Swayam was looking at the sides which was complete dark nothing more. His eyes couldn't take the sudden light yet he shielded his eyes with his hand. He moved forward towards the light but someone stopped him by holding his hands.

"Don't I always tell you to not take risks without me?"The voice asked.

"Laku!!"Swayam murmured and he saw his friend, Lakshya Kashyap who was standing beside him.

Lakshya Kashyap looked at the vast underground which was hid in eye blinding light and signed Swayam to look at it.

Swayam stepped backwards after seeing the vast underground and took a heavy breathe.

"I thought it would be a way to go out of this place."Swayam said.

"Not every lightened way holds the solution; Sometimes , whatever we wants hides under darkness, swaru." Lakshya said.

Swayam kept silence for a minute then hugged his friend.

"I missed you, Laku. I thought I lost you forever."Swayam cried while Lakshya hugged him back and patted on his shoulders.

"We live in each other, swaru. Aren't we?"Lakshya pointed at swayam's heart. Such a cheesy line but both smiled to each other.

"But, I always wonder in one thing. Have you heard the statement that same poles repels?"Lakshya asked.

"What is in that to wonder?"Swayam asked being not able to grasp the point of his friend.

"I mean, we both are hot headed boys who never hesitated to get into physical. Yet, we became friends on our first meet. Wouldn't it be a one of the wonders of the world?"Lakshya reminded .

Swayam chuckled softly.

"It should be if we note a point that a single day didn't left without disputes between us. Aadi and Raj had to lock their heads while deciding which one of us is right and we enjoyed their fights. Wonderful days those are! Wish we would be in schooling age forever." Swayam stated and Lakshya smiled at his statement.

"But one thing to be sure. If we have to choose who is the most hot headed guy out of us, it would be you, Swaru."Lakshya said with the same smile.

"Thanks for your compliment, Laku!"Swayam bent his head dramatically.

"Dramebazz!"Lakshya slapped on his shoulders.

"Wish, I would have heard all your advice. We wouldn't be in this state, being engulfed in darkness."Swayam said his regret.

" You advised me to not enter into that abandoned building a lot of times."Swayam continued in regretting tone.

"But, you entered eventually found about organ trafficiking. Had you cared about sharing with us?"Lakshya asked.

"I don't want to put you or anyone of our friends in risk."Swayam reasoned.

"Ohh! So, you , Big boss directly went to meet a corrupt police Inspector and told him everything. By God's grace, I got doubt on you and followed you on that day. Won't you think even a bit before doing?" Lakshya asked or I could say kind of scolding.

"That inspector had a good name in that village. Who would have thought he would be corrupt one?Pityful guy! He died in place of me."Swayam pitied.

"Wah! Pityful guy? For god's sake, He tried to kill you. If I didn't pull you down at that time, you would have seen how the heaven would be."Lakshya twisted his lips.

"Still, life is life Laku whether it's a criminal or innocent."Swayam reasoned.

"Then, Go and meditate under a tree. This world isn't for you."Lakshya cringed by making swayam laugh.

"But I really wonder whether you would became a saint when you love a beautiful girl."Lakshya's expression and tone changed into teasing one.

"How do you know?"Swayam wondered.

"Didn't I say I live in your heart? then, how wouldn't I know?"Lakshya asked.

"Now tell me, Do you really love her?"Lakshya asked with eagerness for the answer then sighed deeply,"what a fool I am? you risked your life to save her. And, I am asking the stupid question."

Swayam chuckled openly by looking at the expressions of lakshya.

"I love her a lot, Laku. When you left , her words are my only solace. It's like she could read my mind like an open book. I was amazed at first later I fell for her letters which held concern and pure love about me. I know its sounds filmy but I can't help it."Swayam pouted.

"Then, whom do you love Anamika or Kavya?"Lakshya asked and swayam looked at him like what kind of question it was.

"I love anamika. And, Kavya is Anamika."Swayam said while lakshya gave him a meaningful smile.

"You see Kavya as anamika just because you wanted to see like that, Swayam. Just because you attracted towards her; you wanted her to fill the place of anamika. you love Kavya not anamika."Lakshya said.

Swayam nodded his head in disagreement.

