[COMPLETED]Arshi FF :: Junoon#3 Epilogue up! (PG 108) (18/08) - Page 16

Part 24

"Close your eyes, you two.." Khushi smiled and patted her babies, but their eyes remained wide open. She sighed looking at the four tiny eyes staring back at her, unblinking. Lying down beside them, she kept her head on the pillow. Those four eyes following her every move.

"You two won't sleep, will you?" She asked, looking at them.

Without waiting for a second, her girl squealed loudly, and rolling towards her, she clued to her chest.

Khushi giggled and secured her close. She looked over her boy, who remained quiet, just staring at her. Khushi took her baby boy under her arms. "Why do you remain so quiet, Ayaan? Look at your sister, always squealing, laughing, and troubling everyone"

Ayaan smiled and turned towards his Mother, catching the neckline of her blouse.

Khushi smiled and kissed his forehead. "You are such a good boy" And as soon as those words left her mouth, she heard a loud squeal near her ear. "Hey Devi Maiya!" she pulled her daughter away from her chest. "And you Samaira, you are a bad very girl" her scolding met with a cute giggle. "You want to laugh?" Khushi laid her on the bed and sat beside her. "There you go .." and with that said, she started tickling her neck. "Laugh ...yes..laugh.. "

Arnav was about to enter his room, but stopped beholding the scene in front of him. His room filled with musical laughter and giggles, the sound he loves so much. All the tiredness of the day left his body in a jiffy. He probed his shoulder on the doorframe and stared at the scene. Life was changing for better. Khushi was coming out of her shell. She has created a wonderful world with her babies. And the best part was"she was allowing him to be a part of her world. He smiled. She tries to make small talks, she smiles at him, and she is allowing him to be a Father to her babies.

A loud squeal brought him back from his thoughts. He looked ahead and grinned broadly, because the squeal was from his baby girl at spotting him.

She started crawling towards the foot of the bed.

Arnav strode forward and picked her in his arms. "Slow down, jaan" he kissed her cheek soundly. "You didn't sleep yet? Troubling Mumma again?" Lying on the bed, he made her sit on his chest. But soon his baby girl laid on his chest, with her cute little fingers coiled around the neck of his Shirt. Arnav smiled and dropped a kiss on her hair. And soon his attention was demanded elsewhere. He tilted his head to his right to see his Son snuggling to him. With his heart filling with love and pride, he placed him on his chest, holding his both kids close to his heart.

Khushi sat on the bed, just looking at them as he talked about his day with the babies and her babies cooed in reply. She had never thought he would ever accept her babies, would ever love them. But she was wrong. She had thought he is just pretending everything to get her back. But he proved her wrong yet again. He really loves her babies. The way her babies reciprocate his love is proof enough. It's been 7 months since Anjali Di and Aryan had left after the Namkaran ceremony, but she never felt the urge to see them again like last time. Which was partly because of her babies, and partly because of the stability his presence has started adding to her life. She had thought she will make a new world with her babies. But now her babies's world revolves around this man. They wake him up in the morning, not liking his immobile form. They hate it when he leaves for office, squealing and shouting till he is out of their sight. They wait eagerly for his return and never leave his side once he is back home. At the end of the day, they go to sleep only when he sings them lullaby, which he enjoys singing as much as they enjoy listening.

"...and I have two little cute , dreamy, softest of soft smoochie bears...And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.. " Arnav laid both the babies on the bed as he finished his self-made lullaby.

Khushi got off the bed. "I will take them to their crib.."

Arnav looked at Khushi and nodded, smiling at her. "I will ask HP to warm my food, you don't have to worry, go to sleep." Saying that, he took his casual clothes and left for bathroom.

Khushi placed the babies in their crib and covered them properly. Going back to the bed, she collected his discarded coat, and picked his office bag from the recliner. Keeping it to its rightful place, she sat on the bed, waiting for him.

Arnav came out of the bathroom to see his wife seated on the bed. "Khushi, you go to sleep, I will manage .."

"Nahi.." she stood up. "Aap yahi rahiye, I will bring your dinner" she moved towards the bed.

"Tumne bhi nahi khaya?"

Khushi stopped in her track as he heard him ask. She turned to look at him.

"Woh ..Ayaan and Samaira, they were not sleeping, so I didn't get time... So I ..."

Arnav ate the distance between them and stood before her. "I am so sorry for coming late.. There's so much work to do, and I can't even ignore ... But I promise , henceforth I will try my best to be back on time ..."

