued, "Mujhe thoda kaam hai!" but Daadima could read the reason behind his latecoming on his face; he did not want to face Geet unless needed. She nodded and walked away.

Maan picked up his phone and called Arnav. The phone got picked up from other side but before he could say anything Arnav piped up, "Toh news mil gayi! Kaisa laga news sun kar?" Maan smiled softly. He could sense the excitement Arnav was feeling. Even though he was heartbroken he could not allow his pain to affect his happiness for Arnav and Khushi. "Bahut khushi hui yeh khabar sunkar! I am really happy for you and Khushi. Chalo hum dono mein se kisko toh apna pyaar mila!", he replied sadly. "Matlab?", he heard Arnav mumble. He could sense Arnav's confusion. Maan smiled sadly, "You know what I mean!" It took few seconds for Arnav to understand, "Oh! You mean Geet! Don't worry about that. Main gharwaalo se baat karunga to get you guys engaged. Phir dheere dheere use tumse phirse pyaar ho jaayega!" Maan closed his eyes in anguish, "Itna aasaan nahi hai Arnav! Main nahi chaahta ki yeh rishta us par jabardasti se thopa jaaye who bhi phirse!" "Phirse?", Arnav asked and Maan explained, "Haan! Phirse! Main Soni ko is ghar mein laaya tha meri fianc kehkar kyunki use kuch yaad nahi tha! Use pyaar mujhse hua kyunki main uska fianc tha. Agar main yeh na kehte toh kya woh mujhse pyaar karti? I don't think so! Nahi Arnav! I want her to choose her life partner for herself. Samjhe!", his voice turned stern as if he was issuing an order and not suggesting it, "Behtar hoga ki tum is baare mein kisiko mat bataao. Apne dil mein is raaz ko kisi kone mein dafna do. Aur phir kabhi is baat ko mat chedna! Agar tumhaare dil mein mere liye thodi si bhi respect hai toh you will do this for me." He sensed Arnav hesitating and then came a reply, "Khushi ko toh pata hai!" Maan heaved a sigh of relief. This meant Arnav would keep his mouth shut. He replied, "Khushi ko main engagement ki raat samjha doonga! Make sure ki yeh raaz mere gharwaale aur tum dono ke beech hi rahe. No one should know about this." Arnav cut him off in a serious tone, "Agar Di ne Soni ke baare mein poocha toh! She knows that you like someone!" Maan took a deep breath and with a great sadness he replied, "Use bolna ki meri Soni mujhe chodke chali gayi! Behtar hoga ki hum sab Soni ko bhool jaayein aur Geet ko zindagi mein aage badhne dein!" He was about to cut the phone when he heard Arnav whisper, "Aur tumhaara kya Maan?" Maan replied with a pain filled whisper, "Main apni Soni ke yaadon ke sahaare ji loonga!" He kept the phone before Arnav could say anything. He closed his eyes and gathered his emotions. He locked them in his heart somewhere and opened his eyes. Gone was Soni's Maan replaced by a cruel, strict and anger filled Maan. This was his way of hiding his weak heart. This was his defence mechanism for coping with what had happened.

FIVE DAYS LATER

Place - Arnav's room at Shantivan

It was the day of his engagement and Arnav was getting dressed eagerly; well as eagerly as anybody who had just got out of the hospital recently after getting stabbed brutally. He arranged his tie properly and smiled at himself. He admired himself in the mirror. Dressed in silk shirt, green tie, black trousers and black coat, he was sure he looked like prince deigned to marry his love of his life. He had chosen to wear green tie instead of his favorite red because green was Khushi's favorite color. Khushi! Tum nahi jaanti aaj main kitna khush hoon. Jab Di ne bataaya ki woh mera rishta Paayal ki behen, yaani ki tumse karna chaahti hai, meri khushi ne saari bandhan tod diye! Aaj main saari duniya ke saamne tumhein apna banaaunga! He smiled as he imagined Khushi's smile when he placed the engagement ring on her ring finger. He grinned at his thoughts! Log sach kehte hain ki pyaar mein log paagal ho jaate hain! Kya Khushi bhi yahi feel kar rahi hai? He marched towards his door but stopped. Khushi ke saath toh is waqt uski behen bhi hogi! Main usse aise baat nahi kar sakta! He thought for a while and then pulled out his mobile. He typed a message and pressed the send button. He smiled wondering whether Khushi will smile crazily or blush at his words.

