'Chotte!!!'

'Arnav Bitwa!!!'

'Bhai'

'Nanav'

'ASR'

'Arnav Babua'

But Arnav heard nothing, he is hurt. He is hurt with the way they had hurt him in past with their unforgettable and unforgivable cursing words, he is hurt with the way everyone forgot him when all he was aching for his love and his family struggling to live alone, he is hurt the way they had behaved with him after Khushi had brought him, he is hurt with the way they had behaved with him as if he is nonliving thing or not even present in this house or around them, he is hurt with all to never think of him when all he did is think and live his every minute for them, securing them, working like a maniac for them, caring for them, protecting them, and he is very much hurt to be compared with his good for nothing father. Very much to see they had how conveniently forget him and moved on as if he is disgust, those accusing, disgusting eyes.

Anjali limped towards him 'Chotte.....'

Arnav 'Arnav, it is Arnav for you Ms. Raizada'

She looked at him wide eye, Arnav 'I'm Arnav or ASR or Mr. Raizada for you all'

Akash 'bhai.....'

Nani 'please forgive us, Cho....' She stopped when he looked at her with blank eyes.

Maami 'hello hi bye bye humein maaf kardio'

Maama 'we did not know such conspiracy was happening under our nose'

Anjali 'and we never thought Sheethal....' She shakes her head not able to still come to accept the truth of what Sheethal did.

Gupta's, NK and Lavanya looked at him with guilty face asked for his forgiveness to hurt him without knowing the truth.

Arnav looked at all of them calm and composed 'I forgive you all *looking at everyone* because you all did not know the truth. But I cannot forget what you people have said. Each and every word still rings in my ear, you all were being judgmental on me and I realized it then how much it hurts to hear such words. Hurt caused by words are too painful then anything else. Once I was judgmental towards Khushi and paid the price when I was kidnapped struggling to safe myself, and a year back you all were convicting your verdict on me which I and Khushi paid with the external force playing major role. I can forgive the mistake of getting me wrong but I cannot forget the way I was cursed compared each day with slum of my father....I cannot forget the way you all compared my love was compared to that man's infidelity towards his wife......I just cannot.....'

He left the place to the confine of his room, he wanted to say so much....so much about how it had hurted him every minute he lived here, every minute his brothers treated him as not fit to be around them in office, every minute he was brushed off like a stranger, every minute he was taunted, every minute his love for his Khushi was questioned, every minute of them judging his love for her and how she should have been better without him or worst she should have been with someone better, every minute he looked at Khushi's painful eyes whenever she witnessed to the cold and indifference behavior of their family, every minute when she cried for him, every minute when she was sandwiched between him and their family, there are so many every minute he was hurt with every second living in this house getting difficult to breathe.

In Living room,

Anjali looking at Khushi helplessly 'Khushi ji!!!'

Khushi, her eyes filled with love for her man and pity for the family. They did so wrong to him even after her repeatedly explaining to them not to do so....She knew her love can never be wrong only if they had listened to her.

Khushi 'I'm sorry Di. He is very hurt. Give him sometime' She too left for her room, her husband needs her the most now.

Maami turning to Dhruv 'Hello hi bye bye why did you not tell us all this before'

Dhruv 'I...I tried Maa...but no one was ready to listen to me anything about Arnav. Then thought to first find him then to clear everything with him and the family' but what should I tell them all....in the course of time his feelings towards Khushi shifted from something to something else. How should he tell he liked to see the bonding of her with his son as his mother figure or a mother? How should he tell he did not know when his emotion towards her started shifting from a mere Arnav's lover and wife to expect something for him? He thought with time Khushi too will forget Arnav and like he had noticed his families wishing them to get together could happen. Even though one side of his mind wished for this selfishly but other part in him wanted to see the true happiness in Khushi's life, and to see Arnav and her together. Because he knows it is wrong, one person's wrong deed is enough to destroy the family not him too. So he stepped back, settled his mind with being happy to see Arnav and Khushi are back together and happy.

Khushi hugged Arnav from behind, her heart hurting for him. Arnav pulled her before him, looking down at her soulful eyes "I am alright Khushi."

Khushi did not say anything instead just hugged him in silence.

"Khushi!!!"

"hmmm"

"Ab mujhse yahan raha nahin jata (I can't live here anymore)"

Khushi looked at him silently letting him pour his heart out, Arnav "I feel suffocated here. Will you support me Khushi?"

Cupping his face "Hamesha, koi shak" (Always, any doubt?)

Arnav "Then let us leave here. Away from everyone to our world, only US."

Khushi "When should we leave?"

Hugging her close he whispered "as soon as possible, first we need to look for another place."

Khushi "No need, Shantivan is empty. The house is waiting for its owner."

Arnav "But Khushi, how can we go there? It is in Nani's name."

