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Khushi stopped to look at the door as she walked to the dining room. I wonder if I will see him today. Arnav had been busy for the past two weeks. He used to come home late after she slept and leave before she woke up. He even had to travel to Lucknow and London on business during this time. She hadn't seen him in two weeks and she had missed him. She didn't realize that others in the Raizada family had noticed a change in her behavior. The usually cheerful and bubbly Khushi had been moody and irritable the past two weeks. She had also been absent-minded and there were times when she never answered when Nani, Anjali or Payal asked her something. Sometimes they didn't even realize that she was in the same room, because she had been quiet, which was so unlike herself. She reached the dining table and smiled at everyone. She started serving dinner when she felt a breeze. She looked up and saw Arnav walk in talking to Aman on his phone, pulling his tie, looking exhausted. He sat down on the table next to Anjali and opened his mouth to say something. Without waiting to hear what he had to say, Khushi put a glass of water in front of him and sat down opposite to him.
Anjali smiled and looked at Arnav, "Chotte, you are home.. I haven't seen you in so long. How can you be so busy that you don't have time for your sister?" Khushi made an annoyed face, she thought, "He doesn't even time for his wife". Anjali had seen Khushi's expression and she giggled. "Chotte, looks like someone missed you more". Arnav smiled and looked at Khushi; she looked away. Arnav drank the glass of water and stood up. "Di, I am not very hungry. I think I will go freshen up first". He turned around, stopped, looked over his shoulder at Khushi and said, "Khushi can you bring me some food upstairs to our room once you are done?" She looked up as he walked away, thinking, "He hasn't seen me for two weeks and the first thing he says to me is bring me food. Who am I? His maid? I'm his wife". She was fuming. She didn't feel like eating anymore either. She stood up and said, "Di I think I will eat with Arnavji in the room. I will take some food up now itself". Anjali giggled as Khushi walked away with a plate of food.
When Khushi walked into the room, she could hear the shower running. She sat down on the bed annoyed. She mumbled, "I'm going to ignore him, yes, that's what I will do. It will serve him right for ignoring me". She heard the shower turn off. She quickly stood up and walked to the poolside, leaving the food on the bed. She hid behind the wall next to the French doors. She heard him walk into the room and call out her name. She giggled and said softly, "Now he will come to the poolside looking for me, but I will ignore him. That will show him". She waited a few seconds and he didn't come. She slowly tiptoed to the French doors and looked inside the room. Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth in shock, seeing that he was on the bed. She went close and noticed that he had slept off. She sat down on the recliner, annoyed and her eyes filled with tears. She thought, "He didn't even come looking for me. He didn't want to see me". She looked at the untouched food. and thought, "He didn't eat either and he didn't even bother to check whether I had eaten. Is this the guy who I thought cared about me the most? He doesn't even care that we haven't seen or talked to each other in a while." A tear rolled down her cheek. She sat up straight and wiped the tear off. She thought, "Fine, I will eat.. I'm hungry". She broke a piece of roti, dipped it in curry, took it in her hand and opened her mouth. But her eyes teared up and she looked at him, sleeping peacefully. He hadn't eaten, how can I eat?, she thought. She kept the roti piece back on the plate, walked to the bed and curled up, sobbing. She closed her eyes.
A few minutes later, she opened her eyes wide; her heart was beating fast. Arnav had put his arm around her waist and pressed his body against hers. He kissed her on her neck and slowly blew on her face to remove the hair that was in her face. She started breathing heavily; she turned around and hugged him tightly. "I missed you.. I missed you so much". She hugged him tightly and entwined her legs in his, to make sure he couldn't move away from her. Arnav said, trying hard not to giggle, "Khushi, Khushi, you are suffocating me". She got annoyed and she moved away from him and sat up on the bed. She said, with an annoyed look on her face, "Fine, you sleep. I will go sleep on the recliner". Arnav sat up, smiling, "Arre, Khushi. Don't be upset". Khushi got up from the bed and walked to the recliner. Arnav got off the bed and grabbed her hand, "Khushi, dear, I'm sorry I haven't been around much. Please understand, dear. I was busy. That doesn't mean that I didn't want to spend time with you. I missed you a lot too". She pushed his hand away, walked to the French doors, folded her hands and looked outside at the pool.
Arnav looked at his wife and said, "Baby, I don't know what else to say other than that I'm sorry". He looked down and his eyes teared up; he was sad that his wife was upset at him. Khushi felt his pain, turned around to look at him and ran to him. She crashed into his chest, put her arms around his neck, with such force that the impact made him move back stunned. He hugged her and caressed her hair. She said, between sobs, "I'm sorry, I didn't want to upset you. It's just that I missed you so much. I don't want to stay away from you. It kills me. It's like nothing makes me happy if you are not around. You are the reason for my smile, Arnavji. You make me happy and if you are not around, it's like my life has been taken away from me! Please don't leave me and go ever again. I need to see you everyday, or else I will stop breathing. Please don't". Arnav smiled and hugged her tightly. "Shh.. Khushi". He pulled away and took her face in his hands. He looked at his wife's innocent face; she was sobbing and sniffling like a little girl. "I love you, baby." He kissed her softly on her lips. When their lips parted, he said, "You have no idea how hard it was for me to concentrate on my work. Everywhere I looked I saw you, I wanted to hear your voice. Every night when I came home you would be sleeping and I would pull you into my arms and hug you all night. Then in the morning, you have no idea how hard it was for me to leave you and go for work. I used to spend a few minutes every morning, just caressing your hair and kissing your forehead before I left. Baby, I have missed you too and I can't live like this either. I promise I will make sure that we can spend time even when I'm busy from now on, ok?" She nodded and wiped her nose with her hand. He made a "ewww" face and seeing that she giggled and acted as though she was going to wipe her hand on his shirt. She chased him around the bed. Finally he hugged her and twirled her around in his arms. Then he put her down on the bed, took the plate of food and they fed each other.
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I hope you liked that. This thought came to my mind, after seeing the hug in today's episode. One of the reasons I think that I love this show is because I can see a lot of me in Khushi, I'm sure most of the girls out there can relate to that. Especially the hug, that is how I hug my boyfriend everytime I see him (we are in a long-distance relationship and it's hard to see each other often). So I miss him now and that's why I wrote this part! This story is dedicated to my boyfriend and to all those lonely girls out there who miss their significant others! Well of course, this is just a fiction of my imagination, like Khushi's dream 😳!
The Arshi Love Saga is completely my work.. It's a series of incidents that could happen in Arnav and Khushi's life.. nothing dramatic, no masala, just cute, sweet and romantic moments that they share!
Silent readers, please leave your comments.. it's kind of disappointing to not hear back from you! It's your feedback that make me want to update!
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Bade Achche Lagte Hain Naya Season
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