Love-Hate Series

A man who loves

"Aam ka achaar!(Mango pickles)" Anjali exclaimed.

"Imli, pani puri aur haan chaat. Ye sab le k aana.(Tamarind, pani puri and yup chaat. Bring all of these!)"Her mouth watering at the names of the items already.

Arnav chuckled."Di, you are pregnant. You can't have outside unhygienic items and as far as pickles is concerned, i will get that but no, you're not having much of that either."

Anjali pouted."Chote, thodi si imli aur chaat toh le k aa sakte ho na?Chote! Chote! Please! Can't you do this much for your Di?"Anjali pouted.

"That's not fair Di."He said irritated.

"Please, please, please."She made a cute face.

Arnav chuckled, his irritation vanished.His Di behave like a child herself most of the time.

"Okay. Fine. You won."

"I will always win.I know how much you love me."

"Di you could've given me the time to get you what you have asked the last time.I couldn't complete your last wish.You do know how bad it makes me feel when I couldn't give you something you asked from me?"He said sitting at the ground near the lake where her last rituals were performed an year ago.It was raining heavily and he was drenched from head to toe but did he care? Not even a bit.

Today was her first death anniversary but the pain was still fresh, so raw so potent that it still leaves him breathless most of the time and upon that Khushi's hate, her condition, her silence just added to the list and the pain was enough to bring him to his knees whenever he unmasks himself in the confines of his room or whenever he is alone.Well, he has been alone for a while now anyways.

"I don't deserve love Di. Because I couldn't save you and your love." He muttered brokenly in the wind before he looked up at the sky pouring down on him drop by drop.

"I wish you were here Di.Phir shayad wo bhi maire saath hoti(Maybe then i would've had her with me as well)" A wistful thinking which never is going to be fulfilled. He lost his sister due to fate's and a man's cruel cruelness and the woman whom he loved, he lost her too but in that case nobody was to be blamed but himself.Now that he was back to his senses.

Last year was an eye opener one not only for him but his family and her family as well.

He never had a doubt that she loved him more than anyone and she has proved that love by marrying Shyam, getting him arrested and siding with him in the court but what he did to prove his love? Nothing!

Why it was always her who has to go through tests to prove herself?

Firstly Sheesh Mahal, She was asked to prove that she wasn't from his rival company.

Then AR, she had to prove herself more and more getting challenges after challenges from him no matter how irrational and unethical they were.

Then at RM, constants insults of not only by him but by his Mami as well.

Then Anjali Di died and he used her , silently asked her to prove her love by marrying Shyam and she did.

If that wasn't enough, he killed her child not thinking that if it was that creep's blood then it was a part of her too.

But by the time, he realized his follies and got his senses back then it was too late.

She was destroyed and so was he.