Arshi SS : Nourishing Talents - Part 9 updated Pg 23 - Page 8

Nourishing Talents ~ Part 7

<<Previous

"Arnav ji..." Khushi called out to Arnav from the bathroom.

"Khushi tum teek ho? Kya hua?" (Khushi are you ok? What happened?)

"Arnav ji aap please darwaza band karke poolside me wait kariyena? (Arnav ji please lock the door and wait in the poolside).

This had happened a lot of time before when passion had ruled their nights making Khushi wake up late in the morning. She would rush to the bathroom forgetting to take her clothes and order him out of their room. He is seeing her like this after a long time as after the first few times, she had started to place her change of clothes in the bathroom in the night. Not that it deterred him from taking them out at the crack of the dawn when he was in a playful mood. He wanted to tease her today. He decided to play ignorant.

"Kyon Khushi? Yeh mera bhi room hai. Main kyon bahar jaoon?" (Why Khushi? This is my room too. Why should I go out?)

Khushi could sense the laughter in his voice.

She mumbled "Yeh laad governor bhi na... arghhh..." (This laad governor... arghhh...)

"I heard it".

"Tho suniye. Besharam kahinke."(So hear it. Shameless.)

She was getting hyper. Arnav smirked thinking of Khushi pacing inside the washroom wishing that she could catch hold of him and strangled him. She started speaking to herself.

"Yeh laad governor ko aaj hi mila kya? I got up late and now he is making me late. Naniji aur Mamiji kya sochenge? Kal hum kitchen ko bhi saaf nahi ki. Its all this laad governor's fault." (This laad governor got only today? I got up late and now he is making me late. What will nani and mami think? I didn't even clean the kitchen yesterday. Its all this laad governor's fault.)

All playfulness drained off his mind when he heard Khushi mentioning mami. The reality came crashing in changing his mood from playful to anger in seconds. Not wanting to spoil her mood, Arnav decided to leave the room. He has to speak to Khushi and soon. He decided to stay back at home to talk to her. Work can wait.

"Khushi main baahar jaatha hoon. Call me after you are finished." (Khushi I am going out. Call me after you are finished.)

Khushi could sense the change his voice. Disappointment coursed through her. He had always made her give into his whims not that she cared as long as she got to enjoy with him. Till now, whenever she had forgotten her clothes, he had made sure to bring them to her and tease her by trying to get into the bathroom. Though she had not left her clothes out intentionally today, she craved for few passionate moments with him that she had missed in the past week. She had missed him.

"Arnav ji..." she called out to him, hoping this was his new way of teasing to make her admit that she wants him as much as he wants her. When there was no response, she assumed that he had indeed gone to the poolside. She heaved a sigh and got out to dress herself. She moved towards the poolside hoping to talk to him. Just before she crossed the threshold of the poolside door, Anjali called out.

"Khushi ji... Chotte..."

Khushi looked at Arnav sitting in the poolside chair typing furiously on his laptop, his stiff demeanor giving away his anger. Khushi wanted to go to him but for that she has to send away Anjali first.

"Will there ever be a little privacy in this house?" Khushi muttered under her breath frustrated. Arnav's posture had conveyed to her that something was very wrong. She hoped it was not her fainting spell yesterday that had caused his anger to rise. First things first, she has to send Anjali away before she can sooth the ruffled feathers with Arnav.

Khushi opened the door with a smile pasted on her face.

"Good morning Di."

"Good morning Khushi ji. Prashad lijiye." (Please take Prashad.)

"Thank you Di."

"Breakfast is ready. Get ready and come soon."

"Ok Di."

"Chotte kahan hai? Hum unhe bhi yeh prashad de denge." (Where is Chotte? I will give the prashad to him.)

"Woh kuch kaam kar rahe hain Di. Hum unhe de denge. Aap dejiye."

"Teek hai Khushi ji."

Anjali gave her the prashad and left.

