Junoon ~~ Part 8

PART-8

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Khushi nervously entered Arnav’s home. She almost has an idea why she was called here. She saw Arnav’s mom and sister in the living room.

Anjali noticed Khushi entering silently and got up. She ran up to khushi almost stumbling and hugged her tight.

“Khushi, are you okay?”

“Yea Anjali ji, I am okay. How are you all?” She noticed Ratna came and stood beside Anjali.

“how are you aunty?” Khushi asked nervously.

“Khushi why are you calling us like this. Just continue call us di and ma, like you used to”

Khushi gulped down the lump formed, and answered politely.

“Anjali ji, earlier I was related to you and now I am not. So please. By no means I am disrespecting you all by this. Its just the way I am”

“Its okay bitiya.. come..” Ratna took her affectionately and hugged her.

After dinner, Khushi asked both of them.

“Aunty, thanks for the dinner. If you don’t mind can you exactly tell me the reason why I am called here?”

“I think you also know why beta. Arnav wants to talk to you. He is on the terrace. Please hear him out one last time.”

Khushi nodded thinking that she was right in her assumption that Arnav planned all this.

At terrace

Arnav was looking up at the sky with tears in his eyes. He saw her the moment she entered his house. He could see she was crying and the reason was him. He hated himself for that.

He heard the conversation happening between them and it pained him immensely.

He heard the footsteps and turned around. He could see Khushi standing far away from him as if she is scared of him.

“I won’t hurt you Khush. Come closer”

Khushi looked at his face and took few steps ahead.

“Yesterday, the phone was with ..” Khushi tried to explain who answered his call.

“Stop Khush. Stop it.” Arnav interrupted even before Khushi started. He continued.

“You don’t need to explain anything to me Khush. I don’t have any right to ask all those. It was inhuman of me to say these words I uttered. It was so insensitive of me. You have all the rights to move on in your life. To do whatever you like with him.” He gulped almost painfully imagining Khushi with someone else.

“you are not answerable to me Khush.”

“Then why did you…?” Khushi left it incomplete as she was unable to explain the way he behaved yesterday.

“why did I behave like a monster?” Arnav asked almost laughing.

“I don’t know Khush. I am ashamed of the way I behaved Khush. You know me. I never behave like that with any girls.”

“Only I know you Jaan. No one else knows you the way I do” Khushi thought sadly.

“I won’t justify my behaviour Khush. It was cruel of me to utter those words to you. But I still want to say why I behaved like that and what made me do like that. I have never been ignored like that Khush. Not by anyone. You are the first one I noticed in college. And luckily you too had reciprocated my feelings. But after breakup, you seemed to totally ignore me. It was like I don’t exist to you. Your indifference enraged me Khush. That led me to think unwanted thoughts that you were not happy with me when we were together and everything built up together, to a point where I exploded out to you yesterday.”

Arnav turned around so that she doesn’t see his tears, but he is also pretty sure that she knows it. The tears that were holding back in Khushi’s eyes seemed to fall freely.

Gulping down the tears, he continued “ Yesterday when maa accused me of cheating emotionally, I was broken Khush. I realized how you must have felt in the last days of our relationship. I never realized that I was doing the same to Lavanya, until maa pointed it out. One thing I can’t tolerate is someone accusing me of not being a ‘one-woman man’ Khush. I was loyal to you Khush, but for those last days of my ignorance I apologize Khush”

He turned around and took her hand and gently pulled her. He raised his hands towards the sky where stars were twinkling, and continued “Once I said in front your parents that, I will never hurt you. But seems that I broke that word. “

He turned around and cupped her face “But today I promise in front of your parents that, I apologize for the way I behaved yesterday. Truly, deeply from the bottom of my heart, I apologize. You were never at fault Khush. It was because of me that led you to break up with me. I apologize for that. You have every right to move on. I have no right to ask any questions. I apologize for the demeaning words that I spoke. I AM SORRY KHUSH. FOR EVERYTHING”

He hugged her and continued “Jab jo bura kaha uska koi matlab nahi
Jab jo bura kiya uska koi matlab nahi
Iss pyar mein sach aur jhoot ka koyi matlab nahi
Sirf ek baat ka matlab hai ke main hamesha hamesha sirf
Tumse hi… “

He left it said incomplete and turned around “I will never disturb you again. Ho sake tho call me Arnav and not ASR, if the need arises to talk to me. Good Bye Khush”

He left hurriedly so that she doesn’t see his tears flowing endlessly.

She fell down and cried profusely for everything that is happening to them.

More than New year’s ever, today it felt like true heart break.

ISS PYAAR KO KYA NAAM DOON ?!!!!!

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P.S HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARUN SOBTI ! My heartthrob, my dream guy ❤ I love you from the bottom of my Heart.