It is dinnertime in the Scindia household. The men of the family, buaji and the children are all seated. The wives, being dutiful, are tending to their loved ones needs.
Aarti is lovingly placing the dinner on the plates of her children. Yash can't stop staring at her beauty. He knows that he has done wrong by her but can't bring himself to apologize. And it is not like Aarti is making it easy for him to express his feelings to her. The distance between them has been increasing and the friendship that he once cherished seems to be slipping from his grasp.
Ansh: Mumma I don't want to eat chicken.
Aarti: Ansh, you do not refuse food. It is a blessing and you are very lucky to have it on your plate.
Ansh: Mumma I do not want the chicken!
Ansh, indignant as ever, picks the chicken up off his plate and dangles it in front of Aarti's face.
Aarti: Ansh, I told you onceâŚ
All of a sudden, Aarti gets a feeling of sheer nausea. The smell of the chicken is making her queasy. She quickly walks away from the dinner table knowing what is happening to her.
Yash, having seen Aarti's expression looking at the chicken senses something is not right.
He follows Aarti to the bedroom. The adults at the dinner table are also sensing something is not right, but they brush it off thinking that finally Yash and Aarti are in going to be together.
Yash: AartijiâŚAartiji
Yash is looking for Aarti and sees the door to the bathroom cracked slightly open. As he approaches the door, he sees Aarti curled up against the toilet holding her hair back while she is throwing up. Her skin looks pale and she has a cold sweat on her forehead.
Once she finishes, she moves away from the toilet and lays against the wall as if searching for fresh air. She places her hand is on her stomach as she murmurs to herself "it was never this bad last time."
Upon seeing Aarti mouth those words, "it was never this bad last time", Yash starts piecing together various incidents that have happened over the last few weeks. He is thinking of the night the two of them spent together. The night he labeled a sin.
Yash turns away from the bathroom and starts walking towards the bed. "It isn't possibleâŚshe wouldn't keep that from meâŚshe would tell me if she wereâŚ"
Yash turns around as he hears the sound of feet moving towards him. For the first time in weeks, Yash and Aarti are face to face.
Yash: Aartiji, are you okay? You left the dinner table and I was concernedâŚ
Aarti: There is no need for you to be concerned Yashji. I am fine. Thank you for checking up on me, but you do not have to concern yourself with me.
Aarti starts to walk towards the door when Yash calls out her name. Surprised, Aarti stands still so she does not have to look into his beautiful face one more time.
Yash: Aartiji, is there something you want to tell me.
Aarti: No, Yashji.
Yash: Aartiji, please.
Yash walks up to Aarti to look her directly in the eyes, but she looks towards the floor instead.
Yash: AartijiâŚwhat just happened with you⌠seeing the chicken... and throwing upâŚAartijiâŚare you pregnant?
Aarti just stood there in silence. How was she supposed to respond to his question? She still wasn't ready to hear his reaction.
Yash: Aartiji please tell me. Are you pregnant with my child?
"My child?" Those words hit Aarti like a ton of bricks. "Since when was this his child?" she thought to herself.
Yash: AartijiâŚ
Aarti: Yes Yashji.
The room went silent. Yash couldn't believe what he had just heard.
Yash: How long have you known?
Aartiji: I found out before your boxing match.
Yash was confused and hurt. She had known all this time but hadn't told him.
Yash: Why didn't you tell me then?
Aarti: When was I supposed to tell you Yashji? Was I supposed to tell you while you were accusing me of tricking you into sleeping with me? Was I supposed to tell you when you started to say that what happened between us was wrong and how you had cheated on Arpitaji? Was I supposed to tell you when you were hurling accusations at my character all over the place? Was I supposed to tell you when you said that a relationship that is based on a sin has no future, it only ends?
Yash was shocked. He never thought that his angry ranting's would cause Aarti to hide this truth from him. Didn't she realize he was just expressing his feelings?
Aarti: Was I supposed to tell you when you said you had to seek Arpitaji's forgiveness? Tell me Yashji, when was I supposed to tell you? How could I tell you? You had just called our child a "paap ki nishaani."
Yash: Aartiji, I didn't knowâŚ
Aarti: Yashji, you wouldn't have cared. This child means nothing to you.
Yash: That isn't true.
Aarti: Really Yashji? Because in my mind, you think this child was conceived as an accident, as a mistake, as a sin. That is what you said, isn't it?
Yash: AartijiâŚ
Aarti: Did you not say those exact words, Yashji? Tell me, why should I have placed this "burden" on your shoulders?
Yash: Aartji you have got it all wrong.
Aarti: No Yashji, I am not wrong. I know what I heard. I know how I felt. I know that the joy of finding out I was pregnant was snatched away from me because you couldn't handle what had happened between us that night. Instead of this being a happy moment in my life, I am trying to figure out how not to upset you with this child. How not to bring this child to your attention so that you won't feel like there is a constant reminder of the night you cheated Arpitaji.
Yash had no response. He knew what he had said was mean and spiteful but that was never his intention. He has yelled at her before, but she never backed away. He had just assumed all this time that she was okay with what he had said. He never imagined that his words would have caused her to hide the truth about their child from him.
Yash: Aartiji, this child is my responsibility. I will not back away from that.
Aarti: I know that Yashji, but I do not want you to think that his child is your responsibility. Because it isn't. In order for this child to be yours in every sense that means you have to acknowledge that what happened that night between us was love and not a sin. And I know that you will never be able to accept that.
Yash: But it is my child.
Aarti: Biologically, yes. But this child is also mine. This child was growing in me when you shoved me around just at the sight of seeing me. You could have hurt our child because of your rage and anger. You caused me unnecessary stress because of your stubbornness and inability to listen. You have harmed this child more than once. I love this child and I will protect it with my life. If that means keeping this child away from its father for its safety, than that is what I have to do.
Yash: Aartiji, you cannot keep me away from my child!
Aarti: Yashji, I am just doing the job you have assigned to me. I am just the mother of your children, right?
Aarti walked out of the room feeling a bit relieved but also very upset. She doesn't want to keep Yash away from their child, but right now it is the right thing to do...it is the only thing she can do.
Yash sat on the bed looking confused and hurt. He had known what he had said to Aarti was wrong but he never imagined this type of repercussion. He never knew his words and his actions would cause the mother of his unborn child to hide herself from him out of fear. His heart ached at the idea that she thought he considered their child to be a sin.
Yash: I promise you Aartiji, I will love our child above all else. It was not conceived in sin, I know that now. That child represents our love and I will fight to win your love and trust back. I swear on our unborn child I will bring you back to me.
