Piya ke Rang, Rang Deeni Odhani: One shot Devakshi (Part 7)

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Catch Parts 1-6 here:

Part 1: Part 1

Part 2: Part 2

Part 3: Part 3

Part 4: Part 4

Part 5: Part 5

Part 6: Part 6
Enjoy Part 7!!!

~Sona’s home~
Suddenly Sona’s phone rings…
Sona: Hello?
Caller: Sona beti… This is Dev’s Mamaji here… I want to meet you immediately… This is urgent… Please?
Sona: But Mamaji… What happened? Is everything ok? Is aunty’s health fine?
Mamaji: It’s so nice to see you care for her even now…
Sona: Mamaji… She was my patient… I am doing my duty… Okay I will meet you… A t the Coffee house at 6 pm… But I’ll leave soon… I can’t stay for long…
Mamaji: Okay beti…
~Call ends~
Sumo: Who was that? You are looking troubled…
Sona: You saw the guy right? He’s Mr. Devrath Dikshit… His uncle was on the phone… Wants to meet me it seems…
Sumo: The business tycoon? ~hugs Sona~ Everything will be fine… Don’t give up on your love… I saw how he loves you…
Sona: I can tell the same for you… Why do you want to marry someone whom you don’t love? As far as I remember, you have liked and loved only one guy from childhood… Shravan right?
Sumo: ~in tears~ Yes… But will I get my love? Even if I get… Trust is very much important… I don’t know whether Shravan trusts me completely…
Sona and Sumo: Everything will get better!
Sona and Sumo laugh…
Sumo: Okay, now I have to leave…. Have so much work!
Sona: Come with me na… I don’t want to meet him alone…
Sumo: Sorry Sona… I would have… But have to go back… Aditya will ask so many questions… Why don’t you take Elena with you?
Sona: Ya I will… Bye dear… Keep in touch!
Sumo smiles and leaves…

~ Near Dev’s car~
Ishwari feels shocked…
GKB (Radha Rani): Jiji, did you see… Dev lied to us? He came to meet Sona… That’s why he dropped you in this mandir… This is closer to Sona’s home… ~GKB’s pov~ So much pride in her son… Hmph… Let’s see the tamasha now…
Ishwari: Why did he lie? Let’s sit in the car… ~Ishwari’s pov~ Now, Dev has started lying too… What is going on? I should make Dev understand…

Ishwari and GKB sit in the car…
Dev walks back to the car… Smiling softly to himself, opens the car door
Dev: ~Sitting inside, shocked to see Ishwari and GKB~ Ma and mami… You both here? ~Composing himself~ I came to see the handi competition here… Last time, it was amazing it seems… My friends told… ~Dev’s pov~ Sorry ma for lying… Did she see me with Sona? I should explain her or she might feel bad… While cheering, I forgot that I was clenching my hand and it started bleeding… Sona I mean Dr. Bose was there with her family, she saw me and did the bandage…
Ishwari: ~feeling worried~ Show me your hand… See, I told you not to come out… You don’t listen to me! You told you have meetings? What are you doing here?
Dev: Meeting got postponed… Will be going there now… First, let me drop you both at home… ~Dev’s pov~ I am sorry ma… I lied to you… What to do… Your health is precious…
Dev drops them at home and goes to office…
Ishwari and GKB enter home…

Ishwari feels worried…

~Coffee house~
Elena: What time did he tell?
Sona: At 6… He must be here any moment…
Mamaji, Nikki and Ria enter
Mamaji: Hi, Sona beta… Thank you for coming!
Nikki: Sona di… I am so angry at you… So much happened! Yet, you didn’t tell me!!! You are my best friend…
Elena: Nikki… Please we don’t want to talk about it… If you guys are here for that, we want to leave…
Ria: Sona di, please wait… We are here to discuss something very important… Please di…
Mamaji: Yes, Sona… I know all this happened because Dev got scared of losing Ishwari… But Dev still loves you a lot… He has been hurting himself…
Nikki: Haan, Sona di… After last evening, we understood one thing – bhaiyya can be happy only with you! And no one else…
Ria: Bhaiyya has always sacrificed a lot for us…. For once, we want to give him his happiness…. Please don’t be in a hurry to marry…
Elena: But what about Ishwari aunty? She won’t agree anyway…
Sona: And I can’t take rejection once again… It’s painful…
Mamaji: Don’t worry, we will make Ishwari understand… We are working on the same… Please, give us one chance…
Elena: ~smiles excited~ Then done!!! We will keep this a secret…
Sona: I hope everything falls in place… ~smiles softly~ Thank you Mamaji!
All leave!

