Topic : ALL I WANT IS YOUR SOUL
Genre : Sad
Warning : it contains suicidal contents !!!

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Character  introduction

AAROHI GOENKA : A young and ambitious doctor . Protagonist of the story who appears all okay from outside but is broken beyond imaginationbecauseyou from inside.

KARAN SHERGILL: A commando in Indian army and childhood freind cum love interest of aarohi . Supporting lead of the story , who helps aaohi to come out of her dark life
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03:00 am
Udaipur , Rajasthan

It was still dark around , when a luxurious looking car stopped in front of an old looking traditionally build bungalow. In the sounds of mourning and cries , came out a girl looked like in her mid twenties .

Blood red puffy eyes and a tear striken face, that's how she appeared as she took baby step inside the bungalow. As soon as she entered the place it looked like someone has snatched her soul from her body , more tears rolled down her face as she moved towards the corpse kept in the middle of veranda.

"Mimi.." she wispered and fell on her knees, slightly caressing the head of the corpse , her grandmother breaking down in her embrace maybe for the last time .

After sometime , she was finally able to control her emotions and looked up at her family whom she was meeting after almost 3 whole years . She looked at them expecting some warmth , atleast at this emotionally difficult moment, but alas their eyes still held that coldness not melting even for a bit . Disappointed and broken , she quietly walked up to the nearby stairs and sat there leaning her head against the railing wall , making way for others to walk .

Flashback

"Hello ,dr aarohi speaking " She said over the phone call , without even looking at the no. as she was way to emersed in her work .

"Hello..aru.....sun...tu...ghar...aa..jaa.." the voice from the other side chocked and looked broken. As soon as the voice reached her ears , she snapped her head up from the filed and looked at the phone with a whole lot of emotions .

"Akshu....kyu hua ??? All okay??" She asked in a full panick mode , while Akshra, her elder step sister narrated her the whole incident of how the lost their grandparents due to a heart failure.

Time stopped for aarohi as she took some moments to absorb the newly got information before finally reaching her senior's cabin to complete the formal before leaving the hospital, moving back to udaipur, the place she left almost 3 years back , that too after a lot of insults , breaking all the ties from her family .

Flashback ends .

Aarohi sighed remembering how she had been from past almost 5 hours, closing her eyes she silently went down the memory lane , remembering all the bitter-sweet memories with her mimi .

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It was mid of the after , almost 7-8 hours since aarohi has arrived in udaipur, and till now she almost had zero conversation with anyone . Everyone was so emersed in their own pain , and supporting each other , that they again forgot she too needed a shoulder to cry on .

The final reites were over and now they were just sitting in the hall remembering the head of the family who was now no more between them , when aarohi's eyes fell on a boy with a well built muscular body , and a great posture, his face looked familiar. On thinking with a little more concentration, a blurred memory striked her brain

"Kyu sahi hai na hamari jodi . Mai commando, aur tu doctor , mujhe chot lagti hi rahegi aur tu Patti karti rahegi . Doctor ka kharcha bach jayega"

"Karan...Karan Shergill" aarohi spoke to herself , not realizing that she was continuesly staring him from quite a long time .

Sensing a sharp gaze on him self , aran looked up to find aarohi looking.....umm not looking but practically staring him .
Their eyes met for a minisecond , but Karan immediately turned to the other side all set to leave .

He was about to open his car door when he felt a tug on his hand , turning back he found aarohi standing there holding his hand .

"Kya hai , haath chodo mera"

He said and was about to jerk her hand when she said .

"Abb tum bhi apni aaru se baat nahi karoge"

Listening to her words , he turned to her only to find her standing in all tears . Even though he was angry , but it was still painful.

"Accha tujhe mai yaad bhi hoon , nahi kyuki mujhe toh laga tha ki bhool gayi hai mujhe .

Teen saal aaru , poore teen saal me na koi call , na message , bas chali gayi bina bataye , bina mile . Arey naaraz toh apni family se thi na , mujhe kyu sazza di , pata hai kitna pareshaan tha soch soch ke ki tu kesi hai , kaha hai , theek hai ya nahi . But tujhe kya farak padta hai , nahi !"

Karan shouted venting all his anger at once while aarohi can do nothing but to stand still lowering her head listening to everything.

"I am sorry" She muttered as Karan stopped.

"Really aaru , sorry ! I thought I deserved an explanation at least"

Karan said releasing a frustrated sigh .

Aarohi looked up, her eyes swollen from crying, and her voice barely audible, she replied,

"I know I messed up, Karan. I should have stayed in touch. But things were complicated, and I made a decision that I thought was best for everyone, including myself."

