Ethical vs Practical : "Marriage is not always the ultimate result of love, that doesn't mean love is insane!" (Part 5/5)

(DISCLAIMER : The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this story are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places  is intended or should be inferred)

Missed Episode - 4 ?! Don't worry, I'll take you there, Episode 4.

I would like to add one thing Aryan, "Rejection/break-up is also an emotion as Love, respect it!"

"It's very apparent and easier said than done!"

"It's not the matter of easy or hard, it's the matter of truth and reality!", said Alankrita in a pleasing tone.

"Dear Philosopher, I don't want to be your prey tonight!" Aryan teases her and orders food!

Alankrita had spent good time with her love after being fractured her funny bone. Aayushi finds Alankrita like a dog with two tails.

She asks Alankrita, "Did he accept your proposal?"

"No, I did not propose him yesterday, we just had a chat"

"Oh! I even planned my dress for your wedding after seeing you so ecstatic from the dawn!"

"<laughs> but for the matter of fact, he was very disappointed by that girl. Albeit I care him the most, I don't want him to think that I am taking advantage of situation!"

"Girl with tactics! 😉 "

"Shut up! Let's leave for the class" Alankrita suggests.

"Hey! Wsup? Dinner tonight?" a texts pops up from Aryan.

"Hey! In class, yup sure! @?" Alankrita replies.

"7pm, meeting point, see you soon x"

"See you xx"

The connection between Aryan and Alankrita is turning out to be very opposite, in the sense as positive and negative, wherein the truth, opposites attract!

As they both finds time, they text each other often and the covalent bond turns out to be a ionic bond as time passes! They go to movie, amusement parks and shopping together. As time goes by Alankrita had a steady love towards him, it doesn't got exaggerated because she was in close proximity with him neither got played down when she was not in close proximity. Her love is pure and genuine!

As Alankrita thought that things were falling in place, she received a text from Aryan, "Hey! meet at 6pm? Urgent".

"Sure! meeting point @5 x"

Aryan confesses that his parents had fixed a marriage for him and he finds that girl apt for him!

This shatters all the dreams of Alankrita and suddenly ionic bond becomes inert! She does not get into tears as she is used to this but somewhere down her conscious she felt a feeling of affliction.

Aayushi feels that her friend is down in the dumps. Friends can understand our feelings well than any other on this planet! No, Sorry! Those who understand our feelings are friends!

She manages to talk to Alankrita, "What happened?"

"He is getting married!"

"What?!!!" Aayushi jumps out of her skin!

"Yes, the next month!"

"Oh! I am sorry for you! You shouldn't have kept expectation on him after being rejected!"

"Again I am repeat, I didn't keep expectations on him, I just hoped!"

"Yeah, even the hope!"

"Whatever! I love him ever!"

"Are you away with the fairies?!"

"No, Absolutely not!"

"Marriage is not always the ultimate result of love, that doesn't mean love is insane!"

"New philosophy, hmmm" nods Aayushi!

"This is not the philosophy, this is reality! For the matter of fact I never speak philosophy, but just reality and it seems to be philosophical to you because you sometimes not be in reality!"

Aryan gets married to the girl who his family selected! Alankrita was still in love with him!

Seeing Alankrita go bananas, Aayushi brings a topic of a guy who likes her so much, but did not tell her earlier because of her connection with Aryan.

"I am not that dumb to know the reason you are bringing this to me now!" Alankrita says in a heavy tone!

"I know you are clever but by half!" Aayushi 😉.

"That's your perception, it doesn't mind me!"

"Cmon Alankrita, its time now, forget him"

Alankrita gives a thought to what Aayushi said as she lays on her bed. The battle between ethicality (loving Aryan) and practicality (to love other as Aryan is married) is on in her head! There will be similar situations in everyone's life at some point in time. This is not about the morality but the life itself! We keep on thinking what is 'right' and what is 'wrong' but we always forget to see the life as it is! We also lookup to something and look down on something but always forgets to see life as it is! After all this is life!