One week passes,
~Dev’s home~
Dev works like robot… Every passing day, he is turning more and more depressed… But for his ma’ s sake, he’s pretending…
Dev: Ma, I am leaving for office…
Neha walks in with her bags and sits on the sofa looking all angry…
Ishwari: Teek hai Dev… Neha beta? When you did come? You didn’t inform… Damaad babu has come? Where’s he?
Neha: Why? Shouldn’t I come alone? Is it not my house? ~looking angry~ By the way, I am never going back to that house…

Dev: No, not like that… Ma didn’t mean that… Why Neha? Everything alright?
Ishwari: ~looking shocked~ Why what happened?
Neha: I had so many dreams before marriage… All broken… I don’t have any place in that house…
Dev: Neha, explain peacefully what happened? Did Ranvir do something?
Mamaji comes down along with mami
Neha: Before marriage, Ranvir had promised me so much… But now? He does what his mom says… Everything has to be done according to his mom… I can’t do anything on my own… Last week, I wanted to change the curtains, I went and bought nice curtains… He got angry that how can I take decisions on my own… Made me return those and bought what his mom liked…
Dev: How can he do that?
Ishwari: So what beta? He married you, yes… But he’s also samdan ji’s son na…
Neha: I let go… So many people in his house, no privacy at all… I suggested we will move into a different flat… He said yes… When I told only me and him, shifting there, he got angry… He’s always ma this, ma that… Why did he get married to me then?
Dev: Did he do that?? How dare he hurt my sister? I’ll talk with him… ~lifts his phone and dials~
Ishwari: Neha, please be calm… He’s such a nice boy… I am sure he loves you…
Neha: Ma you are not understanding… If I can’t do anything according to my wish, how can I be happy? You told after marriage, sasural is my home… I don’t feel like it’s my home… I understand that his mom is very important in his life… But how can I stay there happy, if he never gives me any importance?
GKB (Radha Rani): Hai hai… Poor Neha, before marriage also she kept adjusting… Even marriage has to adjust… Don’t worry Neha, this is your home…
Ishwari: Bhabhi, you should explain to her… Not encourage her to make mistake like this…
Neha: Whatever… I am very tired of fighting… Going to my room
Ishwari feels worried, follows her calling Neha… GKB follows them ~GKB’s pov~ Wah! What will jiji do now? First son, now daughter’s relationship broke too… Let me see the tamasha
~Dev over phone~

Dev: Hello Ranvir? What is this? Why is my sister unhappy? Why can’t she do anything according to her wish? And you married her… Why don’t you listen to her?
Ranvir: Look Dev… I appreciate your concern… But this is personal matter… Dev, yes I married your sister and she’s my wife now… But that doesn’t mean I have to stop caring about mom!
Dev: I didn’t mean that… It’s just that I understand… Try balancing your mom’s needs and my sister’s needs na…
Ranvir: Dev, for me my mom is everything… I can’t neglect my mom’s needs… First mom’s needs and then I’ll look into Neha’s… I have work… Bye…
Ranvir cuts the call
Dev: Ranvir! I will go and explain him now… ~ Goes into his room to change clothes~
Mamaji follows him

~Dev’s room~
Mamaji: Wait Dev… Not now…
Dev: But Mamaji, I have to… See how angry and upset Neha is… How can he do that to my sister… So many dreams she might have had… ~throws the shirt and pants on his bed~
Mamaji: ~smiles softly~ It’s nice to see you worry about your sister’s dreams and desires… But Ranvir didn’t do anything wrong…
Dev: How can you tell that Mamaji, it’s good to take care of his mother’s needs, but he has to balance with my sister’s too na… I have to explain it to him…
Mamaji: Aha… Dev… Do you really believe in that?
Dev: Of course Mamaji… Let me sort it out for sister…
Mamaji: ~smiles at him~ How funny na Dev? Today, you are so much worried and angry about how Ranvir treated you sister, so much that you are ready to make him understand… But what Ranvir did is the same thing you did… You love your Ma and ensured that she’s your priority always… While doing that, you forgot, even Sona is somebody’s sister…With needs, dreams and desires too…
Didn’t you let go off her hand when she needed you?

Dev looks stunned
Dev: But Ma…
Mamaji: If your ma is everything to you… Then it is same for Ranvir too… You are expecting love, compassion and accommodation for your sister in his life… You talked about balancing of needs… Did you ensure that for Sona?
No… Then how will you explain Ranvir? Won’t he ask? If Dev Dikshit can give priority to his mother, why can’t I? Even Ranvir would want to be an ideal son for his mom… What will you tell him?

