Clarification : Some of you asked me why people stared at them when they were in the dhabha. It's because of their looks. Khushi gives an image of a innocent sweet girl while he look like a playboy. So moral policing and these looks are bound to happen. We are talking about this look of Arnav 👇

One month went with them spending time with each other. It's her sister's 15th birthday. Khushi and her parents celebrated Kasi's birthday like the same way they celebrated Khushi's birthday. Meanwhile Arnav went to Pune to see his grandmother.

Khushi is in her room, hugging the teddy bear he got for her while playing with the hour glass. She find something fishy with his behaviour for a few days. She didn't find her laadgovernor when they talked through the phone. Her gaze fell on the calender and realised something.
She recalled what happened a year back.
She called Payal and asked for her help.
Payal agreed to help her and called Khushi's parents. Somehow she made her parents agrees to let Khushi stay with Payal for the next day.

Khuhsi got the permission for stay over and packed her stuffs. She went near to the window and prayed for him. She promised the brightest star that she would keep him happy.

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Next morning, Arnav heard the ringing of calling bell and opened the door, only to find Khushi stand infront of him. She dropped the bag and hugged him tight.
He don't know what to say at that moment, instead he hugged her tight expressing his happiness. He know that why she is here, but he couldn't understand how she remembered his mother's death anniversary. He didn't say anything to her regarding it.

"I'm there for you Arnav, always." Khushi said placing a kiss on his cheek.

"I know baby." That moment got interrupted by the scooter horn. They realised that they have a viewer.
Khushi turned around while Arnav held her by waist.

"My dear couple, I don't want to see a?any PDA, so I'm leaving now. Take care guys." Payal honked the scooty and rides away. Arnav looked at Khushi and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Come inside." Saying this he took her bag in his hold. Arnav locked the door and turned to Khushi. She hugged him wrapping her arms around her.

"Arnav I'm not here to ask you anything, I just want to be with you. Are you ok?" Khushi asked looking at him.

"I will be baby, don't worry."

"Were you doing your workouts?" She asked looking at his sweat filled body.

"Yes, did you had breakfast?"

"I was not that hungry, so didn't had it."

"Come, let's feed you something then." Arnav said.

"No, you go and do your workout. We can have breakfast together."

"Baby, I didn't prepare any breakfast. Let me prepare it for you."

"Shh Laadgovernor, you go and do your workout while I will prepare our breakfast. Today I'm in charge and you just relax like a good boy."

"Baby, I don't want..." Khushi placed her finger on his lips silencing him.

"This is my house too. I'm going to prepare breakfast for us and you are going to do your workout. No more discussion on this topic." Khushi said sternly. He smiled at her bossy role.

"Ok... I will go now. There won't be many things in the kitchen."

"I will take care of that." Arnav kissed her and went to the backyard area. After half an hour, Khushi sat on the swing as he continued his workout.

"Enjoying the show?" Arnav asked as he lifted the dumbbells.

"Very much." Khushi said sipping the coffee.

"Arnav, why don't you have anything in your kitchen? There is no flour or vegetables."

"I forget to buy it."

"Will madhumatiji come today?" Khushi asked about his house help Madhumati who is in her mid fiftys.

"No, she won't. I gave her two days leave." He informed her.

"Why?"

"I don't want her to be here today." Khushi understood that he gave her leave so that he can be alone for all the day. She don't know if she did the right thing by coming here.

"Hmm you wants to be alone today?"

"I used to be alone on this day." He let her know.

"I didnt knew...I mean..." Khushi felt so stupid of her. She saw him walking towards her and lean closer to her face.

"Now my definition of alone means alone with an angel." He winked at her and sat next to her. Khushi smiled at him as he took hold of her hand.

"You don't have to be worried about disturbing me. You are not a disturbance for me." Arnav saw her eyes getting moist.

"Are you on your periods?"

"No...what happened?" She asked not understanding why he asked that.

"You are getting emotional so easily baby. Where is that tough Khushi?" Khushi slapped his shoulder and smiled.

"So you want to see the tough Khushi?" She wiped her tears and asked him.

"I prefer tough Khushi than an emotional Khushi." Saying this he lean closer to kiss and she pushed him away.

"No kisses till you have a shower. Tough Khushi won't let this sweaty laadgovernor to kiss her."

"Okay, let's cool down my body before the bath. Come with me baby." Saying this he took her hand. He brought her to the garden area.

"So this is the garden you built?" Khushi looked at the plants arranged neatly on the flower bed. Arnav nodded his head as he took the hose to water it.

