The Contract Marriage Period //Arshi Story//

Chapter 20

The moon hid his darker side quickly and made way to the sun. The sun rays are playing peak-a-boo behind the curtains of the room that are flying. It disturbed Khushi's sleep who frowned and slowly opened her eyes. She felt something on her shoulder. She saw that Arnav was sleeping hugging on his stomach with his one hand on her shoulder. His face is facing hers. His face was so near that she could feel his breathe on her lips. She felt something, a new feel, which she is strange yet she wants to know the feeling. Seeing his lips, she had the sudden urge to kiss him and Khushi is not the one who waits after thinking. So, she at once, placed her lips on his.

Arnav slept in the early hours of the morning after a restless night. He slept peacefully once he kept his hand on Khushi. He was happily dreaming about living a family with his mom, Khushi, Di, and Raki. Yes, he was still a Child who wants to be with his mom and want to introduce Khushi as her daughter-in-law. His mom was blessing Khushi. They both are praying in the house temple. Khushi and Mom are cooking; he was watching it from upstairs. His mom is looking after her during her pregnancy. Arnav is in his own dreamland, when he felt something soft on his lips. It is not something, it is someone's lips. That someone is his Khushi. He knows how her lips taste. Even though they kissed just once, he knows it very well. He is still in his dreamland where now the scene is that Khushi and Arnav are kissing each other.

They broke the kiss to catch their breath. Arnav slowly opened his eyes, only to realise that this kiss is real not any dream. One look at the cheeks of Khushi, he knows it. She was feeling shy and embarrassed for this act of hers. How can she kiss arnavji without? How can she be bold? What will arnavji thinks of her?

She could not look at his eyes. She turned her face to other side. Arnav understood her situation. He sat up facing Khushi and cupped her face.

"Khushi..."

The huskiness in his voice sends shiver to her spine. She looked into his eyes. She sat up along with him. She couldn't move her gaze away from him. They were in the eye lock. Rabba ve is going in the background.

"...Khushi don't feel bad. You have all the rights to kiss me and do anything to me. I am yours and only yours."

Listening to him, she hugged him tightly. After sometime, Arnav broke the hug and naughtily said, "Khushi, from today onwards, you are going to wake me up like this." He winks at Khushi. She blushes and then realises that he is teasing. "You..." She hits slightly on his chest.
He tries to save himself from her and then they both ended up kissing again.

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A lady, in green sari, is praying to god.

"Hey devi maiyya. Today is Raksha Bandhan... Every year, my chotte was with me. Even when he was away for his studies, I send him my raki but this year, I am so near him yet so far. I know it is all my deeds. I deserve this. I hurt Arnav a lot by ignoring Khushi and not accepting her. I am sorry for it. Even now I didn't tell him about Rahul and my past life with him. I just left my daughter behind without even thinking a baby needs her mother. But what should I do? It was because of my ill-fate that my daughter is born deaf and dumb. If I am with her any more that, her life will be spoiled. And to just satisfy nani's wish I married Shyam as he knows about my past life. We never shared any relationship other than being just friends. And when people around me, started pointing that I am not able to become a mother, my heart was bleeding. I couldn't tell them I have a daughter whom I left for her good future. It became so painful to hear those people and seeing me sad, my family, chotte and others are also sad. So, I decided to go for surrogacy. I don't want another child from my womb. I don't want his/her life to spoil.

I and Shyamji, went to a doctor. We did the procedure for it. Even Shyamji, surprisingly, wanted a sperm-donor. I thought he just considered me a friend and don't want to have any child with me. After few days, we got a sperm-donor as well as the surrogate mother. After the news, that the lady is pregnant. I started to act as pregnant as I don't want anybody to know that my child is a surrogate baby. And now, I don't want hide this truth to from chotte and others anymore. They deserve to know the truth. I never expected Shyam to betray me like that. I don't want the baby, to be a fatherless child. I will ask chotte to take care of the baby. Yes, Devi Maiyya. This will be good."

Anjali prayed and left the room. Unknown to her, somebody heard her monologue to devi maiyya.

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Arnav and Khushi reached the hospital and went towards Rahul's room. It was rakshabandhan and Khushi is here to tie rakhi to Rahul. From the time she met Rahul, she never missed this day to tie rakhi. While going towards, the room, Arnav collided with a doctor.

"I am so..." the doctor looked at Arnav and stopped talking. Sweat started forming on his face.
"Arnavji..." the doctor looked at the owner's voice. He was shocked for the second time. She was none other than Khushi Gupta his patient on whom he did surrogacy procedure for his patients Mr and Mrs. Jha.

Khushi recognized the doctor and greeted him. She introduces Arnav to the doctor. Arnav greeted the doctor and agreed upon to meet upon to talk about Khushi's case later. When Arnav and Khushi left, the doctor heaved a sigh of relief and left from there.

Arnav and Khushi went inside the room. Both were emotional but controlled themselves.
"Raki, see what day is today? I came to tie raki on you. Get up." Khushi said cheerfully but all she got in return was silence. Without losing hope, she continued again, "Bhaiya, see even Aki and Arnavji are here. Come on now that's enough get up."

She prepared thali and started tieing Raki while talking all that comes to her to mind. Arnav and Aki are the silent spectators. Suddenly, hearing her silence, Arnav and aki moved towards to know what made her stop. She was looking down and her eyes are mist.
"Khushi..." Arnav kept a hand on her shoulder. She came out of her trance and said, "Ra...kki... Raki, moved his hand."

The trio looked at him; they saw his eyeballs are moving behind his closed lids. "Doctor!!!!", Arnav yelled for doctor who rushed inside with the nurse.

The doctor asked them to move aside and started checking Rahul. After sometime, Rahul slowly opened his eyes slowly. His vision was blurred and then, slowly it became clear. He was surrounded by doctor, nurse and Khushi, aki and... and... Arnav... His buddy Arnav... He tried to speak but it was just a whisper. "Ar...nnav..."

Arnav and Khushi are so happy; Khushi came forward and hugged him. After sometime, expressing her happiness she moved aside. Rahul was all the time looking at Arnav but Arnav was looking somewhere else.

"Ar...nav..." hearing his name from his buddy after a long time broke him and he rushed towards Rahul and cried his heart out.

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