Khushi "I bought it from her in our name when they decided to sell it." Looking at his surprised expression she nodded smiling "You built that house with so many dreams and love, even though it was for your family then but it was something you were proud about. How can I let it go to someone else?"

His eyes tearing, he looked at her with wonder. How did he got so lucky in getting her in his life? Surely, it is his mother who would have sent her in his colorless life. His Angel, all his, only his.

Next day afternoon,

Without letting anyone know they left to Shantivan. Last night itself Khushi had called the caretaker to instruction. Before moving into Shantivan permanently they had planned to make few changes and already Aman has been instructed to appoint interior designing team.

Now after looking around the whole house, instructing the designers what changes needs to be done, after looking through the designs and had selected few designs while giving new ideas.

Khushi "how much time it will take?"

Designing Team Leader "In a month mam. That is only after hiring more workers for this project. Redesigning the whole house will take time."

Arnav "No, that does not go well with our plan. We are planning to shift as soon as possible."

Khushi "How about first finish our room, kitchen, study?"

Arnav "Yes, hire as many workers for your help but the work should be completed soon, money is not a problem."

Team Leader "Alright ASR."

The interior designing team left from there.

Arnav "Khushi as soon as our room is ready let us shift here." Even if he said to her, he is concerned about her too. Khushi cupping his face "Okay Arnav ji.....now don't look at me like that. I can guess you are worried about me....my feelings. Arnav ji you are my life. You come first then only me and others for me. And we are not going to leave the city shifting to another city, we and our family will be in the same city so we will visit each other often. So, don't worry."

Hugging her close "Thank you Khushi" kissing his cheek "Aap ke liye kuch bhi" (for you anything)

Arnav "and for you too anything, Love"

Khushi that evening informed the family members their decision leaving the family shocked. They know they were wrong and feeling guilty but Arnav and Khushi shifting to another house is upsetting them.

Anjali "Khushi ji, why? We all can live in this house. Please don't leave from here."

Akash "Khushi ji, we agree we were wrong, we hurt you and bhai lot. But how can you both decide to leave this house?"

Nani "betiya, we are ashamed and we know Arnav bitwa will not forgive us but........" she could not continue further, Maami putting her hands around her shoulder "Khushi, he don't have to forgive us. We don't deserve that after hurting him so much but please don't go from here."

Garima taking her hand "Betiya please talk to him."

NK "Khushi ji please........"

Khushi shaking her head "No, I am with him."

Payal "Khushi?"

Khushi "Di...Jiji...do you think it is easy for him? His own family abandoned him. For what? Because he was saving me and his family. Di, I agree you all were angry with him for deserting me on the mandap but it was wrong of you to cut him off from your life. You even compared him with your father whom he hates the most. Who snatched his mother and his childhood from him? How he would have felt it? In his own house, his own family members treated him worse than enemy. Di, he had always thought about you first and this family next, doing everything for you all and in all this he never thought about himself. Di, you know he married me the first time only for you.....yes we had feelings for each other but it got suppressed in the misunderstanding created by Shyam and he not even thinking about himself married me so he could protect your world. And what did you do? The brother who lived his life for you, whose only goal was to see you always happy, in return all he got was betrayal when you chose your husband over him, not believing him. Di, you even were meeting Shyam behind Arnav ji, what did he do? When he came to know about it even though hurt, he understood you and forgive you. Then why did you turn away from him when he needed you the most. Di, it was not easy for him coming to know about your father and Amma. You above all know how much Arnav ji is attached with his mother. What if he blamed amma and did not come to mandap? If I was in his place, I would have been the same. It was not a small thing. My family blaming him, angry with him is right on their part because for them I come first but Di you did not even think about how much he must be suffering hearing the terrible truth. Di I am not saying you should have supported him but you did not even give him time to come to term about it and instead of consoling him you blamed him and judged him. I agree it was all for me, but Di you only saw my suffering but became blind to his. Instead of trying to bring us together you started matchmaking between me and NK. How would he have felt that? Why Di? Why you were not able to see his sorrow behind his anger?"

Khushi wiping her tears "What do you think Di? Why did I agreed to get married to Nanhe ji not because I was willing to move on but because I wanted Arnav ji to stop it? When I cannot see him coming to stop the marriage and instead left the place itself for somewhere I did not know what to do because no one was listening to what I want...what I wish.....so decided to end my life."

She looked at NK "Sorry Nanhe ji, do not think anything bad. You are nice man and any girl marrying you will be lucky. And Lavanya is. But for me I could not think anyone beyond Arnav ji. Khushi lives only for her Arnav ji." NK nodded understanding her.

"It was luck in my fate that I found Arnav ji in Goa. Do you know what I felt when I saw him as a waiter? When I came to know he is playing with his life? Nani....do you know he was taking cheap medicine for his daibetics because he could not afford his regular medicine. What if I had lost him? Even now thinking about it I get scared."

