Namaskaram 🙏

Happy Birthday Namish!

Date of Update: 11.09.2021

It’s Serial Track from Sanskar's entry where Laksh announces to whole baadi that he will marry Ragini so that Ragini would come to save Sanskar.

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“Please dadi send her with me. Please!” He requested dadi once again for saving his brother who is mentally unstable and is threatening to cut his nerves if Ragini doesn’t come to meet him.

“Not after what your father and you did to her!” dadi says angrily and goes to sit on the chair at dinning table.

“Dadi Please. His life is in danger. I promise you to do whatever you want me to.” He literally begs her folding his hands into namaste by sitting in front of her on his knees and his eyes are teary with worry filled in his heart.

Ragini is looking at him with pain in her eyes. Sujatha, Swara and Sharmishta are looking at them silently but worried.

“You father has insulted us by banishing us out of the community. Even after that you want me to help you. No!” Dadi says angrily.

“I can take Ragini even now without your interference dadi. I am still her fiancé.” He says angrily and impatiently.

“Your father has broken the engagement Laksh!” Dadi says angrily back.

“He broke it but I never did!” he says determined.

“Your Father broke the engagement in front of everyone in the badi by returning the engagement ring.” Dadi says.

Laksh looks determined. He rushed out of the house and stands in between the badi.

“Listen everybody. I, Laksh Maheshwari is promising to marry Ragini Gadodia with all the rituals very soon.” He shouts loudly looking around.

By then all the people in the Gadodia house also come out to see what he is going to do. Dadi smiles while Ragini looked at him expressionless. He looks at Dadi who nods smiling at him. He immediately moves towards Ragini and holds her wrist.

“Let’s go Ragini!” he says.

She just walks along with him by looking down. After they walked for few steps she slowly got out of his grip. He stopped and looked at her confused.

“I am not going to run away!” she says politely still looking down and walks across him towards his car.

He looks confused and also felt something strange in his heart as he saw her not looking at him. He moved towards his car brushing off his thoughts and got into the driving seat as he saw her already sitting in the passenger seat. He drove off worried for his brother. Once they reached she just got down the car and entered the house ignoring him. He looked confused of her behaviour but ran behind her.

“Sanskar!” she called Sanskar as he was sitting on the bed with a knife in his hand still threatening he would kill himself if he doesn’t get to see her.

He looked at her.

“Dost!” he called her and immediately rushed to her.

“Give it to me now!” she says strictly and forwarding her hand.

He looks at the knife and her hand. He then gives it to her. She smiles and puts the knife away holding his hand she moves towards the bed.

“You didn’t have your food and medicines yet?” she started the conversation and started doing her part of work for which she is there.

Everybody got relieved seeing Sanskar calming down and go back to their works. But there is someone who is watching them or say watching her secretly. He is staring her without blinking his eyes. He saw her turning and immediately moved back to make sure she does not find him.

She moved out of the room after making sure that Sanskar has fallen asleep. She is moving in the corridor when suddenly she bumped into him. She was about to fall but he held her through her waist preventing her from falling. She immediately pushes him.

“Ragini what’s wrong?” asks Laksh as he prevented himself from falling on the ground.

“Nothing! I am getting late. I need to go home. Dadi ma would be worried.” She says looking down but not him.

“I will drop you.” He says as he followed her as she started walking.

She stopped and looked at him. She immediately looks down again. 

“I can go myself.” She says and walks crossing him.

He holds her hand and pulls her making her twirl around causing her front hit his front. She gets shocked by his act and looks at him. He looks into her eyes. Something attracted him towards her. He never felt like that not even with Swara whom he has been claiming to himself that he loves. He didn’t wanted to look away from her eyes.

“Leave me Laksh!” She says sternly.

He leaves her and looks on as he comes to sense. She was about to go again but he pulls her again and pushes her to the wall pinning her to the wall.

“Tell me why are you behaving different today?” he asks looking straight into her eyes.

She just kept looking into his eyes speaking nothing. He felt something in those eyes. It wasn’t just the innocence he always saw in them nor just the love he saw for him always in her eyes. But it’s something else. PAIN! He felt there is something hurting inside him seeing that. He just moved away not understanding what to do. He looked the way she went. He felt devastated seeing her going away. Every step she took far from him he felt his life going away from him.

He walked the way she went but he got slipped on the stairs. He balanced himself before getting hurt and sat there leaning to the stair case.

“Lucky!” he heard his elder brother Aadharsh and then felt his hand on his shoulder.

“Lucky!” his elder brother called him again as he didn’t respond.

He didn’t respond even now and kept staring at the door. Aadharsh sat beside him.

“Lucky! What is wrong?” asked his elder brother.

He slowly turned to him.

“She!” that’s what he could say.

“Who?” Aadharsh asked putting his hand around his brother’s shoulder.

“Ragini!” he says and he felt his eyes flowing.

Aadharsh smiled seeing his brother. He knows what’s happening to his brother. He has seen what happened few minutes ago. He has also known everything what his brother has been doing since few days. Running behind a wrong girl! He is his elder brother. He can’t just let him go in a wrong direction. He kept the track on him. He wanted his brother to choose the one who is right for him and he knows it’s Ragini for him. He has tried many times telling him but nothing changed.

But her ignorance has done the magic just in few hours. Well he now knows that there is nothing that would distract his brother from going in a right path and get the right one he needs in his life.

“What did Ragini do?” Asked Aadharsh.

