Plot by: RaginiKumari4

Amidst all patients, doctors and nurses rushing here and there, he was standing in a numb state, it felt like he lost all his senses, he couldn't feel anything just a strange pain in his heart .. as if scared if something happens to the woman inside that hospital room, nr. 157. The woman inside that room means his life, his everything, his breath, his reason of living.. If he loses her, then this life of his would be meaningless.

The doctor walked out after few minutes, only to drop a bomb to him, "Your wife lost her eyesight.. I'm sorry!"

She was survived...  That's was the happiest news he received.. but she lost her eyesight.. that's the worst news he would give to her..

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Sometime later..

"Arnav.. everything is dark.. I can't see anything.. What's happening Arnav?..  Why is everything dark? Arnav.. What happened to me.. Say something.. I'm scared Arnav.." she screamed hysterically, crying in helplessly and restless thinking what had happened to her.  Will she always see dark like this?

Arnav watched his wife throwing her hands on air, crying, screaming with tears rolling down his eyes. He wasn't that strong to tell her that she had lost her eyesight and he didn't have enough money for her operation so that she gets her eyesight again. 

This news would shatter her completely, this cruel reality of her life would break down her confidence, her independent and strong personality..

His Khushi wouldn't remain his Khushi anymore..

He shook his head in denial, in no way he's going to let her break!

With a determination in his mind, he sat beside her on hospital bed and brought her face closer to hers, resting his forehead on hers: Shhh.. We will go through this together!

"What happened to me? Will I never be able to see again?" she cried bitterly leaning closer to him. 

"Do you trust me?" he asked.

"Arnav! Why are you asking this? Answer me.. I lost my eyesight right? I'm blind now.." she cried loudly clutching his shirt tightly.

"Do you trust me or not?" he asked again.

She hugged him tightly in response, resting her head on his shoulder.

"I'm with you always, trust me Chubby!" he hugged her tightly.

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Two days later..

She was just a bit calm two days later, she had accepted that she was blind but she didn't come to terms yet with that harsh and sudden reality of her life.

The way she was being helped by Arnav to get in the car, when two days back she could do that on her own was making her feel frustrated. To hear people talking with her but not seeing their face, was making her feel miserable. What will she do about her life now? Sleep, wake up and wait for Arnav to help her bath herself and prepare breakfast for her, then after he leaves for office, she would have to stay in one place in entire day waiting for him to come back, warm up their food, have dinner and then take her to sleep? Was this going to be her life now?

Getting on his seat at the backseat, Arnav signaled the taxi driver to drive to their destination, their home.

He stare at her moist eyes and knew what exactly she was thinking. They are surely going back home, but things weren't same again! Heck, they will be the same again and he's going to make sure of that.. Her blindness will not change anything in their daily routine and he will fight for that..

Through the journey, there was complete silence and that made him travel back to the first day he met with the most beautiful woman of his life!

Flashback..
"That was fun, right?" Aman, his friend laughed while pulling a chair on restaurant and took a seat.

"Yeah it was.. You should have seen Prem's defeated look yaar.." Arnav replied pulling another chair and settled himself.

"Look today you just need defeated Prem in a small racing car competition, tomorrow you'll be a successful and famous racing driver!" Aman said smiling.

"Leave it yaar.. Mom and Dad are hell bent on making me a bank manager!" Arnav said and next minute he called the waiter, when his eyes caught attention of a girl chatting probably with her friends sitting on a table opposite to his and Aman's.

"What yaar? Will your parents decide the woman you will get married to now?" Aman whined.

Arnav nodded sideways still with his eyes fixed at the girl, "I'm going to marry the woman sitting on table behind you only!"

Aman raised his one eyebrow confused with his college friend's words and turned to have a look at the girl.

"The girl in pink?" Aman asked.

"Yes!" Arnav nodded and that's when the hazel eyes owner caught two shameless man staring at her. She glared at both of them and continued her chat with her friends.

Aman immediately turned to Arnav, "Did you see how she glared at us? She won't accept you so easily!"

"When did I take No so easily in my life?" Arnav smirked as he stood up from his chair and walked towards the girl's table.

Aman shook his head, "Pithega.. bohot buri tarah se pitegha mere Bhai (He will get beaten.. You will get beaten up very badly my brother)"

Aman ordered for his food while glancing every now and then to see if his friend is okay or not.
On reaching near the girl, Arnav pulled a chair from other table and sat beside her, "Hi.. I know when you caught me staring at you, you must have cursed me and God knows how many times you swear in your mind.. because you think I'm a bad boy!"

"That you're.. Who invited you to sit here with me?" she finally spoke fuming.

"Okay.." Arnav stood up from the chair and sat on the floor making her eyes go wide.

