Last Part/Epilogue

After five years

Vivaan looked at the six month baby in awe. Khushi smiled pinching his cheek 'kya huwa?'

Vivaan 'Mumma she is beautiful na.'

Khushi pulling him on her lap, cuddling him close 'of course she is, how she can be not beautiful when her brother is so handsome.'

Vivaan, his molten chocolate eyes in wonder 'really?'

Khushi kissing his cheek soundly 'What do you think? My baby is so beautiful like my son is so handsome. No one can be so much near them'

He smiled broadly at her words. Clinging to her neck 'Mumma?'

Khushi 'hmmm'

Vivaan 'you will still love me as much as you do now? Always?'

She peered at his suddenly sullen face, cupping his face she made him look at her 'Baby?'

Vivaan hugged her 'Mumma, my friend Donny said as soon as a cute baby comes Mumma and Daddy forget their elder child'

She hugged him tight closing her eyes, and her gaze clashed with her husband's who just now entered the room back from his office. Arnav came inside the room and sat beside them. Vivaan looked at his father 'Dad, is it really true?' his little heart refusing to believe his parent will no more love him.

Khushi blinked back her tears looking at her son's turmoil, kissing his forehead 'do you really believe it? Do you really think we would forget you?'

Vivaan looked at her eyes, shaking his head, his lips pouting 'I said no to him. You and dad will love me like always but he did not agree to it'

Khushi smiled 'Baby, I love you so so much. And your dad too loves you. You and Myra are both our eyes. How can we differentiate between you both?'

Looking at his confused face, Arnav brushed his hair with love and said 'Tell me which eyes of yours you love the most left eye or right eye.'

Khushi 'yes and we will take away the one you don't love'

Vivaan looked at them shocked 'awe both my eyes are important. How can I give it away? Then it will be difficult to see'

Khushi 'achha then same goes to me and your dad. You both are our eyes, our ears, our hands, our legs, our heart and our soul. How can we both not love you equally? We can never differentiate between you both. You both are very dear to us'

Vivaan absorbed her word, then looked at her and Arnav, holding his one hand on to his one ear 'sorry mumma, sorry dad'

Khushi pulling his hand down 'shhh no need to be sorry, just always remember this; me and dad love you both so much, okay'

Vivaan nodding at her, smiled in happiness, kissing her cheek 'I love you mumma'

Arnav 'and me?'

He jumped on him hugging him 'I love you too dad'

Khushi cupping his face 'And do you know Myra too loves her brother'

Vivaan 'is it?'

Khushi 'yep, she loves her big brother so much even more than us. She loves you more'

Vivaan looked down at his baby sister in wonder, sliding off from Arnav's arm he sat beside Myra, who is laid down in bed and clutched her little finger lightly, Myra looked at him and giggled. Vivaan giving his full blow smiled, kissed her baby soft cheek 'I love you too'

Arnav putting his arm around her shoulder pulled her close to him 'Love you Jaan'

Khushi 'Me too' they both looked at their kids, both lost in their world.

The night when Arnav asked Khushi to marry him,

Khushi 'Arnav ji!!!'

Arnav held her hand not letting her withdraw 'I'm not joking Khushi. I love you...I really do *she is more than shocked hearing his words* I did not know when I fell in love with you. Maybe when I found you at the middle of the road or when I saw you fighting your nightmares in the hospital or when I saw you trust me or when I saw you coming with me to my home or when I saw you and Vivaan together or maybe there are numerous when but all I know is something had always pulled me towards you from the start and I don't want to let you go from my life. I know it is shocking for you. But Khushi I really wish to spend my whole life with you'

Khushi shaking her head 'I don't deserve you Arnav ji. My past....'

Arnav 'So? I too have a past. We both got hurt but it does not mean we should not find a love. I love you Khushi. You are the only peace in my life. I want to live my life with you, my present and my future; I want it to be with you. I and Vivaan need you Khushi. Will you accept me and my son in your life?'

Stunned she asked him 'Son?'

