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Prologue: Shyam's truth has been totally exposed even in front of Anjali. Anjali ousted Shyam out of her life and promised Arnav that she will be strong and will not break down and as promised she had been strong enough much to the families relief. She have soon become the normal joyful self except she has developed a new found stronger and practical personality to herself. Arnav and khushi were more than convinced about what all has happened in the past days, they started living their own happy life. Out of Anjali's force both have also gone to honeymoon and have not just invaded places but also invaded their own relation and have taken it to another level.
Today khushi was in one of her confused and worried moods and not letting Arnav know whats going on in her mind.
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The early morning sun rays that hit her directly from the lavish glass doors, made khushi smile in that radiant way which always would make Arnav's day more colorful as he witnesses it the first thing in the morning. She was resting her head on his chest and while his hand surrounded her shoulders bringing her closer on the big white bed of Arnav's room.
Sensing his stare and his little smile with her closed eyes, she snuggled a little in his arms and started moving away in order to look at him. He brought her back closer into the crook of his neck not at all liking the distance that she is trying to put in. She smiled more and snuggled inside hugging him with her hands around his stomach. The smile finally broadened in Arnav's face and he gently placed a kiss down on the side of her forehead.
Something processed in Khushi's mind and she opened her eyes only to find him looking down at her. She smiled in a assuring way and was lost for a moment staring in the distance. Realizing him noticing her expressions she popped out of her thoughts and again smiled at him in that reassuring way.
"Huh? Kya huwa?" he asked not liking her efforts to act a smile.
"Khuch bhi toh nahin" she said and started getting up from his arms. He instantly caught her at the elbow and pulled her back to make her look at him. "Khushi??" he asked in a more composed way.
"Hume dher horahee hai, rosoi main jaana hai" she said and jerked away from him.
Within the next few moments, she ran her way out of and inside the room from the pool side, collected a few things from the closet and was inside the washroom all in a lightning speed. To say her expressions and actions were weird would be an understatement.
"what?" he wondered raising his shoulders and got up from the bed.
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In the washroom, khushi looked at herself in the mirror and stared blankly. "Kya yeh hosaktha hai?" she asked herself.
"Par hum pata kaise kare?" she pouted.
She had missed her monthly menstrual cycle this month and it has been pretty late. This had been bugging her and added to that her untimely almost faints and vomiting symptoms are making her restless with numerous thoughts'
"Kya hum?" she closed her own mouth from saying what she was about to say and started worrying more.
It was her usual frantic worry self, the side of her that's immensely happy and is worried about her own happiness. The feeling which included excitement and hence worry. The feeling which made her jump with joy but in the next moment all worried to actually face it. More than anything else, she was worried to let him know about this thought. It was just a thought, not yet confirmed, "Par kya voh khush honge? Matlab, kya voh chahenge ki hum---"
"Par hame abhi pata toh nahin hai na?, kisi aur ko hum batana nahin chahthe, hum chahthe hai ki sab se pehle hum inhe bataye, lekin, batane ke baad agar ye baath sach nahin huwa toh? Bataye toh kaise bataye,?, voh kya kahenge?" she then looked up at her devi mayya.
"aap hume hamesha kisina kisi museebath main kyun daalthe hai devi mayya" she continued her own blabbering and was taking forever to come out of the washroom.
"Khushi! I'm getting late!! Kitnee dher hogayee hai? Aur tum---" she opened the door immediately with her hair wet and in a light blue saree'the color similar to that of the dreamy evening sky and one look at her made him completely forget the rest of his plans for the day.
He slowly made his way towards her staring right into her eyes. His gaze travelled all along her body and his looks made her shiver from the inner side. She swallowed hard as he made his way towards her'"maa-maaf kijiye, voh hame dher"
Her speech was interrupted as his tip of the finger travelled along her wet hair curls that hanged on the side of her face. He gently tugged them behind her ear lobe and looked right in her eyes with his hand still on one of her check. He was about to say something but was interrupted by her sudden sneeze'.
"What the?, tum theek ho?" he asked as he wrapped a hand around her shoulders and walked her to bed.
"Ha bas thodi se sardee"
"Kyun?"
"Kyun matlab? Har ek chees ka koi na koi waja honee chahiye kya? Hum yuhin bimar nahin padsakthe? Yuhin cheek nahin sakthe, yuhin khaas nahin sakthe?----
"Khushi relax, main bas--"
"hum yuhin behosh nahin hosakthe?" she argued blabbering all nonsense not noticing she is actually panicking him.
"Khushi??"
"Behosh honeka koi na koi waja honee chahiye kya? Hum bas kamsor bhi toh pad sakthe hai?" it was like she is talking more to herself not bothering about his reaction.
"Khushi, tum behosh huwi thi?" he exclaimed all of a sudden making her finally shut her mouth. She then observed his face and noticed the panic expression and his hands tightening around her shoulders.
"Kya?, hum behosh huwe the?" she repeated his sentence and he again had to give a 'what' expression.
She then laughed it off, "Humne kab kahan ki hum behosh huwe the? Humne bas yeh kahan, ki agar hum behosh hojaathe, iska matlab yeh toh nahin ki uska koi aur matlab hosaktha hai,, humara matlab hai, hum behosh nahin huwe, hume chakkar bhi nahin aya tha, matlab hum--" she trailed off scolding herself to stop talking.
She then glanced at him with a pouting face and then looked down. He held her face in both of his hands and made her look at him sitting down in front of her. When she did he could see there is definitely something else cooking in her mind.
"Khushi, kya huwa tumhe?" he asked with such tenderness in his voice that she decided to talk to him.
"Voh, hum--"
"Khushi!!! Ek minute kitchen main chalo mere saath" they heard Payal's voice followed by her presence in the room and their moment was as usual interrupted as khushi stood up and followed her sister leaving Arnav to his worried self.
