Set in 1919 British India, a sweet and heart touching love story of a Hindu Punjabi "munda" and a Muslim lady ... though religion is not that comes on fore as a barrier... it's a story of how two simple yet hurt people meet and fall in love...
And they come back to complete their love...
Amritsar, British India
"Unn saalon angrezon ki ke khilaaf koi baat hi nahi kar sakta.. apna mitti pe aanke humein rob jata raha hai... mere bas main hota toh khuda ki kasam... laash bhi nahi milta un logo ki... humara ladkiyaan ko bhi nahi chodte..." A man growled by looking at the tragedy struck in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre...
Another man silently heard the what the first one had to say...
"Toh bhaijaan... aap main aur unn logo main farak ka parta hai..." a lady asked...
The other man looked up to see a beauty in front of him... clad in a simple cotton salwar... her thick long hair tied up in a plat... fair skinned... no jewelry on her... but she herself look like a fresh flower...
"Sakshi... sun yeh waqt nahi hai ki hum aapke bhaashan sunne... mere abbu ke haath kat gaya... mauth ke mooh main woh hai..." Sameer said breaking down into tears...
"Haan.. par iska matlab yeh bhi nahi ki hum unke tarha gaali galoch de.. samaj sakte hai hum aapka dard.. par yeh bhi jaayaz nahi hai ke hum unke ladkiyon pe haath uthaye kyunki unhe ne bhi aisa kiya ho... sambhaalon apne aap ko..." Sakshi said...
The man listening to the conversation couldn't bare more what the girl - Sakshi was saying... his best friend Sameer's dad was at the doorstep of death and she was giving big lectures herself... true - like Sameer he felt like barging into those "safed" logon ki ghar and killing everyone.. their families... every damned person out there...
"Apne aap ko kaunsi saadhu samajthe ho?" he walked up to her and spoke...
"Aapki kehne ka matlab?" she said - fairly annoyed by his way of speaking...
"Dekho.. yaha pe kitne log marr chuke hai.. yeh deewar khoon se range hue hai... iss mitti kar rang badal gaya hai... yeh kua paani se nahi logo ki khoon se bhada hua hai... aur aap keh rahe hai ki sambhaalo.. kaise?" he barked at her dragging her to places showing her the gruesome truth...
Sameer said "Bhai rukh..." to that man...
"Nahi Sam.. kab se yeh baat keh rahi hai aur tu sunta jaa raha hai..." grabbing her arm he showed her the hand of one dead body.. avoiding the tears flowing out from her eyes...
"Yeh dekh rahi ho tum... mera saga bhai tha yeh... isse maara gaya... kaunsi karan ke liye? Ab bhi do aapka pravachan! Iska ungli tooth chuka hai... deewar pe chadna chah raha tha.. apne aap ko bachane ke liye...! Aapko toh koi bhi baat samaj nahi aa rahi hogi.. aapke jaise log bade bhashan dene ke ilaave kuch aur nahi keh sakte..." He looked around angrily...
"Aap mere haath ko chodiye.. dard ho raha ha... aur waise bhi aapka koi haq nahi hota humai iss tarha pakarne ke liye..." she looked at him angrily... fresh tears going down her eyes...
He clutched her arm tighter... "Dard ho raha hai.. iss baat pe hi gussa aa raha hai aapko.. aansoon aa rahe hai... mujhe thappar maarne ka jee kar raha hai na... humain ko haq nahi hota aapko aise pakadne ke liye... unhe kaunsi haq tha mere bhai ki jaan lene ke liye!" he shouted at her...
Sameer ran upto him "Bhai.. chod isse... meri behen jaisi hai!" he shouted
"Bas aur do minute baat karne de... Sam uske baad chod dunga... tumhe pata bhi hai dard hota kya hai... ya phir tum bhi inn safed logo ki chamcha..." his words stopped as Sakshi slapped him right across the cheek...
"Badtameezi ki bhi ek had hoti hai..." she said quietly... grabbing his hand she pulled him towards a pile of dead bodies...
"Yeh... in murdon ko dekh rahe ho aap... yeh humare ammi, abbu, khala aur chota bhai hai... logon pe apna bhashan dene se pehle sochiye... ke unke aasoon kyun gir rahe hai..." she snapped at him and left...
He stood rooted to the spot where he was... after the slap and her words he felt the slap was a mere thing he got...
He went towards Sameer who was equally shocked... "Sakshi ki parivaar.." he ran upto the dead bodies... and stood shocked... "teri himmat kaise hui meri behen se aise baat karne ke liye?" Sameer spat at him...
His friend looked down with tears in his eyes... Sameer went and hugged his friend... "Mujhe pata hai yaar tune jo bhi kiya.. mere liye tha.."
His friend hugged him back...
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Sakshi dusted the bed-sheet and went about the few notes that she had scribbled...
Her mind was blasting... "Khuda humain taaqat do ki hum..." she could not complete her prayer as she sat down crying...
"Agar badla lena hai toh sirf unse jiske kaaran se woh marre... masoom ki jaan lene se koi bhi fayeda nahi hoga... aur Khuda bhi humain maaf nahi karega... kyunki agar kisini guna kiya hai... toh sazaa sirf unhe hona chahiye... rang.. roop... dusre jaat ke ya dusre desh se - isse koi matlab nahi... jo the waha... unhe sazaa milna chahiye..." she scribbled at a new page...
Sitting in front of the holy Quran she closed her eyes... "Humain koyi disha dekhaye... koi raah jo humaari manzil ho..."
Just then she heard a few knocks on the door...
She walked up the door... "Kaun?" she asked..
No reply...
There was a small shift on the door which she could move to see the person in front of her...
It was that guy... he stood facing the other side.. but she knew his features well enough to know him... slightly tanned.. black messed up hair... a slight stubble... a powerful and strong figure... on his right hand a red dhaagaand a kada...
Hearing the shift creak he turned behind and his eyes stuck with hers...
He could only see her eyes... devoid of any make up... but she didn't need any either... her big doe shaped eyes... the color of soil , her eyes were such...
She stared at his dark orbs for a few seconds... then coming back to her senses she just closed the shift...
"Arrey.. kripa karke aap dwaar kholiye..." he said as she closed the shift...
She stopped right a little bit before closing it... "Aap kaun?" she asked... anger evident in her voice..
"Woh main.. kal jo aap ke saath... woh joh.." he stumbled looking here and there ashamed.. how could he tell her that he was the one who insulted her...
"pachtaava ho raha hai..." she asked...
"Han ji.. dekhiye hum aapse maafi maangna chahte hai... woh.." he stopped as she cut him off in between.
"Humne aapki maafi qubool ki..." saying she closed the shift and went in...
While he just stared at the wooden door.. the packet of sweets still in his hands...
She had seen them.. but in no manner was she going to let him in.. he said sorry and she heard.. isse zyaada aur kuch nahi...
She later left for the market... He quietly followed her.. She bought some vegetables but left a carrot there...
He quickly picked up the carrot and grinned as he went back home...
Next day...
As she finished her prayer she heard another knock.. "Jab bhi hum namaaz parte hain tab hi kyun kisiko aana padta hai!" she said irritably - she had an inkling that who it could be...
"Kaun?"
No reply...
She frowned and opened the shift of the door to see him standing with an idiotic smile... and scratching his head...
"Ab kya?" she asked...
"Woh kal aap ne bazaar main gajar bhool gayi..." he said sheepishly...
"Toh aap humara peecha kar rahe the?" she asked through that shift...
"Mann toh kar raha hai is darwaaza ko hi tod doon.." he grumbled.. "Nahi nahi.. woh kal ittefaaq se hum bhi bazaar main the... toh..." he said...
"Acha.. toh aapke paas woh gajar hai?" she asked...
"Haan.. yeh" he showed her the carrot in his hand with pride...
"JI shurkiya.." she led her fair hand out of the shift and opened her fingers to get the carrot...
This was one of the most beautiful hand that he had ever seen.. grumbling at his fate that he always ended up talking or seeing her through the shift she took the carrot when his fingers brushed through hers...
Taking in the carrot immediately she looked into his eyes for a flick of a second and then closed the shift...
Sakshi on one side turned to keep the carrot and she saw a hint of a smile on her face... immediately she rubbed out that smile and wrote in her notebook "Ittefaaq bhi ek ajeeb se ek cheez hoti hai... waise bhi... pata nahi jab bhi hum namaaz padte hai ya dua maangte hain.. woh hi kyun aate hai..." she scribbled then she looked at a list where there were several names written...
"TOh yehi the saare..." It was the list of the police men who were the ones at the massacre...
Next day
" Khuda hum jis kaam ke liye jaa rahe hai woh kamyaab ho..." she prayed when she heard a knock on the door...
"Allah mia matt bolo ki woh hi hai" she grumbled while setting her dupatta straight...
She opened the shift and found him.. again...
"Ab kya hai? Kal hum bazaar bhi nahi gayi thi..." she complained through the shift...
"Woh maine ..." he looked here and there... "Tu apna poora falooda bana raha hai!" he thought...
"Boliye.. rukh rukh ke baat kyun kar rahe hain aap.. hum aapko kha nahi jayenge..." she said...
"Issi ka toh darr hai!" he said aloud
"Kya!" she said exasperated and closed the shift...
"Nahi Sakshi ji... mera matlab humne aap ke liye mithaai khareede the... aapko tabhi dena tha par uss din aap naaraaz thi - aur woh jayaz hai... toh maine socha ki agar aaj aapko mithai doon toh aap mana nahi karenge..." he explained in a fast manner...
The shift was still closed...
He sighed.. he had purposely brought the boxes in a bigger box so as to it won't fit through the shift and she would open the door... and he would get to see her... not just her eyes... though that was the most fascinating thing he had ever seen in his life...
He was about to leave when he heard the shift creak...
He turned back smiling when she passed a small dabba through that shift...
"Iss main aap mithai bhar dijiyega..." she said softly and he took the dabba while his fingers lingered on hers for a flick of a second...
Strange sensations shot up through his spine... then he slowly filled the dabba with the sweets and gave the dabba back to her..
Before closing she spoke "Waise bhi uss din aab ne hare rang ki ek chota dabba laye the.. aaj toh aapne ek peela rang ka bada dabba laaye.." she said...
He grinned at her observation... "Woh dabba kharaab ho chuka tha.." he smiled back...
"Waise agar hum ek cheez ka zikr kare toh aapko bura nahi lagega na?" she asked...
"Nahi nahi.. kahona kya kehna hai... mujhe koi bhi baat bura nahi lagega..." he said dreamily and stood closer to the door..
She seemed to move a few steps behind and told him "Woh.. aapka jhoot koi bhi pakar sakta hai..." she seemed to smile and closed the shift and he got embarrassed...
He put his palm on his head and laughed at himself...
Sakshi on the other hand heard him laughing... it sounded.. so nice.. laden with peace and freedom.. she quietly opened the shift a little to see how he looks while laughing...
She was appalled by his charm.. the slight creases that formed at the corner of his eyes.. he looked... gorgeous...
She snapped when she heard some utensils fall... "Aagaye chuha sahab!" she grumble and walked towards the kitchen closing the shift...
He looked up seeing the shift close suddenly.. "Kya woh mujhe dekh rahi thi?"
Hence a week went like that...
He often ended up with weird excuses at her place... if she liked the sweets... if she would want more... in case there are any more carrots which she wanted...
However one day when he went to her house... he found the door slightly ajar.. and smoke coming out... he rushed in fearing for the worst... to see Sakshi's black face...
"Sakshi ji.. kya hua.. itna dhua?" he looked around panicked...
"Oh.. kuch nahi.. woh khaana zara sa jal gaya.." she said...
He opened all the windows and poured water on the kadhai ..
"Sakshi ji.." he asked looking at the black vessel and some black things in the vessel
"Aap koyla ko kyun jala rahi hai?" he asked...
"Nahi.. yeh khaana tha..." she mumbled...
"Oh.. aur yeh zara se jal gaya khaana hai?" he said trying to control his laughter..
"Aap mazaak mat udaye humara... hum acha pakaate hai... bas iss baar..." she looked confused...
He started coughing...
"Arrey aap jaake bahar bethiye... yaha andar rehne se aapko aur bhi khaasi hogi..." she said..
He complied and sat out.. not before noticing the papers that she had... he read them and went out...
"Yeh lijiye.. paani..." she said softly...
He took the glass and gulped down the water when he looked at her face...
"Sakshi ji aapko pani ki zaroorat hai - aapki chand jaise chehra koyla jaise ban chuka hai" he smirked..
"Chand jaisa..." her mind whispered back and she seemed to blush a little.. she went to the tubewell nearby and washed her face...
He stared at her and felt as if the clouds had moved over the moon.. revealing the stunning radiance of the moon...
She noticed him looking at her... as she went in back to her house he slowly crept up behind her...
"Sakshi ji.." he said
"Ji.." she replied...
"Chand be ab bhi daag hai..." he said indicating at the black smeared near her cheeks.. she was going to rub her cheek when he noticed the blackness on her hand...
"Nahi nahi.." he said and quickly kept her hand down...
He rubbed his palm over her soft cheek... rubbing away all the black marks... he never realized when he started walking towards her... her back hit the wall... her eyes had closed at his mere touch as he continued to caress her cheek... as he went closer and closer near her face... she clutched her hands tight...he stopped before he could claim her quivering lips...
This was not in his morals...
He immediately stepped back and said "Sakshi ji.. lo hogaya.. aap ab koyla waali nahi dikh rahi hai.." he smiled trying to bring in humor...
But both knew that something had changed in their hearts...
"Waise aap mujhe kabhi mere naam se kyun pukarte!" He complained...
"Woh.. kyunki aapne kabhi kaha hi nahi ki aapka naam kya hai." she said...
"Oh... main toh ek gadha nikla! Maaf kijiye.. Mera naam Arjun hai... Arjun Pratap Singh..." he smiled..
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"Aur hum Sakshi Zafar Khan..." she said...
"Waise aapka naam sunke nahi lagta..." he said..
"Ki hum Muslim hain... ammi ne kaha tha ke humare janam ke waqt hum marne hi waale the agar woh dai ammi na hoti.. aur woh Hindu thi... toh ammi ne kaha ki dai ammi humari naam rakhegi... isliye humara naam Sakshi.." she said...
He took leave and he left...
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He walked towards her... caressing her cheeks.. her lips started trembling.. how would she feel... her soft lips... he stepped ahead... she closed her eyes...his fingers caressed her soft lips... he bent his head... and gently replaced his fingers on her lips with his lips... softly... he pushed her towards the wall to deepen the kiss...
And he fell down on the floor...
Arjun got up startled as Sameer, as usual, kicking him out of the cot...
"Kya Sam?" he groaned catching his back...
"Kiske baare main soch raha tha?"Sameer smiled seeing the lost look of Arjun...
"Teri behen ki!" Arjun laughed...
"Oye!" Sameer was about to hit..
"Mazaak kar raha hoon yaar..." Arjun smiled and went to the washroom...
Sameer was happy... his abbu was timely treated hence he was alive...
All his tears came back the minute he had thought about his brother... Yudhisthtr... their father had named them like the ones in Mahabharat...
It burned him to see Yudhi's dead body.. he had seen the paper at Sakshi ji's home... he knew few of the names.. they were the police who open fired at the people...
Arjun looked up at mirror.. he knew what to do now...
Before leaving from the house Sakshi ji's face crossed his mind again... he had been thinking what it would have been to have kissed her... he didn't think that he was being lusty.. no... because when he dreamed of going close to her... he had seen the parting of her head filled with vermillion...
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It had been a week since Arjun hadn't visited Sakshi...
"Khuda humein kyun farak par raha hain... kuch to hua hoga unhe toh?" she ranted going here and there...
