Tera Mera Pyaar [FF] [Link to Thread 2 on Pg 151] - Page 57

He looked up at the wall clock and sighed looking at the time; another late night but the last one; at least for a while. He closed the file, keeping it at the night stand and then walked out of the room. He walked towards Arohi's room; the door of her room was left ajar. He pushed the door a little open and poked his head inside and then shook his head looking at the sight. He opened the door completely and walked in. There inside Arohi was fast asleep with books and notes spread besides her. This was not new to Arjun. There were a few times when Arjun and walked into her room and had come in contact with the same sight.

It's been almost three months since Arohi's break down that night and the first day of her University. Since then Arjun had always been worried about her. Every night he would go to her room to check if she was okay and if she was crying again. And he had not seen her cry up till now, about which he was really glad. He would not get any sleep until he was sure that Arohi was asleep. And during few of those times he had found Arohi asleep with her books and notes spread all over her bed. He had seen her dedication towards her studies and was really very impressed by it. He had also seen the assignments and presentations made by her and was left speechless. He had no idea that his wife has so much knowledge. There was also a couple of times where Arohi didn't understand a point and would need help, at that time Arjun would gladly help her and would also enjoy it.

Arjun looked down at Arohi and chuckled, she was sleeping at the corner of the bed and there was a very little space for her; she'll fall down the second she moves. He first removed the book which she was clutching and then moved towards the other side of the bed and gathered the rest of the books and notes. He piled it up nicely and kept it on the small table at the corner of her room. He walked back towards the bed, adjusted Arohi's head on the pillow and pulled up the comforter above her. Arohi immediately turned to her side clutching the comforter and snuggled under it making herself comfortable and Arjun smile faintly. He switched off the lights and walked back to his room. He went through the file one last time, closed the flap of his laptop and lay down on his bed. And just in a couple of seconds he was fast asleep.

In the last three months Arjun have been very busy with the work at the office. So busy that he hardly had time to even breathe. Along with the project with the foreign clients, Arjun's company got two more projects which kept him occupied all the time. Most of his times were spent in the office doing some or the other work. And there was this client of his who was never satisfied and would always add a new point, because of which the whole plan, would have to be made again. It was very frustrating for Arjun and his employees. And during all this time he didn't get much time to spend with Arohi. He had made sure that it was him who would drop her to the University everyday so that he would at least get the few hours in the morning with her where they would talk about how their previous day was. Other than that they would meet in the office whenever Arohi would come there and then there were sometimes when they would get to have dinner together at home. All these while Arjun would often get those strange feelings, he would always feel the completeness in his heart whenever he would be with Arohi and then there would be the strange kind of pain when he would see Arohi leave or he had to leave and would always feel the emptiness. But he didn't have the time to analyze what this feeling is. His work didn't allow him to do so.

It was the same with Arohi; she had started getting weird feelings whenever she would be with Arjun. She liked spending time with him, though it was very little, she liked talking to him, telling him about how her day was at the University, then she would always show him her assignment's and presentations to check if there are any mistakes or a point is to be added or removed and etc. She liked it when he would praise her after looking at her assignment's and presentation. It was like she just wanted to hear him praise her. But then whenever she would think about why she feels like this, she would always come to a conclusion that it's because she had never been close to any person of the opposite gender and being with Arjun or hearing him praise her is all new to her.

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Arohi woke up the next morning, she saw that all her books and notes were neatly kept on the table and there was a comforter over her. She sighs when she remembers that while she had been studying last night, she had fallen asleep and then like always Arjun had come to her room, kept the books neatly on the table and had pulled on a comforter on her. When this happened for the first time, it was very embarrassing for Arohi, knowing that Arjun had come to her room the previous night and had seen that she had fallen asleep while she was studying. For a few days she had made sure that she didn't fell asleep while she was studying. But when the same thing happened again and Arjun had told her that she should not take so much stress and should make sure that she gets enough sleep or else she would get sick; at that time she had looked into Arjun's eyes and the only thing she could see was utmost care for her and all the embarrassment vanished in a blink. And she did listen to him but there were a few times when the study load would be too much and she couldn't help it and would fall asleep while studying but she never felt embarrassed again.

