Chapter 42

Unspoken love

Chapter 38

Arnav entered the room and soft barks welcomed him which made him stand still. Well his room was not his room. he had to share it with his wife and her recued pet. He slightly shooed the pup away and then his eyes landed on the bed where Khushi was laying with all her belongings scattered on the bed. he grew nervous immediately and with long strides sat beside her.

"Kh-Khushi..." he patted her cheeks she curled into a ball.

"Are you okay?" he asked her and her face scrunched with the disturbance and with the sudden realization drawn her eyes opened wide.

"Umm...W-what I am doing here?" she asked sitting abruptly.

"Khushi...for god sake will you stop scaring me like this?" he sighed.

"I swear Arnavji, I didn't want to sleep, I just closed my eye and I didn't realize when I fell asleep...on your bed." she added in a low voice.

"I didn't mean that...I thought...well leave it. you may sleep if you want." He said standing up and approaching cupboard.

"Naahh...I have to help Di." She said hopping down the bed.

"But you look tired." He said while taking his clothes out.

"Yeah...but I have to assignments." As Khuhsi stood up the little pup started barking.

"Aww...you are hungry?" she said while scoping him up.

"Sorry...I fell asleep." She said in a baby voice and the pup stuck his tongue out to lick her face but the person watching from behind scrunched in disgust.

"Arnavji...there are some cookies in my bag...can you please give it to me."

Arnav glared her but all his glares went in vain as she was busy playing with the pup. He went to the bed here her this were scattered and found a small paper bag full of cookies .

"Take." He said in a stern voice.

"Take one out please." She dragged the word please' and he took one out half heartedly.

"Why don't you make him eat?" Khushi suggested and he looked at her as if she had sprouted two more heads.

"Are you mad? I am not making him eat that too from my hands." He said and his voice grew louder with each word but the pup was eager to have his cookie which he was holding.

"See he want to eat form your hand." Khushi said while taking the pup backwards as he was forwarding towards Arnav.

"You know everything what he wants to say huh?" Arnav mocks her and Khuhsi gives her he sly grin.

"Please...he won't do anything...I promise...just try to be his friend." She pleaded.

"I don't want to make an animal my friend. I have enough." He said.

"Yeah...ofcourse...I have seen your friends. That arrogant and self-centered Lavanya, I never understood how her brother can be so nice." She said making Arnav tongue tied. He was so occupied in processing her words that he didn't notice when the puppy was bought forward to get his cookie. He liked clean hi fingers and then suddenly his widened.

"KHUSHII..." he yelled jerking his hand backwards.

"I am sorry...he was hungry and you weren't giving him the cookie." She said with grin but his anger was fuelling.

"This stupid thing is going out of my house tomorrow." He declared.

"Not until he is fine." Khuhis said with determination.

"He is FINE." He emphasized.

"Did he tell you this?" she questioned his question back at him.

"Khushi..."

"What is happening here?" Anjali interrupted the heated argument.

"DI see he wants me to kick him out...he is not even fine...he can't even walk on his own." She complained.

"She is lying...he is absolutely fine." Arnav said in an irritated tone.

"Why would she lie Chotte?" Anjali said asking Khushi's said and a victory smile was threatening to fall from Khushi's lips but she managed to control.

"Fineee do whatever you two want to do...don't talk to me next time." He said and marched into the washroom closing the door with a thud making both Anjali and Khushi giggle.

"Seriously...I have never enjoyed this before." Anjali said.

"I know Di...pissing him off is fun...but it's hard to deal with sulking Arnavji." She reminded.

"True...come let's go to the dinner." She said and letting the puppy free she followed Anjali to the dining table.

Everyone including Arnav was seated on the dining table and there was pin drop silence as Arnav's mood was in a snappy mode and no one wants to be the victim. The dinner ended in silence and Khuhsi came back to the room where the lights were already shut off and Arnav was lying in the middle of his king sized bed.

"Arnavji..." Khushi said in a low voice.

"Arnavji...I know...you are not sleeping." She continued but there was no reply from his end.

"Arnavjii..." she came closer and shook his arm.

"What you want now?" he snapped.

"Please I am sorry." She said but there was no reply from his side.

"Pleasee..." she sat on the bed beside him.

"Did you change your clothes after touching him?" his head popped up suddenly.

"Of course...otherwise you would have made me wash it all by myself." she said and he slumped his head down again.

"Please...I already said sorry." She said and shook hi m harder.

"Stop doing that Khushi." He said with a huff.

"See...I won't be able to sleep like this." Khushi said.

"Good...you deserve that punishment." He said in a matter of fact.

"And I won't let you sleep too." She said with determination.

