Chapter 15
Suddenly, the world behind them, the crowd behind them, the lanterns flowing, everything, just disappeared for them. The hustle bustle, the continuous roaring, the cheers and applause's, everything became numb. They could hardly hear anything. Because all Arnav could see Khushi's pale brown eyes and what Khushi could see was Arnav's dreamy amber eyes. She realized that this set of eyes had the moral capability of making her dream and be happy by merely looking into them. For Arnav, the eyes he had set his vision on, he just wanted to be there. Everything was so ..serene, for both of them.
Suddenly Khushi realized a hand had sneaked on her waist and had a firm hold on them. It took her seconds to realize those muscular hands were of Arnav. She got out of her reverie and slid his hands off her petite waist. He raised his eyebrow and this gesture of her. Khushi's cheeks turned all pink and maroon and she left the continuous game of stare they played, midway and saw anywhere but not at Arnav. He used his hands and raised her head, now again seeing eye to eye. This time, he again sneaked his hands on her waist and pulled her against his body, his chest brushing with her heavily breathing chest. He firmed the hold on his chest, both of them completely ignoring the lantern show going on.
This time, to Arnav's surprise, Khushi did not retaliate. She did not even budge an inch when he pulled her close, much more closer. Arnav was very happy from inside. He did want this. But then he heard Khushi's slightest whisper,"Leave me."
Khushi's voice was hardly loud in the roaring and maddening crown to hear. It was almost like a whisper, a very weak and fragile voice. Arnav almost felt Khushi's voice like a wind gushing against his earlobes.He thought it was just his imagination and nothing else and thought of ignoring that statement of hers. He pulled her more closer, removing all the possible distance between them. He bent his head and gave a small peck of kiss on Khushi's left shoulder which was exposed. She closed her eyes tightly. He did the same on the opposite shoulder. Then he bent to kiss Khushi on her lips.
When he was about to just reach those lips again, Arnav's mind started a dance of their own. He so wanted this. He made a decision, that he won't leave those desirable lips even if his body needed any kind of breathe, even if people around him teased and shouted. He just wanted this set of lips and nothing else at the moment.
He was hardly an inch away from her lips and Khushi's eyes popped open. She straightened up and pushed Arnav hardly on his chest and looked at him in a very angry tone. Arnav, whose eyes were closed, opened them at Khushi's sudden reaction. Arnav was about to ask what happened but then Khushi cut in.
"How dare you! How did you just .. want to kiss me like that?"
"But Khushi.."
"What Khushi! Who do you think I am? On the beach also, you just kissed me like that? I'm not a call girl! That you can do stuff whenever you wanted to, to me!"
"Those policemen could have caught us! I had no intention of kissing you like that! Call girl? Are u serious, Khushi!?" Arnav screamed, his voice increasing with the ever increasing tone of Khushi.
"Yes I am! I thought of showing you Toronto not to do this stuff. I trusted you and you do this to me? All men are the same. All are the same." Khushi said, emphasizing more on 'all' and 'same'.
"Dammit, Khushi! I said I had no bad intention. And what men are you talking about?" Arnav said. He suddenly realized that Khushi mentioned something about 'men'. His heart skipped a beat when he heard her words. All men are the same. Has any guy done anything wrong to her?, he thought.
"Nothing..Um... No men.. Just.. Chuck! I don't.." Khushi's sentence was left unsaid as she collapsed mid way of her sentence.
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Khushi opened her eyes a bit. And again, closed them as she could not take in the extreme light in front of her. She rubbed her eyes and then tried to open them again. Within sometime, her eyes were open, properly. She looked around and within no time, she realized she was in a hospital.
"Right now, she is unconscious. I'll just check then you can go in."
"Can I please come with you, doctor?"
"How many times should I tell you, Arnav? She's out of danger. But just wait here for a second."
Khushi heard a conversation between two people. She recognized one out of two voices of the people talking. She tried to get up but realized there were many cords and pipes attached to her body. Within no time, a lady in a doctor's jacket came near her.
"Oh look! You are awake."
Khushi again tried to get up. But the lady ran towards her and gestured her to sleep. She helped Khushi with her blanket and fixed the haywire set pillows.
"Where am I.. what.." Khushi could not complete her statement. She was finding very hard to speak even a word.
"I understand, Khushi Raizada. I'm Dr. Shreya Singh. Your doctor. You are very lucky. You actually fainted at Toronto Islands. But your husband, he's a very strong man. He got you here within no time. There were no vehicles yesterday but still he got you here in his arms." Dr. Shreya smiled.
"My husband? Yesterday?! What time is it?" Khushi asked, her mind could not register that she was fainted for nearly a day.
"Your husband, Arnav Singh Raizada. He got your here yesterday. It's almost 7 in the evening, Mrs. Raizada. Your husband has not slept since yesterday. He is just sitting next to you since yesterday."
"What? Next to me?" Khushi felt a wave of guilt eating up her body. She remembered their fight of yesterday. I shout at you, I insult you in front of hundreds of people, I push you, i do horrible stuff. And then you do this to me? Why didn't you sleep, Arnav? Next to me since yesterday?
"Yes. He's been dying to talk to you. You have no idea how we have stopped him from coming inside. But he never listens and just comes and sits next to you, holding your hand." Shreya then turned towards the nurse who was smiling and told her,"Send him in."
Arnav came.. no actually ran inside. "Khushi" he whispered after looking at her, awake. She gave him a pleasant smile. Arnav's heart, who was racing since yesterday, suddenly felt right, alright. He felt much, much more better than anything. Looking at Khushi, who was looking back to him, took away all his guilt. He had taken it on him that it was because of him that Khushi fainted. They both, again looked at their eyes.
Dr. Shreya realized that her presence, at the moment, was completely unimportant. Before excusing herself she told Khushi,"You will be discharged tomorrow." and left the room.
ARnav, who visibly looked horribly tired, came and sat on a stool next to Khushi's bed. His stubble was not shaved and he was in the same clothes. He still managed to give her a warm smile while his heart wanted to cry uncontrollably. Looking at Khushi, he just could remember the talk he had with Dr. Shreya in the morning.
-FLASHBACK-
"Arnav," Dr.Shreya said, looking at Khushi's reports"I have something to say."
"What is it, doctor? Khushi will be alright, no?" Arnav managed to speak. But he had no power or strength to control his tears.
"Yes, Arnav. Don't cry. She will be alright. But don't you want to know why she fainted?" Arnav definitely wanted to know why Khushi fainted. That was the thing he was thinking all night.
"Of.. Of course, doctor. Please tell me."
"Then listen. This is something related to Khushi's past. I think, before marrying you, she passed through some trauma, something horrible."
"How can you say that?"
"Arnav, you told me the conversation both you had before she fainted. The last thing she mentioned was 'all men are the same'. i think she had a failed love life which.. I don't know if I should say this but.."
"JUST SAY IT!" Arnav ordered.
"I think she still loves that guy. She has not forgotten him, yet. i'm sorry."
Arnav did not realize what to do. He somehow digested the words. But he felt bad, really bad for Khushi. What torture she must have gone through?, he thought.
"But Arnav, after she wakes up, you have to take the utmost care of her. She is very weak from the outside as well as inside. I'm just tensed for her. Please get to know her past and then I can tell you what to do."
Arnav just nodded and left for Khushi's room. He thought and thought.. but he knew he had to ask her. He had no right over her. But he had to ask her for not her sake, but his sake. He felt something for her. He could not understand what. Something, unsaid...
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