Waiting For You #2 - ArHi FF - Thread 3 link in Page 147 - Page 86

ARSHI😳 AMAN 👏👏👏 ARSHI-VAISHU😆

Arnav pulled her to him and gave her a tight hug. "I missed you."

"Arnav, it has been just twelve hours."

"Twelve long hours," he said with a sigh.

"Twelve long hours is still less than thrity six long hours," Aman told Arnav. "Good morning to you too, Khushi," Aman told her and entered the apartment.

"What's wrong with him?" she asked Arnav.

"He is angry that we forgot about him and didn't tell him that we are together. Vaishi still sleeping?"

She yawned and said, "Yeah. I forgot to set my alarm."

"You talk to Aman and try to convince him to talk to me. I'll go and wake up my baby."

As soon as Arnav left, Aman's lips widened into a smile and he hugged Khushi.

"Khushi, I am so happy for the both of you."

"I thought you were angry with me."

"I can never be angry with you or Arnav."

"Then why?"

"That idiot kissed me yesterday." He wiped the cheek Arnav had kissed the previous day as if he had been kissed a second back. "Eww... I didn't like it one bit."

"WHAT...???!!!"

"Yesterday he was jumping around as if he was on a pogo stick. He was happy that you accepted him and in that happiness, he kissed me."

Khushi grinned and said, "I don't know what to say."

"But I know what to do. Give me a sibling kiss when Arnav walks in."

"Why?"

"Revenge. He will be jealous and that will the punishment for him kissing me."

"Do you think he will be jealous of you? He knows that you treat me like a fragile sister."

"I guess, he won't be jealous. But still, it is worth a try."

"If that is what you want. And I am not fragile."

He gave her a look of admiration and said, "No, you are not."

Arnav walked out of the room with a sleepy Vaishnavi in his arms. She rubbed her eyes and wrapped her hands around Arnav's neck.

"What's going on, guys?" Arnav asked them.

"Nothing much. I was just telling Aman that I want to hug him." She hugged him. "And kiss him, too." She kissed him.

"Well guys, plan not working. I listened to your conversation. I am not jealous. Even if I hadn't listened to your conversation, I wouldn't have been jealous. Forget about what happened yesterday, buddy. It is embarrassing to think about it."

"Serves you right," Aman told him with a wide grin.

"I am going to have a shower. Can both of you be good boys until I come back?"

"You go ahead."

Khushi went to have a shower while Aman and Arnav sat with Vaishnavi.

"What do you drink in the mornings, baby?" Arnav asked her.

"Boost."

"Go brush your teeth. I'll get you boost."

She went to the basin in the dinning room to brush her teeth. Arnav gave her a glass of Boost and sat with her while she drank it. Aman helped him make French toast for breakfast. Meanwhile Vaishnavi packed her colouring book and another notebook in her bag.

After Khushi came back, Vaishnavi went to have her shower. For as long as she could remember Vaishnavi never let her mother into the bathroom while she had a shower.

Khushi looked at her watch. She was late and it would be very late by the time she reached college after dropping Vaishnavi in school. Prem had already left with Rahul as he had to do some preparations for the sports day.

When Arnav gave her a plate of French toast, she smiled.

"I could get used to this," she said.

He kissed her forehead and said, "And I could get used to this."

She held his hand with her left hand as she ate her breakfast. Arnav somehow realized what her thoughts were.

"I am not going anywhere," he assured her.

She nodded. "I know. There is a spare key to the apartment in the third draw in the table near the couch. The third draw is in a bit of a mess. So, you have to search for it."

Arnav couldn't stop smiling. He was beyond happy to know that she had let him fully into her life.

"Can I take Vaishu to school everyday?" he asked her.

"What about me, Dr. Raizada?"

"You have no other choice. You have to come with me. As far as Vaishu is concerned, both of us have to decide. With you, my decision is enough, isn't it?"

"Vaishu, can you go to school with papa today?" Khushi asked her. "I want to speak with Aman Uncle."

"Papa will take me to school?"

Arnav lifted her and said, "I am going to take you to school everyday."

"Really?"

"Really."

"I love you, papa," she said and placed a kiss on his cheek.

He returned her kiss and said, "Now, give mummy a kiss and say bye. We have to go."

She did as she was told and said, "Bye, ma."

"Bye, baby."

Arnav kissed Khushi's other cheek and said, "Bye, sweetheart. I'll come to pick you up in the evening."

"Only if you are free."

He took his profession seriously and he knew that she was right. "Only if I am free."

After Arnav and Vaishnavi left, Aman said, "You three look sweet together. It is awesome to know that all of you found your happiness."

She smiled. "Yeah."

"Come on. I'll drop you in college."

On the way to the college, Aman asked, "What did you want to talk to me about?"

"I am a little worried about them."

Aman didn't have to ask who she was talking about as he knew that she was referring to her Uncle and Aunty.

"Why?"

"They are really close to Arnav's family and I don't want some sort of a problem to arise because of me."

"Khushi, Arnav loves you and he adores Vaishu. Both of you have gone through a lot and he will not let anybody come inbetween you. Payal's parents do not deserve the love and affection they get from Arnav's family. I don't care what happens to them. Just the thought that I used to respect those two like my own family makes my skin crawl. You don't have to be worried, Khushi. You won't be the reason. They have had it coming for a long time."

She bit her lip.

"And they can not ruin your life anymore."

She nodded. "Thanks, Aman."

"For what?"

"For being there whenever I needed a shoulder."

"Will always be there."

"I know."

The calling bell chimed again. Aman went to get it and he saw Khushi. As soon as he opened the door, she saw the Guptas and turned away from them and concentrated on Arnav. Arnav smiled and extended his hand towards her. She walked to him and she noticed Adithya with a sad face. She looked around at everybody but she delibaretely avoided the Guptas.

"Seminar over?" he asked her.

"Yes. Where is is Vaishu?"

He raised an eyebrow and asked, "I don't get a kiss or anything?"

Her eyes widened and she playfully hit his hand. "There are lots of people around us."

"So what?" He kissed her cheek and said, "I missed you. Why don't you take the kids outside and play with them for a while? I have some work here. I'll join you as soon as I wrap them up."

"Okay."

He nodded and walked out of the house. He saw them feeding biscuits to the puppy. Khushi stood with her back facing him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and rested his chin on her shoulder.