She pushed the comforter aside, walked towards her wardrobe picked out the clothes to wear for the day and went to take shower. After a good half an hour, she came out fully dressed and walked towards the dresser. She brushed her hair and applied a little make-up. She then folded her comforter and walked out of her room, towards Arjun's room. She knocked on the door. When she didn't hear a reply, she turned the door knob and opened the room. She could hear a faint sound of shower running in the bathroom. She walked towards his closet and slide the door open. She glanced at a couple of his suits, deciding on which one should she remove for Arjun. This was one of her routines. It started when one day Arohi was waiting for Arjun on the breakfast table for a little while longer than usual. When he didn't come down after long time, she went to his room. After a few knocks when there was no response she had turned the door knob and opened the door only to find Arjun sleeping soundlessly. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as the previous day she had heard Arjun talk about some important meeting, which was to be held the next day in the morning. And she had never seen Arjun sleeping till late even if it was a Sunday. She'd then woken him up by shaking him a couple of times and once Arjun was awake, he had immediately thanked Arohi and had mumbled about meeting and being late; and had requested Arohi to pick out whichever suit she likes, for him and had rushed to the bathroom leaving Arohi rooted at the spot. She'd picked out a suit for him after she'd replayed everything in her mind again and was sure that she had actually heard him say that.

She thought for a moment longer and then finally decided on a charcoal grey suit with pale blue shirt and dark blue stripes tie. She removed it and kept it on the bed. She went back to her room to pick up her bag so that she doesn't have to climb back up for it again and then went down to prepare breakfast.

Arjun came out after taking a shower and saw his suit placed on the bed. A smile came up on his lips as he remembered the day when he had first asked her to pick his suit for him. If Arohi had not woken him up that day, he would have been late for his meeting, he would have not woken up in the first place, he was that tired. From that day Arohi would come to Arjun's room every morning to make sure that he was awake and then would pick out clothes for him every day, it happened automatically and neither one had commented on it, in fact both of them liked this new development in their relationship.

~*~

Arjun and Arohi got down from the car and walked towards the University building where Arohi's friends were waiting for Arohi. Arohi waved at Shefali and Shefali came bouncing towards her. "Hie," said Shefali giving Arohi a hug and then looked towards Arjun and said slyly, "Hi Arjun," to which Arohi nudged her, making Shefali squeal lightly. "Hi," Arjun said looking back and forth between Arohi and Shefali and then raised an eyebrow at them questioningly. Both Arohi and Shefali shook their head together. Arjun looked at them for a moment not satisfied with their answer but didn't ask again. He greeted Romit and Sanchit by giving them a side hug. Sanchit then walked towards Arohi and said hi to her, which was a little too cozy according to Arjun but he ignored it and chatted with Romit for a couple of minutes.

Sanchit, Romit, Shefali and Arohi had become very good friends after Arohi's first day at the University and would always be together. They got to know about Arohi's marriage few days later when Shefali had pointed out the name on her pen which Arjun had gifted her and Shefali had asked who Arjun was. Arohi had, without any hesitation, told them that he was her husband and their jaws reached the ground. When Shefali had asked her why didn't she told them about her marriage before, Arohi had just shrugged her shoulders telling that it was not a big deal and she would have told them in a few days anyways. They didn't say anything else to her except that they want to meet this, 'Arjun Singhania' eagerly. Arjun had met them the very next day when Arohi told him that her friends were eager to meet him. When they got to know that 'the Arjun Singhania,' their friend's husband, is none other than the owner of The Singhania Industries they were left dumbfounded. There was a little awkwardness in the start, but later they chatted as if they were long lost friends. Arjun really liked the three of them especially the care which they had for each other. He was happy that Arohi had such nice and caring friends. Soon enough the three of them met Rajvir, Rashi, Jai, Archana, Dhruv and the kids and became fast friends.

After the pleasantries, Arjun invited the three of them for the party. "We'll definitely come man," said Romit and then added, "Let us know if you need any help." "Everything is under control, but I'll tell you if I need any help," Arjun said smilingly and mock punched on his shoulder. He looked at the time in his wrist watch and said, "I should leave," he turned towards Arohi and asked, "I'll see you at the office?" Arohi smiled lightly and nodded her head. "Bye then," he said in a low voice to Arohi and moved forward to kiss her on the forehead but he moved back after noticing that the other three were staring at them and it would not be a good option to kiss Arohi, though it was on the forehead and he was her husband. Arohi felt a little bad that he didn't kiss her as he always did when he would leave her at the University but didn't show it on her face. Arjun said bye to the others and left. And the four of them walked towards their classroom.

