Hellooo Everyone...

So here I am with the continuation of the third Prologue that continues to sets the back story of their tale to the present.

So happy posting this in the flow of back to back today as I want to set it all up to certain point - given that my fingers have been dancing on the keypad penning the crux down!

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Prologue - III

For the next four years six months that followed - even though Life continued in parallel worlds across the globe for both Arnav and Khushi - the two sweethearts did everything they could within their reach to bridge through the real time distance gaps and be in constant touch with one another so that the other always felt the presence nonetheless - as if the other was never really away.

And it really was true as well for Arnav never really felt that Khushi was far away from him and neither did she. They would write long emails to each other every day without fail. It had been more like a ritual for the two.At the end of her day everyday - she would write all about her day to Arnav+ pour her heart out as to how she imagined him with her in moments going on - how she missed him etc etc - promises of first sweet love etc etc - knowing that he would read it the first thing he could the next day and the same was obviously reciprocated from Arnav's end.

Their mornings would begin with one another still and end with the other's thoughts still. She continued to be the one to know of everything he felt/thought/dreamt off - as he grew up into the prime teenage years - as did he from Khushi's end.They were both always backing each other's dreams and ambitions. Khushi would always tell Arav in the moments of his doubts that she believed truly deep in her gut that his magical voice would make it big one day, that his soothing voice surely was a diamond undiscovered till that point - and once discovered - it would most surely shine with all its might for all to see. On the other hand - Arnav would always support Khushi's dreams as well of wanting to dive deeper into the studies of the waters, oceans. Even though she would often still not be completely clear which career she would want to opt for after pursuing her favourite subjects - he would always back her with the support that when the time would come, she would know it in her heart - Indeed! Throughout those prime teen years - they also kept motivating each other to continue excelling academically as the other had always done previously just now - at their respective ends!

Also once a week - they would also post in handwritten letters to the other just to keep the charm of it going and then as skype was popular - they would get on video calls often too. In the daily ritual mails on the days, they couldn't video call - she'd attach in a number of her pictures from her day etc and he would do the same. And so despite the fact that they hadn't really met - in the four plus long years - given that Khushi's adoptive family didn't end up travelling to India again given that most of their close circle lived in Fiji Islands anyway- none of the two felt any sort of an emotional gap in between of them at all. (Arnav was obviously happier and content over the fact that the Maan family, truly loved Khushi like their very own - for he obviously knew about all those familial details from Khushi in mails. She'd settled in well amidst all.Her father doted on her immense as did her mother and even the extended relatives - treated her as if she were truly the precious apple of their eyes and that they'd known her all their lives! He truly felt that God had bestowed a precious blessing on his Khushi - indeed)

But Obviously, in all this while - nonetheless - there would be moments - when they both would ache to be with the other - to just hold onto each other hand in real time, hug another - feel one another like they hadn't in four long years growing into their prime teens - for slight insecurities due to not being there in real time with the other would sometimes creep in - but then the dedicated loyalty + deep emotions they felt for another would always be the balm to that very ache leading them to calmly talk through it all. He knew she loved him deeper that she said she did in her mails/written words everyday. She knew - he loved her deeper than he said he did in his mails/words - everyday.They both knew - they shared a bond that was mystical and deep in the ways no one but them would understand the actually intensity off!

By the time - it was time to head to universities/colleges at either ends at 18 - Khushi had obviously been ecstatic to share the news with Arnav - that she'd got into the dream university in the US for her undergrad in Oceanography - and he had been more ecstatic for her at this end at actually reading this so much so that he'd even had a party at the orphanage in her honour for the same!( Khushi had obviously been in touch with Mini Maa, Matthew Dad+ Sister Grace + the rest of her friends too quite significantly in all these years. They'd all been happy for her progress.)

And a month later - Arnav had been thrilled to share the news with her that he too had gotten into a college of his choice in Bombay wherein he wanted to pursue a B.Com degree while side by side - exploring and learning more about musical arts through various other add- on singing courses, workshops, with the hope that it would open the avenue to get into music schools side by side and chase his dream of being a singer+ musician in the city of dreams - that Mumbai Is!

