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O u r h e a r t s b e a t i n u n i s o n
by Sohara
Khushi is standing under the gazebo. Lost in reminisces, a deluge of memories come to her mind. her so many significant moments with Arnav stirs her thought. She tries to remove the colors from her eyes. Arnav comes there, he holds her hand, wants to say let me do it the way I want to do. He meets her eyes with acquiesce and eventually delves into it, his relenting in echo of a vague rendition. He starts to blow her eyes to remove the color, just like the way he loves to do it. He gently cares the stray tendrils of her lock that escaped from her clip.
A gentle touch on her creamy skin with his rough hand. The moment felt close, a trepidation of unfelt anticipation; a spark of impulse trembles and she makes him stop. They both turns back to put a distance between them. He intends to go, but he feels a pull. When he turns his head slightly, he sees that Khushi is holding his hand. Both slowly turn to each other, contemplate each other for a long time, and try to read their sacrosanct mind. For the very first time she cups his handsome visage with her beautiful hands, wish so much love, with so much care and with so much huq.
Hum apse kuch poochna chahte hai Arnavji
I want to ask you something...
Dhak dhak dhak dhak dha dhak...her heart beat starts to pound erratically under her rib cage and so as his. The words what remained firmly buried in her heart for a long time, rises from the dark recess of her heart. She grabs his big hand with her small one and makes it rest on her heart.
Aisa kiyu hota hai, jab bhi aap humari paas ate hai, to humari dil ki dhadkan tez ho jate hai. Hum samajhne ki bohot koshish ki, lekin samajh nahi payi, blulana chati hai lekin bhula nahi payee. Aisa kiyu hota hai.
Why does it happen, whenever you come close to me, my heart starts beating faster. I tried hard to understand this, but couldn't understand. I want to forget, but can't forget either. Why does it happen?
She wants to know the reason of her erratic heart beat what has been troubling her for so many months. She wanted to avert her thought giving it the name of her acidity. But she knows very well that he knows the answer
Bataiye naa
Please tell me
He lovingly cups her beautiful face with his big hand. Looks at her meekly,
Aisa kiyu hota hai, ki humari dil ki dhadkan, humari sasose bhi tez ho jate hai.
Why does it happen? My heart beat becomes faster than my breath.
He looks at her with so much compassion. He wanted to love her since so long! He wanted to tell her the truth, but the destiny played dirty games with him. She can't control her intoxication any more, and gets unconscious. She leans on his chest. He feels exhilarated with the cascade of emotions pumping through him, while being aware of her nearness as a gentle calmness seeps into his heart. He holds her, doesn't let her fall. All feelings of anger and rancor seeps out from his heart and what remains, is his myriad love for her. He swallows to thwart a rising wave of emotions. He wipes a silent tear what escapes from his eyes. He gazes at her features rendered almost angelic in repose and feels the laden weight upon his heart gets heavier and heavier. He lifts her and carries her in his arm; takes her to his own parapet, his eternal heaven.
He puts her down on the lounge chair and gently removes the color from her face. He handles her so meticulously like a porcelain doll, as if she will be broken with mere carelessness. He gazes at her face with his eyes agleam with amused fondness. He devours her mesmerizing beauty with loving eyes. How ethereal she is looking right now! He fondles her beautiful face with so much care. A sense of tranquility takes possession of his weary mind, it soon drifts to the serene realm of oblivion. She wakes up at his touch. She opens her eyes slowly and asks him again.
You didn't answer my question yet?
He leans forward to her and tells her with an insanely seductive timbre of his voice
Mai batata hoo ki aisa kiyu hota hai...
I'll tell you why it happens like this.
He takes her hand and put it on his chest. He speaks in a husky tone with his eyes flickering intently with simmering emotions.
Jab tum mere paas hoti hi, to tumhare dil ki dhadkano ki sath sath mere dil ki dhadkan bhi tez ho jate hai. Humare dhadkane ek ho jate hai. Jo tum mehsoos karte ho, jo hum mehsos karte hai
When you are near me, then along with your heart beat, my heartbeat also increases. Our heartbeats unite. What you feel, what I feel.
She listens to his words with amusement, with a glint of shy smile on her face. She wants to hear his loving words again and again.
Humari dhadkan...our heart beat
Ek ho jate hai...beats in unison.
He gives her an assuring nod.
They keep staring at each other with eyes full of love as if there is no end of it. Their heart finally opens the floodgates to let all the bottled up emotions flow. Two soul mates finally confesses their love in inebriated state.
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=H2Vn_loHgyI[/YOUTUBE]
credit goes to Zoha.
some gifs credit goes to tumblr, some made by me.
Chakarvyue ,from Payal to Kangan
Journey from anklet to Bangles
by
ArshiHamesha
Diwali's chakarvyue in which Khushi trapped herself but Arnav brought her out but for doing so he has to be a part of it.He became a part of it by making biggest mistake of his life"By loving Khushi" as he can't live without her period and that need made him marrying her either hook or by crook.They both are in this together now and they both have to work together to come out of it.
