Episode 23

~Rain of Desires.~ 

Rim jhim gire sawan
Sulag sulag jaaye man
Bheege aaj is mausam main
Lagi kaisi yeh agan..

He was totally engrossed in Khushi's thoughts while standing in his office.A couple of minutes, whatever he felt, he never felt in years...What was it? A flicker of fire, a crumbling ember of a desire he never felt before, he was stunned, he was frozen, he was taken by one look of her, forgetting every challenge, every ember of anger, just Her being in front of him in the most innocent way, unaware of her beauty...He was seduced by this innocent tempting beauty, enthralled by her ignorance that she holds the power to turn him on ... a man who was surrounded by many models from tiger ranks and all was captured by this girl who was means nothing to him...

Really Farq padta hai starts here...

He needs to gain control... And what better way but to deny everything he is feeling... Push away the very cause of all this distraction...because that is what she is... A nobody... She means nothing...mujhe uss ladki ke liye bura nahin lag sakta...yeah right

 Lavanya tried to divert his attention,but his mind was blank over her actions till Khushi comes up the stairs and averts her eyes when she sees them. Lavanya accuses Khushi of spying which enrages him.

Belligerence flashing from his eyes, not because of Lavanya's words but losing his own control...He needs to gain that control which was slipping because of this girl... He knows the art of  denying every thing he was going through, or feeling about her right now... but how come he let that happen...Just because of this girl...who the heck she is?, how can she holds such power to tame him...Him, Arnav Singh Raizada...who doesn't get affected by any girl...How come? 

This will come back again during Diwali when he will cross a limit and control but then it will be too late...he will break her and himself yet to be bandaged together...

This is a beauty of IPK, the moment these two destined souls fall apart DeviMaiya brings Payal and Akash in the middle of them to bring these two stubborn together...

Every time...Har bar

oh but at this moment...nah! He is struggling himself and that confused soul is getting punished

 Ghar jana chahati ho?? Nahin ja sakti!! ...he orders her to take care of car parking... 

But what is that? The next moment,a layer of regret covers his face...What is he doing???Something is not right about it...Did he ever lose the control of his decisive brain?Not before but today he did...

Her punishment is that she can't go home: she has to direct cars into the parking lot for a late-night conference. Khushi tries to argue but Arnav tells her to either do it, or resign. Khushi leaves his office, tears in her eyes, and his expression morphs from anger to something like remorse, he knows he isn't doing right thing,but his mind condemns these thoughts.

That shows that Arnav's over-reaction is caused by a pang of guilt - as she saw him with Lavanya that close and he didn't like that but that wasn't the reason..he was just staring lustfully at Khushi and now she's seen him like this with Lavanya , it was proving him as low character and he never wanted that.

as she will accuse him of with this later"aapka character hi dheela hai" when she finds out their "live in " arrangements without marriage.

Meanwhile, Arnav 's plans to keep Khushi at work as late as he could, ruining her plans to leave early. made Shyam to stay with Bua-ji and Payal. Shyam canceled his plans with Anjali .

Just like the release of the video footage introduced Shyam into Khushi's life and ruined Anjali's marriage, Arnav's decision to keep Khushi at the office only hurt Anjali in the end.

If Arnav had taken a moment to think none of this would have happened. In this case, it never occurred to him that Khushi might need to go home for a good reason...but it was destined...

While Khushi directs the traffic alone, despite her fear of the dark and the rain that starts pouring down. Payal, at home, worries that Khushi doesn't have an umbrella with her.

After finishing the meeting... standing under an umbrella in the car park, he was watching Khushi working while getting drenched. Arnav is visibly stricken by her vulnerability as she shivers in the rain. One of Arnav's clients admonishes Arnav for putting a young girl to work in the downpour, but Arnav walks away from her without saying a word. Akash looks like he wants to help but silently follows his brother.

Dark thunderous clouds under the bolts of lighting, Khushi was standing completely soaked, shivering yet successfully managing a smile for a concerned client who tells directly"Arnav bhi khabi khabi hud kar deta hai... Arnav takes matters to such an extreme...Yes, he did today and he knows it too...

kyuon mujhe aisa lag raha hai ke main kuch galat kar raha hoon...Why am I feeling that I am doing something wrong...

ASR couldn't keep his eyes on her...Maybe guilt is pinching... His anguish is visible in his averted gaze but determination leaves him stiff ... He does not back down...He has to win his control...

He leaves her there alone, drenched in the middle of the parking lot but could he??? 

A car loses its control in the rain, heading straight to Khushi. With wide opened eyes she stands there with fearful eyes.He comes like a bolt of light, scooped her up in his arms and whirled away into the rain, holding her tight and she clings to her life savor... the car screeched by passing them with a clap of thunder around...she was safe. Clasping in each others' arms,they stood there, her head on his shoulder, his cheek pressed against her head and the rain poured on. 

His eyes were burning under this jolting ice... he didn't let go of her...She was holding him tightly, scared, breathing heavily... 

                   

They stayed there , getting drenched in the rain,  water streaming into eyes, lips, dripping from him onto her...

Rabbe Ve plays in. The rain was pouring down like a music. Khushi struggles to regain her breath yet holding his tightly. Her arms are around him as always he is her safe haven. Arnav holds her shoulders, frozen. Khushi slowly calms down and the realization dawns in that where she is. She looks at his hand on her shoulder before raising her head to look at him. 

              

 Their faces inches apart while eyes lock them in. The rain was pouring all around them drenching them with these unknown feelings.Surroundings got paralyzed, minds got connected, hearts tuned together and eyes were searching...searching for answers...but for finding answers first minds have to understand the questions?

Neither he knows nor she ...

There is only a Desire and a Denial

Residing side by side

iss paar ko Kay naam doon