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Part 113 was very cute!! It made me laugh when Arnav mentioned NK's Hindi!

Smita,😊

Here is my interpretation to Part 113.

This update throws up light on certain aspects that was not given a thought to earlier. It is an understanding of emotions. ...FATHOM...

Arnav lay smiling, his palm cupping the back of his wife's head as she lay against him, her face against his neck.

Khushi curled her slender fingers in the fabric of his black T-shirt, and asked him, "Kya?"

Arnav chuckled, the muscles of his stomach moving in tandem, and tickling Khushi.

"Laugh my friend, for laughter ignites a fire within the pit of your belly and awakens your being"

~ Stella & Blake

"Arnavji...?"

"I was just... just thinking of NK...", Arnav laughed. "Poor Aarti! She... she has to bear his Hindi all her life...!", Arnav could not stop his laughter.

"I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can" ~ Linda Ellerbee

Khushi jumped up and sat, glaring at him.

"Their suhaag raat...", he could not control his hilarity.

"I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person" ~ Audrey Hepburn

Khushi bit back her smile, and poked him with one angry-seeming finger. "Don't laugh at my devar.", she cautioned her husband.

"Your devar?", Arnav raised his infamous eyebrow.

His able wife matched him, raising her eyebrow in a perfect imitation. "Ji. My devar. Koi shak?"

"Never argue; repeat your assertion"~ Robert Owen

Arnav readied himself to fight with his wife. "He was my brother before he became your devar."

"So?", Khushi smirked. "He was your brother. He is now my devar. And he loves me more."

Arnav pretended to frown.

Khushi tickled him, singing, "Finders Keepers, Loosers Weepers..."

"Khushi... no.. no, Khushi... don't... stop it, Khushi..."

"No, I won't..."

"If you tickle me I am not responsible! Remember that!"

"Khushi...", his husky voice charmed her.

"Hhmm..."

"Don't...", His protest was weak. "Khushi..."

"An Arab, by his earnest gaze,

Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;

A smile within his eyelids plays

And into words his longing gushes"

~ William R. Alger

A long while later, she murmured against his ear, panting, "Why do you wear a T-shirt to bed every night? You know I will pull it off you..."

Arnav chuckled, all spent and satiated.

"Mille viae ducount homines per saecula Romam"

(A thousand roads lead men forever to Rome)

They lay curled up together, their hearts racing. Arnav's fingers played with the silky strands of her hair. Her fingers were splayed against his chest, drawing designs on the sweat-soaked skin, and exploring further.

"Arnavji...", Khushi mumbled.

"Hhmmm...?"

"I didn't know..."

"What...?"

"When I sang the songs earlier, I didn't know what they meant.", confessed Khushi.

"Nothing else you want to do after all your dreams come true. You've become numb. You shouldn't have ever stopped dreaming."

~ Toba Beta, Betelgeuse Incident

Arnav frowned at her, looking very cute with his hair flopping over his forehead.

"When I sang 'Tum Bin Kaise Kate Din Ratiyaa' or 'Bairan Bhayee Raina Aaj Piyaa Bin Ree' or 'Piya Bin Jaagat Raina' or 'Katath Nahin Saajana Bina, Din Ratiyaa Ghadi Pal Chin, Tadap Tadap Rahi Birhan, Jiya Tarsat Darsan Bina', I knew that a lovelorn girl was waiting for her lover, but I didn't know the pain, the hope, the... the pinch of it...". Khushi swallowed, propping her chin on her hands, looking into his melting eyes with serious, moist eyes.

"Sad hours seem long" ~ William Shakespeare

Arnav ran his hand down her back, comforting her.

"If I had to be away from you...", she whispered.

"Sometimes I wake up

in the middle of the night

shivering from fright feeling

empty feeling nothing because

I think about how it would be if

you weren't here And then I

wonder if you really know

how very much you mean to

me how incredible I think you

are how you are a part of all my

emotions how you are the

deepest meaning in my life

Please always know that I

love you more than anything

else in the world"

~ Susan Polis Schutz

"Never.", Arnav said, sure.

"... I don't know how I will breathe...", she continued, softly.

"You will never have to know.", Arnav Singh Raizada promised, kissing his wife's hand.

