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Chapter Two
A Secret Unraveled...
No Khushi! Dont you dare!
Don't even think about it, Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!
Yes dare...
No Khushi listen, let's make a dea...
But before he could complete his sentence her fingers will all over him poking him and tickling him.
Out of the hundred secrets that Arnav Singh Raizada kept, there was one he pledged to take to his grave and beyond! No one could ever be privy to this one little secret!
The great ASR was ticklish!
Amidst various giggles he tried to hold her hands to stop her onslaught.
Wait hold it there! The stone faced, cold hearted ASR was giggling like a girl! No, No what the- way, lets call it laughing.
As various giggles; ahem... Laughter wracked his body; he tried to strike a deal with the beautiful devil.
Kh.. Khus... Khushi list..en. Ffine. Keep it. Juss.. Just stop.
She stood over him with hands on her hips and a victory smirk etched on her face. Any other time he would have loved to see this smile but right now he was having trouble catching his breath!
He doubled over, holding his sides cursing under his breath.
She walked out of the room with the photograph and a huge "Di" call.
Shit! She called Di! What if she told Di!
He looked skyward and mumbled, "Just this one thing. The one thing that nobody could ever know and now she does." That little, annoying, devil of a person and his wife, Kushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada knew! Therefore, the whole world would now know!
He needed leverage to shut her up and fast!
*****
Another part of RM
Di, what are you doing here? You should rest.
Woh, Khushiji. I wanted to have Jalebis!
Jalebis! I'll make them Di.
*****
Phew! Quick thinking!
He stood outside the kitchen listening to the easy banter of his wife and Di on far away topics and sighed.
A while earlier
He had intercepted his Di near his Nani's room before her.
"Di, where can I get good Jalebis from?"
"You fought with her again Chote?"
"No Di its not like that. She wants them."
"Its ok, Chote. I'll make them. I feel like having them too."
"But Di, in this condition."
"I'm pregnant not ill Chote. Relax."
That went better than I thought!
*****
In the kitchen
"Khushiji, where did you find this?" Anjali picked up a worn out photo from the kitchen top and smiled.
"I was helping Hariprakashji in cleaning the store room. I found it in a cupboard there."
"He was so cute and fat but still grumpy." a giggling Khushi remarked.
"Chote has always been like that. Akdu! He doesn't even get tickled Khushiji."
"Di, he does get-"
"KHUSHI! Payal is calling you!" a flustered Arnav entered the kitchen with a huff.
Phew! That was close! He raised his eyes skywards the second time in an hour and mumbled, "Seriously!"
"Di, I'll take you to your room and ask HP to get you the jalebis there!"
*****
"Hi Khushi!" he greeted her in his soft husky voice, his lips near her ear.
"Eeaaahhh..."
The juice she had volunteered to deliver to Mamiji's room now lay in a puddle around the dressing table and in her favourite make up box.
"Hai Devi Mayya yeh kya hogaya" and Arnav Singh Raizada smirked. Here was the leverage. If you cant find one, make one. Amen!
"Khushi! Kya kiya tumne? Mamiji ka makeup kit pe juice gira diya! It was so expensive main Italy se laaya tha!"
"Humme maaf kardijiye Arnavji! Humne jaan bujke nahi kiya. Woh aap aise aaye to hum dar gaye."
He dragged her out of the room and into his room while she bit on her nails.
"Khushi jo hua so hua. Now let's make a deal. Kisine tumhe waha nahin dekha except me so don't worry. Main kisiko nahi bataunga but..."
"Aap kitne acche hai Arnavji."
"I am not done Khushi. Main kisi ko nahi bataunga agar tum kisi ko nahi bataogi!"
"Kya nahi batayenge?" she scrunched her eyebrows in confusion.
"Don't act smart Khushi. Don't tell anyone that I can get tickled especially Di and give me the photograph."
"Nahi hum aapko woh photo nahi denge par hum kisi ko nahi batayenge. Please Arnavji. Humein woh photo chahiye. Aap kitne cute lag rahe ho, woh bhi bina kapdo ke!" she had thrown the last few words just to irk him.
Had she realized the implications of her words she wouldn't have been Khushi Kumar Gupta Singh Raizada.
"Oh. You think I look good without clothes, Khushi?" he raised an eyebrow a tiny smirk on his face.
"Ah... Haan iss photo mein aap kitne acche lag rahe hai."
"Khushi waise mein abhi bhi itna bura nahi dikhta kyun?"in one swift motion he plucked the waist coat buttons and discarded it.
"Kapdo ke binna..." he added for her benefit. He just pulled at his tie, smirk still intact.
"Aa..Aap yeh kya kar rahe hai?" he chose not to reply and unbuttoned the top two buttons of his shirt.
"Kapde uthar raha hu. Tumhe mein binna kapdo ke accha lagta hu na?" he made a move to open the remaining buttons of the shirt but she caught his hand.
"Hai Devi Mayya! Humne aise kab kaha?"
"Abhi Abhi Khushi."
"Humara matlab woh nahi tha! Hum to iss tasveer ki baat kar rahe the!"
"Toh tum aab yeh keh rahi ho ki mein ab accha nahi lagta?"
"Humne aise thodi na kaha hai."
"Toh tum yeh keh rahi ho ki main accha dikhta hoon"
"Hey Devi Mayya!" she bit on her lower lip in confusion.
"Khushi tumhare gaal pure laal ho gaye. Baad mein sochke batana." he kissed her on the cheek, flicked her cute red button nose and made his way to the bathroom, a smirk on his face but not without a second glance at a dumbstruck and blushing Khushi.
She stood there transfixed a hand on her kissed cheek and mouth open in a perfect O as her face turned from tomato to beet root red.
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