Chapter 7

PART 7. LET THE FIGHTS BEGIN!

Arnav Singh Raizada was happy today. And why wouldn't he be? Khushi Kumari Gupta was coming into his house to live with them and as she had two years of college left which meant she will be staying with them for two years. Yes, Arnav Singh Raizada was very happy today. But of course, he did not show his happiness to everybody. In front of others, his face wore a grumpy expression expressing that he was not happy with this new addition to his house. Already he had an argument with his Naani on this topic, just so that his Naani would not start dreaming about his and Khushi's marriage. Of course, all the while fighting, he was praying to Devi Ma inwardly that his plan should not fall apart because of his own need to maintain his image. Naaniji should not listen to his words and send Khushi back home. Luckily for him, his Naani was a very stubborn woman and refuse to bow down to the whims of Arnav Singh Raizada. So yes, Arnav Singh Raizada was very very happy today. OK! Now that we have established that Arnav was very very happy, lets move on to the story!

As Arnav walked towards his room, he heard his Naani call his name. He turned around to see his Naani smile at him.

"Arnav Bitwa! Humaara ek kaam kar dijiye?"

"Ji boliye Naani!"

"Bitwa! Khushi bitiya aaj bus se aavat hai!"

"Toh?"

"Toh hum soch rahe the ki aapan jaakar uuko le aayein!"

"What the?"

"Haan! Uu ka haina bitwa, ghar ke baaki log busy hai! Aakash bitwa jaane waale the lekin ain waqt ma uuko ek jaroori kaam se jaana pada toh woh nahi jaa paayenge Khushi bitiya ko lene ko! Toh kya aapan jaa sakat hain?"

Arnav felt like he was the luckiest man on the earth. Pick Miss. I-Love-To-Fight from the bus station? Anytime! But outwards he looked at Naani angrily, "Main? Uss sir dard ko pick up karne jaaun? Ghar ke drivers kya sab mar gaye hain?"

"ARNAV! Uu bechari pehli baar akeli Dilli aa rahi hai, aur aapan use lene driver ko bhejenge? Hum kuch nahi sunna chaahte! Aap jaa rahe hain! Hum aapko naahi bhejna chaahte lekin humaare ghutno mein dard hai warna hum hi chale jaate!"

"Lekin Naani..."

"Ise humaar order samajhlo, Mr. Raizada! Aapan Khushi bitiya ko lene jaa rahe hain aur that's it!"

Naaniji turned around and stormed away. The moment Naaniji vanished from his eye sight, Arnav gave a broad grin. Waah Khushi ke Devi Maiyya! Khud hi mera raasta saaf kar diya? Thank you! Khushi Kumari Gupta! I am coming!

"Bas yahi din dekhne the Devi Maiyya! Uss Akdu Raizada ke ghar jaake raho aur roz uski daant suno!", Khushi grumbled as she waited at the bus station for someone to pick her up.

"Ek toh shaadi mein baar baar takraaye, upar se humaara Saptapadi bhi miss karwa diya aur phir...", she trailed off as she remembered being consoled by Arnav and hugging him. She smiled softly, "Waise itne bure bhi nahi hai woh..." She again trailed off as she remembered the phone call he made few days back. She narrowed her eyes in anger, "Nahi! Ek number ke Akdu Raizada hai woh! Kaise behki behki baatein kar rahe the! Hey Devi Maiyya! Uss Akdu ko humse door rakhna!"

"Mujhe yaad kar rahi thi?", Khushi heard someone speak right beside her ear and she shrieked and looked at the perpetrator. There stood Arnav Singh Raizada smirking at her. She narrowed her eyes at him and he winked at her and walked away while waving his hand at her to follow him. She looked at him incredulously and then at her bags lying near her feet. Who will help her in carrying them? While climbing the bus from her town her family had helped her and while climbing down, her fellow passengers helped her but who will help her now? She looked at Arnav in shock.

After few steps, when Arnav realized that Khushi was not following him, he turned around, "KHUSHI! Aise statue banke kyon khadi ho?"

Khushi looked at her bags in dismay and then at him, "Humaare bags kaun uthaayega?"

Arnav glared at her, "Do you think I am some kind of porter? Khud uthaao aur chalo!"

Khushi looked at him in horror and then faced the sky, closed her eyes and prayed to her Devi Maiyya that she did not collapse while carrying the bags. After praying for few seconds, she looked down at her bags only to see nothing near her feet. Her eyes widened and she looked up only to see Arnav carrying the bags away. She put her hands on her hips and frowned; Yeh kaise insaan hain? Kabhi ekdum akdu toh kabhi ek dum meethe! Devi Maiyya! Humein bacha lena! Yeh do saal bade hi khatarnak hone waale hain!

"KHUSHI! LETS GO!", Arnav roared and Khushi gulped and followed him.

"Naani! Is ladki ko bol do ki apna mooh band rakhe aur apni bak bak apne paas rakhe!", Arnav Singh Raizada shouted as he entered the house with Khushi in tow.

"Hey Devi Maiyya! Humne aisa kya bol diya jo aap itne ghussa hogaye! Sahi naam rakha humne aapke liye! Akdu Raizada!"

"KYA KAHAA?", Arnav turned around and glared at her and Khushi slapped her hands on her mouth and shook her head. Hey Devi Maiyya! Lagta hai humne zor se bol diya!

Arnav was smiling inwardly at her antics but outwardly he maintained his anger. The first few minutes of their car ride, Khushi was quiet. But after a while, her excitement towards her College got her rambling about how she was excited about her College and how she was happy that Naaniji gave her this opportunity. While inwardly Arnav was enjoying her bak bak and was cataloging each of her words into his memory, outwardly he kept a stern image. He did not want to damage his image, right?

As Arnav continued to glare at Khushi while Khushi looked at him worriedly, Naaniji heaved a sigh. If this was how the next two years were going to pass in this house, toh hum chale Sanyaas!

Next update: Arnav cooks up another plan!

An important announcement, this story in the Dh Dh series narrates the journey of Arshi from Dh Dh events to their marriage, and as Khushi was 18 when Dh Dh happened and she was 23 when she got married to Arnav, this means this story will cover the span of five years!

Hence there will be many time leaps in this story!

Thought you should know!

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Kalpana

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Kalpana_Writer2014-05-23 12:13:05