Recap:
Om: Kya hua? Kissi ne kuch kiya?

Gauri: (Crying) Kyun kar rahe hai aap ee sab? Kyun humaare liye aur mushkil bana rahe hai?

Om: Kya matlab?

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Gauri: Matlab ee ki aap kyun humaare nazdeek aa rahe hai? Humaara peecha kyun nahi chodte?

Om: Gauri, Main toh sirf Tumhaari help---

Gauri: Nahi chahiye aapki madad! Jab aapki sabse zyaada zaroorat thi, tab aapne humse muh mod liya tha. Ab humaari madad kyun kar rahe hai?

Om: Gauri, I know, Maine bahut badi galti ki hai, aur uss din tumhe ghar se, aur meri zindagi se nikaalna meri zindagi ki sabsi badi bhool thi! I'm sorry, I'm so so sorry ki Maine tumhaara saath nahi diya, mushkil ghadi mein tumhi se door rehne laga! Lekin I promise, I promise main aisa kuch nahi karunga! Main sab kuch theek kar dunga!

Gauri: (Crying) Kaise karein aap par bharosa? Kaise yakeen karein ki aap palat nahi jaayenge? Hume phir se dard nahi denge?

Om: (Caressing her cheeks) Iss baat ka yakeen toh mujhe bhi nahi pata ki kaise dilaaon, lekin shaadi ke baad bhi toh tumne mujh par bharosa kiya tha na? Shaadi se nakhush hone ke baawjood?

Gauri: Bharosa isliye kiya kyun ki aap bahut acche insaan the! Aap meri zindagi mein aane waale pehle insaan the jisne mujhe yeh ehsaas dilaaya ki iss duniya mein acche mard bhi hote hai! Bachpan se, humne sirf mard ko rakshas ke roop mein dekha tha! Phir aap chale aayein, humaari jindagi mein!

Humaari itni badtameezi bardaasht ki, itna gussa, itna naatak bardaasht kiya!

Kabhi kabhi jab aap ko dekhti thi, tab andar hi andar mujhe lagne lagta tha jaise shankarji ne humaare liye, aapko bheja ho! Itni izzat karte the aapki!

Aapko ka lagta hai? Hume aapse pyaar isliye hua kyun ki aapne hume Kali Thakur se bachaaya?

Hume aapse pyaar isliye hua kyun ki aap woh pehle mard the jisse hume darr nahi lagta tha. Woh pehle mard the jisne hume ijjat di. Shaadi hone ke baad bhi, kabhi humaare saath koi zabardasti nahi ki!

Isliye pyaar karte the! Kyun ki aap ka dil, aapke iraade, aapki soch, acchi thi.

Lekin humaari aankhon mein, aapke liye ijjat, aapne khud tod diya! Aapne sab kuch kharab kar diya!

Om: (Tearing up) M-mujhe pata hai, aur maine tumhaare saath jo kiya hai, main shaayad khud ko kabhi maaf nahi kar paaoonga Gauri. Lekin kya tum please mujh pe phir se bharosa kar paaogi? Agar maine phir se aise kuch harkat ki, toh beshak, tum chali jaana. Main koi shikayat nahi karunga!

Lekin please, kya hum phir se shuru nahi kar sakte?

[Gauri immediately looked up at Om, revealing her red and watered eyes, before wrapping her arms tightly around Om's torso and hugging him, and crying in his chest.

Om gently wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer.

Om didn't even realise that he too was crying, until he noticed a tear drop on his arm.

Gauri didn't have to say anything, and Om immediately knew what she was trying to convey.]

Om: Tumhe pata hai mujhe tumse pyaar kyun hua?

Kyun ki tum woh pehli ladki thi jisne meri har baat nahi maani, Tum woh pehli ladki thi jisne kabhi himmat nahi haari.

Tumne mujhe khud par vishwaas karna sikhaya, mushkilo ka saamna karna sikhaaya, aur tumhaari yehi baat acchi hai.

Main duniya ka sabse bada bewakoof hoon, lekin I promise. I promise ki main tumhe kabhi nahi rulaaonga. Jabse tumse mila hoon, tabse tumhe rulaata ja raha hoon, lekin ab nahi.

[Om gently moved his hands away from her shoulders and brought her face close to his, and caressed her cheeks, before gently wiping her tears.]

Om: (Tearing up) G-Gauri, tumhaare bina zindagi na jeene ke baraabar hai. Tum mujhe poora karti hoon, har lihaaz mein, aur agar tum chili gayi, toh main toot jaaonga.

Maine yeh baat kabhi kissi se nahi kahi hai, lekin tumhaare bina woh 10 mahine narak se bhi badtar the, aur main waapis nahi jaana chahta! Agar main waapis gaya, toh main khud ko kho jaaonga, humesha ke liye

Meri zindagi mein agar jeene ki wajah hai, toh woh sirf aur sirf tum ho.

Sirf tum.

Gauri: (Gently wiping his tears away) A-aap ro kahe rahe hain?

Om: P-pata nahi, tum ro rahi ho, shayad isliye

[Om and Gauri slowly leaned in, their foreheads touching, whilst being in each others arms.

As time passed, Gauri's heart too gradually softened.

She knew she couldn't hate Om forever.

Yes, he did horrible things to her and made her cry, but despite despising everything he did, Gauri knew she loved Om.

He was the first and last man she loved.

Truly, deeply and unconditionally.]

Om: Maine humesha tumse mohabbat ki hai, Gauri. Unn 10 mahino mein bhi, ek din nahi guzarta tha jab mujhe tumhaari yaad nahi aati thi. Haan, main gusse mein tha, bahut gusse mein, lekin pata nahi kyun, mera dil kabhi tumse nafrat hi nahi kar saka.

