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After the Storm 1
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After the Storm 2
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After the storm 3
After the storm 4
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She is TRAPPED
In his surroundings
Amidst him
In his arms
Locked and chained in his soul
His existence...
Right and by her left...
Left hand by her right
Eyes upfront...trailing a heated, searing trail of looks and glares...burning her skin even with out touching...
Jagged breath on her face, her neck and shoulders...simmering an unknown desire all along her cell...and nerves...marking their territory...as passing along...
Inch by inch her body caves in...inch by inch she feel alive...concerned...awaken...needed...desired...
Arnav faces her...
Khushi to his amusement, looks up staright into his caramel, pouring eyes...
Unlike ever before...she seems something new those mesmerising tantalizing eyes...a new shine...a new abundance...a word well described will be POSESSIVENESS
Khushi feels helpless, unable to. Move, unable to react, unable to look, even more unable to not look...with all her mind she decides to look away...stek her attention towards something else...but his commanding eyes,...summon her to look back...
Arnav:
" when i am speaking, yiu better listen...i am really not sure,,,why on earth you are trying to flee away ?
Enough khushi !
Enough !!!
I am really tired and you and i both know what we are heading for...
We have deal with the family...million of questions...argumant...Di, her health, police, that Shit !!! , lawyears...and moreover and most importantly...with US..yes us...we have lots to catch up on...so khushi, please...react rotionally...i am freaking out at your behaviour..
Are you ok ?
I think you need to sleep, asap...
Did you eat anything ?"
Arnav doesnt realise that he is just short of an inch away from her entire body, pasted on the wall behind...her feet is mashed up with his and her face is getting red and red...almost color amber...her heart beat has started to drum..and her eyes are getting watery...
Arnav asks again :
" khushi are ok ok ?"
Khushi :
" NO...Arnav ji ! I am not ok...please, i beg..just leave me alone...i need to lie down...umm...my head hurts...
I am not sure why i wanted to ran away from you, right now...
I am not sure what...how...i feel and why ?
Its new... Ahhh!!!"
Without Uttering one more word, Khushi leans back to the fullest and raises her hand to her back of the head...
Arnav lets her go...
Without another word, Khushi finds her airbourne...in his arms...
Arnav striding along towards the washroom...
On his way...balancing her in his arms..he manages to grab a big towel lying on the green couch...
He almost kicks the door open, and slams it shut behind him...
Turns the light on...and proceeds to wards the white tub...
Like a child in the lap...he smoothly balances her...and turns both fayvets of the tub to fill it up...
Khushi stays numb...too surprised and tired to respond or try to break free of his iron grip on her...
Arnav lowers her down on the side of the tub and makes her seat on the white marble on the side...he very gently with great care, slides her head in the marble wall behind and brushes off some stary haur from her face...
Without a single word or permission to proceed, he takes off his dirty..mud stain once upon a time...WHITE vest off his body and throws it on the floor...
Khushi keeps on staring...too stunned to move a muscle...too amused to breathe..too reluctant to blink, just in case she misses a single secodn of whats hapenning...
Arnav looks at her, a very sly, soft and timid smile forms in the croner of his lips...
He picks up a neatly folded t shirt from the laundry pile, from the closet inside the bathroom.
And puts it on himself with a go...
He comes back to Khushi in the next instant...and seats beside her on the marble side of the tub...
Arnav :" khushi ! Please, do not panic...i am just taking this off ok? "
He very slowly, raises his hand and takes off the dirty, stained, chiffon blue and red chundri dupatta off her neckline...
Khushi becomes self concious...but mesmrised at his gentleness...
She keeps silent..awaiting for his next move...extremely surprised at her own reaction...she feels calm...maybe she was crabing his care...this was what she needed...maybe love comes along with all these sort of weird pre requisites!!!
Who knew .. ??
Arnav. Pulls off the dupatta from her sides...puts it on the floor and holds a small towel in his hand...he soaks it up with the warm water of the tub and draws near to her...
Takes up the left hand and starts to wipe the mud and debrees away from her...with extreme caution...
A tear...falls...
Followed by another...
Arnav looks up at her, looking at him...
But he stays quite...concentrating at his work...
He cleans her like a porcelean doll...breakable...delicate...fragile...
He wipes the entire arm.upto the sleeve of the blue kameez.
Then stops...
He proceeds to the other arm...and cleans that up...
Next he takes control of her face...bit by but inch by inch he cleans her...drop after drop she cries...a silent cry...
Arnav lets her pour...lets the rain fall...without any hindrance...until the sky becomes clean and cloudless...bright and new...
The damp towel touched her forehead...shiver runs down her spine...
The damp towel touches her eyes...her nose...the tip...the temples..of her beautiful face...
The dirt, the filth...the mud and the tear stained white skin...turns pink...dark pink...alomost red...she is flused red...
With each stroke of his hand...his skin touching her face...the warmth of his fingers through the damp towel...makes her skin cry up in unknown joy...excitement...the agony and pain washes away...
He lifts her cin up with a finger...starts to clean her neckline...her shoulder...her collarbone...
Clearly marks territory by her kameez neckline...
He stays within his limit...
Khushi becomes extremely hapoy and relieved to see him behave !!!!
After almost half an hour long cleaning session...khushi finds herself not only clean, but infact cleaned of the pain and tears...
A small, faint smiles appears in her face...
She sighs!!!
She thinks!!! How could i be so lucky !!!
Khushi :
" Arnav ji !
Um...m...i can take it from here...the tub is almost over flowing...i want to take a bath...and will be quick...
Thanks...!"
She starts to smile...then the smile blooms into a bis blossom...
Arnav melts into her smile...
Mesmerised
Happy
At peace...
Arnav:
" ok, when you are done, call me, i will be outside...i will get you a chnage of clothes...and stand outside with it..ok..just call me..i will hand you the cloths...from behind the door...
The towels are in the linen closet...
Call me, if you feel light headed or dizzy.
The doctor should be downstairs...
Call me ok?
I will help you out...if needed..."
Laying a smooth, warm, kiss on her forehead...he smiles and walks away...
Anupamaa
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