Just when Arnav opened up another door to his heart for Khushi, his vulnerable self surfaced.
After having a restless night when Arnav wakes up in the morning... opens his eyes.. first thing he sees is Khushi's face staring at him at close proximity.. with her hundreds of questions following one another without a breather.. Arnav gets up from the bed.. hurriedly.. frustrated.. rushes... sleeps on the floor and B A N G .. falls on the floor hard.. Khushi shocked.. Arnav in pain..
Today saw another layer of the protective side of Arnav - this time - for Khushi...leading to one of the most beautiful realization...
As Arnav struggles to get up after his fall, Khushi rushes to help him, holds onto his shoulder - Arnav yells at her, "Don't even come near me!" Khushi steps back, her eyes wide with shock, hurt...concerned...Arnav's initial outbusrt with a warning in his eyes...immediately changes into regret...hurt... after a quick gaze at each other... He cannot hurt without feeling hurt himself...Just then, Arnav notices some oil on floor and his fingers...He asks, "What's the oil doing here?" Arnav, though angry, does not scream, asks with a controlled voice... As Khushi, sehmi sehmi si, hesitantly answers, "That...That...well, I put oil in your hair last night...may be that spilled here.." As Khushi explains, Arnav's expressions change from anger to upset..to surprised.. to confused...to 'Unbelievable man'! He clenches his teeth, touches his own hair and goes, "Are you crazy?" Poor Khushi... with utmost sincerity says, "I will clean it up.." almost ready to cry... Arnav 's reaction - his anger falls apart - he only remains upset... He immediately gets up, gives her 'the look', Khushi takes couple steps backwards...Arnav leaves... Khushi slaps herself on her head...implying, 'I messed up again!"
Well, when Khushi answered and Arnav's anger immediately evaporated...my heart said, 'What a cute couple...'That was one of the cutest interactions Arnav and Khushi have had...ever...They were fighting and I was laughing almost like Di would have...
Khushi now dressed for the day, comes into kitchen with Anjali. Payal already there. Anjali says that Chhotey is feeling much better now, we just have to be extra careful about his medications and food. Excitedly she says' "Let us begin with a ginger tea!" Just then, Payal and Anjali are surprised to hear snoring - they find out that it's Khushi... Khushi falls asleep - while standing in kitchen - snores...Anjali wakes her up. Payal and Anjali both ask her what happened... Khushi initially disoriented.. gradually orients herself and answers, "Di..Jiji..I was...whole night..." Anjali, overwhelemed with tender feelings for Khushi - her caring for Arnav - interrupts, "You stayed awake whole night?" affection pouring through her gaze..."Yes, Di..didn't I promise you that I will look after Arnavji?..so.." she yawns..Anjali extremely happy with Khushi... very affectionately asks Payal to bring food for Ms. B and offers to make tea for Arnav herself.. Payal hands Khushi her tea, asks Khushi how she is now and then instructs her to take care of herself before leaving... Ah, good, Payal! - About time, you remembered that Khushi is your little sister...
Khushi is about to take first sip of tea.. her restless mind worried about Arnav.. she blurts, " I must get Arnav ji Ginger tea right away.." She leaves her tea on the counter and starts making tea for Arnav.. Anjali watches her with adorable eyes and much happiness.
Khayaloan main
aap hi aap
Nazaroan main
aap hi aap
her saas main
hai aap hi aap
Hum hai kahan
hai aap hi aap
Arnav hurriedly walking towards the stairs after picking up his newspaper.. in his casual weekend outfit...Anjali calls him from behind... he turns around.. " I was looking for you, Chhotey!" Anjali checks his forehead for any fever...Arnav, in his matter of fact voice, says, "I am alright, Di!" Anjali says with a sweet smile, "Of course, you are going to be alright! Your wife stayed up whole night caring for you!" Arnav tries to make an indifferent face and walks away.. Anjali follows, "Don't tell me that you did not know.." " I know, Di!" Arnav admits. Anjali continues, " Well, I did not know about it but when I came to know eventually, it made me very happy. I am very happy that you have chosen such a life partner who puts your health and your well being first!"
