Part 27.
she closed the door before he could make excuse to come in again, 'even I wont be able to sleep tonight, because you are equally important and precious to me' she said leaning against the door. He heard it from outside the door, but did not want her to know he heard it too, he just left quietly.
What a day, she couldnot believe all that happened. Arjun's love for her , his family's love for her, their love for guddi, her bua's love for them both , how blessed was she. how she wished her parents were alive to see her so happy, so much in love. Her reaction to arjun a little while ago was a shock to herself. If this was the beginning what would happen when they get married. She felt her cheeks turn hot thinking of arjun and his eyes filled with various emotions. It is a bad idea to be alone , she decided to go to bua's house to get guddi, just then her cell rang, it was her aunt. 'arohi I saw lights in the house, are u back?' 'yeah bua, I will be there in a minute for guddi' 'no no she is sleeping leave her here, you want to come down too?' 'no bua I will just go to sleep then' 'okay, come for breakfast, we have lot to discuss' 'good night' . yes there was a lot to be planned and discussed, soon there will be a wedding, how when and where is to be planned. She laid back on bed, again within seconds drifting off into arjun's thoughts. All these years she was busy with her life, dedicated herself to the school, her thoughts had never been in this direction till now. She had an idea what a male female relationship will be when they are married, she knew the laws of nature which will be an extension of what she and arjun experienced tonight. And thinking it will all happen with arjun was making her nervous scared and happy. What arohi didnot know was, what she knew was nothing close to what she was going to experience, which was going to be completely different than the idea she had, what she and arjun experienced that night was just 1 % of what was going to be experienced.
Thoughts travel faster than time. While arohi was going through her feelings Arjun had reached home and into his room. He felt like his body was light and whatever feeling it was, was making him feel like flying with the clouds. He was smiling all the while. Once he settled on the bed the sweet pain of arohi not being next to him bothered him. He dialed her number.
She was up and was wanting to talk to arjun as well but was hesitating as she suddenly felt more shy than before. Her cell rang and she saw the name and let it ring, she was not sure if she will be able to talk given the trail of thoughts she just had. He dailed again forcing her to pick the call. 'hi' he said smiling, 'hi' 'what r u doing' 'nothing' 'not even thinking of me' 'no' 'liar' 'and what are you doing?' 'thinking of u' 'and' 'and thinking of what we did' she knew she should not have taken the call he would make her blush again with her being silent he continued 'arohi' 'hmmm' 'i want to tell u something' 'what abt' 'you know how I felt earlier, I want u to know I have never felt that way before, it is only you who makes me feel like that' as she felt goosebumps and more nervousness hearing it , he continued 'I thot you will say me too' he chuckled , she too gave a sweet laugh. he cleared his throat, 'what r u doing tomorrow?' 'me and bua have a lot to discuss and' 'you have a date with ur bua?' 'yes' she laughed 'hmm what about me then?' 'what about you' 'who will come on date with me?' 'I dont know, you can take whoever you want' 'but I want only the most beautiful girl, whom I can keep staring at to come' 'there are so many...' 'not good enough' 'arjun I cant come tomorrow' 'why not' 'there is so much pending' 'nothing doing, I will pick you up at 6 , remember a long drive is due' 'long drive? tmrw?, no some other time' 'I dont like postponing things' 'please' 'fine but m still picking you up at 6' though she loved his insistence and the romance in his voice, she said 'you have become someone different suddenly' he laughed 'I am like this only, now I have the license, and after wedding will have the rights, I mean u too will have the same' 'then wait till u get the rights' he knew what she meant 'good u mentioned, now I need to talk to my daadi' 'about what' 'about getting my rights at the earliest' 'matlab?' 'matlab?, think, buddhu' 'I am not buddhu' 'oh sorry, you are pyaari buddhu' 'arjunnn'. Then she understood what he said and blushed deeply, wedding at the earliest? 'so soon?' she questioned 'I dont want to wait, do you?' he said. '' 'arohi?' 'whatever my bua decides' she said in a low voice, he laughed loudly 'good , so u too cant wait', they continued talking for more than an hour. sleep didnot seem like a necessity at all.
Next day after breakfast , bua asked arohi if she had anything particular in mind about the way the wedding should be. 'whatever you decide bua' she said , 'okay, I know there are some good muhurat's after 6 months' 6 months arohi felt suddenly disappointed so much delay? 'six months from now bua?' 'is it too early for you beta, we can look for later muhurat's as well according to my knowledge if not after six months, it can be after 4 more months that is 10 months from ...' arohi was shocked 'no no bua , I dont mind after six months' she said urgently. Seeing her besabri bua could not help but laugh 'looks like you dont mind if it is tomorrow as well' Arohi smiled shyly at her bua and pretended to be something else ' aru , I wanted to see u like this, to see u happy about marriage and ready to settle down , I am so happy beta' aro hugged her bua as her eyes filled up . 'singhania's are such nice people and arjun I dont even know how to praise that boy, even if I looked in the entire world I wouldnot be able to find a better boy for you' Arohi let the tears fall down 'what would have happened to us if you were not there bua, dont ever leave us' 'I will always be here pagli, you are the one who will be leaving us' 'no I am going to ask arjun to let me stay here with guddi, he said he is ready to move here' 'here? no no aru dont do that, are you sure his family will agree to this? bahu is expected to be in sasural' 'I know, I am not going to pressurise or insist, just thought of asking' 'are you sure arjun will agree to this?' 'I think so, I dont want guddi to move from here and be in a totally new place' 'she can stay with me' 'bua, then what about my whole point, I dont want to separate from her, I know this is like home to ther, but I want to be there with her' as their convo continued here, arjun was having his convo with his dadi , his parents and raashi at breakfast.