By the summer of that year - Arnav had already moved to Mumbai to pursue his future and in the prior days before college began for him - he began working part time/odd jobs in Mumbai as well some of which also included - singing voluntarily for free - in small scale restaurants...etc. Even though then he was earning nothing out of singing - the applause he received after every performance by the audience in the restaurants at that time - or the fact that his voice would manage to hold the attention of the spectator listening from the very moment he started singing until he finished - would be a greater boost to his morale. Once again - in these days and times - it was Khushi who had been his biggest cheerleader, support system and wall. How could he not love her in the deep ways he did???? And apart from Khusi being with him virtually - he had another one of his best buddies - Aman from their orphanage come onto Bombay too in the next ten days to join another course in his college in studying finance and accounts.(Aman's application for admission was accepted days later than from Arnav-s but nonetheless - when Aman finally did arrive in Mumbai - it just became another solid support system for him. He felt like he wasn't alone exploring , chasing his dreams in the city of his dreams.He had solid friendship, and love backing him at every step)

Now given that in that same year - Khushi was only scheduled to start her college by September in the US - she finally planned that it was about time that she finally flew down to India to meet Arnav in real time - in person after a long aching timeline off 4years 6 months in between of them! Now that she had finally gotten into her dream degree+ she finally had no academics/exams to worry about in the holidays before awaiting to start afresh in undergrad - it felt like the right time to just take a significant break to fly back to India for a while. To Arnav - for a while.

And They both felt like they were flying and soaring into the clouds when they confirmed their plan of meeting in between the two. Arnav's happiness knew no bounds - he was estatic on another levels altogether! His Khushi would fly down to Mumbai for a week - ten days- and they would finally be face to face - again! He had conjured up so many plans in his head already - about how he'd like to show her Mumbai through his eyes!

But perhaps - fate had another aching twist in store for the two! And that very aching twist unfolded yet again in the form off Khushi's adoptive father - Rajesh Maan's - surprising call to Arnav one day.

Arnav was way beyond broken, and disturbed - over hearing what Khushi's adoptive father had to say to him that fateful day - just a week before's Khushi's scheduled travel to Mumbai. That uptil now - even though he knew from Khushi that she was keeping in touch with Arnav closely - he hadn't realised the extent and magnitude of the same until she's expressed the wish to fly down to India only to see him - before the start of her new chapter at university.He'd told Arnav openly that on spotting the intense emotion plus excitement in his beloved Khushi's eyes he had obviously helped her arrange for her travel plans not having the heart to say no to her in the moment - but when he slept over it all in the night - he'd realised the next morning that he was rather quite uncomfortable with the development - Indeed. But he didn't want to be the one to break Khushi's hopes on this directly - which was why he'd now just called him!

Rajesh Maan had then asked Arnav bluntly if he was in love with his daughter. And Arnav had sincerely and brokenly expressed the very same that indeed he was. That he truly loved no one else more than he loved Khushi. What Arnav didn't know then - that his sincere confession of love for Khushi - would be used as an emotional blackmail tool by her adoptive father then in that moment off time- that followd.

He asked Arnav rather bluntly and to the point then - that if he truly loved Khushi - then shouldn't he realise that it was time to let go off her for good - so that he didn't chain her back to the days/memories - the Maan's had aimed to get her out off. He asked Arnav then - that if he truly loved Khushi - shouldn't he be happier that she has an opportunity to make a life for herself in the prosperous ways that he (Arnav)probably couldn't even dream off? That she'd be studying in the worlds best university here on, travelling the world exploring her dreams, and if he really did love her - shouldn't he let her fly and soar instead.If he truly loved her - why chain her back with this constant emotion of her wanting to feel like - looking back to where she was at prior - only for Arnav and begin to think pausing in the flow of her because off him ??????????????????

