Posted:
This is my first OS about ARSHI. Hope you like it.
Arnav Singh Raizada was livid with anger.
He didnt want any DNA test, he could bet his life nothing has transpired between him and
Sheetal to result in the birth of a child.
But, Khushi in one of her all sacrificing avatars isnt ready to believe him.
Arnav Singh Raizada pacing like a leopard in cage remembering the conversation between him
and his wife.
"Arnavji, kya aap humse sach mein bohot pyaar kartein hain" (Arnavji, do you really love me
a lot?)
"Khushi, yeh kaisa sawaal hain, and you know the answer to this" (Khishu , what kind of a
question is this, and you already know the answer to this)
"Nahin, phir bhi bataiye na" (No, still I want to hear)
"Hmmm, ofcourse I love you...Khushi...kuch hua hai kya?" (Hmmm, ofcourse I love
you...Khushi... is something the matter?)
"Toh aap hamari ek baar manenge?" (Then I ask something, will you do it?)
Now ASR was worried, he knows his wife, whenever she tries to measure this love, its
because something is bothering her or she is trying to weigh the consequences for something
she has done. He asks " Khushi kya hua hai, kisi ne kuch kaha kya?"
"Pehle aap vaada kijiye aap hamari baat manenge" (First you promise that you would do what
i say)
ASR pulled his wife close to him and said " Oh ok, now tell me what is it"
With slight hesitation in her voice he heard his wife saying "Kya aap hamare liye Aarav ke
saath DNA test karwayenge?" As soon as the words were out khushi sensed his body go stiff
but she wanted to end this nagging thought at the back of her mind once and for all. She is
constatntly badgered with these thoughts day and night and unable to supress them any
longer. Every time Aarav craves his dad, she feels guilty.
"I knew it, I just knew it. Khushi you fored me to go to Aarav's school, I didnt even wanna
come. Dont you trust me?
"Arnavji I do but..."
"No but Khushi, Arnav Singh Raizada has never felt the need to prove himself and neither
will he do it now...not for anyone"
"Kyun Arnavji kyun, aapko karwana hi hoga, aap aise nahin jaa sakte" (Why Arnavji, why, you
have to do it, you cant walk away like that) anger slowly giving her the courage to go on.
Why cant he understand how important it is to her. She can hardly remember her actual
father but her babuji Shashi Gupta has never let her realise the pain of being an orphan.
Why cant Arnavji understand Aarav's condition.
"Khushi, watch it, you are going too far"
"Haan hum jayenge too far, aap ne yeh test nahin karwaya toh hum ghar chhod ke chale
jayenge"
Now absolutely enraged Arnav grasped her shoulders and shook her "What?!" and when she
decided not to budge she saw a determination dawn on him, he slowly said "Fine, just
leave".
Khushi was dumbstruck
ASR shouted " Suna nahin maine kya kaha, tumhe jana hain na...just leave"
The hurt, the anger of his wife, his Khushi not believing him started gnawing at his heart.
He shuddered to think what will happen if Khushi left him. Though he loved her too much to
let her go, he was unable to get over the hurt which almost felt like betrayal.
Arnav Singh Raizada checked his watch, its 11 PM now. The arguement has happened just after
dinner, hence probably around 9:30 and Khushi has not yet come back to their bedroom. Panic
started gripping him...he went out of the room, checked in kitchen to see whether she was
out there making jalebis...but no sign of her. His fast paced walk turned to slow
running...ASR took out his phone and started dialling her number but her phone was switched
off. He thought of calling GH but decided against it without searching everywhere.
After almost thirty minutes when he thought he would collapse with worry, he finally found
her. The door of one of the guest rooms was slightly opened and a white speck caught his
attention, he could see it anywhere and recognise it as his wife's night suit. He peered in
and saw her eyes closed and a flood of anger seeped through him at seeing how calm she was
when he was being driven mad.
Khushi wasnt asleep, she had cried out of worry and to calm her nerves just wanted to close
her eyes for sometime. The door suddenly flung open and she saw her husband standing near
her bed, his face dark and his eyes hooded.
She heard him say "Dont think if you sleep here, I 'd come to heel. Get up and come to our
room"
Khushi who was emotionally drained snapped at his command, "I wont, do as you like. Are you
afraid that the truth will come out if you do the test?" She knew she did a mistake the
moment those words came out.