"Waise bhi akhbar main para ke yaha pe morcha shuru ho chuka hai... kuch poilcewale maare gaye... kitne log maare gaye... aur.. hai Allah unhe kuch nahi hona chahiye... pata nahi hum itne bechain kyun ho rahe hai... Sakshi... zehen se yeh saare baatein nikaalon.. jo kaam karna hai - woh karo..." she took a deep breath in front of the mirror...
Whispering a silent prayer for the thing to do... and for him...
She slipped out of her home... taking poisoned knives with her...
Ever since the massacre she had been planning... with extreme caution to assassinate each and every policeman out there...
As she approached one of the target's home she stood silent... breathing hard... sweat beads on her forehead.. she silently slipped into one of the policemen's home... Sukhdev Tripathi... she walked silently into his room... clutching the poisoned knife she saw him sleeping with his 4 year old son snuggling on to his father... his wife was propped up on pillows.. she was pregnant.. one hand of Tripathi's was on his wife's stomach and the other one around his son...
Sakshi's back hit the wall and she looked in front... she didn't know what to do... how could she kill someone... that too silently.. his children.. his wife.. their lives would be shattered... his wife might end up on street... the children may have to beg...
The dead bodies of her family flashed in front of her eyes... she decided to finish the job when she noticed a minor bump on the woman's stomach... the baby had just kicked...
Sakshi was sweating profusely... she would kill Tripathi... but the real punishment would have to be borne by his children and wife...
She went into the living room... wiping away all her evidence away... she saw a few papers on there... she took the pen lying over there... with her left hand she wrote a note : Aapko marne ka iraada tha... biwi bachche dekh ke chod diye... uss waqt goli chalaane ki samey ek baar bhi nahi socha ke waha kitne biwi bachche mar gaye?
She made sure to use a different manner of speaking while writing the note...
Sakshi was an ambidextrous... officially a righty... hence handwriting experts wouldn't be able to decipher who had written this... she jumped out of the house and crushed the pen into pieces...
She ran back into her home... it was raining heavily... the water drained out all the poison from the knives as well..
She went in and slipped on the floor... she caught her head and started crying.. she had the chance but couldn't kill the man... she burned all the knives and continued crying...
Her values.. morals.. ethics bound her from taking revenge... but by killing them could she ensure none of the acts of the foreigners would stop? She had a simple life... she had studied about Ayurveda... she wanted to do so much more research... her ammi and abbu always supported her...
She came back to reality when someone suddenly knocked the door...
"Raat ke gyarah baje?" She thought alarmed and looked through the shift... it was Arjun... He was drenched in rain...
She immediately opened the door and let him in...
He came in and sat on the cot... panting...
His right hand was cut... she could see blood dripping from there...
She immediately got a dry cloth and started wiping his hands...
"Aap ko yeh zakh... kaise laga?" She enquired worried...
"Woh.. ladai ho rahi thi.. chupne ko koi jagah baaki... nahi mujhe jaana chahiye.. aap mere wajah se fas jayegi!" Arjun said alarmed and started to walk towards the door when he heard the sound of horses...
In a hurry Sakshi had left the shift open.. the policemen could see them...
Sakshi grabbed Arjun's arm and pulled him to the corner...
He hugged her tight... Sakshi felt strange sensations shoot up her spine... his warm body radiated heat.. in spite of being wet she could feel heat rising up her body... she was practically hidden under his body... he clutched her tight.. his fingers along her waist made her tremble... she breathed heavily through her mouth... she clutched his wet kurta to stop herself from slipping away... that's when her lips brushed against his bare chest...
Arjun's state was no better than Sakshi's.. even though he clutched her tight he could feel his own body gain heat... her soft milky skin tantalized him... her grip on his kurta... he softly whispered his God's name when he felt her petal like lips graze his chest... it was taking all the resolve he ever had to not make her his...
Then she started trembling... "Bhagvan... iske kapde mere tarha hi geele hai... kahi isse thand toh nahi lag rahi na?" he thought and started rubbing his hands up and down to provide heat to her...
"Ya Khuda..." she softly whispered when his hands went up and down her wet form... how could she explain that it was him the reason for her to shiver...
After what seemed like eternity the police went away..
"Sakshi ji... kya aapna apna badla poora kiya? Hume tab hi pata chala jab humne woh naam padhe..." he whispered against her forehead...
"Nahi Arjun ji.. unke biwi hai... ek chota sa bachcha... aur ek hone waala bhi... kaise unhe maar sakte the hum... badla lene toh hai zaroor.. par uske parivaar ne aisi kya ghalti ki.." she mumbled softly against his chest...
"Isliye aap un firango se alag hai... Sakshi ji ek baat kahoon..." he asked slowly.. tightening his grip on her...
She immediately looked up... which resulted his lips softly kissing her nose tip...
Her eyes shot open wide at that feeling... she felt numb...
Stepping a bit back - still in Arjun's hold.. she said "Ji.. kahiye.."
"Woh... woh hum ab jaa rahe hai..."Arjun said smacking his head for the slip...
He immediately got up... and was about to leave when Sakshi caught his hand...
"Ji.. Arjun ji aap ke haat kat gaye hai.. main davayi laga doon... phir aap jaiye.." she said and brought in a green color paste...
Arjun was silent as she applied the paste with shaky hands... being wet accentuated each and every curve of hers... the dupatta was almost transparent...hence her feminine beauty just increased in folds for him... he immediately closed his eyes and turned his face aside...
"Jala kya?" she asked worried with him looking aside...
"Sakshi ji hume jald se jald yaha se jaana hoga..." Arjun got up to leave...
"Par bahar ab tak khatra hai... Masla ab tak thand nahi hua..." Sakshi started to explain when she found herself pinned to the wall by Arjun...
"Sakshi ji aap samajne ke koshish kijiye... ab aapka saath yaha rehna mere liye bahar rehne se aur bhi khatarnaak hai... aap nahi samjhe?" he looked intensely at her eyes...
He then picked her hand and placed it on his throbbing heart... "Mehsoos kar sakte hai aap?" he asked huskily...
Sakshi looked up to see Arjun's darkened eyes... his breath almost fanned on her face... how could she tell that she was going through the same thing... his heart seemed to rise every second as he came closer to her... her hand shook under his pulse...
"Aapke liye kuch mehsoos karne lage hain hum... pehle samaan.. phir aadar... uske baad chinta.. farak... aur ab..." he whispered...
"Aur ab?" she barely asked...
"Aapko pata hai..." he said looking into her eyes...
"Kya aap bhi humse..." he asked looking for hope when he saw her confused eyes... that snapped him...
He immediately moved back "Maaf kijiye ga... hum bas apna lagaam kho beithe.." saying he left from her home without hearing anything from her...
Sakshi stood rooted to her spot... frozen... she didn't know whether to laugh or cry... she had read through the silent words...
Next day
Sakshi got up realizing that she had fallen asleep in the same position...
She waited for the whole day for Arjun to come... but he didn't...
Her heart started feeling lonely..
During namaaz she kept on looking for the door... for him to come...
"Ya Allah yeh kya ho chuka hai hume.." she thought looking here and there "Usse hum jawaab kyun nahi de paye..." she thought frantically and remembered the past few weeks of her life... he would always come whenever she prayed.. whenever she asked for a ray of hope it was him knocking on the door...
She looked up to her Khuda in realization... slight tears formed near her eyes...
One week later...
There was a sudden knock on the door... her heart beat fluttered in joy... she knew who it was...
But she received the horror of her life...
Arjun was standing... carrying a heavily bleeding Sameer in his arms...
She moved aside while Arjun brought Sameer in and put him on the cot..
She closed the door...
"Kya hua bhaijaan ko?" she looked at the injured Sameer...
"Hum... aaj un firangiyon ke khilaaf...goli lagi hai.." he said panting...
Sakshi's eyes widened.. they were a part of the riots against the Britishers... she knew that...
She looked at Sameer and went to her desk... searching for the medicines..
Taking a heated knife she approached near Sameer and his bleeding shoulder...
Her hand shook slightly as she tried to remove the bullet...
"Aap kar sakte hain Sakshi ji.. is liye humne Sameer ko yaha laaye.." he said and clasped her free hand... they both shared an eye-lock... he left her hand immediately... that hurt her...
Sakshi swiftly removed the bullet and patched up the wound with herbs and sterilized cloth...
"Kaha the aap itne din ke liye?" she mumbled to herself...
"Aap hume yaad kar rahe the Sakshi ji?" he asked softly...
"Nahi.. woh" she stammered and looked aside...
"Hum in sab kaam main atke hue the... aakhir main humne maar hi diye kuch firangiy saalon ko.." he muttered under his breath... his eyes tearing while looking at Sameer...
Sakshi just looked at him... brave and honest... but she didn't fail to notice the slight tears forming at the corner of his eyes...
"Kuch waqt main hosh aa jayega..." she said softly and touched his shoulder... then she moved aside and sat on the corner...
Arjun slid next to her... "Uss din ke liye maafi... waise bhi Sukhdev ne aatma hatya kar li.. pachtava main aake..." he asked looking at her...
"Maine woh kaaghaz pade the..." he informed... "Sabse pehla naam uska tha... toh andaaza laga liya tha ke shayad inke baare main aap keh rahi thi... uss din..."
Sakshi "Humain iss baat ki khabar nahi thi Arjun ji... par yeh unhone ghalat kiya..." she said softly...
"Aap toh chahti thi ki woh marr jaye na?" he enquired..
"Thi.. ab nahi... badla lene ke liye aur bhi tareeke hai... akhbaar pe apne rai bataana... ya chup chap aap jaise bahaduron ki madat karna... kisi bhi haalat main iske waja se unke biwi aur bachchon ko sazaa milegi... yeh hum nahi chahte.. hum kuch karenge taaki un logo ke uar zyaada boj na aa jaye... hume maloom hai kaisa lagta hai jab sar ke upar ka chad chala gaya ho... jab abbu..." she said softly and wiped the tears forming at the corner of her eyes...
"Isliye aap un sab se alag ho Sakshi ji..." Arjun said softly... awed by her ethics..
"Aur isliye shayad hum aapse mohabbat karte hai..." he whispered looking at her...
She looked at him shocked...
"Mat kaho ki pata nahi tha... kya aap bhi humse? Bas ek baar kehdijiye.. agar aapka jawaab na hai toh hum iss muddein ke baare main phir kabhi baat nahi karenge..." he said softly
and winced in pain...
"Aap.. aap ko toh chot lagi hai..." she said horrified seeing his blood stained shirt...
"Kuch nahi hai yeh - aadat hai.. aur yeh mera sawaal ka jawaab nahi" Arjun smiled weakly...
Sakshi ignored his question.. "Aap apna kameez utarye.. hum dawaa laate hai.." she said softly and went to her room and brought the turmeric and necessary herbs and sterilized cloth to cover his wounds...
When Arjun refused to budge Sakshi herself removed his shirt and gasped by the slashes on his toned figure... he had a gorgeous lean body... she could feel her cheeks heating up as her fingers slightly brushed his bare skin...
"Khoon dekh ke ya kuch aur dekh ke chehra laal ho raha hai?" he gave her a weak naughty smile...
"Arjun ji aap chup chap se let jaiye... dawaa lagana zaroori hai.. warna zakhm nahi bharenge..." she said curtly and wiped the blood away in warm water...
He clutched his eyes and bit his lips to control his pain...
She blew softly on his torso, her hands slightly shaking as her fingers grazed over his bare torso... she gently applied the cool paste on his wounds...
"Sakshi ji... main agar nahi mara aur zinda bach gaya... toh...shaadi karogi?" he asked softly...
She replied nothing but he felt something stinging on his wounds... he opened his eyes and saw her face... precious tears fell from her face as she clutched his hands.. a few of those tears had fallen on his wounds.. but he didn't mind the stinging... he realized that she loved him too...
She collected herself and continued to treat his wounds...
"Sakshi ji..." he said once more...
"Sshh... hum aapse baat nahi karna chahte..." Sakshi said and turned to the other side...
He could see her body trembling... she was crying..
"Nahi.. baat karo mujhse.. mat ro..." he said weakly...
"Main zyaada baat nahi kar paa raha hoon.. mujhe dard ho raha.." Arjun couldn't complete as Sakshi came close to him and put her hand on his mouth...
Keeping his head on her lap... her tears fell relentlessly from her eyes...
"Arjun ji... aap kaise keh sakte hai ki agar aap nahi marre.. pata hai yeh baat kitna chubta hai?" she whispered keeping her forehead on his forehead...
Arjun chuckled slowly and raised his unhurt hand to caress her face... Sakshi's big doe shaped looked straight into his eyes...
"Toh aap bhi humse mohabbat karte hai... toh main isse haan samajh loon..." he asked... raising his head a little to give a kiss on her forehead...
Sakshi couldn't speak more... she just nodded her head gently...
Arjun smiled... "Hum kal hi shadi karenge..." he said softly... tears flowing out from his own eyes he closed them while she gently cradled his head on her lap and lulled him to sleep...
After a few hours Arjun got up and went around stretching his arms.. he felt better and refreshed... he smiled remembering last night... he drank the haldi dood prepared by Sakshi to heal his wounds...
He looked around for Sakshi when he smelt a familiar fragrance... "Sakshi ji..." his heart told him... "Hey Bhagwaan mera dil itne tezi se dor raha hai ki dar hai ki kahi yeh ghav phirse na khul jaye..." he prayed to the God above and turned to see Sakshi having come out from bath...
Her thick long hair was wet...she was wearing a plain red, pink and golden patiala... all her wet hair was on one side... she had not yet worn her dupatta.. her cheeks were glowing at this moment...her eyes were different... she had worn kajal... she turned towards the mirror to tie the dories of her salwar... as she tried to tie them she felt a familiar finger touch hers...
She blushed and lowered her head...
Arjun whispered near her ear "Aapko kaajal ki koi zaroorat nahi hai... ab waise hi bohot khubsoorat hai" he whispered and she blushed again... then holding her dories he mumbled "Anumati hai?" softly.. his lips touching her ears..
She just nodded her head...
He slowly tied the dories into a beautiful bow and then grazed his fingers over her milky skin... he felt like as if he was touching silk..
On the other side Sakshi's breathe quickened... her chest started heaving as she tried to control her breathing... she clutched her eyes shut as she felt one arm wrap around her waist... and the other one graze her shoulder..
Then slowly Arjun lowered his head and kissed her neck... Sakshi gasped feeling his lips against her skin...
She immediately turned around and hugged Arjun when her senses instead of calming down created a havoc... she had forgotten that he was not wearing a shirt... hearing his thudding heart created strange sensations in her body... her hands froze the minute it touched his bare skin...
Arjun himself was shocked and winced a little when Sakshi hugged him tight... he felt as if he was in heaven.. especially when he could feel her thudding heart and breathe on his chest...
He slowly ran a hand through her hair and chinned her up... "aapke gaal toh Kashmiri sep (apple) ke tarha ho chuke hai" he chuckled and rubbed his nose with hers...
"Ji.. woh.." her breath hitched when he softly kissed her cheeks... Sakshi closed her eyes again and let him continue his love..
"Hey Allah humain nahi maloom tha ki mohabbat itni khubsoorat hai..."
He stepped back sensing her shivering... it was not yet the time.. she would feel uncomfortable... that is when Sakshi saw Arjun... and her mouth was open.. he had a toned body with the perfect abs... his body had rippling muscles... "Khuda aisa lagta hai ki aap khud baith ke inko banaya hai..." she thought while gazing at his perfectly carved figure...
On the other hand without her dupatta Arjun could see her beautiful curves... the salwar fitted her perfectly.. her neckline was beautiful... his eyes started to darken and he could feel every nerve of his body come alive...
He immediately turned around... "Sakshi ji... aap apne dupatta pehen li jiye ga... woh uske beghair..." his voice faltered...
Sakshi turned crimson but then felt proud of the man in front of her...
