Arshi OS : My Heart Belongs to You || IPKKND || Arnav || Khushi || Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon

"KHUSHI!!!" The sound resonaned in the four walls of the room. The room was a complete mess. It seemed as if a hurricane had just a while ago hit the room. Amongst the mess sat a completely broken man in his worst disheveled state. He was like a helpless sailor whose ship had been wrecked in the storm and was frantically searching a plank of wood to hold on to not get lost in the deep wide ocean. The only difference was, here this particular man was searching for a support where his life is wrecked like a ship and he is lost in this complete wide world. The only person who can save him from getting lost in this world was not beside him. She went away... away from him just because of his silliness, stupidity and her love. The people who saw him (not many saw him) felt pity for his state.1

"Chotte... Chotte darwaaza kholiye..." (Chotte... Chotte open the door...) Anjali, his elder sister, knocked on the door hoping to get a positive response. She again knocked but heard only a feeble voice in reply

"Di... Pls leave me alone... I want to stay alone for a while..." came the curt reply with no emotion in it. The person whom the whole world knew to be a heartless monster is now a heart-broken Arnav... The same Arnav who was burried inside by the mask of ASR but only one girl had the audacity to bring him out from his shell, Khushi. Anjali, failing in making his brother open the door, went away silently sobbing for the loss.6

Arnav rested his head on the edge of the sofa sitting with a leg folded on the ground and his hands covering his face. The only things in the room that were in their places were of his girl... his life... his love... his Khushi.

But where is she? Why is she not there to console him? Why is she not there beside him? Where did she go leaving him alone? Answers known to Arnav.4

Resting his head on the edge of the bed, Arnav closed his eyes and drifted to his dreadful past where he lost his reason to live life...forever.1

~Flashback~

It was the day when Khushi saved Arnav from the evil plans of the goons to burn him alive. She was tied up on the road where Arnav reached and she was saved at the nick of time. Arnav was fighting the goons when the leader got hold of Khushi and pointed the gun at her forhead. As Arnav stopped rescuing himself, Khushi tried to get out of the goon's hold but to no avail. When she freed herself from his hold, that goon tried to shoot her but due to the jerk given by Khushi, his aim changed and the bullet shot from his gun went and hit somewhere. The loud noise of the shot terrified Khushi and to the final nail in the coffin, the bullet had gone and hit Arnav's chest making him yowl in unbearable pain. While Khushi was still recovering from the shock, Arnav hit the ground with a thud still with a minute consciousness making him survive. The goons laughed as their assigned work got fulfilled and ran away. Khushi ran towards Arnav and placed his head in her lap and cried. Arnav tried to say something but his voice didn't support him. The times he tried to speak, he would yelp in pain. Gaining his strength, he spoke...

"Khus... Khushi... I'm.. so..r...ry f..or ever...ythi...ng. Pls try...to fo...rgi...ve me. I'm so...rry. I... lo...love u." These were his cracked hoarse words along with his groaning and then he closed his eyes looking at the angelic face of his wife.

"ARNAVJI... Arnavji... Arnavji... aankhein kholiye Arnavji. Aapko kuch nahi hoga... Aankhein kholiye Arnavji... pls..." (ARNAVJI... Arnavji... Arnavji... Open ur eyes Arnavji. Nothing will happen to u... Open ur eyes Arnavji... pls...) Khushi cried louder patting his cheek and rubbing his palm but Arnav didn't listen to her. Khushi sighed in relief when she assured herself that he was breathing. She frantically looked around for some sort of help and she found one. A troop of collegians were returning back from their picnic who saw her blood-stained clothes, first hesitated but then agreed for help. They took Arnav to the near-by hospital and went away leaving Khushi a living corpse.

"Doctor... Doctor..." Khushi yelled calling for the doctor. As soon as the doctor came she said, "Doctor... Doctor pls dekhiye na... humare pati ko goli lagi hain.. pls unhe bacha lijiye.. pls..." (Doctor... Doctor pls check him... My husband is hit with a bullet.. pls save him... pls...) Khushi said joining her hands and begging the doctor to save Arnav's life.

