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Hello lovelies!You gave me such a warm welcome and showered me with such love that I decided to post another OS:)
[/IMG]'Reason lost all battle,all i could do was surrender and accept i was in love.'
-Paulo Coelho
Twinkle knew it.She had known it for quite some time now.She had fallen in love,in love that too with her husband Mr I'm-too-Sexy-and-i-know-it-Sarna.Now where did that come from,she frowned.Never mind,she thought as a smile grazed her lips.If someone would have told her months ago that she would fall in love with Kunj she would for sure have referred them to a mental hospital but here she was daydreaming about him.
She wanted to tell him,of course she wanted him to tell her first but she was not quite sure whether he felt the same for her.Nonetheless she had to tell him,after all you can't choose who you love and you can't love a person and force them to love you back.
Today she had the perfect opportunity, everyone had to go for a relative's wedding but Kunj and Twinkle.He had gone for a group study at Maya's place and bebe had conveniently asked Twinkle to stay back much to Usha's disapproval.
'I have the entire Sarna mansion to myself.Surely I have to make this occasion special.'
Twinkle thought and giggled.She even asked the servants to leave early and thus started executing her plans.
Kunj,on the other hand was extremely tired when he came home.3 hours of study he wondered,why do we have exams.He was really hungry,although Maya had fed everyone graciously but they were evening snacks and it was almost 9 now.
He entered his room and gaped.His room,no their room was lit with candles and a bouquet of red roses was placed on the bed.Instinctively Kunj remembered the night when Twinkle deliberately tried to get physically close to him in order to irk Yuvraj.He smirked at the memory.
'Surely that will never happen again.'
He thought and noticed a note placed alongside the bouquet.It read,
Terrace,be there soon.
Twinkle's handwriting,she loved to curve the alphabet 'T' in a different way because she thought that her name's initial had to be special.
'She is so childish at times' Kunj thought,'no at all times' he corrected himself.
A small round table with two chairs had been set up right in the center of the terrace.Cream and red coloured silk curtains enclosed the table,supported by four pillars.Kunj approached the romantic setting in bewilderment. Why would Twinkle do this.His exams were starting next week,maybe she was trying to cheer him up,relieve him of atleast some of his stress.Twinkle came up behind him.
"Did you like it Kunj?"
Kunj turned around and his heart skipped a beat for the beauty in front of him.His immature wife had draped a plain pink sari with glittering black border and pearl earrings,her mangalsutra adorning her neck as usual.
"Yes i did,"Kunj said recovering,"Shall we?"he said motioning towards the chairs.
"Wait!"Shouted Twinkle,I have to tell you something first.''
"Ah!Ofcourse ofcourse can any day be complete without your endless talks."
Kunj giggled but stopped when Twinkle did not share the humour.That is the moment he noticed that she seemed nervous.She was fiddling with her pallu,he panicked.
He gripped her shoulders.
"Is something wrong?Did Anita aunti do something or mom sad anything,Tell me Twinkle i'll...''
Twinkle placed her hands reassuringly on his.
"Aisa kuch nhi hai Kunj,allow me to speak."
Could she possibly fall in love with him all over again. Focus Twinkle focus you have a Herculean task to complete.
Kunj relaxed visibly,took a step back and nodded.
"Woh mai keh rahi thi ki...tum umm nhi mai...uh hum dono"
"Amristar express is running slow today!What is wrong?Tracks mein problem hai ya breaks mein."Kunj giggled.
"Kunj!I'm serious about this"
"Me too Twinkle,i dont want the train to derail" His eyes glinted with mischief,"Agar derail hogyi tih passengers ka kya hoga,unki families ka kya hoga,unka..."
"I love you Kunj"
The intensity of Twinkle's words shook Kunj to the core.He was taken aback,surely he had heard it wrong.
Twinkle, love and Kunj- these three were impossible to fit in a sentence and make sense at the same time.
'There,I did it,i told him.'thought Twinkle and she felt that a huge burden had been lifted off her shoulders and she was in an entirely different world now flying high but Kunj's response brought her back on the ground.
"Twinkle,this a joke right?"
Her face blanched with despair.She wasn't sure about his feelings but she had expected him to accept her but he hadn't.
'He was not, he is not in love with you Twinkle.'she thought.
She took slow steps,backing away,away from the love of her life,not looking at him and before she could comprehend she had turned around and had started running.
Kunj stood there flabbergasted.He wanted to stop her but his legs were not cooperating with his mind. He sank in the chair. Something was wrong. Twinkle had fallen for him,when did that happen.He had always thought of her as a friend,his closest friend now of course but beyond that nothing.Whatever he had done for her,he would have done that for anybody.They had their moments,the eyelocks they shared,their touch that make sparks fly all around but that does not mean he was in love with her.Was he?
Twinkle ran down the staircase as fast as her legs could carry her.She turned into the first room in her way,closed the door behind her and sank on the floor,tears flowing down her cheeks.