He continued to ask a shaken, broken and speechless Arnav on the phone then - that did he really think he could build his life in the ways that he could eventually go on to dream off a future with Khushi- as rosy and greener as the one they had now provided her with??? Rajesh had bluntly reminded him then - that he was a fool to believe/dream the same reminding him rather coldly that Arnav was still fresh out of the orphanage - in Mumbai, which could be perhaps the city of dreams - but he was still just in the process of living by the humblest off means - did he actually dream - that he could be the one that they'd like to see walking holding his daughter's hand - eventually????????????

Rajesh Maan bluntly gone onto state - that from where he saw it - if there was one bane of Khushi's life at the moment that had ever power to hold her back from soaring high - it was Him!( Arnav)

A broken and shaken, emotional Arnav stood speechless for many minutes holding the shaking phone in his hand as Khushi's adoptive father - shoved in the slaps of harsh reality in his faces back-to-back - and for once given that his heart was breaking in the ways he didn't know it could ever have before - he didn't know what to say!

Rajesh had then gone to ask - that Arnav's silence hinted to him that he surely understood where he as a father was coming from at the moment to which Arnav could only mustle a broken - "But Sir...i..lo..v..e...h..e..r...so much...I...will most surely...be..co..me...th..e..ma..n...you wan..t..for...her...I will...,"but to that he'd only received a snub of ignorance from him on the latter and another emotional blackmail plea in return with the words - " boy...I understand...this is me being harsh...but I can only say this one last bit....if you love her...than just let her go...or you'd rather be the cause of her doom? I see a different life for my daughter here onwards, and unfortunately it does not include you in it...and because you do love her deep...I do request if you keep our call a secret...you wouldn' t want to be a reason for the rift in between her and me ...now would you Arnav? you know she is the apple of all our eyes....here..."

And a shaken, broken, shattered, tattered Arnav knew in an instant then nonetheless that his heart would never allow it to be the reason of a rift in between Khushi and her adoptive family that she'd so deeply grown to love in all these years.Never in his worst nightmares could he imagine - riksing Khushi's welfare with her adoptive family and relatives - abroad.

He'd heard Rajesh Maan say next in a cold decisive voice next - " alright then..I reckon this is it...then...I hope...Khushi will never hear from you again..boy....find a way to cut things off...I know it will hurt her for a while...just like it will hurt you..but she will get over it...we will make sure she does..so perhaps it is upto you to see how you do it...and perhaps..with time...you will get over it too...open your eyes to the real world Arnav...the differences in two of your lives today...are too vast and apart...indeed...,"and with that he had cut the call - leaving a heartbroken Arnav behind - statued cold to his spot.

To say that Arnav Singh Raizada cried himself to sleep that night would be an understatement ofcourse. For he didn't just cry. He howled and wept like he hadn't ever in his life. He felt helpless and torn, and trapped in between the love in his heart for Khushi and the harsh realities of differences that her adopitive father had just shoved in his faces. It broke him immense. So much so that even Aman was way too disturbed by the condition he spotted his friend in and upon genuine questioning - Aman did manage to get the truth out of a heartbroken Arnav, and his advice had been to just call Khushi instantly and tell her the truth. To not fall into this emotional blackmail/mindgame - and subject not just his heart to misery but her's too. But sadly then - Arnav's broken heart and darkened with ache and distressed mind - made Aman swear to never even utter a word of this - to Khushi and he decided that he would go on with acting on whatever his gut told him - when the next morning came.

The next day - much to Aman's despair - Arnav confided in him that he'd finally felt his mind come to a conclusion then - that perhaps for now - just for now - he'd give Khushi's father what he seeked - vowing to chase the dreams of his life - becoming a more successful man than he dreamed off prior till then. He vowed - that he'd work so hard, day and night, toil his blood, sacrifice his sleep if he had too - but he'd burn the midnights oil in the city of dreams Mumbai, and become the version of a successful man - Rajesh Maan seeked for Khushi in the future.

As saddened as Aman was by his friends decision - he stood by him loyally on the same for he could see that doing this to himself (cutting himself off Khushi)was anyway going to be an uphill task for him emotionally.

And another aching task at hand in the moment then for Arnav was - how to convey this to Khushi? What to say to Khushi? To Cut Off? He couldn't obviously tell her the truth.Not then. Not just yet. Perhaps - one day in the future - when he'd become the man worthy enough to ask her father for her hand??????????????????? Look at him eye to eye and proclaim that he was now at his door - for the only one he had/would ever love.

