Four.
Anjali hesitated as she looked at how crowded the room was before she planted her gaze back on Arnav's face.
'You heard me, your going to take care of Khushi' Anjali said in a very demanding tone
'Di, work is work. You cant expect me to just take days off. I'm sure she can look after herself' Arnav replied. Anjali placed her hands on her hips
'We'll talk about this later' Anjali said before she turned to face a very lost Garima
'Since she completed the rituals, Aunty I think we'll take her home now' Anjali told her
'But she's asleep right now?' Garima reminded, Anjali smirked
'We have Chote don't we? He is her husband after all' Anjali said grinning, Arnav glared at her before he groaned. His Di was just as good at this game as Arnav was, in fact better. Arnav walked towards Khushi's bed and lifted the small cold figure and held her close, Khushi unconsciously nuzzled her head against Arnav's warm chest as her hand went around and gripped his collar. His breathing quickened as he inhaled her scent, she smelt like flowers. He looked down at her and analyzed her beauty properly for the first time ever. Her bold round eyes shape with the longest, curliest eyelashes. Her flushed rosy cheeks and deep red bow shaped lips. Her long chocolate brown hair was scattered along the side of his chest, and Arnav couldn't see her any less then perfection.
'Chote if you're done staring at your wife shall we go?' Anjali called from the door, Arnav shot her an angry look as his cheeks began to fill a light red colour, he sighed as he walked towards the door. What the hell was he just doing?
The family reached Shantivan and Arnav took Khushi and her bags of clothes to their room, he laid her down on the bed and turned to leave when he felt a pull. He turned and found that Khushi's hand was firmly gripping onto his shirt, she still hadn't let go. Arnav placed his hand on top of hers and tugged at it but she refused to let go, he tried again tugging at it harder this time causing Khushi to scrunch her eyebrows he bit his tongue hoping he wouldn't wake her up. Luck was in his side as she returned to her neutral expressions, Arnav let out a breath being a husband was damn right difficult. All of a sudden Khushi began to turn over, her hand still holding on to his top. She turned completely to the side causing Arnav to fall on top of her, the gap between hers and Arnav's face could barely be called an inch. The smell of flowers filled his body once again causing him to loosen a little, but a little too much. Khushi opened her eyes and found Arnav's face no distance from hers she instantly screamed scaring the hell out of Arnav. She shot up banging her head against his in the process making her yell out in pain her head was already hurting enough as it was.
'Be careful, you don't want to go completely mindless' Arnav said rudely
'Then why the hell were you so close! You scared the life out of me' Khushi explained rubbing her forehead, the images of his face so close to hers were tattooed into her thoughts.
'Well Di said I have to take care of you and take time off work for it too. It'll help if you convince her rather then me, she definitely isn't going to listen a word that I say' Arnav told her Khushi nodded and got up for Di's room but her feet were close to numb. She took a few steps and wobbled Arnav shot up in awareness of how she was definitely going to fall flat on her face. He slid his arm around her thin waist and pulled her close to him causing her pace to steady but her heart rate to go wild. Why was he doing this? He doesn't care? Di must have really pressured him. Anjali appeared at the door and instantly smiled at the couple standing in each others arms. What timing.
'Sorry to interrupt you guys, but I just brought some soup and medicine for Khushi' Di said, Arnav and Khushi instantly broke of from each other and stood straight in front of Di, Khushi wobbled again.
'Oh for god sake!' He yelled before holding her waist again, her bad health was really making him angry now. Enough was enough and he really disliked having to be around her like this, Khushi frowned in guilt. She knew he hated having to be near her let alone touch her and there she was barely standing making it look like she was deliberately enjoying this. She looked up at Di
'Di, I'm improving a lot and I don't need Arnav to stay with me for the next few days. The more independent I am in this the better' Khushi said forcibly, Anjali let out a laugh
'Khushi.. you cant even stand' Anjali pointed out gazing down at arnavs arm hooked on her slender waist
'Even if you don't want him to, he's taking days off' Anjali said adamantly, she placed the soup and tablets on the table
'Chote make sure you feed this to her before the medicine' Anjali said walking out of the room, not listening to a single thing neither of the two had to say. Arnav loosened his shoulders, maybe this marriage thing wasn't as good an idea as he thought it was.
'You can leave early for work tomorrow so Di doesn't find out. I'm not making you stay' Khushi said looking at the floor as Arnav walked her to the bed where he sat her down.
'I could but I wont. I don't lie to my sister' Arnav said before marching out of the bedroom. Khushi looked away, she hated this, she hated him. She didn't want to be here but for his sake she was, even though he still made her feel so uncomfortable. At that moment she felt like running away to a happier place, to her own home but her legs were not in the mood to carry her. Instead she pulled back on his bed and snuggled between the sheets comfortably. She couldn't even call the bed her own but it was the only support she had right now.
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Arnav had spent another few hours of the night with Lavanya to cool down. Marrying Khushi was such a big mistake and the one place he felt right was with Lavanya. At least everything was normal with her. At 1a.m Arnav left Lavanya's house and headed home only to find his Di sitting on the living room coach waiting for him.
'Di why are you up so late?' Arnav asked walking in
'Because of you' She answered bitterly
'What do you mean Di? What did I do?' Arnav questioned in confusion.
'I went over to your room to pick up what I expected to be a finished soup bowl, but instead I find it full and cold still sitting where I placed it along with the medicine and Khushi fast asleep with an even worse temperature. All I did was ask you to give her these two things and they were untouched. How careless can you be! Just go upstairs and look at the state of your wife Arnav. You're the one who's doing this to her' Anjali almost yelled taking Arnav by surprise 'And anyway, where on earth where you till 1 in the morning?'
'I was out' Arnav simply answered not really lying, Anjali took Arnav's arm and led him up the stairs to his bedroom stopping in front of the shivering figure barely taking up any space from the bed. Arnav walked over till he was directly facing her. Her skin was visibly drained of colour as she shivered even under the layers. Her eyelids were puffy and her nose and cheeks were drowned in a deep shade of red.
'I called the doctor again and he said she needs to eat and she needs body heat, I suggest you sleep close to her tonight' Anjali said, Arnav's head shot up and Anjali raised an eyebrow
'Don't be so dramatic Arnav, she's your wife what difference does it make if you sleep a little bit closer to her?' Di said, her thoughts questioning if they even had a suhaag raat or not, from Arnav's expressions it sure didn't look like it.
'Fine Di, but its late, you should go and sleep' Arnav replied, Anjali nodded suspiciously before walking out of the bedroom doors, Arnav locking them seconds behind her. He turned and faced his wife before he brushed his hand through his hair. What on earth was he meant to do now?
Part One: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/3230076/os-defeated-mistakes
Part Two: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/3230094/os-defeated-mistakes
Part Three: https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/iss-pyaar-ko-kya-naam-doon/3232207/os-defeated-mistakes
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