Khushi "When he back here with me no one in the family behaved civily with him instead wished why he came back? No one thought, where was he? How was he living? Instead they made sure to treat him like an outsider. And Jiju, Nanhe ji what did you both do when he came to AR....how you treated him? He started AR from scratch, everything you have today is all because of him, but you people were hell bent on throwing him out of his own company, questioning his authority." Akash and NK looked down ashamed not able to answer her, Khushi "I cannot expect my family to be understanding towards him but you were his family, you knew him more than anyone else, but you all turned your back on him."

Taking deep breathe she said in firm tone "all these years we lived for our family but this time we want to live for us"

Family members have nothing to say further. She left from there to the garden not wanting to go before Arnav with upset face.

"Chotte Papa" Akhilesh hesistanting voice brought him back from his thought, for some time he had been sitting by the poolside thinking how the conversation is going on between Khushi and their family.

Stretching his hand towards him who is hesitating to come forward he called softly "Come Akhi"

Akshilesh came near him, Arnav pulled him to sit on his lap, looking at his bend head he asked "Why is my Akhi upset?"

Small eyes filled with tears looked at him "Are you and Chotti Maa leaving this house?"

Arnav don't know what to say, Akhilesh "Why?" cutching his hand he shaked saying "Don't go....."

Cupping his face "Akhi stop crying first"

Akhilesh shaking his head no "I know you are leaving the house with Chotti Maa. I heard everything. I know everyone hurt you so you are going away. But I love you na. I don't want you and Chotti Maa leaving me."

Arnav hugged the little bundle, gulping "Sorry Akhi....I am so sorry...." He don't know what else to say, he can't even promise to stay back. Akhi understood his sorry, he might be small but he knew how much his family had hurt his Chotte Papa, he had himself seen it.

"I will miss you both" came his small voice.

Arnav pulling back from the hug "Akhi it just few distance from here, we will meet often, and you can always come and stay with us. What say?"

Akhilesh "But then everyone will miss me."

Smiling little "Okay then, every week for three days you come and stay with me and Khushi. This way no one will miss anyone, haina."

Akhilesh brightened at this suggestion "Okay"

Arnav "Good, and I will have a surprise for you there when you will come to stay with us."

Akhilesh "Sachhi? What is it?"

Arnav "It is surprise, and it is not ready now."

Akhilesh frowned but said "I will wait for my surprise." Getting down from his lap "I will go and say this to Papa" kissing Arnav cheek he ran to his father wanting to share what Arnav said.

"Don't cry sasuma" Maami consoled Nani patting her hand. Nani shaking her head "It is all our fauth, we left him alone, cut off our ties with him, kept on hurting him and today he is leaving us. He will never forgive us."

Anjali came and sat beside her, hugging her Nani sideways "Bas Nani.....please ab chup ho jayiye"

Dhruv looked at his family members, even though he understands their side but still he could not agree with the treatment they gave to Arnav. He had time and again tried explaining his family but all went in deaf ear, now they are feeling sorry and expecting forgiveness from Arnav just like that.

Payal looked at her mother who is so calm for some time now, she did not even utter a word after the conversation with Khushi. Coming to her side she kept her hand on her shoulder in concern "Amma?"

Garima blinked her eyes and looked at Payal who asked "Are you alright?"

Garima "What happened to me? I am fine." Then looking at others she said in firm tone "Infact I am happy."

Everyone were confused, Bua ji "Happy? Garima our Khushi is going to leave the house and you are happy?"

Garima smiling slightly "yes, in fact everyone should be happy. Is it not true whatever Khushi said? We were wrong and we should repent for it. For that why should we be hindrance between Arnav and Khushi betiya's life. They want to live their life for themselves now. Is it not good thing? Jiji, Khushi had always lived for us....it had been always for me, her babuji, her jiji, her bua ji....but never for her. If she wants to live her life now what is wrong in that? And like that for Arnav bitwa it had always been Anjali betiya and his family member. And if he is thinking to live his life now then what is wrong in that? If they live here with us, it will strain their relationship. No, I am not saying their love is weak in fact we all saw their love for each other is strong but if they remain here then I fear Khushi will be caught between the tiff between him and us. For Khushi cannot see him upset nor can she see us. Let them go...let them live. Give Arnav bitwa time, until then we should repent and never forget it ever so that we will never repeat such a mistake again."

Bua ji nodding "You are right. I did not think on this line. We will wait for Arnav bitwa to forgive us. Instead of crying let be happy for them."

Dhruv smiling came to Anjali patting her shoulder "I agree with this, it is time Khushi and Arnav live their life. Even though we are sorry, want his forgiveness but let us be happy for them and show them is past we were not there for him and Khushi but now they have us behind them. And they are not cutting off their ties with us, just shifting to another house. We all can visit each other often, have get together, right."

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