Chapter 3
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Sanskaar sat in a hotel room. His eyes filled with tears as he remembered the time when he had destroyed everything.
•Flashback•
Sanskaar had entered into Lakshya room after he talked to his mother on home. He came to reality when Lakshya hugged him.
"Sanskaar, you know what? Ragini has discussed with her parents about us... I am going to propose her officially today... For marriage! I am so so happy!" Lakshya said excited.
"Lakshya,... Don't..!" He couldn't meet his eyes.
Lakshya looked at him confused. Sanskaar finally got courage somehow.
"Don't propose, ..don't propose... Ragini!" He said stammering.
"what?" Lakshya burst out. "But why... You know how much I love her..."
"I know Lucky, I know everything but..." He felt helpless.
"Do you have any idea, Bhai what are you telling me to do? You are asking me to stop breathing!" He turned his face to other side.
"Lakshya I am also leaving Swara, then..." He was cut.
"Just a second, You are leaving Swara? I gotit. Its your tongue Sanskaar, but with her words." Lakshya said holding his shoulders.
"It's a son speaking, Lakshya." He said in stern voice.
"Son, is it?" Lakshya wa ready for an argument. "Then be a good son. But don't you have any duty towards Swara?"
"I don't want anymore argument. I will give you anything you ask in exchange of this, but today we are leaving for Bangalore and that's it!" Sanskaar said holding his shoulder.
"Fine, I will come with you, I will leave Ragini, but not because that woman is my mom, neither I am afraid of her, I am doing all this because I am your brother. We have tolerated everything together bhai, if now you want this, then I am alright with it. But remember one thing Sanskaar, I will not speak anything till the day when you, yourself don't break your silence, till you don't fight for yourself. I will also see, how much can you suffer..."
•Present•
Lakshya came out of the washroom only to find Sanskaar lost somewhere.
"Bhai!" Lakshya called to gain his attention. "What are you thinking about?"
To his surprise, Sanskaar pulled him into a hug. He hugged back.
"I m sorry Lucky, I made you to live a loveless life for two years, I had no right for that. For me, you forgot smiling... I am sorry Lakshya, I m really very sorry!!!" He kept sobbing.
"Sanskaar!" He broke the hug. "Bhai relax! First thing, you are my brother and you have all right over me. And second thing, I love Ragini that doesn't mean I love you less. If my breaths are tied with Ragini, then my heartbeats are tied with you. So don't speak this type of nonsense ever, got it?" He said smiling.
Sanskaar nodded and smiled back.
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Swara held the door tight and gazed towards the man near the door. How she wished him to be near and not so far. It was the sweetest dream she had 2 years back when she decided to make Sanskaar her life partner. All her dreams broke into pieces when he broke up with her.
"Who's there, Swara?" Ragini called as Swara took too long to respond.
"Lakshya!?!" Ragini sighed as she looked at the door.
Her eyes met his, and they welled up. Seeing each other after two years glimpsed out the past memories. The pleasant waits, those yearning eyes, and their thirsty sights, some unfinished talks, those promises to meet again, those kisses, those hungry arms.
"Why are you here?" the tears in Swara's eyes were a hint that she still loves him and the pain he felt after seeing them was a realisation that she never fell out of love with him.
Ragini ran off the place unable to control her tears. Lakshya rushed behind her despite Swara trying to stop him.
"Swara..."
"Sanskaar, I don't wanna talk to you, just leave." She said not not looking at his eyes.
"I am sorry, Swara." he apologised.
"Just shut up and leave. Take your brother with you too." She said trying to control her tears.
"I am back for you Swara.!" He said coming closer.
"Stop." she stepped back. "For me? Really? Why? Where is your that Bangalore bride? For whom 2 years back you left me?" She said in anger.
"Swara..."
"Sorry Sanskaar, if you think that I will fill her place on your life, then I m really sorry, I am not of that type!"
She turned to leave but he hold her hand.
"Sanskaar, leave my hand."
"Swara atleast..."
"I said leave!" She shouted.
He left her hand.
"Don't you dare come inside!"
She left.
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"Ragini please listen to me." Lakshya said as he followed her to her room.
"Go away." Ragini said in a low voice.
"Ragini I..."
"Lakshya, just go!"
"Ragini at least listen to me!" He said as he tried to stop her.
"What should I listen, Lakshya? What is now left to talk and listen? Every thing was over 2 years back when you left me for some other girl!" She said as tears rolled down her eyes.
"But Ragini, I have only come to correct my mistake, I want you to forgive me..."
"Sorry Lakshya, but today I have nothing to do with you. Please forgive me." She said joining her hands.
"Ragini..."
He tried to hold her hand but she stepped back
"Don't you dare touch me, did you get that Mr. Lakshya Maheswari?" She said pointing a finger at him.
"Just leave me alone!" she yelled.
Lakshya sighed. He knew she was not in a state to have a decent talk. He walked back to the main door to find Sanskaar waiting for him.
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"I can't believe this, the girls who were once ready to die for us, hate us so much that, don't want to see our faces today!" Sanskaar said moving to and fro in the room.
"No bhai. They are angry with us, but they don't hate us. They have hid us in some corner of their heart." Lakshya said sitting on bed.
"In a small corner, where we couldn't forget them." Ragini said arranging bed.
"We have to control our feelings in front of them. Let they be agree or not, they have to go back from our lives." Swara said tensed.
"Let they agree or not, they have to come back in our lives." Sanskaar said smiling.
"That day will never come. We will never let it come!" Ragini decided.
"That day will come, we will bring it!" Lakshya was confident.
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