Here is the last part! Before I post the part though, I want to thank everybody that's been here since the beginning. To the people tht would like and comment each or close to every update. Reading your comments gave me the motivation to write. Although nothing was able to give me the motivation towards the end. And that wasn't your fault. I was busy with school and family. Speaking of school, I'm done with high school!!!!! I finished 12th grade and will be starting college. But back to the post, thank you to everyone tht stood by me! I love you all. And this last part is dedicated to all my readers. I hope I did justice to it.
One last thing, this has mature content, so for those 17 years and older.
Part 41
Akash had brought everyone home after they had brought the bags down. They decide to let the couple come home alone while everyone else finished the last minute preparations and got ready. Akash called Khushi from the car telling her that they had left and to take their time coming home.
Anjali was rushing to and fro, making her everything was right and finished. She didn't let a single thing go unchecked. She went over everything twice before she was stopped by Akash.
"Di, everything is fine. Stop worrying over everything."
"I know, I'm just so nervous. But have you called Khushiji? Are they on their way?" she asked hurriedly.
Akash took out his phone as he replied to Anjali. "No, I'm going to call now." He dialed Khushi's number and waited for her to pick up. He exchanged a few words with his sister-in-law before hanging up. He then turned to nervous Anjali. "They are just getting ready. They will be leaving in five minutes and will be here in about 20 minutes. Di, calm down. It's not good for you or the baby." Akash replied as he took Anjali by the shoulders and walked her to the couch.
"Wait, Akash." she said as Akash stopped and everybody turned to her. "They come home in 20 minutes, we need to get ready." she said as everybody went upstairs, except two people.
He watched as she followed everybody up the stairs. She had seen too much sadness and had experienced too much loss in her life. He knew this, and just like his older brother, he tried his best to give his sister the happiness she deserved. Both brothers had made it their mission too. They might have been younger than her, but they took the part of the older, overprotective brothers. It wasn't just Arnav. Akash was always there for her. He was her partner in crime, always playing pranks on Arnav, but Akash always took the blame for it, never leaving Anjali in the spotlight.
"She's strong," a voice spoke behind him, breaking him out of his thoughts. He turned around to find his grandmother standing behind him, watching Anjali as she disappeared into her room. "She is like her mother, strong inside, even if she doesn't show it. She will be fine, Akash," she added as she laid a hand on her grandson.
"I know, Nani. She is stronger than we thought. But the brother in me can't stop worrying about her."
"Don't. You and Arnav have given her enough of your lives and love to last her 7 lives. Focus on your own lives now. Anjali has me and her aunt and uncle. And soon she will have her princess, her raj kumari. Both of you need to let her go and become her own self."
"And she hasn't been able to do that with us constantly telling her what to do and not to do," he smiled softly at the memories of the three them playing, talking, and growing up together.
"Come on Akash bitwa, we need to get ready before Chote and Khushi come home," she said as she led her grandson up and both went to thier rooms to get ready.
Anjali walked in to her room and saw her wedding pictures, honeymoon pictures, and pictures of then together at Akash's wedding. So much betrayal, so many lies, why had she been so naive? Why had she believed him so easily? Why couldn't she have any happiness? She fell on her bed, crying.
She moved her hand to her stomach and felt the life grow within her and smiled. Surprisingly, she thought, she was feeling happy. Happy that man was gone, out of her and her child's life. She realized at that moment that she never loved him, she loved that for the first time, she felt she was needed. She felt like she was loved again. She never had loved him. And surprisingly, she felt a little relaxed that he was gone. She didn't need him. She was going to show everybody the Anjali Singh Raizada she was before. She was going to the care of herself and her child. And with that last thought, she got up and got ready.
Khushi, who had gone out to talk to Arnav's doctor and nurse was now walking back to the room. She opened the door and saw her husband sitting on the bed staring out the window. Khushi sighed, figuring wht he husband was thinking about. She watched him for a second, thinking how much he had changed within the last couple days. She saw the pale skin that should have been the light bronze color. She noted the bags around his eyes and the dulled brown color is his eyes. The same eyes that she had fallen in love constantly, the same eyes that held her captive every time she looked into them. She moved her gaze up to his furrowed brows as he sat deep in his concentration.
Khushi moved behind him and laid a hand on his shoulder, jolting him out of his thoughts. "What are you thinking about?"
Arnav took her hand in his and swung her around and sat her down in his lap. Khushi gasped softly then put her arms around his neck. "Khushi, are you ok? Is the baby ok? Tell me the truth, I need to know if you, both, are fine," he started worriedly as the furrowed brow got even more furrowed.