"Is it fine now?" he asked, "I just wanted to say that yes I was staring at you..  I was just casually calling the waiter when my eyes fell on you.. I was dumbfounded and awed by your breathtakingly beauty.. Just then I decided that you're the one I'm going to get married with.. but just being beautiful isn't enough to get married right, so only I came here to talk with you so that we get to know each other better, exchange our phone numbers, spend time together, share our things and thoughts with each other, help each other in every phase of our life, share some cute and romantic moments together so that would strengthen our love and trust for each other and then you will be sure that this man sitting in front of you isn't a bad boy and isn't joking about marriage!"

She couldn't help but smile a little by his words. He was cute but he's a stranger!

"Everyone is looking at me.. Tell me your name at least!" Arnav said looking around with sheepish smile to other people, then back at her.

"I'm not interested! Don't bother me and go back to your table.." she said in scolding tone.

"Khushi.. give him your name na! He's so cute.." Lavanya, her friend gushed over him. 

Khushi glared at Lavanya for revealing her name to him.

"Khushi Singh Raizada be prepared to spend all your life with me!" Arnav smirked as he stood up and went back to his table while Khushi was left with open mouth at his confidence.

Flashback ends..

It wasn't that easy to make her Khushi Singh Raizada! It required lot of patience and hard work from his side as he was not ready to agree, not that she didn't like him.. She also liked and found him cute on their first meet, something she confessed later.. she was just being tough and hard to him because being a girl alone in Mumbai, living in hostel away from her parents and family, she didn't trust anyone to easily and she was scared too what if he turned out to be someone who play with her feelings? She had heard many bad things about seniors from her first years new friends.

It was just one normal day, when Sheetal, her competitor who disliked Khushi because Khushi always scored better than her, decided to place a paper pin on her chair. When Khushi came, as always he went behind her in classroom and before she sat on her chair, he noticed the paper pin and placed his hand to remove it from her chair but she sat unknowingly on his hand, making one gasp in shock and other wince in pain as the pin pricked through his skin. She immediately stood up and was about to scold him for his shameless behavior when she saw his bleeding hand, and the paper pin on his hand. She understood that he was saving her and her eyes filled with tears of guilt.

From that day on, she started being friendly with him and soon their relationship took a new turn, they fell in love with each other and after college, both got married. He pursued his parents dreams by working in a bank, unfortunately not as bank manager but as bank teller.

And Khushi started recently to work in company as an architect but unfortunately she will have to quit the job now.

"Arnav.. what are you thinking?" Khushi asked holding his hand tightly.

"When we first met.." he replied nuzzling her cheek, "See how without even seeing me, you felt that I was thinking!" 

Khushi nodded sideways, "It's not the same thing Arnav! I want to my eyesight back!"

She sobbed and he Shh-ed again, whispering sweet nothings to her.

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They reached home and it most hard and difficult time of his life.

Khushi who always open the door of their house and he uses this time to hug her from behind and get little romantic, can't do that today.

He stare at her and saw her crying at her fate as her hand automatically raised to grab the keys from her purse but stopped in between realizing she doesn't even know if she's at the door now.

"Relax Chubby!" he gulped his tears, and placed the keys on her hand and then brought her hand clutching the key to the key hole and helped her unlock the door.

When she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned to him and hugged him tightly sobbing.

"You did it Chubby!" he said smiling through the tears falling from his cheek.

Flashback..

Arnav lifted his wife on his arms and walked towards their small yet beautiful rented house, "For now this is going to be our home, once I start earning well and get promoted I will buy you a bigger house than this Khushi!"

"This is more than enough Arnav.. The house might be small, but it's really beautiful.. I love it.. Our little world!" she pecked his cheek making him relieved.

He walked towards their house and handed to her the keys signaling her to unlock it.

She smiled and took the keys from his hand, then signaled him to open the door with her.

Flashback ends..

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One month later..

Arnav was making their breakfast, while thinking about Khushi's state in this one week. There's no progress in her state, she still feels incapable of doing anything and yesterday even shocked him by asking divorce to him, because she feels she's no longer worth to be his wife, she's only a burden to him now. She feels she can't perform any wife duties to him now and the worst thing is that their family is approving her decision. Are they out of their mind? Just because she lost her eyesight, does that mean he should let go off her hand? Didn't he promise to stay with her in every phase of their life? Didn't he promise to be a part of her happiness and pain all his life? Are the marriage vows annulled when your wife suffers from an accident and loses her eyesight or any other part of her body? Are marriage vows annulled when your wife is handicapped? Does marriage break when your wife is infertile? Does marriage break when your wife wishes to do something in her life other than staying all day in kitchen? Does that mean she is not a wife material now? Does that mean she can't satisfy her husband needs? .. Unfortunately, that's the mentality of some people in their society.. but he won't end their relationship at any cost.. let the society speak what they want, he's going to make sure that Khushi believes not only she's worth to be his wife but she can live happily and do daily works even blind.

