Part 43 Hint?

Khushi was stuck, seeing Arnav entering the room. His sharp gaze was enough for Khushi to understand that he heard her talk with Natasha. Khushi was alert. She knew Arnav was going to create a big scene on this issue. He sat in front of her looking down. Taking a deep breath, he looked at her.

Khushi frowned to see his gesture. This was not what she expected. She thought he would burst out in anger. She tried to read his eyes but failed. She could not understand what was running in his mind. She was supposed to say something but, stopped listening to Arnav.

"This is how people will mock at you, try to manipulate you, brainwash you...! At least, Natasha has a purpose...! She did that for her own benefit but people will do it just like that. They won't mind poking their nose into other's life. you will have to face such scenarios for life long if you marry me...! This is not late... you have time..."

Cutting him, she said,

"I have no time..."

Arnav was stuck.

"I have only two days for our marriage. There is a lot of work to be done. We can't let Dadi work alone..."

"What I'm talking and what are you talking about?"

"I have no time to talk about something useless, Arnavji. Just because someone called me and talked nonsense, I can't give my time to it because I don't take it seriously. She spoke to me like that ONLY because you said you would act with ONLY me. or else, she would not give a damn about our wedding. And, I know how to cut off people who interfere in my matter...! I will handle them. So, just leave it and concentrate on your work"

Arnav bit the corner of his upper lip, looking somewhere. Khushi was gazing at him. She thought he was thinking about giving her an apt answer but he didn't tell anything. Arnav stood up.

"One minute..." She said.

Arnav looked at her.

"How could you ask me to back off from marrying you, even after I removed my uterus?" She asked.

Arnav took a step. Touching her head, he shook it slightly and walked off. Khushi frowned. What kind of gesture it was? How did he look cool hearing such a question from her? She didn't know but she liked what he did.

Khushi saw him coming again. She straightened herself. A man and Dadi followed Arnav with big-size bags. Khushi understood he was a Lehenga merchant.

Arnav came and sat on the couch whereas Dadi sat on the bed. The lehanga merchant spread a sheet on the floor and sat on it. He showed the designs to Khushi who was observing Arnav's face. She wanted to choose the one that brought different gestures to Arnav's face. Arnav liked one. His face softened seeing a red lehanga. Khushi understood that seeing his face. She took it in her hand. Arnav smiled. Her action soothed his heart.

Khushi was supposed to finalize the lehanga but stopped seeing the kids rushing.

"Wow... Lehangas..."

Shali and Shamli were excited to see the variety of lehangas.

"Isn't it looking super?" Shali asked.

"Look at this, it's looking so good," Shamli said.

Both of them pulled a Lehanga and looked at each other smiling.

"Khushi didi, you will look gorgeous in this Lehanga... will you choose this one?" Shali asked.

Shamli nodded yes.

Khushi looked at Arnav who was gazing at her to know which one she was going to choose. There was no second thought in Khushi's mind. She simply kept the Lehanga chosen by Arnav down and took the kids' choice.

"Yeah, it's so good," Khushi said.

Arnav could not believe she chose the kids' choice. She gave it to the merchant and said,

"I will take this"

"Jee"

Arnav faced a tough time to hide his disappointment. He didn't know why he felt dejected. He should be happy about her choosing kids' choice but he didn't know why he couldn't take it generously.

"You are so sweet..." Shali said hugging Khushi.

"Not more than you," Khushi kissed her head. She noticed the change in Arnav's face. She didn't know why.

"Don't you have Lehange for kids?" Khushi asked.

"Yeah, we have but, Dadiji didn't ask me to bring it, Madam"

Khushi looked at Dadi.

"I didn't think in the way..." Dadi said.

"Lehanga for us?" the kids overwhelmed.

"Why? Don't you like Lehanga?" Khushi asked.

"We like it very much but Dad never bought it for us"

Arnav raised his brows.

"Yeah, he brought us shorts and pants"

Khushi controlled her smile and asked,

"Ok, we will wear Lehange... what say?"

"Yesss..." they cheered.

"Shall I ask to bring Lehangas for them?" The merchant asked.

"Do you have the same design?"

"Should check whether we have one..."

"Not one, we need two" Khushi said.

"Oh..."

"Are we going to wear the same design?" Shamli asked.

Khushi nodded yes.

"Wow... we will be looking the same..." Shali said excitedly.

"Please do check," Khushi asked the merchant.

The merchant marked the Lehange design number and called his shop.

"Do we have SK5 in small size?"

Khushi saw Shali and Shamli looking at the merchant curiously. He looked at Khushi and said,

"It's available..."

"Heyyyy..." Both shared hi-fi.

"Please ask them to bring them," Khushi said.

"Send them to RM with someone," The merchant said on the phone and disconnected the call.

Shali and Shamli giggled, clutching their hands. They were on cloud nine. After all, they were going to wear the same Lehanga as Khushi. At first, she liked their choice and now wanted them to wear the same design.

Khushi looked at Aarav who was sad.

"What happened? Why are you looking sad?"

"You guys will be the same at your wedding. What about me?"

"You will look like your father..." Khushi said.

All of them looked at her wondering.

"Arnavji and you will wear the same Sherwani... ok?"

"Whaaaaat?" Arnav was shocked.

Khushi was taken aback. She didn't know what was there to shock.

"Sherwani and me?"

The kids giggled and Dadi controlled her smile.

"Of course, it's our wedding after all..." Khushi said.

"Can't I wear a suit?" he asked Dadi.

She nodded her head from left to right smilingly. Arnav rolled his eyes.

"Dad, you can't be the same all the time..." Shali teased.

"Yes, Dad, show some difference on your wedding day at least," Aarav said.

"Yes, Dad, you look so boring in the suit" Shamli laughed.

Arnav dropped his jaw. Dadi raised her brows. Arnav sighed.

"Yeeeehhh... I'm going to wear Shewani..." Aarav said, cheerfully.

"Whatever..."

"Dad, when will you buy our Shewani?"

As no one expected,

"Khushi will choose our Sherwani," Arnav said.

Khushi looked at him amazed.

"Khushi Didi, will you?" Aarav asked.

"If you want to choose, you can," Khushi said.

Aarav nodded ok happily, making Arnav disappointed. The merchant brought Lehanga for kids. They were super happy seeing that.

"Khushi Didi, we didn't expect we would wear Lehanga"

"Happy?"

"Super happy"

Arnav smiled. No doubt Khushi scored. Even though he was disappointed, he liked what she did.

Arnav gave the cheque to the merchant. He left RM.

"Kids, go and have dinner," Arnav said.

"Will not Khushi Didi come to the dining?"

"She is a little bit tired. You go. She will have here"

"After having dinner, you can come here," Khushi said.

"Okkiii..." They rushed out.

"I will send your diner here" Dadi went.

"Didn't you like my choice?" Arnav asked smilingly, not showing his disappointment.

"Actually, I liked it very much"

"But you didn't choose it"

"It's because I don't want to disappoint kids"

"Will you disappoint me?"

Khushi was stuck.

"Why do you disappoint? You should feel happy, right?"

"Mmm... but, I don't like to be rejected"

Khushi was stunned. She didn't expect this to take such a turn.

"Our wedding is happening based on kids' happiness. We should not forget it. Keeping all these aspects aside, we should concentrate on kids because they are kids. They won't understand but you. The image will be long-lasting in the mind we created at the beginning. We should be careful. So, get ready to adopt the rejections," She said firmly.

Arnav was alarmed. Was that a kind of HINT for him?

To be continued...