The Promise ~ Part 1

"Please you two accept your relationship!!!" Sai shouted at Virat at her top of lungs in front of the whole family.

Sai, who had seen her husband accepting that he had promised Pakhi that he wouldn't give any girl a place in her heart, couldn't keep herself okay. The delusion that their marriage could be a real one, they could be the real husband and wife not a deal one. She could see the attraction, intensity, attachment and might be for sometime...love.. in her husband's eyes. But then, her delusions got broken as she saw her husband with the woman he...lo..ved. She didn't want to believe that her husband was still in love with that woman but everything she wished wouldn't be true. But, she now had to be strong, strong enough to not let her heart break into pieces. She knew the promise, but she never knew that the promise would hurt her one day like this. 

"Please!! Virat sir! Please Pakhi didi. Please tell the family at least now. " Sai almost broke down telling that. 

Virat witnessing Sai breaking down, ran to her to hug her! But Sai stopped him midway by putting her hand in the middle. "No thanks Mr. Virat Chavan!! I can handle myself." Sai replied sternly while wiping her lone tear.

"Sai! I can make you understand, please listen to me." Virat pleaded with her for the last time.

"What to listen to? I've been asking you since last night. Still you're not telling me anything! What more to listen to!!! Just tell!!" Sai yelled finally at Virat . "Okay don't tell me anything!" Sai took some pause to calm down. "You do not need to tell me anything, tell your family about the past between you and Pakhi di. That would be enough for me. " Sai folded her hands at the last part of the sentence.

"Sai!! Now you're going further!" Virat too didn't stop. "You know I was to tell you all the things but now I've decided to tell you nothing. Do think whatever you think. " Virat too stubbornly refused to tell her anything .

"Okay! You don't tell me anything! I'm happy!" Sai answered, wiping her tears trying not to be affected, "Okay! But since you are not telling anything to anyone or don't want to make any amends, then why am I here?" Sai questioned while her eyes were red due to tears.

"You're fit and fine now. No sign of hurt and pain in your body ." Sai told as she gestured her hands to show that he's okay. 

"No Sai, I'm not! I may be fit and fine physically but I am wounded in my heart." Virat thought. "But why are you not understanding! That promise holds nothing now. I wish I could tell you! But why are you not understanding?" Virat thought. 

"Since you're fit and fine, I'm returning to the hostel today." Sai announced, hiding her tears, "..And no one will stop me.." She told the last line and went upstairs almost running to pack her bags. 

Sai couldn't reach her room, before that she broke down. She broke down on the doorstep but as soon as she could see Virat coming towards her, she composed herself and went inside the room to pack her luggage.

Here, Virat hurriedly went towards their room, to talk to her, to stop her. But he himself didn't know what he would do to convince her to stop.

"Sai! Sai! " Virat called her loudly as he saw she's packing her luggage. He went towards her and stopped midway by holding her arm.

"Sai! Listen to me.. Please don't leave me." Virat pleaded as he pulled Sai towards him.

"There's nothing to listen to now…" Sai tried to jerk herself from his hold . "Leave me Mr. Virat Chavan!" Sai said in anger.

The word "Virat Chavan" made Virat shocked, he loosened his grip, from which Sai distangled herself and went back to packing.

Virat, out of shock and despair, couldn't decipher anything. He started taking small steps behind and sat down in the bed with a thud. 

Sai went out with her bag. Aai and Mohit tried to stop her but couldn't. There, Virat in the room broke down feeling the emptiness of the room and his life and Sai broke down feeling the emptiness in her heart..

"Why?" They both thought in unison!

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Two days passed. In those two days, Virat tried every possible way to contact Sai. But everytime he called, his phone was cut off. Messages were delivered but not read, he even went to her hostel to get a glimpse of her but Alas! He never got..

It was another day or say evening, when Virat came back from the police station and slumped down in the bed. He kept his hand on his forehead and went over his thoughts about Sai.

"Godu.." Ashwini's call broke Virat's thoughts. 

"Yes Aai." Virat replied as he tried to collect himself.

"May I come inside?" Ashwini asked her son who she couldn't see him in despair.

"Yes, Aai. Why not." Virat hurriedly replied and tried to make himself normal.

Ashiwini came inside the room and sat down near Virat and held him by the shoulder, giving him the much needed support.

As soon as his mother touched him, Virat just broke down in her arms. Ashwini hugged him tightly and let him cry, letting him go off his burden.

"Sshh..Bada...Shh...Godu... Shhh.."Ashwini tried to calm him down. 

After a while, Virat calmed down and let his head rest on his mother's lap.

"Godu..I won't beat around the bush so I am telling you, I knew the truth between you and Patralekha. " Ashwini replied as sternly as she could be while caressing his head. 

"Aai.." Virat sprang up from his position and was a bit shocked knowing the truth.

Ashwini made Virat lay down again and started to tell Virat, "I won't tell how I got to know the truth but yes, I knew the truth before your marriage. But I never knew that you promised something like that to Patralekha. Why Godu? At least tell your mother." 

"Aai.." Virat replied meekly, "Aai I gave that promise to save Jeeva's marriage. I heard and saw how Jeeva was delighted with his marriage and would be the bride. But the day I reached her home with Haldi, I was shocked to see Patralekha. She requested me to call off the marriage, but I... couldn't. I couldn't let go of Jeeva's happiness, I couldn't let go. So at the night of Sangeet, I gave her the promise that I won't let anyone else enter into my heart...I just gave her the promise for Jeeva's happiness." Virat finally told his mother the backdrop of his story ..

"I never knew, the promise would create so much havoc in our life, otherwise I would have not. Now when I look back, it felt like a foolish move done by me to get the happiness for Jeeva...a foolish move, without thinking it's repercussions." Virat, finally bared his heart to his mother.

" Today this promise created havoc in Sai's and my life that I don't know what to do, what to do .." Virat again broke down in his Aai's lap. 

After some time, Aai spoke, "So why are you not telling this to Sai? You know that she's visibly hurt because of the promise thing and that's why she left you. Just go and tell her."

"That's not easy Aai. I don't know what she thinks of me. I don't know what she feels for me. It's so complicated and I don't want to increase the complications. " Virat spoke frustrated.

"Bada..She loves you, that's why she's hurt. She's possessive for you. Why don't you understand? She's not hurt because of the promise you gave but because of the consequence of the promise, she can't fall for you. You go and tell her that the promise doesn't hold any value now, you love her. You will see, my daughter won't stop herself from coming back with you." Ashwini tried to put some determination in her son.

" No Aai. She doesn't! She herself tells me I can't love her! She always tells me she'll leave the house once she's a doctor, and now you're telling me she loves me, and she's possessive for me!" Virat spoke out frustrated.

"Godu…" Ashwini tried to be patient with her son, "Just go and talk with her. I'm 100% sure my daughter loves you. Just go!" Ashwini encouraged Virat.

"If you say so Aai" , Virat got up determined, "Sai Joshi! Be ready to face your feelings." He said grinning while taking the keys of his car and went downstairs.

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Hey guys presenting a new TS on Sairat which I published in India Forums. Do vote and comment if you like the part 1. Will publish the second part soon