“She ignored me bhai! She ignored me!” Laksh said getting disappointed and sad.

“But isn’t it good Lucky? She wouldn’t be any more barrier for you to gain Swara’s love.” Asks Aadharsh.

Laksh turned and kept looking the way Ragini went. Aadharsh smiled and went from there leaving Laksh there.

“Did it work?” Asked Sanskar as Aadharsh entered into his room.

“Well…. It’s not because of our plan though but something is wrong with Ragini, she ignored him and that helped!” says Aadharsh smirking.

“Is the plan still on?” asks Sanskar.

“I know you are needed somewhere else but you are needed here too Sanskar. Be patient!” says Aadharsh.

Sanskar sighs and sits on the bed nodding. Aadharsh pats his back and was about to leave when he heard Sanskar.

“What about Bade papa?” asks Sanskar.

“Ma spoke to him. She made him understand. And for the first time he agreed to ma. Don’t worry he will be back home tomorrow!” Said Aadharsh.

“And Ragini?” Asks Sanskar.

“I don’t know!” Says Aadharsh shrugging.

“Then find it out bhai!” says Sanskar frustrated.

“It’s just a day you are here and you are already frustrated.” Says Aadharsh.

“Frustrated? I would like to beat Lucky that he would be bed ridden for two months for being really very impulsive and trying to choose someone stupid and idiot leaving someone so loving and innocent. And all in all I should come leaving everything there just because we could get that stupid little spoilt brat into the right path!” says Sanskar extremely frustrated.

“Ahh! You can’t just call our brother stupid little spoilt brat, he is an adult now… you should call him stupid big spoilt brat!” says Aadharsh huffing making Sanskar chuckle shaking his head.

Aadharsh joins his chuckle and goes from there waving his hand. Sanskar sighs.

“Lucky yaar! I Love You!” says Sanskar falling on his bed.

He then chuckles remembering what Aadharsh has said about how Laksh is as Ragini ignored him.

“Taking her for granted. You deserve this my idiot brother.” Whispering to himself he closes his eyes remembering Ragini’s beautiful voice that sang a lullaby to him few minutes ago.

Laksh is pacing around the room frustrated pulling his hair.

“Stop it! Stop it!” he whispers to himself trying to get out of those painful eyes he had seen few hours ago.

But all he could see were those. His phone rang and it displayed Swara. He cuts the call and throws the phone away on the bed but it rings again. He takes phone and receives the call.

“When I once cut your call it means that I don’t want to talk to you right now. Don’t call me again and irritate me.” He says angrily cutting the call.

Swara on the other side looks confused at the phone and then at Ragini who is also same frustrated like Laksh.

“What’s with you both love birds?” asks Swara.

“Do not irritate me now Swara. I am already pissed off.” Says Ragini angrily.

“I think I should be at safe distance from these both. Both have got hit to their head it seems.” Whispering to herself Swara goes from there shrugging her shoulders.

“Good Ragini! You are doing good!” says Ragini to herself.

Next day she gets ready to go to MM and opens the house door to go out to find Laksh already standing there waiting for her. She just moves crossing him.

“Hey Laksh!” Swara just said hi which he just ignored and started running behind Ragini.

Swara shrugged her shoulders and went away.

“Ragini wait!” runs Laksh behind her and holds her hand.

“Leave my hand Laksh!” Says Ragini seriously.

“Tell me why are you avoiding me?” says he not leaving her.

“Papa!” Ragini says looking behind him and Laksh immediately leaves her hand.

Laksh turns to see none but Ragini moves from there. Laksh turns to find her going away again and runs behind her.

“Ragini what happened?” he asks as he reaches there.

“Laksh I am getting late for my duty. Sanskar must be getting out of control. So please don’t come in my way.” Says Ragini and goes from there.

Laksh stands there without moving looking the way she went.

For the next TEN days same thing happens. She keeps ignoring him while he keeps trying to get the reason of why is she ignoring him. To add to this jealousy has started building in him as she spends more and more time with Sanskar. He keeps looking the way she always stays around him in the name of taking care of his mad brother.

“She never was this close to me nor she never was this comfortable when she was near me. Why?” he whispers to himself as he sees her feeding Sanskar who is all childish and mad.

“And what happened then?” asked Sanskar childishly.

“And then the prince hurt the princess. So the princess started avoiding him.” She says.

Laksh frowns hearing her as he is watching them hiding from them.

“Hawww! Prince is so bad!” Sanskar says putting his hand on his mouth.

Ragini nods but she is looking down.

She comes out of the room as she made Sanskar asleep like everyday. It’s been ten days now. She was suddenly pulled by Laksh into his room. He locked the door and turned. She is looking away. He holds her hand and pulls her towards him. He holds her through her waist. She started struggling in his hold and is looking away.

“I am not going to leave you Ragini. So stop struggling.” He says.

She stops struggling huffing.

“Leave me Laksh!” she says not looking at him.

“Look at me!” he says.

She doesn’t. He holds her chin softly and makes her look at him.

“Why? Why are you doing this to me?” he asks and he could feel himself getting weak.

She looked into his eyes and could feel his pain. She smiled lightly. He frowned.

“Why are you smiling?” he asks.

“I could see the same what I am feeling in your eyes. The PAIN!” She says.

His grips loosens completely and his eyes flow with tears.

“Please!” he says looking defeated.

Ragini just kept looking at him.