And so Arnav finally succumbed to the one option he hated to succumb too. The option of just silence - for he knew - Khushi would understand the hint - for she herself had discussed the context of the same - not just very long ago in talks - humorously yet sincerly.

Arnav stopped replying to her emails, calls and messages. Not that they didn't stop coming in the days that followed. Many emails/messages came not just to him but to Aman too (who was also Khushi's friend - common roots from the orphanage) - asking him if everything was okay etc etc...apart from just desperately seeking Arnav's replies.

Even Khushi's desperate attempts then to reach him through Mini Maa, Matthew Dad, or other common orphanage friends went in vain - for Arnav had just told everyone(other common friends) - that if Khushi did ask them about him - just to not say anything at all and divert the topic. And when her frantic mails/texts with the attempt to get in touch with him did continue to flood into his mailbox/phone - tempting his emotions off overtaking the moment - with a broken heart - he did block that one email address off her's that theyd used for years in correspondence for Good - along with blocking her phone number.

Now here - on the other side of the globe - Khushi was obviously stunned with worry, with everything that was happening. Arnav had stopped replying to her - he didn't take her calls, nor did she get any heads up on him through anyone of their common ones - back in India - she was going frantic in worry wondering what had/could have happened which was why she didn't stop writing to him - until that one day when her email bounced back to her inbox and her texts stopped delivering to him - which told her that he'd probably blocked her email/contact numbers.

That was an aching blow to her heart as realisation sinked in- Indeed. That he truly wanted to - just probably - Cut Off Here on. But because she'd always loved him deep and she knew so had he - at some point in time - she just assumed that this was his way off hinting to her what she had once asked him too humorously in one of their vulnerable talks not very long ago. Just A while before he had actually left for Mumbai - Khushi had been the one to tell him - "Arnav...I know iv been so far away for all these years...and its been so difficult for you..to keep going on with us...just virtually....this way...I know its been hard..that I never have been able to come see you....until now...and now...you are going to Mumbai...so..say if you did meet someone....a girl...in your reality there.. that caught your interest....or say..if you felt yourself...feeling attracted/drawn to someone else in real time....then I guess..even though it would hurt me...I guess I could understand...I also know you would probably feel conflicted in such a position torn in between our virtual relationship/plus a possibility of a real time relationship -and would never hurt me intentionally but then at the same time - I wouldn't want to be a reason to weigh your heart down/have your mind in conflict... so...then...just do me a favour if such a thing were to ever happen....in between of us... don't tell me about it through words... for I guess...I wouldn't be able to hear it our loud literally...for myself...you know what...then in such a case....just give me silence then instead...I'd just get the hint....k?,"and to that then obviously Arnav had cut her off with a intense glare almost instantly - stating that as if that could/would ever happen - and that she was being foolish to even think of such a thing for she was all he'd ever need. She was the only one he'd ever love.

But then - sadly - as fate would have it - these words once exchanged between the two eventually became the ground of context - for silence and CUT Off between the two eventually within the lanes off Khushi's mind.

Khushi finally assumed - on her end - that Arnav had probably cut things off because he'd met someone in Mumbai which is why he had even blocked her email - account/ phone numbers - finally - giving her only silence like she herself had asked him too for - if such a case were to ever happen and so what could she do then? With heart-breaking tears - she'd just left him a last text message which she sent to Mini Maa to share it with him - saying that - She understood what he was trying to imply with his silence. And that she wished him well and only happiness now and always. She even wished him all the best for all his dreams up ahead stating that she truly believed that all his dreams would come true - one day - most surely!

Now Arnav had obviously been honest with Mini Maa+ Matthew Dad+ Sister Grace about all that happened with Khushi's adoptive fathers call to him and his emotions after and his mind's decision about the same and as much as it did break their heart to guard Arnav's secret on this they did because he made them swear to do so and with a very heavy heart Arnav did ask Mini Maa to reply to Khushi's text with the words that said - 'Arnav wishes you well too Khushi - now and always. He says - perhaps there could be a time in future where in the two off you could get back in touch with one another as just good old childhood friends - again!But given the moments an turn of events in his life right now - he prefers if you both just took a break from one another!