"I love you, not only for what you are,

But for what I am when I am with you.

I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself,

But for what you are making of me.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out;

I love you for putting your hand

Into my heaped-up heart

And passing over all the foolish, weak things

That you can't help dimly seeing there,

And for drawing out into the light

All the beautiful belongings

That no one else had looked quite far enough to find"

~ Roy Croft

Arnav who was in bed with his wife resting against him, was all smiles. Khushi feeling his laughter asked him the reason for his silent mirth. He said that he was thinking about NK. He was feeling pity for Aarti, for having to put up with NK's Hindi all her life and roared with laughter.

"Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions"

~ Criss Jami

Khushi who was fond of her youngest brother-in-law was not amused. When Arnav continued his mirth thinking about their first night, Khushi though felt laughter bubbling in her at the hilarity of that thought, controlled herself and cautioned her husband not to laugh at her devar, NK.

Arnav who was taken aback by her possessiveness, asked her, "Your devar?", with his trademark one raised eyebrow. Khushi being with him for so long had mastered it too and countered it with a raised eyebrow in a perfect imitation and said, "Ji. My devar. Koi shak?"

Seeing an opportunity that was for grabs by her stance to fight, Arnav too prepared himself and countered her remark with NK was his brother before he became her brother-in-law. Khushi, not to be outdone said with a smirk, that was of no consequence. Now that NK was her brother-in-law and he loves her more than him is what that counts.

"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted" ~ Albert Einstein

Arnav Singh Raizada understoodthat he had married a rarest of the gems found anywhere. He realized for Khushi, family was something that was venerated and would not even think of letting any member of the family being laughed at. She was a tigress who prowled protecting her family. If transgressed, even he would not be an exception. But the retribution for such an act would be quite different from that meted to others. This he was extremely fond of and was looking forward to be penalized.

"Only in the eyes of love you can find infinity."

~Sorin Cerin,

Wisdom Collection: The Book of Wisdom

Pretending not to be in consensus with her, he kept frowning. Khushi, who couldn't get Arnav to agree with her started to tickle him so that he would plead mercy and give in. Both Khushi and Arnav who had a stunted childhood were the only ones with whom they shared their thoughts and actions uninhibitedly. They were not bogged by the sense of propriety with one another and were able to let their hair down without being misunderstood. They were not being judged for their actions by the other. They were attuned to each nuance of the other. So the tickling that began in jest turned into one of their many blissful moments with just Arnav calling out "Khushi...", in his husky voice brimming with emotion.

"Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the things we do for each other every day"

~ Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding

Later, while they lay curled up, fully satiated Khushi told Arnav, earlier when she had sung the numerous songs all describing the feelings of a lovelorn girl she never understoodall those emotions that were hidden in the lyrics. The girl waiting for her lover with pain, hope, yearning and feeling the pinch of estrangement were just words to her then but now every time she sings she feels it, she said, with welled up eyes.

"Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts" ~Native American Saying

The thought of the possibility of her ever to be away from Arnav, was enough to make her choke on with emotion. She just tried to voice it out but failed to do.

"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain" ~ Horace

Arnav understanding her comforted her saying, she never had to put up with that. When Khushi mustered up enough strength to whisper,"...I don't know how I will breathe...", Arnav Singh Raizada promised, "You will never have to know.", sealing her hand with his kisses.

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life" ~ Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

This couple, who found their soul-mates in one another, after their traumatic childhood that was interlinked, and they who were destined to be the ones to complement one another, his yin to her yang, realize that without the other they are incomplete and they are just not able to comprehend a life like that!

"God favors men and women who delight in being made worthy of happiness before the happiness itself" ~ Criss Jami

That is why it is FATHOM!

That's it from me. Hope you enjoy it!

Originally posted by: -_-harsh42

Oh my god, I cried..
Really...
And Rash!! Where do you get such beautiful thoughts from?!
I smiled amidst my tears, reading each of those quotes you typed in your comment... :)

Thanks for the pm..

wowwwiiee update...!! the way nk told her abt his love was sooo beautiful..!!

yahooo -updated - great - lemme read

Oh what a beautiful update..

oh wow that was tooo tooo good smita - so it was arnav and khushi's update - loved it

WOW!