Arshi FF- A timeless love story (Thread 2) - Page 6

Khushi walked into her bedroom and saw Arnav sitting on the bed, changing Arshi's clothes. She ran to him, "Arnavji, what happened? I already changed her clothes earlier". Arnav looked up and smiled, "Yes, I was trying to feed her and she spit the food on her dress. Why is she not eating anything? Should I call the doctor?" Khushi smiled and sat down next to him and shook her head. "No, it's fine. She does that sometime. She is very stubborn. I wonder who she got that from?" Khushi giggled and Arnav smiled. Khushi put her arms around Arnav and put her head against his neck. "Thank you, Arnavji. Thank you for staying at home and helping me. I needed this break. I feel so much better now. It has been a rough few weeks." She pulled away, looked into his eyes and kissed his forehead. He smiled and touched her cheek. Khushi looked at the sleeve of his suit and her eyes widened, with shock. Arnav looked at it too; his sleeve had spit and baby food stuck to it. She stared at him, scared of his outburst. But Arnav smiled and said, "Our darling daughter did that! I will change my suit". Khushi blinked in surprise as he got up and walked to the wardrobe; she remembered his reaction when there was ghee on his sleeve last year during Janmashtami. As Arnav put a new coat on, he turned around and saw Khushi staring at him. He smiled and asked, "What?" She got up from the bed, walked to him and hugged him tight; she put her head on his chest and nuzzled against his neck. "You are the best husband and the best father in the whole world! I love you, Arnavji". He smiled and put his arms around her. He kissed her hair and put his cheek against her head. "And you, Khushi, you are the hottest wife and sexiest mother! I love you too, sweetheart" She pulled away, blushing. He bent down and brushed his lips against hers. She parted her lips and his tongue explored the deep corners of her mouth. She pressed her body against his and closed her eyes, enjoying the kiss. Then they heard giggling and they pulled apart. Arnav and Khushi turned to the bed and saw Arshi staring at them, her face tilted, confused. Then she raised her limbs and started clapping her hands, giggling. Arnav and Khushi smiled, looked at each other and hugged each other tightly.

Arnav and Khushi walked down the stairs to the living room, Khushi was carrying Arshi and Arnav had his arm around Khushi's waist. The living room was decorated with lights and a crowd had gathered. Everyone looked up watching the happy couple approach. Nani walked to them and took Baby Arshi from Khushi's arms. Arnav took this opportunity to take his wife's hand in his; she looked at him and smiled. They followed Nani to the center of the room, where a large cake was placed on a table. As they approached the table, they found NK and Chameli talking to Rahul and Anjali was talking to Payal and Akash, who were playing with baby Arpit who was sucking his thumb, and staring at everyone around him curiously. As Arnav and Khushi reached the table, they all looked up at them and smiled. The crowd gathered around and encouraged them to blow out the candles on the cake. The cake had "Happy Anniversary, Arnav and Khushi" written on it. Arnav and Khushi smiled, looked at each other and blowed the candles out together. Everyone cheered around them. Arnav cut a piece of cake and turned to Khushi and fed her. She smiled; turned around to take the sugar-free sweet that Anjali had offered and fed Arnav. Everyone cheered and applauded around them. Arnav smiled and bent down to kiss Khushi on her cheek; he whispered in her ear, "Happy anniversary, sweetheart". She blushed as she looked into his eyes.

