First thought, will update for both 22 and 23 here...but my comment for 22 is sooo long...will put 23 on a new page :) ...Also hit by the flu bug...don't know how you have so much strength to get everything done !!
Chapter 22
The morning ritual (which sadly doesn't last based on 22.2 and 23) is just the best !! Waking up in each others arms, where they perfectly fit...there can be no better joy! Loved the touch about Swara's subconcious hollering out vociferously...LOLLOLLOL...I like how her heart is making that list ticking off all the reasons why they are perfect :) Her pretending to sleep when he starts to wake is so cute, equally him guessing she isn't asleep by observing her blush !! haaa...wish he had followed through with this plan to call out her charade Embarrassed
Planning right now seems liek such a kabab mein haddi LOL...and that too for Adarsh...but seriously love the way you bring out that ticking mind of Sanskaar...and how you rightly said earlier...not have his brains go on a vacaction along with the pyaar !
And the same brain is finally thinking on the right lines and connecting the dots about her behaviour and the effect he has on her...but then going back to square one thinking about the impossibles and him not being right for...uff yeh righteousness !
ClapClapClapClapClap For Swara's decision to shrug the shrug...one step towards normalcy, as with the clothes she chose to wear...being the old Swara...the princess he loved. And even better is she's decided to do something about voicing her desire...her need almost to stay...go go girls *I know none of this comes trueee...but just putting in what i felt when reading...*
AAA...for the kiss...everything that followed post Swara's speech is just *thud* !! Sanskaar, you should bask away...in her conviction, in the hue of your feelings, in the general momentousness of what makes you both so special :D...in my head like always I kept going...just kiss her already...and when that prelude to the kiss and the actual kiss follows, took my breath away. Read it multiple times, because it's just magic !! *have you seen Sleepless in Seattle ? you know the magic reference there...just the same* ...Love the imagery with words through this piece ! and while I understand the need for reality, had the babble come after he'd voiced his desire to not send her anywhere...sigh sigh...but like you said...what is love without angst...and what is a story without drama...!
Sanskaar in his strategist mode is <3 <3 <3 !! And love that these two as always think about each other's wellbeing over their own at any sign of distress !
*Adarsh ki...Adarsh baatein*
Sanskaar receiving that vindication after all this time was amazing, while I still doubt Adarsh's motives (yes,even though i've read 23)...for Sanskaar, Pawan and his merry men having that thought echo in the air from the crown prince is great ! No longer having to shroud away in secrecy, no longer tainted with the tag of the traitors, much needed relief for them. As I was reading this and that look he shares with Swara my heart buoyed and sank at the same time, felt that weird sense of foreboding..that apprehension which you etch out towards the end.
Loved Swara's conversation in her head, yes Swara he surely does love you...and one day the two of you will be togetherrr :)
All the questions about the map and the keycode are what make me so vary of Adarsh..teeheehee...but knowing you and all the red herrings you so craftily sprinkle I shall mull this one alone in my head..I'm also very keen to know who was Sanskaar's helper in the palace...one mole one helper...interesting equation...
Gossip mongers neeed a slap...my heart cried for Swara as she heard those cruel statements made, careless words and phrases have the effect of a reckless match...they have the ability to set things ablaze ! and Adarsh's men seem to not have the class as Sanskaar's men...sigh...I guess that's why Sanskaar's men are still part of his coterie ! Hate that this made her doubt things again...poor thing ! Where is the mute button when you need it !! Loved how Sanskaar stood ground so steadfastedly, but hateee the choice of words that Adarsh picked !! Seriously crown prince, some delicacy if possible !! But loved the point about will forgive men almost anything and it harked back to the Rana's misdemeanor ! Also Adarsh, don't say silly things like he thinks to make good !! Whatever happened to assess the situation and then give judgement...ufff !
I hate that she's so affected by this, and his words aren't having the normal effect of assuaging her fears and giving her the confidence that everything will be alright. Brings it back to if the CP was a lil delayed, he might have completed his sentence earlier. I think she's finally snapped to how societal tongues wag, and that not everyone is a Sanskaar or a Pawan or his set of men. That proverbial seed of doubt will perhaphs always linger. *Crying now*
The next conversation was so emotionally charged and I can feel how high strung they both are *magic of words*...but also SO SO glad she does not let him adorn her with sindoor. I feel his pain, and his desier to make things right...and he must see this as a natural action of his feelings...but Sanskaar you haven't told her how you feel, you have showed her part of your feelings, but just like you attribute her attraction to schoolgirl giddyness...she does it to your sense of feelign wrong and duty. Sigh...that part was brought about so brilliantly...it would have seemed just like duty...a right to correct a wrong...but surely love should be that base emotion. Both are currently blinded by helplessness and I for one am glad no wedding happened !!
I understand how Swara feels her dream has now turned into a nightmare and the reason for her rejection..as always she's thinking of him and saving him from what she thinks will be years of pain and mortificaiton ! ...and I also understand how her rejection makes Sanskaar think that his love is unrequited and throws him back to his insecurities of how he thinks she views him..and how he's not worth of her. *oh man, these two just need a hug and need to be far far away from the madding crowd...i know i know...can't happen*
When I wrote you the PM about chann se jo toote koi sapna, I thought that song echoed the situation here perfectly...something that you cherish..let grow and seal with a kiss, shatters in your face and you can't do squat about it...*crying some more*..Iss raat ki subah nahi, and I guess the subah will arrive only when they reconcile their feelings. Limbo until then...onto 23
Loved loved loved this chapter Shru...I am a big fan of angst as much as of happy endings...and I do believe this makes it only more interesting...
papppies and jahpppies for you and our fictional two...mwaaah
Edited by bones123 - 9 years ago
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