Anjali just helped Arnav realize a million dollar fact about Khushi's caring for Arnav...As Arnav still is feeling the ripples of what Anjali just said, she goes on to say that Khushi is busy making ginger tea for him... He should go and relax in his room... then Anjali leaves..Arnav's facial expressions change from , "What nonsense.." to "What the.." As images from last night flash back in front of his eyes... Khushi caring for him..being gentle..attentive.. loving.. with each image his face and eyes get softer...gradually his eyes reflect a vulnerable feeling...he quickly gathers his emotions..
Yeh aapne kya kar dala
Is paimane se sheesha toad dala
Abhi aakhein khuli nahi thi
Ke inhe ashkoan se bhar dala...
Arnav back in his poolside sanctuary...relaxed ...reading newspaper... Khushi dressed in red, slightly tired but looking as georgeous as ever..comes with a tray in her hands..She goes, "Chai...tea.." Arnav's back towards her... Anjali's words regarding selection of a right life partner echo in his mind..He remembers that she also had told him that Khushi was making ginger tea for him... His face changes with a determination...he folds and throws the newspaper on the table.
The one that gets up and walks closer to Khushi is a flirty, mischievous lover boy Arnav - his eyes with a suppressed joy and twinkle with mischief ready to spill out... a subtle smirk on face and examining eyes focus on Khushi's face... Khushi - at this point - completely submissive - gentle - with guilty eyes.. offers him his medication...as he accepts it without an argument and takes it out of her hand, relieved...she does not meet his eye..looks down... Arnav says with a subtle flirtatious smile on his face, "Won't you call me 'Swami'?" Khushi - surprised, "What?" her guilty face, her big eyes - she looks at him and goes, "Uhh..?" Bechari aise achraj bhari aakhaon se Arnav jhi dekhati hai ki uspar taras aata hai.. Poor Khushi...not quite sure about what he is trying to say..
Arnav - with a mild smile on his face, confident eyes with a mischievous twinkle in them - picks up tha tea cup from the tray in her hands - takes a sip..and says, ' Not bad...After all, my idea worked!" He continues to scrutinize her face..."What...?" With a flirtatious smile on his face, twinkling eyes, Arnav looks at her while sipping tea and says, "I think, I can tell you now... but before that.. you tell me first! How does it feel to be worried whole night?" Then with each word measured and strong he goes, "How did it feel to carry the guilty feeling without committing any mistake?" Casually walks away, says, "Let it be.. Just tell me, how long have you known me again?" He places his medication and tea cup on the table, returns to Khushi who is not quite sure about what's going on...Arnav continues with the same confident and flirty face, " Well, days don't really matter.. No matter how much you think you know someone..sometimes it is very difficult to get to know them!" Just then Anjali walks right outside the pool area... hears the coversation.. " Nothing was swrong with me last night, " Arnav tells Khushi, "I was perfectly fine.." his gaze as intense and as confident as a shrewd person...Khushi is about to drop the tray when he holds both her hands with the tray and prevents the fall- remember, one of them always ready to handle the situation - - he covers both her hands with his -strong support - no matter waht he is saying, he is there for her - Khushi lets him hold her hands like that - unknowlingly they are developing a bond of trust..
Khushi's eyes wide open with shock - with a smirk on his face he continues "Surprised, yea?" Keeps his gaze on her constant and the suppressed smirk..with twinkling eyes he continues... " I had taken my medication...I was not hungry either... to top it all, I was never unconscious.." Khushi stunned.. turns around with her eyes fulll of questions - Arnav takes a step forward - Khushi moves a step backward... "It was all drama... drama... understand.." Even Anjali is shocked! Khushi, vulnerable - asks "Why?" Arnav's smirk changes into a winning smile on his face.. he walks to the table, grabs his medication and water, while taking his medication and his back towards Khushi, says, " I had to settle the score with you! Yesterday whole day you tortured me by showering extreme love..." Khushi stunned.. finds it hard to believe.. Anjali watches and witnesses whole conversation - her eyes full of concern...
Khushi asks, " You were acting! And what about my being worried?" Without looking at Khushi he says, "Oh, were you worried?" then turns around, careless attitude and shrewd smile in his eyes..on his face... looks at Khushi. She says, "You are so clever.." He goes, "not clever.. shrewd.. it's shrewd! I am Arnav Singh Raizada after all!"
