The Art of Pulling Heartstrings- Fanfiction

Hello everyone, this is my first attempt to write a fanfiction. For now, it is two shot story. lets see how that goes.

PS: I am not fluent in Hindi and Punjabi. So please excuse any mistakes. And I would appreciate any feedback.

Chapter Index

Chapter 1: Below

Chapter 2 : Page 3

Chapter 3 : Page 5

Simran’s Birthday Venue:

As Seerat joins Angad after Manveer finishes their wedding announcement, Sahiba’s last ray of unconscious hope shatters with a loud bang. The sound of her heartbreak was so loud, it was deafening. Her ears wouldn’t stop ringing. The tsunami of thoughts was bringing havoc in her head. Her “heart”? What to say about her heart? It seemed like it stopped beating and racing at the same time. Every part of her has gone numb. She could vaguely hear everyone in the family speaking over each other. The buzzing sound made her dizzy and the last thing she saw before the dark spots in her eyes took over was Angad’s pleading eyes. But she was confused to see that expression in him. With a loud thud Sahiba fell hitting her head on the table with tiny ooze of blood coming out of the wound.

Angad, whose eyes were fixated on her yelled loudly, “Sahiba” and ran to her pushing everyone out of the way. He cradled her head gently and tried to stop the bleeding as he began shouting for the staff to get some water and a firstaid kit. Daarji taking command of the situation and started giving orders. He asked Inder to get help from Veer and send all the guests back with apologies. Angad swooped Sahiba in his arms and went to his room. Bebe and Gurleen Chachi followed him in a daze, wondering what the hell is happening in this house. Keerat who was sobbing asked Angad to call the doctor. “Jeeju, di ki surgery hue kuch hi mahine huye hain. Aise behosh hona aur ye zakam…. Acchha hota agar ek baar doctor aake di ki checkup kare.” He nodded mechanically and called the family doctor. As luck would have it, the doctor who was invited to the party was running late and reached the Brar mansion just as Angad called him.

The whole family has gathered in Angad and Sahiba’s room. Though who was there because they were concerned and who was there for entertainment is left up to readers imagination. The doctor after doing a brief physical examination was giving first aid treatment to get back Sahiba to the living world. As he looked at the anxious face of Mr. Brar, he gave a sigh and said “dekhiye, Sahiba ji ko liver donate kiye hue jyada waqt nahi hua hai. Inhe apne khane peene ka aur stress ka bahut dhyaan rakhna chahiye. From what I can see, she is severely dehydrated, aur lag raha hain ki kaphi dino se unhone ache se khana bhi nahi khaye. Bahut weak lag rahe hain. Aisa hi inka diet chalta rahega to bahut complications hongi. See, liver donate karne ke baad 90% regenerate hone me ek saal lagta hain. During this time, it is very important that the donor is stress free and maintains a healthy diet. Philal ke liye mein ek injection deraha hoon. To di hi der me inhe hosh ajayega.”

The fact that Sahiba is suffering silently and spoiling he rhealth hit Angad very hard in the face. The family who are concerned for her couldn’t help but weep silently and complain to Rabji about the situation. As Veer came back to the room after escorting the doctor out, Sahiba was regaining consciousness. She fluttered her eyes open struggling to make out where she was. The semblance of the room which she once tried to make theirs, the memories she had in this room were overwhelming to the point where she began hyperventilating. Without a thought Bebe reached Sahiba and hugged her with all her might and said “bas puttar. Koi nai.. sab teek ho jayega… hum sab hain na.. tere saath nainsaafinahi nahi hone denge.. bas puttar..”. Sahiba returned the hug in the same fervor cried, “main taq chuki hoon bebe.. ab aur nahi lad sakhti.. main taq chuki hoon”.

Angad heart broke just as he saw his Sherni break. Gurleen chachi echoing Bebe’s words and promises gave some water for Sahiba to drink. Seizing the chance to reassure his love that no matter the fights between them, he could not and would not dare to imagine a life without her, Angad took Sahibas hands into his and said, “Sahiba, I know ki mumma ki iss ghatiya announcement sunn kebaad tumhe kaisa feel horaha hoga. But trust me, mujhe iske baare me kuch bhinahi pata hain. Agar pata hota to aisa cheap announcement mein kabhi aise honenahi deta. Please Sahiba mera yakeen karo. Hum donno ke beech kitni bhi galatfaimiyan ho, mein aise hamara rishte ko nahi tod sakta”.

One would expect that Sahiba would be angry or understanding depending on whether she believed Angad. After losing all her fight, the only feeling Sahiba was showing is Confusion. Bewilderedly Sahiba asked Angad “par kyu?”

Angad: “Matlab. You are my wife, Sahiba. I know that we are having a lot of misunderstandings now. But I am sure we can resolve all of them once and for all.”

Sahiba again in a confused state: “par kyu”?

Angad: “tum kya pooch rahe ho Sahiba. Maine kaha na…”

Sahiba interrupted him and said “Nahi Angad, you are not understanding my question. Why do you want to save our relationship. I just cannot understand it. I mean, Seerat di told you about her love for you long ago. And you proposed to Seerat di and wanted to remove the boundaries of zimmedari. Cherry on the cake is your dearest mumma also wants Seerat di as her daughter in law. So, my question to you is this, when all the obstacles to yours and Seerat di’s love story are removed why do you want to bring me into that equation again?”

Next Chapter 2 : https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/164159667

Loved it. Want the confrontation to be in front of family so that they can see the real face of their darling Seerat. They should also realize that Sahiba may be impulsive but this has been going on for so long and reached this level only bcoz of Angad not taking the matter seriously and brushing it under the carpet.

Pls do continue.

First thing, this is BEAUTIFULLY written. Can visualize Sahibas breakdown here and its heartwrenching

Second thing. My request is please make Sahiba say out loud everything Angad has done to get it out of her system and make it clear that she wants to trust him but theres just NO way she can after everything he's done. Then please make Bebe or Gurleen speak to Angad and explain what he's been doing is something no woman/wife will tolerate and finally please show Angad be sensible and fix things at least now.

Third and final- please consider adding - fanfiction to your thread title so that people dont miss this!

Beautifully written.

Can feel Saheba’s pain and it has reached to a saturation point.

Saheba now knows that hoping something from this relationship is also like hoping against hope. 🥺

And please please please update soon and if you can convert this into a long story, it would be such a delight.

Thank you for liking it. Yes, I plan to bring out all of her frustration in presence of family so that they get some very much needed advice.

Thank you. I agree that only when they lay their problems openly, a solution could be found. Sahiba needs to be open and clear on her issues with Angad and Angad needs to understand he cannot just say mein ne to kuch nahi kiya and enable Seerats interference in their lives.

Thank you. I feel that only when Sahiba has reached her breaking point, she would be open. without clearing misunderstandings on Sahiba's behalf and some understanding of his dismissive behavior on Angad's part there is really no hope to their relationship.

Pls make Angad work hard to earn her trust. He's screwed up too much.

Eagerly awaiting chapter 2. Please write soon! Wait nahi horaha....

Wow loved it...elucidate writing