“They dozed off, into a dreamless oblivion, for what seemed like an eternity but was, in fact, hours, and awoke hungover, unable to look into prying eyes who unveiled the innermost secrets of hearts in those hours.”~Mysticaldivine~
"Kya aapko kuch yaad hai?" Do you remember anything?
The mind dragged ASR back to where his hand held hers, and he confessed his love for her: "Our heartbeats become one..." He didn't realize that she was watching every move of his eyes.
But before showing further vulnerability, shutting the door of his closet, he threw the arrow back at her. "No, and you?"
Oh, he wanted to make sure that she remembered anything or not.
"Bilkul Nahin!" Not at all!
Stuttering yet confidently denying her state of mind, she clasped her fingers without meeting his eyes. The hearts of both rolled their eyes at these two crazy people who were madly in love with each other.
Well, a few minutes before, Anjali and her rolling camera showed them otherwise, yet they dared to deny any crime they were committing together throughout this event.
He forgot that seeing Khushi getting mentally and physically abused by Shyam, his rage had no boundaries.
He forgot how Shyam's declaration of putting red color on Khushi brought him out of his hole. All he wanted to do was to stay with his "Patni" wife to protect her. He looked for her everywhere when she was out of sight and followed her everywhere to keep her away from Shyam. Should I dare say he wanted to be with her? After all, she took a loan from him.
He forgot that he was happy seeing her making up with Nani and everyone else within the family. Her crazy antics brought a smile to his face. His shoulders relaxed when he wanted to leave her enjoying this event with her style, but again, Shyam brought out the possessive husband in him and walked towards her instead of walking away.
He claimed her as his wife as a news flash for the entire world, saying that she and he are hers by applying color to her. The vibrating colors were celebrating this event around him with the thunder of calp, and she felt his touch on her core. But his black-and-white life felt the colour of life when she smeared him with his favourite colour... the color red. The blood rushed through his veins, and his heart melted under this soft touch, the one he had been craving for days.
“I can smell her flowery perfume, too strong in this enclosed darkness. I wonder if this is a temptation. If so, I am stone.”― Joanne Harris,
He declared her his wife after denying his claim that he would never accept her as his wife, which is only a contract. Oh, well, he forgot that, too. Now his heart was talking his feet wherever she was. She was somehow still burning with his touch, a touch that claimed her as his wife in front of this entire world.
She regained some of her dignity, her joy back. She finally had her family by her side, and his family accepted her, too. She was back to her craziness, and innocence was written all over. Even ASR couldn't resist that temptation... She needed something cold to come out of that fire she felt a few minutes ago under his touch and gaze. It was a constant battle for him not to turn his head in her direction, but he looked over at her every time she did her thing to make him crazy. Each time, he’d smile.
He didn't forget to follow her for not letting her flash the news of their private moments or allowing her to be away from him further. Yet he forgot that he was enjoying his drunk wife or even running after her. Well, she doesn't drink either, but if she is in it, then he will be in, too, as she wanted to hear his "heart ", not the brain.
"Dil ki baat keh dijiye..."
Say what your heart wants...
"Nani, this is the man who said this on that dreadful night..." Ah! Shyam was disappointed. He wanted to hear it...
He was stopping her from getting drunk further, but he forgot that she was more clever than him. She made him drunk as well. Anjali's camera seized the moment for eternity when he was drinking for the very first time.
What the!
What the!
What the!
Then, there was no turning back. His heart took over, and he expressed his love for her to everyone.
"Khushi is a little crazy, yet she is cute..."
Above all...
"She is beautiful..."
"He eyes, her hair, her smile...."
She was dancing unknowingly while her husband was busy admiring her to everyone, and even Shyam got to know his state of mind and heart what he didn't want to hear.
He walked towards her while she was dancing. Somewhere in his heart, he wanted to dance with her. Teri Meri Night played along, making him dance to his heart's tunes. He pulled her closer than ever, smiled into her eyes and twirled her with happiness. He was in a mood to dance...and he danced carefree with Khushi and his family and hugged his sister. His eyes brimmed out with joy or pain, but he did all his heart told him to do.
His heart clenched with rage, seeing another man touching her. How dare anyone even think to do such a thing? She was his, and he announced it again.
