Posted: 8 years ago

Vignettes - Index


Dear All...

Anticipating quite a few shouts and screams as I take a pause in Anjali's story. πŸ˜‰


Hold it! Am not stopping it, just happened to watch a few old episodes over the last couple

of days, and wanted to explore Arnav a little more... the new Arnav, not ASR...😳


So.. here I am,  popping back to get this story out there, before the plot bunny hops out of

my reach.  Without much ado, presenting the next OS in the series...

 

Vignettes 27. A Phonecall


Coming awake gradually, he sighed and rolled over, arm extended to pull his wife

closer. His outstretched arm encountering just air, Arnav cracked open one eye,

expecting to see Khushi dressing up for the day after her morning shower.


Eyes widening at the unfamiliar sea of white that spread out before him, it took

him a second to realise where he was. Heaving another big sigh, he rolled onto

his back, stretching luxuriously, the stress and strain of the past day still lying over

him like a heavy blanket.


Missing his wife and her soothing presence with sudden intensity, he turned to

look at the bedside clock. Doing a quick calculation and happily discovering that in

spite of having slept in almost till noon, it was only around 10.30.p.m. in India, he

searched around for his phone, finally finding it under one of the umpteen pillows.

Punching speed dial, he sat up to a half reclining position, leaning into the pillows

wearily.


The phone ringing unanswered, he frowned as the auto-redial clicked on. It had

almost finished ringing a second time when an out-of-breath voice panted, "Hello?"


Frown deepening, Arnav replied, "What? Is this how you greet your husband now?

Itna impersonal tone agar maine liya toh tum kitna shor machaati?" Working

himself up to a proper ASR temper, he snarled, "Kahan thi tum? Aur kitni baar bola

hai tumko phone apne paas rakhna? Unbelievable, Khushi!"


A frozen silence at the other end cluing him into how unfair he was being, having

called when his wife usually did her routine rounds around the house, settling

everyone down for the night, he was about to continue on a softer note when a

trembling voice finally spoke, "Arnavji, Khushi Dhruv ke kamre mein hai. Ussko

thoda bukhaar ho gaya tha toh khitchdi khila rahi hai. Usne phone humare paas

chodke gayi thi, par hum kitchen mein thi aur ring suna nahin. Maaf keejiyega..."


At a total loss for words, Arnav sat gaping, thinking of how upset his gentle sister-in-law must be, having received such a tirade, when Payal spoke again, "Hum

phone abhi Khushi ko dete hain."


Sitting upright, he mumbled, "I'm sorry, Payal, main tumhein Khushi samajh baitha.

Sorry for yelling.", to which a soft hum was the only reply he got.


Hearing mumbled conversations at the other end as Payal went up to Dhruv's

room, Arnav leaned back again, cursing his temper for the millionth time. He was

raking his hand through his hair when his wife came on the line. "Arnavji..."


The happiness radiating from her voice at being able to talk to him unexpectedly

settling over him like a soothing balm, he hummed, "Thodi der se try kar raha tha.

Dhruv kaisa hai?"


"Phone Jiji ke paas tha, Arnavji. Aur haan, Dhruv ab thoda behtar mehsoos kar

raha hai. So gaya. Woh kal hi aaya tha na, Sumatra se, lagta hai iss baar bahut

kadhin tha, uska expedition." Her voice trailing off suddenly, she muttered, "Arre,

yeh kya hai, tumhein kya hua, Jiji? Arnavji, ek minute hold keejiye..."


Hearing hushed whispers on the other end, Arnav sighed, bracing himself. As

expected, what he heard next was a shriek, "What the! Arnavji, aapne Jiji pe

chillaya?!"


Before he could reply, Arnav clearly heard Payal say,"Khushi! Maine kab kaha ki

unhone chillaya? Maine bus itna kaha tha naa, ki phone udhaane mein thodi de

huyi aur iss pareshaani dikhaayi diya hoga humari mooh par?"


The phone plastered to her ear as she replied to her sister and husband at the

same time, Khushi huffed, "Jiji, aap humse baat kar rahe hain! Khushi Kumari

Gupta Singh Raizada se! Arnav Singh Raizada ke baare mein! Aur aapko kehne

ki koi zaroorat nahi hain, hum achche se samajh sakte hain ki phone der se

udhane se Arnavji kaise baat kiye honge, woh bhi yeh dekhe bina ki phone kisne

uthaaya. Woh tumhein humsamajh baithke khoob chillaya hoga! Laad Governor

kaheenke!"


Grinning in spite of himself at her spot-on deductive work, and as he heard Payal's

giggle from the other end, Arnav muttered, "Maine sorry bol diya, already..."


"Aahaha! Manmaani karo aur phir sorry bol do!", pat came the reply. Further

muttering ensuing before he heard the door close, he heard the slight oomph' of

the mattress as Khushi sat down on it.