Karan's anger softened a bit as he saw the pain in Aarohi's eyes. He let out a sigh and said,

"I wish you had trusted me enough to share your reasons. We could have found a way to work through it together."

Aarohi nodded, tears still streaming down her face.

"I know, Karan. I regret not reaching out to you. I regret leaving without any explanation. But I couldn't handle the constant disapproval and rejection from my own family. It became unbearable, and I thought distance would heal the wounds."

Karan's expression softened further, and he gently held Aarohi's hand.

"I understand that it must have been difficult for you. But shutting us out didn't solve anything. We could have faced those challenges together. You don't have to face them alone."

Finally letting out all the pain inside her heart aarohi moved towards him wrapping her arms around Karan's stiff body resting her head on his chest for a minute or two before finally parting from each other .

"Accha Karan kafi late ho gaya hai I think you should leave now . Before it gets dark"

Karan nodded and left the place waving a good bye to her .

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Days kept rolling down and in blink of eyes 10 days passed since aarohi was back to udaipur. In these 10 days Karan and aarohi taked to each other for every single day , while her relations improved with her brothers too but not with the rest of the family .

Even after being in her own house , among her family members she felt alone . But as a ray of happiness in her dark life came Karan. Who called her every single day . They used to talk over the phone call for hours . Leaning against their respective windows staring the moon , scilence also felt beautiful over the calls .

But something was bothering Karan from the past 2 days . He could feel aarohi going back to her old self , that silent and secreative aarohi goenka was being back again and Karan could sense that very well .

He tried asking her , but she always does the questions and changed the topic .it was decided that aarohi will leave the place after mimi's last pooja that was going to be held after 13 days was over .

On the other side aarohi felt suffocated in the so call big and lavish goenka mansion . Bade papa's taunts and akshras's advise was choking her up every passing day .

She tried to be happy but she could not . She tried to be sane but she could not . In past days she just kept increasing her dosage of anti depression pills which she was taking from past two years .

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Aarohi entered her room breathing heavily . The past conversation from the dining table kept on replaying in her ears as she slided down on the floor leaning against the door .

"Maine toh pehle hi kaha tha mat bulao isse , kabhi kisi ki life me Shanti hui bhi hai iske aas paas hone se .

Arey chahe parwarish kitni bhi acchi ho rahegi toh yeh wahi ganda khoon hi na .

Jesi maa wesi beti . Maa ne bhi jeena mushkil kar rakha tha aur abb beti bhi wahi karti hai "

All the recent taunts , allegations and neglectance came across her eyes when she finally took hold of the glass photoframe kept on the near by table .
Two things broke inside the room at the same time

"A frame and a heart"

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After much thinking about the same topic , a restless Karan finally decide to go inside the goenka mansion and ask about aarohi . It was almost an hour since he was calling her but there was no response.

He could feel something in his heart , something suffocating as if someone was trying to snatch away his life from him . His restlessness just kept growing until he finally decided to go and meet aarohi once

As Karan entered the Goenka mansion, he could sense a heavy atmosphere in the house. The air was thick with tension and sorrow. Greeting everyone he quickly made his way to Aarohi's room, his heart pounding with worry.

Upon reaching her room, he found the door slightly ajar. His heart skipped a beat as he pushed it open, revealing a sight that sent shivers down his spine. Aarohi laying on the floor, unconscious, with a broken glass photo frame beside her.

But what frightened him more was that she was in her own pool of blood . His breath hitched and throat dried as he saw the deadly sight in front of his eyes . Realizing the gravity of the moment he quickly picked her up in his arms and made his way down to the main hall .

He burst into the hall , calling out for help. The family, taken aback by the sudden turn of events, quickly gathered around.

Bade Papa, who had been the source of much bitterness towards Aarohi, looked at her limp body in shock and remorse. The realization of the pain he had inflicted upon his own granddaughter hit him like a ton of bricks. Guilt washed over him, and he vowed to change his ways.

Akshra, too, felt a pang of regret as she saw her sister in such a fragile state. She had failed to understand Aarohi's struggles and had unknowingly contributed to her pain. Tears welled up in her eyes as she silently promised herself to be there for Aarohi

The family immediately sprang into action, rushing Aarohi to the hospital. The doctors worked tirelessly to stabilize her condition. It was a critical time, and her life hung in the balance.

Day turned into night as Aarohi fought for her life. Karan rarely left her side, holding her hand and praying for her recovery.

