[The next day, Om found Gauri crying in her room, as she looked out the window.

He rushed towards her, and placed his hand on her shoulder, trying to figure out what was wrong.]

Om: (Worried) Tum ro kyun rahi Ho? Gauri, Kya hua?

Gauri: (Immediately wiping her tears) Huh...? K-kuch n-nahi...

[As Gauri turned to face him, his hands immediately reached her face and cupped it, while he wiped her tears with her thumbs.]

Om: Gauri, bolo. Kya hua?

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

Gauri: (Crying) Pata nahi kiss haalat mein hogi Woh...H-hum itne khudgarz hai; Takreeban 1 mahina Ho gaya hai, aur Vikram ka abhi bhi koi pata nahi hai! P-Pata nahi ka hoga humaara...

Om: Accha, Shh...Mere hote hue main tumhe kuch nahi hone dunga, Okay? Rona bandh karo, Chalo

Gauri: Agar mohabbat aapse Ee sab karwaati hai, Toh ka faayda mohabbat karne ka? Ka faayda uss mohabbat ka jo aapko bebass chode?

Om: Yeh tumhaari mohabbat ka imtehaan hai, Gauri, aur kuch nahi. Agar Vikram tumhaari kismat mein likha hai, Toh Woh khud aa jaayega

Gauri: Woh Hume dhoond kyun nahi rahe hai? Ka unhe humaari fikar nahi hai? Agar Woh Hume bhool gaye Toh?

Om: Sacchi mohabbat mein bhulaane ki gunjaaish hi paida nahi hoti, Gauri. Thoda aur sabr karo, Bass

[Om didn't understand what he was doing.

He was consoling the girl he had strong feelings for, and was potentially falling for, and telling her to have faith in her love for someone else.

Why was he doing this? ]

Om: Ab behtar mehsoos Kar rahi Ho?

Gauri: (Wiping her tears) H-Haan...

Om: Good, Chalo, neeche chalo, bahut kaam hai

Gauri: Kaam? Kiss baat ka?

Om: Aaj bhaiyya aur bhabhi ki wedding anniversary, isliye uski taiyaari karni hai

Gauri: Accha? Theek hai, hum 5 minute mein aayenge

Om: Okay, main tumhaara intezaar karunga

[As Gauri washed her face to get rid of the evidences of her tears, she kept remembering the way Om consoled her.

It was so unusual, because she had never experienced so much concern from someone before.

Vikram never consoled her in this manner.

Vikram never made her feel like she could do things.

He never supported her, like Om did, and she was surprised by how long it took her to realise that.

He was such a good man.

As she walked down the stairs to the main hall, she immediately looked at Om who gave her a smile and reassuring smile, somehow indicating that things would be okay.

That's exactly what she needed.

Reassurance that things would be okay.]

Gauri: (Hugging Anika) Saalgirah Mubarak didi!

Anika: Thank You! Tumhe kaise pata?

Shivaay: Om ne bataaya hoga, kyun?

Gauri: Ji bhaiyya

Shivaay: Accha Aaj tum party mein aa rahi Ho, Theek hai?

Gauri: Bhaiyya, H-hum kaise...

Anika: Kaise Matlab? Tum bhi Toh iss parivaar ka hissa Ho!

Gauri: Didi, Lekin---

Shivaay: Lekin-wekin kuch nahi!

Rudra: Accha aap logo ka senti dialogue session Ho gaya, Toh kaam shuru karein?

Om: Haan, Chalo!

[Soon enough, everyone was busy making arrangements for the event.

Gauri was confused, because the place looked nothing less than a wedding hall.
Flowers were draped, lights were lit, and within a few hours, everything was ready!

Everyone dressed in their finest clothes, and Anika and Shivaay of course, looked ravishing than ever.

However, Gauri was still not ready! ]

Dadi: Mehmaan aane waale hai, Om, Gauri abhi nahi aayi?

Om: Taiyaar Ho rahi hai, Dadi, 5 minute ke liye intezaar---

[Om's words were left slurred when he saw her descend down the stairs, almost like an angel descended from heaven.

She was draped in a red saree, her hair left open and walking down the stairs putting on her jhumkas.

Something happened to Om when he saw her. His heart felt unusually warm and fuzzy.

She looked so beautiful, and it took Om so Long to realise that.

As she wore the jhumkas, the back of the jhumka for the left ear fell down on the floor, and she panicked while looking for it on the floor, until she saw Om stand in front of her, to which her gaze raised.

He bent down, and pushed her hair to one side, concealing her left hair, and then giving her reassuring nod.]

Om: Tum aise hi acchi lagti Ho

Gauri: (Shyly) T-Theek h-hai...

[Suddenly, the lights went off and there was a spotlight that fell on Shivaay and Anika, before romantic instrumental music played.

As Shivaay took Anika's hand in his and danced, Om, who was observing from a distance was in a completely different world of his own.

He imagined an empty hall, with him and Gauri, where his hands were on here waist and her arms were wrapped around his neck.

There was just the sound of music and the both of them gazing into each other's eyes.

All he could think of was being close to her.

This wasn't good.

What was he doing!

He snapped out of his imagination when he felt a tap on his shoulder and he saw Gauri next to him.]

Gauri: Kahaan khoye hai?

Om: Huh? N-nahi...K-kuch nahi

Gauri: Chaliye, Woh cake kaat rahe hai

[As the cake cutting took place, the whole family crowded around Shivaay and Anika.

Suddenly, Om heard his phone ring and walked away from the crowd to answer the call.]

*On the phone*

Om: Haan bolo, kuch pata chala?

Phone: Haan boss, main aapko unki address aur number bhej raha hoon

Om: Great. Aur Vikram ka?

Phone: Abhi Tak Toh kuch nahi, Lekin uska record bilqul clean hai, No criminal background

Om: Toh phir woh saamne kyun nahi aa raha?

Phone: Don't know boss, but he definitely seems like a shady character, aur ek baat boss

Om: Kya?

Phone: Parson police ko bunty ki laash mili, he was murdered

Om: What?!

Phone: Exactly sir, mujhe nahi lagta ki things are going the right way, he seems dangerous

Om: Okay, Thanks, Main tumse kal baat karunga

*Phone disconnects*

Om then called the number he received and did the needful.

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