"How can you resist him?" Shefali asked in a low voice so that Sanchit and Romit could not hear her. Arohi turned her face towards Shefali and gave her a questioning look as if asking her what she means. "What I mean is Arjun is so hot, so sexy and he's your husband; how can you not want to throw yourself all over him? If I had been in your place I would have not taken my hands off him," Shefali said dreamingly. Arohi gasped hearing her words, immediately composed herself and gave a death glare to Shefali as if telling her 'it was her husband Shefali was taking about.' Shefali raised her hands a bit up in surrender. "Fine, but I'll still say that he's hot," Shefali said in a teasing manner only to earn a whack from Arohi on her arm.

Shefali knew how Arjun's and Arohi's relation was, that they didn't share any relation of that of husband and wife. Arohi and Shefali were once paired for a presentation, for which both of them had gone to Arohi's house for the preparation. At that time Shefali had noticed that Arjun and Arohi have separate rooms. She had immediately questioned Arohi about that and had asked if there were any problems in their relationship making Arohi flabbergasted. And the very next second, Shefali apologized, seeing the look on Arohi's face. But Arohi didn't hid anything from her, she told everything to Shefali about her and Arjun's marriage and how their relation was. She didn't felt like hiding anything from Shefali and that she could trust her. Shefali didn't break her trust; she promised that whatever Arohi had told her, will be safe with her and she did keep her promise for which Arohi was glad and happy to have a friend like Shefali. From that day Shefali and Arohi were best of friends and Shefali would always tease Arohi by saying how hot and sexy Arjun was and Arohi would immediately feel jealous.

~*~

Arohi went to open the door when she heard the doorbell ring. She opened the door and saw Archana and Jai. Archana moved forward and hugged her and Jai smiled at her. She moved a side to let both of them in and then closed the door. Arjun was coming downstairs whilst talking on the phone when he saw Jai and Archana. He went and side hugged Jai and gestured him with his hands to just give him a minute. "What were you doing?" Archana asked Arohi. But before Arohi could reply she said, "Whatever you were doing will have to wait because we are going shopping," she chirped. Arohi looked at Jai who chuckled at his girlfriend and shrugged at Arohi. "But I have to go to the University," said Arohi. "No you don't have to," Archana said sternly and Arohi took two steps backwards, startled at her tone. "Anyways even Shefali and Rashi are coming and we have to buy new dresses for the party," Archana added. Arohi was about to say something but Archana shut her off by saying, "now don't tell me that you have a dress for the party, cause I know you don't, I've seen your wardrobe. So we are going for shopping and it's decided."

"What's up?" Arjun asked as he joined them. "Nothing, I'm stealing your wife for few hours," answered Archana. "What about the University?" Arjun asked looking at Arohi. "She's not going," Archana said shrugging her shoulders. Arohi looked at Arjun pleadingly, as if asking him to do something, but Arjun just shrugged his shoulder. Arohi huffed making Arjun chuckle. "Let's go," Archana said pulling Arohi. "At least give me a minute to get ready," Arohi said trying to pull back her hand from Archana's hold. Archana paused but didn't leave Arohi's hand. "You look good," she said only to earn a glare from Arohi. But then she allowed Arohi to grab her stuff's and then they left after the byes and the see you laters.

All this while, Arjun and Jai were the silent spectators, enjoying the little bickering between Arohi and Archana. "God, save Arohi," Jai said shaking his head and making Arjun laugh. "Let's go up to my room, I have to grab a few stuff's and then we'll leave," Arjun said and walked towards the staircase. "All set for tomorrow?" Jai enquired about the party while following Arjun. "Yup, pretty much," Arjun replied nodding his head.

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"Let's go there," Arohi heard Shefali say. "Why can't they decide where they have to go?" Tanvi huffed. Arohi looked down at Tanvi, who was holding her hand, and chuckled. From the last 2 hours, they have been roaming around the mall and Archana and Shefali are trying to decide from which shop they should buy their clothes. And on the other side Chirag and Tanvi were now getting all irritated. Especially Chirag, he just wants to get down from the stroller and roam around. Since the day he started walking, he doesn't like moving in strollers or in anyone's arms. She looked at her side when she heard Chirag bawling and Rashi trying to make him calm. "I think I'll take these 2 home now. God knows how long Archie and Shefali are going to take," Rashi said shaking her head. "You should," Arohi said moving her hand over Tanvi's head who looked very tired. Rashi left after saying bye to Arohi and asking her also to tell Archana and Shefali.

