Fallen for Her..slowly & completely

Chapter 14 (Abhirohi)

As Abhimanyu is lost somewhere, thinking about who it could be, Roohi comes running into the room, shouting "Poppy," and jumps into his arms, who is sitting on the bed.

Roohi says, "Poppy, I missed you so much," and she hugs him tightly. Abhi too responds with a hug," Me too, Roo; Poppy missed Roohi the most," saying he kisses her forehead. Roohi looked at him after a few minutes. Poppy, you are not ready till now; all are waiting for you downstairs. You sit here; I will do your hair, she says, jumping from his lap and goes to take a comb.

She holds his face cutely with one hand, and with the other, she starts to comb his hair. "Poppy, every time you do my hair when I go to school, today I will get you ready, and we will surprise Matashri".

Abhi: Yes, we will surprise your Matashri. But don't make me look like a joker. Please keep my image in mind before playing with my hair.

Roohi: Very bad. Poppy I'm trying, naaa...... Keep your finger on your lips until I complete my work. Abhi cutely follows his Roo's instructions. After a few minutes, Roohi completes her artwork. Come, poppy, it's done. Let's show my work to everyone.

Abhi: Just a minute. Roohi, let me see myself first. Whether I look like a human or not. But Roohi simply drags him away without listening to him, as she is very eager to surprise her Matashri with her hard work.

Downstairs, the first person who sees Abhimanyu's new style is Kairav. Kairav, who is about to sit on the sofa, falls down, seeing Abhi, and starts to laugh loudly.

Kairav: I left Abhimanyu Birla inside the room. Who is this new joker with you, Roohi? And again, starts to laugh. Listening to him, everyone turns towards Abhimanyu, and then there is another best joke of the day. It seems like nowadays Goenka's house is filled with laughter because of both sons-in-law.

Roohi to everyone: Don't laugh. He is my only poppy. I have made his hairstyle. Where is Matashri? I want to show her Poppy's hair, not seeing Aarohi around.

Manish: Beta, your Matashri is in her room. Then Roohi starts to drag Abhi again towards Aarohi's room. Swarna stops them by giving a letter to Abhi to give to Aarohi, which was addressed to Aarohi's name, which she forgot to give. As both Roohi and Poppy enter the room, they see that the intelligent doctor is doing the stupidest thing, which is climbing on the stool in search of something without taking rest by lying on bed.

Both of them simultaneously shout her name...............Aarohi, and Matashri too loudly, listening to which she gets startled and is about to fall. But the hero can't let that happen; he immediately runs to catch her in his arms in a very cinematic style. If only there was background music, it would be magical, but life sucks sometimes, as we need to live in reality. The moment breaks in a very awkward way when Abhimanyu leaves Aarohi on the ground. Soon Abhimanyu is also seen bending on his knees, catching his back, and shouting," My back, my back". Seeing towards Aarohi accusingly: How much do you weigh? You were not this heavy a few days ago. On one hospital visit, you gained this much weight. Oh god, now what will happen to my back? Now I too need be admitted.

Aarohi glares at him with her angry stare when he comments on her weight. But seeing him in pain, her anger melts for the time being. She helps him lie on the bed on his face.

Roohi feels bad for her poppy seeing him in that condition. Matashri what happened to Poppy; he is in so much pain seeing Abhi's face. Aarohi: Nothing Beta, it is a small thing; it is like when you fell while playing with Abhir. You usually feel pain for some time, and after that, you will be OK. The same way, your poppy will be okay after some time. I will make sure that he will be okay. You go and play with Abhir. Let your poppy sleep for some time; he will be okay after that. Listening to her Matashri, Roohi goes, but after taking a promise to be with her poppy till he gets better. Aarohi slowly says, seeing Roohi going. This girl, every time poppy, poppy, doesn't think of anything else.

Abhimanyu from bed: Are you feeling jealous of me by any chance?

Aarohi: No, why will I be? She is my daughter, and I know she loves me the most.

Abhimanyu: You may be her mother. But for Roohi, Poppy comes first, and for Poppy, Roohi comes first.

Aarohi: Don't live in dreams. We will see. If, by chance, in the future, you needed to choose between Roohi and your loved one, what would you do? She asks this question seriously, looking into his eyes.

Abhimanyu gets serious listening to the question, and he too, without blinking his eyes and looking directly into her eyes, says, Aarohi, this will be the first and last time I will be answering this. If the question is between Roohi and loved ones, it will be Roohi. If it is between Roohi and the world, it will be Roohi. Even if it is between Roohi and my life, the answer will always be Roohi. She is and will always be the priority and meaning of my life. Do you understand, or should I explain it in another way? He finishes the sentence angrily.

Aarohi: Ok, Baba, you don't have to explain. I believe you.

Abhimanyu: I forgot to tell you got a letter. Where is that? He searches beside him but can't find it. Aarohi sees it near the door, picks it up, and starts to read.

Abhimanyu: What's in it? Any secret lover or admirer? You are reading seriously, and he too goes towards her, stands behind her, and sees the letter from her shoulder. And gets shocked, as it is not a single letter. There are a bunch of letters written as Roohi in red with unique calligraphy. He gets so angry that veins on his forehead are also seen, and shouts, I'm not leaving this person; today he is coming for my daughter. I'm not going to leave him. I would kill him myself and start to throw the things in the room.

After a few minutes, Abhimanyu stops throwing the things, listening to Aarohi's voice, which is too low but has a strange, unknown emotion in it. He stops and goes towards her, as this is the first time Abhimanyu hears this emotion from Aarohi's voice. She is not sad or angry but has a feeling of giving up, which is hard to believe knowing Aarohi all these years, who doesn't give up easily.

He thinks, what's happening around us? No, I have to handle things before they go out of my hands. I have to do something. He holds Aarohi by the shoulders and tries to assure her: Look at me, Aarohi, you are not alone. We're going to handle things. We're going to overcome this. We are strong together. You can't be weak now. Be strong. Be the Aarohi everyone knows.

Aarohi slowly looking into his eyes: Roohi... ROOHI. This name...! She couldn't speak after that. She hugs him tightly and starts to cry loudly. She holds him from his shirt from back. One can tell her emotions by seeing her hold, which has fear above all other emotions. Abhimanyu could feel it; he tried to free himself, so he could talk to her, looking at her. So, he could understand what the hell was happening, as the recent events were all going above his head now. He does not understand where these threats are coming from or what should be done.

Both have been exhausted physically and mentally for the past few days. Abhimanyu: I promise you today. I will not let harm reach our Roohi. I will be standing in front of her before it reaches her.

Aarohi breaks the hug but takes his hand into hers. This letter is not for Roohi. This threat does not target her. It's something else, and she goes to take something from her closet. In a few minutes, she comes up with a dairy and gives it to Abhi. He opens the dairy with a confused face, only to see that the first page also has Roohi written with the same calligraphy which is in the letter.