"Aap bhi apne kameez pehen li jiye ga.. maaf kijiye.. aapko aise haalat main humne aapko dekh.." she couldn't continue as Arjun had placed a palm over her mouth...
"Nahi.. aap humari hone waale patni hai... mann se aap meri patni ho chuke ho... sirf aur sirf aapke paas saare haq hain humne dekhne aur choone ki... kisi bhi haalat main.." he said seriously
She softly kept his palm aside and told "Aur hum bhi aapko humare shauhar maan chuke hai... aapko bhi saare haq hai..." she smiled and put her forehead on his...
He smiled and caressed her cheeks...
He kissed them again...
She felt his thumb grazing her lips... her lips parted a little on their own.. his lips gently kissed her chin... she awaited when he would claim her lips...
"Oye Majnu Laila.. aap dono bhool rahe hai ki iss ghar main koi aur bhi hai!" Sameer shouted...
Arjun and Sakshi immediately sprang apart and Sakshi ran into the other room to get her red and golden dupatta...
Arjun walked towards Sameer and smiled "Abbey kabab main haddi.. tere shaadi ki waqt chun chun ke badla loonga!" then siting next to Sameer gently patting his head "Bole be.. kaisa hai tu? Itna hoshiyaari dikhane ki kya zaroorat thi?" Arjun tried to control his tears...
"Main theek hoon yaar... par sun.. sach main meri behen se nain lada rahe hai! Chal be.. khush hoon.. aur badla kyun re? Agar tab nahi chillata toh mere aankhon ke saamne tum dono mere bhanja aur bhanji ko banane shuru karte!" Sameer winked...
Arjun slapped him lightly "Saale!" Sameer looked at him with round eyes...
"Bhaijaan.. yeh aapko gali nahi de rahe hai... balki haqeeqat keh rahe hai.. humare shauhar hone ke baad aap inke saale sahab hue na!" Sakshi shouted from the kitchen..
Sameer teased "Yeh... inke.. yeh sab kaun hai ji?"
Sakshi turned red... "Aap nikaah kar lijiye bhaijaan... bhabi aapko zaroor bata degi in sab ki maina!" she giggled and she brought in two cups of tea with herbs... to heal their wounds faster...
Sameer teared up seeing Sakshi come in a red patyala... "Haye.. nazar na lage.. tu toh sach main mashallah khubsoorat lag rahi hai!" Sameer said emotionally...
Arjun and Sakshi hugged Sameer at that point...
After sometime they headed towards the mosque then mandir to get married... Sameer and Arjun were wearing Sakshi's abbu's kurta...
Arjun was wearing a red kurta... on the way he bought a golden dupatta.. (in hindu marriages a dupatta is required for the man as well)
Sameer was wearing a blue kurta...
Sameer acted like father, mother, brother... and funnily even as a sister to get nek (money) from Arjun!
"Kya rishta joda hai tujhse.. saale - tere liye iss shabd ka janam hua..." Arjun grumbled while handing over money to Sameer!
Sameer went aside "Abbey sun... main tum logo ke liye ghar tayyar rakh raha hoon..." then whispering to Arjun "woh suhaagraat ke liye bistar main phool toh lagana hai na." he winked at Arjun.
"Arrey.. aap apna waqt kyun zaaya kar rahe hai.. hum ghar main jaake.." Sakshi started to protest but Sameer silenced her..
"Na... hum kuch nahi sunne waale! Tum dono thora ghoomo phiro... ghar mai hum toh hi honge na... tumhari saas aur sasur... waise bhi saas se kabhi panga nahi lena chahiye! Grah pravesh ke liye tayyar ho jao!" Sameer smiled and walked towards home waving them bye...
Arjun laughed and held Sakshi's hand and then they walked into the park..
"Waise bhaijaan aapke kaano main kya khusur pusur kar rahe the... aisi aadat humain ache nahi lagti... yeh baat aap Samjhe ya Samjhaaun?" Sakshi said while pouting...
Arjun "Aap sach main sunna chahte hai biwi ji..." he said while walking towards her...
"Haan.. waise aap itna kareeb mat aiyye... yeh khula jaga hai.. charo taraf log hai!" Sakshi tried to reason when Arjun gently pinned her to the tree...
"Yaha koi bhi nahi hai.. aur Sam humare kamre ko phoolon se tayyar kar raha tha.. humare suhaagraat ke liye..." he gently kissed her cheek...
Sakshi turned crimson and bowed her head... "Aap bhi na..." she said meekly when she felt his arms grip her waist...
"Arrey.. aap chodiye na.." she giggled when Arjun nuzzled in her neck...
"Chodne ke liye thodi na aapko pakda hai... waise aap utni achi biwi nahi hai.." Arjun complained...
Sakshi pouted.. "Kya? Kyun?" she pouted...
"Kyunki kar biwi koi na koi tohfa dete hai apne pati ke liye.. aur ab tak aapne kuch nahi dia.." Arjun pouted...
"Arrey kya chahiye aapko... main apni jaan bhi dedoon..." she said emotionally.
"Nahi..." Arjun said.. "Main toh bas mazaak kar raha tha.." Arjun hugged her...
"Mujhe toh bas ek hi cheez chahiye ab ke liye..." Arjun said naughtily...
When Sakshi looked at him puzzled Arjun just touched her lips with his fingers..
"Toh.. biwi ji.. ab aap samjhe ya samjhaaun?" Arjun winked at her...
Sakshi blushed and said "Samjhaye na?"
Arjun grinned broadly and placed a hand on her head...
She closed her eyed in anticipation...
He softly kissed her forehead... his fingers played with her soft lips... he softly kissed her jawline... as he placed a warm kiss on her pulse point... his other hand softly finding his way into her bare warm waist... it sent shrills up her spine...
Arjun softly bit her neck and she whispered "Arjun" into his ears in ecstasy... he immediately licked it to soothe the pain... she held her breath tight...
He stopped for a second and looked at her flushed face... "Mera naam phirse kaho..." he voiced huskily... "Ji... Ar..ar..ju..jun ji..." she said softly...
"Nahi.. beghair ji... jaise abhi kaha.." he whispered in her ears...
"Woh.. tab aise hi aa gaya... aap mere shauhar hai.. hum aapka naam..." she looked up to see his intoxicated eyes...
"Kaho na... mere liye..." he asked softly...
"Arjun..." she said again and buried her face in his chest...
His name felt so beautiful from her... "Suno..." he said softly caressing her back... "Hmm" she replied...
"Mujhe kya kya karna padega taaki aap mera naam aise hi pukaare? Aur waise maine ab aisa kya kiya tha jo mera naam itni aasani se le liya?" Arjun asked naughtily...
"Aap na bohot badtameez ho.." Sakshi said while blushing furiously...
"Toh aap hai na mujhe tameez sikhane ke liye..." Arjun winked...
"Aur waise bhi... shadi ab hi hui hai.. tameez ko ghar hi chod te hai.. ab thodi si badtameezi ho jai...chalo main apna toufa le loon.." Arjun voiced huskily and neared her...
"Hum dono ko ghar jald hi waapas jaana chahiye..." Sakshi mumbled when she felt Arjun's breathe fanning on her face...
"Sahi baat kahi hai aapne..." Arjun mumbled and kissed the corners of her mouth...
Sakshi clutched his collar tight...
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Sameer finished decorating the entire house...
He kept a kalash with rice grains on it at the entry of the house...
He got an aarti thali ready..
He cleaned up Arjun's room... decorated it with flowers...
He checked the time... "Arrey yeh dono kahi waha main hi suhaagraat nah shuru kar diye ho!" He chuckled...
Seeing them no where near home Sameer stepped out when the aarti thali fell down and all the items crashed...
"Yeh toh acha nahi hai..." Sameer frowned as he sorted the things and cleared up the things...
Having a beating heart he went near the area he had left them... his eyes popped out in horror...
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As Arjun bent forwards to claim her lips he heard a gunshot...
Arjun's eyes flung open and he looked around tensed...
The police had come...
That's why the park had been so empty...
Arjun cursed and held a terrified Sakshi's hand... they both ran as fast as they could... the British police started to scream around...
Arjun hid under a cart hugging Sakshi as tightly as he could to hide her...
Snuggling in his chest Sakshi led out a quick prayer to her khuda...
Arjun pecked her forehead to calm her down... but he himself was scared...
He tried to analyze the situation outside...
When he realized in horror that they were looking for him...
He and Sameer were responsible for the attack at the police officers few days back... since then they were on the run... yesterday the police had shot Sameer...
Arjun closed his eyes and led out a soft curse...
Sakshi opened her eyes and looked at Arjun... worry lines on his forehead... he seemed to know something "Ji... kya hua?" she croaked out...
Arjun looked at his wife.. her kajal smeared due to her tears... her parting filled with vermillion... the dainty mangalsutra that she was wearing... but her face filled with fear...
He hugged her tighter... "Jo police waale maare gaye - humare wajeh se... humne woh shuru kiya tha... woh ab mujhe dhoond rahe hain.." he said...
Sakshi gripped his kurta tighter... "kuch nahi hoga..." she softly whispered...
Arjun made a decision... her life was more precious than his.. "Aap abhi yaha se nikle - ghar jaiye... hum baad main aate hai..." he said... knowing that his life would be at stake and he might never come back to his loving wife...
"NAHI... hum aap ke saath yahin rahenge... ghar zaroor jayenge.. par aapke saath..." She told him defiantly...
Arjun knew that now she would never leave him... he looked up at his God and chuckled at his fate...
Clutching her hand tightly... he looked around... sweat beads forming on his forehead as he thought of an escape plan...
Swiftly moving out dragging Sakshi with him... they ran... ran as if the devils were behind them...
Sakshi ran along... clutching the daggers at her waist...
Arjun looked at her confused... "Hum hamesha isse apne paas... suraksha..." she panted while running with him...
"Woh dekho - waha hain woh Arjun Singh!" One of the officers shouted...
"Oye! Rukh Jao!" those officers shouted and started firing at Arjun and Sakshi...
Sakshi swiftly removed a dagger and threw it at one of those officers... he fell from his horse - dead, as the dagger straight hit his throat...
Gunshots were fired everywhere... Arjun and Sakshi ducked and ran...
She kept on throwing daggers at every police who came in their way...
Arjun's speed had started faltering...
Below she saw the hill slipping... grabbing Arjun's arm she and Arjun rolled down the hill...
They landed in some bushes... the men seemed to have lost track...
Arjun was breathing heavily... looking at Sakshi... his dearest wife... who saved them... he wanted to hug her but he felt weak...
Sakshi turned to see Arjun looking at her... tears swam out of her eyes and she hugged him... he weakly raised an arm and hug her... feeling his arm she looked up and kissed his cheeks...
Arjun smiled... but it looked strange... he whispered... which was barely audible... "toh...tohfa?"
Sakshi smiled with tears running down her cheeks... she leant onto him and gently claimed his lips... parting and sucking them hard... for her it was more than a mere romantic act... for her it was feeling the existence of her husband... the sun of her universe...
Wrapping her arms around his neck while Arjun led out a breath and laid back.. gently accepting their passionate kiss... she parted his lips and kissed deeper... he didn't allow her... he cannot make her feel the... but he failed and his mouth opened up for her... their tongues lazily met...
Sakshi protested when he was not opening his mouth... she pushed in harder to feel him.. kiss him like there's no tomorrow... finally he did... she was puzzled by his reaction.. but pushing away all thoughts she deepened the kiss and her tongue met his... she felt something wet... something warm... especially near her chest and stomach... when she plunged in deeper in his mouth her eyes widened in shock with the taste...
And she realised... why he didn't want to open his mouth... she tasted...
Blood... his blood...
She parted back from him and looked at him... his half smile of contentment on his handsome face... and then from the corner of his mouth she saw faint blood streak coming out...
"Aap ko...?" she asked trembling trying to wipe off the blood coming out of his mouth...
Then she realised why she felt wet... and warm...
She looked at herself and gaped in shock... her red kameez had turned to a deeper shade of red... it was with blood.. his blood...
Gasping in shock she moved further behind and saw Arjun... his kurta too was soaked in blood... and there were... three bullet holes near his chest...
"Ya Allah!" She gasped looking at his injuries...
Arjun looked at her and tried to signal a no when he saw tears flooding her pretty eyes... he half smiled... he slowly gripped her hand...
"Bohot... py..pyaar... kar..ta.. hoon... par .. maaf... shadi... na..nahi.. karni.. chah..iye.." he whispered and choked... coughing out more blood...
Sakshi immediately hugged Arjun "Nahi... yeh kya anaap shanaap keh rahe ho... main theek karti hoon aapko.. bharosa hai na apni Sakshi pe?" She cried holding her head near her chest...
She looked aside... she was familiar with this place.. cause right in front was her house...
"Saamne humara ghar... main aapko theek kardoongi.. kuch nahi hoga aapko..." she whispered frantically and tried to move when Arjun caught her hand...
"Bohot .. der... ho.. chuki.. hai..." he sighed letting his tears fall out...
"Nahi nahi... hum keh rahe hai na.. aaj hi toh shadi hui hai... humain ghar jaana hai... bhaijaan ne saara kamra sajaya hai! Humare bachche bhi honge... kitna kuch baaki hai..." she panicked.. kissing him on the forehead... then removed the dagger to remove the bullets from his body... that would reduce the risk...
Arjun knew his time was coming... and seeing her futile attempts he regretted that he had to leave so fast...
She rested his head on her lap, her hand furiously going through his hair to calm him... and positioned the dagger to remove the bullets...
He clutched the dagger and nodded no.. even Sakshi knew it was too late... but she will try...
"Nahi..." Sakshi's cry broke seeing Arjun give up...
"Waapas... aavunga... sirf.. aapke liye... aapse.. bohot.. pyaar..." he breathed and tried to snuggle further while Sakshi cradled him near her bosom...
"Hum bhi aapse beintehaa mohabbat karte hai..." she cried out feeling his thudding heart go slower and slower...
He gave a vague smile... feeling her warmth.. this was the best place where he could die...
"Agar aap nahi rahe toh mere rehna ka kya maina..." she said softly and kept Arjun on her lap... taking the dagger Sakshi stabbed it right at her heart...
A loud cry emerged from her while Arjun looked at her shocked... more blood gushed out from his wounds seeing her die "Nahi!!!" his mind screamed but he could barely say anything... his vision was getting hazy... he had to go... but not by taking her life...
Plunging the knife deeper in her heart... she pulled it out... blood gushing through her wound... she knew she too would die any minute... tears streamed down her eyelids... but they were tears of happiness... she could barely register his shocked face.. she could feel her blood in her mouth...
Barely able to slip beside Arjun she grabbed his hand tight... he slightly turned towards her... taking every ounce of his last life left... placing his forehead on hers...
She smiled weakly... the tears never stopping... the blood slowly dripped out of her mouth... she wrapped her arm around him tightly...
Their life flashed before their eyes.. the first meeting... their conversations through the shift on the door... her silent gaze on his laughter... his excuses to see her... smudging the black mark off her cheeks... the night at her home.. drenched in water... the passion laden atmosphere... his proposal... her bridal attire the next day... he helping her in tying the dories... his first kiss on her neck.. their first hug... the seven vows at the temple... her acceptance of their nikaah in the mosque... their romantic moments in the park... their first kiss minutes before their death...
No one in this world could separate them ever... if one had death in his destiny... the other pushed death to her destiny as well...
Both closed their eyes the minute their lips touched... they closed their eyes for eternity...
Kya kabhi savera... ha.. ha..
Laata hai andhera... ha.. ha
Sookhi siyaahi..
Deti hai gavaahi...
Sadiyon puraani...
Aisi ek kahaani...
Reh gayi... reh gayi...
Ankahee...
Khwabon ka jharokha.. ha ha...
Sach tha ya dhokha.. ha ha...
Maatha sehla ke...
Nindiya churaai...
Sadiyon puraani...
