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This is just a one shot from my thoughts. Tujhse hai raabta is still far away and this is just a prediction hope you enjoy.
MALHAR wasn't sure what Kalyani was trying to prove by keeping this fast. She had to know that with Sampada in the house she would not be able to complete the fast properly. Sampada was planning and plotting, so that Kalyani's fast is unsuccessful. And unsurprisingly Aai was helping her. He knew that she thought that Sampada was the real mother of Moksh. He may not accept Kalyani as his wife, but even he knew Kalyani is and always will be Moksh's real mother. The way Kalyani loved Moksh, even he could not love Moksh that way. And moreover, Malhar was so dependant on Kalyani, regarding Moksh. Whenever, whenever something related to Moksh was a problem, she will solve it and he will be unaware of the sacrifices she made.
Kalyani and her sacrifices. He did not know what would have happened to him had she not sacrificed her life for Moksh. She had given up everything for Moksh and Maai. He knew he should feel bad, that he had blackmailed Kalyani into marrying him, but some days, he was glad that he married her. Like when she had taken blame for stealing money in order to get Moksh milk, she had convinced the woman to lactate for his child too, when she had grounded him for leaving Moksh in the hospital, when she had stood up to Sampada at the party, when she had jumped in a dustbin to save his job, when she had run away with the bomb, when she had run towards the bomb, many many instances, when she had performed a feat no one else would want to do, and she had, just for him and Moksh.
When he thought about it all, he was not surprised to realise that she was fasting for him, so that he would not go to jail, he thought incredulously. How could she even assume that he was being blackmailed. He had not said anything, not offered any explanations in regard to what had happened with Sneha, then too she had trusted him. She had trusted him enough that she had created a ruckus in a police station to prevent him from signing his resignation. She was truly something else. Something he could not even begin to understand. If this all worked out in the end, and he did not end up losing his job, the scene that she had created in the police station would haunt him every time he steeped in that station.
And yesterday, yesterday she had done something totally unexpected. She had came onto him, and been proud of him when he rejected her. He wondered what that said about him. And to top it all off, she had been all "Malharji, you can't even behave like a bas***d even after marriage" and all that bullshit. He had actually been so impressed. He wondered sometimes, if she did so much for him, the man who had done nothing but destroyed her life, to what lengths would she go for the man she loved. That man would be the happiest man in the world, the man whom she would fall in love with.
And as if she had been summoned by his thoughts, she entered the room carrying Moksh in her arms. She looked at him, then proceeded to place Moksh in his cradle. After the scene Atharva and Sampada had created outside, she had looked disturbed, but now she looked relaxed. He saw this as an opportunity and stood up from the bed and moved towards her.
KALYANI was lost in her own world. She was worried about the Til Uptan that had been destroyed. She had no idea that she was in direct line of sight of Malharji. She noticed that he was in the room. Before she could say something Malharji approached her and started moving towards her. He was moving, not stopping and she knew that she would touch the wall if she continued moving backwards. It looked like Malharji had something to prove.
Malharji had successfully blocked her into a corner now. He lifted his hand, and stringed his index finger from her cheek, through the back of her ear, to her collarbone. He then grabbed her waist with his other hand, and pulled her much closer to him. The finger stopped and his hand spread across her neck. He began moving his head towards her and Kalyani, panicking, closed her eyes.
MALHAR could not even believe that he was doing this, just to get her to believe that he was responsible for what had happened to Sneha. When she closed her eyes, he moved towards her ear. There was only a breath's distance between his lips and her ear, he had never been this close to her. She was breathing heavily. Her whole body was very responsive, and not for the first time, he felt attraction towards Kalyani. But he was on a mission, and now was not the time for analysing his feelings and responses. He leaned towards her and said, "Ab bhi lagta hai tumhe ki meine Sneha ke saath kuch nahi kiya? Ab bhi itna hi bharosa hai mujhpe?" At this her eyes opened in disbelief. He backed his head a little, just enough to see those eyes. Her expressive eyes. If he were a poet he would write sonnets just describing her eyes. And at present they were expressing anger. Thinking, he had finally convinced her of the monster that could reside in him, he started moving back. But he was yet again surprised by Kalyani. Just as he was about back away, she grabbed his shirt and pulled him back towards him.