“I can’t! I can’t bare your ignorance! Not atleast anymore!” he says letting his tears flow continuously.

“Why?” she asks.

“Because…” he stops and looks at her for few moments.

She kept looking at him.

“I…. I Lov… Love You!” he confesses it finally!

Ragini smiles as tears flow from her eyes. He cups her face and joins his forehead with hers. Now he had smile on his face too.

“I Love You!” he confesses again or say really happy for his realisation which had made his heart thump in joy of finding the love and understanding the true love.

“Okay!” she says moving back.

“Okay?” he asks disappointed and confused.

“Yes!” she says.

“Ragini I said I Love You!” he says.

“Yes. That’s why I said okay!” she says wiping off her tears.

“You… you don’t love me? Wait but you always did. Swara always said that you did love me. Then?” he asks confused and hurt.

“I don’t think I need to answer you. Let me go.” She says and about to move but he pulls her and pins her to the wall.

“I can’t let you go. I need my answers. I can’t take your ignorance any more.” He says joining their foreheads again.

“Why is it always YOU Laksh?” she asks looking straight into his eyes.

“What?” he asks confused.

“Yes! I know you never liked me earlier. You never wanted us to get married. At that time you tried getting rid off me. Now suddenly everything changed. You don’t even bother about me and my feelings.” She wipes off the tears that flow from her eyes.

“Rag… Ragini I can explain. At that time I was stupid, impulsive idiot. But trust me Ragini I know now that it can only be you who can I stay happy with. It can only be you whom I know I can trust no matter what. It can only be you who can love me no matter what. It can only be you whom I can love till eternity. It can only be you whom I would need till my last breathe. I Love You!” he says.

“Well when did you realise these all things?” she asks sarcastically.

“I know… these all hurt you. I am sorry. I am really sorry.” He says letting his tears flow.

“Do you even know why I am hurt in the first place?” she asks.

He shakes his head as no.

“I am not hurt when I got to know you don’t like me on the day of our engagement. I could figure it out when you were repeatedly saying that papa doesn’t trust you then how can I trust you. I wasn’t hurt then. Trust me I wasn’t hurt even when you didn’t speak a word to your father when he broke our engagement infront of whole baadi. You know why? Because I thought if you do that it would have been disrespectful for your father. I didn’t wanted you to choose me going against your family. But I got hurt when you said that you are going to marry me in front of whole baadi just because your brother needs me. You told those words to the whole world just for name sake. You were selfish so that I would be coming to take care of your brother. You never atleast liked me Laksh. Well I have decided I would not marry you when the engagement was broken. So now there is nothing to do with anything.” She says as tears were flowing continuously from her eyes and her eyes screamed pain.

He cried along with her.

“Yes I was selfish Ragini. I agree. But not anymore. I swear I really… really… Love You!” he says.

“No you don’t. I don’t know why you never liked me and I don’t want to know as well. But I am not going to believe that you love me. Because even now it might either be some of your selfish motive or your ego that a girl isn’t paying any heed to you.” She says angrily.

He cups her face shaking his head as no.

“I swear it’s not ego. But yes you can call me selfish again. Selfish to have you beside me through out my life. I can’t even imagine my life without you. Nor I can imagine you with someone other than me.” He says.

She chuckles. He looks confused.

“Why should I believe you? How do you think I would believe the man, who was just making fake promises infront of entire world that he would marry me just for saving his brother, would fall in love with me in the span of ten days?” she asks.

“Ragini… you too know that it would take just a second for a person to fall in love.” He says looking at her longingly.

“Wow… quotes! Did you google it before coming here?” she asks sarcastically.

“Ragini yaar!” he puts his head on her shoulder not understanding how to pacify her.

He could figure it out that she is angry and hurt.

“Enough Laksh. I need to leave.” She says and tries to get out of his hold.

“I will let you. But I need you to know something else.” He says looking at her again.

“Some more is left?” she asks fed up.

“This is more important.” He says.

“Tell me!” she says folding her hands to her chest.

“I… I…. Actu… actually got attracted to Swara initially. That’s the reason why I didn’t say anything when papa was breaking the engagement. But I swear that was just an attraction. Now I am totally over it. I swear I only Love You!” he says everything looking into her eyes.

She pushes him hard and goes from there towards the door. She looks at him with even more anger and hurt before leaving the room and goes from there wiping off her tears away.

He punches his hand to the wall without stopping continuously making his knuckles to bleed. Ragini takes deep breathes to control her emotions and looks around searching for someone that’s when she saw Aadharsh.

“Aadharsh bhayya!” she calls him.

“Ragini! Are you okay?” he asks as he looks her appearance.

“Ye…yes Bhayya. I am! Would you mind dropping me at home for today. I don’t feel well.” She says controlling her tears.

He looks at her for few seconds and then nods. She nods and they walk out of the house.

“Did… Laksh do something?” he asked as they are walking.

She smiled sadly and shook her head. He stopped on his tracks. She felt it and turned towards him.

“He misbehaved with you. Right?” he asks clenching his fist.

She smiled and shook her head as no.

“He would never do that!” she says confidently.

He calmed down and nodded.

“Then what’s it? Look Ragini you are like Uttara to me. I care for you as much as I care for her. So tell me.” He says concerned.

“I will! Let’s start first.” She says smiling looking at his concern.

He nods. They get into the car and drives off.

“He apologized!” said she.

“For?” Aadharsh asked.

“For everything!” she said looking out.

Aadharsh just nodded indicating her to continue.

