Piya ke Rang, Rang Deeni Odhani: One shot Devakshi (Part 17)

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Recap:
GKB (Radha Rani): Jiji… Call Dev… Aaj hi ho jaaye – doodh ka doodh; aur paani ka paani ~GKB’s pov~ Poor jiji… Ab jiji ka kya hoga?
Ishwari: ~nods~ ~Ishwari’s pov~ Dev… He lied to me? He didn’t break his relationship? Dev, kya ma ke mamta se bhi badkar us Sona ki pyaar ho gaya hai tere liye? ~remembers Dev’s words “I am requesting some time, a month to be exact… Once I finish the tasks, I will reveal everything… You don’t even have to ask…” Was he talking about this? I should ask Dev…
Dev: ~feels shocked~ ~Dev’s pov~ Ma sent Rithvik’s proposal for Sona… Thank god, she wasn’t interested… Elena and Rithvik, fell in love… What if Sona had accepted Rithvik’s proposal? Why did ma hide such a big thing from me? If I hadn’t rushed here, I would never have known… Was ma so desperate to take Sona out of my life? What problem she has with my Sona? Sona was right when she told ma doesn’t like her…I need answers ma… I need them now
Dev enters and looks at them…
Ishwari: Dev… You are home… I want to talk to you…
Mamaji: Ishwari, he just came home… Let him freshen up… Give him little time… Before you ask anything….
Ishwari: Teek hai… I will wait…
Dev nods and goes to his room…
Mamaji: ~looking at Ishwari~ ~Mamaji’s pov~ I pray that everything gets resolved today…