Khushi reached and smoother out his forehead and laid a kiss where her fingers had touched his skin just mere seconds ago. "I'm fine, Arnav. So is our baby. We are both fine. But we need you to get well soon, we can't do everything ourselves," she said with a smile as she winked. She got up out of his arms and said, "Now get up. We have to go. The car is here," she said as she helped him up.
Khushi turned towards her husband, who was just standing and watching her. "Are you ok? Do you need a wheelchair? Can you walk?" she bombarded him with questions.
"Khushi, I'm fine. Come on, let go down," he said as he took her hand and walked to the door, limping lightly. They walked to the elevator with a nurse on one side and Khushi on the other. They then made it to the car and the nurse left. Khushi got in after Arnav and gave the driver the signal. She felt an arm snake around her waist and pull her back. As her back touched Arnav's chest, she remembered his wound and jumped forward.
Arnav looked at Khushi confusedly, "What happened, Khushi? Are you ok?"
"I'm fine. But your not. Your arm and your..." she started but was stopped from saying anything by his lips. She felt his lips move gently over hers, softly sucking at her bottom licking causing a gasp to free from her lips. As her lips opened, he inserted his tongue into her mouth, exploring her mouth and it's crevices. His tongue performed the old age dance of unification between husband and wife.Khushi pulled away, breathing heavily and her lips swollen. Arnav lifted his fingers and traced her lips as he watched her. "I can't get enough of you. I need to feel you, touch you every second. It feels like a dream."
Khushi moved her her hand to hold his. She took her other hand and placed it on her heart. "Do you feel that?" She saw him nod. "This heart beats for only you. It's not a dream. We have overcome so much. I'm yours to touch and feel," she said as she laid her head on his chest as he took his hands and wrapped them around her waist, holding her to him for the rest of the ride home.
15 minutes later, the driver pulled up to Shantivan. Khushi untangled herself from Arnav's arms and opened the door. She stepped out slowly and helped Arnav out. "Can you walk?"
"Khushi, I'm fine. Let's just go in," he sighed. He took Khushi's hand and both walked to the door. Khushi took her key out and opened the door to let herself and Arnav in. They walked into a dark room, with the only light coming from the door, and even then they still didn't see much.
Arnav sensed something was wrong when the door was opened. Not just the room, but the whole house was dark. Khushi didn't feel afraid, or else she would have gotten closer and tightened her grip on his arm. And lastly, the house was empty. Akash had taken everyone home an hour ago, they should have been home. He turned to Khushi, who was wearing a small smile on her face. "Khushi, what's going on? Where is everyone?"
"Nothing's wrong. And how should I know, I was with you since yesterday. Maybe they are on their way. Lets go inside and wait for them," she replied nonchalantly and proceeded inside. As they entered, lights were suddenly turned on as everybody jumped out of their hiding spots and screamed, "SURPRISED!"
Arnav looked on in surprise as he cleared his ears. "Do you guys need to scream so loud?" he asked. Everybody looked at him in surprise. He moved his gaze from one person to another. "I knew something was up. But like I said, do you really need to scream that loud? I think I'm going deaf," he smirked. "Now stop staring at me like that and tell me why the party?"
Khushi was the first to regain her composure and answered, "It's your welcome home party, Arnav. What else?" she smiled. "Now, come on. Let's start!" she said as Akash came forward and helped Khushi walk Arnav to the couch.
"Akash, Khushi, I can walk myself. I'm not paralyized." he sighed.
"Arnav! Don't say anything like that. Ever." she scolded him.
"Ok, I'm sorry. I won't say anything like that ever again. But I can still walk myself." he said as Akash and Khushi sat him down on the couch.
Anjali watched this interaction between husband and wife and smiled. She started towards the TV. "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I have your attention?" she waited. Once everybody was watching her, she started again, "For my brother, we are having a family day party. Now, I start this party off with one of Chote's favorite movies. First will be Taken, then Saving Private Ryan, and last, Batman." she said with a smile.
Arnav grimaced at the last name. He hadn't seen the movie since he was 14 years old. It was his favorite movie as a child, but he hasn't seen it in the past 15 years. He was surprised his Di remembered. "Di, aren't I little too old to watch Batman?"
"What are you saying, Chote?! Your never too old to watch your favorite movie. If you want, we can watch it first," she replied with a smile while everyone except Arnav laughed. She then turned and turned the TV on and played te first movie and walked to the couch to sit next to Arnav. And everybody sat through the whole movie. Once it was done, the next movie was started. They had small snacks throughout the movies and breaks in between them. After they had finished the last movie, everybody got up as Akash turned the lights off. Arnav, knowing how scared Khushi was of the dark, started looking around for her, but didn't find her. Or anyone else, for that matter.