"I don't want us to get in a dispute without aadi or raj. So, lets continue it after some time. Now, go back to your own world."Lakshya said and pushed swayam a bit.

Swayam gave him a puzzled look and in a sudden, he saw a huge light spreading over his surrounding and Lakshya's figure vanished in air.

"Swaru! Swaru!"Raj murmured by seeing the eye balls movement in swayam's and to his enlightenment, swayam opened his eyes.

Swayam looked at his friends then Ragini who was weeping and smiling at the same time, looking at him with hopeful eyes. And , his eyes fixed at Kavya who was having teary eyes ,a band aid on her forehead and signed her to come near.

"Don't cry, Kavya. I can't see your tears."Swayam mumbled in a very low voice at her ears then fell in deep sleep again.

"What did he say?"Aadi asked with anxiousness while raj ran to get the doctor. Kavya couldn't trust what she heard. That held a lot of love and concern that she couldn't describe. Moreover, She couldn't trust her own sanity whether she heard it or imagined it.

"Why would I imagine?"Her conscience asked.

"Why would he tell those words?"Her mind questioned back. She couldn't give any answers meanwhile doctor entered inside.

"He is safe now, would be getting consciousness anytime soon."Doctor announced after checking swayam's vitals , ending a month misery of two ladies with his single statement.

Vaidegi smiled that her son finally made it and she would get her son again. And, Ragini leaned against Sanskar as she felt all her energy drained yet she smiled at the good news. A month plus struggle ended and swayam came out of the comatose state officially.

" Everything ended up at good note, cutie. Mr.Right survived in his struggle."Sanskar murmured .

 The two friends of swayam rejoiced at the news along with his family and Kavya. Sanskar looked at the weak figure of his friend. The dark circles under her eyes , her underweighted slimy figure and gloomy face, none of them got attention from anyone like her character from author but her friend noticed everything sometimes her brother might be. But, he was also reasoned with the stats that she witnessed the accident and she couldn't take it . For the past month, if everyone visited swayam twice a day, She stayed along with vaidegi with a reason that his mother was new to the city and vaidegi had to take care of ramachandran also. She was there beside swayam by just staring his face with a hope whether he would make a single eye ball movement and holding his hand just to ensure that she didn't miss his little movements . She lost the stats of when she had a proper sleep . All her mind occupied regarding him and she couldn't close her eyes even. The flashes of his accident was running in her mind for every moment she closed her eyes. She was dying slowly without letting anyone know by spoiling her health and Sanskar just had to watch. Thanks to his continous pleadings and tries, atleast she had some food and sometimes forceful sleeps because of drugs mixed in her food. Sanskar wanted to tell everything to aadi yet he couldn't for some unknown reason.

"Cutie!"Sanskar called her in soft voice. And, she responded with feeble mumble.

"Bhai, I am taking her to home. She looks weak today."Sanskar said to aditya and without waiting for his reply, Sanskar scooped his friend in his hand. He directly walked towards the ward and asked for a doctor. Everyone knows about her and him in the hospital as sengupta family so no one dared to question him.

"Doctor, She didn't have any proper food or sleep after witnessing an accident nearly more than a month."Sanskar stuttered not able express her current state.

"Don't worry, my dear son. Let me have a look at her."The old doctor said with kindness in his voice. Soon, A saline injection was attached to her hand with some other colourful injections.

"She would be sleeping for some time. And, she looks malnutrioned. I prescribed vitamins and some other energy supplements. Make sure she takes on time and if she still had the flashes of accident, I would recommend to take her to a counseling."The old doctor said with patience.

"Don't worry son, nothing would happen to your girlfriend."Doctor patted on Sanskar's cheeks and left. Sanskar didn't have any energy to correct the doctor and he just sat on the stool which kept beside her bed.

He smiled after hearing a little sound of snoring.

"Why does you love him so much, cutie? I am scared now, cutie. I am scared to lose you. This love is poisonous. "Sanskar said while his face cringed with the memory of swayam whose eyes stuck at Kavya even during that slight consciousness.

