Wo subah ka waqt, neend kacchi, khumaar se bemisaal aankhein....

Wo hijr ke mausamo se uljhi thaki thaki si nidhaal aankhein....

Na jaane kyu, khoyi khoyi si hai, bujhi bujhi burkhyaal aankhein...

Chupein hue hai hazaar jajbein, bla ki h ye kamaal aankhein.....

Khushi worked mechanically, the next day in the office, no earphones, as even the music couldn't help her calm down. The sour mood of khushi can be felt be PR department and Arnav, who was observing the silent khushi from the time he stepped into the office. It's not that Khushi was talkative and bubbly, but today's silence of hers was unsettling but he couldn't pin point what.

After an hour or so, khushi came to his cabin to give the report, but as soon as she came shr bumped herself into the door.

" Careful" Arnav reminded her.

" Sorry sir." She apologized.

" The reports of our monthly Collab with celebrities." She said while handling the file.

The time when he was checking the file , khushi kept staring at her lap, and this was the time when he noticed her closely. There is dark circles under her eyes, the face is devoid of any emotions, and she is unfocused.

" What happened Ms. Gupta? Are you ok?" He asked , as he no longer cam contain his curiosity.

" Yes sir. I'm ok." She replied baffled at his question.

" You don't look good, Ms Gupta. Do one thing, take a half day leave. And rest. " He advised.

" It's not needed sir. " She replied.

" It is. I don't want my precious employees to work half heartedly. " He answered. " Naah, I'm not listening anything. Period." He said as soon as he saw khushi is going to argue again.

" Stubborn." She murmured defeatedly.

" Suna maine." He said with a little smirk while handling the file back. ( I heard it.)

" Sorry sir. " She hurriedly took the file and started to leave.

" Ms Gupta." His voice halted her in the place

" Next month I have a meeting with Mr Oberoi. I want you to accompany us." He stated.

" But sir what's my need there?" She asked , confused.

" The meeting is very important for the future of AR and i want my PR team to work on it to its full capacity. If you don't want to come then send the most talented person of your team. Because it's very important." He stated.

" Ok sir . I'll accompany you and others." She agreed and left the cabin.

" Arnav, the meeting is at 2. " Aditya informed on phone as soon as khushi left the cabin.

Arnav have a lunch meeting with some investors and was about to leave in few minutes .

" Ohh, it got postponed?" He asked.

" Yeah, by an hour."

" You know Aditya, i hate the last minute reshuffling of schedule."

" What can we do. It's an investor from old time. He's been with AR, from the time of Arvind sir."

" Hmm. But what should I do in the meantime? " He asked.

" I don't know. " He laughed and cut the call.

Arnav was hungry and the lunch got postponed for an hour, so he decided to get something light from the cafe outside.

As he was about to step outside he saw a little girl struggling to get inside the office from the rotating doors. He found her so cute , every time she entered the door and end up being outside only. She was frustrated because of this.

" Ye log simple sa darwaza kyu nii lga skte the? I don't know how to enter." She sighed frustrated. (Why can't they make simple doors?)

" Kyuki ye wala jaada accha lgta hai" he answered by coming outside. (Because this one looks more good)

" Behh... Mujhe to chakkar aane lage hai. I'm so stupid" She said cutely but dejectedly (i feel dizzy.)

" Ek baat batau? " He whispered coming to her level. (Should i tell you something)

" Mujhe bhi pehle chakkar aate the isme." He said , trying to cheer her up. (Even i used to feel dizzy in this.)

" Sacchi? You are a big boy. Aapko bhi chakkar aate the?" He asked amusedly and indicating how big he is by her hands. (Really? You are a big boy. Even you feel dizzy?)

" Haa sacchi. " He said animatedly. " Wese aap tha akele aaye ho?" He asked (Yess really. By the way, are you here alone?)

" Nahi nahi, Priya Didi hai. Wo wha" she said, pointed towards a young girl who is talking with phone. ( No No, Priya Didi is with me. There.)

" Accha. To mai ek kaam Karu?? Aapko andar Jana sikha doon? Jbtk aapki didi nii aa jati tab tk?" He asked. (OK. So should i do one thing? Should I teach you how to enter from this? Till your Didi comes?)

" Ok" she said, excited to finally able to learn how to walk inside the door.

" So you enter the door like this" he walked inside the rotating doors with her, holding hands, "and then you count till five and leave" he entered with her.

" Easy?" He asked once they are inside.

" Easy peasy lemon squeezy" she said nodding excitedly.

" Ok now can you show me how you do it?" He asked smiling.

" Yesss" she said.

She entered the rotating doors " one .. two.. three.. four.. five.." and she exited the building.....

" Yessssssssss yesssss" she jumped excitedly " ho gya, ho gya.." she said, proud of her achievement.(I did it. I did it)

" Yes you did it" he said , happy, seeing the little girl happy.

" Thank you uncle" she said while hugging his waist. And dhak, Arnav felt unusually at peace and content , by having this little angel so close. He knelt down and hugged her properly.

" You're welcome." Then he felt someone pulled her from him. The contentment he felt was lost. He looked up to see the girl who has come with this baby standing with her.

" Who are you?" She asked accusing. Obviously anyone will feel anger seeing a stranger hugging their little girl. But the girl didn't felt like stranger to him.

" Priya Didi this uncle taught me how to walk inside the rotating doors. " The girl defended him.

