Khushi Pov

If someone says that I am standing in earth then I'll not believe it now. I am feeling out of the world. He's giving life to my dreams. Do I need anything else? Certainly no. The once dark life was now turned into a fairy tale!

"You didn't eat anything, come" I heard him saying, breaking our embrace.

I let my eyes to wander around the garden and scrunched while founding only one chair. Thinking to raise a question, I looked at him.

As if sensing my doubt he gently pulled me towards the chair and sat in it. I stood confused than before. Next moment I felt jerk and found myself straightly landing on his lap. He secured me by throwing his arms around my waist keeping me in place as I made myself comfortable in his lap. My arms garlanded his neck for support pushing back the shyness.

I watched him circling the fork in noodles "You love this aren't you?" I asked caressing his cheeks.

"Yes.. Both"

I frowned in confusion. Never I was going to understand his words in this lifetime.

"You in my lap conquering my whole and this food, I love this both but hey.. not more than you" He extended the fork infront of my lips.

My vision blurred and for the first time I am shedding happy tears. He hastily kept back the fork and cupped my cheeks wiping the traces of tears.

"I didn't said it to make you cry" I chuckled at his serious face. I kept my cheeks against his face hugging him close to me.

"Eww.. Khushi you're dirtying my face" He said making faces.

I slapped his shoulder playfully and chortled when he twisted his face in weird way.

"Thank god you stopped your tears. Uff.. I had to make fun of myself to stop your tears" He mumbled enough to hear me. Taking back my cheeks from his face I put a sound kiss on his cheek.

"For this too..." He added making me to broke into fit of laughters. Sometimes we don't need to laugh only on humour, I remembered my colleague words who said to me once when I expressed my displeasure on one such occasion.

I stopped my laugh as I felt something against my lips "Now open your mouth. Enough of your laugh"

Giving permission to that awaiting fork, I chewed the noodles. He gave me another round which I fed him in back.

Feeding each other the dinner was completed in silence. Taking the tissue paper I wiped his lips as he done the same to me.

He raised his eyes to my level and asked "Do you want to spend some time here or you want to go room?"

"I want to stroll here for some more time if you aren't tired" I replied ceasing the fine lines on his forehead.

He took a minute to contemplate "Khushi, I want to sleep. I am tired" His voice lowered and his face screams his displeasure on denying my wish.

I nodded in glee. This is what I wanted. Wanted him to behave normally with me instead of always jumping to fulfill my wishes without having an ounce of care on his wishes and his comfortableness. A happily ever after comes only when both sides put effort and consider the other as their own to share themselves not only their physique but also all their happiness, anger, hurt, misery mainly their wishes. Building will be strong only if all the pillars of the basement was strong. If one pillar was weak and another one was strong, the one or other day the building will collapse without getting enough grip from either pillar. Same will happen to our heart and mind. If always either one adjusts everytime, one or another day they'll be pissed off by the routine and the building named family will collapse any minute. The more I gets comfortable with him, the more he's considering me as his partner. Till now he did everything in his power to fulfill my wishes, and now after this trip I will right the wrongings.

"Why are you showing your white teeth now? Did I said any joke?"

I chuckled nodded in denial coming out of my musings and got up from his lap. This time I extended my open palms to him. He looks surprised but nonetheless clasped his with mine.

To the contrary at the time of our arrival, he looped his arms around my waist stealing my chance of wrapping my arms around him. Pouting I hugged myself. My shoulder brushed against his chest. He led me through the pathway to reach our room.

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"Change into something comfortable" I shook my head taking my night clothes. Quickly slipping into the dress I literally run outside. I can't take the risk of seeing his sleepy form after taking my leisure shower and moisturizing my skin.

Thankfully he laid on the bed supporting by his elbow. I climbed on other side and crawled towards him as he wide opened his arms.

Imprisoned between his arms, I pulled my knees away in attempt to be close to him.

"I loved this evening arnav" I whispered looking up at him.

Bending down he pecked my forehead "That's what I wanted"

"Tomorrow morning we're having our mehendi ceremony and at evening it was haldi. Day after tomorrow is our marriage. And the same night we're celebrating our wedding night. Be prepared!" He winked at last.

"So eager haan?" I raised my brows in amusement and strange excitement.

"Yup, can't wait to make you mine!" He stated huskily peperring kisses on my face leaving no inch of my skin uncovered with his lovely remark.

I giggled as his kisses turned desparate.

"You're enjoying my state, aren't you?" He furrowed his brows plastering a stern face inbetween his kisses. I looked at him and then burst out laughter the next moment. His hairs were messy, thanks to my fingers. His lips having smudged pink lipstick.

"Laugh as much as you want. Because after 48 hours you need to search your voice"

I gulped seeing the desire on his eyes. It was getting intense by passing minute. Nervousness and excitement started to fight against eachother. The mere thought of conquering him whole and getting conquered by him sending thrill down my spine. I blinked my eyes when my stupid, shameless brain started to give images to my dirty thoughts. It's been a bad idea of reading romantic fictions in order to cope up with his separation.

