A Beautiful Serendipity!

Drishya works for an MNC, a passionate and cheerful individual, filled with life. Her carefree and living in the moment attitude is loved by all. Since always it won't take her much effort to become everyone's favorite. Surrounded by people always, she got used to that attention but deep inside she knew how lonely she was - longing for the companionship of someone special. Not that she never got proposed, her conditions were quite clear: she didn't want to be in a casual relationship and would be in one only if she found the guy to be capable of carrying this bond forward. A person who religiously believed in her ethics, she cannot even think of hurting somebody in her distant dreams. So she would politely refuse the proposal. From college when she came to Bangalore for her first job it was all new, having no one to talk to she felt lonely at times but being an avid reader, these books were always by her side, sharing the secrets this world has to offer. Soon she got along with everybody in the workplace and would sometimes also go out with colleagues. During one such office party she was looking for someone to drop her home and there he was, Dhruv, the ever so charming guy in the office, people would tease him by sobriquet "chick magnet", as he was always surrounded by girls. In fact, Drishya never liked such guys, who woo girls for showing off, but it was only later that she found him to not at all like what she thought of him to be. Without much contemplation she came to the parking and saw Dhruv on his Royal Enfield, she was impressed, to say the least seeing him on his bike. His well-maintained physique was what got her thinking but she neglected what she just saw and without letting him know what was going on in her mind she sat behind, they started talking about themselves and Drishya found him to be a nice guy. A gentleman, who even apologized for applying sudden break for a bump in the road. Days passed and one day he asked her out for a beach, now outing after outing they started going out together quite often. Drishya was sure that Dhruv is a chatterbox and she's never gonna like him, moreover, they were poles apart in nature but on one such outing while sitting on the beach something happened that changed their lives forever. It was around 6:30 in the evening when some group of hooligans surrounded them and started beating Dhruv mercilessly.

Shouting how both of them were destroying the culture. The so-called moral guardians only stopped this horrendous act after clicking a picture and taking Dhruv's mobile number. Both scared to hell, left the place immediately. After reaching a safe distance from the place Dhruv heard a voice, sobbing, yes it was Drishya crying inconsolably. She blamed herself for whatever happened to him. Had she not been there it wouldn't have happened. Dhruv parked his bike on the roadside and tightly hugged her, kissing on her forehead and saying thank god nothing happened to you. She could not believe that he has gone through a lot but still, he cares for her. After this incident, they didn't realize how they became this fond of each other and when did their friendship took the shape of a relationship and they couldn't imagine a day without talking to each other. The honeymoon period of their relationship got over soon this commitment and accountability to somebody was very new to Drishya, she's not used to all this. Her childish behavior around Dhruv was slowly becoming unbearable, she'd expect him to be like one of those she saw in movies or read in her fantasy books, he's was not even close to it, they started having fights and arguments over every small thing. She thought, relationship with Dhruv isn't her cup of tea and desperately wanted to be single again. After all, she was fed up with it. In no way could Dhruv think of leaving her for he knew her to be the gem of a person, who'd be by his side no matter what. After a few days, one of her friends visited Drishya and she told the friend everything that was in her mind, shared all the doubts she had and said how imperfect Dhruv is for her. Her friend, was in a successful relationship for around 4 years, listened to all of her complaints patiently and once Drishya was done, she whispered in her ear, shall I tell you a secret? Drishya nodded! Yes, tell me. Her friend said - "Even my relationship was like yours, I never wanted to be with my guy, but now that I think about it, I'd say that it's the best thing ever happened to me. Why? No, we too weren't perfect for each other. But we both have worked hard to make it work. We'd do things to make each other feel special and would say it out whenever we felt bad about something or some action of our partner. This way we don't keep anything to our heart and moreover, we know what may hurt the other. In these years we've evolved together and strongly. And no matter what, I won't leave him nor would he because we know what we mean to us. Take a deep breath darling, go and talk to Dhruv about your insecurities, just the same way you told me and I'm sure he'll also understand." It was heartbreaking for Drishya to know how wrong she was all this while but thankful at the same time to have known her mistake. She instantly apologized Dhruv and blurted out all of it to him. He laughed at it and said oh dear! Even I'm sorry for not understanding you on time. Fast forward Drishya and Dhruv, fight even today but they know - this shall pass too, for they love each other dearly. Drishya called out irritatingly - oh Druv! We've grown up now, it's been 6 years since we're married and still, you call me "Diyuu" , treating me like a child. He laughed, kissed her on the forehead, saying you'll always be the same for me "my Diyuuu".