~Dev’s room~
Dev washes his face ~Dev’s pov~ ~remembers Ishwari’s words “My happiness lies in your happiness”; then rushing her to hospital; breaking up with Sona; Sona and Rithvik at hotel; his hand and leg getting bruised; Sona taking care of his hand; winning hers and her family’s trust… I thought I’ll first win their trust and then convince my mom… I knew my ma… I had an idea that she wouldn’t accept Sona easily… But to this extent? I should speak to her… But should I confront?
~phone rings~
Dev: Hello?
Sona: Hi… Mr. Dikshit…
Dev: ~smiles~ Missing me already?
Sona: No!! I mean… I called to tell that your gift is beautiful…Thank you Dev…
Dev: I am waiting to see you in it…
Sona: ~stammers~ Okay Dev…
Dev: Ms. Bose, I wanted to ask you something… One of my dearest ones has hid something very huge from me… Should I ignore? Should I forgive? Should I confront? I am not sure about what to do… Worried about offending them…
Sona: Dev… It depends on the secret… If it is hidden out of not so good intention, then you should confront… If it is hidden to protect you from any harm, you should let it go and forgive the person. Either way, you know how to handle Dev…
Dev: Thank you Sona… Will call you later…
Dev cuts the call. ~Dev’s pov~ Now, I know what to do…
Dev comes out bracing himself.
~Hall~
Dev comes down…
Ishwari: Dev…. I want to talk to you…
Dev: ~looks calm~ Haan ma…
Ishwari: ~slowly gets angry~ Tell me… All these days, what have you been doing after your office hours? Have you started hiding things from me?
Dev: Ma, I did ask you for a month’s time…
Ishwari: To tell what Dev? That all the while you have been lying to me that you broke up with Sona and that you are still in relationship with her? Or that you have been working as Bose family’s servant? Or that 28 days’ love has become more valuable than 28 years’ love and care of your ma? I always have trusted you more than myself… Even when mami told, I told her… My son will never do that.. You hid such a big thing from me… You used to understand everything without me opening my mouth… Kahan gaya wo Dev?
Dev: ~gives a painful smile~ Trust… Such a valuable thing na? It takes years to build… But takes seconds to get destroyed… Actually you are right… I used to really understand you without you telling me anything… That’s why I immediately understood that you won’t accept my Sona easily… But ma… Even you used to understand me without me having utter anything… How come you never understood my heart ma?
Ishwari: ~looks slightly shocked~ What do you mean? Of course I do… I do understand what is good and bad for you… I understand your likes and dislikes…
Dev: ~nods no~ No ma… You used to understand… A small smile in my face, you used to feel like you have received some treasure… A small frown in my face, you used to do everything to ensure that I am taken away from the thing that causes me pain…. You used to guess it within snap of the fingers… But how come you missed it when I felt broken inside? Aap kaise mere banavati muskaan ke peeche chupi hui dard pehchan nahi saki?
Ishwari: ~shocked~ Dev!
GKB (Radha Rani): Hai hai jiji…. He has started talking back to you… All this is because of that Bengalan!
Dev: Mami! I am talking with my ma!!!
Mamaji: ~getting angry~ Shut up Radha… Don’t interfere between them now!!!! Go to our room now!
GKB gets angry and goes away
Mamaji rushes to Neha’s room
Dev: Bolo na ma… When I fell in love with Sona, I hesitated to share with you… Because somewhere in my heart I felt… I felt that you won’t accept her… But when you told that your happiness is in my happiness, I felt overjoyed… I thought you might not accept her, but for my sake, my happiness, you will at least tolerate her… But then you took pills and was rushed to hospital… I never had been so scared in my life… That day, I shouted on Sona for being the reason and broke up with her…. That moment I took the decision…
Ishwari: ~looks little uncomfortable~ Then why did you change your decision?
Dev: Because, I fell in love with her! I brought her into my life…. I chose her as my life partner. We both were in the relationship. That moment, I didn’t realize it! I asked her to get out! And she left! When Neha came here after her fight, I got angry and tried to talk to Ranvir… Ranvir said something which showed me the mirror… “First my mom’s needs, then I’ll look into Neha’s needs!” I was so angry at him…But what I did was the same! Even Sona was someone’s sister… Someone’s daughter… I hurt her so much…
As the days passed, I couldn’t forgive myself… The more I wanted to forget her, the more her memories haunted me… And when I saw her with Rithvik at a hotel, I couldn’t believe… When Sona told she’ll move on, I couldn’t tolerate it…. I just couldn’t… How could she? I slowly became numb… I wanted to hurt myself…. I wanted to kill myself… But couldn’t… I had so many responsibilities na… But on Janmashtami day, I got her answer… She loved me equally, just was angry at me….
Ishwari looks on silently
Dev: That day I realized… As much as I needed you in my life, I needed her too… Mamaji told me only one thing – If I had guts to get my true love, then I should try… Otherwise, I should give up on her….
Ishwari: ~looks shocked~ Bhaiyya?
Dev: I had one month to win hers’ and her family’s trust… That’s why I was doing everything…. And had decided that once I win her trust again, I’ll share everything… And convince you…
Guess what ma? I never lied to you… And this time I didn’t hide either… But you did ma…
Ishwari: Main? ~looks around~ I didn’t…
Dev: Haan ma… You told you are happy in my happiness. It was a lie… Otherwise, you wouldn’t have taken pills…
Ishwari turns away nervous
Dev: ~walks to Ishwari’s side~ You even hid something from me…. You are the one who sent Rithvik’s proposal for Sona…
Ishwari: ~lifts head shocked~ How… How did you know that?
Dev: If I hadn’t rushed today, I wouldn’t have ever known… Why ma? Why did you send the proposal?
Ishwari: ~looks around~ Because, Sona is a nice girl. I thought had some responsibility towards the girl… Nothing more…
Dev: But that was her baba’s responsibility na… Did you want her out of my life so desperately?
Ishwari: Beta… Aisa kuch nahi hai… You are misunderstanding me…
Dev: Then why did you get angry at the broker? It was my good fortune… That Elena and Rithvik fell in love… Otherwise, I’d have lost my Sona forever… Why did you do that ma?
Ishwari: ~getting angry~ Because that girl was changing you! She came here to take care of me… But started dreaming to become bahu of this house… She should have gone when she felt those feelings for you… She wasn’t good enough for you!
Dev: ~looks shocked~ Not good enough for me???
Ishwari: ~continues angry~ You started changing your likes and dislikes… My Dev who never liked colours, started loving colours… You didn’t even like my selection of curtains…
Dev: Ma… Kya rangon se pyaar galat hai? I didn’t experience colours before… With her in my life, I started experiencing and fell in love! And selecting those curtains? You guys asked me to select and I selected the one I liked… It was never between yours and her selection…
Ishwari: You never sat in any pooja… But when she told, you sat immediately…
Dev: Yes, I sat in the pooja after listening to her… But do you know what convinced me? She asked me to sit for your sake… your happiness sake… And I felt happy seeing you happy!
Ishwari: Kya? ~remembers Sona’s words~ ‘Yes, he sat in pooja when I told… But you know what I told to convince him? What actually convinced him? I asked him to sit for your sake aunty. I told sometimes we need to do things for others. And he sat. And he felt so happy seeing you happy.”
But she came here to take care of my health na? Why did she interfere when I was cooking for you and kids?
Dev: Ma, do you want us to become sick when we reach your age? She is a nutritionist…
Ishwari: ~looks stubborn~ But beta… I was scared… What if you forget about me? And your sisters…
Dev: Ma… ~pulls her arm and makes her sit on the sofa~ Sit here… For a moment, you forget about everything… Tell me something… Do you love dad?
Ishwari: ~takes aback~ Dad? Aisa kaisa sawaal hai?
Dev: Bolo na ma…
Ishwari: I love him even now… He is the best life partner I could ask for…
Dev: Do you miss him ma?
Ishwari: I do beta… But seeing you kids, I feel peaceful in my heart…
Dev: Ma, who do you love more? Me or dad? Will you give up his place in your heart for me?
Ishwari: Beta, how will I choose who I love more? I know he’s not with us anymore… But that doesn’t make me love him any less… The love for him is separate from the love for you… How can I choose?
Dev: See… This is what I am trying to tell… Ma… You are my God… My everything… Your love and care means everything to me… But at the same time, I love Sona too… You feel peaceful seeing us… And I feel peaceful when she’s in my life. How can I choose between you and her?
Ishwari: ~slowly understands~ Dev… Tu…
Dev: Ma… ~cups her face~ Do you trust me?
Ishwari: I do beta…
Dev: Ma… Sona is a very nice girl… Remember, how she took care of your health? What did the doctor say? Your health was improving so much under her care… Remember how she made Neha understand the importance of wearing lehenga given by Ranvir’s home?
Ishwari: ~nods~ Haan…
Dev: Give her a chance ma… Just like Neha got a chance to marry and live with the one she loves… Even I want to spend life with someone I love… Please ma…
Ishwari: Dev beta… But…
Just then, Ranvir and his mom enter
Ishwari: Samdanji aap… Neha… Come down beta…
Neha’s sasuma: Namaste samdanji… Hope we didn’t come at wrong time…
Ishwari: Arey nahi nahi… Please sit down… Kichu, please get juice
Ranvir: Nahi sasuma… We are fine…
Neha comes down… Comes forward and takes her sasuma’s blessings… Sees Ranvir and turns away…
Neha’s sasuma: How are you Neha beti? I came to say sorry here… In fact, me and Ranvir came here for that…
Neha: Mummyji, why are you apologizing? My fight is with him… Before marriage, all the guys promise so much… After marriage, they forget everything…
Neha’s sasuma: Neha beti… I am responsible for that… I don’t like change… When Ranvir wanted to marry you, I accepted… But my nature is like that… Any change I feel it difficult to adjust… Ranvir knows my nature… That’s why he got angry on you…
But beti, when you came here na, I have seen Ranvir getting depressed… He does everything according to my wishes… But, I have lost his smile… His happiness… Slowly, even I understood… His heart is very big… We both have place in it… Please forgive us beta…
Neha: Mummyji…
Ishwari listens and thinks
Ranvir: ~gets down on his knees~ Neha, please forgive me… Come back please… I really can’t live without you… You are my soul… Please
Neha: ~gets embarrassed~ Ranvir get up… What are you doing
Ranvir: I won’t till you forgive me…
Neha: ~smiles~ I forgive you…. I don’t mind you fulfilling my mummyji’s wishes… I want you to pay attention to mine too… That’s all… I will get my bags…
Ranvir smiles brightly as Neha comes down with her bags…
Mamaji comes down
Neha’s sasuma: We will leave now samdanji… Our beti is coming home… We don’t need anything else… Life really becomes beautiful when our kids are happy… Hai na?
Ishwari: ~smiling happy~ Yes samdanji…
Neha, Ranvir and sasuma leave
Ishwari: Chalo achcha hai… Neha’s life is back on track again… Dev beta… I think even I am like Neha’s sasuma… Afraid of change… I was really scared… That I will lose you… You were unhappy… But out of selfishness, I didn’t do anything to help you… I am sorry beta…
Dev: Ma… See, Neha was so happy today… This is what I want in our life… Don’t apologize ma… You are my God…
Ishwari: But I’ll set it right now… I will go and ask for Sona’s hand… She might not be the ideal bahu as I wished for… But she comes close enough! I’ll slowly accept her…
Dev: ~smiles brightly~ Yes!!! Shall I tell her the good news?
Ishwari: ~laughs slightly~ Chal badmash!
Dev goes to his room happily…