Aisi ik kahaani...
Reh gayi, reh gayi..
Ankahee..
O Ankahee..
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The entire street was rummaged... Sameer was shocked... a bad feeling gripped his heart... he searched around everywhere madly for them... tears had found their own path out of his eyes... on the way he found some officers lying dead with knives stuck in their bodies... this precision only belonged to one person... his sister - Sakshi...
"Nahi Khuda nahi khuda nahi khuda" he mumbled frantically when he noticed some red behind the bushes...
Sameer ran upto them... he led out a heart chilling scream on seeing them...
The two of them had wrapped themselves tightly around each other... their knuckles had turned white in the grip ... their lips sealed together... the tear stained cheeks...
Sameer sat down with his hand in his head... within a few hours his entire life was destroyed... his sister liked childhood friend... his brother like best friend... suddenly the winds flew fast... as if the heavens too howled at their death... the flowers from the trees came to rest upon the lovers...
Understanding the signal of God he buried them there... in the same position and left...
The house waited for their arrival... their room ready for their union... the kalash ready for her auspicious entry in his home...
Sameeer realized one thing.. they were already each other's... they needn't had to be intimately one to be united... her auspicious smile... his good wishes was all he had now...
Hugging the pillow Sameer cried himself to sleep... and prayed that wherever they were... let them remain in peace...
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It rained heavily that night... the angels whispered and were honored to fulfill Sakshi and Arjun's only wish... "Aye Khuda... Jab Bana... Uska Hi Bana..."
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2014
A young girl just entered the office of the Emergency Task Force.. ever since her childhood she had a crazy dream - to serve her nation... she was a patriot in her heart... a non stop chatterbox who always found excuses to do something or the other!
A young man kept the files away... content that in this case he was able to provide justice... Justice to all...ethics and morals were his first priority... don't know why... sometimes he believed that ethics could bow before anything... even revenge if needs be... a no nonsense person who would get irritated at someone's excuse to meet him or further more irritated to find stalkers around...
As he walked out of the door he dashed against that girl... both fell straight on the floor... he wrapped his arms around her tightly while she too gripped him tight...
They both looked at each other... something passed through... he immediately got up helping her out...
"Hi! Aapko main kitne achche se jaanti hoon you know... saari articles padhi hai maine! In fact you know..." she started her chatter while he just looked at her amazed!
"Oye! Aap mujhe apne naam se kyun nai bulaate?" She asked with twinkles in her eyes...
" Tumne abhi tak tumhara naam hi nahi kaha.." he smirked looking at her embarrassed face.
"Oh! Main bhi gadhi nikli... main hoon Sakshi.. Sakshi Anand!" Sakshi smiled and gave her hand to him...
Flashback
"Waise aap mujhe kabhi mere naam se kyun pukarte!" He complained...
"Woh.. kyunki aapne kabhi kaha hi nahi ki aapka naam kya hai." she said...
"Oh... main toh ek gadha nikla! Maaf kijiye.. Mera naam Arjun hai... Arjun Pratap Singh..." he smiled..
Flashback ends...
He softly clasped her delicate beautiful hand and replied "Main hoon ACP Arjun... Arjun Suryakant Rawte..."
They both looked at each other for a few minutes... a primal pull they felt towards each other...
When from behind someone spoke up "Oye Arjun... and I guess Sakshi! Saare din udhar ho rahoge kya? We have a new case... and let me introduce you to the team as well!"
Flashback
"Oye Majnu Laila.. aap dono bhool rahe hai ki iss ghar main koi aur bhi hai!" Sameer shouted...
Arjun and Sakshi immediately sprang apart and Sakshi ran into the other room to get her red and golden dupatta...
Flashback ends
Arjun snapped out "Haan Sameer.. we're coming..."
Arjun and Sakshi walked towards the conference hall side by side.. unaware that their hands were still clasped together...
This... was just the beginning...
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Epilogue Series...
Chapter 1
I looked at the glass wall in front of him and tried to link the murder and the apparent suspects...
So funny that the new girl's name was Sakshi... just like my bhabi's...
Yeah - you guys heard it right... bhabi :)
Well what are you shocked about... oh let me tell you a bit about myself...
Sameer Damsingh Rathore... Rajput ki putra.. my father was more of an NRI businessman... however I was the complete opposite... my country seemed to pull me... and moreover one name... Arjun...
The minute I landed in India two things happened...
I wished to see Amritsar, I was only 15 at that time... my parents were surprised as I never even heard or saw that place (I was brought up in England) ... I literally ran around the city... tracing my path to the Jallianwala Bagh... the minute I landed there... I fainted on the spot... I developed fits... I used to wake up screaming every night...
I was rushed back to England... but the memories hit me time and again... the only way I could vent it out was by recounting episodes of what I saw in the form of stories to my friends... and family friends as well...
One of my father's friend... Dr. Arobindo Dasgupta... he called me to his home one day... he was surprised with the intricate details that I used to provide in my stories... he asked me to open up and tell me as much as possible... I closed my eyes and recounted everything... he asked me to look at the person in the mirror - I gasped in shock as I realized that it was me...
After telling everything I found my eyes wet and crying at the realization of my life... I had just recalled my entire life... my uncle told me that I was a jatiswar... i.e., rebirth... I had died early in that life... out of grief I never married... and my health deteriorated when I was around 35...
I tried hard to find my Arjun and Sakshi but it was a futile search... it all happened when I was in the Academy... one of the seniors wanted to rag me as usual... I had high fever... I could barely skip away from the situation... and like a messiah he came...
I was shocked by looking at his face... he dragged me out of there... not before giving a menacing look to each and every senior out there... but I just kept staring at his face... it was exactly the same of my best friend... Arjun...
He gave me a surprised look as to how did I ever know his name... I gave a lame excuse... but from that day we became best buddies and could we rarely be separated... what was funny was that Arjun had the seriousness and ethics like my sister Sakshi... once my senior asked that were we brothers from the past life... I winked and said yes...
I was relieved to see that he wasn't attracted to any girl... cause none of them were Sakshi..
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I am back to reality when Chotu says "Haila!"
I look at the reflection and stops short... I see a kurta pajama clad Arjun walk hand in hand with a beautiful Sakshi... wearing her red bridal patyala...
She has come...
My eyes tear up on seeing my darling sister...
I flick away the tears forming and try to control myself and turn around to see a normal Arjun and a different Sakshi... she wore a red top with jeans and a red scarf... her eyes were lined with kaajal.. her hands full of bangles... seeing her mischevious grin... which reminded me of Arjun... Iknew she had come...
"Sam?" Arjun asked and walked towards me... Sakshi walking with him as well...
"Huh.. ya... hey Sakshi.. welcome to the team!" I smiled and gave her a side hug... she smiles brightly at the warm welcome and hugs me too... she tries to lift her other hand to hug me when I noticed their locked hands... I can't help but smile again...
I raise my eyebrows at Arjun and signal him at where his hand is..
"Kya?" Arjun whispers to me, confused...
"Haath" I whisper back...
"Kya haath?" Arjun looks at me puzzled...
"Arjun sir.. Rathore sir ye pooch rahe hai... um kuch nahi" Ayesha smirks at Arjun but then looks at me and squints her eyes to mine for a second... I look away...
feeling shy...
ok I know that I am Rajput and all that... but I do feel a bit shy when I see Ayesha looking at me...
"Fattu Sam... tu laal kyun ho raha hai!" Arjun whispers to me winking and Sakshi starts to giggle!
She raises her left hand when she sees her hand tightly clasped with Arjun's hand... immediately she quietens and blushes... she tries to leave her hand but Arjun is busy gripping her hand...
"Abbey main fattu toh tu despo! Hath chod meri beh.. Sakshi ka!" I said while Arjun looked down - immediately embarrassed at the situation...
Arjun and Sakshi simply avoided each other out of embarrassment for the whole day as the team went to no end to tease the poor little girl!
I tried to be her savior many times... but then even I enjoyed pulling her leg!
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Six week had passed by...
Sakshi and Arjun would often go out for cases together while Shreetu went by a bike and Sameer and Ayesha went together as well.. Liza preferred to stay in the lab until it was an absolute necessity...
And most probably the heavens above were a bit angry on their delay of falling in love - so came in a plan to their rescue, though it turned out to be a little bit funny ;)
The entire team was at the village to solve the case of a pisaach.
Sakshi smiled as she saw a busy Arjun looking at the villagers around... somehow being with Arjun always gave her immense relief... but he was broody man of hers!
And village... this area always gave her a soothing relief... don't know why but being here with Sameer and her Arjun made her feel at bliss...
"Yeh maine apna Arjun kab se sochne lagi!" Sakshi thought and smiled... looking up at Arjun again...
Suddenly a woman came into view... she was the Sarpanch's wife... "Arrey wah... aapka biwi kitni khubsoorat hai ACP sahab..." she admired Sakshi...
Sakshi's eyes popped out on that and she just looked at Arjun who looked equally surprised...
"Arrey hairan hone ki kya baat hai beti... ab hum ki batayein... mat bolo ki aapka pati aapki khubsoorti ki baare main kuch nahi kehta... haan saare mard bas aisi hi hote hain... par humra pati ka toh alag hi baat hai... har mangalvaar puja ke samay humri taraf dekhta bhi nahi... aur humko oo naam se pukaarte hai joh humra swarge sasurji pukaarte hai...har shaam ko bahar jaate hai... humra saath jyada waqat bhi nahi batate... uffo... par betiya aapke chehre se toh lagta hai ki bada khyaal rakhte hai - kitna khila hua hai!" The woman blabbered and did her nazar utaaro thing...
"Beta khush rakho iss pari ko..." The woman smiled at Arjun and disappeared somewhere...
Sakshi was blushing deeply... she barely heard anything as the only thing in her mind was when Arjun gave her a detailed look from top to bottom when that lady admired her...
"Aunty ji..baat aap bohot zyaada kar te hai.. par iss ke liye thank you!" she silently said.
The word patni for Arjun felt really familiar... he didn't feel embarrassed.. rather a tad bit shy...
Snapping out of his thoughts he stared at Sakshi for two full minutes...
"Ar... Arjun.. tum aise kya dekh rahe ho?" she mumbled...
" Sakshi hum dono ab yaha se bahar jaa rahe hai..." Arjun answered while scratching his head..
"Arrey.. pehle bataate.. kuch tayaari kar leti!" Sakshi jumped with joy "Hey God ji! Hum date pe jaa rahe hai! Outskirts... aur shaam ko waapis... wah mujhe pata hi nahi tha ki aap ne meri kismat main yeh silent romance likha hai!" she giggled...
"Nahi... tayaari ki kya zaroorat.. waise hi kal subah waapas aa jayenge... aise hi theek ho." Arjun said and started walking...
"Kal subah! Itni der tak karenge kya!" Sakshi thought alarmed... "God ji... kahi dil main aag leke toh nahi ghoom raha hai! Biwi toh kaha... kahi sach main...raat bhar hum dono ek saath! Shut up Sakshi - kya soch rahi hai... tu na Hollywood flicks dekh ke na aisi soch rahi hai!" she grumbled to herself...
"Acha Sakshi suno..." Arjun took a deep breathe and looked at her "I need you to cooperate with me... mujhe jald hi cheezein karne ki aadat hai... I may not tell you anything... just silently listen and do as I say... aur tum bhi zyaada mat kehna... you fine with that na." Arjun informed and Sakshi just looked at him - gaping...
"Co-operate... jald... silently listen and do! Deva!!!" Sakshi closed her eyes and panicked about what was going to happen to her!
"Ab isse kya hua!" Arjun thought - puzzled until they reached a field...
"Khet main leke aaya hai! Hey Deva... not that I don't like him par yeh toh... network bhi nahi kaam karta!" Sakshi panicked and got shocked at the turn of events which were so giving her a different feeling...
And that was the precise time where she recalled about lovers being in the field and...
"Hmm... agar Sam sahi keh raha tha... then Khet is the perfect place... Sakshi you agree na - Khet hi chupne ke liye sabse behtar jaga hoga?" Arjun asked looking at her face and her doe shaped eyes which were boring into his!
"DEVA!!! Khet... yeh toh chupne ke liye famous hai! Aasman ke neeche... khet ki beech main!!!" Sakshi gulped and weekly nodded...
Suddenly Arjun gripped her wrist and Sakshi's breath hitched... "Jald hi chalo... shaam se pehle waha waapas bhi pohochna hai - aur yeh cheez is just between us.. ok? Really don't know ki subah tak yaha reh sakte hai ki nahi... koi dekh bhi sakta hai..." Arjun tugged her along towards the field while she hobbled along thinking what would happen...
As he dragged near a tree he stood there and looked at a blushing Sakshi... "Laal kyun ho rahi hai?" Arjun thought...
"Sakshi tume kya aise kaam pehle kiya hai?" Arjun asked her
"KYA!! NO WAY!!!" Sakshi told him, her eyes wide in shock...
"Oh... ok chill... listen I am there toh relax.." he said reassuringly...
Sakshi could now barely look at Arjun - but why in the world wasn't she stopping this either!
"Ok Sakshi... now... waqt bohot hi kam hai!" Arjun said softly...
He and Sakshi were about to sit when Arjun swiftly pulled her dupatta away...
Sakshi shivered and felt herself heat up when Arjun took away her dupaata and put it on the ground below as a sheet...
Suddenly Arjun swore "Sh*t!"
"Huh?" Sakshi looked at Arjun confused then he caught her wrist and pulled her down... crashing onto him...
Within a few seconds Sakshi found herself below Arjun who caught her hand steadily and was looking aside in silence...
His heat and weight were affecting her senses... his muscles crushed with her soft form evoking strange yet familiar feelings... as he felt him nearing she managed to speak up "Arjun... ab.. thoda baad nahi kar... yeh ghalat..."
"Paagal ho Sakshi... I have thought carefully about this... jo karna padega ab hi... and nothing is wrong in this...!" his voice - laden with urgency...
"Arjun ji.." she said and froze for a second... even Arjun stared at her.. Arjun ji... she had said this somewhere and he had heard her say this... where... when???
Their heads bursted in pain and couldn't think further... she started breathing heavily... now that affected his senses badly... her delicate form was tight against his hard body... her big eyes were frantically looking here and there... but what was she scared of?
He felt he knew her... so much that it would be as if she was his closest confidante ever... but at this moment... her fragrance hit him hard...
She couldn't take the heat of his body which burned through her bedclothes... she was amazed at her own body which was surprisingly ready to be in the most intimate form with a man that she knows for only a few weeks!
"Arjun... not now... yeh sahi nahi hoga... pls... ab nahi..." she softly whispered to him... her eyes closed...
His eyes widened and he looked at her flushed face again... then he looked at her figure... it had started trembling... her forehead was stressed up in a frown... he slightly brushed his fingers on her forehead and said... "Sakshi... I know it might just be my thinking... par yeh sahi hai - trust me..." he said gently.
Sakshi held his shoulder and and her pretty eyes were filled with tears... "haan... pata nahi kyun mujhe bhi yeh sahi lagta hai but Arjun... not now... please... main abhi tayaar nahi hoon for this intimacy... we didn't even kiss... aur main tume theek tarha se jaanti bhi nai... even though I think I know you... iss waqt I really can't make..." she fumbled and flustered... taking deep breath...
She closed her eyes again when she felt his hands on either side of her shoulder and he push himself up... "Arjun..." she said softly...
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B
Arjun looked at her state and heaving chest... he looked below at his own state and kept his hands on her either side of the shoulder and got up immediately... then he looked at her puzzled... "Sakshi.. yeh tum kya bak rahi ho! Intimacy... kiss... make... what?" he asked her puzzled!
"Hum toh yaha Sarpanch pe jasoosi karne aaye hai! Yaha iss khet main woh shaam ke 4 baje se pehle kisi se milne waale hai... toh that's why I called you along as you being an Investigative Reporter yeh saare cheez asaan hogi... and neeche bohot dirt hai toh I kept ur dupatta here... and then you slipped on me... an..." his voice trailed off as he got a hint of what she was thinking...