Trying to get in as much as possible before she started of again, Arnav said,

"Maana ki main gusse mein tha, but your voices are so similar. Normally mujhe

tumhari awaaz bhi sunna nahin padta, tumhein pehchaanne ke liye lekin I was still

half asleep, and tired, and Payal was panting after running to pick up the call, so I

assumed that it was you."


Almost grumbling, he complained, "Mujhe kya pata tha ki main poor unsuspecting

Payal par chilla raha tha... Tumse baat karna tha!", and sat back, prepared to

listen to her admonitions, only to be surprised by her giggles, which soon

graduated into full-blown guffaws. Gasping for breath, she sputtered, "Hey Devi

Maiyya! Aapka lakh lakh shukriya! Arnav Singh Raizada ko apni dava khud peene

ki mauka pesh karne ke liye!"


"What the...! Yeh tum kya bak rahi ho?", he asked, amused and annoyed.


"Ji haan! Aapko yaad nahin hai kya? Humare Roke ke din raat ko aap Jijiaji ke

aawaaz mein baat karke humein kaise ullu banaya tha?"


Grinning as he remembered, he replied, "Haan. Tumhari Lucknowi dialogues and

Ji..ji..jijaji..' stutter! Gosh, Khushi, I think that's when I realized how much fun I

could have with you!"


"Haan..haan.. Khoob hanso! Aur dekho aaj kiski baari hui!", Khushi shot back,

starting to laugh again. Leaning back against the headboard, she started updating

her Arnavji about all that happened in the homefront before turning eager listener

to his updates regarding the tough deal he had just closed, for which he had

travelled to New York on short notice, because of which he was having to spend

the weekend there, before catching the red-eye back home.


As for Payal, still shaken from her encounter with ASR, even a much-mellowed

version, her respect for her sister shot sky-high. Especially as she walked past

their bedroom and overheard Khushi ragging him about the mistaken identity-wala

phone call. Arnav Singh Raizada, no matter how soft he might look, was still the

old ASR to the core, whose handling was left by all those with even an iota of

sense to his own Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada!



Author's Note:


Yippe! Me the happy with a dose of unadultrated Arnav-Khushi OS!😳

Hope all you OS junkies are happy with this unexpected one...πŸ˜›

Next update of TKD on Tuesday...

Edited by Appurs - 3 years ago
Posted: 8 years ago
aparna dii
now it feels like homecoming
just realised how much I was actually craving for this short sweet moments penned by you dii :)

It just reminded me of that Arnav in green t shirt sitting in his garden pool side and the smile he gave while he was having his first romantic talk during those pre wedding days
another thing u mentioned about that un adulterated update dii these kinda updates reflect the actual depth of relationship between arnav khushi
this was really a treat dii
Posted: 8 years ago
pls continue with chota os. love to read those
Posted: 8 years ago
You can post as many of these surprises as you like! This was adorable and funny...another glance Into the lives of our favourite couple..How the tables have turned on Arnav ..the husband ...
Posted: 8 years ago
Fantabulous update
Loved it
Well written
Thanks for the pm
Posted: 8 years ago
Nice surprise!!! Oh! I missed ur sweet one shots aparnaπŸ˜ƒ
But i think its short...but cute😳
Poor payal!!! She might have been really shocked byASR's tone. She was habituated to her husband's 'payal ji'. And her brother in law is pure oppsite. And her sister is easily handling him. 
I really loved how khushi moved into their room, to have a private conversation with her husband, and teased him about how he tasted his own medicine.
I was like, what the!!!cant arnav identify khushi's voice? ... and u really proved u r my favorite aparna. U came up with explanation from arnav's side. That too in the sweetest way possible. 
Thanks for ur update aparna...😊
Posted: 8 years ago
Oh my word, I just remembered that scene. They showed us a glimpse of how Arnav might have been as a kid, the kid who would pull pranks. And really, he did get a dose of his own medicine. And Jiji is right, no one other than Khushi can handle him. 
Posted: 8 years ago
Aparna This feels like coming back to IF - Lovely Lovely OS. Purane dino ki yaad aa gayi. You do write one shots really well and this one is no different. 
Totally can imagine this between Arnav, Khushi and Payal. Beautiful conversation and very beautifully written. Loved the surprise and I am glad that I could read it today only as I had little spare time. Thanks for the PM.
Posted: 8 years ago
This ws fab n cute n what not ...πŸ˜›
Arhi all the way n typical Arhi with their banter ..πŸ˜ƒ

loved it 
Posted: 8 years ago
This was a wonderful surprise and I enjoyed it thoroughly :) Please feel free to surprise us more often πŸ˜‰ 😊
Edited by shyamidutt - 8 years ago

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