As anila (breeze in Sanskrit) blows in from the windows, Alankrita's friend Anila wakes her up, "Hey baby! Its Valentine's day, what makes you sleep so long?"

Alankrita wakes up and asks for Aayushi. "Who is Aayushi?" asks Anila.

"My friend!" says Alankrita still rubbing her eyes gently!

"There is no one named Aayushi in our friend's list after all we being together from our school days!" Anila confronts her.

" No, she is my friend who helped me in times when I was with Aryan" Alankrita confirms!

"What the hell! Who the hell is Aryan now?"

"He is my love!"

"On this Valentine's day, where does Achyut go then?" Anila teases Alankrita.

Alankrita gets bewildered!

"Oh! Again a dream! Did you at least marry the guy in this dream? Is he more handsome than Achyut?" Anila teases again!

"Oh God, no more dreams please!! Just shut up Anila! Lets enjoy every day as a Valentine's day"

Alankrita and Achyut tied the nuptial knot!

Ethical vs Practical : "Rejection/break-up is also an emotion as Love, respect it!" (Part 4/5)

(DISCLAIMER : The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this story are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places  is intended or should be inferred)

Missed Episode - 3 ?! Don't worry, I'll take you there, Episode 3 

"Albeit I love you, I support your love!" she texts with the same love and passion for him!

"I don't know how to react to this but I thank you very much for your words!" Aryan replies.

She hopes to get at least one neuron space in his heart and falls asleep! 

Aayushi sprinkles water on Alankrita to wake her up with adrenaline rush, to check her dress as she is going on a date!

Alankrita, instead wakes up in a calm fashion and suggests minute changes to her to look more exquisite and falls asleep.

She hears a sound of text notification in her dream, she checks her mobile in reality and realizes that the sound was not in her dream but in reality!

"Hey, gm! Can you come to our meeting place @12 noon, something important!" Aryan texts her.

"Okay! sure, I will be there!" she texts back.

Aryan waits for her in the lobby holding a bag which had a wedding invitation in it!

Alankrita naturally gets into her brightest colors to meet her love, but she doesn't know the fact, what Aryan has in his pocket for her!

They occupy a table in the corner to get kissed by the Sun!

Alankrita breaks the silence, "What is that something important?"

"I am here to let you know, before it let's grab a drink" "Excuse me, two coffee please!"

"How is your friend and her life?" Aryan starts off with a smooth conversation to soothe her before bombing her with the invitation.

"She is good and she went on a date ;)"

"Nice to hear!"

"Can you tell me please?" she asks again!

"You are such a diabetic girl 😜" 

He takes the wedding invitation from his bag and hand it over to her. 

She was completely taken by surprise! Shocked to see the invitation in her hands! Almost sense of moisture in her eyes! She doesn't want to see the invitation, but unconsciously pulled it and saw the picture of the bride, who is the girlfriend of Aryan. She shuts the invitation back into the pouch with tears rolling down her cheeks!

"Hey, don't cry please!" Aryan tries to comfort her!

She gets up plants a kiss on his forehead and leaves the place running with tears!

Aayushi returns home and surprised to see that Alankrita did not return home yet,  instead she found a stick note which said, "I am out of mood, I shall be back some time late night"

Aayushi felt something fishy and called Aryan to find anything had happened between them and also to find her whereabouts. "She left crying but I exactly don't know where she is now, I shall also inquire with our mutual friends, let me know if you find her!"

Aayushi tries out in many ways but all results in vain, she gets tired and falls asleep hoping that Alankrita would come home sometime late night as she wrote!

Alankrita comes home at dawn holding the same invitation. She founds Aayushi in the costume she suggested in the early morning, smiles at her and hits the bed with tears!

In the early mornings of a sunny day, Aayushi had a huge curve on her face seeing her best friend back in her bed. But her curve did not last long as she found Alankrita's face turn red with tears and agony resembling that she had a sad day!

She checks the wedding invitation card beside Alankrita's bed and checks it!

