"Hey there!" Riya exclaims trying to keep herself stable but fails to, as her steps tumble back she's about to trip but Lakshya holds her on time and pulls her to him. Her breathings hitched as he tightens his grip on to her harm, "What the hell are you doing here Mrs. Goenka?" Riya gulps in not leaving his eyes.

She stammers, "I- Uhh... got a call from someone informing about an accident here so I... " she trails off. He still doesn't loosen his grip "I'm still listening Ragini!"

She closes her eyes and breathes in "Sanskar had an accident and he needs immediate blood transfusion."

Lakshya stares at her horrified "Bhai?" she nods and keeps a hand on his shoulder, "I tried calling you but your PA said that you were in some emergency meeting and I'm sorry but I couldn't just wait for you to finish your some stupid business work so I rushed in here." She bit her lower lip as he waited for her to say something more perhaps but she didn't.

"You met him? When did he come back? Is he fine now? What did the doctors say?" he stares at her for an answer but she doesn't respond and he shakes her, "Say something Damnit!"

"Shh! Silence please" the duo stare at the passing by nurse and nod. Riya turns her attention to a now frustrated Lakshya, "Whats with every one firing me with questions today? Anyway I don't know much because I came here just now and why don't you find it out yourself it's some Doctor Makhlani-"

"Malkhani" he clarified and she frowned, "Does that make a difference?" he's about to say something, "You got my feelings thats enough don't go for the words now and I need to meet Sanskar so get out of my way" she crosses her arms demandingly and he sighs.

As she turns to leave, "Last one, never ever go out without informing me your my responsibility Ragini and more off I can't afford to loose more people in my life." He leaves as Riya turns to him smiling someone hits her head from behind and she stares at the person annoyed.

"Falling for someone?" Kavita teases with a smirk on and Riya shakes her head "I want to rise in love baby not fall!" she winks and they share an hi5. 

"This is what makes me love you, all that baby and cool wala attitude just like SwaraDi!" Kavita remarks and her eyes become moist. 

"Please don't start with the water works not you too please" Riya pleads in a dramatic way making Kavita hit her shoulder in reply.

"Go do your watchmangiri outside the room and give the love birds some privacy!"

"Look who's talking, ruined my adoring the Mr. Goenka moment and now you want me to give your sister some privacy" she sticks out her tongue at Kavita who flips her hair, "I have the right little sister!"

"Ohho! Not you too" Kavita shrugs and leaves from there so does Riya murmuring something perhaps cursing the moment she thought to help someone in her life for the last time.

Ragini is sitting next to Sanskar adoring him as she caresses his now bandaged forehead, her touch wakes him up. His eyes still closed as he whispers her name, "Ragini... "

Tears trip down her cheek and fall on his hand as she smiles sadly, "Is this what I left you here for?" Ragini wipes her tears and turns towards the person, "He needs positivity around him Ragini and these" she points at her wet cheeks "would just make his condition more worse perhaps."

Ragini gulps in "What do you want me to do then? Look at his this condition and laugh?" Riya facepalmed herself, "Why do Ablanaari's lack a sense that normal human beings call 'Common Sense'" Ragini frowns.

She walks to her and hits her head lightly, "Talk to him, tell him how much you missed him. Talk about good things like how I Riya Malhotra-"

"Just spoiled the whole drama and suspense that we created with so much of hardwork." Swara glares at Riya while Ragini wonders what made the chatter box stop mid sentence. As she stares at Riya and then the direction she's staring, which is for her nothing but just empty space she opens her mouth to say something, "I'm sorry!" Riya mumbles.

Swara signs towards Ragini and Riya turns to her, "You continue with your Romance I'm waiting outside." 

Ragini closes her mouth as the door shuts in front of her, Swara who's still standing inside gazes at her little sister lovingly "I miss you Gini." 

Ragini turns to Sanskar as a sudden feeling surrounds her, but then she inhales deeply "I missed you so much, I can't tell you how much." 

She giggles, "I know I still suck at expressing my feelings don't I baby?" she licks her lips "I thought I died that day that accident just shook me. As much as the accident that happened before that or should I say murder? I really don't know what happened but one moment it was like I was with you but I couldn't have you forever. I loved you and I still do but my promises and duties as a Maasi would always come first, you and me both know what Ruhaan means to me. My dead sisters last symbol, her shadow her son My son Ruhaan."

She sobs clutching onto his hand "That night I thought I was almost dead, so close to her that all I could see was getting her back and nothing else. Dying felt like a boon to me because that would give me my Swara Di back right?" she smiled wiping her cheek. 

"But then theres this girl who I call my mirror image and you won't believe this Sanskar but she really is my mirror image who slapped me back to reality. Took me to the hospital, saved my stupid arse and made me realize it's not always about me, the baby Asthana. I hate to stay away from you guys but for some reason I feel what she's doing is right. Kavya is on loose out there and everyone is trying to save me, I don't know what to do. Kavi Di says I should trust them but then what happened back in history makes me laugh on the word Trust itself."

