AJHS2 - PROLOGUE

Prologue:

Someone once said if you want something very badly, set it free. If it comes back to you. Then it is yours forever.

I shook my head, feeling tears sprout in my eyes. My clothes were soaked by the time I returned to Laxmi Nagar. The storm continued to rage outside, rain pelted the window, but I did not pay any attention to it. Nobody was home. Everyone had left for the Jaagran. I somehow dragged my body to my room and bolted the door.

As thunder rolled through the house I ground myself against the wall. To another person, it might appear that the bad weather is causing me pain. That the reason for my restlessness is the lightning and storm outside.

However, this excruciating pain that is rolling within me is not due to the climatic conditions of Delhi. The cause of this pain is him. Him. 

My heart wept tears of blood as Lavanyaji's parting words echoed in my mind.

He does not remember anyone Chamkeeli. ASR sab kuch bhool gaya hai. Sabko bhool gaya hai. 

(ASR has forgotten everything. He has lost his memories).

The tentacles of pain clutched my insides. I gulped. It was hard to process the fact that the only person who made me fall for him does not remembers me. My phone kept flashing every two minutes. Five missed calls and two messages. The notification read. I kept the device on the floor and pulled my hair hoping against hope for the hurt to disappear.

All the times we spend together. All the special moments. Sheesh Mahal. Dargah. Office. Shantivan. Nainital. Hospital. Diwali. I gasped as realization dawned upon me.

All those memories. They were gone. Khushi Kumari Gupta has disappeared from his mind. I closed my eyes recollecting his confused expressions. That lost look was not an act. My speculation stands wrong. It is not one of his new games. This is real. Retrograde Amnesia is real. Arnav Singh Raizada has changed.

Gulzarji ne theek kaha hai.

(The poet Gulzar uttered the truth).

Ye ishq mohabbat ki riwayat bhi 

ajeeb hoti hai,

Paaya nahi hai jisko,

Usse khona bhi nai chaahte!!

(Love is a strange phenomenon,

You do not wish to lose the one,

Who was never yours, to begin with).

He does not remember anyone Chamkeeli. ASR sab kuch bhool gaya hai. Sabko bhool gaya hai. 

My phone went off once more.

Dhruv Singh Raizada will not stop calling me. I will have to answer this call. Wiping my tears, I cleared my throat and picked up the phone.

Hello...