Alankrita gets up as the Sun hits the head from the top!

"Congratulations! I am so happy and excited as your path has been cleared!" Aayushi wishes Alankrita in a louder voice with excitement!

"What are you talking about?" Alankrita asks with bewilderment.

"I am talking about Aryan as I saw the invitation!"

"Yeah, they are getting married!"

"Aren't you excited about the marriage"

"WTF! Are you in your senses?! Why should I be excited when the person I love is getting married to another ?!" 

"WTH!"

"Don't play with me now, am already tired and you can see it"

"No! I am not playing with you Alankrita! Did you actually check the invitation?"

"Yes, I checked it partly"

"OMG! Check it fully, you diabetic girl!"

"What do you mean by diabetic girl ?! He also said the same to me yesterday! Wait, let me check the card!"

As she opens the card fully, she was astonished to see a picture of another man as bridegroom instead of Aryan! She looses her balance and hits the bed with joy, tears rolling down her face, but this time with joy!

"What a surprise is it !!!" She looks at Aayushi with a happy face.

"Yes, and this girl spoiled her mood and lost her day in life doing nothing seeing one side of coin!"

"No! I saw the picture of her on the card yesterday and expected that it would be Aryan on other side and my mind is not ready enough to see that picture, so I never saw it!"

"So, never take decisions with half knowledge" Aayushi teaches important philosophical lines to the philosopher herself!

"Okay! Agree philosopher! But I am actually sad for him"

"Is it?! Now say the truth my dear girl" Aayushi teases her!

"I am half sad and half happy, sad as he didn't get his love and happy as he is not getting married to that girl!"

"So, now girly emotions coming up!" 😉 

"Shut up!"

Alankrita grabs her mobile and start typing a text to Aryan, "Hey Aryan, I am sorry, I didn't see the card completely yesterday! I am sorry for you, can we meet today evening @5 ?"

"Sure!" reply pops up on her mobile!

Alankrita was very sad a few moments ago and now she is the most happy person living on Earth. This is the magic of Love! This is the magic of connection between humans! This is the magic of relation! This is the magic of emotions! This is the magic of almighty!

She reaches at the meeting point and sees Aryan at the table. She makes a sad face seeing Aryan as a disappointment of his love, although she is full of the joys of spring inside!

"I am so sorry Aryan! I never thought that this could ever happen to you!" "As I always said, albeit I love you, I support your love! I stand by this even now! And I really don't know how to help you at this point of time" Alankrita tries to soothe Aryan!

"It's just my fate!" Aryan says with wet eyes. Its indeed very difficult to see a boy crying and its even more difficult to soothe him!

Alankrita comes close to Aryan, gets his head onto her shoulder and tries to soothe him in a girly way!

Aryan wipes of his tears and gets back to his senses quickly. Boys can hold the emotions pretty well and can control them! Cheers to all of them! 

"Can I know how this had happened?" Alankrita asks him to show her utmost concern for him!

"We were together emotionally until last few months, and then suddenly she started behaving as an emotionally detached person!"

"Oh I see... ", its difficult for a anyone to show pseudo emotions.

"I asked her why she was behaving this way, then she said that she don't feel the emotions for me the same way she felt at starting. She says that she can't continue this relation without emotion and she wants to breakup!"

"I am really very sorry for you both!"

"Then she stopped talking to me and acted very abnormal with me, this had hurt me so much!" 

"I understand your pain Aryan, don't worry!" She consoles him being happy inside!

Although boys are emotionally strong, they are uncontrollable when it comes to the emotion of Love. Aryan breaks down again in front of Alankrita!

"I let your pain completely fade-out with your tears!" "But Aryan do you love her now too and do you believe in emotions?" Alankrita asks in a soft tone!

"Yes of course! I love her ever and I believe in emotions!" Aryan confesses.

