PART 13. EPILOGUE!

Arnav sighed as he came out of his thoughts. Ah! Those days! Those plans! Arnav smiled and shook his head. He was so calculative, dealing with emotions as if it was some kind of game. Ah well! Who cares! All is well that ends well! Isn't that what people always say? Whatever I did, at the end of the day Khushi became mine and that's what matters! He smiled and walked away to his room. As he entered his room, he walked towards his cupboard to retrieve his clothes for the night. Once done with that, he headed towards his bathroom to change when his eyes fell on a framed photo of Khushi on the coffee table in the room. He smiled softly as he picked it up. In the picture Khushi was pouting while looking at him innocently. He chuckled at her expression. Her expression in the picture always delighted him because it reminded him of the time when she was pregnant with Arushi. As the pregnancy moved towards 5th Semester, Khushi had started to get moody. The picture was the result of one of such moody moments. He had whipped out his mobile phone during one such moment and had taken the picture and from that time it remained a part of his coffee table.

There were many pictures of Khushi, some solo and some with him, scattered around the room, hanging on the walls but this one was Arnav's favorite as while in rest of the photos Khushi was posing for the picture this was the only picture where she was not posing and her expression was natural. Arnav sighed as he sat on the bed taking the photo with him. He placed his clothes nearby and looked at Khushi's picture intensely.

"Tum kyon mooh phula rahi ho?", Arnav asked the Khushi in the picture as he stared at her pouting face. "Dekho! Aagaya na main! Tumse baat karne ke liye!", Arnav spoke. This was something he did regularly. Since the time Khushi had been parceled off to her hometown just on the day their marriage was fixed, he missed her and picked up the habit of talking to her picture. Years passed and while the frequency lessened the habit had yet to go.

Arnav sighed as he spoke up, "Aaj tumhein baat karte suna toh puraani yaadein taaza hogayi. Humaari first meet aur humaare crashes!", Here Arnav laughed out loud as he remembered their fights. Then he shook his head, "Sachchi Khushi! I still cannot believe my plans came out so beautifully. Bahut mehnat kiya hai maine tumhein apni wife banaane ke liye! Uff! Pata hai maine kya kya kiya tumhein apne pyaar mein giraane ke liye! I did everything I can just to make you fall in love with me! Pehle din hi, when you joined the job, tumhein das baar upar bulaaya!", here Arnav chuckled, "Poor you! Phir uss lift ko kharaab karwaaya just so that I could spend some alone time with you!", Arnav smiled dreamily as he remembered their hug. He looked down at the photo and smirked, "You know mujhe kabhi yeh nahi laga ki tum mere baahon mein aajaaogi! Uff! Pata hota toh kuch der aur uss lift ko band rakhta!" He winked at her photo while grinning.

"Phir aaya godh mein uthaane waala plan!", Arnav announced, "I was so annoyed at you Khushi! Maine kitni koshish ki tumhein giraane ki, lekin tum ho ki girti hi nahi! Gotiyaan daale taaki tum uspe phisalke giro! Lekin tum ho ki giri hi nahi! Phir lamp ko use kiya toh mere hero banne ke bajaaye tum hero ban gayi! Not fair Khushi! So not fair!" Arnav huffed and then shrugged, "But end mein tum giri aur maine tumhein godh mein uthaaya! Toh main itna naaraaz bhi nahi hoon tumse, but poora din tum nahi giri, yeh baat mujhe achchi nahi lagi! Phir aaya woh fake birthday waala plan! I swear Khushi, that was the worst plan out of all my plans! Ek toh month galat nikla aur uske baad tumhein rula bhi diya. I was a fool Khushi! I was a fool!"

Arnav shook his head at how the next few days were spent, "Kitni baar maafi maanga tha maine! Par tum ho ki maafi deti hi nahi! Agar tumhaare asli birthday pe maine drunk hone ka naatak nahi kiya hota na, toh shaayad main do aur saal tumhaare peeche peeche ghoomta maafi maangte hue! Yes Khushi! Woh sab naatak tha! Main drunk nahi tha! Just acting you know! But what else was I supposed to do? Waise tumne pehle mujhe kyun nahi maaf kiya? Kitne saare ideas lagaaye the maine! Kya kya paapad nahi bele! Lekin tum thi ki apna ghussa chodti hi nahi! Uff!" He huffed in annoyance and looked away.

"Phir aayi Lavanya!", Arnav smirked, "You were so jealous of her Khushi! So jealous! I don't think I enjoyed flirting so much with someone as I did that day with her! Tumhein jalaane mein jo mazaa aaya na Khushi, Awesome!" He looked back at her photo and grinned, "Yes my dear! You got it right! Woh bhi mera ek plan tha! Lavanya realised that I loved you and decided to help me out by making you jealous! Aur tum jo jali, uff Khushi, you made me so happy! Itna khush kabhi nahi hua tha, jitna us din hua! And then came the day where we hugged in rain! I swear Khushi, agar mujhe pata hota that you realised your love that night I would have kissed you in the rain! But I was not sure! Aur Arnav Singh Raizada kabhi inkaar nahi seh sakta! I did not want to leave you any chance of rejecting me so I continued with my plan to make you fall for me!"