"Just go away Khuhsi." He said.

"Hey...I am your wife and you can't shoo me away just like he way you shoo him." she said with a hint of anger.

"Ofcourse." He scoffed.

"See...just simply say it's okay...it happens...and I not upset with you...and I'll leave." She said and he propped hi head up and supported it his palm to look at her.

"What if I don't?" he challenge.

"See...I am going tomorrow and i want to go on a happy note." She said.

"Where are you going?" he asked in confusion.

"I told you...I am going to parent's home and you even said you'll be coming and now you can't change your mind." She threatened him.

"Oh...I forgot." he said remembering his task he has to do when she'll be away.

"Yes...and it's my friend's birthday on Saturday and she has invited me for the lunch so I'll be going there." She told here.

"Which friend?" he asked.

"The one who was practically ogling at you right in front of my eyes. Seriously I wanted to scoop her eyes out for looking at you like that but then I couldn't because you were doing the same." As soon as her sentence completed, she heard a throaty laugh and she realized that she just voiced her mind out loud. She felt heat rising up her cheeks and she stumbled to get up from the bed.

"I-I have to g-go."

"Wait...were you jealous?" he asked her just to hear her answer more clearly.

"N-N-Nooo..." she sang nervously fidgeting with her fingers.

"I can't believe you were jealous because some girl was smiling a me."

"I wasn't jealous...keep telling yourself hat." She said while wearing her slippers in a hurry and ran away leaving him laughing but then his laughs were interrupted with beep on his phone.

Lavanya

He ignored her call deciding to deal with her on he weekend.

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"I'll be going direct from college...will that be okay?" Khushi asked Arnav while standing infront of him to apply the kajal infront of the mirror.

"Why would I have a problem?" he asked her back trying to get some space so he could fix his hair.

"No incase you start missing me...you just have to send a text." she said with a sly smile but earned a glare from him.

"Where Di has landed me into?" he said with a huff.

"Just few more months." She reminded him but as soon as she said those words a deep painful feeling settled in both o their guts which they both refused to acknowledge. Khuhsi smiled hiding her pain and Arnav just nodded. This was the touchiest topic for her but she never knew that these words would hurt so badly. Once done they both left for their respective places.

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The busy day came to end and Khuhsi finally reached her house after buying the gift for Priya.

"Ma..." Khushi hugged Garima as soon as she opened the door for her.

"Khushi...you are here?" garima asked her and she nodded.

"Yes...and tomorrow Arnaji is also coming...I missed you so much." Garima smiled at her daughter but that smile didn't reach her ears and this didn't go unnoticed by her and thankfully no one was at home so she could easily interrogate her mother.

"Ma...you have to tell me what is going on?" Khushi asked from now here.

"What is going on? Everything is fine." Garima assured Khuhsi but she wasn't convinced.

"How is everyone at your house?" Garima tried to change the topic and Khuhsi let her as she didn't want to throw the entire question all at once. They continued talking long until everyone else arrived who were equally surprised to see Khushi home.

"Khushi...did Arnaji threw you out?" Payal asked her playfully while entering the house.

"Nahh...he is in trouble staying in his own room, how would he kick me out." Khuhsi said with a laugh.

"What you now did Khushi9?"

"I promise Ma I didn't do anything?" Khuhsi said and both Payal and Garima gave her a stern look.

"Okay...I didn't knew that he was scared of dogs...and I bought a puppy home ho doesn't like Arnavji much so he keeps barking at him." Khuhsi rambled and Garima dropped her face into her palms.

"When are you going to realize he is your husband?" she asked her.

"I know...and I am making him strong please...he needs to overcome his fears..."Khushi defended herself.

"Khushi you are impossible." PAyal said.

"Okay...I need to go and change...otherwise you all will gang up on his side and torture me." She said and marched to her room where the first thing she did was to to text Arnav.

"I have reached home."

She waited for his reply which almost arrived immediately.

Okay'

She wanted to tell him whatever is happening here but she refrained herself from doing so, in spite she waited for him to arrive.

When will you be coming?' she asked and waited for his reply which took a while.

I am going out for a meeting, I'll be back on Sunday night and then I'll be coming to your house directly.'

When she read his message her face dropped, he didn't tell her about the meeting earlier and now he has to so away from her.

Why didn't you told me before you had a meeting?'

It wasn't scheduled earlier.' His reply came immediately.

Okay...go safely...I'll be waiting for you' she wrote but instantly deleted the last line.

Okay...good night and take care.' She corrected and sends him the message.

Good night.' came his reply and inhaling a long sad breathes; she finally went to change her clothes keeping the gift which she bought for her safely in her room.

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