𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝑶𝒇 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒆

•𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑻𝑬𝑹-42•

QOTD

⦾Like a book everyone hates or hate a book everyone loves?

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मेरी दिल की धड़कन और सदा तू हीं है,
मेरी पहली और आखिरी वफ़ा तू हीं है,
चाहा है तुझे चाहत से भी बढ़ कर मैंने,
मेरी चाहत और चाहत की इंतिहा ही तू है।

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Author's POV

Someone was looking at Khushi through his window. He looked at her closely and saw her dancing, so he began to approach her. Khushi felt her body losing strength as she danced on the stones, her feet bleeding. She couldn't feel the ground beneath her feet, and her head began to spin. She started to fall to the ground, but someone grabbed her around the waist and drew her toward himself.

She attempted to look at his face, but everything was blurry due to her tears. She felt him calling her name over and over, but the last thing she remembered was him gently wiping her tears, as if she were made of glass and would break if he put pressure on her. Rakshit held her face in one hand and her body in the other. He assessed her situation, picked her up in his arms, and led her inside. Once inside, Rakshit laid her down on a soft bed. After noticing the blood on her feet, he took her to his room. After returning to his room, he called Kavya to inform her of the situation. She picked up the phone, and he told her to come to his room immediately with Aviraj Bhai.

While he began to carefully clean her wounded feet, trying not to hurt her, Kavya panicked because Rakshit never called her, especially at midnight, and went to Aviraj's room. She knocked on the door, but no one opened it. After some time, she moved downstairs to Rakshit's room. She knocked on the door and entered, and her gaze fell on Khushi. Seeing her unconscious on his bed, she asked

"Bhai, what happened to Bhabhi, and why is she here in your room?" But Rakshit did not respond, as he was looking for something. When Kavya's gaze fell on Khushi's feet, she asked again.

"Bhai, tell me, na, why is Bhabhi in this condition?"

Picking up the first aid kit, he approached Khushi and began applying the ointment to her feet and wrapping the bandages around them. He looked at Khushi and said,

"I'm not sure; I just saw her dancing there and went outside to ask, but she passed out. Where is Aviraj Bhai?"

"He is not opening the door; do you want me to call someone else?" Kavya inquired nervously, but Rakshit shook his head and said

"No need; we will tell everyone in the morning because now they will just get tensed and nothing else, as Bhabhi will not wake up until morning." Kavya nodded and continued to look at Khushi, her cheeks stained with tears. Rakshit approached her, tapped her, and said

"Sleep right here, near her. I'll sleep outside, and if you need anything, wake me up. Okay?" Kavya hugged him and nodded, and they both slept in their proper places.

The next morning, Rakshit awoke and went to his room to shower. When he saw Kavya and Khushi sleeping, he entered. Outside, as Rakshit went inside and closed the door, Kavya awoke due to the noise, looked around, and began to search for her phone but was unable to locate it. Then she remembered that she'd left her phone in her room. She gets up and goes to her room to get her phone, thinking she will be back before Khushi wakes up.

On the other hand, as time passed, everyone gathered in the living room. Meera went to the kitchen to make coffee and tea for everyone, but Khushi wasn't present. Concerned about Khushi's absence, Meera asked the others if they had seen her. She had known for months that she was never late like this, and it was already 9 p.m. Meera went outside and asked Sanjh to check on Khushi to see if she was all right, but she refused and said