"Oh my god bahot khoon beh chuka hain... Nurse.. jaldi se OT taiyaar karo hume jaldi operation karna hoga... Ma'am aap shant hojayiye hum aapke pati ko bacha lenge..." (Oh my god So much blood is lost... Nurse... Get the OT ready quickly we'll have to start the operation soon... Ma'am pls control urself we'll save ur husband...)Doctor tried to console Khushi but it was just a try not successful attempt.

Soon, the doctors took Arnav inside the OT. Khushi, at first, was adamant on accompanying them in but due to rules she wasn't allowed. Somehow, she made a call from the reception to Shantivan and informed their current location filling them with the information that Arnav had met with an accident not wanting to make them tensed. The drive from Shantivan to the hospital was of almost an hour or so... She filled the necessary details required for the form and again went to the OT. After a few minutes the doctor came out while Khushi rushed towards him asking about Arnav.

"Doctor.. Doctor.. Arnavji kaise hain? Voh theek toh haina? Pls kuch kahiye na Doctor..." (Doctor.. Doctor... How is Arnavji? Is he OK? Pls speak up something doctor...) Khushi pleaded not getting any response from the doctor.

"Dekhiye aapke pati ko goli heart ke bahot nazdik lagi hain aur khoon bhi bahot beh gaya hain. Hume unko bachane ke liye unka heart transplant karna padega... Aur unka blood group bhi bahot rare hain O-ve also he is diabetic. Hume jaldi heart transplant karna padega warna hum unhe bacha nahi payenge. Humne humare organ donation camp mein phone kiya hain. Agar koi recently mare hue patient ka blood O-ve hua toh voh hume bata denge. Aap bas bhagwan se prarthana kijiye..." (Look the bullet has hit ur husband very near to his heart and much blood has also flowed out. We'll have to do a heart-transplantation to save him... His blood group is very rare O-ve and also he is diabetic. We'll have do his heart transplantation soon or else we won't be able to save him. We have called the organ donation camp. If a person with O-ve blood group has died recently, they'll inform us. U just pray to God...) The doctor filled her with the threat to Arnav's life and moved away. Khushi ran to the temple in the hospital and stood infront of the idol of her Devi-Maiyya and prayed to her.

 

"Hey DM.. app humari aisi pariksha kyun le rahi hain? Aap jante hain hum Arnavji se kitna pyaar karte hain. Agar humse koi galti ho gayi hain toh hum aapse maafi mangte hain par aap pls humare Arnavji ko sazaa maat dijiye. Pls unhe bacha lijiye..." (Hey DM... Why are u testing me in such a way? U know how much I love Arnavji! If I have committed any mistake then I'm asking forgiveness but pls don't punish Arnavji. Pls save him...) Khushi pleaded. People who saw her and her blood-stained clothes felt pity for her. Then, Khushi went away.

After about half an hour, the Raizadas rushed into the hospital with the ladies crying and the men consoling them. They rushed to the reception and enquired about Arnav.

"Can u pls tell us where is Mr. ASR admitted?" Asked Aakash to the receptionist

"Wait a minute sir! (after a while) Sir he is still being operated. U turn right and then go straight, u'll find the OT."

"Tnx" Said NK as he ran and everyone followed him. As they reached the OT everyone was waiting for the doctor to come out and tell them that Arnav was OK. Payal who was trying to console Nani suddenly got tensed and stood up. Aakash who saw her went to her.

"Payal.. what happened?"

"Aakash... Khushi informed us that Arnavji met with an accident, then where is she?" Hearing this everyone was left bewildered as they too didn't see Khushi anywhere. When they saw a nurse they asked her of Khushi.

"Nurse did u see khushi... I mean a lady who brought the person who is being operated?" NK asked

"She was here a while ago. She must have gone somewhere..." Nurse said and went away leaving everyone more tensed as they knew how much Khushi was affected when Arnav went to London (acc.to them). Time flew away and it had been almost 4 hrs the doctors had been in the OT operating Arnav.