"Are these flowering plants?" She asked him.

"This section is full of flowering plants and that section is full of vegetables."

"You know nobody would believe if they comes to know that ASR have a vegetable garden." She said getting surprise by the revelation. Each day, she is getting to know a shade of him.

"That's why looks can be deceiving." He quoted.

"Maa used to have a vegetable garden. We used to pluck vegetables. She was very much passionate about plants and trees." Khushi hold his hand and squeezed his hand lightly.

"Hmm, can I water the plants?" She asked him. Arnav gave her the hose and he went to arrange the plants. Unknowingly Khushi hold the hose towards him after a few minutes.

"Oops, sorry... It was a mistake." Khushi said looking at the bottom of his pants.
Khushi turned around and smiled a bit. She then placed the hose over his head deliberately as he is kneeling down. This time she made him wet from head to toe.

"Ohhhh no, I don't saw you Arnav. Now you are wet from head to toe, so it's better if you shower here itself." Saying this Khushi sprayed the water on him.
Arnav get up as she sprayed water him.

Khushi saw him undressing his vest

He started to walk towards her bare-chested and Khushi slowly moved
away her finger from the hose. Arnav held her hand and made her pour water over his head. She stood in front of him watching the water flows over the body.

"I fulfilled your condition, so let's fulfill my wish." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her towards him. Khushi dropped the hose and placed her hands on his chest. She looked him and he shook his head sprinkling the water on
her face.

She closed her eyes for a moment as the water droplets fell on her face. When she opened her eyes, she felt his lips on her lips. She garlanded her arms around his neck and tried her best to match his passion. She felt her dress getting wet from his body.

"Thanks for fulfilling my wish so quickly." Arnav said winking at her. Khushi scolded herself for spraying water on him.

"Now come with me, I have to feed my girl." Arnav took her hand in his hand and walked towards the house.

"Want to have a shower together?" Arnav asked before entering the house.

"Sorry to disappoint you, I already had my shower. Let me go and prepare the omelette for us." She gave him a sarcastic smile. Khushi got changed into a three fourth pant and top. She was setting the breakfast on the table when Arnav came out of shower wearing a pant.

"Sit down Arnav."

"No let me help you baby."

"Laadgovernor, shut up and follow what I'm saying." She scolded him.

"Baby, you have become so bossy." He took a seat and complained.

"This is the only way to handle a laadgovernor. Now sit there." She pointed at the chair with her eyes and placed the plate in front of him.

"Where is your plate?" Arnav asked seeing only a plate on the table.

"My plate is here." Saying this she sat on his lap and took the plate in her hand.

"Well, I like this arrangement."

"What do you want for bread? Jam or butter?"

"Butter." Khushi placed the bread slices on the plate.

"Now let me feed my laadgovernor." Khushi fed him the slice and had her share too.

"What do madhuji prepare for breakfast?" Khushi asked him.

"The usual stuffs."

"Is it good?"

"Yeah, it's good." He said recalling the food her had earlier.

"Do you ask her to prepare anything special for you?"

"Sometimes, salads and things." Khushi made him drink the orange juice.

"I wish I could have made some other things for you." Khushi said pouting at him

"May be you can try that next time."

"What are we going to have for lunch?" She asking knowing that there isn't anything in kitchen to cook a lunch.

"I don't want you to cook, so let's order for lunch."

"Why can't I cook for you? I agree that I don't have that much of expertise in cooking, but I can still cook rice and some curry. We can buy things for cooking." She asked wanting to pamper him.

"I don't want you to cook for me today. Lets just spend this day peacefully instead of it." She understood him and
placed a kiss on his cheek nodding her head.

"If my laadgovernor wishes for it, I can't do anything about it. So let's spend this day peacefully." They had their breakfast and took the plates to the kitchen. Khushi washed the plates while he wiped the plates. She looked at him keenly as he wiped the plates with a towel.

"Why are you staring at me like that baby?"

"Hmm, you are wiping the plates...you know boys usually don't that... I mean I heard stories like that..."

"Doesn't your Abba helps your Ammi in kitchen?" Arnav asked her.

"He helps her whenever he can."

"So what the big deal in it? Do you think that I'm a male chauvinist pig?"

"No you are not, it's amusing..seeing you in kitchen, doing things so causally."

"It's true that I can't cook, but that doesn't mean that I'm incapable of doing these things. If your doubt got cleared, can we resume the work?" He asked her. Khushi took the plate and started washing it.

"You know, I have a hidden agenda too." He confessed.