Then he looked at her flushed state and looked around... her dupatta below... he taking her to the field... he recalled his conversation and her freaked out face... oh no!
"Sakshi!!!! Did you think ki maine tumhe yaha ley aaya.. to like..." he closed his eyes and blurted out "to make love!?!?!?" he looked at her shocked!
Sakshi looked at him with wide eyes! Oh God how could she be such a fool! She immediately got up and ran away in embarrassment and crashed with the Sarpanch as well as the khabri...
Before Arjun could arrive to save her the man had twisted Sakshi's hand and placed a knife on her throat - but that barely deterred Sakshi from giving a punch and kick to both of them - the ETF came right on time and so did Arjun.. he had bundled up her dupatta in his hand and punched the Sarpanch till he was barely alive...
An anger surged through Arjun... he never wanted her to get hurt or be in danger... knife... he hated daggers since his childhood... it used to give him fits...
Arjun walked up to a slightly nervous Sakshi "You fine?" he asked...
"Hmm" she meekly nodded...
Sameer noticed the two and so did the rest of the team...
He pulled Arjun aside and whispered "Oye... tere haath main Sakshi ki dupatta... tum dono ki kapde ke haalat... karkya rahe the tum dono?" he winked at a highly embarrassed Arjun...
"Shut up Sam! Khud toh Ayesha se Hello bhi nahi bol paata!" Arjun walked off to see a slight red trail on Sakshi's neck...
She was already sitting in the SUV and he went inside as well...
"Sakshi... tumhare gala pe to..." Arjun said alarmed... it was a trail of blood...
Sakshi slowly dabbed the place with her dupatta... "No it's fine Arjun... aise hote rehte hai... in fact ek baar toh maine apne aap ko hi kaat diya tha..." she joked...
"WHAT!! Paagal ho tum... aisi kaise kar sakti ho... u know these daggers can even take life of people... itni irresponsible kaisi ho sakti ho!" Arjun yelled at her and banged his hand on the steering wheel...
"Arjun main toh bas mazaak..." she said softly... scared at his outburst...
"Mazaak my foot... if that dagger pierced you... pata hai how much it can hurt... zindagi main sab kuch mazaak nahi hota! I just should have known ki ek reporter saara kaam nahi kar sakti... you are just a mere publicist... tumhara liye sab kuch bada mazaak hota hai... tum na kabhi bhi apni desh ke liye kuch nahi kar sakoge! Mazaak! Dard dekha hai tumne... nahi na... I have seen death!" Arjun screamed at her... and then stopped short... death... his parents had died when he was young... but then the death that he referred now... that was a different one... what was it?
Sakshi's eyes started tearing, then she received a sms on her phone... and tears started rolling out...
She got out of the SUV and walked out alone in the rain...
Arjun followed up behind her... "Ab kya hua... bas yehi baaki reh gaya rona dhona.. tum iss field pe aayi kyun ho!" out of anger over what he didn't know himself... he blabbered non-sense himself...
"SHUT UP!" She raised her hand to slap him"Tumhare wajeh se ro nahi rahi hoon.. you are no one for me.. abhi abhi my dad ki status ke baare main sms aaya... he's in coma for the past 6 years... they have shifted him to the ventilator... I really don't know ki just face wise how did I even start liking you! Mujhpe pe apna bhashan dene se pehle just think... ki mere aasoon kyun gir rahe hai" she sobbed but then a memory hit her hard in her head...
She had slapped him... he had hurt her before...
Flashback...
He clutched her arm tighter... "Dard ho raha hai.. iss baat pe hi gussa aa raha hai aapko.. aansoon aa rahe hai... mujhe thappar maarne ka jee kar raha hai na... humain ko haq nahi hota aapko aise pakadne ke liye... unhe kaunsi haq tha mere bhai ki jaan lene ke liye!" he shouted at her...
Sameer ran upto him "Bhai.. chod isse... meri behen jaisi hai!" he shouted
"Bas aur do minute baat karne de... Sam uske baad chod dunga... tumhe pata bhi hai dard hota kya hai... ya phir tum bhi inn safed logo ki chamcha..." his words stopped as Sakshi slapped him right across the cheek...
"Badtameezi ki bhi ek had hoti hai..." she said quietly... grabbing his hand she pulled him towards a pile of dead bodies...
"Yeh... in murdon ko dekh rahe ho aap... yeh humare ammi, abbu, khala aur chota bhai hai... logon pe apna bhashan dene se pehle sochiye... ke unke aasoon kyun gir rahe hai..." she snapped at him and left...
Flashback ends...
Arjun stood rooted to his spot and Sameer came running towards him... "Arjun! Sakshi se itni rudely baat kaise kar saktha hai tu!" Sameer barked at Arjun...
Arjun was puzzled... on one side he could see a flashback... on the other side Sakshi... why was he so rude... why did he get so angry...
Sakshi just stared at Sameer... but then looked at Arjun with disappointment on her face... but memories were flooding through her head... none made any sense... all were nothing but flashes... she felt nauseated and dizzy...
Then her knees buckled and she fell on the floor...
"SAKSHI!"Arjun screamed and ran to pick an unconscious Sakshi...
Sameer just looked at the happenings... "Yeh to bilkul pehle jaise ho raha hai..."
Arjun cradled an unconscious Sakshi and placed her gently in his car... for some reason his hand caressed the parting of her hair...
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Chapter 2
Arjun laid an unconscious Sakshi on his bed while a doctor came and checked her...
"Bas stress aur shock ke wajeh se behosh hui hai... kuch half an hour main she should be all right... but... I think ek baar usse check up ke liye le jaye..." The doctor said and left...
Arjun nodded... everyone else had settled in the living room - yup they were in Arjun's home...
The Sarpanch had been arrested by then.
"Arjun.. tujhe uss pe shak kaise hua?" Sameer voiced everyone's doubt...
"Sam... jab main aur Sakshi waha khade the then uski biwi came to us... aur phir (Arjun smiled faintly recalling a misunderstanding) she thought that we were a couple aur bohot bakwaas baatein ki... par mere mann main do teen baatein atki..." he took a breath and continued...
"one was that during pooja The Sarpanch would call her with the name her father in law used to call... phir khet main jaana... toh that's how I rounded up ki kuch toh gadbad hai - and then toh you got the confession out of the Sarpanch - hence ab case is closed..."
Arjun sat down after his explanation...
"Par tune Sakshi ko khet main kyun leke gaya?" Sam whispered to Arjun...
"Arrey she has investigative..." Arjun started to explain...
"Lol! Arjun... tu seriously explain karne ke liye beith gaya! Haha!" Sameer laughed and walked towards to washroom to bump into Ayesha...
"Ji?" She asked...
"Woh.. woh main... coffee..." Sameer stammered...
"Sir... par yeh to washroom hai..." Ayesha started to giggle..
"Haan.. mujhe pata hai... main tumse keh raha hoon ki tum mere liye ek cup coffee..." Sameer justified...
"Banadoongi sir!" Ayesha flashed her smile and left...
"Kya Sam!" He banged his head and laughed silently... to see Sakshi standing quietly...
"Arrey Sakshi... ab kaisi ho?" Sameer immediately approached Sakshi and patted her forehead...
"Thanks... am much better... kya main apna ghar jaa sakti hoon?" Sakshi mumbled...
"Sure... main Arjun ko bulaata hoon.. ARJUN!" Sameer called...
Arjun came that very instant...
"Sakshi? Kaisi ho tum ab... sab theek na..." Arjun asked and then caught her hand which she immediately pulled back...
Avoiding him she walked into the living room... she hugged everyone and wished them a bye as she proceeded towards the door...
"Sakshi... chalo main tumhe ghar chod tha hoon..." Arjun was about to go when Sakshi said...
"Sameer kya tum mujhe ghar chod sakte ho? Waise bhi bohot raat ho chuki... kisi aur ko takleef dena mujhe acha nahi lagega..." she replied curtly and walked out of the door while Sameer said a sorry to Arjun and left to drop Sakshi...
Sensing the trouble everyone left and Arjun gritted his teeth...
"Not fair!" Arjun grumbled and went to his room...she had left a bangle... he smiled and flopped himself on the same bed... his lungs were filled with her fragrance... even though he was drowsy... sleep was the last thing in his mind... "Aur kitna gussa karoge Sakshi!"
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Next day...
He was breathing heavily and having a strange smile, his hand slowly gripped hers and he pulled her near him... his fingers crawled into her bare skin... she blushed and went near him... cupping his cheek she gently placed her soft lips on his... which he immediately captured... he bit her lips and kissed deeper... she opened her eyes in pure bliss when she felt his tongue for a second and saw...
Arjun!
"Ting-tong"
Sakshi fell from the bed...
"O teri... yeh kya sapna tha... seedha... kiss aur woh bhi
!!!" Sakshi became red and walked towards the door...
!!!" Sakshi became red and walked towards the door...
She loosely tied her hair into a bun and opened the view door...
And there he was... literally the man of her dreams...
"Arjun!" she gasped out seeing him... he was dressed in a neat and crisp red shirt and dark blue jeans...
Arjun's eyes went round on seeing her wear a beautiful lace top... her eyes were slightly puffy... her cheeks seemed rounder... and her pink lips stood pouty...
But what really caught him were her eyes... he saw it somewhere... this thing happened before... par... kaha?
"Hey... woh Sakshi main voh..." he started off...
"Kya hua Arjun?" she said...
"Woh kal ke liye maafi..." he said...
"Kyun.. kal aapne aisa kya kiya tha joh aap maafi maang rahe hai?" Sakshi spoke sternly...
Now Arjun was in a fix... he shuffled his feet and asked Sakshi if he could come in... she gave a somewhat nod...
After stepping in he smiled a little at her and handed her a bunch of white lilies...
"Sakshi I am really sorry... tumhe pata hai na... I didn't mean it... I am sorry..." Arjun said...
"Hmm... theek hai.. I accepted your apology... aap jaa sakta hai.." Sakshi replied...
Arjun sighed and stood there... digging his hands in his pockets uncomfortably... "Sakshi... main wait kar sakta hoon... taaki tum tayyar ho jao and then we can go together..." he said quietly...
Sakshi just nodded and went into her room... leaving the flowers on the sofa itself... and that hurt him a lot...
In his hand was a small gift for her... a little necklace... but he dar give it to her.. "Pata nahi muh pe phek de!" he tapped his feet and looked around...
She came out within 15 minutes, having taken a bath and changed into a simple top and jeans... without a word she headed towards his car...
Before Arjun could open the door... she hersel unlocked and sat inside... on one side she was extremely happy but on the other side she felt he needed a lesson to learn...
"Aakhir ek hi ghalti kitne baar dohoraiga..." Sakshi thought irritated... "Par yeh pehle kab kiya?" she looked up confused...
She walked silently into the ETF and Sameer caught hold of Arjun...
"Baat bani?" he asked a disappointed Arjun...
"Haa bilkul... mere shakal pe toh likha hua hai na!" Arjun muttered...
Sameer compressed his laughter... "Arrey bhai.. yeh uske ghar jaane ka jo idea diya yeh fail ho hi nahi sakta... tried method hai yeh!" Sameer immediately controlled his smile and walked to the other room...
Arjun looked at Sameer puzzled... then he realized that wait... he had her bangle! "Sakshi ne toh yeh lena bhool hi gayi! Chalo.. kal phir ghar javunga... wah Arjun bete kya dimaag hai tera!"
The day passed in the futile attempt of Arjun trying to manao Sakshi! He even occasionally smiled at her... and called her over for lunch...
"Bhook nahi hai mujhe..." Sakshi said silently...
"Theek hai... toh phir main bhi kuch nahi khavunga..." Arjun said and walked to the other cabin...
Sakshi shrugged her shoulders "Ladke aur na khaana... yeh toh impossible hai..."
But then they say... at times things go for a toss!
Arjun walked into the parking lot where his stomach did "grrr"
Arjun had literally stayed hungry for the whole day and suddenly he found Shree and Sakshi giving a hug and chatting endlessly...
Burn!
"Arrey Shree... kya pav bhaji laya tha yaar! I can't believe you made it... kabhi mere haath ka aloo paratha kha... it's too good!" Sakshi commented and Arjun looked at her in shock...
She ate! Knowing that he would go hungry...
Sakshi noticed Arjun standing at the corner... unaware of the storm she even playfully hit Shree on the arm and giggled a bit... after all she was teasing him about Liza!
But from front it appeared as if something was going on!
As per the plot Ayesha commented on them in front of Arjun to Sameer...
"Rathore sir... Sakshi aur Shree ek saath achche lagta hai na? Dono ki dosti bhi bohot achcha hai..." Ayesha smiled to see Sameer signaling no to her...
Ayesha frowned and silently asked why?
Sam : (signal) Ayesha... he didn't eat anything...
A: (signal by her hands) So?
S : (threw his hands up in frustration and pulled Ayesha close to him) Ayesha... he asked Sakshi if she would eat or not... but she said no... toh even Arjun didn't eat anything... it's like now close to 10 hours since he has not eaten anything...
A : (putting her palm over her mouth in awe) Aap jhoot bol rahe ho... matlab sachchi Arjun sir bhooke rahe!!!
S : Aur nahi to kya!
A: (moving towards Sakshi) main usse batake aati hoon... madam kuch zyaada hi pak pak kar rahi hai! Bechare Arjun sir!
Ayesha was even shocked to notice the slight moistening of eyes of Arjun on seeing Sakshi and Shree together...
Suddenly Sameer tugged her and she came crashing... her palm automatically went on his chest as he wrapped his strong arm around her slender waist...
Ayesha just stared into his deep brown orbs... a shiver went up her spine... finally..
Sameer came out from the trance and pushed a disappointed Ayesha away.. "Voh.. voh.. sorry... par jab mamla un dono ke beech main hai... toh voh dono hi suljhadenge! Don't worry... yeh pehle bhi hua hai..." Sameer said... lost in flashback...
"Kab?" Ayesha asked confused..
"Woh.. maine pada tha.. chalo dinner karne chalte hai..." Sameer said
"Haan haan kyun nahi... aapke saath toh sari main jaana padega na... kabhi kuch bolte hi nahi!" Ayesha said the first half sarcastically...
"Ayesha... not a bad idea... actually main tumhe Commissioner ke waha le jaa raha tha... tum ek sari hi pehenlo... I'll pick you up... and as for Arjun and Sakshi... woh dono toh theek hi rahenge.." Sameer smiled innocently and left...
"Rathore sir sach main itne bhole hai ki unhe samaj bhi nahi aaya that I was being sarcastic! Iska kya karoon... Ayesha... tu kis line pe jaa rahi hai!" Ayesha shook her head and left...
Shree too left after some time... Now Sakshi was alone with Arjun... "Sakshi... main..." Arjun started...
"Ya fine maine maafi de di.. aur haan main ghar apne aap hi javungi..." Sakshi said looking in another way...
"SAKSHI!" he shouted and grabbed her hands...
Sakshi looked up at him frightened... his eyes were angry and his grip on her wrist was very tight... something told her that she did cross her line...
"Arjun... main bas..." she said softly...
Arjun took in a deep breathe and looked aside... "Tum ghar javogi ya main drop kardoon.." he asked in a straight face...
"J...jaisa tum chaho.." Sakshi said softly and followed behind Arjun to his car... the whole journey was silent...
"Kya Saki... tujhe pata nahi chalta... subah subah he came to your home with flowers and even had a gift... uss baar ki tarha toh nahi daanta... uss baar.. uff pata nahi... ok.. ab main Arjun se dheere main baat karne waali hoon..." Sakshi decided when she heard a grumble sound...
"Hein.. yeh kya tha!" Sakshi said aloud...