Arohi walked into the store where Shefali and Archana had last entered and hopefully were still there. And yeah they were there still there and were looking at some dresses. She reached towards them and told them about the kids getting irritated and Rashi leave-taking. Archana selected a few dresses and went to try them on while Arohi and Shefali were on a selecting process. Arohi was looking at a black dress when she heard, "It will look good on you and I'm sure Arjun will be a goner if you'll wear this in front of him and then he'll not let you sleep in another room," from Shefali. Arohi gaped at her, eyes wide, mouth wide open. Shefali looked at Arohi's shocked expression and asked, "What?" but Arohi was not in a state to speak anything. When Arohi didn't say anything, Shefali said, "You know it's strange to know that a husband and a wife who are apparently newlyweds, don't share a bed room," Shefali shrugged. Arohi looked down and thought about what Shefali said. She came to a conclusion that Shefali was right. Husband and Wife do share a bed room but she and Arjun don't. It is a bad thing? She questioned herself. But before she could answer Shefali asked her to go and try the dress. Arohi nodded her head and went to try the dress leaving the thoughts wander in her head.

~*~

"How much time are they going to take?" Arjun asked pacing from left to right and looking at the time again and again. "I'd told you before," Jai said with a laugh referring to the day of Arjun and Arohi's Reception Party. "You know its Archana. Arohi never takes so long to get ready," Arjun defended his wife. "Yeah, yeah," Jai said mockingly. Arohi and Archana were at Arjun and Arohi place and were getting ready from God only knows how long. When Arjun had arrived an hour back the door of Arohi's room was locked. He had knocked on the door and had informed them that they would be leaving in half an hour. He already knew that Archana was along with Arohi. She had said him yesterday about it. Even Shefali was going to come here but she'd cancelled it later and had said that she would meet them directly at the venue. And now Arjun was glad about it, as from last 40 minutes he and Jai are waiting for their respective ladies to come down so that they could leave. If Shefali would have joined them, they probably would have reached the venue the next day.

Arjun picked up his ringing cell phone. "Yeah, we are leaving," Arjun said to Dhruv who had called him up for the upteenth time asking him where he was. "Liar," Dhruv said and asked him to leave as soon as possible. Arjun again looked at his watch making Jai chuckle. "It's so good right? The host of the party will be the one who'll be the last one to reach at the party?" Arjun said sarcastically only making Jai laugh harder. He was sitting and enjoying the various expressions on Arjun's face from the moment he came and were waiting for Arohi and Archana. Arjun is a very patient man but when it's related to his work, he's always impatient.

"I'm here," Archana squealed as she reached the last stair and walked directly towards Jai who immediately hugged her and said, "You look hot baby," he kissed her cheek making her blush. "Where's Arohi?" Arjun asked bring the two back from their 'Love Land.' "There she is?" Archana said pointing towards the staircase. Arjun looked towards the staircase and took a sharp intake of breath. There in front of him stood his wife, wearing a black halter neck dress which was hugging her body at the perfect places showing her perfect curves and ended just above her knees. Arjun had mostly seen his wife in salwar kameezes and jeans with kurti's but never in his wildest dream he had imagined Arohi wearing a dress and looking so beautiful, so gorgeous, so graceful, so innocent, so sexy and so... so hot!!! And the heels she'd worn were making her look taller than usual. His eyes lazily moved down Arohi's body taking in every inch, every curve of her body.

Arjun eyes moved back up directly in Arohi's eyes which made Arohi shudder. His eyes were full of passion. And the way his eyes moved over her was so intense. She could feel his gaze moving on her body. She had never seen this kind of passion in Arjun's eyes and it was now making her anxious. 'Was she looing good?' the thought occurred in her mind. Arohi was a type of person who was always comfortable wearing salwar kameezes or jeans kurtis not that she'd never worn dresses, she has but on very rare occasions and never really cared about her looks. But now for the first time, by the looks of Arjun, she's being concern about how she is looking. She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. She was so nervous that her hands were shivering. She then looked down at Arjun who was wearing a slim fit dark grey trouser and black shirt and a black jacket with leather shoes. There was no doubt in her mind about how handsome her husband is.