"Aryan, you are emotionally connected with her and she was also connected with you for certain point of time. But I don't know the reasons behind it, she didn't feel the emotions for you later and she asked for a breakup - which is also an emotion. If your love is an emotion, then her breakup is also an emotion! If you are a genuine lover you should respect her emotion of breakup. If you don't respect her emotion of breakup, then you don't have the genuine respect for emotions of others! This seems to be a logical way of thinking but this is fact!"

"I understand your point, but do you see its practical resemblance ?"

"Yes of course! Its practical too!"

"I know its difficult to argue with you!" 

"Not so difficult as your research!" she winks at him.

"I had helped her so much in her work and we even planned to do it together, but all in vain now!"

"Now, don't get back to her again, you will feel disappointed"

I would like to add one thing Aryan, "Rejection/break-up is also an emotion as Love, respect it!"

Ethical vs Practical : "Albeit I love you, I support your love" (Part 3/5)

(DISCLAIMER : The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this story are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places  is intended or should be inferred)

Missed Episode - 2 ?! Don't worry, I'll take you there, Episode 2

Aayushi reads the letter written by Alankrita to Aryan, places it on the same table at exact position thinking that "Hope and desire kills intelligence". But somewhere in her mind she thinks that Alankrita is genuine in her feelings and sense.

Alankrita finishes meeting with the supervisor, returns to her room after a tiresome day and quickly falls asleep in her bed.

On the next day, Alankrita sends a text to Aryan, "Hey Aryan! This is Alankrita, if you don't have my contact! If you are free, shall we meet this weekend?"

Her hands start shaking after she clicks the send button as she was worried about how Aryan reacts to her text.

"Hey Alankrita! How are you? Yes, we can catch up this weekend!", a texts pops up on her mobile.

"I am fine! How are you doing? Shall we meet at the public garden?", she replied.

"I am fine too, thank you! Yup, public garden is fine! See you soon! :)", he texts back.

Alankrita feels happy after a short conversation with her love. Some people gives significance to economical status ,caste, religion etc. when then want to unite two souls, but there is much happiness and pleasure in small things than the giant complex things. Talking with the person you love and spending some time with him/her is a love orgasm. 

She waits for the weekend to meet Aryan and express her love in form of long letter she wrote for him. She visits costume store to get her into the brightest colors and visits beauty clinic to make the final adjustments to her face.

The big Sunday has arrived. She checks her dress with Aayushi, grabs the letter and leaves her room on time to meet her love.

Alankrita had a big smile on her face as she saw Aryan after long time, the same reciprocated by Aryan.

After meet and greet, Aryan came directly to the point of reason for meeting. Alankrita was taken aback by the urgency of Aryan.

She holds an eye to eye contact for few seconds, takes the letter and handed it over to Aryan with a ray of hope in her eyes. 

Aryan sits on a nearby bench and starts off to read the letter.

Her heart starts to beat faster than the speed of light. She looks tensed.

He finishes reading the letter. She was eager to know his reaction but Aryan maintained a steady face without much emotions.

Aryan gets up with the letter and tears it off in front of her face and leaves her without uttering a single word.

Alankrita was startled with the reaction and she was in complete shock with rolling tears down her cheeks.

"Alankrita ... Alankrita ... ", she hears someone calling her name while Bhagavad Gita shlokas playing in the background. 

She wakes up from her bed shouting "Aryan ... Aryan". "Are you ok?", Aayushi asks her shaking her hand to bring her to senses.

Alankrita comes to the senses realizing that it was a dream! "Thank God! It was the deadliest dream! Yes! I am fine now!", she replied to Aayushi.

Alankrita notices that Aayushi is playing a shloka from 'Gita' in loop, which she wrote in letter to Aryan. She smelled something fishy about this and realizes that Aayushi got to know about the letter.

"Are you convinced yet with my feelings for him in the letter?", Alankrita asks Aayushi. Aayushi puts an innocent face acting as if she did not understand what Alankrita is talking about.

"I know that you knew about the letter I wrote to Aryan", Alankrita confirms Aayushi.