“And he said he loves me.” She said.

Aadharsh smiles.

“And…and he said he was liking Swara earlier!” she said.

Aadharsh applied a break and looked at her. She wiped her tears and looked at him.

“You knew right?” she asked.

He sighed and nodded. She smiled sadly.

“I didn’t wanted to tell you this so early but I was thinking it’s time you should know.” He said taking deep breathe.

She nodded.

“It’s about San… Sanskar!” he says.

“I know!” she says smiling.

“You know?” he asked shocked.

“Sanskar told me everything on the very first day!” she said shocking him.  

“And you still kept quite!” he asked.

“I Love Him bhayya! Selfish me!” she says bursting into cries.

He takes her into his embrace.

“I am sorry!” he says.

“No. You did it for him, for me, for both of us. That is why I never wanted your plan to come out.” She says as she moved away from him composing herself.

“Laksh was always keeping an eye on you guys. Yet Sanskar told how?” he asked confused.

“He gave me a letter of two full pages!” said Ragini chuckling.

Aadharsh laughs along with her.

“So what are you going to do now?” Aadharsh asked getting serious again.

“For today I think nothing. I just need some rest. My head is bursting.” She says holding her head.

“Take Rest! And remember one thing it’s your life. Do not get into compulsion of anybody before you decide what you want to.” He says.

“So you are saying me to say no to your brother?” She asks smirking.

He chuckles.

“Well if you think he isn’t the right one for you. I will back out of my plan in this second.” Says Aadharsh.

“Not needed. There can be no one other than him who would be the correct person for me. A bit impulsive but would deal with it.” She says smiling.

“Whole life?” he asks.

“No option!” she says shrugging.

He chuckles.

“Thank You bhayya!” she thanks him as she gets down the car.

He smiles at her and nods. He waits there till she enters inside baadi and reaches her house and then goes away.

Ragini entered her room to see her room all messed up.

“SWARAAA!” She shouts angrily.

Swara comes out of the washroom smiling sheepishly.

“Why the hell my room is messy? And why the hell my whole wardrobe is on the bed?” she asks angrily.

“I… I am going on a date.” She says.

Ragini frowns.

“And I need to wear something traditional. So I was…” she smiles sheepishly.

“GET OUT!” Ragini shouts.

Swara runs from there in seconds. Ragini sighs and looks around her room. She starts arranging her room.

“Here wear this!” she says forwarding a dress to Swara after she has arranged her room and going to Swara’s room.

Swara immediately hugs Ragini.

“I Love You!” says Swara breaking her hug.

Ragini smiles.

“Who is it?” Ragini asks as she starts making Swara’s room also fine.

“Well papa has asked to meet him. I didn’t ask for name yet. Will ask while going.” Says Swara.

“And I didn’t get the update. Wow!” Ragini says looking at her pointedly.

“You look so tired now a days. I could see you always low as well. I tried talking to you but you always said nothing. How would you think I would come and share such news to you?” Swara says.

Ragini sighs. Swara looks at her.

“Not today!” Ragini says.

“See!” Swara complains.

“You get ready. I am tired. Enjoy!” saying Ragini leaves.

She lays on her bed and keeps remembering all the things happened that day. It’s a big tiring day for her. Her phone beeped and she knows it’s his text. She opened the message and saw it but no reply like everyday. After few seconds she got another text.

‘If you hide your seen in WhatsApp doesn’t mean you didn’t read the text. I know you read it. Reply me or else I will come there.’ It stated.

Ragini switches off her phone and lays on the bed.

“Now I am not going to leave until I get your love back my Jaan. I am coming!” he says to himself looking at his wallpaper which he captured the previous day when she was laughing along with Sanskar.

“Enough of these painful days for both of us. I promise no more pain. It would be all Love!” he says as he kisses his screen which has her photo.

Ragini suddenly opens her eyes feeling some touch. She looks around and sighs seeing no one. She again closes her eyes but couldn’t sleep. She keeps moving from one side to another side on the bed when she hears some noise from her room’s window. She understood he is here. She closes her eyes and pretends to be sleeping.

Laksh enters the room and looks at her who is acting to sleep. He thinks that she is sleeping for real and sits beside her carefully without disturbing her. He slowly puts his hand on her head and caresses her hair.

“You look just like a baby when you sleep. So cute and peaceful. Cute bacha!” he smiles whispering.

Ragini controls herself from opening her eyes.

“I actually decided to stay here whole night and sort out all things. But you are sleeping and I couldn’t wake you my bacha. So I will stay here for few minutes talk to you and go without disturbing you. We will talk all other things tomorrow.” He says seeing her cute sleeping face.

“First thing I wanted to say was I got a job due to which I can guarantee myself that I can take care of you no matter what. I wanted to share it with you tonight but you are asleep. So the first thing tomorrow I am going to do is saying this to you.” He sighs as he couldn’t share his happiness with her sooner.

He bends to her and kisses her forehead lovingly which makes Ragini shiver and open her eyes. He moves away.

“You are awake?” he asks.

She looks away but he smiles. He bends again and kisses her forehead again. She closes her eyes this time feeling his love. His smile widens as he saw her.

“Go to sleep!” he whispers to her and about to go but she holds his hand.

“I am awake. Tell me what you want to.” She says as she sits.

“Go to sleep love. The main thing I want to tell you reached you. So have tight sleep and…” he stops and moves close to her.

“Laksh’s dreams!” he says smirking.