"He doesn't love you. He wouldn't even if he knows that you are Anamika, cutie. I thought to court Kavya for a relationship so that you could get swayam but they crossed the stage where I could interfere, cutie. He is ready to die for her. I can't dare to play with such serious feelings. And, I couldn't do anything but I can't see your heart breaking, cutie."Sanskar said while tears left his eyes subconsciously. He was helpless and wondered what he could do.

As it was a suit, no one couldn't hear what he was speaking to her and the one who could hear, was sleeping because of drugs.

After an hour, Shekar was standing at the front of the room, wondering whether he could enter inside or not. He was informed when she was examined by the doctor and he had seen all her reports already. At the start, he thought she would be alright . After all , she was seen as a strong willed girl by everyone and no one thought she would turn this much fragile.

"Why are you standing here, bhai?"Durgaprasad asked Shekar.

"Sanskar is inside with Ragini."Shekar answered.

"So what , bhai? " Durgaprasad paused.

"Are you still thinking the same even after Ragini rejected outright at first place?"Durgaprasad held his own head. Shekar hung his head down .

"I thought not to speak about it. I thought to not step out of the boundary. But, why are so obsessed with getting your children married so soon? Leave Ragini why are you forcing aditya to marry Nithyan's daughter?"Durgaprasad asked and got silence as answer.

"Don't burden our children with our sins, bhaiyu."Durgaprasad said and Shekar raised his head in sudden after hearing his statement. His eyes turned glassy . The statement was a truth.

"Shall we not speak about it, durga?"Shekar asked with a painful voice. Durgaprasad kept silence for a minute then patted on shekar's shoulders.

"Lets see our ragini first, bhaiyu."Durgaprasad said and then opened the door. His son was sleeping on the stool by holding ragini's hand while drips were slowly dropping. Not only Ragini, even he didn't leave the hospital. If she was staying inside the ward, he stayed in the corridor just to make sure his friend was ok. Her health always worried him for the past month.

Shekar signed durgaprasad not to make sound and he caressed his daughter's face.

"You are just like your mother, ragini. How much she looked strong willed outside, she was fragile inside."Shekar mumbled in a low voice.

"I am sorry, Rago. I was never been a good father to you. Even now, I didn't observe the changes in you. Are you really this much scared by witnessing an accident? I should have spoken with you , cleared all your fear." Shekar continued his talks in a low voice , treating his daughter like a child.

"Do it now."A feeble voice from Ragini said and then opened her eyes.

Shekar looked at his daughter without blinking his eyes.

"Rago!"Shekar murmured.

"It's Rago only. "Ragini murmured in a low voice.

"You know Papa I won't even allow anyone braid my hairs not even annu maa. And all of sudden, you didn't give me any of your time. Why Papa? Did your Rago do anything wrong?"Ragini asked and with her tone, anyone could tell she wasn't in her consciousness.

Sanskar woke up by hearing all the sounds and surprised to see both of their fathers inside their ward.

"You didn't do anything wrong Rago."Shekar hurriedly said while she signed him to sit on the side corner of the bed.

"Auch!"Ragini pouted in pain as she tried to sit up. Sanskar helped her and she put her head on her father's lap.

"I missed your lap a lot, Papa and even your stories."Ragini said letting her father know all her longings from childhood and then started to sleep again.

Sanskar put his hand on shekar's shoulders and then said,"She is blabbering in sleep, uncle. Don't take it serious."

Shekar nodded his head and bit his lips not to cry atleast to not disturb his daughter sleep.

Durgaprasad wiped his tears. He witnessed almost everything about Shekar; From his ups and down even the righteous , dark and even vulnerable sides. And, he knew how much it was hard for shekar. And, he had to tell about Kalyani in very near future.

Hours passed and durgaprasad left to work. Shekar sat in the same position and Sanskar was staring at both of them then the drips then again ragini. Soon , Aditya came and left after seeing the sleeping duo of father and daughter.

And, She opened her eyes finally after waking up completely. Her eyes first met her father's face. Tear stains were visible in his face.

"Why am I here? And looks like Papa cried. But for what?"Ragini thought and her vision stuck at her friend who came for her aid.

"Don't move your hand."Sanskar warned and slowly took her head from shekar's lap eventually helped her to sit on the bed. Ragini glanced at the dark sky then Sanskar's face.

