||Happiness Sailing On The Waves Of Melancholy- ShraMan ff|| ✅

The Sacrifices

Finally, she had done what Preeti wanted her to do. Save the respect of Malhotras and Tiwaris. Never did she ever know that one fine day in her life of 26 years she would just be alive for making sacrifices and saving the respect of both the families at the cost of her own self respect and not to forget, her life, her love.
With the apology being paid she took her steps back and was retreating to her she'll when she was stopped in her tracks by Nirmala.
Nir- Suman beta, no need to apologise. I can understand your state of mind. Tiwariji told me. But beta think of this as an arrange marriage and I am sure you will definitely fall in love with my charming son. I know beta Shravan is your best friend and you just don't like anything against him. But I too am a mother beta. I just wanted to protect my child's future as I thought that Shravan and my problems will affect your relationship. I am extremely sorry beta. Please forgive me.
She was still dumbstruck at the woman standing in front of me. How easily she said that she was mother was worried about her son's future. And what about her own son. The one whom she kept in her womb for freaking nine months. What about his future, his life. Was he not her son. Rage was filling up inside her again. She glanced at Shravan who was staring at this woman who had forgotten that he was her own flesh and blood. He was her little baby.
Well she got out of her trance when Nirmala repeated her apologies. But even before Sumo could open her mouth, Preeti had quipped up from behind.
Pre- No need of the apologies aunty. After all it was dii's fault. She shouldn't have spoken to you like that come whatever may you are her would be mother in law and Adi is her would be husband. Mummy has taught me to always respect elders especially my family and my in laws . Am I right do?
Sumo- Ya . Of course you are right. But nanu has also taught me to always take stand for truth.
Pre- You are going to become an Ahuja in just a few days time. This is the truth of your life and you have to accept that. I hope you don't doubt on Dadu's choice?
Sumo- Of course I don't. And I also have accepted the truth of my life. So aunty please don't get worried. And Nanu I promise you that this marriage will go on smoothly from my side. Rest depends upon you. Please forgive me for mistake Aditya. Now please excuse me.
With this being said she went back to her room and sat quietly on her bed. And cursed her fate that had destined her to end up with the Ahujas. Now she detested Nirmala the most. Even more than Shravan. Even after what Suman had said, giving her hints unintentionally about her disagreement towards the marriage, yes it was the audacity of the woman she was hell bent on getting her married to her so called son.
Sumo took her parents' pic and held it close to her heart.
Sumo- I have decided ma I won't fight my fate anymore. Nor would I question God anymore. What is destined to happen will happen for sure. I just won't try and change it. But I do know what I am going to do the moment Aditya marries me.
              'I WILL END MY LIFE'
And this a promise if my fate is joined to that jerk.
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Never in his imaginations had he ever thought that The Sumo would ever stand up for him in front of so many people. Had he known it before he wouldn't have punished both her and himself so badly. He too would have fought for his love no matter what, no matter who. But he was late. He couldn't do anything. He could clearly see it for the first time in her eyes the love for him. The he had craved to see since such a long time.

One must be thinking that he is The Shravan Malhotra. He can get what he wants. But the problem lied somewhere else from which he couldn't get out. Nor could he drag Sumo into it. He had to be sure himself for what he saw today. He couldn't break Sumo once again. He has to find out the truth. He just can't break her heart. She was already broken from inside. If she even got the slightest hint of a false hope, she would be shattered completely.
He knew he would have to enact the way he was in the past few days. The indifference towards each other was eating them but he knew he has to put up the false facade, until he has uncovered the truth and that too as soon as possible. He could break himself and bear all the pain but not and he would make sure he doesn't let Suman go through this pain which he is going through now. But for the time the time being Sumo has to go through the sufferings that she was going through. Shravan was well aware about all she had pent up inside her heart.
       'Her love for her Dear Chashmish.'
It was just by luck that Shravan had overheard her conversation with herself. He just couldn't believe his stars were finally shining for him. His Sumo actually loved him and he being a complete dumb was letting her go. He really had a very hard accepting truth.
Flashback.....
Shravan was instructing a decorator to put the red flowers at the entrance. When he saw his Sumo coming down. His first thought  was to divert his gaze away. But he just couldn't. He saw something in her eyes, which shouldn't have been present in a would be bride's eyes. Some kind of pain . Not the one that she has move from here fo forever. But it was something different, something which was undecipherable. This troubled him .
He had thought that Sumo would be very excited for her marriage. And he would just crush it. But it appeared as if was already crushed. He saw her face properly for the first time in this whole month. It seemed as if somebody was sucking the life out of her. She seemed to be in the same agony as him.
It was clearly visible that slept for nights. But what could have been the possible reason. She had got back her PCT. She was going to marry a very rich businessman who behaved like a lovesick puppy. What else was eating her up from inside. The more he pondered on the question, the more he was confused. So he decided to leave the topic for once. Then he saw her retreating back to her room sadly. He also witnessed the exchange of talks between Manju and her. He wanted to console her but did not have it in him confront her peacefully because the moment her face came in front of him he just lost his cool thinking about the way she just used him for her selfish reasons, even though he loved her with all his heart.
But then he decided to keep his grudges aside and just go and talk to her. May be he could even give her a piece of mind. With this resolve he went to her door but it was locked. So he went to the other side. But what he saw there completely baffled him. He had never expected The Great Sumo to cry so miserably over her fate. He could hear her voice correctly.  He knew fr sure ha he wasn't mistaken when he heard her saying she loved him. She LOVED him. Not The Shravan Malhotra, but her Chashmish indeed. He was dazed at the revealation. He just couldn't believe  stars. But then why e indifference towards him in  past month. Moreover he was just confused as to why was she getting married to Aditya, if she loved him so much. Before he could even enquire her about it, he got a call from his father to go to the office quickly, regarding some case. Shravan reluctantly left only with a resolve to question her later in the evening. But in the evening all had went wrong and Sumo was again being hurt. But this time he just couldn't bring it in himself to console her or thank her for standing up for him. He was helpless as he had to keep Sumo away from him. Keep her away from all the danger, now that he knew that she loved him deeply from the bottom of her heart. Ye thought to at least give her his shoulder to cry out. But guess what he met with. Preeti giving Sumo a piece of mind to sacrifice her love for the sake of her and Pushkar's happiness. I knew, had Pushkar been there,  he would have gone to any lengths for Sumo. But lately it didn't appear so. He was so happy in his life, that he forgot about his Bhaiya and best friend. But it wasn't his fault as he had got what he wanted the most in life, that too so easily. Well he shouldn't think like that. After all Pushkar was his baby brother. But what could he do? He just was helpless.
Well now he just had one thing in mind, he  has to sacrifice his love so that he bring happiness in her life. Little did he know if he was with her, that would mean the world's happiness for her. Right then, right there he promised himself that he would return Sumo her smile and her happiness even if it is at the cost of staying away from her , at least for the time being.
Flashback ends...
Shravan sighed in frustration, but then slowly went into a deep slumber. But not only him along him the other piece of  his heart also went into a deep slumber unaware of the storm that was approaching her.

On two parts of the world two broken pieces of the same heart sacrificed the other just so that the other one stays happy. But they missed out on the truth that they were meant to be together.

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So my dear readers here is the fourth part of the story. I hope you all like it.

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Well we should all seriously pray that Ek Duje Ke Vaaste comes back with Namik and Nikita only.