She could feel a light blush on her cheeks which she ignored taking a deep breathe. Laksh saw her blush and moves away smiling at her. He was about to go out of the window when she called him.

“Laksh!” she calls him.

He turns to her with bright smile.

“Careful!” she says with concern.

He nods smiling but he is dancing in his brain as she showed her concern. He left and Ragini couldn’t help but smile like an idiot. She closes her eyes and goes to sleep. Laksh on the other hand also went to sleep remembering Ragini with smile on his face.

She entered MM smiling and got pulled by Sanskar who is acting to be mad in front of everyone. Ragini was about to fall because of his speed but Laksh who is behind them held her before she could fall.

“Bhai careful. She would have got hurt.” Says Laksh angrily holding Ragini protectively in his embrace.

Sanskar angrily pushes him and takes Ragini away. Laksh gets shocked. But he gets more angry and moves towards them again.

“Laksh no!” Says Ragini as she saw him who is about to pull her again.

Laksh stops and looks away controlling his anger. Ragini goes along with Sanskar to the dining area. Laksh sighs and goes back of them.

“Ragini we need to talk please.” He asks as he reached there.

“Laksh it’s time Sanskar has to have his food. What’s so hurry?” asks Dp.

“Papa somebody can feed him. I need to talk to Ragini NOW!” He says.

Dp glares him but Laksh doesn’t budge. Sanskar is frowning as he heard him. He signs Ragini to go without anybody’s knowledge. Ragini sighs.

“Fine Laksh. Let’s go. Aadharsh bhayya please feed Sanskar for now.” Says Ragini.

He nods and she goes with Laksh.

“What is it Laksh?” she asks angrily.

He moves close to her and hugs her tight. Ragini gets shocked. She stood like a statue. Laksh’s eyes turned teary.

“I Love You Ragini. I can’t afford to lose you!” he whispers.

Ragini could figure out his voice. She breaks the hug and looks at him.

“Laksh what happened?” she asks concerned.

He looks away and just shakes his head.

“Laksh!” she calls him again.

“No… nothing. Leave it.” He says wiping off his tears.

Ragini looks on.

“Let us talk for what I have got you here. Come sit.” He says making her sit on the couch in his room.

He sits infront of her on the table. He then holds her hands in his hands. She is looking at him.

“Well… it’s about my job. I got job in Bangalore. And I need to go in fifteen days.” He says.

Ragini gets shocked.

“And… I want us to go together. So I want to asks you…” saying he sits on his knees in front of her.

“Will You Marry Me Ragini?” He asks forwarding a ring to her.

Ragini looks at him for few seconds while Laksh keeps looking at her for answer.

“Laksh… I… Already told you I don’t want to.” She says.

Laksh slowly stands up from his place.

“Why?” he asks with choking voice.

Ragini stays silent.

“It’s because I hurt you. Isn’t it?” Laksh asks wiping his tears.

Ragini stays silent again. He bends towards her and speaks looking into her eyes.

“Right?” he asks again.

Ragini just keeps looking at him but stays silent.

“You don’t want to answer. But I think… I can figure it out. Not that you don’t love me. Your eyes, they scream love for me. You get affected by my closeness. You don’t even look uncomfortable when I am around you. I can figure it out. But you are angry because I didn’t say a word to papa when he was breaking the engagement and also for being selfish at the time of Sanskar bhai. I understand. You deserve to be angry.” He says as a tear escapes his eye and falls on Ragini’s face.

He takes his hand to her face and wipes it off.

“So now I have a really big work to do before I leave. I have really less time. So I myself is putting a target of a week to pacify you and I promise to make you yourself to ask me to marry you. I promise.” He says determined seeing into her eyes.

He moves away from her as he said what he wants to say.

“So you are saying you will force me!” Ragini comments.

Laksh clenches his wrist and looks at her with red eyes. He then chuckles sadly.

“I may be idiot, stupid, impulsive but not a jerk.” He says looking at her and goes from there into his bathroom.

Ragini’s eyes flow with tears which she wipes off taking a deep breathe. Laksh stands under his shower and let’s his tears flow.

The whole day both of them were very gloomy.

****

Next day Laksh got down for having breakfast. He looks around of not finding her.

“Ma where is Ragini?” he asks.

“She didn’t come bhai. She isn’t well.” Says Uttara before Ap could answer.

Laksh just ran out of the house, taking his car he drove as fast as he could. He reached baadi and moved into Ragini’s house. He found dadi sitting in the hall.

“Dadi where is Ragini?” he asks.

Dadi looks at him and before she could answer Swara who has come answers him.

“In her room Laksh!” Says Swara gaining a glare from Dadi.

Laksh just ran towards her room to see it empty. He looks around for her and just then he hears a door opening sound. He turns to see her look weakly coming out of the bathroom. He rushes to her and holds her through shoulders. She looks at him and then front. He makes her sit on the bed.

“What’s wrong bacha?” he asks as he holds her hands.

“I think it’s food poisoning!” she says.

“Vomitings?” he asks.

“And Loose Motions!” she says.

“You took medicine?” he asks.

She nods.

“Let’s go to doctor!” he says holding her hand.

“No I will be fine. I just need rest!” she says.

“No we are going. That’s all.” He says.

“Laksh It’s just…” she says but gets interrupted.

“It’s not just Ragini. It’s your health.” He says concerned.

“I took medicine. If still there is no change then we will go. Just let us wait for sometime.” She explains.