Finally after a total of 32 hours she was concious now . Still attached to a no. of machines , she finally opened her eyes , only to find whole of her family standing across the room . With concern filled in there eyes . But her eyes searched for someone else who stood quietly in the corner of the room .

Numb eyes filled with guilt and regret, was somewhere that was common among all her family members. Taking a deep breathe , she was all ready to encounter them . But to her surprise she was welcomed by warm hugs , something that she had always craved for .

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It was around an hour since aarohi was concious now . The family had left the room on Aarohi's request as she wanted to talk to Karan , all alone , is something that she had specifically mentioned.

Aarohi looked up , silently raising her hands , covered with white clear bandage , and a pipe attached to the back of her palms she gestured him to come near her . Without waiting for a second , he rushed to her engulfing jer into a tight hug , still not forgetting to be gentle .

"I am sorry " She slightly muttered only to met Karan's angry glare .

Karan held her face gently, his eyes filled with concern and frustration.

"Aarohi, you can't keep apologizing without explaining anything. What happened? Why did you do this? I thought we were getting closer, that you were opening up to me but no I was wrong , everythingthat happenedin past days was just my imaginationbecauseyou probablynever trustedme and that's why you chose to shut me out . Haina" he said, his voice trembling with a mix of emotions.

Aarohi took a deep breath, tears welling up in her eyes. She held onto his hands, desperately trying to find the right words.

"Karan, I'm sorry for shutting you out. I never wanted to hurt you. But sometimes, the pain becomes too overwhelming, and I felt like I couldn't bear it anymore. I thought I was alone in this battle, that nobody cared. I convinced myself that ending the pain was the only way out,"

Aarohi said in a desperate attempt to explain her actions .

"It's not like that aarohi , you are really important, tumhe idea bhi nahi hai ki tum kitni important hai . Agar tumhe kuch ho jaata toh Pata nahi mai kya karta . I love you aarohi , I really really do . Please don't pull up this stunt ever again"

Karan said rather begged a totally shocked aarohi who immediately took her hands from his hold, shocking Karan . He kept looking at their separated hands when she spoke

"No Karan aisa nahi ho sakta , you can't love me . I am not right for you please mujhe bhool jao"

Aarohi said as a line of tears slipped off her eyes .

"Why" Karan wispered in a completely broken and drained out voice

Aarohi mustered up the strength to meet his gaze, her eyes filled with sadness and determination.

"I mean, I don't deserve your love. I've been carrying so much pain and darkness inside me, and I don't want to burden you with it. You deserve someone who can give you happiness, who can bring light into your life. Not someone like me."

Tears streamed down Karan's face as he listened to Aarohi's words. He knelt down beside her, taking her hands in his.

"Aarohi, I love you, and I don't care about your past or the darkness you think you carry. We all have our demons, but together, we can face them. I want to be there for you, to support you, to love you unconditionally. Please don't push me away."

Aarohi looked into Karan's eyes, searching for any sign of doubt or hesitation. But all she found was pure love and sincerity. His words melted the walls around her heart, and for the first time in a long while, she felt a glimmer of hope but her mind still kept denying.

"Karan please don't do this to me , you don't have any idea what i have been doing to myself from years , I don't want to be a burden on you for lifetime. You deserve the world and I cannot give you that. Please let me go Karan"

Aarphi said with a heavy voice trying to make him understand but he was adamant too .

"I don't want the world aarohi , I just want you beside me whenever I am in distress . And I want to be beside you in every darkness of yours . I don't want anything from you except your soul. ALL I WANT IS YOUR SOUL. Please aarohi at least live me a chance that I deserve"

Karan said sincerely looking deep into her eyes finally melting her up.

Aarohi looked into Karan's eyes, seeing the sincerity and love reflected in them. She felt a glimmer of hope, a flicker of light breaking through the darkness that had consumed her.

"I don't know if I can fully believe in love and happiness right now, Karan. But I want to try. I want to believe that there is a chance for healing and finding happiness together. Can we take it one step at a time?"

Karan smiled, a mixture of relief and determination on his face. He gently wiped away Aarohi's tears and nodded.

"Yes, Aarohi. We'll take it one step at a time. I'll be patient, and I'll be here for you, no matter what. Together, we'll find our way towards healing and happiness."

As they embraced each other, Aarohi felt a sense of belonging she had longed for all her life. In Karan's arms, she found solace and strength to confront her pain and heal. Their love became the guiding light , lightening their dark world , as they walked upon the toughest path of healing hand in hand .

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