Arjun just said embarrassed.. "I didn't eat anything toh..."
"What?!" Sakshi whispered unbelievably...
Arjun gave a sarcastic smile... "Tumne kaha tha... bhook nahi hai... so...huh.." his smile faded away... "par kisiko pav bhaaji bohot pasand aaya!"
Sakshi put her hands on her head... before she could say anything Arjun halted the car and stormed out of it..
He opened the door... as Sakshi came out of the car he taunted...
"Wait... I shouldn't open the door... yeh toh Shree ko karna chahiye tha... hai na... kya hasee tum... pav bhaji toh maze ke tha... kya kya kar kya rahi thi tum ha? Maksat kya tha tumhara... samjha kay tum naraaz ho aur yeh jayaz tha... but ek baar socha bhi nahi ki maine tumpe kyun chillaya?" he shook her shoulders...
Reaching at a very intimate distance with her... he could hear her heart thudding in his arms... and she just stared into his hypnotic eyes...
"Main toh bas.." Sakshi started but was interrupted as his hand gently wrapped around her small warm soft palm...
"Haan... bolo... bas kya... kyun kar rahi thi tum aisa... agar tumhe uss dagger ke saath kuch ho jaata toh? Agar lag jaata toh? Phir? Tumhari parwa hai Sakshi..." he said and cupped her cheek and rested his head on her her forehead...
He picked her soft palm and placed it over his heart... as their breaths mingled he huskily voiced out "Mehsoos kar sakti ho isse..." the skin of her palm blazed as he kept it on his throbbing heart...
"Aaj subah jab gussa thi toh I was like theek hai..." He parted and she felt his void immediately.. "par office main jo bhi kiya... it hurt me a lot..." Thumping the necklace box on her hand he continued...
"I feel my entire thing towards you... was just...mere mockery! Forget it!" He stormed out and sat into his car... then literally drove like a crazy person...
Had he just waited for a second would he have seen the tears spill out from her eyes...
She didn't know whether to laugh or cry...
She was stunned... shocked... she took slow steps into her home... huddling herself on the floor she started crying... not because of his shout... but realizing... you know what! HIs touches... seemed all too familiar and protecting as well...
"Badmaash Sakshi... bura Sakshi... bad Sakshi... horrible Sakshi! You hurt him itna.. kha kha... pav bhaji hi khaate reh din bhar... ETF main toh sirf pav bhaji khane ke liye gayi hai na!" Sakshi cursed herself and kept on crying...
Suddenly her phone rang... Sakshi picked up the phone... it was from Sam... she felt a sudden urge to speak to him.. She started crying on the phone "Boohoo... Sam bhai... *sniff* pata hai na... Arjun bohot achcha hai.. main kitni bura hoon!!! Bechara kuch khaya nahi... main kya karoon! Necklace bhi diya... aur main... I should kill myself!"
Sameer on the other hand couldn't control his happiness on hearing her say bhai to him... then he realized one thing... "Sakshi... my sis... jaa.. Arjun ke ghar jaa aur usse patane ko shuru kar... dekh na.. woh zyaada rootha hua nahi ho sakta.."
Sameer grinned when Sakshi continued her cry... "Hmm... theek hai.. par... usse itna dukh dekh kar main toh... oh wait.. oh wait... oh hell no!!!! Bye baad main baat karoongi!!! Waha aake milti hoon!!!" Sakshi screamed in excitement...
She jumped around the entire hall like a crazy psychotic person...
She smiled quietly and decided of one thing...
She went to her room and switched on her laptop... connecting her phone she clicked on Arjun's picture...
She played with it for a few minutes and switched on her huge printer... thank God she was a journalist and had a huge printer out there which was made for posters and all... well they kept it here for a few days...
Grinning to herself she finally printed it and then went near her bed... removed the large poster and placed the freshly printed one... cutting it edge to edge she fitted it and placed it.. stumbling as it was quite large...
Finally smiling to herself in pure joy she kissed his photo around a billion times and sat down to write in her vision diary...
I wish you shouted at me before...
Grabbed my shoulder and looked into my eyes...
To say that you hurt me so that I don't hurt myself...
Cause it took everything other than 3 words...
For you to cry and express...
And for your stupid girl to know...
That you love me...
And your stupid Sakshi loves you as well...
Smiling at herself she starred at the photo then ran into her closet... picking up a black saree and setting the little crystal pendant she was about to change when...
"Haww... main bhool kaisi gayi.. tum toh yahi ho... main tumhare saamne kaise change karoon? Chalo main washroom main jaati hoon!" She showed her tongue to Arjun and went into the washroom...
As she was about to slip off her shirt she felt two warm hands clutching her...
"Aur main jo tumhare dimaag main baith gaya hoon uska kya? Ab toh mere ehsaas har kahi rahega na!" Arjun winked at her and a blushing Sakshi switched off the light...
As she wore her black saree... she was amazed... how come that after being shouted at she ended up realizing that she has fallen for him!
She smiled and then her phone flashed with Sameer's call... "Haan Sam bhai... haan I will reach there on my own... nahi Arjun ko aane ki zaroorat nahi... arrey pata hai na about Nagasaki blast! Wahi milte hai... bye!" she smiled and signed off, still amused that a firing from Arjun was required to understand that she and he...
That's when the flashlight remained on... and in that light she got shocked what she saw on the mirror...
A heavily drenched Sakshi was suddenly pinned into the wall by a drenched Arjun... both were panting... her salwar was stuck to her body... his kurta was almost translucent...
He seemed to be upset... he said something... she tried to hear the conversation...
"Sakshi ji hume jald se jald yaha se jaana hoga..." Arjun got up to leave...
"Par bahar ab tak khatra hai... Masla ab tak thand nahi hua..." Sakshi started to explain when she found herself pinned to the wall by Arjun...
"Sakshi ji aap samajne ke koshish kijiye... ab aapka saath yaha rehna mere liye bahar rehne se aur bhi khatarnaak hai... aap nahi samjhe?" he looked intensely at her eyes...
He then picked her hand and placed it on his throbbing heart... "Mehsoos kar sakte hai aap?" he asked huskily...
Sakshi looked up to see Arjun's darkened eyes... his breath almost fanned on her face... how could she tell that she was going through the same thing... his heart seemed to rise every second as he came closer to her... her hand shook under his pulse...
"Aapke liye kuch mehsoos karne lage hain hum... pehle sammaan.. phir aadar... uske baad chinta.. farak... aur ab..." he whispered...
"Aur ab?" she barely asked...
"Aapko pata hai..." he said looking into her eyes...
"Kya aap bhi humse..." he asked looking for hope when he saw her confused eyes... that snapped him...
He immediately moved back "Maaf kijiye ga... hum bas apna lagaam kho beithe.." saying he left from her home without hearing anything from her...
Sakshi stood rooted to her spot... frozen... she didn't know whether to laugh or cry... she had read through the silent words...
"Tab bhi samaj gayi thi... aaj bhi samaj gayi..." Sakshi found herself whispering and a shooting pain hit her head...
She popped in a paracetamol and walked out of her home...
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CHAPTER 3
Sameer smiled to himself as he cut the call...
"Kya hua.. hairaan kyun ho bhai? Aap log yeh hi soch rahe hai ki main khush kaise hoon... well for the basic fact... jab Sakshi ko Arjun ki qualities mili hai... toh ab wohi unke raste pe chalegi na!" He smirked and saw Ayesha coming down in a pale green saree and a pale grey sleeveless blouse...
Sameer's car keys fell from his hands...
(Dusre ke love story se toh pichle janam se dhyaan de raho ho... ab apne liye kuch karo Sameer sahab!
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And just then the wind blew making her pallu flutter in the wind... her curly vivacious hair was tamed to beautiful tamed straighten hair... her eyes were lined with kohl...
Something beat in his heart...
Her face had an added glow to it..
He wasn't a fool like Arjun to let some jealous quotient come in.. or by chance some goons come in to tease Ayesha... he knew what it was in his heart... and let us catch that to be since 3 years or so?
Ayesha stood silently next to him but couldn't help gaze at how handsome he looked in this simple cream suit...
Funny... they looked colour coordinated...
Ayesha looked up to urge Sameer to say something... but at the way he gazed at her... a warm colour spread through her cheeks...
Sameer wished that Ayesha to say something... but he simply stood and focused at the way she played with her hair or fiddled with the end of the dupatta...
However Ayesha couldn't help but notice the teenage boy look on his face... as if he just saw his crush! Ayesha giggled at that and went to sit in the car... signalling him to join as well...
He gave an embarrassed laughter and sat to drive the car... when he switched on the radio.. looks like the heavens too were playing mischief...
"Uhmm.." Ayesha cleared her throat.. "Sir main kaisi lag rahi hoon.. in the sense saree first time pehna hai... as in.." Ayesha just bit her tongue... seeing Sameer's grin she just kept quiet and stole glances at him...
Mujhe Tum Chupke Chupke Jab Aise Dekhti Ho
Achchhi Lagti Ho
Ayesha gaped at Sameer when she heard that and started knotting her hair in embarrassment... Sameer chuckled at her reactions...
Kabhi Zulfon Se Kabhi Aanchal Se Jab Khelti Ho
Achchhi Lagti Ho
Ayesha turned red and turned her face to the other side... it was at the junction so Sameer just stopped the car and looked at Ayesha... taking a deep breathe...
Mujhe Dekhke Jab Tum Yun Thandi Aahen Bharte Ho
Achchhe Lagte Ho
Sameer looked away in embarrassment... so he quickly took out his phone and from the reflecting mirror he saw Ayesha... that's precisely when their eyes met and Ayesha saw his flustered face...
Mujhko Jab Lagtaa Hai Tum Mujhpar Hi Marte Ho
Achchhe Lagte Ho
Ayesha's face broke into a wide smile... Sameer signaled that she is looking that pretty indeed... Ayesha placed her palm on her forehead out of shyness... strange she never knew she could feel these shyness - all because of him...
Tum Mein Ai.. Meharbaan
Saari Hain.. Khoobiyaan
Bholaapan, Saadagi, Dilkashi, Taazgi
She looked at him and smiled again... a smile that conveyed that he is the reason... and he found it harder by the minute to keep his total concentration on the road ahead...
Dilkashi Tumse Hai, Taazgi Tumse Hai
Tum Hue Hamnashin, Ho Gayeei Main Hasin
Rang Tumse Mile Hain Saare
Sameer looked at her slightly warm cheeks and chuckled... she put on a fake frown... but couldn't hide her redness...
Taareef Jo Sunke Aise Sharmaa Jaati Ho
Achchhi Lagti Ho
Kabhi Hans Deti Ho Aur Kabhi Itraa Jaati Ho
Achchhi Lagti Ho
As they approached the parking area Sameer halted and turned towards Ayesha... he seemed to be wanting to say something... but his lips barely said what she was waiting to hear...
Khoye Se Tum Ho Kyon, Soch Mein Gum Ho Kyon
Baat Jo Dil Mein Ho, Keh Bhi Do, Keh Bhi Do
Sameer looked into Ayesha's eyes and guessed what she thought... he gave a small naughty smile and continued his indirect flirting through the song...
Sochtaa Hoon Ki Main, Kyaa Pukaaroon Tumhen
Dilnashin, Naaznin, Maahroo, Mahjabin
Ye Sab Hai Naam Tumhaare...
Ayesha rolled her eyes and shook her head... Sameer broke into a small laughter looking at her expression... However Ayesha gave him a tiny romantic gaze which set his heartbeats to a marathon...
Mere Itne Saare Naam Hai Jab Tum Ye Kahte Ho
Achchhe Lagate Ho
Sameer scratched his head yet he couldn't help take his eyes off her... Ayesha giggled at his state...
Mere Pyaar Mein Jab Tum Khoye Khoye Se Rahte Ho
Achchhe Lagate Ho
Sameer raised hi eyebrows at her and squinted his eyes at her... indicating his stand as well!
Mujhe Tum Chupke Chupke Jab Aise Dekhti Ho
Achchhi Lagti Ho
Kabhi Zulfon Se Kabhi Aanchal Se Jab Khelti Ho
( Achchhi Lagti Ho
Achchhe Lagte Ho ) -3
Ayesha and Sameer both ended up gazing their locks with each other...
"Aankhon hi aankhon main ishaara ho gaya... beithe beithe jeene ke sahaara mil gaya!" Suddenly Sakshi sang breaking their eyelock...
"Kabab main haddi! Teri shadi ke samay dekh... chun chun ke badla loonga!" Sameer growled at Sakshi...
"Haan... yehi baat Arjun ne batayi na!" Sakshi giggled...
Flashback
Arjun walked towards Sameer and smiled "Abbey kabab main haddi.. tere shaadi ki waqt chun chun ke badla loonga!"
Flashback ends...
Sameer looked at her with wide eyes... "kya kaha tumne?" he asked...
Sakshi shrugged her shoulders and walked off "Acha love birds... tum dono baad main aao... main jaati hoon..." Sakshi winked at the embarrassed couple...
As Sakshi laughed she noticed Arjun standing somewhere... she went near him in an attempt to call... and Sameer winked at the God above and just pushed her...
Before she could hit the ground Arjun immediately caught her by the waist...
As his hands grazed her soft belly she closed her eyes in the sensations that shot up and clutched his shoulder tight...
He breathed in her fragrance... she smelt of lavenders... his one hand gently rested on her bare back... as she tightened her hold on his shirt... being in an incredibly close distance next to him, she felt her heartbeat would burst any second...
His gaze shifted to her neckline where the small crystal pendant lay... he gave a tiny smile to her... but then that disappeared as fast as well...
Stabling her... his grip on her lasted for a few seconds further... his nose touched hers... then he left without a word...
"Uffo... Sakshi.. soch... roothey hue mia ko kaise manai!" Sameer urged her while Sakshi just pouted and sat in the corner...
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Sakshi's saree
Arjun's Suit
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CHAPTER 4
Sakshi tried very hard to get Arjun's attention but he looked away...
Standing in front of Arjun she held his hand... "Kya?" he asked... looking another side...
"Woh.." she said softly.. looking here and there...
"Pachtava ho raha hai" Arjun asked... crossing his arms...
Sakshi meekly nodded.. " Arjun... am sorry... please maaf kar do na..." she said softly...
"Theek hai... maine tumhe maaf kar dia.. aur kuch?" Arjun asked...
Sakshi shuffled her feet and Arjun left... she sat on the chair sobbing slightly... Sameer was highly amused by the turn of events because the exact opposite had happened before!
"pachtaava ho raha hai..." she asked...
"Han ji.. dekhiye hum aapse maafi maangna chahte hai... woh.." he stopped as she cut him off in between.
"Humne aapki maafi qubool ki..." saying she closed the shift and went in...
Sakshi pouted and sat in the corner... it hurt her that he wasn't forgiving her... Sameer as usual sat next to her...
"Kya hua Sakshi?" he asked...
"Ab kya batavun... yeh Sher toh meri jaan le lega... yeh batao bhaijaan meri ghalti kya hai!" said a frustrated Sakshi...
Sameer looked at her shocked "Tumne abhi mujhe bhaijaan kaha!" his eyes brimming with tears...
Sakshi squinted her eyes and looked at Sameer carefully... flashes of her past came to her eyes... then her eyes widened in realization...
"Sameer... wait... I know you... somehow... par... sirf tum nahi... koi... arjun ko bhi... shoot... I know you..." she held her head and started thinking hard... her cheeks flushed... she tried to think harder but the memory just evaded her...
Sameer pondered whether to tell her or not...
He clasped her cold hand... "Sakshi... you are right... tum hume jaante nahi par jaanti ho..." he said...
Sakshi looked at him confused... "Sakshi do you believe in births... ya phir you know in parapsychology..." he looked at her...