He sighs and nods.

“You lay down. I will be back in five minutes.” He says.

She nods. He was about to leave when he heard a voice. He closes his eyes being irritated and huffs.

“Dost!” calling Sanskar enters into the room along with Aadharsh.

Laksh glares Sanskar and moves from there. He goes towards Kitchen ignoring dadi who is calling him. There he sees Sharmishta.

“Ma can you help me?” he asks.

“Laksh! Ofcourse what do you what?” she says.

He asks what he wants. And she gives him.

“This would give her some energy and rehydrate her.” He says and goes from there making an ORS.

He enters the room to see Sanskar sitting beside her holding her hand. He clenches his fist and moves close to her.

“Bhai move. I need to make her drink this.” He says.

“I… will!” Sanskar says pointing towards him.

“Bhai she isn’t well and please don’t irritate me. Aadharsh bhayya please tell him.” Says Laksh.

Aadharsh moves to Sanskar and asks him to come. Sanskar moves from there and Laksh sits beside Ragini.

“Have this bacha. It might help you.” He says.

He makes her drink that while Ragini kept staring his concerned face. Aadharsh and Sanskar share a smile to each other. Aadharsh intentionally clears his throat making both RagLak look away. Laksh places the glass aside.

“Ragini take care. We will leave now.” Aadharsh says.

Sanskar waves his hand to Ragini to which she responds back smiling.

“Laksh are you coming?” Aadharsh asks.

“No bhayya. You go!” he says.

Aadharsh holds Sanskar’s hand and leaves.

“Come on lay down. It’s resting time.” He says.

Ragini lays on the bed and keeps staring him. He closes her eyes with his palm. He slowly pats her head. Making sure she slept he moves out of the room.

****

Evening he reached home and was about to move into his room when he heard the word Dost. He peeped into Sanskar’s room to see Sanskar talking in phone while Sujatha is beside him. He stood there till the phone gets cut and then he immediately calls her.

“You could have atleast informed me how you are feeling now!” he says as soon as she takes the call.

“I am feeling good Laksh.” She says.

“Pakka? No more vomitings or…” he gets interrupted by her.

“Yes everything is fine. Just feeling a bit weak but would be fine by morning.” She says.

“Okay then if you aren’t resting now I want you to do something for me.” He says.

She frowns.

“What’s it?” she asks.

“Use your whole memory power and remember what all you had yesterday! List them out and send me!” he says.

“What if I don’t do?” she asks frowning.

“Then in an hour there will be a doctor in your house with an injection and glucose so that you can get fine by tonight. Wow great idea, isn’t it? You don’t need to wait till morning to get fine.” He says.

Ragini gulps hearing the word injection.

“I know already what is the cause.” She says biting her nails.

“What is it?” asks Laksh frowning.

“I had some road side food along with Swara yesterday evening.” She says.

“Wowww! She is doing all fine but you have to go through these all. She does every stupid thing but you have to suffer. Ahhhh!” he shouts in irritation.

“But she wasn’t fine whole night. She couldn’t sleep too.” She says innocently.

‘Who cares!’ Laksh thinks in his mind.

“Now go to rest!” he says changing the topic.

“Only if you allow me to. You are talking to me since half an hour for your information.” She says twisting her lips.

“Yeah go to sleep. I am coming in few minutes. If I find you awake you will be getting injection.” He says strictly.

“Wait… why are you coming? I am fine!” she says.

“Hello… hello… I can’t hear you.. hello Ragini…. Hello!” he cuts the call rolling his eyes.

He takes his car keys and runs down stairs to get called by Dp. He huffs and looks at him.

“Where are you going again Laksh? You just came home since you left in the morning.” Dp asks.

“I have some work papa. Will come later.” Saying he goes not even letting Dp talk again.

“This boy is getting more and more careless. I need to look after this.” Whispers Dp to himself.

Laksh reaches Ragini’s room to see her sleeping. He moves towards her and checks whether she slept really or acting like before. But he felt her sleeping peacefully. He smiles seeing her face. He  cups her face and caresses her cheek.

“This smile on your face can take away all my worries. I don’t know how that happens but it does.” He says caressing her cheek.

She moves lightly in sleep while pats her head making sure she doesn’t get disturbed.

“I hurt you a lot na. I am sorry for everything. I am such a stupid that I didn’t see how beautiful you are both in and out. I can’t be any more lucky than this. You are the best thing that had happened to me Ragini. I Love You!” Saying he kisses her forehead lovingly.

He sits beside her staring her and caressing her hair. After sometime he jumps out of the window and goes back home.

****

“Start!” Sanskar whispers.

Ragini nods her head.

“Sanskar you shouldn’t do like that. Leave my hand.” Ragini says.

“No… no… no… you tell me you will not go leaving me. Then I will leave your hand.” Says Sanskar adamantly.

“Sanskar!” Ragini calls his name again.

Laksh enters the room as he saw Sanskar not leaving her hand.

“What happened Ragini?” he asks.

“It seems he heard chachi and Uttara talking about Uttara will get married and go. So he asked me whether I will also go after getting married. I said yes. And he started being adamant that I shouldn’t leave him and go.” Ragini explains.

“Bhai leave her hand.” Laksh says.

“No… no… I will leave only if she says she won’t leave me.” Sanskar says.

“She will leave you once she gets married to me. So get that clear. Leave her.” Laksh says angrily.

Sanskar frowns.