"How is he?"Ragini mumbled while looking at Shekar in her side eyes.

"You heard from doctor that he is safer side now, cutie."Sanskar couldn't help himself from hiding his frustration.

"Did he wake up? Does he spoke..."Ragini asked and couldn't continue after seeing a deep glare from sanskar.

"I know you love him, cutie. But that doesn't mean you have to forget about yourself. First think about your own state. Do you remember how you lived for the past month?"Sanskar asked.

"You don't know how it feels like to see the person whom you love in the brink of death."Ragini argued in a low voice.

"And, you don't know how it feels like to see the person whom important to you, behaving like mad and destroying her own life and health."Sanskar argued back.

Shekar woke up by hearing their argument. He looked at flaring Sanskar in anger and his daughter helpless look.

Sanskar glanced at the drips which was going to end.

"Uncle, the drips is going to end. I will call the nurse to stop it."Sanskar said and came out of the ward. After few minutes, a nurse came inside alone and detached the injection from her hand after stopping the drips.

Ragini's eyes searched sanskar even Shekar observed it.

"Rago!"Shekar called her daughter softly.

"Papa! lets go to our home. And, we will visit swayam on our way."Ragini said while hiding her tears. She never seen Sanskar's anger and seeing it first time, She didn't know how she was feeling. She could feel his concern for her.

"I wish I could make you understand all this, buddhu. You won't even realize when your love would become your world. Everything even a small thing would revolve around them. That's how it progresses for me, buddhu. He is my world. I couldn't think anything other than him. That's not my mistake but you are getting angry on me."Ragini expressed her disappoinment on her mind and then she walked towards swayam's ward along with her father.

"How is he, aunty? Did he wake up? And, How is uncle?"Ragini asked in common and didn't want to show her desperation.

"He woke up and spoke with us for some time, Ragini. And, again he slept. Doctor told us that he would be fully conscious by tomorrow. And, uncle is also doing good."Vaidegi answered.

Ragini glanced at swayam's face. With all the wires attached to his body, he had a smile on his face. And, just a glance turned into long stare.

"How is your health now, Ragini?"Vaidegi's question got ragini to the world. And, she smiled towards vaidegi.

"I am good, aunty. Just sanskar was worried about it more."Ragini said with a soft smile and then she signed as she was leaving. Vaidegi nodded her head and Ragini started to leave but stopped on her tracks. She turned and glanced at swayam's face once more then left the ward. Shekar joined with her from outside the ward. Sanskar came from his hideout.

"I wish you wouldn't get hurt, cutie. Though it's evident to me, I wish a miracle to happen. So that you won't only stopped from getting hurt even get your love. I realy wish such a miracle to happen."Sanskar murmured and then followed her from behind in a safe distance.

At Sharma's house,

Lakshya Sharma was smiling from his heart. Even the moonless sky looked beautiful to him today. Why not he? Everything was going seamless in his life nowadays. His morning started with jogging along with his family then cooking with his father, leaving to office and when he came back, his sister was waiting for him with a coffee. He got what he wanted except one that's his ragini.

"Its just you are missing in my life, Rago."Lakshya murmured.

"Living with you would be just my dream or will I get that chance in real life?"Lakshya asked himself and smiled sadly as he atmost got the answer. It might remain as a dream for him.

"Bittu!" His father entered into room.

"Papa!'Lakshya turned and looked at his father.

"How are the arrangements going on for swara's engagement?"Rudra enquired.

"It's as per planned, papa. I have already sent invitations to your friends. And, I sent a part of printed invitations to Sengupta's also. From catering to decorations, everything is on track."Lakshya explained.

"She is going to be engaged in just a week."Rudra said almost to himself.

Lakshya smiled as he looked at his father.

"And, she will be here with us for nearly next one year."Lakshya consoled her father.

Rudra looked at lakshya in surprise.

"I thought I would be the one who console you but its in reverse."Rudra said.

"Let be realistic, Papa. She has to marry someone, on one fine day. And, Aditya is a good person as his family. Moreover, she would be in the same city as we. I can meet her anytime."Lakshya reasoned.

Rudra nodded his head in agreement.

"So , you are telling that you won't cry on my bidaai."Swara asked while entering the room.