"Mai kitni stupid hun na babaji,how could i even think that he would fall for me.Ussey toh lagta hai ki mai bachi hun,bahut zyada immature hun,bas siyaape hi toh karne ate hain mujhe,kitni pagal thi mai,aise sapne dekhne lagi jo kabhi sach nhi honge"
Twinkle wake up with a pounding headache.She did not remember when she had gotten up from the floor and slept on the bed.She looked around to realise that she was in bebe's room.What was she doing here and the reality of the situation hit her hard in the face.
She made her way back to their room dreading meeting with Kunj,she did not want to face him,not for now at least.
To her relief, he was not in the room but a white paper folded properly was placed on the dresser.
Leaving for college,bebe called to inform they will be back till breakfast time.
She flipped the note, the other side was blank.
'That's it?No mention of what had transpired between them the night before.'
'He would definitely want to forget everything as soon as possible' she thought and choked.She decided to take a hot shower.It did wonders to her,her senses calmed and she pondered over recent events with a clear mind.
Kunj was not in a love with her but she could not afford to lose him as a friend also,she will bring things back to normal.
A week had passed since Twinkle's confession.In a bid to get things back to normal she had managed to make them extra ordinarily normal and Kunj had become restless and furious.Twinkle would play the role of a dutiful wife perfectly but their little banter was missing,she would quietly agree to whatever he would say.She would just speak in syllables of yes or no with him.She would not shout on him or try to annoy him deliberately.She was not herself anymore.Kunj decided that it was time to take matter in his hands.
Today,was like any other day for Twinkle.She had dutifully finished the household chores and headed for their room.She was surprised to see that only the light on the dresser was on.What caught her attention were the two pink sticky notes stuck on the mirror.She hurried over to the dressed.She pulled out the note on the left and began to read
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T V W X Y Z
Did I miss something?
.
.
.
Yes I miss U!
A rueful smile crept up on her face,a smile that did not reach her eyes.
"Yeh wali nhi Twinkle"
Twinkle,startled looked up in the mirror to find Kunj standing behind her.He stopped her from turning towards him and made her look in the mirror.
"Yeh wali smile nhi Twinkle woh teri woh wali haina ek dum waisi wali jaise light bulb jalta hai waisi wali"
Reflexively Twinkle's face lit up with a smile that reached her eyes and her eyes sparkled with amusement.
"Haannn yehi wali toh hai...shukar hai mil gyi pta nhi kahin ghum hogyi thi"
"Thanj you Kunj" said Twinkle and made her way around Kunj to set up the bed to sleep.
Kunj held her arm from behind and tilted his head to one side.
"You are forgetting something Twinkle"
Twinkle closed her eyes momentarily as she experienced familiar sensations in her body whenever Kunj was close.
"What would that be?"she questioned nervously.
Kunj came a little closer behind her and whispered in her ear,"One more note is left."
Twinkle shivered and tried hard not to focus on how his breath fanned her ear.His proximity always affected her in ways she could not fathom.She let go of her arm from his grip and pulled out the other note.
Meeting you was fate,becoming your friend was by choice but
She flipped the note to read the complete message,
Falling in love with you was beyond my control.
The words tugged her hearts.They pulled the strings of her heart in various directions.Her stomach twisted into knots.She blinked her eyes rapidly to prevent the tears from falling.
Kunj was beside her in an instant and cupped her face.
"Did i do something wrong?"
"K-Kunj y-you d-dont have to do this.I know you are doing this because you feel guilty and you pity me.I know you can never fall in love with me, i can never be worthy of you.I'm just so.."
Kunj placed a finger on her lips.
"Kabhi sunne ki bhi practise kar liya karo Amritsar Express.Kitna bolti ho tum.Kabhi dusro ko bhi mauka do bolne ka.You are absolutely wrong about this and its not your fault.I'm to be blamed for this.I myself could not perceive my feelings for you but this past one week was like an awakening for me Twinkle."Kunj had a faraway look on his face as if he was remembering the past week,how tortuous it had been for him and for her as well.
He glanced back at her,right into her eyes.
"I have fallen for your smile,which makes me giddy for reasons unknown.I have fallen for our playful banters which I'll remember days later and burst into laughter.I have fallen for your childish antics.I have fallen for how easily you can make me feel better.I have fallen for every second spent with you even if those seconds leave me wanting for more."
Sometimes a moment can define your happiness.It can transport you to another world of ecstasy.Twinkled assumed that the realization that she was in love with Kunj was the moment of extreme happiness in her life and nothing could give her more joy than that but her assumption faltered at this very moment.The moment where he accepted her as she was,accepted her love and was reciprocating it.
Kunj linked his forehead with that of hers.
"You are perfect,you are perfect for me Twinkle."
Twinkle's arms rounded his neck.
"I love you Kunj,now and forever."
"And i love you beyond forever Twinkle."replied Kunj and hugged her more tightly.
oOThe EndOo
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