As I mentioned in the previous episode, the fanfic is created while focusing completely on the younger generation of the top-rated show Kumkum Bhagya. Hence, the central characters of this ff are Prachi, Rhea, Ranbir, Aryan, Shahana, Rishi, Priyanka, Sunny and Kiara. Sunny was introduced in the previous episode. Kiara will be introduced after a few episodes.
Ranbir and Aryan bring Prachi and Shahana to a secluded warehouse in Vasant Vihar. Prachi asks “What kind of place is this?”. Ranbir answers “This is our Ran’s island”, Me and Aryan, we used to come here during our teenage day to try smoking cigarettes and have beer for the first time. Since we both have the letters ‘R’. ‘A’ and ‘N’ in common, we name this place RAN’S Island. Maybe you should have named it the “RAT’S ISLAND”, watch out for the rats!!!! Prachi, Shahana and Aryan scream “AAAAAAh”, Shahana asks Aryan’ “You are a man and you fear Rats”, Aryan answers her “Do we have to be a man or woman to fear RATS? Let’s focus on shooing away these creatures, so that we can start working.
Sunny is seen spying outside the warehouse where the four of them are seen working. “What is my little bro doing here???”
At Disha’s House
Disha feels bad for having slapped Hritik. “I shouldn’t have slapped him so hard, after all he was playing a prank on me”. Then Pragya’s words flashes in her mind “Do you want to stay alone all your life???” I’m not alone di, there’s someone who’s waiting for me, she goes near her cupboard and takes out the Sunny’s photo (the same man who was shown in the last episode). She has the flashbacks of the day she left Mehra Mansion and reaches “Shanti Niketan Ashram”. Sunny tells her “Mamma I don’t want to stay here?”. Don’t worry, my son, you have so many friends to play with over here and Mamma will come twice every week to meet you. She goes and fills the formalities of the orphanage while her tears fall on the legal papers, she starts to leave, while Sunny runs behind her and shouts “Mamma, don’t leave me here please, Mamma!!!Mamma!” Disha does turn back towards her son but her eyes are filled with tears rolling down her face. Fb ends. Disha thinks “I had to take such a decision for the wellbeing of you my son”. I did not want him to grow up facing the loud criticisms of this society. It is always difficult for a single mother to raise a child in this society, I had no means, no money, no name at that time. I was separated from my husband and disowned by my father. I did not want my child to grow up being called a “BASTARD”, it was better for him to grow up as an “ORPHAN”. All that crimes that you committed PURAB, your son has suffered for it. Not anymore, now I have made my identity and my own means in this society. Soon, Sunny, you will finish, your FASHION STUDIES and I’m sure my son will be placed in the topmost institutes. Then nobody will question us, and we will stay together.
At the warehouse, Vasant vihar
Ranbir shoos away all the RATS and says “WHEN RANBIR IS HERE!!! THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR???”. Prachi interrupts “I think Shahana, we should leave, we shouldn’t have trusted this Ranbir and come here”. Ranbir says “Come on, Miss Lecturey, don’t spoil your mood, because of those silly rats”. Shahana tries to calm down Prachi “Prachi, we don’t have much time for the fashion event and we really need help, so I think we should stay here and work together”. Prachi looks at Shahana and then at Ranbir and says “Fine, let’s work together”. Ranbir smiles brilliantly and asks her “What exactly is in your mid regarding your costumes, Prachi???” Prachi starts “I have always loved Indian traditional dresses. So, I wish that my costume will be COTTON SAREE and SALWAR KAMEEZ. Cotton Sarees by our generation is down class but I think there is a cultural signification and value in those cotton sarees, which are replaced by heavy designer and net sarees these days. So, I want to bring that flair of the heaviness through special borders and embroidered pallu in my saree. Then for Salwar Kameez, most women nowadays, prefer wearing it without the dupatta, but our ancestors had chosen to add that dupatta to our dress for a reason. If we create some speciality either through fabric paints or embroidery or through sparkling mirrors in the dupatta then I’m sure the women will love to wear the dupatta for their comfort while considering it to be a style quotient. Ranbir looks at Prachi impressively “Not bad, Miss Lecturey, your dressing sense is not that BORING as I thought it to be!!!”. Prachi stares at him, Shahana asks “So, how shall we start Prachi????”, Prachi answers You start stitching these borders for the saree which I had bought, while I will work on the dupatta and salwar kameez. Shahana says “Alright”, Ranbir tells Shahana, “Aryan will help you!!!”. Aryan looks at him surprisingly “Dude, why are you teaming me with her??? You know how she shouted at me last time when she was angry with Rhea right and I don’t know how to stitch”. Ranbir tells him “Oh come on, you didn’t forget that incident, that was a long time ago!!! Anyways, she will teach you how to stitch.” Ranbir asks to teach his brother how to stitch. Shahana says “Sure Ranbir, come MONKEY, let’s start stitching”. Aryan “I think since we are going to work together, so, it would be better if you call me by my name”. Shahana “Fine, now look at the way, we have to stitch the borders”, she shows the way to stitch and gives another needle and thread to him; Aryan takes the needle and thread and starts stitching, but unfortunately he pricks his finger too hard that it starts bleeding, he screams in pain. Shahana scolds him saying “Oh ho, Aryan, can’t you be careful, look you have pricked your finger very badly”, Shahana takes his hurt finger and puts it in her mouth to soothe it. Aryan starts feeling weird, he notices that his heart beats have started racing and then he gets