He was still looking around when a single light came on to reveal a woman in a dark red saree with her hair down standing with her back to him. He instantly recognized that it was Khushi. But he was confused to why she was up there. Then two more lights came on besides her to reveal a man standing on each side of her, one was wearing a suit and one was wearing a sherwani. He recognized the men as NK and Akash. He then heard music start playing and Khushi started swinging her hips to the music. As the music played on, Khushi joined her hands together, moving her hands and swaying her hips together. She turned around and started dancing while singing. Then as the male singer started, NK and Akash turned around and joined into the song. Arnav watched, spellbound, as Khushi danced softly yet with grace, with steps, twirling from NK's hand to Akash's hands. As the song started to end, Khushi slowly walked towards Arnav as she held out her hand to him. He took her hand and stood up with the help of Akash, who came out from behind him. He felt Khushi wrap her arms around his waist, holding him up half. He wrapped his arms around her waist and started swaying slowly to the last couple strands of music.
When the music ended, they saw the lights go out again and a minute later, a single light came on Arnav and Khushi. Then music started. It was a song he had heard during Akash and Payal's sangeet. A song that he had relived many times over since then. He started singing along to it as he danced with Khushi. He twirled her around, he swayed with her, he swirled her away, but brought her back again. Just like the first time. As the song ended, instead of letting her go, he brought her close to him, hugging her.
Khushi broke apart from Arnav as she heard the clapping from their family. She then realized that he had been on his feet for too long and had to rest. "Arnav, you shouldn't tire yourself out so much. What if something had happened? Or still happens? You need to rest," she said as she sat him down and went to get drinks for everyone. She brought him his water and pills, which he took.
Once everyone had finished thier drinks, Payal and Khushi got up to prepare lunch for everyone. Once done, they called the Guptas family and the Raizada families to the table. The table had all sorts of food, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, American and Indian. It truly was a a little of all worlds. Arnav watched as everyone started eating and Khushi continued to make sure everybody got what they wanted.
"Khushi, can you come here?" he asked. He watched her closely as she walked around the table and stood next to him.
"What do you...?" the words died in her mouth as she Arnav pulled her down into her seat. "Shut up, Khushi. Sit down and eat." He grabbed her plate and started piling food on top of it and then placed it in front of her. "You need to eat."
Khushi eyed the plate of food and then looked at Arnav wide-eyed . "Liken Arnav, I can't eat that much. And everybody..." again Arnav stopped her in her tracks.
"You will eat all this food. And I don't care about what everybody else wants if my wife's well-being is compromised. If you don't eat, then I won't either," he said stubbornly as he watched her.
"But.."
"No buts. I don't care Khushi. I will feed you myself if I have to."
At this, Khushi's jaw dropped open. Arnav at this moment fed her a peice of aloo puri, taking advantage of her reaction to his comment. She closed her mouth and began to chew. She looked down as Arnav started his eating his food. Before Arnav could feed her again, she took a bite herself. Everybody ate and talked, telling stories of when they were younger, teasing Arnav and Akash about what they had done as kids.
After everyone had finished and Payal, Khushi and Di had helped clean up, they all sat down and talked. Soon, the Guptas got up to leave and bid farewell to everybody. After this, everyone went to thier respective rooms while Aakash and NK stayed behind to help Khushi take Arnav upstairs. Once Arnav was sitting down, Aakash and NK left, after making sure she didn't need anything. Khushi went to the closet to grab his and her clothes and helped him change. She then turned around to go to the bathroom when she was pulled back and fell onto Arnav's lap. She looked up into his eyes and was lost.
She felt herself falling deeper and deeper into submission. She didn't feel anything else besides his arms around her waist and his muscles under her arms. Before she even realized what was happening, she felt his lips cover hers in a slow, loving yet desperate move. She closed her eyes and let the sensations and feelings wash over her. She felt his tongue trace over her lips, seeking entrance, as his hands roved underneath at her stomach, slowly moving them up. As Khushi opened her eyes and realization hit her, she moved back, allowing Arnav's hands to drop back to around her waist.
"Arnav, your hurt, your..."
"I'm fine, Khushi. Your not. I understand that you still don't feel comfortable with this,"
"I'm scared, Arnav. I don't know what to do. What if you leave me after the contract is up? I don't want to give our relationship a name because it doesn't have one."
"But our relationship does have a name. And it's bound together by love. And soon, our love will have a symbol that we will show the world. We are married, Khushi. I put the mangalsutra around your neck, I filled your maang with sindoor. Tell me you still don't consider me your husband. Tell me your still not my wife. Our contract is no longer valid, we consummated our marriage. Tell me no, Khushi."