"KHUSHI.. KHUSHI.." he shouted sounding in extreme hurry and walked out of the kitchen waiting for her in the living room.

Meanwhile Khushi was on bed waiting for him to finish preparing their breakfast and then he would help her to get freshen up, when he started shouting for her.

She quickly got up and took few steps ahead but then stood still realizing she can't see anything. She shook her head left and right, fidgeting her duppata with her fingers, sobbing: Arnav.. I can't come..

"Khushi hurry up!!!" she heard his shout again, "Damn my hand is bleeding and I'm getting late to office. Come here Khushi!!"

On hearing that he got hurt, she ran without thinking anything but bumped with bed and almost fell but got an hold on herself before she fell. She cried helplessly but Arnav's shout was forcing her to not give up. She shut her eyes tightly letting out a frustrated groan, crying helplessly.

She let her hand roam around their bed, then getting a image of their room in her mind, she presumed that she's some six or seven steps away from the door. She started taking baby steps towards the door,  once she reached with great difficulty to the door.. she knew left side takes her to the living room, she went walking towards the living room taking support of the walls.

Arnav saw her coming and smiled in victory.

"Arnav.." she called his name in between her sobs.

"What Arnav? I don't have time right now Khushi.. I'm really getting late.. And on top of that I cut my hand while cooking.. Go and make breakfast for me you now .." he ordered trying to sound rude.

"Arnav how can I.." she cried placing her palm on her mouth not believing he's asking this to her.

"Why can't you dammit? Khushi please stop your drama and go and cook breakfast for me.. fast!" he shouted.

"Arnav.."

"Okay fine! I will go to work without having my breakfast! I will work with an empty stomach and if something happens to me.. Then.."

"No.. nothing will happen to you.. I will.. I will cook something for you.." she said worriedly.

Flashback..

At kitchen..

Khushi was chopping onions, she shut her eyes tightly scared that if she opened her eyes then she would feel that burning sensation and start cry and started chopping onions with closed eyes when Arnav rushed to her and snatched the knife from her hands, "Are you mad Khushi? You can hurt yourself.."

"It's nothing Arnav! I can chop it without seeing.. It became habit already.." she smiled.

"No.." he said protectively, "I will chop the onions for you!"

"Arnav things we do repeatedly automatically get processed in our minds that we don't need to see it.. We can do it with closed eyes only!" she giggled.

"Oh really?"

"Yes really.. like I can kiss you with my eyes closed!" she said closing her eyes and pecked on his lips.

Arnav smiled and tried to do the same but end up kissing her nose.

"Liar!" he glared at her and both burst out laughing.

Flashback ends..

Remembering about this, she breathed in and out and walked towards the kitchen taking walls as her support and imagining the kitchen in her mind, calculating each step she took.

Arnav followed silently as he watched her every action.

She started taking out ingredients and items to make his toast and coffee as she daily makes for him.

Arnav watched her preparing his toast with tears in her eyes, but a smile intact on his face. He knew she was doing great effort to do all this, it wasn't easy but it wasn't impossible either. And this what he wanted to show to her.

Her sob increased when she touched the stove.

His heart was also scared to let her use the stove at such an early stage where she didn't learn how to live like this. So he just hurriedly took few steps back and shouted, "I'm getting late Khushi.. it's useless if you make me a coffee.. just serve some juice and my toast!"

She sighed in relief and took two steps back where she easily opened the fridge out of habit and took the juice as she memorized where it was always kept. Taking few more steps, she grabbed the glass and held the head of the glass, bringing the jug of juice near the glass, when she didn't felt anything wet on the table, she knew the juice was being poured at the glass only.

When she finished, she grabbed the juice and the plate with toast and started taking steps carefully to leave the kitchen and reached in the living room, "Arnav here is your breakfast!"

Arnav took the plate and glass of juice half filled and kept it on the near small table in their living room.

"Now tell me.. Can't you do this?" he asked cupping her face.

Khushi cried realizing he did this purposely to make her come out of her comfort zone.

She started beating his chest crying and at last hugged him burying her face on his chest.

He broke the hug and held her hand taking her to the kitchen, he opened the fridge and took out her favorite jalebis, he took a bit and made her taste it, "What's this?"

"Jalebi.." she replied confused.

Arnav took a piece of cake and fed it to her, "And this?"

"Cake! The one you got yesterday for me right?" she asked.

"Yes.. now tell me do you need eyes to guess what's this or that?" he asked.

Before she could reply to him, he took her outside the kitchen to the door of house, he knocked it twice, "Can you hear it?"

She nodded.

"Okay.. You can hear then if someone knocks the door of our house, but you don't know who the person is right? That's the problem right?" he asked.

