OS - MASHUP

(I made this... First time!)

Getting trapped by her own words, she turned away and stopped when she heard him calling her.

"Khushi.." he called her and she stood still without any movement.  

"Look at me!"  he ordered and turned her to face him.

"Tumhe kya lagta hai, meine itni der se yeh kurta pehen kar kyun raka hai" she looked with a surprise on her eyes and looked at him as he continued.

"Mein janta tha yeh tumhara idea hai, jithni bar turn karta hoon lagta hai ki loose ho kar yeh pyjama gir jayega" she smiled seeing his little confession behind wearing this kurta.

"Phir bhi pehen kar raka hai Tumne socha kyun?" she looked at him as he cupped her face and kissed on her forehead.

"Isiliye... tumhare chehre pe yeh smile dekne ke liye" he said as he saw the smile on her face. Now wishing to see more smile on her face, he switched on the lights and turned her towards the bed to show her the gifts.

"Margaye.. phir se koi cup bahar aa gaya kya?...Ab... ab aap phir se humse yeh saare dibbe khulvayenge?" Khushi said in shock remembering how he made her unwrap each and every gift and re-wrapped them again last time  at Buaji's place.

He sighed in disbelief, after all Khushi is Khushi. How can he expect any reactions from her, She will exactly do the opposite.

"Ya..exactly check karo...Go"  he replied.

She opened the first box and was shocked to see her favorite snack chickpeas in it.

"Channe?" she asked with a confusion. Then she un-wrapped the second gift and was excited to see her favorite hero Salman Khan's poster. Arnav smiled seeing her reactions leaning against the wall.

"Salman khan ka poster?" she asked excitedly. Then she started to open the other gifts enthusiastically. Next was her all time favorite Jalebi.

"Jalebi!" she exclaimed and smelled to feel the flavor of the sweet. "Mmm.. Kishan chand mittai wale..Chandni chowk wale na?" she asked as if she can guess the sweet maker just by feeling the fragrance.

 He nodded to her crazy question with a smile. With that excitement, she happily un-wrapped the next gift and was stunned to see a jewelry box.

She is not a girl who liked costly gifts like designer bags and jewels. She opened the jewelry box with a little hesitation and was shocked to see the pearl necklace in it. Her eyes slowly welled up. It was the same necklace which she dreamt, when he first confessed his love through the phone when he was kidnapped. The pearls had a great role in their story. She stared at him with moist eyes as she had everything flashing on her head. From their first meet where he pulled her pearl dori to this present one.  

Arnav straightened himself and walked towards her seeing the tears in her eyes. She too took light steps towards him and he wiped her tears, hugging her closely not able to see her crying. They stood hugging each other for a long time and finally he came out from the hug and touched her forehead.

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"I'm sorry Khushi.  Sorry.. for everything...meine jo bhi kaha..usko bhool jao.. I didn't mean it. Di ko us halat mein dekh kar main bhut darr gya tha.. aur maine apna saara gussa tum pe nikal diya..  Di ko kuch ho gaya toh mein...  I'm really sorry Khushi...Mujhe maaf kar do..."  

Khushi just looked at him as he further spoke "Khushi us 6 mahine ke contract ko bhul jao. Maine wo contract  ki baat sirf tumhe rokne ke liye beech mein laya tha. Khushi mujhse ek waada karo.. ke mujhe kabhi chod kar nahi jaogi.. mein tumhare bina nahi jee paunga"

Khushi shook her head in No as her tears cascaded down her cheeks and she hugged him tightly.

"Janti hoon Arnavji... Jab jo bura kaha, uska matlab nahi.. Jab jo bura kiya, uska koi matlab nahi.. Iss pyaar me..." 

"Shhh.." He shushed her placing his fingers on her lips.

"Iss pyaar mein sahi aur galat ka koi matlab nahi.. Bas ek cheez ka matlab hai, ke mein hamesha hamesha tumse..." he spoke in husky voice.

"Mujhse?" she asked with a dream voice expecting an answer from him.

"Tumse bahut pyaar karta hoon Khushi.. Tumse milne se pehle mujhe pata bhi nahi tha pyaar kya hota hai...You made me realize what Love is! I love you a lot Khushi and I promise you that I'll be there for you always..Always!"  with that he pulled her with a force and kissed her cheeks which have turned pink because of his confession. 

Khushi felt very happy hearing those words from Arnav for which she waited from a long time.

Feeling shy to look into his eyes, she slowly pulled herself out from his hug and took the towel and her white night suit to the bathroom, muttering "Dil ke baat bhi hindi mein nahi bol pathe.. Laad Governor Kahike!" with a happy glint on her face which also reflected in Arnav's face.

 Next morning she opened her sleepy eyes and found herself cuddling close to Arnav. She felt the moment very magical and she slowly raised her head to look into his eyes, but stopped in midway seeing Arnav's eyes wide open. He took her hands in his and he went on top of her. She didn't know what her Laad Governor was trying to do early in the morning. And then, they heard someone knocking the door. 

*Knock Knock*

"Kaun hai?" he asked irritatedly to the person who knocked the door and interrupted him.

When his grandmother replied, he quickly went and opened the door while Khushi took the dupatta from the bed and put them on her shoulders. Before leaving with Naniji, he turned back and said "Hamari baat abhi katam nahi hui hai.." with a smile making Khushi still more nervous.

She placed her hands over her chest calming down her heart beats which was beating as if there was a marathon and said "Aise laga jaise humari saansein ruk gayi!"

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