After what seemed ages, the red light of the OT dimmed and the doctor came out instructing something to the nurses. As everyone saw the doctor coming out, they ran to him and started enquiring him about Arnav.

"Doctor how's my bhai?" Akash asked

"Is he OK?" NK asked

"Chotte theek to hain na?" (is chotte ok?) Anjlai asked. Seeing the confused expression of the doctor NK said, "Doctor we are the family of Arnav the one whom u operated just now..."

 

"Oh! Nothing to worry... Arnav is now out of danger. If we wouldn't have got the heart to transplant we won't have been able to save him... But now he is alright. Just take care that he doesn't strain himself more..." Doctor said and just got confused expressions in reply.1

"HHBB What was the need of heart-transplantation? He just met with an accident..." Mami said

"He didn't meet with any accident... he was shot a bullet that hit him in chest near heart so heart-transplantation was necessary." Doctor said much to everyone's shock.

"Goli lagi thi?" Nani asked wanting to be it a nightmare.

"Yes..."

"Kya hum Arnavji/bhai se mil sakte hain?" Aakash and Payal asked.

"Yes ofcourse but after we shift him to ICU... Pls wait for a while and don't strain him..." Doctor said and went away leaving others to ponder on the things that they heard just a few seconds ago. In all this, only two people were not confused. Shyam bcoz he already got the news of Arnav being hit by the bullet.And the other NK... he, now, put the pieces in place.

'It had to be Shyam. Only he could ask his men to kill Nannav. But then Khushiji said she found him safe then what happened after that? How did Nannav get injured and where is Khushiji?' NK was trying to find answers for his questions. When Anjali raised her doubt about how did Arnav get hit with bullet while he was in London, mami said that he was kidnapped but then told that she'll tell everything later along with phatti-saree and NK. Then, nurse came and gave the permission to meet Arnav. They all rushed in at their maximum speed. When they saw him, they were feeling very bad. Arnav was sleeping under the effect of medication and wires were connected to him surrounding him with different machines. Anjali went and sat beside him on the chair and slightly moved her hand through his disheveled hair. After a few minutes Arnav gained conscious and was murmuring something. With time, his voice got clearer and clearer.

"Khushi... Khushi...I love u...Khushi..." Arnav was murmuring and his voice got clearer as he gained strength and then he slowly opened his eyes adapting to the surrounding and the sudden light.

"Chotte... Chotte... aankhein kholiye.." (Chotte... Chotte... Open ur eyes..) Anjali said feeling happy on seeing the movement in her brother. Arnav opened his eyes and looked around the whole white room and saw that his whole family was smiling through their tears looking at him. He didn't see the only person whom he loved with all his heart... his Khushi...

"Di... Khushi kaha hain?" he said trying to get up but just groaned in utter pain he was feeling in his left part of thorax.

"Bhai lete rahiye aapko dard hoga..." (bhai lay down u'll be in pain...) Aakash said concerned

 

"But..."

"Nannav pls lay down... u just had an operation pls..."

"Operation?"

"Haan Chotte tume goli lagne ki vajaah se doctor ko tumhara heart transplant karna pada..." (Yes Chotte as u were hit with bullet doctor had to transplant ur heart...)

"What the!!!" He spoke as he recalled the events that happened few hours ago. He now badly wanted to see Khushi to confirm that she was OK.

"Nannav now don't speak much and lie down..." Just at that time the doctor came in to check on Arnav...

"How r u feeling Arnav? Is it paining a lot?" The doctor asked

"It's unbearable..." He answered curtly

"It will be for a while then u'll be all OK. For now rest..." He said checking his pulse rate and other necessary things.

"Where is Khushi?" He didn't ask anyone particular but everyone was tongue-tied as they too didn't know where she is.

"Chotte voh..." Nani tried to speak but was cut by the doctor

"Read this Arnav..." Doctor showed him a piece of paper and gestured him to take it

"What's this?"

"She asked me to give it to u when u gain conscious..." Doctor thrusted the letter in his hand and fearing for the worst Arnav opened it and read silently.

