Chapter 11
Arnav and Khushi werelaughing together, when Niharika witnessed them, as they never had before.Indeed, they had never being two fragile souls, who were now connecting to eachother, the pain was connecting them with each other, with the proximity they hadhave in between. It was neither an obsession not an infatuation, but thedevelopment of true feelings. It was a pleasure, which they were sharing witheach other. An anonymous chord was there to connect these two fragile souls ornot to separate them.
Neema smiled when a suddenthought stuck her mind, âDard hi to hai jo do logo ko ek karta hai, isiliye toishq mein itna dard haiâ, with moist eyes.
Spontaneously, Arnavâs glarefell over Niharika who was wiping her happy tears, so Arnan asked, âNeema, whyare you crying?â
She smiled lightly, âI amwitnessing two children of mine laughing together after a long time, and canâtI shed a happy tear?â, Arnav and Khushi wiped her tears and they shared a hugand burst into a laughter, when the same time Arnavâs phone buzzed.
Arnav irked out after all itwas spoiling a happy moment but when the phone flashed Aman he excused theladies, âI have to take thisâ, at which the ladies agreed.
Niharika mulled out, âCome onKhushi, itâs your medicine timeâ
Khushi sulked like a childbut Niharika scolded her, âNo excuses, have it fastâ
âHmmmâŚcan I cook todayplease?â, Khushi requested when Niharika asked her, âBut, there is no need to,I meanâŚâ, but Khushi intervened her, âActually aaj humara mood thoda accha hai ,Arnav ji ke kaaran so I wanted to cook for him. Waise bhi poora din bore hojate hainâ
Niharika agreed, âItâs goodto be busy, but pehle medicineâ, ordering she allowed her.
Khushi immediately gulped the medicine without wasting a second and ran towardsthe kitchen at which Niharika laughed, âIâm happy for themâ
Meanwhile, Arnav was busy inthe serious phone call, âYeah Aman! Kuch pata chala Shyam Sharma ke baremein?â, he asked.
Meanwhile Aman answered, âYes sir, picture mili hai ek, I am mailing it to youâ,confidently.
âDo it as soon as possibleâ excitingly Arnav ordered him.
Arnav immediately switched on his laptop when the photographs ofskimming out, but unfortunately it hanged and crash down.
âWhat theâŚâ, Arnav shrieked and throw it on the floor.
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Khushi has cooked fresh Kheer and inhaled the aroma, which crept a smile on herlips. She brushed her hand off when Niharika entered the Kitchen, âNicefragrance Khushi, What you have cooked?â
âKheerâ, she smiled widely.
Niharika admired her, âSo,all done?â
Khushi nodded her headpositively, with a smile when Niharika too inhaled the Kheer, âWow Khushi,fragrance is really nice. Mera to man kar raha hai khane kaâ
However Khushi stopped herimmediately, âItâs for dinnerâ
âHaan haan, waise bhi mereliye to hoga nahiâ, Niharika lightly teased her but Khushi said, âAisa nahihaiâ
âJust kiddingâ
Khushi blushed lightly whenNiharika burst into laughter and then ordered her, âGo and have rest nowâ, atwhich Khushi obeyed.
âI wish these two remain likethis, ab koi andhi naa aaye basâ, she prayed to the skies when Arnav approachedher.
I ran towards the kitchen, âNeema, can I use your laptopâ,gasping hard he took the permission, but she scolded him hard, âHar waqt kaam,I am not going to give youâ, winking she said.
âIt is very important na please understandâ, he requested herhard.
âNo means noâ, she ordered him and her decision was going to be the last whenshe uttered out, âKhushi has a surprise for you in the dinner dessert come havea seatâ, smilingly she made him aware about it when he thought, âKhushi ishappy after a long time, abhi man rakh leta hu uskaâ
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All the three were on the dinner table when Khushi served Kheer to Arnav. Herhand brushed his cheek, âAhamâ, Niharika coughed, noticing it.
Arnav glared her to not when Khushi blushed, âAapko Kheer kaisilagi?â nervously she asked.
âKheer is my favourite dessert and this is the best Iâve evertastedâ, he complimented her at which she smiled.
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It was 12 of the midnight when Arnav was trying to fix hislaptop in order to know, which Khushiâs husband is and finally he succeeded.
âFinallyâŚâ, he murmured when picture was skimmed out but heheard a loud scream coming from Khushiâs room and he followed it.
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