"Ya.. I do... journalist hone ke hisaab se kisi bhi cheez ke liye apna dimag band nahi rakhna chahiye... it should always remain open to absorb diverse ideas..." Sakshi answered... although catching her throbbing head...
"Toh ab main jo kahoonga kya woh tum sunoge?" Sameer looked at expectantly...
Sakshi was sweating... she had got a bad inkling as to how things were going to be revealed...
"Hmm" she nodded...
Sameer broke into a sigh of relief and took her to a corner... he made sure no one saw them... sitting on a bench and handing her a glass of water he tried to make Sakshi recall whatever faint traces of memory she had... or whatever weird instances she felt...
"Umm... pata nahi... kahi kabar... lagta hai ki main apne aap ko dekh rahi hoon.. but I look different... lambe baal... sadgi hai mere chehre pe... sometimes I main apne aap Namaaz par leti hoon jab maine apne zindagi main The Holy Quran ko chuha bhi nahi... phir... khone ka darr hai... aur jab main tumhe dekhta hoon toh pata nahi ek bond hai... same with Arjun... par uske saath... obvious ki main pyaar karti hoon unse..." Sakshi blushed and lowered her head...
Sameer laughed and teased her a little... "Chup raho... tum bhi toh Ayesha se nain matak kar rahe ho na!" She teased him back...
Sameer took in a deep breath... from his pocket he removed a small book... in which he had written about his past life... he always kept it near his heart...
He gave it to Sakshi with trembling hands... "Padh lo yeh..." he said softly...
Sakshi frowned and she took the diary in her hand... Sameer looked at her face... the book had sketches of how they looked in their previous life... small incidents... their marriage...
Sakshi stared at the book and tears started rolling off... she started breathing heavily... she caught her head with one hand... her nose turned red... "oh God.." she whispered... she couldn't stop her silent tears...
Sameer held his own head in relief and anticipation... would his sister finally accept him?
But when he turned aside Sakshi had slumped unconscious on her bench... cold sweat had broken out on her forehead...
He got shocked and slightly patted her cheeks "Sakshi... Sakshi.."
He got tensed.. did it hit her mind badly... shoot... he shouldn't have been swayed by emotions and told her everything...
Sakshi slowly held her head and looked at Sameer...
Sameer looked on dejectedly but saw her face fill with recognition... a smile broke out and she held Sameer's hand...
Sameer looked at her quizzically...
"Bhaijaan..." she whispered out...
Sameer's heart stopped for a second... "Sakshi... tumhe.. sab..." his voice cracked and tears formed out of his eyes...
Sakshi hugged him tightly "Bhaijaan... main aapko kaise na pehchaani..." she howled and cried on... Sameer couldn't stop the tears falling from his own eyes...
He cupped Sakshi's cheeks and wiped her tears away... "nahi ... stop crying Sakshi... achi bachi stop crying..." he said softly...
"Toh aap khud roh kyun rahe hai?" she said... wiping away his tears...
Sameer kissed her forehead and hugged her tighter... "I can't believe you recalled everything... main kitna khush kismat hoon..." Sameer thanked the God above...
"I don't know bhaijaan mujhe sab yaad kaise aa gaya... it's just that maybe I needed a trigger... Oh God... I love you so much Bhaijaan..." she sobbed and buried her face in his chest...
Sameer affectionately patted the head of his sister... Sakshi looked at him and wiped her tears.. "Humain unse milna hai... woh kitne khush honge sab kuch jaan ke..." she said excitedly and stood up...
"Unse matlab kaun?" Sameer teased...
"Unse matlab woh... as in... Arjun ji.." she said shyly...
"Madam... jaag jao... ab Arjun ko Arjun ji bologe na toh woh heart attack aa jayega!" Sameer joked as Sakshi turned deep red...
"Par woh pati hai mera..." Sakshi complained cutely...
"Haha... iss janam main nahi hua na... don't add the ji... but jao.. milne jao..." Sameer smiled and Sakshi grinned back...
Her heart was racing... it was thumping in joy... her husband... her love... Arjun... she ran towards the park finding for him... tears of happiness streaming down her face... she swallowed her saliva and combed through her hair... the desperation in her filled... when she saw him standing alone near a pond...
"Arjun!" she screamed on top of her voice... Arjun turned back confused at her behavior... she came running towards him...
For Arjun... she looked even more prettier... her hair wafted left and right... her pallu flying in the air... her collar bones highlighted as she took large steps in reaching him...
She came and crashed against his chest... he didn't know why but his eyes closed in contact... her heart thudded against him... she snuggled inside his chest and found solace when he wrapped his arms around her slender body...
"I love you Arjun... I do... main bohot pyaar karti hoon aapse... you are everything for me... I love you..." her mind chanted... she kissed his chest softly and a gasp came out from his mouth... he closed his eyes on feeling her soft petals graze his chest... he frowned... he had felt this again... when... where... he couldn't recall...
"Kya hua Sakshi... kuch hua kya?" he asked parting away from her...
Sakshi pouted as he went away... "Nahi woh main bh... Sameer ke saath thi toh tumse milne chali aayi..." she said...
"Aise hi? Bina koi reason... Sakshi... kitni immatured ho sakti ho tum!" he hit his palm on his forehead...
Sakshi looked at him shocked... "Apne Arjun ko hug karne main kya immaturity!" she retorted... her anger increasing slightly...
Arjun hissed in frustration "Ek toh main gussa hoon tum pe... do hai ki saare jagah pe log dekh rahe hai... and teen.. kya apna Arjun.. main insaan hoon Sakshi... kisiki property nahi!" he glared at her without even thinking what the words meant... and how hard it hit Sakshi...
Sakshi just looked into Arjun's eyes... wasn't he the same guy... her husband... for whom she gave up her own life...
The minute her eyes started swelling up Arjun realized that he must have spoken harshly... she started walking away when he held her wrist... she looked at him and said "Ek... sab log dekh rahe hai humain... do aapka koi haq nahi banta... teen aapne meri ek bari ghalat faimi door kardi... I thought that I lov... chordo..." she said bitterly and let the tears pour down from her face...
"Now leave me Mr. Rawte... aap se baat karne ka koi mann nahi hai mujhe... itna bhi kya gussa tha mere upar ha?" she shoved him and ran away... leaving Arjun shocked... what did he do... he just destroyed their budding relationship... all due to his damn anger... she did ask sorry... she wore his crystal pendant... aur kya chahiye tha... per main gir jaye kya!
He was about to go behind her but commissioner sir called them...
Everyone assembled there... Arjun's eyes were stuck on Sakshi's... she was standing next to Sameer... her puffy eyes explained that she might have been crying a lot...
That's when the commissioner said.. "Team... ETF Punjab needs our help.. with 15th August coming close.. there are chances of serious attack... isliye all of you will be going ok..." the commissioner informed...
"Yes sir.." they replied...
In evening...
As everyone boarded on the flight to Amritsar Arjun barely got any time to speak to Sakshi... she either avoided him or was with Ayesha...
The team sensed the tension between the otherwise fun loving Arakshi...
It was a quiet journey to Amritsar...
Sameer sighed... well he wasn't Cupid to solve everything... time was the best teacher... he went into his room into the hotel... "coincidentally" next to Ayesha's...
As Ayesha stood near her door he went near Ayesha and started speaking casually...
After a few minutes Ayesha scratched her head "Sir... aap terrace main ayenge after dinner... woh ek baat karni thi..." she said softly...
Sameer tried his level best to calm the marathon running heart and gave a cute smile to Ayesha... well for him things were going way too good!
But what about Arjun and Sakshi! He decided to call them... but then... privacy was required... during dinner he would see...
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Arjun followed Sakshi till she reached her room... "Kya baat hai Mr. Rawte?" she snapped at him...
Helping her luggage into her room... "Yeh Mr.Rawte laga ke kyun rakhi ho?" he asked angrily...
"Aapse kya... am just an external journalist who is here to cover your work... kisi ke saath koi personal relation rakhne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai..." she said coldly...
"Really Sakshi... meri aur tumhare beech there is nothing personal right?" he said... towering above her...
Sakshi's senses started to weaken... she walked back till her back hit the wall... coming dangerously close to her he gently clutched her jaw... protruding her lips further... his gaze went to her pouty and full lips... he lowered his head to capture them under his ardent ones but she put a hand on his thudding chest...
"You don't even bother to say sorry... tum aise mujhe kiss nahi kar sakte..." she said angrily... even though the first thing she wanted to do is kiss his perfect lips...
He looked at her and rubbed his thumb across her full lips... her eyes closed for half a second... "Am sorry Sakshi... I didn't want to shout at you..." he said gently...
"Now... may I kiss you..." he spoke huskily and kissed her neck passionately... she protested and moaned slightly... he bit her cheeks slightly and then kissed the corners of her mouth... before he could claim her lips she turned her face to the other side...
"Kya? Ab toh I apologized na!" Arjun said... his hands around her waist...
"Arjun.. kiss ka importance jaante ho tum? Aur sorry ka bhi... what do you mean by I apologized na... apology taki tum kiss kar sako mujhe... tum woh nahi ho jo maine socha tha..." Sakshi said and opened the door... signaling him to leave...
Arjun stomped his foot in anger... "I so don't wanna see you again! Tumhe harr baat ulti taraf se kyun le rahi ho!" he said angrily...
"Even I hope to never see you! Kash main marr javun!" Sakshi shouted at him...
After 3 hours...
"Kya baat hai Ayesha... kyun bualaya?" Sameer asked Ayesha...
"Sir... ek baat sach main bolo... you seem very connected to Sakshi..." Ayesha pouted... with a tinge of jealous...
Sameer walked close to her till their noses touched... "Jealous?" he said huskily...
Ayesha blushed and looked aside... "Nahi sir... am just seeing that you are very happy when Arjun sir and Sakshi are together... baat kya hai... and trust me... I really want to know..." she said and sat on the wooden bench while the stars shined above...
Sameer held his heart and sat next to Ayesha... he passed her the book and started narrating everything... from the meeting of Arjun and Sakshi till their death... her face went from disbelief to shock to confusion and then to sadness as the end came through...
Seeing Ayesha's face Sameer became disappointed... he walked towards the railing "I know Ayesha you might be thinking that I am a fool to believe in all this and it's just some stupid hocus pocus... sorry to have dragged you in this mess... tum toh practical ho... how could I think you would believe this... am sorry..." Sameer sighed... when he felt a soft hand clasp into his...
Ayesha put her hand on his cheek... "Jab tum case ki end tak paas bhi nahi ho but you tell the team that the case is almost solved... I believe you... jab sab kuch theek nahi hota but you say ki it's fine I believe you... jab tumhari aankhein woh sab kehte hai jo main padna chahti hoon par tum kehte ho ki kuch nahi I still believe you... I believe everything you say... yeh kaise maan gaye tum ki tumhari jeevan ka baat nahi maanu... kaise maan gaye ha? Isliye kya main pyaar karti hoon tumse?" Ayesha shoved Sameer on his chest...
Sameer looked at Ayesha in pure shock...a shock of joy... Ayesha looked aside in anger... he held her chin lovingly and kissed her forehead.. Ayesha looked at him in shock... then she turned crimson... "Love you jaan..." he whispered... however for Ayesha the button of Sameer's shirt seemed to be the most interesting thing...
"Kuch kahogi nahi?" he whispered huskily... "Hmm... same here..." she whispered..
Sameer laughed out... "Waise Ayesha... mujhe pata nahi tha ki tumhe Om Shanti Om itna pasand aaya ki uska dialogue hi copy karogi!"
Ayesha smiled but then frowned.. "Sameer... uss janam main did you love anyone?" she asked tensed...
"Haan..." Sameer said and Ayesha looked up tensed... "Kkk ... Kaun?" she asked...
"Pyaar toh kiya... par mila iss janam main!" he tapped her nose with his finger... she turned crimson and hit him slightly on the chest...
Ayesha looked into Sameer's eyes... he smiled at her and she blushed... Sameer cupped Ayesha's cheek and moved forward to close the distance when his phone rung... "teri!" Sameer cursed and picked up the phone... his face lost all color...
"Kya hua?" Ayesha asked...
"Sakshi... she's kidnapped..." Sameer gulped... Ayesha's face turned white in shock...
History has been repeated in every manner... will it even lead to their death?
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He held her head and brought it close to his... "Sakshi... I love you... get that... loved you in the past life... and even in present life.. bardaash nahi hota jab kehti ho ki main nahi samajta..." he said and placed his hot lips over her soft ones... parting them in an urgent need... his hands held her waist tightly... "Marry me again Sakshi..." he mumbled between the wet kisses... suddenly Sakshi pushed him...
Arjun fell of the bed... shoot... this was pathetic... he's always getting dreams of marrying Sakshi... but past life... marry me again?
Arjun cleared his head and grabbed his t-shirt... he walked out in the cool air of Amritsar... something was there in this air... he reached a park... his heart started thudding as he reached a particular tree in the park...
He looked ahead and saw a faint grey image of Sakshi in a wedding patiala... the ghungat over her head.. blushing and leaning on the tree...
He was amazed and walked towards her... she blushed further... he brought his hand forward to cup her cheek... she lowered her head...
Arjun smiled in amazement... he leaned forward to kiss when when he saw her gasp and moan something... he looked at her in sheer amazement.. when he felt a holographic image through him and noticed a guy kissing her neck... he stepped away and looked at that man in anger and jealousy...
But when the holographic image stepped back smiling at Sakshi that Arjun received a shock of his life...
He was staring at his own image!
Arjun's eyes popped out... he looked at Sakshi's eyes... the love was unfathomable...
His heart stopped for a minute when he remembered seeing the same expression in Sakshi's eyes... he saw his holographic image running.. police had come... Arjun ran behind them...
They slipped below a hill and Arjun followed... his heart accelerated.. he followed them down... and to his shock he saw himself drenched in blood as Sakshi kissed him passionately...
And Sakshi clutched him near her bosom assuring that he would be alive... Arjun staggered towards Sakshi and tried to wipe her tears... and he saw himself on death bed...
He notices Sakshi pulling out a dagger... and then she plunges it into her heart...
"NO!" Arjun screams and shouts... he starts howling... he shivers and trembles... crumpling into a foetal position he cries... he opens his eyes to see everything disappeared... he goes near a place... under a tree...
He frantically digs on the ground filled with flowers... after what seems like an hour his hand hits against a skeleton hand... interlocked with the other one's... then he notices... a kada...
Arjun's eyes swells with hot tears... he caught his head in his hands... he panted... Sakshi... she was... his wife! And he... her husband!
Arjun ran back towards the hotel... he needed to find Sakshi... he needs to speak to her... he got his wife back... tears of joy poured down his eyes... he ran towards the hotel... but he met the face of a distressed team..
"Sam... tu.. mera... bhai... Sakshi... my .. my.. wait what's wrong?" Arjun asked... panting...
"Sir.. Sakshi is kidnapped!" Chotu answered...
"WHAT!" Arjun shouted!
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CHAPTER 5
"WHAT!" Arjun shouted!
"It's impossible.. kisne... kab... GIMME THE FRIGGIN DETAILS!"he glared at the poor team...
"Sir... lagta hai it's the terrorist group that we were tracking that kidnapped her..."Shree said softly...
"Arjun wait... let's set on an emergency plan... get ETF Punjab ready... now." Sameer ordered...
"Sir her phone is switched off... last place was towards that XYZ" Shree mentioned...
Arjun scratched his head... "Yup... udhar 3 warehouses... empty... suspected area of drug dealing.. par Sakshi kar kya rahi hai.. Oh God..." he whined...
"Arjun... we will try to find her ok..." Sameer said...
"We WILL find her SAM.." Arjun glared... tucking in his guns they rushed out...
He remembered of having told her that he never wants to see her... but that is not what he meant! His eyes started swelling in tears and he cursed himself repeatedly... where is his Sakshi?
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Sakshi woke up as water was splashed on her face...
