*After the engagement*

[Shivaay and Rudra were in the main hall, discussing the wedding arrangements, but Om was simply sat on the couch, looking into the distance, dazed and confused.]

Shivaay: Chalo, sagaai Toh Ho gayi!

Rudra: Haan bhaiyya! Dedh mahine baad, Ho Hi gayi!

Shivaay: Accha kal wedding planner aayegi toh Hume wedding ka theme decide karna chahiye

Rudra: Mujhe lagta hai theme black Aur gold karna chahiye

Shivaay: Nahi, black is inauspicious. Red and gold is perfect

Rudra: Chee! Kitna common theme hai!

Shivaay: Red and Gold. It's final

Rudra: Black Aur gold!

Shivaay: Red and Gold, Rudra!

Rudra: Nahi! Black aur Gold!

[Their bickering was incessant and endless, and Om, lost in his own world, had no clue about what was going on.]

Rudra: You know what? O se poochenge!

Shivaay: Haan theek hai! Om, Kya lagta hai Tumhe?

[A few seconds later, Om stood up and spoke.

Spoke something that shook Shivaay and Rudra.]

Om: I love her.

Rudra: Arre, Lekin Woh koi Color nahi hai, O---Kya?!!

[Om looked up at Shivaay and Rudra, and his face was the reflection of defeat.

A loss.

Something that he didn't even fathom happening, had happened to him.

He had fallen in love with Gauri.]

Shivaay: Om, yeh tu Kya keh raha hai?

Om: (Defeated) I-I...I love her, Shivaay. I love her.

I don't Kyun, kab, kaise.

Lekin Mujhe usse mohabbat Ho gayi hai

Rudra: Phail gaya raita,

Bahut bada raita.

[Shivaay walked towards to Om and pulled him in for a hug, and within a few seconds, Om broke down in tears.]

Shivaay: (Consoling Om) Om...I-I...I don't know what to say, Lekin Tumhe jitna bhi Rona hai, tum ro lo, koi nahi rokega

Om: (Crying) Y-Yeh sab...Kaise Hua...M-Mujhe k-kuch samajh nahi aa raha...M-Main haar gaya Hoon, Shivaay

Shivaay: Shh...Shh...Pyaar soch samajh Kar nahi hota, Om. Tumhaari koi galti nahi hai, Okay? Tumhaari koi galti nahi hai

[Om never felt so feeble, so helpless before.

Was this what love did to people?

Made them anxious? Lost? Feeble?

Was this what pain and anguish felt like?

Today he saw someone else's hand in the hands of the girl he loved, and he couldn't imagine a sight more painful and anguishing than that. ]

"Tumhi socho zara
Kyun na roke tumhein
Jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaate ho tum
Tum ko apni kasam jaan-e-jaan
Baat itni meri maan lo"

Om: (Crying) Main Itna bewakoof kaise bann sakta Hoon? Kaise?

Iss sab ka anjaam jaante hue, main usse mohabbat kaise Kar sakta Hoon? Batao na! Kaise?!

Rudra: (Consoling Om) O, aapki koi galti nahi hai. Aapne kuch nahi kiya hai

[Om wiped his tears and moved away from Shivaay and Rudra, before walking to his room.

Rudra and Shivaay didn't have the heart to stop him from leaving, but they couldn't understand what he was going through at this point.

As Om walked to his room, his eyes looked at into Gauri's window. He took a step closer and watched her as she slept.

The calmness on her face was so evident, and Om was beginning to realise how happy she looked. As he looked at her, his eyes fell on her left hand, where a ring rested.

A ring that indicated her relationship to Vikram.

Why did love hurt so much? Why did it bring so much pain and grief?

Why did he fall in love with her, despite knowing the consequences?]

*The next morning, at the hall*

[Omkara was walking past the hall when Dadi suddenly called him, and he rushed to her, to figure out what happened.]

Dadi: Arre Om, Accha hua tu aa gaya puttar!

Om: Ji Dadi, bataayie, kuch kaam tha?

Dadi: Haan beta! Bahut kaam hai! Accha tum Gauri ke saath jao, wedding card design karne. Shaadi ko sirf 2 hafta reh gaya hai isliye koi waqt nahi hai

Om: Dadi, main kaise...