Gauri: (Looking at Om) Aur aapko lagta hai ki humne aapse nafrat ki hai? Aapko andaaja bhi nahi hai ki humne woh 10 mahine kaise guzaare! Roj phone par aap ke baare mein poochte the. Itna sab kuch hone ke baawjood, hum kabhi aapse nafrat nahi kar paayein.

Itna gussa, itna ghamand dikhaane ka baawjood, kabhi aapse nafrat nahi kar paayein

Om: I'm so sorry, Gauri. I'm so so so sorry.

Gauri: (Wiping her tears) Achha, hum nahaane jaa rahe hai

[After Gauri headed for a shower, Om sat on the bed, Gauri's words still ringing in his ears.

"Aap humaari zindagi mein aane waale pehle insaan the jisne hume ee ehsaas dilaaya ki iss duniya mein acche mard bhi hote hai! "

"Kabhi kabhi jab aap ko dekhti thi, tab andar hi andar hume lagne lagta tha jaise shankarji ne humaare liye, aapko bheja ho!"

"Hume aapse pyaar isliye hua kyun ki aap woh pehle mard the jisse hume darr nahi lagta tha"

Om was such a monster to her.]

Om: (To himself) Main uske kaabil bhi nahi hoon. Itna atyaachar saha hai usne, sirf mere liye!

Pehle usse bin pooche shaadi kar li, phir dosto ke saamne uska mazaak udaaya, aur jab sab theek chal raha tha, tab usse besahar chod diya. Ek baar bhi uss par aitbaar nahi kiya, maine.

Aur iss sab ke baawjood, woh abhi bhi mujhse mohabbat karti hai.

Kyun Gauri? Kyun?

Kyun karti ho tum mujhse itni mohabbat? Kyun tumhaari mohabat mujhe yeh ehsaas dilaati rehti hai ki main itna ghatiya insaan hoon?

Kyun ho tum itni acchi? Aur kyun kismat ne tumhaara naam, mujh jaise nikamme ke saath joda hai?

Kyun?

[Gauri too, was in a similar state.

Om's words continuously rang in her mind.

"Unn 10 mahino mein bhi, ek din nahi guzarta tha jab mujhe tumhaari yaad nahi aati thi."

"Tumne mujhe khud par vishwaas karna sikhaya, mushkilo ka saamna karna sikhaaya, aur tumhaari yehi baat acchi hai."

"Tumhaare bina zindagi na jeene ke baraabar hai"

"Meri zindagi mein agar jeene ki wajah hai, toh woh sirf aur sirf tum ho, Sirf tum"]

Gauri: (To herself) Kyun karte hai hum aapse mohabbat? Aur kyun yeh mohabbat hume kamzor bana deti hai?

[After Gauri finished her shower, Om too went in, and soon after he came out, he looked rather sick and disoriented.]

Gauri: Woh...Neeche sab bula rahe hai

Om: (Dizzy) H-haan main aa...Aachoo! Aachoo!

[Gauri immediately rushed towards him, and ran her hands down his cheeks and forehead, trying to figure out what happened to him.]

Gauri: (Worried) Ka hua? Aapko sardi hui hai ka?

Om: Pata nahi...Aachoo! Sar gum raha hai, pata nahi kyun

Gauri: (Walking him to the bed) Aap let jaayie, hum dawaai lekar aate hai. Chaliye!

Om: God, pata nahi itna ajeeb mehsoos kyun kar raha hoon. Woh bhi achaanak se!

Gauri: Accha rukiye, hum pehle aapke liye khaana mangwaate hai, phir Shivaay bhaiyya se bata denge ki hum dono neeche nahi aa paayenge

Om: Arre tum kyun nahi jaa rahi ho? Main so jaaoonga, tum chali jaao

Gauri: Chup rahiye! Aapko iss haal mein chodkar kahi nahi jaayenge, samjhe aap?

Om: Sardi hua hai, Gauri. Main marr nahi---

Gauri: (Placing her hand on his mouth) Khabardaar, jo aisi baat ki!

[Om and Gauri's eye lock was brief, but they both immediately realised that neither of them could live without the other.

Gauri gently moved her hands away from his mouth and got up, ready to leave, until he held her hand, to which Gauri turned around and sat down besides him.]

Om: Thank you

Gauri: H-hum khaana mangwaate hai...A-aap...A-aap aaraam kijiye

[That day, as Gauri sat besides Om, who was fast asleep, she realised two things.

One, that she would try and give Om a chance.

And two, that Om still loved her.

Om and Gauri had been separated for far too long, and somewhere, she knew it was time to reconcile.

Om and Gauri loved Avyaya, and the truth was, neither of them could live without her.

Gauri was willing to take a giant leap and trust Om again, because that's what love was all about.

Giving, and expecting nothing in return.

Om was far from perfect. He had numerous flaws. He was short tempered, egoistic, sometimes selfish, but despite that, Gauri loved and accepted him for who he was.

Her Om.

Gauri too wasn't far behind. She too had endless flaws.

She wouldn't trust easily, she would angry quickly, she was fiercely protective and sometimes, far too caring. She had a difficult and tragic past behind her, and was definitely a misfit in the upper class, but Om didn't care.

Om still loved her and accepted her because she was his Gauri.

Sometimes, even when fate separates two people tragically, it has its own way of bringing them together somehow.

Even if the separation lasts 10 long months!

Gauri shrugged her thoughts and gently pulled the comforter over Om, before gently patting his forehead.

Gauri didn't have the heart to hate Om, and she didn't even know why.

This was the nature of love. No one knows how or why someone falls in love, because love just happens!

In Om's words, "Pyaar bass ho jaata hai!"]

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