Khushi woke up to see a plate of jalebis on the table and she bit her lips feeling guilty. How'd he got them? Did he wake up some poor mithaai-wala? She shook her head, when she realised they'd slept together for the first time in a long time. She felt his arm around her waist, she turned and saw his sleeping face. How could someone so arrogant be so sweet? She almost felt sorry for all the stuff she put him through last night but that was a fleeting emotion. She removed his heavy arm from her waist and gently dropped it by his side. She stood up smiling, grabbed the glass of water on her bedside table and threw it over him. Arnav woke up shocked, Khushi smiled until he looked at her then she gasped.
"What the hell Khushi?!" He asked enraged, wiping the water from his face and shaking his t-shirt to stop it from clinging to him. Khushi used all her acting skills.
"Sorry, woh main paani peena si, aur phir chaakhar agaya tah, toh phir...paani." Khushi said looking worried and Arnav's attention immediately diverted to the fact that Khushi had been having a dizzy spell. He practically jumped out of the bed and ran over to her immediately.
"Khushi kyan hua?" He asked panicked. "Saab kuch tik hai, na? Tum aur baby...humhe hospital jaana chaiye." He decided and he was about to run to throw a jacket on and some shoes, giving no regard to the fact that he was completely soaked.
"Nahi, uski kohi zurroorath nahi hai. Hum bilkul tik hai. Yeh saab uksaar hota hai." Khushi said as she felt bad about worrying him, her intention was to make him feel a little stressed not to scare him. He held onto her and looked at her intensely.
"Are you sure?" He asked and she smiled and touched his cheek.
"Ha, babba. Chalo abh mujhe tayaar hona hai, bohut saare kham hai, pooja karni hai, aur naashta bhi tayaar karna hai. Arre, haatiye na!" She said as she pulled him off her and went to go get ready. It was once she was in the bathroom that Arnav realised he was still damp.
"Great." He muttered to himself.
Arnav was restless at work, his attention was back at home. All he could think about was, if Khushi was okay, has she eaten, she better not be running around too much, what if something major has happened with the baby and he's missing it? After the childhood Arnav had experienced he wanted so much better for his own children. He'd promised himself that long ago, before he'd become "ASR", before all the ideas of love, marriage and family had left his head. Well until Khushi came along. She'd really snuck up on him, he can't really place when he started to fall for her but he knew for certain he had. She had bought him back to the healthy happy person he'd once been, long before all the problems entered his life. He was glad to have her back now, but he worried so much that he'd lose her. He'd come so close to losing her so many times, he couldn't bear it he really lost her. He shut his laptop and sighed, he was tired and stressed all because of one person.
"Khushi." He said aloud.
Khushi on the other hand was at home eating fruits and relaxing in the living room with Di. Nani said that the two of them should just rest from now on. They were discussing colours for Di's baby's room.
"Di I think these softer colours would go nicely, you don't want to scare the kid with bright colours everywhere? Woh kaise sojaonga aggar itne distractions hai?" Khushi said and Anjali laughed.
"Oh yaad ayaa, Bhabi aap zara Chotte koh phone kardonge please. Unse poochiye khi woh aaj khanaa ghar pe khayega ya office mein?" Anjali said and Khushi nodded. She put down the plate of apples and went upstairs to ring Arnav on her phone, she'd left it upstairs this morning. She sat lazily on the bed and dialled his number.
"Ha Khushi bhol." He said abruptly and Khushi gawked.
"Yeh kohi tarikha hai apni biwi se baath karne ka? Na kohi hello, tum kaisi hoon? Baas "Ha Khushi bhol."" Khushi complained and Arnav sighed.
"Khushi mere paas bohut kaam hai, so get to the point." He said, exasperated.
"Ha tik hai, waise mujhe tumse baat karne ka kohi shok nahi, woh Di poochri thi ki aap khaana ghar se ghayege yah office mein?" She asked and Arnav grinned.
"Erm hum bhaar jayenge." He said and Khushi became confused.
"Hum?" Khushi asked.
"Tum aur main, ek chotthe se dinner ki liye." He said and Khushi smiled on her end.
"Kya baath hai, aaj toh bhara pyaar arra hai? Aaj kya kohi nahi Valentines day hai?" She asked and Arnav rolled his eyes.
"Tum tayaar rehna, I'll pick you up at 6:30 sharp." He said.
"Ha tik hai." She said and they both hung up.
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