“Where will you go?” he asks normally this time.

“We will go to Bang…” Laksh stops realising Sanskar spoke normal.

“Wait… you… are normal!” he speaks being shocked.

Sanskar looks on. Laksh immediately hugs him happily.

“You are fine bhai! You are fine!” he says happily.

Sanskar smiles and hugs him back.

“I am fine Lucky!” He says.

Laksh breaks the hug.

“How?” Laksh asks confused.

“First you answer me. Where will you go?” asks Sanskar.

“I… I got job in Bangalore. I should join next Monday.” He says.

“You told none about it. Great!” Sanskar glares him.

“I told to Ragini!” he says innocently looking at her.

Ragini glares him.

“Then what about others?” asks Sanskar glaring him.

“I thought of telling everyone once Ragini says okay for marrying me.” Laksh says.

“Why will she say okay to marry you when she loves me?” Sanskar asks.

Laksh looks at him wide eyes. He then looks at Ragini who is looking down. She is controlling her smile of tease.

“Ragini!” Laksh calls her painfully.

She controlling her smile looks at him.

“Is it true?” he asks painfully.

Ragini stays silent.

“Please answer me. Please!” He requests her.

Ragini stays silent again.

“Does this silence means he is saying truth? If he is saying truth then what was that I saw in your eyes for me Ragini?” he asks as tears flow from his eyes.

“Lucky you must have misunderstood her.” Sanskar says.

“You stay out of it you betrayer!” Laksh speaks angrily.

“Oh please Lucky! When you got chance you missed it. Why would I leave a chance to get such a beautiful soul? So I just did what I can do to get her.” Sanskar says back.

“Means it was all acting!” Laksh says realising now.

“Ofcourse it is!” Sanskar says.

“And she knows!” he adds.

Laksh looks broken.

“Ragini!” Laksh calls her one last time to just confirm it from her.

He doesn’t want to believe what his brother is saying. He always felt her love. Ragini looked above at him and yet her eyes screamed love for him.

“Are those eyes lying even now or is it my misunderstanding?” he asks staring into her eyes.

“Ragini I think you are hesitating to tell him. Let’s do one thing. We both will forward our hands to you. You hold the one whom you love.” Sanskar says.

Laksh kept staring her and forwards his hand hoping one last time that he would get his love back. Sanskar also forwards his hand. Ragini looks at their hands and then at Laksh who is staring her with teary eyes. She then turns her head to Sanskar who winks at her smirking as Laksh is just staring her. Ragini controls her smile and raises both her hands above their hands. She moves her hand which is above Sanskar’s a little down making Laksh loose his hope. He takes away his hand but felt it being held by other hand. He looks at the hands and his eyes started flowing. He just pulls her and hugs her tight sobbing in her embrace.

“You scared me! I would have died!” he says hugging her tight.

She hits him lightly.

“Do not talk about death!” she says angrily.

He just hugs her tight.

“Don’t kill her!” Sanskar comments.

Laksh looks at him breaking the hug. Ragini hits Sanskar in his stomach.

“You scared him idiot!” She says angrily.

“Oh please! He deserves it!” Sanskar says.

Laksh is just staring Ragini who is smiling at Sanskar shaking her head.

“You were testing me, aren’t you?” Laksh asks.

Ragini looks at him.

“Couldn’t afford to have heart break. I am not that strong.” She says looking at him.

“I swear I won’t!” he pinches his neck looking at her like a kid.

Ragini hugs him again tight smiling.

“I Love You Laksh!” she finally confesses.

“I Love You too Ragini! I Love You too!” Laksh says happily hugging her tight.

“Will You marry me?” Ragini asks.

Laksh smiles and nods vigorously.

“And you won! You made me ask you for marriage!” says Ragini blushing lightly.

Laksh smiles and kisses her cheek making her wide eyed and Sanskar chuckles disturbing their moment. Laksh huffs as Ragini moves away from Laksh. Sanskar smiles.

“I think my work is done here. I could go back now!” Sanskar says.

Laksh looks at him and then Ragini. Sanskar smiles sheepishly and explains how Aadharsh has planned to make Laksh jealous and make him realise that Ragini is the one for him.

“I deserve it!” Laksh says looking down.

Sanskar hits Laksh’s head lightly and hugs him tight.

“And you deserve her as well!” He says.

Laksh smiles looking at Ragini who smiled back at him.

“And now Ragini help me in packing. I badly need to leave now. She needs me.” Sanskar says.

“Who needs you?” Laksh asks.

“Kusum!” he says sighing.

“What happened to her?” Laksh asks confused.

“Well there was this guy who wanted her to marry him. Since she said no he tried to kill her by stabbing her. By the time I reach the place of accident she has head injuries and so much of blood loss. She is in coma now!” Sanskar says.

“That is the reason you haven’t returned after you went on that day. But why didn’t you even call me bhai?” Laksh asks.

“Bade papa has already made a big scene on that day just because I said no to marry with that girl whom he selected for me. So I wrote the letter and went. But I was in touch with Aadharsh bhayya. When he needed me he called me.” Sanskar says.

Laksh nods understanding.

“I think you should inform atleast chachi that you are fine.” Ragini speaks.

“I am thinking to tell everybody. I don’t want to keep things secret anymore. Once Kusum gets fine I would be coming back and try to make Bade papa agree for our marriage. Good thing is that Kusum has been showing improvements since few days.” Sanskar says smiling.

Laksh nods.