"I am very sorry to read your personal letter Alankrita, I did not mean to read it but the papers blown off due to wind and I gathered them and the curiosity of the girly design on them made me to check them! I am sorry!", Aayushi apologizes Alankrita.

"Hey, chill! No problems! You are my best friend and you have every right to read it!" Alankrita pushes Aayushi into her comfort zone to ask her suggestion on when she should give it to Aryan.

"So, when are you planning to propose him with the letter?"

"I was about to ask your suggestion exactly on this point!" Alankrita says to Aayushi.

"Call him to ask whether he is free to meet this weekend at coffee shop" Aayushi suggests her.

She calls Aryan and Aryan confirms his appointment with her on Sunday.

"Let's go to Zara to pick up a nice outfit for you!" Aayushi asks her.

Alankrita blushes out for the encouragement from her friend.

All set for Sunday to meet Aryan at coffee shop as planned before.

Alankrita wears out a shinning black one piece she bought in Zara and Aayushi touches up her face to make her look pretty.

She leaves for coffee shop well before the time, as she was too excited to meet Aryan and propose him with the letter.

The two eyes meet after long time followed by a mandatory hug! After the meet and greet, Aryan ordered two cups of Cappuccino as he knew that Alankrita likes it.

As time progressed they both shared laughter and she had a huge curve on her face after long time. 

She was excited to propose him one more time with the letter. Her heart started to beat faster and faster as she thought to propose him. Her hands began to tremble as she takes out the letter from her bag.

"Few lines for you... ", she handed over the letter to him.

She kept checking his reactions and emotions on his face while reading the letter, but he kept his cool throughout the read.

"I love you so much!" she said to him with all the love in her eyes and heart.

"Thank you for pouring down such high emotions in the letter. I liked it!" he said to her.

"It's my pleasure Aryan!" she says.

"But I need to tell you one important thing that happened in my life after we last met", she said to her.

"Oh! What is it about?!"

"During my post graduation, I liked a girl who is a junior to me in my university. She is pretty, innocent and intelligent. She shares same interest as mine professionally. We got in touch two years ago. We both like each other to the core", he says to her.

Alankrita was completely devastated after hearing about another girl in Aryan's life. Tears were rolling down her eyes. She was completely speechless and gathered all her energy to get up from her chair and leave the shop.

"Alankrita ... please listen to me ... Alankrita", Aryan shouted as he leaves. She did not turn back as she was not prepared to hear such things.

"I am sorry! You are so special to me. But I have feelings for another girl. I am very sorry for you! You would get a nice guy for you!", a texts pops up on her mobile the next day.

"It's ok!" she replies back.

"I hope you are mature enough to understand me!"

"ok!" she texts.

Alankrita could not stop tears from her eyes after that day. Aayushi tried to console her but she left after few tries, as she wants her to cry out to the fullest, to let the sorrow levels drop down.

"Let's go to the park" Aayushi says to Alankrita.

"No! I don't want to come anywhere!"

"Please Alankrita, don't be foolish now. It's your life, don't waste it."

Aayushi finally convinces her to go to park. 

Aayushi tried to console and convince her in every angle possible to forget him. But Alankrita is very stubborn in her feelings for him. She says that she loves him and doesn't expect anything in return from him. She says her love is unconditional. She reiterates the shloka which she wrote to him. She says that she is here only to love him forever without expecting the same love from him. She wants him to be happy and that itself makes her happy. Even a small text from him makes her day, she loved him that core! 

Alankrita hoped that Aryan would be her soul mate, but he loves other girl. She lives with a hope that she would get at least some place in her heart some day! She doesn't expects it but she hopes!

"Hey! I told you about the junior girl, right?! I am facing some trouble to make the things fall in right place!" a notification pops on her mobile!

"Yes, you told me that day in coffee shop! May I know about the trouble, if you don't mind!" she texts back.

"Yes, I will tell you about it later as I am in my lab right now!" he replies.

"It's ok!"

"Albeit I love you, I support your love!" she texts with the same love and passion for him!

Interesting?!!! Continue to Episode 4