Reality Check ✔

Part 22

Some broken sound brought their back from the shocked state. They turn to see NK standing there with his broken mobile.

Arnav: Who are you unc...?

Nk didn't give time to arnav to complete his sentence and without wasting time he marched towards him to engulf in a tight hug.

NK: Nannav how are you? Did you forget me? I am your friend NK.

Arnav: Friend..... but i didn't remember anything, asked after clueless of not knowing him.

NK: It's ok yaar...you call me NK....we both always stay together.

Arnav: Maa, you didn't tell anything. May i know him before? He needed an assurance from his maa as he cannot trust anyone.

Radhika stammered and tells "Yes beta, he is your friend"

Arnav held out his hand for NK and asks sorry as he forgets him. Nk hugs him and sighs, after seeing arnav calling his siblings as uncle and aunty he can't even imagine him in that position "NK uncle oh, no!" how odd it sounds. So he hurriedly cut him off and introduces him as his friend. Meanwhile, anjali wakes khushi. They are not in the state to speak.

Arnav: Maa i am sleepy....can i sleep, he asked cutely by rubbing his eyes. Anjali, aakash are smiled seeing him like this after leaving their awkwardness. While khushi, NK and radhika awwed at arnav, it is a rare sight of ASR. If he is ASR then they will be blown out of the room by his anger now.

Radhika: Yeah beta, sleep. You have to take medicine before that, said sternly after seeing the reaction of arnav who is making faces hearing the word medicine.

One by one left the room after arnav slept. In living room,

Aakash: We have to act fast and create the situation where bhai remembers everything. I cannot able to see bhai in this condition.

Anjali: You know when he called us aunty, uncle my breathe stopped. It's all our fault if we didn't push him out of our lives in our ignorance this day wouldn't come. I cannot see him like this. Aakash do something and bring my old chotee..please......she broke down in aakash arms.

Aakash: Di please....

Shyam came there and took anjali to their room. Still, now he didn't speak one word, he is burning in guilt. Because of him today the great ASR is in this state. But what can he do? If he has a time machine then he surely replaces all his bad deeds to good ones. But alas he had none and he can't even help arnav. Someone says "One who previously made bad karma, but who reforms and creates good karma, brightens the world like the moon appearing from behind a cloud" But here he can't even lit a little light then what is the use of his repentance. Comparing to arnav he is not even repenting 1% of what arnav suffers. Now, his only option is to take good care of anjali and supports her in this bad phase of her chotte. He has to act as a pillar for anjali and he keep doing that.

Khushi run towards her room, locked the door and started crying bitterly leaning with her back on the wall. Her whole body shooks with her sobs. Her heart and mind are started fighting,

Heart: It's my fault. How could i agree for another marriage? Why couldn't i give him a chance? How can i be blind to not see his repentance?

Mind: It is not your fault. He is at fault. He can't even open up to you. If he had been clear about his feelings then he must have said that to you and clear your fear and insecurities.

Heart: Nahi, if i had given him a chance to speak then he may be confessed it to me. It's my fault. How many times he called me, but i didn't even attend it for courtesy.