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At the dining table, while everyone was seated busy going through their tasty parothas and sabzi, Nk shrieked as his eyes turned red.
"Ahh, Payal bhabi! Yeh sabzi itna spicy kyun hai?" he asked drinking water.
"Kya? Humne toh masala kam hi dale the" Payal was worried looking at every one.
"aap chinta mat kijiye Payalji, Nk bhai ko masala ki aadat nahin hai, sabzi bohath achee hai" Anjali said.
"Aur naahin toh kaa? Nk babuwa, laagatha tumko bhi pregnant woman ki jaisan, spicy food ek dum mana hai, hello hi bye bye" Manorama joked.
While everyone laughed off, khushi suddenly choked her food and started coughing.
"Khushi careful" Arnav was beside her and gave her water. She coughed more, so much that her eyes started tearing and she started taking deep breathes. Arnav fed her water, rubbed her back, nothing worked as she coughed more.
"Khushi.." he stood up beside her caressing her hair. "tum sab log chup chap khana nahin kha sakthe?" he said looking at everyone who were now surrounding khushi. She finally seemed to have composed herself and relaxed. He fed her more water and caressed her back.
"tum theek ho?" he asked when she seemed to have stopped coughing and have settled down. "Theek ho khushi?" he asked as there was no response from her the first time, not even a head nod like she would even though she wasn't alright.
"The'theeka?" she uttered.
"See, I told you, sabze pheeka--- I mean theeka tha" Nk said from behind.
"par khushiji aapko toh masala waala khaana pasand hai na?" Anjali said.
"ha di sabzi bohath acha hai, matlab, theeka nahin hai" khushi answered.
"But you just said---" Arnav was confused..khushi did like spicy food and he can tell the curry wasn't that spicy..
"Voh, hum, hume khane ka man nahin hai, hum kamre main jaate hai" she said and stood up suddenly. Before anyone could say anything, she made her way as fast as she could to her room.
"Khushi?" he uttered being totally confused. "Yeh khushi bitiya ko ho kya gaya hai?" nani said and everyone was having the same wondering thoughts.
He would give anything to go back to his room and talk to her if he dint somehow knew she wanted to be alone. Still he couldn't just go away leaving her when clearly she is worried about something. Deciding to give it a go, he walked to his room.
Back in their room, khushi was all herself again. "Yeh ho kya gaya tujhe khushi? Mami ji tere bare main thodi na kehrahahee thi, jo tum istarah khana chodden?"
She walked from one end of her room to another. "Aur waisebhi tujhe pata thodi na hai, ki tu--" she stopped midway and walked towards another end of the room.
"Par hum pata kaise karenge?" "Humne kisiko toh nahin bataya" "Jijise baath kare?"
"Nahin, nahin, agar jijine kuch kehdiya, toh phir hum Arnavji ko sab se pehle kaise bata sakthe hai?"
"Arnavji?" she considered telling him and was lost in her thought staring at herself in the mirror. Images of her being pregnant with a bulging stomach crossed her mind and a smile spread across her face. "Kya Arnavki kush honge?" she thought and closed her eyes.
"Khushi!" he entered the room startling her out of her thoughts. Seeing her calm expression with a dreamy smile spread across her face and the way she was staring at herself in the mirror, confused him more, nevertheless, her smile somehow relaxed him.
"Khushi tum?" his phone rang and he had to take it. "Yeah Aman, I'll be there in another 10 minutes, yeah, yeah"
Hanging up he looked at her apologetically, and she just smiled. He walked towards her and hugged her tight before kissing her on the forehead. He caught hold of her face and said a bye before turning around and leaving the room.
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He spent almost all his day wondering and worrying about what it could be that would bother her in such a way that she is not even worried or upset, what's more strange is her weird behavior. It was not hard for him to always read her face and know that she is upset, but she isn't even upset, she was just strange and it bothered him more. He was at a time frustrated but then composed himself, he would find out in the evening he thought to himself.
But when the evening came, he became way too busy unexpectedly, so much that he reached home late, but did not expect her to be asleep by then. As he walked across the room making sounds while he was freshening up, he realized she wasn't really sleeping, but just pretending to be asleep. Not liking the idea of disturbing from whatever she was doing, he crawled across he bed to his side and just laid down. Several moments passed and she was not cuddling into him or resting her head on his shoulder, like she would even in her deep sleep. This irked him more and he just turned away from her trying to sleep.
After a few more moments, he felt her hand snaking around his waist from behind and she rested her head on his back. Smiling to himself, he placed his hand on hers and looked sideways to feel her.
"Kya huwa khushi? Talk to me?" he whispered close to her face. She just snuggled into him hugging him tighter.
He then turned around to face her while she without opening her eyes buried her face in the crook of his neck. He wanted to have a proper look at her and with that gesture he did not understand what else to do. He just wrapped his hands around her and stayed silent. After a few seconds she opened her eyes and withdrew to look at him. One look at her and he instantly knew something was surely bugging her. Since she wasn't letting him know, he felt bad.
"Hum aapko batana chahthe hai" she said when she sensed the worried look in this face.
"Koi pareshaan honewaali baath nahin hai," she assured him and he just raised his eyes as in 'go on'..
"hum aapko batana chahthe hai, lekin uske liye aapko humare saath kahin chalna hoga, aap challenge humare saath?" she asked him.
"Ofcourse, kahan?"
"Voh hum kal batayenge" she said and snuggled inside his arm again.
"What? Abhi kyun nahin?" he asked
"Kyunki hum kal batana chahthe hai" she said and finally settled on his chest making an impression that it's the end of discussion. He just hugged her tighter and drifted off into sleep wondering what was awaiting him.
To be continued...
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