He closed his eyes end expelled a deep breath. When he opened again his desire filled eyes now took a new change named love, affection and care.

"Sleep Jaan. We're having less time" I obliged without further words. Sliding down I laid my head on his chest while his arm was thrown around my shoulder. I circled my right arm around his waist and his rested over my arm in his torso. Before slipping into deep slumber, I felt his lips on my hairline.

Arnav Pov

A shrill of tone disturbed my slumber. Flickering my lids I opened it after a lot of struggles. After a torture of five days, yesterday I slept peacefully. Stretching my left palm to the side table, I turned off the alarm. Inhaling her scent I looked down and found her asleep. Giving a quick peck on her forehead I slowly untangled myself from her hold. Like our stay at her house, today also we laid tangled ourselves. Her arms around mine, tickling breath against my neck she almost laid over me.

Sitting on my knees I carefully placed the comforter around her before starting the necessary arrangements for mehendi. After seemed like hours, I sat beside her.

"Jaan..." I cooed bending down to her earlobe.

"Hmm.."

"Your favourite cafè latte is waiting for you" I muttered pushing aside the comforter.

"Sorry, today also I slept" Her whisper indicating her awake state.

"Okey meri Grandmaa.. now get up" I shook my head slightly irritated by her sorry.

Next moment I hissed in pain. I plastered a stern face and glared at her who pinched my arm and eyeing me dangerously as if I did some crime.

"Don't show your stern face here grandpa, it won't work on me"

What the! She flickered my nose, before I could catch her she ran and hide inside the washroom.

"Too much of teasing is not good in this age Grandmaa.." I yelled with smile on my face.

"There's no restriction for age in love and teases grandpa.." She shouted peeping her head from behind the door.

I locked my eyes with her, her eyes are hyptonising enough to caught me off guard. Seconds later she burst into laughter and I joined her, laughing like a crazy.

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"Khushi she's mehendi artist. She'll do what you wish" I said to her introducing a mehendi artist.

While taking steps outside her voice stopped me "Arnav wait... Choose the design"

"What you like is what I love" I said to her cupping her cheeks.

"What you like is what I love" My lips stretched wide hearing her repeating the same sentence of mine.

Sitting beside her, I go through the designs and selected one "I have an important meeting khushi, I'll be back soon" She nodded and hugged me before I leave for meeting.

Hours later

"Khushi show me your mehendi?" I almost pleaded to her while she stubbornly kept her hands back refusing to display her beautiful mehendi cladded hands.

"No.. until you agree to have mehendi I won't show you" She declared in determination.

"Khushi, don't you think it would be awkward for me having mehendi in palms while sharing handshake with foreign delegates" I tried to reason her.

"Do you think I would let you face such awkward situation?" She asked raising her brows sending riddles to my brain.

"Khushi... How is it possible?"

"Like this" She pushed me backwards and I fell directly on the soft bed.

My pupils darted and my breath hitched seeing her crawling towards me like a sexy kitten. What the!

I watched her coming close to my face. I held back my breath while she bend down. Her tresses fall like a curtain refraining my vision on left side. Closing my eyes I anticipated her lips on mine. Not crushing my hopes she placed her lips on my forehead and then it lowered down to my nose, cheeks, chin and atlast fulfilling my wish of feeling her against my lips. Not even I started relishing her curvy lips, she lowered down placing a sound peck on my chin.

My heart picked up it's speed beating erratically as she lowered down opening the first button of my shirt with her teeth. Damn! That was too... Not wasting a minute I clutched her hairs in my fist. She descended down opening the second button. The thrill of having her against me and her actions send shivers down my spine. Hidden desires started to resurface when she opened the next button. A minute later, I felt her pink petals there where my heart thudding beneath her lips. Automatically my other arm circled around her shoulder and my leg was thrown over her locking her inbetween my frame.

Tightly closing my eyes, I delighted over the fact of getting love from her. Later I felt something amiss. Feeling the devoid of her touch I was going to open my eyes when I felt some cold thing touching my bare chest. Instantly I opened it and found Khushi sincerely doing something on my bare skin. Further raising my head, I gasped seeing her writing something with mehendi cone.

"Khushi.."

"Done. Now we both celebrated our mehendi" She declared throwing a beaming smile.

"What is it?" I questioned seeing her blocking the view of the mehendi in my chest.

"Khushi" She shrugged her shoulders and wiggled in my arms. I released her in trance.

I render speechless when she showed me the mirror. Her name with my surname lay proudly at my chest. I was going to touch it to feel the treasure, but she hastily held my wrist.

"Let them dry" I nodded.

She extended her mehendi coated hands showing the piece of design which I selected with great interest. In the centre of her palm there lays my "A" of Arnav. My face broke into a million dollar smile. I didn't even enjoyed our wedding like I am doing now.

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