Diwali epis hold the future of these two souls at every angle.Maa's Kangan comes to the surface and First time Arnav realizes that La is not the girl who his mom wants to be her Bahu and how her Mom would have never recognized him now. That scene reflects the inner battle of Arnav towards his belief system how he values his family.It enlightens that what it means to have your mother's last remembrance with you.That scene depicts his remorse towards falling in love and closing the doors towards same love and how his ego blocks his feelings.It clearly throws light of his taking impulsive decisions based on his presence of mind and above all shows his inability to be satisfied on his decisions. Each word of the Mom's Letter tears him apart and ironically and divinely he meets Khushi's eyes which becomes teary with him under the stars seeing him struggling and coping with his pain.Mothers always guide you even if they are not with you.
It was Diwali night, when he got entangled with the magnetized pull of this ethereal beauty who he started falling in love with.Khushi while sitting in between Diyas trapped her man for eternity and he couldn't come out of this invisible vortex.
It was that day, when Lavanya reminded Khushi of her missing payal and questioned her why she didn't accept Anjali's jewelry gift, she said, she never wears any other payal than her Mom's. All this was witnessed by Arnav and he realized that the "PAYAL" he was holding is one of Khushi's mother and precious and important to her just like these Kangans whose voice soothes his soul and later Khushi's Payal took that place. This is the only reason Arnav gave the anklet back to her. He values mother's keepsake and her remembrance always in his heart.When Khushi asked him why didn't you return my Payal before ? Why only today you returned it to me? He wanted to answer her back in his SUV but Khushi refused to listen. It was evident that Arnav would have never given it back if it weren't of her Mother's. That is the value of a Mother's keepsake in his eyes. "Action speaks louder than words".That night He put the payal in her ankle , the right place by claiming her his unintentionally.
Mom's Kangan holds a lot of value and sentiments in the eyes of her children. He didn't want to give it to Khushi as first and when Anjali ordered him, he had to, otherwise his entire wedding secret would be out which he had foiled within himself in his shell. At the top Maami's investigation. He kept his eyes constantly at Maami's act at that moment and if he hadn't put the bangles around Khushi's wrist then Maami's 007 instinct eyes would have become suspicious about this relationship. He has to put up a happy act but he didn't tell Khushi that these are his Mom's bangles. When Arnav tries for the second bangle, he clings his jaws for a second before turning towards Khushi. That shows he is unhappy doing that but he has to because his priority at this moment is to convince both Anjali and Maami [family] that "Everything is fine" or in other words Destiny has written for them to be united.Today again he is sitting on his knees and stamping her his for forever unintentionally .
That day destiny again played its role, Anjali wanted Khushi to handover the Kangans to Naani but Khushi declined not because they are a valuable but these are mother's remembrance and hold a meaning. She offered to do the household chores instead. She knew she is not the "True Bearer" of that kangan and That is the value Arnav's Mom would expect to have in her daughter-in-law. That is the value Khushi has in a Mother's Remembrance, just like Arnav on Diwali night.
Today is the day when the tables have turned. That day Khushi declined to pass on the kangan to Naani but today it was that Anjali again who wanted Arnav to embrace them on Khushi's wrist. I loved that Anjali wanted Arnav to gave it to her and couple of hours before Khushi didn't hear her when Anajli called her for the kangans.Destined to be... I knew if Anjali or Naani would have come to put that on her then Khushi would've refused to take it knowing as this marriage is a contract and these Kangans hold so much meaning and she truly doesn't deserve this, the very same way Arnav didn't mention that the kangans are his Mom's. They both have the same belief on certain matters. At this moment, Arnav knows Khushi is not the true bearer of the bangles. But Fate had other plans on this as they are destined to be together.
Khushi's Bidai is complete today, as before Arnav gives her Mom's Kangan , she drops her Mom's payal and doesn't put it before Kangans reach her wrist as her shirt rips.She is welcomed in her home with honor and Mom's blessings.Later she will be standing in Mom's garden taking her blessings after Arnav's declaration of her as his Patni...His Ardhangani...Dadi will give her Family's Kangan to accept her in their family but remember Arnav takes em off on consummation night before Dadi takes em off on the wedding day...as their souls were already one.Mother's job was done...under the stars...
The holi episodes were like an oasis in a desert. The hate marriage had sapped into the rabba ve moments. Nafrat paas aane na de was at its height.A handful of red gulal changed all that as Mohabbat door jaane na de tiptoed to the fore...
They beamed some of the most beautiful, memorable and poignant Arnav Khushi scenes into our hearts and sous. I remember reading that the internet the world over had crashed as thousands on the forum vied with each other to comment on the much awaited Arnav Khushi holi romance that surpassed all expectations in its depth and beauty...during holi...
As holi ended the oasis turned out to be a mirage but as long as the gulal and the bhang of holi lasted it was an out of the world experience...