Arshi One Shots (OS)

TS Pregnancy Cravings Pt 2

TS Pregnancy Cravings 

Part II

Arnav parked his car in the parking of the Raizada mansion. He has checked all the sweet shops within 10 kms and none of the sweet shops were open. The whole city was sleeping in darkness.

Dejected, Arnav sighed and walked inside the mansion. Yes, he was tired after a long day and the travelling did him no good. But he has grown to prioritize Khushi's needs before his.

When they were in relationship, it was always Khushi who would be flexible. She would put his needs before hers. She would plan surprises, gift him often and write him letters without expecting anything in return. Arnav was not that flexible.

But after their marriage, Arnav started understanding things from Khushi's perspective. He started putting her needs before his as he understood how a relationship works. She kept him grounded. She came to spend her life with him leaving behind her family. From the day he realized how she would feel, he has never stopped pampering her, be it with gifts or cuddles or his words.

Everyone in the Raizada mansion would tease him for that. Be it Akash or NK, they don't pamper their wives, Payal and Lavanya as Arnav pampers Khushi. Arnav doesn't shy away from doing it in front of his family and his family has grown to love this nature of Arnav.

When Arnav got to know that Khushi's pregnant from his mother, he was in the middle of a lecture. He picked the call after three continuous rings from his mother and as she said the news, Arnav couldn't handle his excitement. He excused himself from the class and rushed home.

That day Arnav felt as if he has fell for Khushi all over again. The feeling of holding Khushi's hands that day, the way they melted into each other's embrace, the way he touched her belly, Arnav could never forget those memories for the rest of his life.

Arnav remember the times he accompanied Khushi to the hospital for sonogram. When he saw the little dot, when he heard the heartbeat of his child, after days when he saw the image of his child, it pushed him to be a better person and husband than he was before. Khushi and the child changed his total life.

Arnav sat on the couch and buried his face in his palms.

'Ab kya karun? Kaha se Rasagulla lao?' He thought as he let out a frustrated sigh. Dealing with a woman raging with hormones is so scary! (What will I do now? Where will I get Rasagulla?)

Arnav sat in that position for few seconds before he looked up. A smile grew in his lips as he now knows what he should do.

'Why I haven't thought of this before!' Arnav thought to himself as he took out his mobile and walked inside the kitchen.

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Khushi licked her fingers clean as she finished the pickle jar which she kept stored away from Arnav's eyes. Although it is normal for pregnant women to have pickles, Khushi developed a weird habit of finishing a whole jar of pickles by half the day. So, Arnav has placed restrictions on how much pickles she'll have on the day. As it was her doctor's suggestion, Arnav stood firm in front of Khushi's stubbornness.

"Baby" Khushi caressed her baby pump as she felt movements "Mujhe patha hai tum ko bhi acchar pasand hai na apni mumma ke tarah" She received a slight kick and laughed out "Mumma ko patha hai. Isliyeh tumhare papa se chupke hum yeh kha rahe hain" (I know how much my baby loves pickles just like me... Mummy knows. That's why we are hiding from your dad and eating pickles)

And then she added.

"Lekin jab tum bade honge, tab tum ko apne papa se chup ke jooth bol ke koi kaam nahi karne chahiyeh" Khushi gently talked to her baby by caressing her baby bump lovingly "Tumhare papa hum dhono se bahat pyaar karthey hain. Sabse zyadha. Dekho raat ke 1 baje humhare liye Rasgulle laane gaye hain" She then pouted "Aese mujhe kehne nahi chahiyeh the unhe. Tak ke aaye the. Mujhe kush karne ke liye kahan gaye, patha nahi" (But when you get big, you shouldn't do anything without your father's knowledge. Your dad loves us both so much. More than anyone else. See he went out to get Rasgulle at 1 am at night. I shouldn't have told him. He was tired. Don't know where he went to keep my heart)