“Nobody was
even back home yet and you called me over! I had to leave the house to the servants
Arnav, with no one to supervise!” Khushi complained as she stirred her tea. Arnav
had called her a couple of hours post leaving home for work, asking her to meet
him at Rubeena’s Bistro. They had been sitting here for a good half an hour now
and he hadn’t said a word. She wondered why he looked so grave.
“Penny for
your thoughts Mr. Raizada?”
He looked up
into her beautiful face. “You’re glowing.”
“That’s what
you called me here for Arnav? To tell me that I’m glowing! And just so you
know, it’s a pregnancy thing. Women glow when they’re pregnant.”
He smiled at
her banter. It soothed all his stress away. There were a number of things that
he wanted to ask her. Explanations he wanted to demand of her. But recalling
how helpless and grief stricken she had looked when he had brought it up the
night before didn’t let him probe the subject again.
“I wanted to
talk about the baby.” He spoke changing his train of thought.
Her eyes widened
like giant saucers and a slow, radiant smile lit up her lovely face. “What
about the baby?”
“Have you
thought of any names?” he asked returning her smile.
“Well we had
decided that if we had a boy we’d name him Abhay, and if we had a girl,
Lavanya.” She chirped back at him.
His heart
swelled with warmth as he heard her address the baby as their. He took both her
hands in his as he squeezed them gently. “And why is that?”
“Because Lavanya
was your ex and Abhay was mine.”
Arnav’s eyes
narrowed at her as he heard about her ex-boyfriend.
“We’re
scrapping those names. They’re silly.” He spoke thickly.
Khushi threw
her head back and laughed her heart out.
“Oh god Arnav!
You’re so typical! I was just messing with you!
We both love
Lavanya, ‘Cause not only was she your girlfriend but is also a very, very good
friend of the both of us. Hence, the name. And Abhay was my Babuji’s name!”
Arnav’s face
reddened in embarrassment.
“Awww… my baby
is blushing!” she cooed as she continued to laugh.
“Relax Arnav! I’ve
never had a boyfriend. In fact, now that I come to think of it, you were also
not my boyfriend. What with your hot now, cold now attitude, we were together and
yet not committed. And before I knew it, even married! Though you did do a lot
of wooing once you realised your mistake and I had already left you. But no
need to panic. You’re the only man I’ve ever had in my life.” She finished as
she ruffled his hair playfully.
He heaved a
sigh of relief as the words coming from her mouth soothed his disturbed soul. He
had been on an edge ever since Akash had reminded him of Dhruv sharing a
relationship with Khushi. He was dying to question Khushi himself, but could
not as he knew that it’d upset her. He just knew that no matter what the facts
were, Khushi was his. And he’d be damned if he let anybody else walk into the
middle of this. He never really did give social norms a lot of weightage. She clearly
wanted to be with him. And that was enough for him to consider this
relationship official.
“Want some
ice-cream?”
She nodded her
head vigorously in response, much to his delight.
…
The Raizada
family was seated around the dining table as they roared in laughter at Akash’s
account of his lame attempt at amusement.
“Serve’s you
right for messing with his already confused head like that.” Arjun smirked at
his best friend cum brother-in-law.
“You think
this is funny! He had me hoisted in the air against the wall by my neck for
crying out loud! I could’ve suffocated to death!”
“But you
unfortunately didn’t.”
“Stop it
Arjun! And Akash, that really wasn’t the wisest thing to do! Chote is already
so disturbed with the current turn of events, and then going ahead and messing with him
like that in his present condition is barbaric. Finally he and Khushi are beginning
to get along again. We should…”
“Oh come on
Di! They are doing a lot more than just ‘Getting along’!”
Akash added in
a huff.
Another bout
of laughter followed as they all remembered how they had been unceremoniously
awakened out of their slumbers in the middle of the night by the most
scandalous noises coming from Khushi’s room. The entire household was up within
minutes and desperately trying to drown out the screams that were echoing in
the entire house.