Arnav and Khushi's thoughts were interrupted as Chameli cleared her throat. They looked at her and realized that everyone around them were smiling broadly and giggling. "So Jijaji, Khushi, on this occasion, we want you both to play a game. We want to test how well you both know each other." Arnav and Khushi raised their eyebrows. Khushi shook her head; "Chameli, no need. Arshi might be hungry, I need to feed her." Arnav turned to her and smiled, "Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada, are you scared of losing?" Khushi looked at him, her eyes wide and her eyebrows raised. She folded her arms, "No." Arnav smiled and turned to Chameli, "Ok, Chameli, let's start." Anjali, Payal and Chameli looked at each other and smiled. Anjali came forward and started, "Ok, we will ask you both a few questions. That's all." Arnav and Khushi looked at each other, nervously; they knew they were trapped; the ladies had something naughty planned, for sure. Payal asked, "First question to Arnavji, what is Khushi's favorite food?" Arnav smiled, "That's easy. She has no favorite food. Poori sabji, pakode, gol gappe, jalebi.. she will eat anything." Payal giggled as Khushi stared at him, angrily. Anjali touched Khushi's shoulder and asked, "Ok, Khushiji, your turn. What annoys Chotte the most?" Khushi giggled, "Wrong question, Di. Who annoys Arnavji the most and the answer is easy. I do!" Arnav smiled; that was true. Anjali, Payal and Chameli took turns asking the questions and Arnav and Khushi answered, blushing, while others around them smiled seeing their love. "Ok, final question", Anjali said touching their shoulders. "Tell us when you first realized you loved each other." Arnav and Khushi looked at each other. Old memories flashed in their minds. Khushi's eyes teared up and Arnav raised his eyebrows, seeing her tears. He took her hand in his and touched her face. "Khushi", he said softly as he wiped the tears off her cheeks. "Sweetheart, I don't know when I fell in love with you, but I could not stop thinking of you ever since you fell into my arms at the fashion show. It drove me crazy that I couldn't stop thinking about you. I tried so hard to hate you, but I couldn't, sweetheart and then that day when I saved you from the guesthouse, Khushi, you have no idea how scared I was for you. I thought I might lose you. I'm so sorry for everything I did. I tried to push you away, because I was scared that I will become attached to you and I didn't want to. I'm so sorry for everything I did and said, sweetheart." Khushi shook her head and a tear rolled down her cheek. She put a finger on his lips and said, "I know, Arnavji. I tried so hard to hate you too. I don't know when I fell in love with you either. I could not stop thinking about you either since that night. I don't know when I started loving you. Was it after you fed me water during Teej? Was it after I saw your good side ' when you bought the pigeons for the little girl or after I saw you laughing? Or was it after you took care of me at the dhaba when I fell sick and you punched those goons for me? I remember I turned to you for solace when I was upset after Babuji was in the hospital and then my heart beats.. Arnavji.. I.. I". Arnav took her face in his hands and shook his head. He kissed her forehead and hugged her tightly and she hugged him, tears streaming down her cheeks. Arnav and Khushi had not realized that, about 100 people, who had remained silent seeing this exchange of love, surrounded them. Anjali touched their shoulders and they looked up and hugged her. "Ok, ok, enough with the game. Now it's time for gifts." She said, wiping the tears off her face; her eyes had tears of joy, watching their love for each other.

Khushi turned to Akash, who had come forward with an envelope. She gave it to Arnav, who opened it curiously. Inside were two tickets to Lucknow. He looked at Khushi, and she smiled, "Arnavji, I want us to go stay at Sheesh Mahal for a month. I want to see where you grew up. I want Arshi to spend some time there." Arnav shook his head, "But Khushi, we will be alone there and how will we manage with Arshi?" Khushi smiled and said, "Om Prakashji will come with us and then Di and Bhai are in Lucknow, right. We will manage." Arnav smiled and nodded. Anjali came forward. "Rahul and I wanted to give you this." She handed Arnav a large envelope. He opened it and took out a paper and looked at it. "Di? Bhai? A hospital?" Anjali nodded and Rahul came forward. "Yes, Arnav. I wanted to set up a clinic in Delhi for women and children who cannot afford treatment, and if you are okay with it, I thought Khushi would be the perfect person to run the clinic". Khushi looked at Arnav and he nodded. She hugged Anjali and said, "Di, Bhai, thank you". NK came forward and smiled, "For my desi girl", he was holding a tray with a plate of jalebis and a glass of buttermilk. Chameli pointed to the table where the food was laid out. There were plates of pakode, jalebi, poori sabji and loads of sweets and snacks from Lucknow. Khushi smiled, excited and then she saw Nani and her parents standing in one corner quietly. She walked to them and hugged them. They blessed her, wishing her a long married life and lots of happiness. She turned around to see Payal and Akash grinning at her. She raised her eyebrows as she looked at Arnav; he also looked perplexed. "We wanted to tell you that we will take care of Arshi any time you wanted us to and Bhai, I wanted to tell you that any time you want to take off from work, just let me know." Akash smiled and winked at Arnav. Arnav and Khushi blushed. "But Akash, Payal is also pregnant. I don't think.." Payal shook her head. "No, Arnavji, it is ok." She turned to Khushi and giggled. "We know that one day you will return the favor." Khushi smiled and nodded. Anjali smiled, "Ok, ok.. now let's go, it's time to eat". Everyone turned around, but then stopped as they heard Khushi ask, "But Arnavji, where is my gift?" Arnav smiled, his eyes twinkling. "I was hoping you would ask." He turned around to face the stairs and clapped his hands. Suddenly the lights went out and there was a spotlight focused on the door ne. ar the stairs. The door opened and Salman Khan ran in and down the stairs with a group of women. Khushi opened her mouth wide and she blinked in shock. Then she started jumping with joy, as Salman started dancing to "Dhinka Chika". Arnav looked at Salman and tilted his head towards Khushi. Salman smiled and nodded and walked towards Khushi and put his hand out. She looked at Arnav; he nodded and smiled. Khushi took Salman's hand and followed him to the stage and danced with him. Everyone cheered watching the dancers. Arnav smiled seeing the happiness on his wife's face.