Place - Guest Room at Shantivan

Khushi placed a fake smile on her face as she observed her sisters getting ready for the engagement. While they had arrived dress up for the event, there dresses were the same that they wore for the earlier event, and Anjali had ordered special dresses for all three girls as repeating the earlier engagement night's dresses would have garnered bad comments from the society gossip ladies. As she noticed her sisters getting ready she remembered the conversation her father had with them few days' back regarding the rishta that had come for Lavanya. When her Buaji had asked about the family, Babuji had replied that it was Anjali's another brother who was elder than Aakash. At that time, Khushi had thought that Anjali had another brother along with Aakash and Chote! But it was only on the night of the engagement that she realized that it was Arnav's Rishta which had come for Lavanya. That was why she had asked some time from him because if he had announced about their relationship that night it would have ruined not only both the families' relationships but there was a chance that due to the tamasha her elder sister Paayal's engagement might have been called off too. Plus no one in her family would have been happy to know that she was seeing somebody without informing them. One wrong step from her would have destroyed her sister's life. But how would she have known that that one step of hers would have made Arnav take the decision of choosing her Lavanya Di for marriage. Yeh aapne kaisi sazaa de di mujhe Arnavji? Yeh aapne kya kiya? She felt her eyes tear up but she controlled her tears. Nahi! Hum nahi royenge! Hum aapke iss faisle ko maanenge bhi aur hum khush bhi honge humaari behen ke liye! She looked at La who was smiling at Paayal and both were laughing over some matter. Suddenly, La noticed Khushi smiling far off and she gestured her to come closer. Khushi nodded, plastered a fake smile and wandered off towards her sister.

As the girls giggled over some things, Khushi got a message in her mobile. She opened it and her eyes widened. It was Arnav's message, "I am so happy today! I am getting engaged to you! Kya tum bhi itni khush ho? Aur kya tumne koi sexy waali saari pehni hai ya hot sa lehenga?" She stood still for a second in shock as she realized the reason why Arnav had agreed for this rishta. Arnav had misunderstood. Woh galat samajh baithe! Hey Devi Maiyya! Yeh kya hogaya? Arnavji ne galat samjha! Unhein lagta hai ki unki sagaai humse ho rahi hai! Hey Devi Maiyya! Humne unhein kitna galat samjha! Woh toh isliye is sagaai ke liye raazi hue kyunki unhein laga ki woh humse sagaai kar rahe hain! Ab hum kya karein Devi Maiyya? She looked at her smiling sisters as all types of scenarios flashed through her head. Agar humne ab kisiko kuch bataaya toh kuch bhi ho sakta hai! Babuji yeh sab is tarah sunenge toh dang reh jaayenge! Buaji yeh sab sunkar humein bhi kosengi aur Arnavji ko bhi! Phir toh na Buaji chup rahengi aur na Arnavji ke gharwaale! Dono parivaar mein daraar bhi gir sakte hai! Humaari Paayal Jiji ki sagaai bhi toot sakti hai! Hey Devi Maiyya! Aur agar hum chup rahein toh? Agar Arnavji ne humaari jagah Di ko dekha toh woh toh bakheda khada kar denge ghusse mein! Aur phir toh Paayal Jiji ka rishta toh tootna pakka hai! She looked around worriedly. Kisiko bataayein toh mushkil aur na bataayein toh mushkil! Par agar kisi tarah humne yeh sagaai karwa di toh? Arnavji kuch bol bhi nahi paayenge kyunki poore guests ke saamne sagaai ho chuki hai! Aur humaari Paayal Jiji ka rishta bhi bach jaayega! Haan! Arnavji humein kosenge, nafrat karenge kyunki hum sab jaante hue bhi sagaai ko roke nahi par apni behno ke liye hum Arnavji ki nafrat bhi sehne ko tayyaar hain! She nodded in determination. Theek hai! Hum yahi karenge! Kisi tarah Arnavji ki sagaai Di se karwaake rahenge! Suddenly she frowned. Par kaise? She thought for a while when a thought struck her. Agar hum teeno ghunghat mein ho toh? Phir toh humein koi nahi pehchaan paayega! Aur phir Di aur Arnavji ki sagaai! Hum kahenge ki yeh sab hasee mazaak mein hua! Haan! Yeh theek hai! Finally after five days she gave a real smile and talked to her sisters about her plan. Both the girls eagerly agreed and started dressing up. All three made sure that the duppattas of their lehenga were draped in same style and Paayal and Khushi wore heels so that they seemed of the same height as Lavanya. Due to the draping style and the ghunghat, their body size were hidden cleverly enough that all three looked identical except the color of their lehenga and duppatta. When Amma arrived to get them they told her the plan and all four ladies marched out of the room. But Khushi stopped for a moment and sent a message to Arnav, "Aapki favorite laal rang ke lehenge mein hum aur Jiji Jijju ke favorite rang neele mein!"