Dadi: Arre Kyun? Bahaane nahi sunne hai maine! Ja, Gauri puttar, Om ke saath ja

[Gauri hesitantly looked at Om and he shook his head before both of them head towards the car.

Om wished he could tell Dadi that he didn't want to go design Gauri's wedding card. There couldn't possibly be something less hurtful than this.

Gauri was beginning the awkwardness that came from Om, and she couldn't understand why he was behaving this way.]

*In the car*

Om: Tumhaare dimaag mein koi idea hai?

Gauri: Idea? Kiss baat ka idea?

Om: S-Shaadi ka card, Obviously

Gauri: N-Nahi...H-humne kuch nahi socha hai

Om: Accha

Gauri: Aap...Aap theek hai ka?

Om: (Looking away) Haan, Mujhe Kya hoga

Gauri: Hume Toh aap theek nahi lag rahe. Ka Hua? Aapko koi pareshaani hai ka?

Om: Gauri, 2 hafto mein tumhaari shaadi hai. Usske alaawaa kissi Aur cheez ki fikar karne ki zaroorat nahi hai

Gauri: Aap aise Kyun keh rahe hai. Aap Humaare dost hai aur---

Om: Sirf dost Hoon, isliye zyaada chinta mat karo meri

Gauri: Aap ghuma-firaakar baat kahe Kar rahe hai? Bataayie na, ka Hua hai?

Om: Kuch nahi Hua hai. Ab chalo

*At the wedding planners office*

Man: Haan bhai, bolo, kaisa card chahiye?

Gauri: Ji, koi bhi chalega. Naam hi Toh likhna hai na

Om: Red Aur gold theme ka kuch dikhaana, please

Man: Ji. Accha iss kaagaz par dono ka naam Aur Woh sab details likhiye jo card mein hone chahiye jaise pata, samay wagerah

Om: Theek hai. Gauri, yeh lo, likho

[Gauri picked up the pen and began drawing an outline of the card, and she didn't even realise what she had written.

She had written

'Gauri weds Omkara' in bold letters.

But Om who happened to notice, couldn't bear the sight and snatched the pen from her hand, before furiously striking his name off and writing Vikram's, and Gauri looked in shock.

How could she make such a mistake?

How could she just write that so carelessly?]

Om: Tumhaara dhyaan kahaan hai?

Gauri: Woh...Hum...

Om: Agar main check nahi karta Toh Kya hota? Saare cards mein mera naam hota!

Gauri: H-Haan...Woh...

Man: Haan, Toh Ho gaya?

Om: Ji, yeh lijiye

Man: Accha yeh patterns dekhiye Aur decide kijiye

Gauri: (Randomly picking one) Y-Yeh theek hai. H-Hum chalte hai...

[Gauri immediately left the store and stood outside to try to understand what had just happened.

How could she do that?

How could she write Om's name next to hers?

Beads of sweat collected near her forehead, and her palms began sweating.

She heard Om rush towards her, and she immediately turned away.]

Om: Kya hua? Achaanak Kyun chali gayi?

Gauri: H-Hum...H-Hume ghar Jaana hai

Om: Pehle card ka design Toh decide Kar lo, Gauri

Gauri: Woh waala theek hai...

Om: (Worried) Gauri, tum theek Toh Ho?

Gauri: Ka Hua hai Hume? Hume ghar Jaana hai!

[Om quickly went in to finalise the wedding card and quickly, they headed back home.

Gauri broke down in tears the moment she entered her room, and Anika, who was passing by rushed to her side to figure out what happened.]

Anika: Gauri! Kya hua? Bolo! Tum ro Kyun rahi Ho?

Gauri: (Crying) K-kuch samajh nahi aa raha didi...K-Kuch samajh nahi aa raha!

Anika: Kya hua hai? Bolo na!

Gauri: (Wiping her tears) K-Kuch nahi... b-bass thode udaas hai...Maa ko chod Kar jaa rahi hoon na, isliye

Anika: Pakka?

Gauri: H-Haan...Aap jaayie, hum theek hai

[But Anika knew something wasn't right.

And so did Gauri.

Something was happening to Gauri.

Something happened to her when she saw Om. A part of her would light up. Like just seeing him would make everything better.

But her eyes fell on the ring that rested on her fingers and she realised.

She was going to be Vikram's in 2 weeks.]

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