Nani, Mami and
Mama had rushed out of the house immediately, chanting the name of Lord Ram and
Krishna under their breaths. While Anjali, Akash and Payal looked constipated
as they covered their ears in a futile attempt to not listen to Khushi
screaming for Arnav to apparently pound into her harder and Arnav telling her how he was going to torture her, only to have Khushi scream out his
name again and again. They had then finally followed the elders outside and had
all decided to stay the night and the following morning at the farm house. Leaving
in a chaise and four, they had vaguely informed the security guards of their plans
before the noises from Khushi’s room scarred them for life.
“Did they
really have to be so loud though?” Mami quipped in.
“Manorama!” Nani
warned her.
“No Dadi! Ma
is right! I mean there are other people living in this house as well! And what’s
wrong with Bhai? He clearly thinks that Khushi Bhabhi is married to Dhruv, then
how the hell can he indulge himself in such immoral activities!”
“Chote never
really was one to abide by the rules. Thank god they are married!” Nani
exclaimed with a scandalous expression on her face.
Akash was lost in thought when he suddenly spoke up.
“Di, do you
remember how Bhai used to play all those practical jokes on us when we were
young.”
“Yeah, what
about it?”
“I think it’s
time for him to payback.” He spoke, his mouth stretching into an evil smirk.
aww that was such a sweet update! He called her up for coffee and he said that she's glowing and they actually talked as if nothing happened! And Khushi confessed that Arnav has been the only man in her life to which Arnav was too happy!
ReplyDeleteAND HAHAH the family laughed at Akash
Now i get why family left at night, poor souls had to hear that hahahah and Nani said he never aided by the rules and thanked god that they're married ahahahaha
Akash better not play a bad trick or else this time he'll die for sure
ALSO I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE GOT LIKE 3 UPDATES TODAY, I WOULD LOVE TO READ MORE DURING THE WEEKENED!
DeleteLOVE YOUR STORY!
HAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!! The whole family heard them. AWKWARDDDDDDDD!!!!
ReplyDeleteLoved this update!! Continue soon :))))
oho. that was quick..thanks Mrinalini, & I liked the update...
ReplyDeletetime for prank...
hatath bristi
That was too funny...I guess Arnav needs to make his/her room soundproof. finally, he called her for a coffee date...& was talking abt Baby...
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOD!
ReplyDeleteYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAY! You updated!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D
Hahahahahahahahah you had me blushing SO hard during this part! Because i felt so bad and embarrassed for Khushi and Arnav!! Hahahahaha but it was absolutely hilarious! :D
And poor Khushi! Did not even realise that she almost blurted out that she was his wife by saying that he was the only man in her life. But thank God that planted a seed of doubt, and relief in Arnav's mind!!
I LOVE this story! Please, please, please, pretty pretty pretty pretty please continue soon!!!!
Loved it to bits! :D
Brilliant. So definitely no soundproofed rooms in this RM!!
ReplyDeletegreat part pls continue soon
ReplyDeleteI knew the whole family left due to all that screaming!!!
ReplyDeletethat would scar me for life as well
i can't wait to find out what the prank is
loved it akash is going to be strangled another time as well i am waiting for that moment
ReplyDeleteso woot noises made them to run for their lives
gr8
Absolutely loved it!!! LOL!!!
ReplyDeletekdkumar
Such a lovely chapter. Nice to see everyone being happy for once, even through the embarrassment of all that they heard!!!!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for PM
Honkytonk
aww that was such a sweet update! He called her up for coffee and he said that she's glowing and they actually talked as if nothing happened! And Khushi confessed that Arnav has been the only man in her life to which Arnav was too happy!Brilliant. So definitely no soundproofed rooms in this RM!!
ReplyDeleteaww...
ReplyDeleteawesome update...
loved the cute coffee date..they talked as if nothing happened...lol..loved the way khushi teased arnav with the names..
oh and khushi said hes the only man in his life...hope arnav got that..
omg so thats why the raizadas went away from home at night..lol they know what happens in the room..haha..
so payback time..
wonder what akash will do..
looking forward for the next update..
please continue soon..
and thanks for the pm..:)
aakriti120
omg, this is just getting better and better...can't stop laughing:)
ReplyDeleteAre payal and akash married?? sorry i just love the two *blush* muhaha cant wait to see what they do to get back at Arnav!!
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