The Pain [Arshi] ✔

3: It's a Forever [Epilogue]

Writer: SnowSpringBud aka me! 😊

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After 6 months:

"Saale Shaab, you'll never get what you want. Khushi-ji is mine and will always be. And if she isn't mine, then she will not be anyone's," Arnav heard Shyam but he just stood there tears running down his cheeks and his mouth slightly agape breathing in through his lips.

Suddenly Shyam pulled someone out of the dark keeping his hand around the person's neck a gun pointed to the forehead. Arnav gasped seeing the person's face in the dim light.

"Khushi," even he couldn't hear his voice. It was nothing but a soundless whisper.

Khushi stood numb with tears in her eyes, sobbing too quietly in the silence around. He wanted to pull her out of the leech's hands, but wasn't able to. If Arnav took a step forward to pull Khushi to himself, Shyam took a step back his lips curving more and more into a brute smirk. Arnav just shook his head negatively not able to find his voice through the big lump in his throat.

"Kyun saale saab? Afraid? Already?" he asked mockingly. "This is just nothing. When I pull this trigger...' he said pressing the finger on the trigger making Arnav let out a whimper. '...then you'll understand what the real fear is. You were very hell bent on taking my Khushi-ji away. So see this I'll take her away from you, now." Saying Shyam pulled the trigger the shot echoing in the silent barren land.

"KHUSHI!!" An ear-piercing scream is heard in his room as he opened his eyes sweating and breathing heavily. His hand involuntarily went to the place beside him and not finding anyone there, the tears that dried earlier became moist again with fresh tears.

"Khushi, Khushi," he whimpered breathing heavily as he hurriedly stepped out of his bed from under the covers his body shivering with fright and dread.

It's a night mare, just a bad dream. Night mare! He kept chanting but his heart wouldn't calm down until he sees her with his own eyes and assure himself.

He pushed open the door of the room beside him and sighed leaning tiredly on the door at the threshold. He closed his eyes and breathed deeply imprinting the serene face of Khushi sleeping under the white covers, her face a flush of light pink, her mouth lightly agape and her hands clutching the pillow beside her to her chest as if her life depended on it.

Meeting her 6 months back, trying to talk to her and woo her, he realized that she really did change into a different girl. A girl who has shed her past fears and emerged out as a strong woman. Her fears of dark and loneliness gone, she's now an epitome of a female ASR. She isn't heartless, but still hostile towards everyone around her except the ones she feels close to her. Just like he had been in the past, and now in the present before 6 months. After Khushi left him even his family didn't come into his close people's list.

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Khushi stirred in her sleep adjusting the comforter around her. Opening her groggy eyes, they clashed with moist brown orbs looking directly at her from far away. She sat up with a jerk to see Arnav leaning against the door his eyes though on her but were with a faraway gaze. She sensed his body rigidness as well as his tears. Even in the dark.