She had walked out of the hotel for some fresh air when she felt dizzy and now tied up to a pole...
"Soni maal hai boss..." this rough guy spoke... taking a stick and measuring her curves...
"Shut up khotiya... kaam ki hai?" Sakshi spat out in anger...
The man slapped her hard...
"Bol... achchi ladki... tu aur tera team... humare peeche kyun hai?" he grabbed her jaw and spoke...
"Nahi pata.." she said...
"Really! ETF right... bol plan kya hai... warna tujhe antim sanskaar ke liye bhej doon..." the man said and kept a gun on her neck...
"Thok de... koi information toh nahi nikalne waala..." Sakshi spoke back with confidence...
He hit her on the stomach and she groaned in pain... "Ab bol de..." he said wickedly...
"Nahi bolne waali..." she spat out "Desh drohi... tujhse toh meri jooti bhi muh na lage!" she said angrily...
Well she knew she was dying... so might as well give a few lessons of their lives...
"Paji... yeh ladki badi sayani hai... kuch nahi bol rahi hai... iski muh kaise khulwauun? Mauth se bhi nahi darti!" the man complained to the senior...
He walked towards Sakshi and gently touched her chin... he forwarded to kiss her when Sakshi turned her face away in disgust...
"Tujhe pata hai... jo ladkiya maut se nahi darrti... unhe apni izzat ki bohot fikar hoti hai... loot le iski izzat... phir dekh kaise baat nahi nikalti..." The boss said...
Sakshi's eyes widened in shock... her heartbeat fastened in fear... no not her respect... she frantically looked left right as the lusty men approached her... truth was that she had no path left to be free... but no... she wouldn't give out any information about her team...
That drifted her mind to Arjun... in this life too she wouldn't be able to reunite with her loved one... her heart clutched in that but she came back to consciousness as another bucket of ice cold water was thrown on her...
One of the men held her sleeve... "Toh bata de baby... kaha hai... kaun hai... plan kya hai... aur kitna tak tu jaanti hai..." unknown to them Sakshi had silently transferred every information to ETF Punjab and they had deactivated every bomb in the city...
"Nahi.." she said sternly... with that he ripped her sleeve off... a tear rolled down her cheek...
The man roughly caressed her silky arm... but Sakshi thought fast... she jumped and kicked him at the groin... he fell off and Sakshi grinned..
"Koi mard hai idhar toh Wahe Guru ki kasam aa jaa... mere haath khol de... sabke ke saath one to one duel... the minute I fall... phir tum logo ki marzi..." Sakshi spoke... ignoring the small blood near the cheek...
The men laughed and agreed... after all she was a feast to them... and they couldn't wait to pump into her...
Sakshi smiled... martial arts was her speciality... being a journalist she had to learn a few tricks...
As one man approached within a few minutes he was on the floor...
The second one came too... to be beaten into pulp...
Angered one hit her from behind.. she crumpled on the floor... shoot... she knew she was being defeated... before blacking out her mind went to one person - her Arjun...
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"Damn it Shree... I am sure Sakshi is in trouble... oh God... my Sakshi... mera dil keh raha hai that there is a trouble I swear..." Arjun cursed and literally jumped out of the SUV the minute they reached the tracked area...
They ran into the warehouse when they heard a loud scream of a girl... "SAKSHI!" Arjun screamed and broke the doors open...
Chotu started beating the men to juice while Rathore and Ayesha drilled out every information... and Shree hacked into the computers present... de-activating everything...
Arjun barged into the final room where he saw a bleeding Sakshi being dragged by 5 men... she was faintly trying to kick them... her clothes were in ruins... they barely remained enough to cover her modesty...
Arjun's blood boiled and he shot all 5 of them in their stomachs... he beat them as if a beast had unleashed in him...
Sameer and others came in hearing the commotion... Ayesha was shocked looking at Sakshi's condition... she gently helped Sakshi to stand on her feet...
Chotu stopped Arjun from murdering the 5 people.. "Sakshi ko teri zaroorat hai Arjun! Jaa uske paas!" Sameer said and Arjun ran towards Sakshi...
Covering her with his shirt he kept her head near his chest... "Iss baar tumhe nahi jaane doonga Sakshi.." he whispered against her damp forehead...
Each b******d was given his deserved beating from the rest of the team...
Sakshi clung on Arjun's shirt... tears pouring from her eyes...
She tried to say something but she collapsed...
Three Days Later...
"Miss. Anand... ab aap kaise feel kar rahe ho?" a doctor asked her...
"Main theek hoon..." she answered... her wounds were freshly dressed and the Chief Minister of Punjab had awarded her and the team for foiling the terror attacks...
But Sakshi's eyes thirsted for that one person... there was everyone in the room... except him...
She sighed on not seeing him... Ayesha sat next to her... "Kaisi ho... aur waise bhi don't worry... tumhara pati jald hi aa jayega..." Ayesha winked at Sakshi...
She turned deep red... "Par tumhe kaise... wait... bhaijaan ne sab keh diya haan! Oho..." Sakshi teased her back...
Ayesha nodded... "Waise Sakshi... looking at Arjun sir's desperation during your treatment... sach main yakeen ho gaya that you people have last janam ka rishta..." Sakshi's eyes turned moist a little...
"Kya ho raha hai idhar?" Sameer quipped...
Sakshi shifted a little on her bed... there were slight bruise marks on her face... a patti on her head... dark circles... yet she smiled..
"Tumne shadi ke decision bhi kar liya par humain bataya bhi nahi?" Sakshi teased...
"Ahem... tum dono se toh behtar... raat main soya jab tune davai di... subah uth ke dekh ta hoon ki ek shirtless Arjun teri patyala ki dori baand raha hai... ek raath main kya hua ha?" Sameer winked at her...
Sakshi blushed a lot... "Bhaijaan... ab jao apne Ayesha ke saath... mujhe akela chodo.." she said softly..
Sameer affectionately kissed her forehead and bid her goodbye... Sakshi closed her eyes and tried to sleep... when she felt a soft familiar kiss on her cheek...
She opened her eyes to see Arjun looking at her... then composing himself he looked at her angrily...
"Soch kya rahi thi tum? Jhansi ki rani banna tha kya!" he glared at her...
Sakshi pouted and looked at glared at him... "Desh ke liye apni jaan de sakti hoon main!" she said proudly...
"Acha... aur jaan dene ke baad tum apni pati ki saamne phir mar jaati... aur kitna baar janam loon ha!" Arjun argued...
"Ya right.. and Arj..." her voice trailed off and she looked at Arjun... her mouth open in shock... tears swirled near her eyes...
Arjun got up and sat on her bed... he touched her palm which had the saline running through... kissing it gently...
"Tumhe yaad..." she asked softly... stifling her cry...
Arjun nodded... not being able to stop his own tears from coming out...
Sakshi opens her arms slowly and Arjun envelopes her into a hug...
She starts crying... the feeling... of having her lost love back... "I missed you.." she whispered and cried... burying her face in the crook of his neck she howled...
Arjun too couldn't stop crying... "Nahi Sakshi.. please..." he wiped her tears and caught her lips with his... ever so gently that more tears fell from her face...
Their lips moved in perfect sync... as if trying to redeem what they lost... and grateful of being next to each other...
He held her head and kissed her deeper... exploring her warm mouth with his tongue... she let loose as she knew her Arjun held her...
They parted a little and smiled in pure joy and contentment...
She snuggled into him and he placed a kiss on her neck making her gasp his name... he smiled and gave a wet kiss on her collarbone making her clutch his shirt...
"Oye bhooka... bechari ko theek toh hone de ki tu abse uske upar toot par raha hai!" Sameer's voice boomed in the hospital room...
"Bhaijaan!" Sakshi said shocked and hid her blushing face with her palms...
Arjun flustered deeply and pulled a red Sakshi near his heart... as she his in his chest Arjun spoke "Abbey mera license hai pichle janam se... tu toh beghair sab kuch Ayesha bhabi ke saath rang raliya mana raha hai! "
The rest of the day passed in these little moments of laughter and joy...
As Arjun picked up Sakshi in his arms as she was discharged he kept her on his lap and proposed... "Shaadi karle phirse..." Sakshi smiled through her tears and kissed him in front of everyone... as the whistles reached their ears she blushed and hid her face with her palm...
Arjun stood before the hospital mandir and took a pinch of sindoor and placed it on her hair parting... Sakshi closed her eyes and savoured the moment... Arjun cupped her cheek and kissed her forehead...
Two weeks later...
Sakshi walked up toward the mandap in full gusto... "Oye tujhe sharam nahi aati kya!" Ayesha laughed...
"Arrey ek baar kar chuki hoon na... phirse karne main by God bohot mazaa hai... bhaijaan... kar rahe ho na mera kanyadaan?" Sakshi asked...
"Haan meri maa... ab jaa... Arjun ka aur control nahi ho raha hai!" Sameer joked to be slapped by Ayesha...
Shree too indirectly tried to flirt with Liza...
Arjun was sitting nervously... waiting for Sakshi ...
He was dumbstruck looking at her beauty... she was looking like the epitome of beauty...
Finally the two were tied in the holy band of matrimony... they clutched each other's hand throughout the wedding... not wanting to part ever...
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CHAPTER 7 *optional*
warning : cheesy romance
"Toh mamujaan... mummy papa such main were like past life lovers!" a 9 and year old Arteksh asked his mamajaan...
"Haan ladoo... and you know thanks to them tumhari Mamijaan ko bhi mil gayi mujhe! Matlab indirectly!" Sameer winked while Ayesha held her head at the conversation of her husband and nephew... who had the big eyes of Sakshi...yet the personality of Arjun!
"Mamijaan aap iss Mamujaan se pate kaise... aap toh by God beauty hai ... aur Mamujaan bure nahi hai... par aapke toh tareef hi nahi karte... aap ke liye toh chand tare laana chahiye!" Arteksh hugged Ayesha...
"Mera bachcha... I love you so much... waise Sam... kuch seekho apna ladoo se... apni Mamijaan ko kitna pyaar karta hai! Aur tum... kya shadi kar li phir toh tareef down the drain right! Waise ladoo... you love your Mamijaan na?" Ayesha sneered... and hugged Arteksh tightly...
"Haan Mamijaan... maa se khoon ka rishta... aur aap meri dil wali maa hai... oh... Saysha aur Sasha ayi hai... main khelne jaa raha hoon!!!" Arteksh kissed Sam and Ayesha on the cheek and went to hug his best friends...
Sameer stealthily walked towards Ayesha... turning her to face him... "Hmm... toh main kuch nahi karta haan shadi ke baad?" he said...
Ayesha pouted... "Nahi!" she said...
Resting his waist on hers... "Toh phir Saysha aur Sasha aasman se tapki kya?" he winked at her...
Ayesha blushed and slapped Sameer on his chest... when suddenly she felt him kissing her jaw... "Sam.. oh.. kya kar...r...rahe... hh.hho?" she said... though she couldn't stop smiling feeling him hugging her...
"Pyaar..." he whispered...
"Yaha nahi..." Ayesha whispered back... signaling the kids... Sameer grinned and called out "Bachchein... woh ek important case aaya hai... Ayesha aur main Commissioner sahab se baat karke aate hai..."
"Ok!" the kids said and played around in the garden...
Sameer grabbed Ayesha's hand and literally ran upstairs... "Yeh kya tha Sam?" Ayesha asked...
"Yeh bolna hi tha... Saysha toh tezz hai hi aur uske upar Arteksh sahab... Arjun ki dimaag aur Sakshi ka mijaaz... dynamite total!" Sameer chuckled and pushed Ayesha to bed...
"Sam!" Ayesha flushed... Sameer joined her... nuzzling into her neck... "Hmm..."
"By the way Sakshi aur Arjun bhai kaunse case attend karne gaye hai, woh bhi Arteksh ko humare paas rakh ke?" Ayesha asked... posing to ignore the hands fiddling with her shirt buttons...
"Ayesha... kaunse case... batata hoon..." Sameer winked and pulled the blanket over them... Ayesha giggled as Sameer showered his love on her...
After sometime the giggles were soon replaced with soft whimpers...
Well... for them 10 years of marriage didn't make a difference ;)
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Sakshi tried to get up but found herself tightly bound... the strong hands spanned through her bare back refused to budge...
"Jaa ne do na..." she said... yawning... Arjun rolled on her and kissed her neck "Paas aao na.." he said softly...
"Ab gaana ga doon kya Arjun ji!" Sakshi winked at him...
"Aye haye aise aankh na maaro... dil le leto hai isse!" Arjun smiled... his hands started exploring her soft form again...
Sakshi closed her eyes in pleasure but then pushed him slightly... "Arjun JI... kalse raat se iss bed se utre hi nahi ... ab dopeher hone ko hai.. aur kitna... main thak chuki hoon!" she pouted cutely... stressing on the JI...
Arjun smiled and gave a wet kiss on the pouty lips... "Tum thak chuki ho... main nahi!" he smirked and held her legs apart... caressing her sweet spot...
Sakshi's eyes popped out and before she knew it she drowned into a world of ecstasy and sheer mind numbing pleasure...
After an hour her head rested near his heart while he played with some strands of her lush hair... he drew small circles on her bare back...
"I love you Sakshi... pata nahi tumhare bina kya hota..." he sighed and looked at the ceiling...
"Aise kyun bol rahe ho Arjun... agar tum na hote toh hum bhi na rehte... hehe... sounds cheesy na... but then this is the truth..." Sakshi smiled and put her fingers on the corner of his mouth and stretched it into a smile...
He hugged her tighter... "Sakshi... you know... maine kabhi nahi kaha.. but I was conscious when you stabbed yourself... that... i..it was the most painful moment.. yaha... tak ki mujhe daggers ki phobia ho gaya... why... did..." his voice cracked but tears fell from Sakshi's eyes..
"Ssshhh... listen Arjun... what matters is that we both are now hale hearty... are in love and married for 10 years and have Arteksh as our symbol of love... aur kya chahiye..." Sakshi hugged him and he snuggled into her...
"Abhi bhi darr lagta hai... what if I didn't reach on time? Woh log..." Arjun mumbled...
"Un logo ko unka pio yaad dilaati main... Sakshi se joh panga liya!" Sakshi giggled... running her hand through his hair as he snuggled close to where her heart lay... "Aye Arjun... ssh... hoon na main idhar... your lawfully wedded wife... your jaan... your Sakshi ji!" she smiled...
"You know Arjun the best moments in my life is when we were married - both the times... and the birth of Arteksh... hai na... tum kya kehte ho..." Sakshi kissed his hair...
Arjun looked at her... but now his eyes held that slight naughty spark.. "Arteksh toh hai hi humara spark... but then..." he pulled her close with a jerk and softly pressed her muscles... "don't you think you are forgetting something Mrs. Rawte?" he said naughtily...
Sakshi pushed him and got off the bed... wrapping a white sheet around her... "Really... mere liye toh the best moment was when you were standing outside my home wearing that pale yellow kurta clutching the small green dabba of sweets..." she smiled...
Arjun wrapped a towel around his waist and told her... "mere liye toh best moment tab tha when I touched your hand to give the carrot..."
Sakshi ran into the bathroom but Arjun followed her... she stepped into the shower... "You know Arjun tum hamesha tab aate the jab main namaaz padti thi..."
Arjun slowly tucked her hair behind... "You know tum roz mere khwaabon main aati thi as my wife... tab bhi... ab bhi..." he whispered...
"I love you Arjun... tumhe pata hai jab mujhe tumse pyaar hua... aur jab marrna padha toh ek hi baat mann main aayi thi...ki agar main phirse janam liya... toh aye khuda" she whispered and gasped as he turned on the shower and removed the sheet and towel...
He wiped away the tears of happiness that brimmed and flew down... he kissed her slowly and completed her words...
"Aye Khuda Jab Bana Uska Hi Bana..." he whispered on her lips...
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