After the performance, Salman Khan signed autographs and turned to Khushi. "It was a pleasure to meet you and dance with you, Khushi." He took her hand and kissed it. Arnav raised his eyebrows and stared angrily at Salman. Salman realized what he had done. He cleared his throat and put his hands together, saying, "Namaste, I need to leave now." After Salman Khan left, the crowd dispersed and everyone walked towards the table where the food had been laid out. Khushi turned to Arnav, ran to him and hugged him. She stood on her toes and kissed his forehead, and said softly, "Thank you Arnavji. But you didn't have to do that. Salman Khanji is no longer my favorite hero." She gave a naughty smile, her eyes twinkling. Arnav raised his eyebrows, but before he could react, Khushi turned around, took Arshi from Nani and walked back to their bedroom. As Arnav followed her, Aman walked up to him to introduce him to a client of theirs.

When Arnav walked into the bedroom later, Khushi was standing by the poolside, which was decorated with lights, looking at the stars. He smiled and walked to her and put his arms around her waist. "Talking to your parents, sweetheart?" She turned around and smiled at him. She hugged him and he hugged her back. "Arnavji, I can't believe what all we have been through and still, still we are together. I can't tell you how happy I am that I met you and that now we are married and Arshi.." her words trailed off and Arnav heard sobs. He pulled away from the hug and took her hand and sat her down on the recliner. "Khushi, what happened, sweetheart?" Khushi shook her head. "Nothing, Arnavji. Remembering the past just made me emotional, that's all. I realized earlier today how much I loved you since the beginning. I was so dumb not to realize it. Do you know I was so jealous of Lavanyaji when you fed her after she broke her fast on Teej? I still remember the first time I felt my heart beating loudly when you walked into the room. Do you know Arnavji that right before Diwali, I started seeing you everywhere I looked. I still remember how I imagined flowers and stars falling over us, and I realized I was in love with you. Then on the day of Diwali, the night when we almost..", she closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek, "and then you said you wanted to marry Lavanyaji and then later you said I meant nothing to you.. Arnavji.. I.." Arnavji put his finger on her lips and took her face in his hands. "Khushi, I'm sorry for everything. First of all, on the day of Teej, Lavanya forcefully put the sweet in my hand and made me feed her. I don't think I ever loved her Khushi; I didn't want to feed her, but I was really concerned about you when you fainted and I did want to feed you water. You looked so beautiful that day, my heart skipped a beat; it felt so good that day, with you in my arms. Sweetheart, I am very sorry about what happened on Diwali; I was scared of what I felt towards you. It was the first time I felt that way about any girl and I was terrified. I didn't want to accept the emotions I felt and I didn't want to admit that you made me feel that way. I tried to push you away, to hate you, to make you hate me. But seeing your tears, seeing your pain, I was heartbroken. Sweetheart, I want you to know that I always always loved you, loved only you. Do you remember the photoshoot? " Khushi nodded. "You took my breath away; you were so beautiful. I had never seen anyone so beautiful in my life ever before. I couldn't stop thinking of you in that saree, your hair flying, your eyes filled with tears. I was so angry at myself, which is why I made you stand in the rain that night and then when the car came towards you", Arnav and Khushi sat hugging each other under the stars all night, recollecting and talking about each moment that they had spent together since they nearly two years back.

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I wanted to thank the person who gave me the idea that I could make Arnav and Khushi recollect and talk about their memories.. I can't find the comment now.. so I don't remember who said that.. Thank you so much.. I will update the post and add your name, once I find the comment!

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