Place - The Main Hall At Shantivan

Arnav smiled as the baby in his arms sleeped sweetly. Due to his operation he, his Di, his Naani and Geet were not allowed to stand and hence were seated on the sofa waiting for the girls to come down. Aakash stood nearby nervously looking at the stairs from where the girls would descend. His Jijaji was standing right behind his wife keeping an eye on her, making sure that she was not straining herself in any way. Maama, Maami stood near Aakash talking to guests and keeping an eye over the stairs. The Khuranas had already arrived except Maan who was to come over later as there were some meetings or so he claimed. But Arnav knew the reason behind his absence; he did not want to face Geet. Arnav had never felt as helpless as he felt today. Due to the whole Soni Geet issue, Arnav wanted to get engaged sooner before something bad happened to his love. Woh kehte haina, kahin nazar na lag jaaye! Due to his eagerness and his habit of impatience, Arnav was acting pretty restless. Knowing this his Di had handed over Kanha to him. As he cooed over the baby, he felt the guests start murmuring around. Unlike the last event, this engagement event was done on low scale inviting very few people and there was no dance programs etc. The whole Raizadas had not yet recovered emotionally from what had happened and all of them wanted to have simple engagement with none of the shor sharaba which was the highlight of the last party. Before he could look up his phone beeped indicating a message. He checked the message and frowned. It was from Khushi. Laal! Neela! What the! Suddenly, he caught the words ladkiyaan', Paayal' and khoobsurat' and he looked up in confusion. When his eyes took in the sights, they widened as from the top of the stairs descended three ladies dressed in identical dresses and style the only difference being the color of the dress. Amma followed them. The murmur amongst the crowd continued in confusion as they were not sure which two of the three were the would-be brides. Suddenly, Arnav remembered the message and smirked. Oh! So that's what you messaged about. He got up and waited for the girls to come down.