"tu ne meri biwi ko haath lagaya?" How dare you to touch my wife...
Following her essence, suddenly, he lost her. She was nowhere to be found, but her strong essence brought him right beside her. She was busy clearing her eyes and mind from such thoughts and emotions that were raising her hopes again.
"Khushi!"
His voice brought her back to him again, but she didn't want to solve again in such thoughts. She didn't want to feel these emotions, but his closeness was unavoidable. He held her hand to clear her eyes, but her mind reminded her of the deceiving moments that dragged her into this trap. This was a trap, and it can't be true. She turned her face and forbade his touch this time. He obliged her wish and turned around, but she didn't want that. She wanted to ask him the reason, the truth, the confession from his mouth of all that was happening between them. A mirror image of her heartbeat resonated in him, but she wanted to hear it and believe in it.
She stopped him, making him halt, and he forgot everything under her touch.
The truth was, she didn't know what she wanted anymore—it was not just physical. Whatever it was must have also scared him, though. So she made a concerted effort to resist his temptation, even if she sometimes wanted nothing more than to surround herself with his affection.
"I want to ask you something, Arnavji,” she whispered, watching the curve of his lips by cupping his cheeks.
“Why does my heartbeat run faster when you come closer?"
"Aisa Kyuon Hota Hai?"
How could he resist such an innocent yet honest wish she could ever ask him to? Like a drop of ink in water, the urge rushed to the surface and then slowly spread out and thinned until he was made slightly darker by it. He was willing to bring this entire world to her over, but she lost her consciousness. His mind acted upon this one act and registered her innocence as her drunken state. His heart ached, and his eyes spilt over the fact that life still had colors along with her.
A part of him registered today that she was his...only His.
He took his wife in his arms and walked with pride and possessiveness, which each eye witnessed. A husband was taking his wife to his den. With each step he took, he could feel it, like an itch under the skin. He was only ever aware of it enough to know it could never be satisfied.
"Main batata hoon." I tell you why this happened:"
" Aisa kyuon hota hai..."
"Whatever you feel, I feel the same. My heartbeat runs faster the same way when you come closer to me. All this happens because our heartbeats become one."
"Humri dhakanain ek ho jaati hain..."
He had fallen hard for the woman who had broken his heart only a week before, the woman who had held a question mark to his mind just a few days prior. He knew he would never fully recover from this fall.
But he didn’t want to remember any of that. He forgot everything, and all he remembered was her in his arms right now. He couldn't see her tears, distressed voice, pleas, and even a dot of color on her cheek and neither her hair. He cleared all with such a gentle touch.
Holding her hand to his heart, he kept looking into her eyes, making her believe this undeniable truth.
She asked to confirm..."Humari Dhakanain?" Our heartbeats?
He nodded," our heartbeats become one..."
She slightly moved away, but he pulled her, refusing to let go of him. She placed her hand over his, the friction of hands felt by the hearts and she couldn't refuse his plea. Resting her head over his heart, she let herself believe in it.
Time seized this moment between these two hearts away from prying eyes. Suddenly, Anjali's voice hit the ears like a pickle remedy to escape this state. He was annoyed, but he obliged Khushi and Di's requests.
He forgot even that he was waiting for Khushi to grab her belongings from the poolside before going downstairs with his family. Her touch melted the ice of all this time, and his touch made her believe in love again. She even blurted to Shyam that heartbeats became one..he was annoyed, but at the same time, he knew that they were still not one.
"I'm waiting"...had me, and she asked even more sedately.
For what? for my heartbeat?
The moment the pickle touched their lips, their hearts sighed as their minds became active again, responding to the same hormones of denial.
"Di, delete everything!" He almost ordered his sister and she refused for eternity.
"Never" Good job Anjali.
ASR climbed up his room, and Khushi followed him. After the great denial, both were back to square one. They first fought at the bathroom door, where she claimed her rights to be his wife—the very same way he had done a few moments earlier in front of the entire world.
But he took the edge of that right, reminding her why he married her and what he could do to his sister Payal if she didn't follow the rules...
Happy Holi To All Arshians
Edited by Mysticaldivine - 6 months ago
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