“So let’s go and tell everyone then.” Ragini says and intentionally holds Sanskar’s hands.

“Not going to work any more Ragini!” Laksh says shaking his head and walking front leaving both Ragini and Sanskar behind to prove his point.

Both of them laugh and follow him. Ragini moves front and holds Laksh’s hand while he smiles.

Sanskar is being fed lots of his favourite food as he told what all happened. While everybody is smiling at his mother who is taunting as well as showering him all the love.

“Mom I will come back again. You don’t need to feed me all that I need for whole life!” Sanskar comments making everyone laugh.

“I will go now Ma!” Ragini says.

“Ragini beta I have called your dadi and parents. They are coming. We will talk about your marriage today itself.” Dp says.

Ragini smiles and nods. Laksh smiles.

“Oye Lucky you need to tell something to everyone.” Sanskar shouts from dining area.

Everybody looks at Laksh. Laksh looks at all.

“Please stop seeing me like that. You are scaring me.” Laksh says gulping seeing their looks which looked like glaring to him.

“What is it Laksh?” Asks Dp angrily.

“Papa I got job in Bangalore. Should be going by next Monday. I want Ragini and me to get married by then!” He says in one go closing his eyes tight.

After saying he doesn’t listen any voice and slowly opens his eyes to see his father in front of him. He gulps seeing his father’s angry face. Dp raises his hand. Laksh thinks he is going to hit him and gets ready but gets a pat on his head.

“I am proud of you Laksh!” Dp says.

Ragini smiles happily while Laksh is looking at Dp with open mouth.

“Laksh bhayya close your mouth or else mosquitoes will be coming for vacation!” Uttara says teasingly.

Laksh immediately closes his mouth while everybody laugh. Laksh smiles at Dp and takes his blessings.

“Thank You papa!” Laksh says.

Dp pats his cheek smiling. Dp then looks at Ragini smiling. Ragini smiles back at him.

***

Everybody is discussing about RagLak’s marriage. Ragini is standing between Laksh and Swara. Laksh is holding her hand protectively while listening to elders. Ragini thinks something.

“Laksh I will just come.” She whispers.

He frowns and signs ‘what?’ She makes a puppy face. He rolls his eyes and leaves her hand. Ragini pulls Swara along with her.

“Swara you will help me!” Ragini states as they moved far from everyone.

Swara looks questioningly. Ragini whispers something in her ears. Swara looks confused.

“But why?” she asks.

“Do what I say!” Ragini says.

Swara shrugs and moves towards Laksh. She stands beside him and puts her elbow on his shoulder.

“So finally decided to get responsible Mr. Idiot?” she says as she kept her elbow on his shoulder.

Laksh moves away from her making her slip but she composes and stands properly.

“Learn how to behave with your jiju Miss. Swara. Maintain distance!” he says and goes from there with irritated face.

Swara looks at him with open mouth while Ragini laughs silently.

‘Now everything is cleared Mr. Laksh Maheshwari!’ she thinks in her mind smiling and looking at the way Laksh went.

She went and stood beside Swara again.

“What was that?” Asks Swara as Ragini stood beside her.

“You may call it some Test!” Ragini says with teasing smile.

“Eh?” Swara asks confused.

“I got what I wanted Miss. Swara. You don’t take tension.” Ragini says.

Swara shrugs and they continue listening to elders.

****

“You? What are you doing here?” asks Swara angrily looking at Laksh.

“What are you doing in my girl’s room first of all?” Laksh asks angrily.

Ragini hits her own head as they both might get Laksh caught. She immediately rushes towards Laksh and closes his mouth.

“Shh! You will get caught Laksh. Calm down!” Ragini says.

Laksh removes her hand from his mouth and pulls her holding her waist.

“As you say my bacha!” he whispers joining his forehead with hers.

Ragini smiles listening him.

“Awww! Chooo cute!” Swara exclaims looking at both of them dreamily.

“Why the hell do you have to spoil our moment Swara!” Laksh almost screams.

Ragini closes his mouth again.

“Lakshhh!” Ragini whines.

“Why do you not want us to get caught? You are speaking as if I have entered into some other person’s wife’s room. I am in my wife’s room. What’s wrong?” Laksh asks as he removes her hand from his mouth again.

“Is it? Let me call Dadi then.” Swara says.

“Why can’t she get lost Ragini?” Laksh asks irritated.

“Dadi ma knowing you has kept her as security since we shouldn’t be meeting each other till tomorrow according to our kundlis.” Ragini says.

“Staying with this girl you also have become idiot. We are married and dadi ma wants us to stay away. That’s not fair! And you didn’t realise it.” Laksh says pouting.

“Aww! Just few hours. For me please!” she makes a puppy face.

Laksh melts.

“Fine!” he hugs her tight and goes from there kissing her cheek before leaving.

Ragini blushes while Swara laughs seeing her red face. Ragini glares her while Swara hugs her.

“I am so happy for you!” says Swara hugging tight.

****

“Welcome to our home Bacha!” he says as he back hugged her.

They just entered their new house at Bangalore. Ragini smiles.

“You like it?” he asks.

Ragini nods smiling and looking around. He turns her towards him and holds her through waist.

“I Love You Ragini!” He says joining his forehead with hers.

“I Love You too Laksh!” she replies pecking his lips.

Laksh smiles and hugs her protectively. Ragini hugs back tight smiling happily.

The end!

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Dharani (Dhaరणि)