She nodded in positive, and cupped her face with one hand making her nod sideways, "Not a problem Khushi! Ask who is at the door now! "

"Who is it?" Khushi asked.

"It's me Chubby!" he replied, "Can you recognize this voice Khushi?" he asked.

She nodded, "It's yours!"

"Same way you will ask the person at other side of the door and with their reply you will recognize them by their voice.." he said.

Holding her hand, he opened the door and took her to the porch where they hang their clothes to dry.

Making her hold her salwar, he asked: Is your salwar dry?

"No, it's still wet.." Khushi replied feeling it wet on her hands.

"Do you need to see me to love me?" he asked.

She nodded sideways with more tears falling down her cheeks.

"Do you need to see me to kiss me? Don't you already know everything about me with closed eyes only?" he asked.

"I love you.. I love you a lot.." she whispered and placing her lips on his, and both shared a long, gentle and filled with love kiss.

"Don't you even dare to think to divorce me again!" he mumbled in between the kiss.

She broke the kiss and guiltily wanted to say sorry to him but he kissed her again not letting her say anything.

After few more sweets and gentle kisses, they broke apart.

"You forgot one thing! Being a blind is still a problem, how will I watch Salman's movies?" she asked pouting. Now she was just teasing him!

"That's an advantage to me now.. You won't watch his movie and give more attention to me!" he smirked.

Khushi giggled softly and hugged him again, "You're the best husband.. I'm so lucky to have you in my life.. today you made me feel like even though blind, I can still live my life the way I used to.. you made me gain my lost confidence back.. you made see a light, a hope in this darkness.. You made me feel like I'm not alone.. there are people in worst state than mine and they're still living.. I should not let this blindness affect me at all.. I promise you that from now on I will try to do everything I used to do earlier.. Thank you for not giving up on me.. I love you Arnav.. I love you so much!"

"I love you too Chubby!" he said smiling.

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Six months later..

Arnav knocked the door happily.

"Who is it?"

"It's me Chubby!" he said smiling.

The door was quickly opened for him, she received him with a smile on her face extending her hand to him so that he hands over his bag to her but in return he lifted her in his arms happily making her gasp and smile later, "What happened Arnav?"

"I'm so happy today.." he screamed twirling her in his arms.

"Let me guess.. You got promoted?" she asked giggling.

"No.. I earned sufficient money to get your eyes operation done Chubby!" he screamed smiling and put her down on floor.

"What?" she asked in shock not believing what she heard.

"Yes.." he nodded.

"But how Arnav?" she asked curious.

"Well I was talking with Aman these days and he said he could get me in as a participant in one huge racing car competition and if I won, I would get a huge amount of money that is more than sufficient for your operation.. You know na.. how am I fond of racing cars? So I agreed and took part of the competition.. I won Khushi.. I won the competition and the prize money.." he said with a huge smile intact on his face.

"It's okay Jaan.. I already learned how to live like this.. we can use this money for other means.. we're not financially stable also.. why waste money in my operation?" she said.

"Khushi our financial state can be handled later.. for now your health is more important to me.. I know you learned how to live without eyesight, but I also know how much you miss to see Salman Khan on screen.. So for Salman, you will have to go through this operation!" he said.

Khushi smiled and caressed his cheek, "Not for Salman, only for you!"

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Few days later..

City hospital..

Today he's standing on same hospital, waiting for his wife to be checked after operation with a certain nervousness in him. He was walking here and there non-stop.
Khushi's parents and his parents were also present praying for her.  His friend, Aman was also there just staring at him and assuring him through his eyes that everything would be fine.

The doctor finally walked out of room and walked towards him, he patted Arnav's shoulder: Operation is successful Mr. Raizada! She got her eyesight back!

He almost jumped in happiness on hearing this, his parents, Khushi's parents and Aman jumped on him sharing an emotional hug.

"Go and see her bitwa!" his mother convinced him. 

He nodded and rushed to her room, opening it he found her on bed staring at him smiling brightly just like he loves unlike that day he found her crying and in a messed up state.

As soon as he reached her, she literally jumped on him wrapping her legs around his torso and her arms around his neck. Arnav held her securely by her waist and leaned to kiss her lips, her cheeks, her nose, her forehead and at last her both eyes.

"I'm so happy.. I can see you.." she exclaimed like a baby.

"I'm happy you can see me Chubby!" he smiled and both continued to shower each other with kisses until the nurse came and scolded both for treating an hospital room as their personal room!

"Try to understand na.. I'm happy she got her eyesight back.. she's my wife.. Aren't you married sister?" Arnav pouted keeping Khushi back on bed.

"Okay okay.. five minutes more!" the nurse smiled and walked out of the room closing the door for them.

The End!!