Soon, the girls reached the hall and the crowd gathered around them. Anjali stood up with the help of Shyam and Naaniji stood up with Maama's help. Geet, dressed in simple yellow chudidaar, remained seated as due to her head wound, moving right now meant getting dizzy. Aakash smiled at her and picked her up in his arms. He took her where the girls were standing and placed her on a chair from where she could see the proceedings. She smiled at him with gratitude and settled herself to enjoy her brothers' engagement. Soon, the crowd backed up a bit while Anjali and Naani looked at the girls quizzically. Aakash slid beside Arnav as he stared at the girls in confusion. As all of them looked at the girls in confusion, Amma spoke up, "Uu kaa haina! Khushi bitiya ko laagat rahi ki is sagaai ma thoda sa hasi mazaak hona chaahi. Isliliye uu ne ek khel socha hai! Khel ka naam hai dhoondho toh jaane'!" The crowd murmured amongst themselves in wonder while Arnav rolled his eyes. Aha! Khushi! Who else would think of such a thing? Aur upar se clue bhi bhej diya taaki we don't fail! Waah! Khushi tumhaara bhi jawaab nahi! Amma continued, "Khel bahut hi simple hai! Yeh teen ladkiyon mein se ek Arnav bitwa ki aur ek Aakash Bitwa ki hone waali patniyaan hai! Ab tum dono ko un dono ko dhundhna bina uu se baat kiye, bina haath lagaaye aur bina ghunghat uthaaye!" The crowd clapped with excitement while Naaniji and Anjali giggled. Geet cheered and whistled loudly while Maamiji looked excitedly hoping that her bitwa does not fail her. Aakash gulped and leaned towards Arnav, "Bhai! Help!" Arnav smirked, "Jo tere rang mein rangi hai, wahi teri hai!" Aakash frowned at those cryptic words but then he looked at the girls and smirked similar to his brother. The girls were dressed in red, green and blue. Blue jo mera favorite hai! Thanks bhai!

Amma smiled and asked, "Toh kaun pehle aage aayega?" Aakash stood at his place not ready to take a step ahead. Let Bhai take a step ahead! Main kyun aage badhun? But suddenly, everyone started cheering him. He frowned. Par main toh aage aaya hi nahi? He looked towards where Arnav stood only to see him standing few steps back. Aakash narrowed his eyes. As he was not taking a step ahead, Arnav had taken few steps back making Aakash the volunteer. Aakash noticed the mirth in Arnav's eyes and rolled his eyes. Lagta hai aaj kal mere serious bhai ko mazaak bahut sooj raha hai! I will see you, Bhai! Main aapko dekh lunga! He huffed and went ahead. Buaji piped up, "Aao! Aao! Bitwa! Sharmaana nahi! Par yaad rakho! Jis ladki ko chuna usi se shaadi karni padegi! Toh zara sambhaalke! Kahin Paayal Bitiya ki jagah kisi aur ko na pasand kar lo!" The crowd tittered and laughed at that. There was excited murmuring in the crowd as some wanted Aakash to win while some wanted to him to loose so that they could tease him about it. "Come on! Veere! You can do it!", Geet screamed while Anjali closed her eyes to pray for Aakash. Arnav rolled his eyes at the ladies' display while Maamiji started sniffing ready to start tearing up if her Bitwa lost the game.

Aakash walked ahead with confidence as he knew which one was Paayal already. He acted as if he was thinking as he circled each the girls. Suddenly, he had a mischievous idea. He took a step towards the green color clad girl and slyly looked at the blue color clad girl sideways to see her reaction. The girl in blue raised her hand as to stop him but the red wearing girl pushed the hand down. Toh aapko farak padhta hain, Paayal! Aapne mere saath khel khelne ki sochi na ab main aapko mazaa chakaata hoon! He again did the same trick and took another step towards the green clad girl. The blue clad girl again reacted by taking a step ahead. He raised his hand to hold green color clad girl's hand and suddenly, Paayal lifted her blue colored veil and shouted, "Nahi Aakash! Hum yahaan hai!" The crowd groaned at that while Aakash burst out laughing. Shyam and Geet started clapping with a grin on their faces while Paayal looked down in embarrassment. Her sisters tried to show their annoyance by nudging her and pinching her. Arnav smirked and when he caught Aakash's eye he winked at him and Aakash winked back.