Khushi looked away, not able to meet his eyes and he said everything she was thinking. Ever since that nite, she thought of him as her husband. She knew after the night with Shyam, after Arnav was stable, she knew she couldn't live without him. That she needed him in her life. And she knew the same was true for him. So what was stopping her now? The fear. The fear of not being together. The fear she had for him and of thier relationship.
Before she had a chance to answer, Arnav moved forward, making contact with her lips. He felt her gasp as she jumped and then relaxed. He softly coaxed her lips open, tracing them with his tongue. She closed her eye and allowed Arnav access. He entered her mouth, exploring every crevice, memorizing every inch of her mouth. He savored her taste of strawberry and jalebi. He gently sucked on her lower lip, causing her to moan into his mouth. He leaned back until he was laying on his back and Khushi was laying on his chest. They pulled back to catch their breaths.
Arnav watched her as her eyes fluttered open and looked into his. He saw the love, desire, and want in her eyes. "Tell me no, Khushi," he said, offering her a chance. But she stayed quiet.
"Yes, Arnav. I'm yours. I love you and that's all that matters," she said and kissed him.
Arnav moved his hands up, massaging her back while he kissed her deeply. He turned them softly so he was laying on top of her. He moved down, leaving soft butterfly kisses on her face and neck. He reached her pulse in her neck and gently bit down on it, marking her as his, causing Khushi gasp in pain, which then turned into a moan when he licked the bite and leaving a kiss on it. He continued with this, leaving his love marks on her neck. Her consistent moans edged him on and drove him crazy. But he was going to create and multiply her pleasure before he let himself go.
He unwrapped her from her sari, leaving her in her blouse and underskirt. He moved his lips down from her neck to the top of her breasts, leaving wet kisses and marks. He reached behind her and untied her choli and slipped it off her. He took her breast in his hand and squeezed, bringing out a moan from Khushi. He lowered his lips to her other breast, leaving kisses everywhere except her nipple. He watched as she squirmed from the torture he was inflicting on her. Then he slowly moved his tongue over her swollen nipple causing her to moan. He closed his mouth and sucked her nipple into his mouth. He then did the same thing to her other breast until she was moaning loudly.
Khushi felt close to exploding. If he so much as touched her anymore, she would orgasm, she thought to herself. She lifted her arms around his neck, bringing him closer. "Arnav...please..." she pleaded with him.
Arnav shook his head slowly, "not yet Jaan. I'm going to make up for lost time. I'm going to show you how much I really love you." He kneeled on the bed as he unbuttoned his shirt and slid it off. He then slid her underskirt off along with her panties. He kissed her lips fully, then moved down, sucking her nipples into his mouth, leaving her breathless. He moved down her stomach, leaving wet kisses until he reached her core. He noticed how wet she was and smiling to himself, he blew on her hot center and watched her quiver. He continued her pleasure and drove her to the edge, slowly drawing out her pleasure. He took her lips in a kiss once again, silencing her moaning.
He pulled back and both took a deep breath. Arnav watched Khushi and she watched him, realizing how close they had come to losing each other and how far they had come from their first meeting. Arnav slowly entered her, as he maintained eye contact with her, not letting her escape from the spell he had cast. Just like he hasn't been able to escape her spell of love and desire. He saw and and heard her moan as he entered her. He stilled, letting her get used to him and his size.
"Khushi look at me," he said. When their eyes met, Arnav started moving, slowly building up her pressure. "We are together forever. We are going to spend each and every night like this, in each others arms until we fall asleep," he said as he wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to him. He started moving faster inside of her until both of them climaxed.
Arnav rolled over, taking Khushi with him, keeping her close. Khushi laid her head on his chest, his heartbeat underneath her ear, while his chin rested on her head and his arms were wound around her. They both laid there, in each other's arms. When Arnav thought Khushi had fallen asleep, he spoke up softly.
"Khushi, I know you won't let me, but I will do everything to make up for the days that I caused you pain. I will make sure you never have tears in your eyes again. I will show you and our child all the love I can, nothing will ever harm you or our child. I love you, Khushi."
Khushi, hearing everything Arnav had whispered, lifted her head off his chest and looked at him, "Arnav..."
"Don't Khushi. Everything I said, I will do. Because no matter what, I don't forgive myself. It's the least I can do for everything." Khushi, not knowing what to say, cupped both his cheeks and lowered her lips until they met his. She then kissed him with zeal, she'd always felt. And for the first time in her life, she felt everything was going to be alright. She had finally gotten her fairytale ending.
So that's it. The end! Was it worth the long wait. I kno it wasn't my best, but I've learned through this ff and inshallah my upcoming ffs, ss's and os's will be better. Hope I did justice to the concept and the story. Please leave your comments and criticisms. I want to kno how I can improve and what I shouldn't change. Thank you for reading!
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