"And then the day came when I realised that you loved me, the day after the hug in the rain! Tum gaane gaa rahi thi aur main sun raha tha! Uss din mujhe ehsaas hua that you loved me! But before I could plan my confession, Naani ne shaadi waali googly phenk di! And rest as they say is history! But I have to say Khushi, bhale hi jaise main chaahta tha waise mere plans work nahi kiye, lekin itne toh work kiye that I was able to make you fall in love with me! I did it Khushi! I made you mine! I did it Khushi!"

With a smirk on his face, Arnav walked off to take bath, not knowing that Khushi had been right outside the bedroom listening to his whole confession and right now she sat on the floor with tears in her eyes and horror on her face. Planned! Everything was planned! He played me! He treated our relationship like some chess game and played his moves! Yeh aapne kya kiya Arnavji? Kya kiya? Aur kyun? Then she frowned. Aur agar aapne humse pyaar kiya tha toh phir humein bataaya kyun nahi? Kyun humein iss galatfaimi mein rakha ki aapka yeh arranged marriage hai aur aap isse khush nahi? Kyun? Kyun aapne shaadi se pehle hi nahi shaadi ke baad bhi humaare saath khel khele? Kyun tab sach nahi bataaya? That is when something Arnav had said few minutes ago echoed through her head, "Aur Arnav Singh Raizada kabhi inkaar nahi seh sakta! I did not want to leave you any chance of rejecting me so I continued with my plan to make you fall for me!"

Khushi stood up in shock. Bas! Ek yahi reason tha Arnavji ka! Unhein inkaar sunna nahi aata isliye yeh sab khel khela! How dare you! How dare you Arnav Singh Raizada! Tears welled up in her eyes again as she remembered how tortured she felt in the first few days of her marriage, how troubled she was when she was so close to Arnav but unable to touch him like a wife could, how much in pain she was when she felt she was just his wife but not the love of his life! Arnavji! You caused me so much pain! And why? Just because you were scared of my rejection! Your ego was so big that it could not handle a simple rejection! So you played games with me! Why? WHY?

Khushi wiped her face. Enough is enough! She had to do something! You created plans to make me fall for you right? Now I will create plans! And my plans will have nothing to do with love. Oh no! It will have everything to do with revenge! Ab bajegi, Band Baaja And Arnav! Khushi stomped off to her kid's room to plan her next step.

And that, my dear folks, was the end of Kya Pyar Karoge Mujhse!

But not the end of Dhoom Dhadakka!

But you already knew that right?

Chronologically, the next story should be Band Baaja And Arnav!

But we will be taking a detour! After all, don't you want to know why Khushi said she was unable to touch Arnav like a wife could and she felt she was just his wife but not love of his life? Why? They were married after 6 months of engagement and Arnav must have confessed by that time right? Or did something else happen?

If you are curious about why Khushi said what she said, then keep your eye on your PM Inbox on 16th December, 2015, when the sequel to this story, Samjho Na, will be launched!

Samjho Na starts on wedding night and continues on to Arushi's birth and their second anniversary which was the day shown in the Dhoom Dhadakka epilogue chapter! It was the day Arnav revealed to Khushi that the crashes were planned and started the domino effect of narrating their stories to the kid and ultimately letting Khushi know that Arnav had everything planned!

Now you must be thinking December is too far! How will you wait till then?

For that here is my answer! On 16th November, I will post a small surprise for you!

What is the surprise? That you will know only on that day! But that surprise will be the link between KP and Samjho Na! It couldn't be added to KP or Samjho Na so I am putting it up on a separate thread!

So don't miss it!

Till then, I will leave you with a small teaser of Prologue of Samjho Na!

Arnav entered his room with smile on his face. Today was his wedding Night and he was eager to start his new married life. He stepped towards the wedding bed where Khushi sat, her eyes on the floor. As he sat by her with a smile on his face, Khushi spoke up, her eyes refusing to look up, "Humein aapse kuch kehna hai!"

"Kaho!", Arnav whispered softly. Maybe she was confessing her love. Arnav eagerly looked at her.

Khushi finally raised her eyes and looked at him and spoke with no emotion on her face, "Humein talaaq chaahiye!"

De diya na jhatka! Are you shocked?

BTW, that is not some dream sequence! Its real!

So do you wanna know the reason behind the divorce?

Then don't worry! You won't have to wait much!

The reason behind Khushi's divorce request will come out on 16th November itself!

So don't miss the surprise even though the sequel is coming out only in December!

Thanks for reading, take care and have fun,

Kalpana

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