A lot of you wanted me to continue this idea, so giving into the requests I wrote another piece following the one shot i had written previously. I plan to write only a couple more chapters considering as and when the idea comes to me. For now, here is part 2, so ENJOY
PART 2
"Bacha! It's Arnavvv." Rohan called out to khushi from the foot of the stairs in response to her earlier "please open the door bhai" from her bedroom upstairs where she was busy dressing up.
He heard an urgent, "I'll be down in five, ask him to sit please." from upstairs and followed his baby sister's command. Rohan looked back from the stairs at arnav to find him smiling and already moving towards the lounge. Rohan smiled to himself and followed arnav to the lounge.
After Khushi's engagement with Arnav only a week after their first meeting at the cafe, the two families had found multiple reasons of meeting up, not to forget payal and akash's link. Rohan and Arnav had grown very fond of each other with time, had gotten to know each other better and maintained a good camaraderie so the atmosphere in the lounge was anything but awkward. So when khushi came downstairs and entered the lounge , she took a moment to just stand at the door and admire the scene in front of her, the two most important men in her life, sitting together, talking, arnav smiling and listening intently to what her bhai was saying, it seemed like the most heartwarming sight to her but soon arnav turned, as if sensing her presence, smiled at her while appraising her from head to toe in one swift look - that only she could decipher - and politely taking Rohan's leave, lead khushi out of the house and into the car.
Driving off after waving Rohan a final bye, the first thing arnav did was turn his car into the first alley, switch the engine off and kiss his breathtakingly beautiful fiance till they were both panting and absolutely breathless.
...
"It's so weird, no?" khushi spoke as soon as she was over her blushing spree after the unanticipated kiss from arnav.
Arnav who had been smiling to himself uptil now, turned his face towards her to for a second, observed her, and turning his eyes back to the road, spoke,
"What's weird?"
"This! You know, payal and akash, me and you, their wedding, our engagement, now this, they are having a baby, I mean ... awww, they're having a baby"
Khushi was absolutely adorable, from calling something weird, she had gone to expressing her awe at the bit about the baby in one sentence only. And arnav knew well how much she loved babies. However he still asked just to tease her,
"How is that weird, jaan?" while shifting the gear and further moving on to clasp her tiny hand in his own.
"What's weird, I'm just so happy they're having a kid, that's so adorable na arnav? A little payal, I mean how cute would that be, no?"
arnav started laughing silently and khushi noticing this and realizing the cause was her, pulled her hand out of his and angrily glared at him.
"What's so funny? Haan? People get distracted, I am PEOPLE, get it?"
arnav laughed some more at which khushi angrily gritted her teeth and spoke,
"You're mean and I hate you!"
"I'm sorry and I love you too!"
...
They reached the party on time, or rather early, very early. Khushi had organized it as a surprise pre congratulatory bash, a baby shower of sorts for payal, so it was only logical for her to reach the hotel early and check the preparations.
Arnav had had a jolly ride. He had realized over the months that he absolutely loved teasing khushI for it came with making up sessions where khushi made demands as forgiveness fee and he loved doing all those little things for her.
So now when he got off the car and walked up to her side to help her out, her blunt refusal to take his hand was indication enough that she was still pissed at his teasing and laughing spree throughout the journey. As she got
off the car and fixing her dress started towards the hotel, Arnav caught hold of her wrist and spinning her around brought her against himself, holding her firmly he pushed her against the car door to hide her from the world. He caught hold of her other hand and pushed both her hands to her sides, simultaneously moving closer, so as to leave no space in between. All this while khushi had had her face turned away, the stubborn tease she was.
Gently he lifted his right hand and holding her chin, tipped her face towards his own, but as stubborn as she was, her eyes were now stubbornly shut.
Arnav let out a small laugh and before khushi could register what was happening, he bent forward and placed his lips on her right shoulder, mentally thanking the lord for the off shoulder dress she was wearing. Khushi instantly jumped in alarm, they had been intimate before but arnav had never gone beyond kissing her, now he was touching her like, like, oh I don't know, like he was making love to her right there.
Arnav was only momentarily disoriented at her sudden jerk, gaining composure he grabbed her by her waist, holding her in place, and bent his head again only to place multiple butterfly kisses on her bare shoulder, moving slowly towards her neck, the kisses turning more insistent, he traced a path of open mouthed kisses up her throat, leading to her jaw, ultimately capturing her lips in a mind numbing kiss, his hands roaming everywhere, fiddling her knee length dress, crumpling the press of the stark shiny black dress, while her hands made their own discoveries, for once without any inhibitions, the shyness forgotten, the anger forgotten.