'wow this sabzi tastes superb daadi, I know u made it, everything you make tastes out of this world daadi' he licked his fingers. It tasted the same like before to others, and he had never praised it this way earlier. 'what are you buttering daadi for' raashi asked. 'buttering, why do I have to do any buttering, I am just glad u didnot make it' he tried in anothe way 'wow the house looks so empty and silent today, it looked so full and noisy yesterday' 'It was good going party, your song made it noisy' raashi teased him, he made a face at her 'I knew it was daadi's favourite song and I sang it for her' he said , 'I know for whom you chose it and why' raashi teased again , 'whatt?? how do you know why?' 'ha ha haa, got you, see daadi it was all just buttering' 'oye maska kis liye?' daadi asked him 'no for nothing, woh rights, license ...' 'license?' rudra asked 'for what' 'no dad, woh arohi and me , I mean the engagement , I mean ...' it would have been best if he talked about it when daadi was alone. Seeing his reactions raashi decided to throw another stone in the dark , 'daadi , did you tell him what pandit ji said 'no muhurat for next 9-10 months' winking at her.
Arjun practically jumped from his chair '9-10 months ?' he asked in disbelief. Now daadi understood what raashi was upto 'haan puttar, forgot to tell you , arjun beta woh 9-10 months later or a year later, we cannot do anything about it' rudra not knowing the wink or the tease 'then do as needed ma, talk to the panditji and fix the earlist that comes in 9 ' 10 months' and he left followed by kumud, leaving the three of them behind.
Arjun said irritatedly 'who is that panditji , I dont know any panditji fixing time for raashi's wedding, she had it when she wanted, now suddenly you are seeing time and muhurat's for mine' 'even during raashi's wedding we saw the muhurat, it was an early one' daadi supported raashi, 'see, she gets an early one and why cant I' he asked like a kid , raashi controlled her laughter and raised one hand up meaning I am special thats why . He got more irritated ' I dont believe in all this muhurat and stuff, I mean already I am ...' he stopped his next words 'what already? already you are in a hurry' raashi now let out her laugh followed by daadi. 'this sabzi is not that good' he pushed his plate away in anger. making them laugh more. 'daadi , send this clown away for a while I have to talk something serious with you' 'make me leave' raashi challenged him, before he could approach her daadi interfered 'if not 9-10 mths there is one closer than that' arjun stopped, but still had his doubts, 'how early?' fearing it will be not less than few months. 'next week' daadi said. He first thought he heard it wrong, then seeing his daadi's face he said 'yahooo!!, he lifted her up and turned her around 'oye , chod chod, my head is reeling' 'thank you thank you thank you thank you , daadi , you are the besttt' he kissed her cheeks and gave a victorious look to raashi, she first frowned at him then she too screamed 'yayayayay' both entwining the arms and facing opposite sides and turning around, did a bhangra with one hand. Daadi said she will inform and check with arohi as well, arjun stopped her that he will tell her himself.
Arohi told bua that arjun wanted to meet her at 6. Bua told her guddi can stay with her. Arohi couldnot thank her more. Guddi didnot like arohi leaving her so frequently but did not show that yet, she silently followed bua to her house. Arohi was too excited to notice it.
She started to get ready, with the nervousness and the new shyness from earlier returning back. She wanted to wear a saree for a change. She chose her peach colour one with light work on it. She tried to remember if she ever wore a saree in front of him and then remembered the school day when she did and he was there too. It made her nervous thinking what his reaction will be. Still she decided to go with it as she loved it on her and did not want to put it back. She was done when the door bell rang. She opened the door to see arjun standing outside holding a bunch of red flowers. He was wearing his black jeans and a light blue tee, he looked like he had just showered, and the cologne he wore was started to play with her already nervous heart. Busy observing him she did not notice the way he was looking at her and when he had stepped in and when had closed the door.
When she had opened the door he was stunned, he didnot expect to see her in a saree that too in such a gorgeous one. It looked like it was made keeping her in mind. and the color it almost mixed with her skin giving it a different glow. She had no right to look that pretty that too when he is so vulnerable. He had slowly stepped in and closed the door, while she was lost in looking at him. He handed her the roses without talking , she took it, this was the second time she got them from him, 'they are beautiful' she smelled them, the way she inhaled the scent made him loose control. 'shall we go' she said seeing his gaze wastt leaving her , 'we should' he said coming close to her. She moved to wear her sandals, he stopped her holding her arm and pulling her back where she was 'you look stunning' 'thanks' she said aware of the fact what would happen next and she was right, he was holding her again lightly placing his hand on her back and bending down to kiss her. 'arjun, I said that ...' he hardly heard her voice and now his hand slipped to her waist, she thought that luckily it was not on the side without the saree, she would faint if he did. That thought itself made her dizzy. As if reading her thoughts his hands switched. As she felt his warm hands on the other side of the waist , she took in a sharp breath . His fingers were on the saree and also lightly touching her skin. He too felt what she felt and the desire from last night returned along with the love and passion. He got a firm hold now and kissed her again. in the process causing the waist to be exposed some more and his hand getting a better position on it, her heart skipped a beat and she lost her senses. Arjun was in a similar state, He was right , it was more smoother than the silky material of her dress from yday. 'arohiii' he whispered in her ears 'I love you' , she was not in a state to hear anything, especially after she felt his hand completely perched on her waist making direct contact with her skin and feeling his fingers lightly move every other second. get a grip get a grip her inner voice woke her up and she tried moving away. Her red face and the downcast eyes made him want to continue holding her and feel the sweetness for longer, but then he realised how nervous she must be feeling and slowly made distance between them. He smiled at her 'lets go' walking to the door as she quietly followed, still trying to bring her heartbeat to normal.
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