True love is precious… Not everyone is lucky or brave enough to claim their love… Speaking from experience Dev… I fell in love and had to let her go… My parents asked me to choose between family and her… I chose family… And married your mami… To this day, I regret it… If I was brave enough and taken decision… I would have been happy… Everyone has right to love; right to live happy…
Dev: But how can I? I almost lost ma… I can’t lose her… She’s my everything…
Mamaji: Aur Sona? Is she nothing to you Dev? You talked about Neha’s needs… Even Sona has… You talked about Ranvir balancing both his mom’s and wife’s needs… What about you Dev? You are trying to rescue Neha’s life… What about yours? Yes, I told your mom’s hand is slipping from your hands… But I didn’t expect you to let her go! Be brave Dev… She’s your happiness… Your love… Your life…
Dev: ~thinks of Rithvik~ It’s too late Mamaji… Maybe she has moved on…
Mamaji: Do you really think so?
Dev: ~thinks of Sona putting bandage around his hand and her tears falling~
Mamaji: Think you know the answer… Don’t worry Dev… Neha and Ranvir have found their love… And they should realize, what is more important… We can try, but it is in their hands…
Mamaji leaves
Dev stands thinking
~Evening~
Ishwari checks whether Neha has slept and comes out… She almost collides with Mamaji…
Mamaji: Is Neha fine now?
Ishwari: Haan bhaiyya… Looks like it… But she isn’t ready to go back… Tomorrow, planning to invite Ranvir for lunch… I know Neha is at fault for expecting so much… Still, I want to explain Ranvir… He’s mature enough to understand… About balancing both his mom’s and Neha’s needs… Waise, Neha isn’t completely wrong… She wants to get love and attention of her husband… That’s not something wrong to expect…
Mamaji: ~smiles to himself~ Do you really think so?
Ishwari: Haan bhaiyya… Ranvir fell in love with our Neha… I am sure he’ll understand… He’ll balance them both…
Mamaji: So funny na? Here we are talking about Ranvir should balance his mom’s needs and Neha’s needs… Yet, we didn’t allow our Dev to do the same… When it is about our ghar ki beti, we are looking so forward to make Ranvir understand… But how conveniently ignored Sona’s pain? She’s also someone else’s daughter… Yet we made her cry…
Ishwari: Bhaiyya, what are you talking about? ~looks slightly tensed~ We are talking about Neha and Ranvir…

Mamaji: Changing topic won’t help, Ishwari… Not anymore… You yourself said about balancing… Why can’t our Dev do that too? Doesn’t he have right to choose his partner like Neha?
Ishwari: Our Neha didn’t do anything to increase distance between Ranvir and samdanji… But Sona, she started changing my son… Started separating me and my Dev…
Mamaji: Ishwari, Neha wanted to shift to some other apartment… Along with Ranvir… Away from Ranvir’s family… But here it wasn’t the case… Sona always took care of you… She might have influenced Dev… But she wanted to learn from you… She never wanted to shift with Dev to some other location! Then how can we blame her?
Ishwari: ~looking uncomfortable~ Now, whatever has happened, happened… Bhaiyya, I never asked or suggested Dev to break up… He himself did… And he’s happy now…
Mamaji: Whom are you fooling Ishwari? How long will you ignore Dev’s plight? Do you know when was the last time he had breakfast at home? I don’t know whether he ate anything at all… He goes out early and comes back late… Replies to the point… Cares for you, yes… But beyond that, nothing… he’s functioning like a robot…

I didn’t want to tell anything to you, was scared of you falling sick again… Today, I thought you finally understood… But no… Still you are thinking that Dev is happy… But, I can’t cover cloth over my eyes and pretend that my Dev’s fine…. I can’t let Dev suffer the same way I did… Pray that you understand Ishwari…
Just tell me one thing, till when, he should sacrifice for this family?
Mamaji goes away sad and slightly angry…
Ishwari sits shocked

~Dev’s room~
Dev keeps pacing in his room. Nikki enters the room…
Nikki: How do I look bhaiyya?
Dev: What’s this Nikki? Why are you all dressed up?
Nikki: Bhaiyya, you don’t know? It’s engagement function at Sona di’s place… She invited me for the same! I am her best friend na… So! Even Ria di is joining!
Dev: WHAT!
Nikki: Haan bhaiyya…
Ria: Nikki, Come on… We are getting late!
Nikki: Coming, Ria di! Bye bhaiyya…
Nikki leaves…
Dev sits shocked
Mamaji enters

Mamaji: Are you still thinking what to do? What does your heart say? Are you brave enough to claim your love?
Dev: But Ma…
Mamaji: Forget about Ishwari… Think of this, if you claim your love, you can convince her along with Sona… But if you are ready to give up, I won’t say this ever again…
Mamaji leaves
Dev looks determined
~Dev’s pov~ I am coming my Sona… I am sure that I can win you back… After all, Dilwale dulhaniya le jaayenge! ~Smiles to himself~

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