" We have taught you to never talk to strangers, haven't we?" The girl questioned the baby.

" But he's a good man." She mumbled and strangely Arnav got transported to few minutes back, when khushi was mumbling. They looked quite similar.

" Please don't scold her. I know it looks weird , but i had no I'll intention. She was struggling to come inside and i helped her so she was thanking me by hugging. Nothing else." He explained.

" Still. Her mother will kill me if she got to know about the incident." She said.

" We won't tell her" the little girl suggested.

" Good . Problem solved." I said.

" Let's go." Priya Said

" Ok. Bye uncle. " The girl waved me goodbye.

" Bye... What's your name sweety." I asked, remembering how i don't even know her name.

" Anya... Anya Gupta. Bye" she waved me hurriedly and entered the rotating doors to show her didi the trick to enter it.

I laughed at her cuteness and went to the cafe with memories full of little angel's antics.

Anya came inside the office and then called her mumma.

"Mumma, guess where i am?" she speak on phone.

"Aru? Where are you?" Khushi asked bemused.

"In your office mumma." she said excitedly.

"What? Why?" asked Khushi.

"To have lunch together. Please na mumma, please.." she pleaded.

"Okay." she said , as even she got half day leave.

"Yesss!!!" she said excited.

SAME DAY EVENING

After Khushi got to know that Arjun is grandfather if ASR and the establisher of AR, she avoided him to the fullest. Sometimes she didn't went to the temple and when she accidentally came face to face with him, she rarely talked. Even he understood that this difference is due to the change in power dynamic between the two. Khushi was uncomfortable talking informally with her boss's grandfather. It to him one week and few days to convince her that he doesn't believe in these, and he's still the same person she met the first time in the temple. So in the evening she went to the temple she asked him the question which was nagging her for a very long time.

" Baba, do you believe in karma?" Khushi asked suddenly.

" Yes. Why did you ask?" Baba replied

" Karma as in only of this life or even the previous life?" Khushi asked again.

" Why are you asking all this baccha? " Baba asked confused.

" Do you think that what we get is the outcome of what we have done? Like sin or something?" Khushi asked , again, hoping to get some clarity.

" You know, when Krishna met draupadi after dyut sabha, she was distressed, crying hysterically. Even she asked the same question from him. That why did that happen to her? Why only her? When she was the most powerful women there? which sin she had committed because of which she had to face such a shame in front of that sabha? " Baba narrated the story after understanding her plight and from where she's coming from.

" Then? What did Krishna said?" Khushi asked, resembling a child who is deeply into the story.

" Krishna, wiped her tears and replied that, whatever happened to her, was neither her karma nor the result of her karma. It was the result of the karma of Kauravas which has made them do such disgusting things to you. For you it was just an accident. " He narrated the epic.

" But draupadi, had so much pain , so much of distress, discomfort, and anger in her heart that she refused to see any reasoning behind Krishna's words. She asked again that if it's the karma of Kauravas, then why us she at the receiving end? Why she is in pain? And why only she is suffering?" Khushi got teleported in the story, she could see her pain in the words of draupadi.

" Krishna then made her understand that she must give up on the pain. That she must forgo the anger and the sufferings to move on. That keeping pain in heart will make her feel as if she's in hell, and why will she experience the pain of hell due to Kauravas actions? He explained That what happens to us is only a little portion of the pain but how we react to that, and how long it take us to look beyond that makes the major part." He completed the story.

" Khushi?" She looked upto him in his eyes " you must let go of your sufferings too, baccha. You can't live like this. Forgive your wrongdoers. And move on" he suggested.

" Forgive? Huh... Never" khushi scoffed.

" Your forgiveness will lead to their doom" he sounded assertive.

" You must forgive them so that you can move forward, and stop seeking revenge or something, once you start doing that, your revenge will be taken by the god himself. Trust him".

"I know your wounds are deep, but you must conquer it. So that you can be truly happy and so does your family. Seek help baccha. There is no salvation for those who don't try to save themselves." he suggested

AUTHOR'S NOTE

TADA.... HERE'S AN UPDATE....

FINALLY!!!!

SO HOW DID YOU FIND THIS PART. I'M OVERWHELMED WITH ALL YOUR RESPONSE ON THE PREVIOUS PART. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT I'M VERY SORRY THAT THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE ON A SLOW UPDATE. SO PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THIS STORY BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT I WILL COMPLETE THE STORY.

ALSO I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE POETRY USED ABOVE BECAUSE IT WILL RUIN THE WHOLE ESSENCE OF THAT POETRY. SO I'M REALLY SORRY TO ALL MY NON HINDI READERS, BUT HERE'S THE LITERAL MEANING OF TH URDU WORDS USED ABOVE.

KHUMAR - HANGOVER

BEMISAAL - UNMATCHED

HIJR - SEPARATION FROM BELOVED

NIDHAL - EXHAUSTED

ALSO, DID YOU GET THE BACKGROUND OF ARJUN'S STORY? ITS TAKEN FROM THE HINDU MYTHOLOGY CALLED MAHABHARATA. I HOPE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND GUYS GUYS.... HAVE YOU WATCHED THE TEASER OF ASUR 2? GOSH... FINALLY AFTER 3 YEARS THE SERIES IS BACK WITH ANOTHER SEASON OF BONE CHILLING THRILL. DO SUPPORT OUR BARUN IN THAT.

THANK YOU.