And as Khushi did receive this message - - her assumptions now solidified deeply. There was no way Arnav could have sent this message through for her if he hadn't met someone who had managed to cause a stir or conflict in his heart probably making him feel and crave for a real time relationship and not just one virtually.

And - Despite all the hollowness and ache in her heart yet she felt like she also understood where she was coming from and did not have the heart to blame Arnav anything at all.Her heart wouldn't let her forget the ways in which he had always been there for her in deep ways since the very day she had stepped into the orphanage. She felt like - nonetheless - she couldn't hold anything against him because off the deep connection they'd shared till now.Her heart wasn't going to allow her to hold a single grudge against the one - who had for years been her just about everything perhaps also because deep down within - she also felt like how long could she have excepted him to go on without meeting her in real? Somewhere in her heart then - a thought came that she'd been lucky enough that he'd held on just virtually for this long.She hadn't been able to in the last four years six months long duration and say even if she were able to visit him - twice/thrice a year there on - would that be enough for him - going forward then? (even though it would have surely been enough for her??????????)

Eventually- In a way - as her assumptions continued to solidify more in her mind and heart she felt glad that he had chosen to cut off completely - because in her heart she felt like she would surely need a lot of time - perhaps years - to come around to openly conversing with him as just good old childhood friends - or even know details of who was it that he was seeing romantically in his life - etc etc!

For nights after - at her end - Khushi howled herself to sleep though for the ache, the vaccum off not having Arnav there - something she had never imagined in the worst of her nightmares - was too much too process and accept/come to terms with. Arnav at his end - did the very same - howling himself to sleep - every night - for months and years to pass. But the next day he would wake up with a determination fuelled with a fire so deep - to just chase his aims and dreams. Not just for himself. But for Khushi.

His Khushi. He reminded himself every morning - that this aching path in the present would eventually become his doorway to Khushi - in the future.

And so for the rest of the years that followed - Arnav continued to seek and chase the moments in his life - determined to make it big one day and at nights it was obviously Khushi's memories/heartfelt letters/mails etc that would keep him going. And there on the other end - Khushi also kept pursuing and chasing her career and dreams burying herself in the process of the same for it would obviously serve as the much-needed distraction and solace from the longing within her heart for - Arnav!

Eventually - Arnav's hard work and toil bore fruits within the three year frame of his time in Mumbai. At 21 years 6 months - he got his first big break of collaborating with a top music company for a music album comprising off 11 songs! And from the day his album hit the market stands and the online world- it topped the chartbusters list within 24 hours! He became a singing sensation overnight - his soothing voice having the power to touch deepest of the chords within - now breaking several chartbusters records by the day. And since that day in January 2017 - there really was no looking back for him.

Soon - Arnav found himself singing for various music albums deals(all of which were big time chartbusters hits) and back to back - contracts to be a part of playback singing for major songs - off every big bollywood movie - along with performing on stage shows, award shows, music concerts etc! And being the friendly, compassionate and kind plus jovial one he was in his demeanour otherwise he instantly won hearts off the mike as well - in his worksphere.Everyone wanted to work with him.Perhaps - it was his life's tale that also caught everyone's eye in the paparazzi or the industry, for who didn't fancy taking inspiration from rags to riches story off a self made man? Arnav Singh Raizada never shied away from admitting to the world ever or in media bytes that his roots actually stemmed from an orphanage in Lucknow as to how he had been dropped there deserted on one rainy night on his first bday and if it hadn't been for his wards at the orphanage - he wouldn't have been on the road to any bend in Life - anyway!

And just like that as tables and time continued to turn by the time 2018 began - Arnav Singh Raizada had become one of the most popular singers in the country whom many now termed as the hottest rockstar of the decade.Ironical how his smile + voice up on stage had the power to set of another tone altogether for no one could ever spot the heartache he was actually hiding beneath that smile off his or behind his eyes. Perhaps he had become a master at concealing his eyes or ache? ( A statement - aman - his closest friend plus now his active business manager would make to him often!!)