Khushi went to the poolside to call Arnav.

"Arnav ji, Di ne aapke liye prashad diya hi." Arnav stared resolutely at the laptop screen.

"Arnavji..." Khushi called out to him again. When he refused to look at her, Khushi went near him and placed a hand on his shoulder. Arnav jerked away from her touch. Khushi looked at her hand and him alternatively. The anger in his face showed that he would be unreceptive of any of her advances. Though she knew he is doing that only to stop himself from shouting at her due to displaced anger, it did hurt her. She lowered her hand and tried to move away before she became a sobbing wreck; the emotional upheaval of the past week finally catching up on her. Arnav looked at her just as she turned towards their room. It was true that he did not want to vent his anger on her but he could see that he has hurt her again. She was already under a lot of stress and he was adding up to it. He held her hand preventing her from leaving the place. He got up from the recliner and tugged at her arm. He held her closer and whispered in her ear.

"Sorry Khushi"

Khushi remained silent for few minutes soaking in the warmth his embrace gave her. Oh how much she had missed this? In trying to hide the hurt that mami's words gave her, she had distanced herself from him. Now, being back in his arms, she realized that all that she needed to take on the world was his presence with her. She snuggled closer to him and he gathered her closer.

"Kya hua Arnavji?"

Her question brought him to the task at hand.

"Tum kaho Khushi. Mujse kyon pooch rahi ho?" His voice did not have accusation or anger in it. All Khushi could here in it was hurt. But she cannot tell him everything and cause a split in the family now can she? Already mami was hurt with jijaji's words. She had no intention of turning Arnav against her. Not that he was with mami from before. At least he did not raise his voice with mami. If Khushi is to let him know all that mami spoke to her, there will sure be a showdown in the house isolating mami from everyone else. That she didn't want. It will only make mami look her and Payal in bad light. Moreover she did not want to add to his worries.

"Arnavji hum..." Before she could give him some explanations, they heard a knock on their door.

"Kaun?"

"Bhaiyaa Anjali bitiya aapko aur Bhabhi ko khane ke liye bulaya hai."

"HP ji hum aa rahe hain" Khushi decided to leave from there before he started questioning her.

"We are not finished Khushi. Ab jao. Par hum breakfast ke baad baath karenge. I will get ready and come in 10 minutes."

Khushi nodded jerkily and left the place.

Khushi entered the dining room to find HP helping out Anjali in setting the dishes on the table and mami sitting in her place at the dining table. She rushed to take the vessels from Anjali and placed it on the table.

"Chotte kahan hai Khushi ji?"

"Woh 10 minute me aajayenge Di."

"Hum jaake Nani ko bhulate hain."

"Di hum jaayenge aap baitiye."

"Koi baat nahin Khushi ji, hume unse kuch baat bhi karni hai."

Anjali went to call nani for breakfast.

"Phatti saadi tum ko kya invitation dena hai breakfast prepare karke?"(Phatisaadi should I give invitation to you to prepare breakfast?)

"Aisa kuch nahin mamiji. Hum bus..." (Its not like that Mamiji. I just...)

"Ek bahu office jaathi aur ghar ka kham nahi karthi. Doosri bahu ghar me hi rahthi hai aur bhi kuch nahi karthi. Pata nahi in dono me hamre bitwaa kya dekthe hain. Hello hai bye bye."(One dil goes to office and doesn't do the house hold work. Another one stays at home and doesn't do household work. Don't know what my sons see in them.)

Khushi stood in front of mami her head bowed, silent tears flowing from her eyes.

Mami's tirade stopped suddenly and her face paled.

"A...Arnav bitwaa..."Mami stammered.

P/S: Please do take a look at the author note in the next post.

A/N:

I am so sorry for not updating the stories for a really long time. I was involved in a small accident and was unable to type anything for nearly a week. I am ok now and the updates will regular from now on.

Advance Happy New Year my dearest buddies 😊