~Dev’s room~
Dev picks phone… ~Dev’s pov~ Na… I will tell her in person…
Dev changes into the orange shirt and black pants… ~Dev’s pov~ I am coming for you Sona!
~Hall~
Dev: Ma, I am going out… Will come back soon…
Ishwari: Drive carefully beta…
Dev rushes out

~Outside Sona’s home~
Dev: ~calls Sona on her phone~ Come down quickly… Now…
Sona: Mr. Dikshit! Now?
Dev: Sonakshi Bose… Now…
Sona: ~comes out~ Dev! Ki holo?
Dev lifts her happily
Sona: Dev!! What are you doing?
Dev: Ma… Finally agreed to our marriage!!!!
Sona: Shochi???? No second thoughts this time?
Dev: No!! She told she’ll take time to accept us… But she is ready for our marriage!!!! She’s coming to ask for your hand…
Sona: ~feels slightly nervous~ Really Dev? This time… It’ll work out na? I can’t stand heartbreak again…
Dev: ~holds her cheeks~ This time no matter what happens, I won’t let go off you! It’s my promise!!! ~hugs her close~
Sona feels happy and hugs him… ~Kuch rang pyaar ke happy version plays in the background~

~Dev’s home~
Mamaji: Finally, Ishwari… You understood…
Ishwari: I am still scared… But I am going to give a chance bhaiyya… For my son’s happiness, I’ll accept Sona…
Mamaji smiles

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