Arnav 'Yeah, we three would be perfect family. With you beside me I'll start loving him as my son....as our son. Will you help me?'

Seeing her quiet 'take your time Khushi'

Khushi thought on his proposal lot, she still could not believe Arnav loves her and wants her to spend with him for rest of their life.

What is shortcoming in it? He is very good person, caring, understanding, loving, supporting, protective strike in him...possessive strike in him. Can you get anyone like him? He is accepting her with her past. He is ready to spend his life, his present and future with her forgetting the past. Where can one get such a partner? Even if her parents had found one for her there would not be a man like him.

But what she feels for him. Is there any love? Not really, she loves him as a friend. Will she be able to love him as a lover and wife? Only time can say that.....only her heart can say that. Is she ready to be his wife? Is she ready to be anyone's wife? Is she ready to be an ardhangini? Is she ready to fulfill the duty of a wife? She can fulfill everything except one duty....will she be able to submit herself when she still has the nightmare.

With confusion etched in her mind she asked him about the physical relationship they will share if they get married...she still is not out of her fear. He had smiled at her 'We will work on it. Slowly steadily we will step each step of our life. It is not that as soon as we got married I'll impose my husband right on you....No, I'm your friend even before being your husband. One day I'm sure we will cross every hurdle in our life, we will cross every obstacle from others and ourselves together. I'll be with you in every step of your life. We will be together in everything.'

Khushi had not taken another minute to say Yes. How can she say No? When she is getting loving understanding partner and her son Vivaan. She wants nothing, she has a family of her own, and who will be with her always.

Nani 'yeh nahiin ho saktha...I don't agree for this relationship'

She fumed in anger looking at Arnav standing before her with Khushi beside him.

Nani looking at Khushi 'You showed your color, don't you? I knew it from the start'

Arnav 'Nani!!! No more word against her. It is not her but me who loves her and want her in my life. I'm marrying Khushi, that's it'

Nani 'I'll not agree to this'

Arnav 'I don't care what you wish and what you don't....those time has long gone Nani'

Nani 'Arnav you can't talk to me like that for this girl. I'll not allow her in this house'

Arnav standing beside Khushi and Nani 'Let me see how you do it. She is here to stay as my wife and my son's mother. We are adult and we wish to marry to each other and if you don't want to be part of it then I hardly care. If you could not tolerate her being my wife and is not ready to give her respect then you can leave to Di's place. I'll not tolerate anyone hurting her'

Nani gasped 'Arnav!!!'

Arnav 'your call Nani, let me know your wish.' He held Khushi's hand in his and dragged her away from there with Khushi looking at him speechless.

Inside her room, Khushi 'you should not have talked with her like that, she is elder to you'

Arnav 'sometimes we should be hard and this is one of the time where I had to be like this'

Khushi sighed 'you could get any other wonderful girl you know not with a girl of baggage of horrible past'

Arnav turned to her sharply 'we are over this topic two days before. I don't wish to hear anything on this'

Khushi 'I don't want you to regret later'

Arnav 'I'll not. I know you are the one for me'

Khushi looked at him, his confidence on them making her astonish. Arnav 'Just trust me Khushi' it was plea from his side.

Khushi 'I do and you know that otherwise I would not have agreed for your proposal'

Arnav hugging her gently 'I'm glad you are giving yourself second chance....glad for giving us second chance. I'll not let you down ever'

Khushi 'I know'

They married shortly after that, with time passing Khushi too fell in love with him and now they are happy family with Vivaan their son and Myra their daughter. They could not wish for more. Nani had left to Anjali's place not wishing to be in the same roof as Khushi, she still thinks Khushi is wrong for Arnav. Arnav cared less for anything now, he is happy with his little family and he will protect his little family always, there is only love and love filled, coloring their life.

Khushi 'Life is so blissful filled with happiness'

Arnav 'Yes, because we found each other' smiling hazel eyes looked into his warm loving ones, their soul dancing in happiness while their lips sang the song of joy, pure joy.

                                                                         The EnD!!!