Dear Arnavji,

Hum jante hain ki jab aap yeh letter padh rahe honge toh hum aapke aas-pass nahi hain. Hume nahi pata aap humpe abhi bhi vishwas karte hain ya nahi. Par hum aapko phirse sacch kehte hain. Shyamji buaji ke ghar mein PG banke rehne aaye the aur uske baad babuji ki halat bigad gayi thi aur ussi ka faida leke unhone humse zabardasti mangani ki thi. Jab hume havan ke din pata chala ki voh di ke pati hain toh humne unse sagai tod di par voh humara peecha hi nahi chhod rahe the. Uss din terrace par bhi unhone hume zabardasti hug kiya that humne nahi... Humara unke saath koi affair nahi tha. Aapko pata hain hum kabhi kisi aur se pyaar hi nahi kar sakte the. Shyamji se toh kabhi nahi. Aapko pata hain kyun? Kyunki hum humara dil pehle se hi aapko de chuke the. Humne humara dil aapko ussi din de diya tha jab hum pehli bar miley the... Sheesh Mahal mein. Bas hum uss baat ko maan ne ke liye taiyaar nahi the. My heart already belongs to u. Aur aaj humne aapko sachi mein humara dil de diya. Aur ab jo likha hain voh ASR ke liye. Aapko pata hain humare Arnavji aur humara dil dono bahot hi nazook hain... bahot zyaada bas ek phool ki tarah.. pls un dono ka khyal rakhiye ga. Aur haan aapna what the! Kabhi bhooliye ga maat. I love u Arnavji... Always and forever... Raat ko aasman mein daine se teesra tara jo sabse zyaada chamakta hain voh hum honge... Alvida... Apna khyal rakna.2

Sirf aapki,
Khushi :)

[Dear Arnavji,

 

I know that when u would be reading this letter I won't be anywhere around u. I don't know if u still believe me or not. But again, I want to tell u the truth. Shyamji was staying at Buaji's house as a PG and then when Babuji's health got deteriorated, he took its advanyage and forcefully engaged me. When on havan's day, I got to know that he is di's husband, I broke the engagement but he wasn't stopping to follow me. That day on the terrace, he hugged me forcefully not I... I didn't have any affair with him. U know I could never love anyone else. And not at all to that Shyamji. U know why? Because I had already lost my heart to u. I gave u my heart the very day we first met... In Sheesh Mahal. It's just that I wasn't ready to accept it. My heart already belongs to u. And today, I really gave u my heart. Now whatever is written is for ASR. U know my Arnavji and my heart, both are very sensitive and fragile... very much just like a flower.. Pls take care of both of them. And yes don't ever forget ur What the! I love u Arnavji... Always and forever... At night in the sky the third star from the right which shines the brightest is me... Bye... take care of urself.

Only urs,
Khushi :)]

With every word written in the letter Arnav's heart bled and his eyes pour out the tears that he had restarined since 14 yrs. Everyone was shocked to see him crying. They were confused with his such behavior. They asked him the reason but he was all lost in his own world recalling the beautiful times he had spent with his Khushi.

"Doctor I want to see her" Arnav told the doctor with a far-away look in his eyes

"You need rest Arnav. You can see her later..."

"I SAID I WANT TO SEE HER NOW DAMMIT!!!" He yelled at the doctor not minding the pain he is suffering due to the operation as the pain in his heart is more than anything else. The doctor nodded and with the support of his brothers Arnav followed the doctor while others followed him confused on whom does he want to see? They were more shocked to see that they were entering morgue.

Arnav removed NK's hand and moved alone towards where the doctor was standing to open the white cloth underneath which laid his love lifeless. No sooner did the doctor pull out the white cloth, than everyone gasped in shock looking at the corpse on the stretcher. Everyone was too shocked to react. Arnav slowly went to her and just stood there taking her hands in his and pouring silent tears. Not only he, none was reacting.

"Khushi... Khushi ko kya hua? Voh aise yaha kyun hain?" (Khushi... Khushi what happened to her? Why is she here like this?) Payal asked going hysteric and bringing everyone out of shock. Aakash went and tried calming her but to no avail.