She shook her head and leaned closer to his face, "Lets talk about us for now, I love you I love you and I love you so much that once this all ends I'm going to beat the hell out of you Mr. Goenka for doing this stupid stunt! I tried a tonnes to stay away from you but I couldn't, I just wish for an instance that Riya and Lakshya could stay like this married forever so I could come back to you..."

Riya who is pacing hurriedly in front of the room with Swara sitting on her head, which she literally is though not exactly on her head but above her head. 

"Stop flying like those sages of Astha channel will you?"

"I'm trying to see whether theres that thing people call Brains existing inside your skull" Swara mocks and Riya glares at her upwards and Swara smiles widely flicking her fingers making Riya's head automatically turn down.

"I hate this, at this moment I so wish I could be dead!" Riya exclaims and tumbles suddenly falling onto Lakshya who himself looses his balance and they both end on the floor, with Riya on top of him.

"I'll make your wish come true Gini!" Swara smirks staring at the duo. 

They share an eyelock and Swara coughs making Riya close her eyes in regret as she tries to get up her chain gets stuck onto Lakshya's coats button making her fall on him again.

"Destiny little sister!" Swara smirks making Riya more annoyed. 

"Okay" Lakshya waves his hands in surrender, "Let me try, will you?" Riya nods as the passing by people smile at them. 

"Such a cute couple."

"Adorable aren't they?"

"Done!" he exclaims and she separates from him immediately, "Want a noble prize for that?" Lakshya frowns but sits as she forwards her hand to him, he takes it with a smile. 

"This was better then the prize" he states dusting his coat "Hows bhai?" he asks looking up at her and she licks her lips. 

"Well I still din't enter the room yet so I don't know" she shrugs and he smiles for a strange reason. 

"What? Do I look like some clown or what?"

Lakshya shook his and walked to her leaning he slightly tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear "You look better like this" he states showing her a leaf on his hand.

She stares at it suspiciously, "How did that end up on my hair? Are there any more?" she checks her hair and he shakes his head again.

"Why din't you meet him yet?" 

"He's unconscious and doctors say he might take some more time to regain consciousness. And so I thought of waiting here for my sweet little husband."

"Ouch!" he holds his chest and she becomes worried but then he makes a puppy face "You still suck at giving me names Swa... "

A weird silence surrounds them, the duo share a painful eyelock as Swara comes down instantly standing next to her little sister she whispers, "I'm so sorry."

Riya smiles "You don't need to be."

Lakshya stares at her surprised "Huh?"

"You don't need to say sorry Mr. Goenka, we can make it even after I call you Idiot!" she sticks out her tongue at him.

"Hey! you can't really call me that!"

"Ahaan! I can and I will exactly call you an Idiot!" she stresses on the last word and he flinches, "We'll check on that later" he walks to the door.

"Do something little sister" Swara pleads making Riya groan taunting "Are your ghostly powers only to annoy me?" she walks towards Lakshya and holds his hand.

"What?"

"Have you like really thought what you will talk to him?"

Swara facepalms herself as Riya murmurs onyl audible enough for Swara "Atleast I tried."

"I'll talk what we normally do always when either of us end up in the hospital, well most of the times it used to be me over there in his place but its okay I can handle it."

 He keeps his hand on the door knob and she keeps her hand on his "But right now the situation is totally different Lakshya!"

"But how?"

"WE ARE MARRIED YOU IDIOT!" 

Every passing by person stares at them, Riya gulps in realizing what she said while Lakshya stood there shocked "What the hell, how can I forget such an important change."

"Exactly" she fakes a smile at him and turns to the others "Husband's always need a reminder that they are married you see, I can't afford him flirting with the nurses. Disperse now!" 

The crowd scurries away while she turns to him, "What was that for? Theres no nurse in there Ragini."

Swara giggles "And now you want me to justify my answer to strangers Lucky? Oh come on wait I'll call them back and -" Lakshya keeps his other hand on hers pleading "I'm sorry."

"Good Boy!" she smiled at him and he flushed. As he thinks something Kavita comes there just then and smirks at the duo "If your hand in hand romance is done may I?" she points towards the door knob where their hands are placed over each other.

This time the duo blush and remove their hands instantly, "Nothing like that, we were just... "

"Declaring that you are married" she winked at them and pushed the door open, "Come Sanskar might get conscious any moment" she said and entered in followed by her was Lakshya. 

Riya's eyes shot wide open as she bend to peek through the half open door, "Where did she vanish?"

Swara smacked on her forehead which off course din't pain but yet she turned "What?" 

"Go inside you fool!" Riya frowned at her words and entered the room, there he was lying on the bed his eyes half closed. 