Anyways in those first couple of years as Arnav began to hit big - he felt like he was getting closer to his goal towards accumulating wealth+ success bit by bit which was a prerequisite for Khushis dad but then something strange happened on one fine night which was the night off him bagging majority off the singing awards in the country's leading award show - for third year in a row!(2020)

It was the bit that as he smiled at himself in the mirror thinking that he was just edging in his steps closer to Khushi - his now almost 24 year mind shoved down a thought into his head - which even he didn't know how had never come to his head until that point. Perhaps - he had been too busy? Too blind - in just chasing it all - that he'd forgotten - that there wasn't just a process and life at his end - there was still one at her end too! And just like that suddenly he felt guilt and embarrassment take over his heart like never before - reminding him that even though probably in his mind he'd liked to believe that he was edging closer to her - but was he really? for in the process of securing a future with her in his mind and heart - hadn't he lost on too much time in the Present - already? By never breaking that silence in between of them? By never reaching out to her - until then???????

And now all of a sudden - say with what face would he actually see her now???? For all these years he'd led her to believe a misunderstanding point of context(through that silence) that never really existed! He made her think then - through the signal of the silence - that he'd probably met someone in real time that had caught his interest leading to a conflict within and their cut off - eventually? And what if perhaps after a while off nursing her aching heart - Khushi had moved on at her end ???????????(A solid probability indeed - to his mind at that point in time). What if she'd stopped loving him for good?? Despite him having lived all his years loving her wholeheartedly still.( For in reality he never even had dated even - even though since the last couple of years since he'd hit stardom the paparazzi often liked to link him up with numerous models , actresses making their debuts etc but the truth really was that he had not been with anyone at all. He hadn't ever kissed a girl apart from Khushi. HADNT EVER thought off - TOUCHing A GIRL APART FROM khushi)! Now this thought that what if - Khushi had moved on in her life stilled and froze his insides to the core - Indeed.

And all of a sudden he felt like he didn't have the courage to just ever see anyone else standing next to her - or even know off the same and all of these thoughts led his mind to play on its fears leading him to continue holding that door of communication in between of them shut! ( it was anyway an understood fact with Mini Maa + Matthew Dad plus rest of common orphanage friends that arnav and khushi for last many years even though kept in touch with the others - they had really stopped asking or questioning about the other - much)

Khushi had obviously stopped asking/inquiring about Arnav directly from anyone back in India - thinking - that he wouldn't want her to keep pestering or putting unnecessary pressures on him through their common ones - with the aim off reminding him off her existence. She believed that if he wanted to - he surely knew where and how to reach other and the fact that he never did - told her a lot - subtly.

But what Arnav didn't know was that his minds fears were far from being anything but true - despite the aching silence from Khushi's end too!

Because for Khushi at the other end of the globe - despite it all - the love she felt for him in her heart pretty much stood as an anchor it was for all these years anyway. Infact - She had been the happiest in her heart when she had heard his first ever song hit the charts worldwide! She had not only swayed to his tune that night but had - had his album on repeat all night playing his voice in her ears over and over. HIS VOICE - that had always been her balm. And after the first bit of those distant years of not hearing it at all had led to so much vacuum within - which eventually was soothened by only the sound of his voice again.

Khushi considered herself the lucky one that she didn't need to ask anyone directly about him anyway to just get an update/headsup on him. She'd grown to accept that she didn't need an update or headsup - actually - just the feel and sound of his voice - would do the wonder to her heart.She considered herself lucky that she was able to get the feel of his voice - in her alone private moments - which seemed enough a balm to heart and to keep her smiling and going.At least he had become super famous and a super hit persona in the music industry in India that his voice had crossed over the distances and she was able to own his albums songs in her devices or listen them up on YouTube- or see him perform up on stages in concerts , award shows - through videos up online! Those moments would be so surreal for her - for in her heart she would be the happiest thinking that he had achieved his dreams and thankfully she had a way of seeing it(seeing his videos up online - seeing him live the moments he had once dreamed off), knowing it all in terms of his musical success journey - without him having a hunch about it - altogether - for all these years!