Jai nudged Archana and pointed towards Arjun and Arohi who were now lost in each other's eyes. Archana gestured Jai to wait and then in a slow voice, "How is Arohi looking Arjun?" she asked a small smile on her face. "Beautiful," immediately Arjun replied in a husky voice making Arohi gasp. His eyes grew wide; did he just say that loudly? He questioned himself and saw Arohi's cheeks turn crimson. She looked down shyly and fidgeted with her fingers. Yeah he did say that loud enough for everyone to hear. He mentally kicked himself and was also glad that he didn't say the word 'Hot,' or 'Sexy.' Arjun shuffled in his place and stammered, "I... I mean... yeah... what I wanted to say..." He tried to form a statement but was not able to. At that, his best friend came to his rescue, "yeah we know what did you mean to say, now let's go or else 'the HOST' will be very late," he emphasized on the word host, referring to Arjun. "Yeah let's go," Arjun said looking at Arohi from the corner of his eyes who was still all crimson.

~*~

Arjun was driving the car, with Jai on the passenger side and the ladies were behind. Arjun kept on looking at the rear view, not to the cars those were behind him but to his wife who was oblivious to it as she was busy chatting with Archana. Jai was looking at Arjun from the corner of his eyes. He cleared his throat to gain Arjun's attention, in which he was successful. Arjun raised an eyebrow at Jai to which Jai just pointed his figure to the front, telling Arjun to concentrate on the road. Arjun flushed at being caught and nodded his head but it didn't stop him from looking at the rearview mirror again and again which only made Jai smile and shake his head.

They entered the venue and all eyes were on them. Arjun noticed a few guys looking at Arohi as if she was something to eat and it immediately angered him. He put his hand on Arohi's waist and gave a death glare to the guys. Arohi looked up at Arjun when she felt his hand on her waist but he was busy glaring at the guys. Her eyes followed where his eyes were looking and noticed the guys staring at her. She stiffened, but relaxed when Arjun pulled her a little closer and whispered in her ear, "Relax." Arjun had felt her body tense. He made a mental note to not to leave Arohi alone until and unless she was with their friends. He could not risk leaving Arohi alone. Arohi sighed and nodded her head. They both then met few of Arjun's clients and then Arohi joined their friends and Arjun went to greet the others. But his eyes never left Arohi. It was like he couldn't take his eyes off her. Even Arohi, she was looking at Arjun after every few minutes. And whenever their eyes would meet, she would immediately look away and could not help the blush which would appear on her face.

"We are now going to have dancing for the couples, so all the couples out there please come on the dance floor and enjoy this lovely song," announced the DJ and all the couples walked towards the dance floor as the music started. Arohi was standing with Dhruv and Sanchit; adoring the couples when she saw a hand in front of her. She looked up to see who that hand belonged to and it was none other than her husband. She stared at him for a few seconds and then kept her hand in his and Arjun pulled her towards the dance floor. Their eyes glued to each other's.

Arjun kept his hand on Arohi's waist and Arohi's went around Arjun's neck as the song played...

As the song proceeded, Arjun pulled Arohi closer. His hands moved a little up on her back touching her skin, which made Arohi gasp and a little dizzy. His touch was doing something to her and she didn't know what it was. The sound of her gasp only made him pull her closer. It was making him go insane.

"You do look beautiful," Arjun whispered. Though the music was loud, Arohi heard each and every word by Arjun clearly. "Thank you," she whispered back and blushed. He pushed the strand of her hair behind her ear; his fingers brushing over her cheeks ever so lightly which made Arohi lower her eyes. He swirled her and pulled her close. Arohi's back was now glued to Arjun's chest and their hands were intertwined and placed on Arohi's stomach. Arjun lowered his head, his nose touching the back of Arohi's ear and breathed out making Arohi shiver and grasp Arjun's hands tightly. They continued dancing the same way.

Both were completely lost in each other, enjoying the closeness. It was like rest of the world had disappeared for them and they were the only one there. The lyrics of the song were perfect for them. They could feel the 'Rabta,' the connection between them but could not name it and were not really in a mood to think about it. All they wanted to do was enjoy the moment.

Dhruv was sitting at the bar and was looking at Arjun and Arohi. Jai came and sat on the stool next to him when Archana had excused herself for a few minutes. There was silence between them until Dhruv sighed. "They love each other," he said to Jai, still looking at Arjun and Arohi. "I know," Jai replied; even he was looking at Arjun and Arohi. "But they don't know that," Dhruv said and looked at Jai. "And by the time they'll know about it, they'll be old enough," said Jai. There was silence for some time. "We'll have to do something," Dhruv said and Jai agreed, "We'll have to; very soon though." Dhruv thought for a moment and then said, "I have a plan." He got down of the stool and whispered his plan in Jai's ear.

"Superb," Jai said and grinned. They fist bumped each other and looked at Arjun and Arohi with wide smile on their face.

~*~