reminded of his discussion with Ranbir the previous day. This Ranbir keeps talking rubbish and fills my mind with it, “I should stop thinking”. Meanwhile Ranbir tells Prachi,“ Lets see the dupattas you have and finalize which colour suits you the best” he takes a pink and places it on her “nah too bright for you”, next a navy blue one “nah too dark”, next he takes a green one “this looks like green leaves on cow dung”, Prachi frowns at him, ok let’s see this beige, this one looks different, he unknowingly drapes the dupatta around Prachi’s head and gets mesmerized on seeing her, he utters “BEAUTIFUL”, Prachi looks at him surprised and both of them get lost in each other’s eyes. Suddenly they realise what they were doing and get embarrassed, Ranbir “so let’s finalise this one, it will look great on you with black salwar kameez, I guess” Prachi nods her head in agreement. The four of them continue to work without noticing the time. Then, when Prachi looks at her watch, she cries out “Oh no! It’s too late, I have to go to the office to complete my work”, Ranbir says “Don’t worry I will talk to dad and drop you in the office without driving in OVERSPEED”, he grins after saying that, Prachi says “THANKS”, Ranbir is surprised and asks her “Miss Lecturey, who cannot stop giving me her lectures is thanking me today”. Prachi answers “Yes, without you it would not have been easy for me, Ranbir smiles brilliantly. He then asks Aryan to drop Shahana at home, but Aryan denies saying “I have go to the college for basketball coaching”; Shahana says “It’s Okay for me, I too want to go to the college to get some notes from my friend Pinky”. Ranbir says “Great, Aryan, lock this door before leaving, nobody should find out our secret hideout, me and Prachi have to get to the office now”. He goes along with Prachi. Aryan and Shahana comes and while Aryan tries closing the door, his hurt finger starts aching badly, Shahana keeps her hands on his and says, “Let me help you”, Aryan takes his hands off and moves away and asks himself “What is happening? Why did I get an electric shock when Shahana kept her hands on mine?” Shahana comes and tells him “It’s locked, lets go!” Aryan says, “I need to go home to change over, you don’t mind right?” Shahana says, “Alright”
While they leave, Sunny who was watching everything, unknown to them says “My lil’bro can’t understand what is happening with him, but I can, after all I’m his elder brother, I think I have got my first weapon to use against you Aryan, he smirks
At Mehra Mansion
Rhea is crying bitterly recalling how Abhi raised his hands against her and then Aliyah’s words of “MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN” flashes into her mind, she gets worried thinking about Ranbir-Prachi, then she starts feeling “No not all the MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN are the same, I know Pragya Auntie, who understood and helped me today, which my OWN MOTHER should have done. TEARS filled in her eyes while saying “I wish that she should have been my MOTHER”. But again, PRIYANKA’S warnings flash through her mind, she thinks “I can’t take that Prachi lightly, I will never allow her to come in between me and Ranbir.” Just then Aryan and Shahana enter the Mehra Mansion. Rhea asks Shahana “What are you doing here?”, Aryan starts to answer “Oh me and Ranbir were just helping Prachi and Shahana,,,,”, when Shahana places her foot on his, Aryan again feels his heart racing, Shahana signs him not to tell anything to Rhea. Aryan continues “Actually, Ranbir went to Prachi’s house to get some files, so while coming back, he thought he would drop Prachi to the office and asked me to drop Shahana to the college, that’s it”. Rhea says “Alright” and retires to her room smiling “Ranbir is doing the job well, according to my plan, I need not worry about what Priyanka said nor use her STUPID plan”. Aryan tells Shahana “Now that Rhea is gone will you please take your foot off mine”, Shahana “Oh, sorry”, Aryan asks her to wait there while he changes and comes back. He goes to his room thinking “Why am I having weird sensations every time Shahana comes too close to me?”.
While Shahana sits on the sofa, reading some magazines, Priyanka comes out of her room and notices her. She gets reminded of how Shahana and Rishi were in each other’s arms in the office and how Daljit (Rishi’s Nani) told her Rishi is engaged to Shahana. She fumes in anger, comes down to the dining table, takes a knife and approaches Shahana, Just then Aryan calls out “Priyanka. Don’t you have office today?” She hides his knife seeing him and answers “Oh, I just took a few days off”. Aryan asks Shahana to wait outside, while he gets a bottle of water from the Kitchen. Shahana goes outside and as she goes outside, Sunny comes and knocks at the door. Priyanka looks at him and signs him to come inside. Sunny steps inside while all the flashbacks of how he left the house with his mother leaves him emotional. Priyanka asks Aryan “How do you know that girl?”. Aryan says “Oh, we study in the same college, do you know her?” Priyanka answers “Yes, she is engaged to our employee Rishi! In short, she is his would-be wife”
Aryan is left shell shocked while Sunny smiles maliciously seeing his reaction.
To be continued……….
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Guys I’ve introduced Sunny already who is a negative character right now but will turn positive later, Kiara will be introduced after some time. Even though the other characters are already been represented by some actors, the character of Sunny and Kiara are not yet donned by anyone. While writing this story, I felt Manish Gopalani would essay the role well after seeing his antagonist role in AKAJ. While for Kiara being Prachi-Rhea’s elder sister, I think Anupriya from “Tere Liye” would fit into that role well. If you think of some other names, please do suggest in the comments.