When they parted, both breathing heavily, arnav placed his forehead against hers, placing light butterfly kisses on her smiling lips, smiling fondly at her. Gathering her in his arms so she was resting her head against his heart, he whispered in her hair,
"What do I need to do for you to make it up to you this time?"
khushi was so disoriented, she actually asked "why?"
arnav laughed gently at that and reminded her of their little ritual to which she replied with a light "hmmm" against his chest, with her arms around his waist, holding him as close as possible, enjoying the feel of him, enjoying being wrapped up in his warm embrace.
Understanding that she was probably still in a daze, arnav lightly squeezed her within the confines of his arms to get her attention, and inquired again, for he loved that smile that lit up her face when he did something for her.
"Jaan, what do you want me to do for you to make it up to you this time?"
Khushi seemed to have actually listened this time, still in a daze, she looked up from within his arms, to see him smiling down at her warmly, and without a care in the world she quietly commanded,
"Marry me."
It was arnav's turn to be dazed now, before he could formulate a question, khushi repeated, clearer now,
"You need to marry me to make it up to me this time, and very very soon, how more do you want me to wait?"
Arnav was stumped, to say the least, he knew khushi was spontaneous but this, THIS even he couldn't have expected to come out of her spontaneity
"I... I, khu... khush?"
Suddenly frustrated, khushi pushed out of his arms and glared at him,
"What?" she thundered. "What khush, haan? khush kya? God, only you can make me feel like such a fool!" she accused, slightly hurt, she knew he loved her but dammit she couldn't help but feel bad. She had just proposed marriage to him and THIS was his reaction? Of course it was sudden and unanticipated but he could've reacted with a little more enthusiasm? Was she asking for too much? He was supposed to pick her up in his arms and swing her around and then kiss her senseless but when was arnav ever doing what she would expect him to?
While khushi was thinking about all this and basically letting her mind run in overdrive with a very sad expression and a desperately kissable pout, arnav was busy getting his head straight, trying to wrap his mind around everything, trying to not die of the happiness he was feeling at that very moment.
Khushi's thoughts were interrupted as she felt arnav's arms go around her waist and pull her back into his embrace, she distractedly complied and silently placed her head on his shoulder, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck.
After holding her close for the longest time in silence, arnav spoke against her hair.
"Jaan, you know I love you, right?" and he felt khushi nod against his shoulder.
"But do you remember what you told me when we met for the first time?"
She looked up at this, her confused eyes staring into his smiling ones. Pushing a strand of hair behind her ear followed by a soft long kiss against her forehead, he answered the silent question in her eyes,
"You told me you wanted to study, that you wanted to do your masters, I don't want you to miss any opportunities, I want you to..."
"Toh you won't allow me to study after marriage?" she interrupted in a soft voice, sounding so sad and disappointed, it broke arnav's heart.
He gently cupped her face and made her look up at him,
"Of course I will jaan, I just thought you'd be happier completing..."
And he was interrupted again, of course! He was dealing with impulsive Miss gupta right now, except, this time the interruption was chirpy and filled with obvious content,
"We've been engaged for six months now, I've completed my Bachelors, and I can do my MBA later too na baba, itni si baat?", "plus you can teach me too then, when will that brilliant brain of yours come to use otherwise, haan?" she added with a wink.
But before arnav could respond, she spoke again,
"Bus? Ho gayi problem solve? Now listen to me, and I swear arnav if you stutter this time, I'll kill you and take over Raizada Fashion House"
Arnav gave a horrified look, khushi chuckled lightly, then spoke again in a no nonsense tone,
"Marry me."
Arnav didn't know what to say, trying to recover from his surprise he just started chanting,
"Yes yes yes yes yes ..."
Shrugging out of his arms, khushi smacked him lightly on his chest leaving him utterly bewildered, khushi complained,
"I'm not proposing to you dummy, I'm demanding my forgiveness fee, so you don't even get to say yes, you just get to say... well, actually nothing, you just have to marry me, fulfil my dem..."
But before khushi could blabber anymore, her soft petals lips were covered by her arnav's, the anger forgotten, the place forgotten, payal's baby shower forgotten, all inhibitions forgotten, they kissed and shared the joy of finally getting to be one, cherished each other in that moment, in that time, in that place, for at that moment (and in their case for the rest of their lives together) nothing else mattered.
Sometimes, sometimes it doesn't matter who takes the initiative, it doesn't matter where you are or what is expected of you, it doesn't matter whether you have the perfect plan to tackle the future, and sometimes you just can't care about worldly things, for in those "sometimes" all that matters is happiness and that one person that you wish to share it with.
I was so happy with the response to the OS I had written, I just had to write another part. I have an idea in my head for the third part too and I'm already working on it, so if I get a nice response for this part, I might post the next one sooner 😉
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Lots of love,
Sonia
P.s. This is solely my work, please do not copy it.
Edited by sonia_92 - 13 years ago
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