"No, it's fine .. You don't have to..."

Arnav caught her arms and pulled her close. "Why you still hesitate, Khushi ...? Why everything is still so formal between us? You can tell me anything you please, just like before ...Scold me for throwing my things anywhere , scold me for coming late , nag me, tease me, bother me, just like before ...I want everything to be like before ... Everything is fine now, so why? "

Khushi blinked her eyes to keep the tears at bay. She don't know why. Yes everything is fine now, but still nothing is like before. She still can't look straight into his eyes. She tries to talk to him, but then it feels like she had never known him before. She feels so good when he comes back home, cuddling her babies. But when they are alone, she feels uneasy, not knowing what to do and say.

Arnav cupped her face and made her look at him, her eyes shutting instantly. Arnav sighed and rested his forehead against heres. "Khushi, allowing me again in your life doesn't mean you are betraying Rudra..." He waited for any response, but all he got to hear was her sobs. He crushed her in his arms. "Please stop thinking like that, Khushi ... You are not betraying anyone by just living your life... He wanted your happiness, didn't he?" Arnav pulled back and asked her, his question meeting with a nod. "Then why? Why, Khushi? You still don't trust me?"

Khushi shook her head. "I do ... but it's ...it's not easy ... First you pushed me away, holding me guilty for cheating on you ... Then you ...you humiliated me in front of Rudra ... You did all the wrongs to get me back ... I don't know ...It's nothing like before between us, I try to make it for my babies sake , but I fail ... It's not something I do intentionally, I ..I just remember all the things and then ...then I feel ... feel wrong ... I feel wrong for trying to make things better with a man who had accused me of cheating , who had done so many wrongs ... I ..." She caught his arms, not looking into his eyes. "I know you have changed ...but still I ...I feel wrong...I am sorry ... Give me some time, I promise to make things better ... I know you love my babies, they too love you... don't stop loving them, they need you ... "

With a quick shudder leaving his body, he pulled her in his arms, nesting her face in his neck, making her stop from saying anything further. "I am sorry ..." he swallowed hard, his throat hurting. "I am sorry for not trusting you, I am sorry for every wrong I did to you , I am sorry Khushi ...forgive me, forgive me please... I don't love our babies expecting something in return , I love them ... even if you never give me a chance, I will still love them, love them all my life,... Don't you ever think that I will stop loving our babies.. I can never do that..." Pulling away from the hug, he took her hand in his. "I am sorry for everything, you have all the time in the world , I will wait for you .." he kissed the back of her palm. "Now shall we go down for dinner?"

Khushi nodded. "Yes.."

Arnav sat down as Khushi laid down the bowls on the dining table. Finished with that, she sat beside him, serving him.

"I can do that Khushi, you have your dinner..."

Nodding at him, she started filling her plate with her trembling hand.

Arnav looked at her trembling hand. Pulling his chair little closer to hers, he pushed her plate away and kept his plate in front of her. "Relax Khushi, do not panic please... everything is alright ... and it will be always. .." He picked a morsel and brought it near her lips. "Open your mouth.." Arnav told, and she obliged. As he lifted another morsel, Khushi stopped him, gesturing him to have it.

They had their dinner together in silence.

As they finished, Arnav stood up and picked her in his arms, her hands instantly going around his neck. He rested his cheek against her hair. He misses his Khushi so much. Even a small initiative from her fills him with so much hope and happiness. But now he is never going to force her into anything, her mind is still filled with so many insecurities. He will wait, wait till she forgets every bad he has done, wait till she never feels wrong in loving him again, wait till she herself comes to him.

Hope you all liked the update!! :) And the song Arnav sings is Louis Armstrong's What a wonderful world song, with his self-made lyrics, I know its just one line, still 😆 .. Its inspired by the scene in Journey 2: Mysterious Island where Dwayne Johnson sings a song with the original tune of Wonderful world, but lyrics made by him ...He is such a damn good singer ..such a soothing voice

"Close your eyes, you two.." Khushi smiled and patted her babies, but their eyes remained wide open. She sighed looking at the four tiny eyes staring back at her, unblinking. Lying down beside them, she kept her head on the pillow. Those four eyes following her every move.

"You two won't sleep, will you?" She asked, looking at them.

Without waiting for a second, her girl squealed loudly, and rolling towards her, she clued to her chest.