*A few days later*

Female voice: Uth jao, Gauri

Gauri: Hmm...

Female voice: Gauri, utho

Gauri: (Smiling in her sleep) Anika didi, aapki awaaz bilqul humaari maa jaise lag rahi hai

Female voice: Kyun ki teri maa hi hai, bewakoof! Uth !

[Gauri immediately woke up with a start and the moment her eyes opened she was awestruck by the view in front of her.

It was her Mother.

Her Mother.

Gauri's eyes teared up as her hands touched her mothers' face to make sure she wasn't dreaming.]

Gauri: (Tearing) M-M-Maa...M-M-Maa!

[Gauri wrapped her arms around her Mother before crying on her shoulder.

She couldn't believe her Mother was here, right in front of her.]

Gauri: A-aap kaise aaye? Kissi ko pata Toh nahi chala na? Unn logo ne aapko chot-vot Toh nahi pahunchaai---

Gauri's Mother: Nahi beta, kuch nahi Hua mujhe. Arre yeh sab Omkara ki wajah se Toh hua hai!

Gauri: (Confused) Omkara? K-ka Matlab?

[Gauri's mind immediately flashed the conversation she had with Om a few days ago.

Gauri: H-Hume Maa k-ki bahut yaad aa rahi hai...P-pata nahi kab dekh paayenge u-unhe...

Om: Aisi kyun Bol rahi Ho? Kyun nahi dekhogi unhe?

Gauri: Kyun ki jab hum yahaan aaye the, tab Hume Bareilly se saare naate todne padhe

Om: (Caressing her cheeks) Lekin kyun?

Gauri: Kyun ki hum abh Bareilly nahi jaa sakte, O log Hume maar daalenge

Om: Aisi baat nahi hai, Gauri, Koi apni aulaad se itni nafrat nahi Kar sakta

Gauri: Humaare maashre mein ijjat se badhkar kuch nahi hota, khud ki aulaad bhi nahi

Om: Gauri, tum zaroor apni maa se milogi, mujhe pura yakeen hai

He wouldn't.

He wouldn't really find her Mother and safely bring her here, just for Gauri.

Gauri was shell shocked.

He was such a good person.

Such a good man.

He did that for her.

Her happiness.]

GM: Tum meri baat sunn bhi rahi Ho?

Gauri: Huh? Haan, Haan

GM: Accha meri Chor, tum kaisi Ho? Vikram ka kuch pata chala?

Gauri: Nahi Ma, 6 hafte Ho gaye hai aur Abhi bhi pata nahi ki Woh hai bhi ya nahi. Lekin humne tay kiya hai ki agar hume agle hafte tak Vikram nahi milein, hum waapis Bareilly chale jaayenge

GM: Tera dimaag Toh theek hai? Tumhe Kya lagta hai, Woh log baahein phailakar tumhara swagat karenge? Woh Teri shaadi uss Buddha se karwaayenge!

Gauri: Ma Lekin hum yahaan aur kitne dino ke liye rahenge? Hum inki acchai ka galat faayda nahi uthaana chahte

GM: Yeh bhi sahi hai beta. Waise, ghar ke bade-buzurg kahaan hai? Mujhe unka shukriya ada karna hai, Woh bahut acche log hai

Gauri: Haan Ma, mujhe Toh lagta hai ki yehi mera dusra parivaar hai

[After Gauri got ready and dressed, she immediately headed downstairs with her Mother, where the whole family was seated. Om turned around to look at her, and he couldn't help but see the happiness in her face.

Seeing her happy did something to him.

Like he always to see her smiling and joyous.

Gauri's Mother immediately walked towards Dadi to touch her feet, and Dadi then hugged Gauri's Mother .]

GM: Maaji, apne humaari beti ka khyaal rakha, usse jaane bina, main jitna shukriya ada karun, utna Kam hai

Dadi: Arre nahi nahi beta, Gauri Toh mere liye beti sammaan hai!

GM: Shivaay ji, Omkara ji, Anika ji, aap logo ne meri Gauri ki itni madad ki, m-main Bata nahi sakti, main aap logo ko Abhaagi hoon

Shivaay: Maa ji please, Aap humse badi hai, Just call us Shivaay, Omkara and Anika. Aur Gauri Toh meri behen hai, aur bhai hone ke naate mera farz banta hai ki main usse protect karoon

GM: Shukriya beta, Lekin ab Hume Jaana chahiye

Anika: Arre, Aise kaise? Abhi Toh aayi hai aap!

GM: Haan Lekin Bareilly mein kissi ko nahi pata ki hum gaayab hai

Shivaay: Ma ji, Aap yahi rahengi, Vikram aur Gauri ki shaadi dekhne ke liye

Anika: Haan maaji, hum aapko jaane nahi denge

GM: Mera Mann hai yahaan Rehne ka Lekin main gharwalon se jhoot bolkar aayi hoon ki main apne behen ki taraf gayi Hoon

Shivaay: Toh phir Kya problem hai? Unhe pata nahi chalega na?

GM: Haan Lekin---

Dadi: Lekin-wekin kuch nahi, Aap yahi rahengi. Aapko apni beti ki shaadi nahi dekhni?

GM: Jab dulha hi nahi mil raha tab Kya faayda maaji?

Dadi: Vikram milega. Bahut jald milega. Mera dil keh raha hai ki Woh aas-paas hai

Anika: Accha maa ji chaliye, aap aaraam kijiye, bahut thak gayi hongi na?

GM: Nahi aisi koi baat nahi hai beta

Anika: Accha phir bhi chaliye

[Soon, Shivaay left for work, Anika took Dadi and Jhanvi to the temple, Rudra went out and Gauri's Mother was resting.

But Gauri was restless because she had to find Om.

She scanned the whole house, but he was nowhere to be found.

She ran upstairs and found him standing alone in his studio, looking outside the window, and smiled before running towards him and wrapping her arms around his torso before hugging from the back.

Om immediately sensed it was Gauri, by the whiff of her fragrance.

At that moment, everything seemed so intimate.

So close, physically.]

Gauri: T-Thank oo...T-Thank oo...T-Thank oo

Om: It's okay, Gauri, No problem

Gauri: Nahi h-hum Bata nahi sakte...H-hum itne khush hai, Matlab...H-Hum---

Om: Tumhe kuch kehne ki zaroorat nahi hai, It's okay

[Gauri slowly moved away from him, but for some reason, her heart began feeling a certain way.

A way that she had never felt before.

Something was happening to her, and she was unable to understand what it was.

Om, on the other hand, was just falling deeper and deeper in a pit that he had no means to get out of, but for some reason he didn't even mind.

In his words,

"Ishq mein fanaa nahi hue Toh khaak ishq kiya"

Wait.

Was Om falling in love with Gauri?

Oh bête ki!

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Literally where is my Om, I also want Someone like him 😩😩

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