KALYANI was pissed. Impressed but pissed. She didn't know Malharji could do something like this just to convince her that he was guilty. First, he doesn't talk, and then when he finally speaks, it's to convince her that he has actually done what he had been accused of. But she knew now, that he was just trying to lose her trust. She would not let that happen.
MALHAR was not expecting her to grab his shirt and pull him back. He startled however, when she spread her hand out and glided it to his neck, placing one thumb on his jaw, stroking it. Her other hand slid under his t-shirt and stroked his abdomen. Softly, gently. His eyes closed. He was entranced, he had never experienced such soft touches. It was always him that had initiated things with Sampada, she never had initiated anything, maybe never wanted to.
Sampada, the thought of Sampada got him out of this trance. He jerked and backed away from Kalyani. Kalyani, as always, never one to just back-off, followed him as he moved backwards. Her eyes were locked on his. She lifted both her arms, as if to touch him again, but before she could, he grabbed her wrists. He threw her hands, and backed away. He crashed into one of the posters of his four poster bed. Kalyani, with merry in her eyes, smile on her lips and pride on her face, proceeded to keep her elbow on his shoulder.
"Kyu Malharji, dar gaye, arrey mein toh khud aapke pass aa rahi hun. Come on touch me, waise bhi, jab Sampada kehti hai ki humare beech pati-patni wala koi rishta nahi hai toh mujhe yeh baat bahut chubti hai, come on Malharji, let's do it. Sampada bhi galat prove ho jayegi, aur mujhe bhi yakeen ho jayega, ke Sneha aapke hi havas ka shikaar bani." At this she grabbed his wrists, and tried to get his hands on her. He was perplexed, his plan had done the total opposite. He released his hands and roared, "Stop it, Kalyani!". He turned away from her.
KALYANI was feeling smug. His plan had been pretty good, but she had always been much better. Oh how wonderful it felt to defeat the great Malhar Rane. She turned him back to face her and said, "Mera bharosa aap pe ekdam jaayas hai, mein jaanti hun ki aap aisa kuch kar hi nahi sakte. Aap tayaar hi nahi ho, apne dil ko, apne aap ko, kissi ko bhi dene ke liye, warna aap mujhe ab tak bahut kuch de chuke hote." With this she concluded her speech and proceeded to leave the room. She still had to worry about her fast.
Just when she was about to leave, he grabbed her wrist and turned her around, with a flourish. And when she did turn around, he made no move to leave her wrist. She looked at where they were joined and then looked up in his eyes. There was a storm in his eyes. There was disbelief in his eyes. There was uncertainty in his eyes. It was like he was finding it difficult to believe that someone could trust him so much.
Finally, he looked up and asked, "Kyun karti ho mujhpe yeh bharosa. Yeh vishwaas. Mein iske laayak nahi hun Kalyani." Kalyani was blown away. He really could not believe so little in himself. She had to straighten him out. She said, "Yaad hai Malharji, jab Sampada kidnap hui thi, tab mujhe bhi har pal Atharva ne torture kiya tha. Usne mujhe maara tha, mujhe chaaval ke saath pakne ke liye chod diya tha, mujhpe sharaab peene ka ilzaam lagaya tha, tab aap hi the Malharji, joh meri taraf se Atharva se lad raha tha. Baaki koi mere saath nahi tha. Sirf Aai aur aap. Aur aapko malum hai, Atharva kyu mujhe itna hurt karta tha, kyunki mein aapko sachai batana chahti thi, lekin jab bhi mein aapko batane ke itnu sa bhi close aati thi, toh Atharva ko pata chal jata tha, and woh mujhe punish karta tha." She could see that she had confused him by saying this. She continued to clarify, "Malharji mein jaanti hun ki blackmail hote waqt kaisa lagta hai. Mein samaj sakti hun, ki jab koi aapka saath nahi de raha ho toh kaisa lagta hai. Mere saath tab meri Aai thi, aur ab aapke saath mein hun. Isiliye aap mujhe yeh nirjala fast rakhne se nahi rok sakte." With this Kalyani escaped his grip on wrist and left the room. She decided, that she would always be at his side. Always.
MALHAR was boggled. He had always thought that there would be no one for him after Sampada ran away with Atharva. But here she was, standing up for him, that too to him. Kalyani was amazing and he didn't deserve her. He just wanted to see what would happen. Whether Kalyani would be able to prove him innocent or not.
Kesara-sara.
Whatever will be, will be.
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