"Kahiye na humari Khushi yaha kaise aayi?" (Tell me how did Khushi end up here?) Payal cried loudly and yelled at everyone expecting an answer.

"Khushi ne mujhe apna heart donate kiya..." (Khushi donated me her heart...)Arnav whispered still looking at Khushi. His voice clear for the occupants of the morgue to hear. Everyone and everything went silent. No one dared to break the silence that filled the room full with corpse. Arnav stood up and turned towards the doctor

 

"Why did u agree with her decision? I don't think that it's the rule of the hospital that u can take a heart of a living person too." He asked in a threatening tone

"Arnav first come to the ward and lie down. I'll tell u everything..." He pleaded and eager to know the reason, Arnav agreed to him and went to the ward.

In the ward,

"Now speak up dammit"

"When u were brought to the hospital, u had already lost much amount of blood. Saving u was something next to impossible for us. The bullet had hit u very close to the heart and the minute particles of the bullet had made scratches on ur pericardium which lead ur heart to drip blood slowly. To save u we had to transplant ur heart and also u are diabetic so we had to speed up the process. Ur blood group being rare O-ve, we asked our organ donation camp to check if we could get any heart of a dead person but to the bad-luck, we didn't find any. U were sinking at a faster rate than we expected and as time passed saving u was getting even more difficult for us. When Khushi came to know this, she told me that she wanted to donate u her heart as she too was O-ve. When I rejected her, she told that its her wish if she wants to donate her heart and our work is just to save the patient. I tried to reason her out but she was adamant and told that if we didn't do her operation and then transplant ur heart with hers, she'll kill herself and then it would mandatory for us to use her heart. With no choice left with us, we all agreed to her and then we transplanted ur heart with hers. Before operation she handed me this letter and asked to give it to u..." Doctor completed narrating the incidents and everyone was crying seeing the love Khushi had for Arnav. Arnav went numb. He didn't respond to anyone and fell unconscious. After a few days, he was discharged from the hospital.

Days passed, Arnav's physical wounds healed but with passing time, his internal wounds grew larger. He denied to eat, to drink and shut himself in his room. He didn't even talk to his di. He remained in the room. Payal, Anjali and Nani made him eat his meals by emotionally blackmailing him with Khushi's name. He was even ready to give his life for Khushi.

Once, NK had entered to the pool-side through Anjali's room and asked him the reason that how he got hit with bullet. Those memories again came flashing infront of Arnav and as he described the incidents, NK felt miserable and was more determined to pull the fake mask of Shyam. Then, NK and mami had joined their hands and proved that Shyam was responsible for their current state and Anjali herself handed him to the police.

~Falshback Ends~

It was night now, after Anjali went away Arnav recalled all that happened. It was now his daily routine. He was deprived of his sleeps due to the nightmares of the time he had hurt Khushi. He would even accuse Khushi for saving and loving him while he had just hurt her and never trusted her.

He slowly stood up and went to the pool-side. He sat on one of the chairs and looked up at the sky. There he saw her... his Khushi shining brightly. The third star from the right that shone brightly was her. The droplet of water fell on him and after that the rain poured out. Smiling slightly at the thought how much Khushi loved the rain, he again saw Khushi and talked with her as if he knew that Khushi would always be with him in each possible way sometimes in the form of star, sometimes like rain and always by heart...He believed everything that Khushi believed. He even prayed to the Almighty bcoz he knew how much Khushi believed in her. Once, the night arrived, he would go to the pool-side and sit there gazing at the brightest star and talking with his Khushi scolding her to save him but at the end he would cry and sleep there itself under the support and protection of his Khushi... He was alone in this world but Khushi was always with him and will always be though not physically. Arnav and Khushi can never be separated as their hearts are bound together with a very strong thread which we all know as LOVE... The ultimate strength...3

Someday if I die... Don't think that I forgot u...
Just have a look towards the sky!!!
My tears will be the rain drops on your cheeks to say
"Hey I'm still with u!!!"

Writer: Kiddo _ Star