"Why should I cry, shona? That would be my happiest day. My little sister would be getting married."Lakshya said.

"I will see on that day."Swara twisted her lips while hugging Rudra,"Papa! Does my engagement need to happen this much soon? I mean I am still seventeen and I don't even know about aditya properly. And, I want to study medicine and our dream."

" Don't worry , shona. Still, you can study medicine and work in the hospital. I already spoke with Sengupta already. And, Knowing about each other will take its own time in arranged marriages."Rudra convinced.

"How do you know? You did love marriage."Swara asked then Rudra nudged on her forehead.

"Mine is love as well as arranged marriage."Rudra said and kindled eagerness in both of the young one's mind.

"My love story is a bit dramatic, Shona. I and my wife loved each other. Because of some mishappenings, She fell in Coma and I forgot about her. She came back from her comatose state and claimed that I married her when we were in love. First few days, Its awkward . I couldn't trust myself that I would love a girl like her. But, slowly I understood her and fell in love with her again . And on one fine day, I eventually got my memory back."Rudra said in short.

"So, I know how both Love and Arranged marriage works. Is that enough?"Rudra asked.

"Papa, its not fair. You never told me about your love story."Lakshya whinned like a kid.

"Well! We didn't have a situation to speak about it."Rudra reasoned.

"I am so special to Papa, bujji."Swara said by showing her tongue.

"No one is special to papa except me, Shona."Lakshya bickered.

Rudra nodded his head in disbelief. This was a side effect since the day swara started to treat them as her family. She claimed rudra's affection which really irked Lakshya. All the past years, he was enjoying it all alone and was quite possessive about Rudra. He got his father after a long struggle and didn't want to share with anyone but he was ready to share with his shona yet he acted like he didn't. And, both of them looked at Rudra.

"You both are special to me."Rudra said hugging both of them.

"And, you two are exceptional to me."Swara said while tightening the hug.

"That was my line to tell."Lakshya whinned again just to make the remaining duo laugh and smelled some weird smell.

"Papa, don't you feel something is burning?"Lakshya asked.

"I kept the vessel on stove. Oh My curry!"Swara exclaimed while running out of the room.

"Bittu, order it on online. Seems like, God blessed us to have a good food today."Rudra chuckled as swara's each try on cooking wasn't fruitful and its side effects weren't good after eating it. And, the most interesting part was they couldn't tell that to her.

Both of the men entered the kitchen. Swara looked at the burnt vessel and no need to tell about the state of ingredients which she kept inside the vessel.

"Don't worry, Shona. I will tell bittu to order something from outside. Today, I was eager to eat your food. But..."Rudra nodded his horizontally with fake self pitying tone. Swara looked at Lakshya who nodded his head with hopeful eyes.

"But Papa , outside food isn't good for health. And, I also wanted to have something good. Let Bujji cook today for us. Its been long time eating his handmade food. And, Bujji , I will cut the vegatables. Don't worry."Swara said with a smile yet a saddened face.

Lakshya couldn't help but just smile at her innocence.

"No Shona. We wanted to have your handmade food today. So, I will help you."Lakshya said while taking the apron in his hand.

Rudra looked at his son in shock as he completely changed his side in a second.

"Papa, you go and take rest. We will cook and call you."Lakshya said and pushed his father out of kitchen.

"Am I torturing you both with my cooking? I saw relaxation in Papa's eyes as soon as I said the dish was burnt."Swara asked without letting him a chance to lie.

"What could he do, shona? Two days before, he stayed in bathroom for two hours just for eating your handmade dinner."Lakshya said then earned two punches in his stomach.

"I am not that much bad cook."Swara twisted her lips then Lakshya made her sit on the slab of kitchen and then gave an apple in her hand.

"Have this apple and see how I am cooking, shona. And, I will teach you from next month."Lakshya promised.

"That's my bujji."Swara squealed in happiness.

"I wish this smile should stay with you life long, shona."Lakshya thought.

With the same thought, Lakshya just smiled to her then concentrated on his cooking while hearing all her talks and sometimes answering to her small small questions about cooking.

The dinner went as a happy moment for the trio. And, they lived without wondering about tomorrow. Just the present matters to them not the past or future.