Arnav throws a winning smile at Khushi and with his piercing gaze...leaves.. Anjali cannot believe what she just witnessed, shakes her head...Khushi stunned - at the poolside.. Arnav stops once, turns around and looks at Khushi ... he sees the eefect he wanted onher face...then leaves.. Anjali..upset - leaves... It takes more than a few moments for Khushi to recover her senses, then she gets agitated - "He put up an act! He..put..up ..an act?"... she says to herself...
As Arnav walks out of his door, he straight walks into Anjali. She grabs him by his hand and brings him to her room. Sweet big sister, drags her little Chhotey to her room, he keeps asking, "Di?..What, Di?" She smiles gently, gets a picture frame out - asks him if he remembers what that is - both get emotional talking about only memory of their childhood that they could bring with them after they left Sheesh Mehal. Anjali says that the frame has been broken for many tyears now. Arnav says it was always broken - depicting their broken childhood.. their early life...
Anjali says that she does not know what she has learnt over all these years but one thing she knows is how to catch Chhotey'e lie! Arnav puzzled, "means?.." Anjali says that the frame broke because of her few years ago but Arnav had told her that he broke it..he lied... She knows why he lied.. It's because, he cannot see his Di upset or in pain... "No matter what happens you will not let your Di suffer by thinking that the only memory of their childhood is broken.." Arnav shocked at this revelation by Anjali... He gently asks her, "But why are you bringing all this up now..?" Anjali says that, "I know why you are behaving like this with Khushi ji..?" Arnav cuts her off before she can finish the sentence, he impatiently asks with a concern in his voice, "Khushi..? Khushi..what..?"
Anjali puts the picture frame down... Grabs Arnav by his shoulders and makes him face a mirror...She shows him his reflection in the mirror and says, "I can see my childhood Chhotey in these eyes..The one who cannot tolerate that his dearest ones face any worries..or get hurt..That's why my Chhotey can lie to take away that feeling from his loved ones..so that they do not suffer." She adds, "Whatever happened yesterday, caused a lot of worry and pain to Khushi.. she considered herself guilty of wrongdoing...that's why you lied to her by telling her that it was all an act by you.. so that she will not be hurt anymore..." Arnav's mask falls off..his face tender...eyes welling up...his heartache on his sleeve..Anjali continues, "This tells me how much you care about Khushi..And how much you care about her.. even you yourself do not know that yet.. probably!" She leaves her brother alone.. after stripping off all his masks..his pretense... by showing him his real self in the clear mirror.. reflecting his heart of gold.. where there is another person now - in addition to his Di!
Arnav looks at his own reflection in the mirror- Anjali's words run through his mind.. while Khushi's caring gentle images flash back in his mind from last night.. his own white lie stares him in face.. his heart sinks.. his eyes well up... he swallows hard at the realization of depth his love for Khushi...
Hume humse pyaar kitna
Yeh hum nahin jaante
Yeh dil bekaraar kitna
Yeh hum nahin jaante
Well done, Anjali Di! Behna hoh aisi! Fantastic sis that you are..Anjali has been the cataluyst who has alwways brought Khushi back in RM, in Arnav's life.. She did a marvellous job of helping Arnav realize what Khushi means to him now... when Arnav started giving in to Khushi gradually, he did not realize that he was giving Khushi more rights than even Anjali in some case..Mirror does not lie..Arnav..what will you do with new realization now..? Ek din aisa bhi aayega jab kahoge, you will complete the verse one day..
Hume humse pyaar kitna
Yeh hum nahin jaante
Magar jee nahi sakte
tumhare bina
I cannot tell you how much I love you
but I cannot live without you..
Khushi talks her heart out to Laxmi. Says that she was so worried about him and look at Arnav - he put up an act...! She thought she was the one to be blamed, she wasn't even going to eat today.. but now.. she keeps on eating cookies..She gets all agitated - she decides to go and ask him how dare he do this to her.. then she realizes that that's what exactly Arnav probably wants - have her fight with him, get her mad at him.. so she decides that given that her over the top, dedicated wife, sugary act was very successful.. she would continue to do something similar.. she vows to be an over the top, nauseatingly sweet wife to the diabetic Arnav Singh Raizada! She says no matter who won this round, next round will be hers..ah, Khushi, back to betting! Arnav and Khushi will do anything for challenges!
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