"The medicines will keep him drowsy, so any feelings or emotions to express then you can cause he won't remember them later. Well let me begin with mine first, I loved you Sanskar in fact I still love you but you belong to Ragini and no one else. Trust me when I say that cause I know she loves you the same way and more than me I guess. Eternity wala couple, eww right now I so damn wish Swaru was here but anyway I'm waiting for my true wala love and till then I can dream about you right. My best friend please get well soon and I'm sorry" she smiled caressing his face.

Lakshya for a strange reason felt uncomfortable as Riya smiled seeing Sanskar, he was unknown of the fact that all she smiled was seeing Kavita and Sanskar's friendship. The way she said, Riya knew that it was nothing but Kavita's truthful words. 

Swara too had a wide smile, but for Riya this time cause she knew feelings were propping up in someone's heart. He was jealous she thought and it din't hurt her too as she was no more a human with feelings, she loved him and he would always be her eternal forever but then right now right there she was a soul who had a mission, to fulfill her wishes that were unfulfilled and her works that were incomplete. And the only way she had through was Riya, her little sister!

As the trio well duo for Lakshya left the room, Riya stopped Kavita and stood in front of her with a suspicious look. Kavita cocked her brows as Riya uttered, "How?"

Kavita let out a small laugh and then suddenly Ragini appeared behind Riya and gave a slight push making her jump and turn around annoyed.

"Ragini?" Riya's mouth hung open which Ragini closed giggling like a cute baby and said "I sneaked out through the window just like Swara Di, wish she was here and could see that. She would've been so proud na?"

"If she were here, there would have been no reason of us being in this situation at the first place na?" Riya's question made the other two fell silent and upset at the same moment.

Day's passed while Ruhaan was back with the Goenka's and all the happiness that was long lost after Swara's death had slowly started to regain, Ragini (Riya) and Lakshya's wedding was still not accepted by the Asthana's. 

Sanskar had questions, lots of questions regarding the new Ragini. His heart still couldn't believe she left him, she was his now, his brothers... 

Ragini on the other hand couldn't bear this separation, she missed her family, her Ruh and even more badly her Sanskar. Daily video calls with Riya had made it a bit easy for her to survive, though she might not be physically present there but mentally she was always there. 

Her lips formed a curve when she thought of him, Sanskar made her crazy so much so that she had started saying things to Riya. Trying make her feel she like Lakshya, unbeknown of the fact that she really was falling for him pretty hard. 

Her and Lakshya's daily fights had become a routine for them, from deciding the meals clothes and other stuff for Ruhaan to ending the day with who would tell him a story at night. Every little thing had to have a fight, she was adjusting to be more precise adapting to the new environment. Feeling she was a part of them, but somewhere she felt bad for him, for Sanskar. 

Sanskar's questioning eyes made her feel like a betrayer, even though she wasn't his Ragini but still she had started feeling bad for him. All these days they had this connection a new bonding formed between them, a bond which she had only with one person, her Shanky. 

Shanky's calls had started becoming less, his new mission which she was an ultimate part of unwantingly had something mysterious which Riya had a suspicion that Shanky hid from her. 

Lakshya on the other hand had started comparing her to Swara alot nowadays, he though did it as a taunt at times or maybe at times he said she was just like her. But then it made her heart hurt for strange reasons, everyone else too started saying the same thing from Kavita to Ragini, from Annapurna to Pari nearly everyone said the same thing. 

All these comparisons shouldn't have mattered her this much but they did because right now her life had become a tornado after that secret, the truth that she came to know had made her shallow. She had started distancing from Swara, whose Riya was the only way to connect to others in this world. 

On the other hand the twins had kept their Swara chachi a secret, they talk to her every time they are free and she happily goes to them irking Riya more and more.

"Why are you behaving like this little sister? I want to know what is my fault?" an extremely hurt Swara stared at her, eyes moist. Riya smiled sadly folding the clothes she exclaimed "Who am I to behave bad with you Mrs. Goenka" she turned towards Swara, "I have a request... "

Swara nodded, "Please stop calling me Little sister from now, after all this is going to end soon." She left the room, leaving Swara speechless and shocked of her words.

"She knows it" Swara concluded with a shock, "Who the hell told her that!" she yelled to no one in particular.

Riya fell down on the terrace floor weeping staring at the moon and the twinkling stars, "I miss you Dad, why did you leave me like that? Why din't you tell me dad why" she sobbed uncontrollably. 

Riya's Dad, Mr. Malhotra was suffering from a disease which was on its last stages. He died a month ago, leaving her alone in this world with a secret that became a shock for her lifetime. A secret of her being the unwanted one...

He held out his kerchief for her as she took it murmuring a Thank you. She looked up to find him giving her a consolable smile, as he knelt in front of her "He had his own reasons Riya" Sanskar wiped her tears.

Riya just stared at him as he nodded "I know you aren't Ragini, but Riya- Riya Malhotra" he stated the obvious.

Author's Note : 

Sanskar's a genius isn't he? What do you think will happen next?? Will Riya's change create a ruccus? Will Shanky's mission get fulfilled and what is this new secret about Riya? 

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