The next moment she could feel Arnav Singh Raizada picking her up in his arms which he had
done so many times and bring her to their bedroom and dump her unceremoniously on their
bed. As soon as she hit the bed, she started getting up to get to the door but for his
"Dont you dare Khushi"
She could see him taking off his tee shirt and her mind clicked in alert. She seethed in
anger " Dont even think you can come near me tonight. If you even lay a finger on me, I
swear I 'l scream"
She couldnt see his face going red, she thought she saw pain in his eyes but the next
moment she saw she could only see pools of fire. He almost whispered " Oh no, my darling I
dont think I will have to force you, you see its you who'd plead me to make love to you"
Khushi tried to roll over from the bed, but he caught her and pinned her down and started
his assault on her lips, and suddenly she could feel his right hand going under her short
kurta and undoing the clasp...Khushi became absolutely still, she knew she would be lost if
she doesnt try to hold on to her senses.
But then ASR looked up and said hoarsely "Khushi, you want me to make love to you?" and she
was lost. Her dil has long stopped listening to her, now her body has also refused. She
tried desperately to hold on to her self respect but her trecherous body seemed to have a
mind of its own and was arching to him.
She was horrified to hear a groan leave her throat and he instantly caught on it kissing
the vulnerable centre of her throat and called her " Khushi???"
At once she felt a dam loose and she clinged to him. Arnav Singh Riazada urged her " Khushi
say you want me to make love to you" and she entranced like following a pied piper almost
cried with wanting said " Yes...yes...yes please make love to me"
At once all inhibitions were lost and his love was all consuming, fierce and gentle at the
same time..but just when they came crashing on each other, he pulled himself and said in a
bitter voice "Told you, you'd beg me to make love to you, you cant leave me Khushi"
Khushi was stunned and humiliated, it was as if all her senses were robbed and she could
only vaguely understand hot tears rolling down her cheeks. "How can he do this to me...how
can he?!"
Arnav Singh Raizada sat still on the woodenlounger at the poolside.He was so hurt at her
for not believing him and sick with worry thinking she has left him that he wanted to hurt
her as much. But now he felt this terrible urge to rush to her and ask for her
forgiveness...but couldnt move. He couldnt move knowing the look on her face would that be
of hurt and hate; he just couldnt. The images during his kidnapping started haunting him.
:Humne akhir dhoond hi liya aapko" (I've found you at last)...he cried out silently "Oh
Khushi..."
Khushi didnt know how long has it been that she's dozed off but she could make out its
early hours of the dawn and could see the empty unslept space at the other side of the bed.
She checked the time, it was 4 AM. She got up and packed her bags, decided she would not
shed one more tear for him, for a man who had no regard for her.
She dressed in her pink anarkali salwar and moved towards the door when he heard "I am
ready to go for the test"
She froze at hearing the emotion laden voice...but kept on inching closer to the door.
"Khushi, please dont go", she was touched by the tears dripping in his voice. Though she
couldnt see his face clearly against the silhoutte of dawn she could feel his moist red
eyes...but she kept moving and unlocked the door, the humiliation of the night kept her
going.
At once a hand with the lightest touch was on her shoulder and begged "Khushi, main jee
nahin paunga tumhare bina" (Khushi, I'd not be able to live without you) and her shoulders
drooped in submission, she started shaking with sobs. Arnav Singh Raizada hugged his wife
tightly and said "Shh Khushi, there...am sorry, please forgive me. I was so hurt and angry
when you said that am scared of the results that i stopped thinking clearly and when you
didnt come to sleep I thought you've left me...can you imagine what i felt then. If I have
to do the test to keep you with me, am willing to do hundred such tests"
Khushi looked up at her Arnavji through wet eye lashes and said "Arnavji,how could you do
that?" ASR kissed his wife's cheek and said " I am sorry Khushi"
"Arnavji, I will be with you hamesha, no matter what the results are and what the
circumstances are but to move forward I thought the test is necessary. Am dying everyday
hearing how similar you and Aarav are to each other"
Arnav Singh Raizada looked at his wife's eyes and said "I understand Khushi, but not even
in your dreams think of leaving me, I 'l die without you. Arnav aur Khushi kabhi alag nahin
ho sakte"
P.S. I have taken the liberty of altering the story a little by not showing Khushi sending
samples for DNA test without Arnav's knowledge.
Cricket
10