But Yes - at her end - Khushi had tried dating a few guys in the last couple of years but she had only two failed relationships each lasting just a little over a month because it took her just the month to realise that there were no stir up of feeling within for the person at all! That she had been a fool to even try - that still after all these years - there was no space for anyone else in her heart nbecause well it was still predominantly occupied in every inch of its space by Arnav Singh Raizada whom her heart had declared would probably be its sole tenant - perhaps always? (And that too she did only try dating on the nudge of her mind - on these couple of attempts - only when she'd caught up on the news/ article online about Arnav's rumoured link up with some gorgeous woman from the glamour industry in Mumbai! In those moments - she felt like - even by one percent of the chance if that could indeed be true - Atleast for the sake of her mind - she felt the need to make feeble attempts to try her hand at dating then so that she could atleast tell her mind in justification that - her heart not being able to feel for another wasn't because of her lack of trying! She'd think in her head then - Arnav really and gone so far ahead in his life now - moving on to be a super rockstar - his social circle was now that off famous gorgeous people - why on earth now 11 years over later - would he even remember the girl whom he had first kissed when he was all of 14 years 6 months of age???????

Ohh the hide and seek the mind can play when you allow it too!

And so - now at 25 years of age at either ends despite still being irrevocably in love with one another in their hearts - Arnav and Khushi found themselves on the threshold of talking to one another only in their Dreams/ Alone time - either feeling too vulnerable to make the effort to get in touch with the other again.

Perhaps - an aching silence off seven long years had been successful in feasting on a numerous vulnerable insecurities within for each????????For now - Despite soaring up on the success ladder Arnav still felt like he didn't have the courage to get in touch with her only to have destiny tell him that she had another man in her life already! And here - she didn't have the courage to do the same too or even ever ask Mini Maa or Mathew Dad or their common orphanage friends anything about Arnav or even choose to get his contact details- thinking that he really had gotten so caught up in this new fast paced life - ofcourse he didn't even have the thought to even remember the bond of sincere friendship the two used to share - for else he would have reached out right? Through Mini Maa if not through anyone else????? He had long ago texted - that perhaps there would be a time in the future they could connect as just good old friends- maybe that time had just not arrived for him yet. And deep down - Khushi knew - it perhaps hadn't arrived for her yet too.

Having Arnav just as a friend in reality???????? Nah - she preferred living with the memories of the past where in there had been a time he was just Hers. That along with being able to live with his music in her ears - see him up online everyday - seemed like quite an content spot of solace within!

And so not just Khushi's but both their hearts ached and waited. And basked in the emotions that had once been just about everything within in their respective alone times!

And the clock kept ticking.......

And perhaps it was about time for the lost lovebirds to discover that if waiting was all they were going to do they would watch their life go by without them - their aching hearts bearing the brunt of it all still.

Perhaps it was Time for fate to pull in some of its Invisible strings again in order to get the two - face to face - head on with the realisation that the Intense Invisible Strings that had once stood coiled in between their hearts - still were very much intact in their position - for Both. DESPITE THE Time.Despite the Ache!

For its true isn't it - only the majestic Love really knows how it operates in its functioning pulling on the strings and chords within the heart so deep - in ways - that often leaves no room for explanation for the logical mind to understand...and the mind by the end off it all is forced to succumb to the one eternal truth eventually.

What eternal truth? The eternal truth - the operations off Love - truly has/and always will be considered as one off the greatest enigmas of all Time!!!!

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Tadaaaaaaa!!

How was That guys???? No shoes at me.. for the axhing backtale to this point...thike?
I was also all like💔 whilst writing the glimpse bits about their ache for one another all this while! But then perhaps that's exactly what's going to make writing this plot and giving their story and journey another start so very exciting to pen down - as they two find each other and their intense love again and start living it through - together❤

So yup guys Very soon - this tale shall also begin😁

Looking forward to have your support on the same.

Much love×Gratitude
Always
❤

Prachi

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