Aakash walked towards Paayal and took her hand. He turned towards his Mom who handed him the ring. He put the ring on her finger and smiled at her. She shly smiled back while the crowd cheered. Maamiji, Naaniji and Anjali teared up at seeing the engagement happening while Geet gave a wide grin. Paayal took the ring from her mom and put it on Aakash's finger. The crowd cheered and soon the family members were congratulating them. Suddenly, Shyam who was holding Kanha piped up, "Arre! Inhein hi badhaayiyaan denge ya humaare doosre saale saaheb ki sagaai bhi hone denge!" Suddenly, everyone remembered that Arnav was to be engaged today too. The crowd moved away from the newly engaged couple and Arnav strod forward towards the remaining two girls; one in green and one in red. Anjali clapped happily while Geet shouted, "Go AB! Go! Show them that hum bhi kisi se kam nahi!" Arnav turned around and stared at Geet with annoyance. Geet pouted and quieted down. Arnav rolled his eyes at her display and walked towards the girls. He did not even pretend. He simply stood in front of the red clad girl. He just lifted the hand of the girl and placed the ring. He did not even notice the color of the hand as he was staring at the girl's face. If he had then maybe he could have stopped the next thing from happening. But as he did not notice the color of the hand, he was beyond shocked when the veil was lifted and out came none other than Lavanya. Before he could even react, the crowd started cheering. He looked at the people in shock. Yeh sab taaliyaan kyun bajaa rahe hain? Yeh toh galat ladki haina? But instead of that, his Di came ahead and raised his hand in front of Lavanya while he stared at her in daze. Lavanya placed the ring in his hand and grinned happily as everyone congratulated her. Suddenly, there were clapping, whistlings and cheerings going all around as he got engaged to Lavanya. In their happiness no one noticed Arnav's shocked and dazed expression. Suddenly, his Di hugged him and mumbled, "Hum khush hain, Chote! Aapki sagaai ho gayi aur humein lagta hai ki Lavanya se achchi ladki aapko nahi mil sakti!" And then it finally dawned on him that his family had chosen Lavanya for him and not Khushi. And he had even agreed to it without knowing the truth. And now that he was engaged to Lavanya, he could not even back out. He looked up as the green clad girl removed her veil and her eyes met his. Khushi! His heart whispered. His eyes widened as he remembered the message which Khushi had sent him. Suddenly, the whole game unravelled in front of his mind's eye. Khushi knew that he was to marry Lavanya! Khushi knew! She knew the whole truth and yet she did not do anything to stop it! Khushi knew that he would have refused the engagement if he had known that he was supposed to get engaged to Lavanya! And hence, she played this gunghat game so that by the time he will come to know it will be too late for him to back out. She played with him! She cheated him! She tricked him! She betrayed him! He looked away from her remorse filled eyes. SHE HAD BETRAYED HIM! As the thought rolled in his mind, he automatically shook hands with the well wishers and hugged him family. But his mind was somewhere else; somewhere where he could process and digest the information that HIS Khushi BETRAYED him!

AUTHOR NOTES

I know that you all are confused seeing the number of the chapter. Chapter 55 (D)????? Arre! Aur kitne parts likhegi yeh? Right? But you see, I want all the twists to end in this chapter and I want the Chapter 56 to start with a fresh manner. You will realize why I want that when you read the title of Chapter 56. So there are two more parts left of Chapter 55. And yes, that means it will drag upto (F). Actually I had planned only till (E) but then I decided to put up Naamkaran of Kanha so that you will know the name I have chosen for Kanha. Because if I did not show it now it will not be mentioned later on as all refer to the kid as Kanha only. Infact, I might even forget mentioning it, so to avoid that there will be a naamkaran part too.

PRECAP

The effect of the decisions made by our leads will be shown in the next chapter.

It is more of a filler chapter.

And also coming up, Arnav Singh Raizada in Devdas avatar!

Enjoy the weekend!