Heal Me

Defiant (7)

Sorry for the delay but most of you know that I have migraine problem and sadly it is worse these days. Sometimes it's that severe that I can't open my eyes nor can I bear even slightest light around me. 😔😔

Bear with me for few days till it again go to it's usual routine of troubling me once in a while unlike these days.🙏🙏

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"Let me tell you this in simplest way like I once told Chotte. Love is, when someone else's happiness matters more to you than yourself. When someone else's tears pricks you to the extent, like you're suffering in that pain. When just the thought of that person going away from you, suffocates you and when you know that you can go to any extent for that person. When you know that you'll die happily to see that one person happy and safe. When you're with that one person, whole world around you cease to exist." Anjali continues while Lavanya looks at nowhere, completely lost in her words. "And love is when your whole world starts with that one person and end on him/her."

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Next day

Arnav and Anjali was talking each other about how to start with divorce procedures and Anjali shows him, her phone with many missed calls from Shyam in yesterday's evening. She declined all his calls before she blocked him and looking at how he didn't return home or tried to contact anyone else, they knew that Shyam must have already guessed that his truth is out now.

Arnav looked at his sister proudly, he won't lie, he actually didn't expected from her to take all of this so bravely and the way she is handling this sudden turn of events in her life is quite surprising. His thoughts went back to another woman whose questioning orbs continued to trouble him all night. Khushi soon fell asleep last night due to the effect of medicines but he, he was awake till wee hours looking at her for any kind of discomfort before falling asleep on the recliner.

Aranv smiled at Anjali who was speaking something about his favorite breakfast as she was making it today, herself. They are going to have breakfast with Khushi in her room. He frowned suddenly thinking about Khushi, just a while ago he checked on her but she was still sleeping. He excuses himself from Anjali and walks towards the room where Khushi was staying to check on her otherwise he is calling doctor again.

Khushi wakes up feeling disoriented, but everything soon came back to her when she looked at her surroundings. She wipes her tears and shifted in bed, she keeps her feet down looking for her slippers. Finding them placed near her bed, she slipped her feet into them and gets up but he started swaying. Due to staying in bed with medicines running into her veins, her body felt week.

"Khushi....." She heard his scream and closed her eyes. Her head is already pounding with pain and his loud voice is piercing. Arnav was on her side in an instant and helped her before she can fall. Khushi looked at him who was asking questions from her out of concern and signed towards washroom. Arnav looked at her worried before helping her to walk inside the washroom and he himself stands outside, if she needs any help.

Khushi walks outside to find him standing on the door, Arnav's sudden care for her is confusing her more and more. She looked around for her bag for another pair of clothes to change, Arnav brings her bag which was sitting in a corner and keeps it on the bed. Khushi picks any random pair of suit and walks inside the washroom again, Arnav tells her where is everything she will need and walks outside again.

Arnav sits on the bed, he don't know why he is staying back but just the thought that she may need any help, what if she falls unconscious again didn't let him leave. He was sitting there lost in his own thoughts when the door of bathroom clicks and opened. He looks at her stunned as Khushi walks outside, now changed into fresh clothes and her hairs wet.

Arnav looks at her completely mesmerized as she continued to rub towel on her hairs to dry them. Khushi stops abruptly, feeling his gaze on herself. She looks towards him before looking down as she shuffled on her feet nervously. Arnav gulped while trying to look away when he realized what he is doing and how he is making her uncomfortable.

Before anyone of them can speak, they heard the knock and looked at the door to find Lavanya standing there. Arnav gets up from the bed and Lavanya walks inside with a small smile which was reciprocated by Khushi. "Di is calling you." Lavanya tells Arnav who nodded but keeps standing there. Leaving Khushi alone with Lavanya didn't look like a good idea to him after the way Lavanya was speaking when Khushi's father was ill. He feels scared thinking if Lavanya ends up speaking anything which can hurt Khushi but looking at the two women looking at him questioningly, he left from there.

"What is it, Di? I think we were going to have breakfast upstairs only." Arnav asks while walking towards living room where everyone was standing. Arnav turns to look at him before she moves a little to reveal a fidgeting Payal standing there. "Payal ji is here to meet Khushi ji, Chotte."

Arnav curled his fingers remembering the events happened at Gupta House just a day before "Why? Didn't your family abandon her yesterday?" Payal looks down with tears, she knows whatever her aunt did was completely wrong but she just wanted to see her sister once and make sure she is alright but now looking at Arnav who was raging in anger she felt difficult to even speak a word.

Everyone looks at her helplessly, scared to say something in front of angry Arnav but unable to see the crying woman standing in front of him Akash walks towards Arnav. "Bhai, whatever you and Di told us yesterday, according to it Payal ji tried to support her sister. She wasn't the one to abandon her and now she just wants to meet her sister, share her grief, give her the support she must be craving for. Don't you think it should not be us to decide if they can meet or not? Let's ask from Khushi ji and let her decide if she wants to meet Payal ji or not."

Arnav looks at Akash angrily but after thinking for a moment he sighed and nodded. He knew Akash is right, so telling Payal to wait till he confirms with Khushi, he walks back to Khushi's room.

Lavanya looks at Khushi after Arnav left the room, she fidgeted with her dupatta as she thinks of words to start talking with her. She have never gone through this type of situation, she have no experience in these emotional talks.

She gives a small smile to Khushi and holds her hand "Chamkili, How are you feeling now?" Khushi tried to return a smile "I am fine, Lavanya ji. I am sorry for not coming from last few days but I wanted to be with Ba... ba.. babu ji." She hiccup due to the pain as remembered the last few days spent with him.

Arnav enters inside the room but stopped abruptly looking at Lavanya and Khushi. Lavanya was holding Khushi's hand and she was crying while looking down. He was already feeling frustrated by finding Payal here to meet Khushi and now looking at her tears again unnerved him more.

"Lavanaya, What the hell did you do now?" Arnav's voice boomed making Khushi and Lavanya to jump into their place and they turned to look at him.

To be continued.........