Part 14
Arnav came down with Khushi on his arm. His eyes swept over the table and Shyam sitting next to Di. His hold on Khushi tightened as his emotions took over. They continued down the stairs as Arnav glared at his brother-in-law.
Shyam was at his place besides Rani Saahiba when he felt someone watching him. He turned his head to look behind him to see Saale Sahib and Khushiji. He saw how his brother-in-law was holding HIS Khushi by the waist. And...and she was holding his arm. What had he done? After what he told her, he had been positive that Khushiji would leave him.
He looked up to his brother-in-law's face to see him giving the death stare. "Saale Sahib, you have decided to join us for breakfast," he commented as his brother-in-law pulled the chair out for his wife and helped her sit down, then took the seat next to her.
Just hearing his voice made him seething with anger. He wanted to hit him, but because his family was all sitting, he had to control his anger. He felt Khushi's fingers squeeze gently on his arm to keep him from doing anything. "Yes, damaji. Aakash, I'm taking a couple days off from work. I'm gonna need you to take over until I get back. Jai will do your job." Arnav noticed Di's concerned look.
"Chote, why? Did something happen?" Di asked.
"No, Di. It's just that Khushi is still in the first trimester, which is the most critical, so I want to spend some time with MY wife," he said as he watched Shyam. He put a little extra emphasis on "my" just for him. He watched as Shyam scowled at him.
All the women giggled and Aakash and Mama smiled.
"Khushi, what did you do to our Chote? He was never like this?" Anjali asked as she recovered from her laughing fit.
Shyam could see that Khushi was uncomfortable with what was happening. "Rani Saahiba, can't you tell that Khushiji is uncomfortable." he said as he laid a hand on his wife's back.
Khushi was about to take a sip from her cup, but her hand froze halfway to her mouth when she heard Shyam's voice take her name. She turned her head to look at Arnav, who was visibly angry. She grabbed his hand to try to stop him, praying it worked.
Hearing Shyam talking the way he was about HIS wife, he was about to getup and punch the guy in the face again, seeing his bandaged nose. He suddenly felt a soft Han grab his. He looked down to see that Khushi had grabbed his hand. He looked at her and saw her fear. Her fear that Shyam would try something else, fear that she would be blamed for whatever happened. Arnav understood this, so he let go of his anger for now and went back to eating his breakfast.
When Arnav looked at her, she finally felt like he understood her. Understood that she was afraid of Shyam, afraid that he would make things worse and at the end, she would be the one to blame. That she would lose this family too. She had lost her parents, she had lost her second family and got them back. She didn't want to lose Nani or Di.
When she realized what she had done, showing affection and emotion other than anger, she let go of his hand and looked at her plate. She was in her thoughts when she heard someone calling her. "Khushi, wake up! Where have you gone?" Anjali asked with a smile.
"Oh, sorry Di. What were you saying?" Khushi replied.
"I was saying that we should go do some shopping and get you some new clothes for later on. The first months are going to go by real fast and soon you will need need clothes." Anjali replied.
"Ok, Di." Khushi said as she noticed Arnav, out of the corner of her eye, tense up.
"Rani Saahiba, I'll go with you. After all, we have two women expecting. They shouldn't be alone." Shyam said sweetly as he smiled at his wife.
"Di, I'm going with." Arnav said in a tight voice.
Anjali took one look at her younger brother and started laughing. "Ok baba. You can come with us." she told Arnav. She then turned to Nani, "looks like he can't get enough of his wife." Everybody started laughing. No one noticed Shyam and Arnav giving each other death stares. Except Khushi, who was watching her husband.
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