"What is it?"

"If we work together, the work will get finished soon. Then I can have my time with my girl."

"You are so wicked Arnav."

"ASR have to be wicked baby." He winked at her and continues to help her. They finished their work and turned towards each other.

"So, what do you want to do?" Arnav asked her wrapping his arms around her shoulder.

"For now, let's go and sit on the sofa." Arnav took her hand and walked towards the sofa.

He placed his head on her lap as she threaded her fingers
through his hair. He looked at her for a moment and placed a kiss on her knuckle.

"How do you know that today is my..."Khushi didn't let him finish the sentence and started talking.

"Remember what happened late year. It happens just after Kesi's birthday. As you know, yesterday was her birthday and I remembered it." He remembered the day when he shouted at her on his mother's death anniversary. He never thought that she will remember this day.

"Don't you want to know why I didn't told you about it?" He asked her.

"I don't want to know anything, I just want to be here with you. I did what you would have done if I was in your shoes.
You are not alone anymore because you are Khushi's Arnav now. I have a claim on this angry laadgovernor." She placed a kiss on his forehead. He smiled at her and suddenly asked something

"Baby, why don't you wear knee-length dresses? Right now you are wearing short pants, but when you are in public you only wear full length pants and skirts. Is it because of the people?" Khushi nodded her head and started speaking

"It's make me so uncomfortable when people ogle at me even when I will be doing the smallest work. Be it a restaurant or a mall, all the eyes in that room will be on my leg. I can't blame the people for doing that, it's not like that they have a chance to meet an amputee everyday in their life. I used to wear such dresses, but later dropped it. When I wear full length dress, I can be myself without anyone's gaze on me."

"Baby, ignore the people and do whatever you wants to do. You are a strong lady, don't let this things hinder your happiness. I won't let you do that." He encouraged her to loss her inhibitions.

"Do you want people to ogle at us when we go out?"

"Let them do whatever they want, I don't care about it." He said playing with her finger.

"So you are going to make me wear short dresses?"

"That's what I'm exactly going to do."

"You will understand what I'm saying when you see all those people ogling at us." She gave him a sarcastic smile.

"Just promise me that you will concentrate on me rather than those
people."

"I know that you won't let me divert my attention from you." She pulled his nose lightly.

"That's true. I'm really a possessive man when it's about you."

"So my possessive man, can I ask you something??"

"What is it baby?"

"You don't need to answer if you don't want to. Hmm how do you spend this day usually?" Arnav looked at her for a moment.

"What if you get scared after hearing it?" He asked a question in return.

"Lets see if you can scare me." His daring lady replied.

"During the initial times, I used to be extremely violent on this day. I used to broke all the things in my room. Later I got introduced to cigarettes and I used to smoke a lot. Once I got into a nasty fight in school and got suspended." Arnav saw the bewildered expression on her face and kissed her knuckles.

"Do you want me to continue or not?"

"Continue..." Khushi said squeezing his hand in response.

"Then cigarettes to drugs...from there to alcohol. I liked being unconscious on this day without any care for the world. I liked the numbness. I don't have anyone to call my own. Everyone had a family and I had none. I used to feel like a street dog. Living for the sake of living. For me this day is the worst day in a year." Arnav said and looked up, only too see her tear filled eyes.

Arnav got up and cupped her face.
"Baby, I didn't mean to scare you like this. F***, I shouldn't have said this to you." Khushi shook her head and hugged him.

"Baby, stop crying."

Khushi controlled her sob and cupped his face.
"I'm sorry Arnav, I'm sorry that you have to face all these. You don't deserve it.
Don't think that you are alone in this world, you are very much important to me. I need you in my life."

"I know baby." Arnav said wiping her tears.

"Let me complete the whole story first." Saying this Arnav pulled her closer to him.

"Do you know when did I spend this day normal for the first time?"Khushi shook her head not knowing the answer.

"Last year, after my outburst at you, all that in my mind was you. I was feeling guilty for I hurt you. I really behaved like a monster with you." Khushi placed her finger on his lips.

"Shhh, not a single word now. Put your guilty feeling in a bag and throw it away.
You didn't hurt me intensionlly. If I were in your place, I would have been reacted that way." She tried to make him understand

"No you wouldn't..." Khushi covered his mouth by placed her palm over it.

"Let me complete my sentence. Arnav you have apologized to me about that incident. Please don't hang on to this from now. That's incident have an significance in our relationship, it's becausebmof that incident we realised that we are important to each other.
You didn't hurt me Arnav, I know that you would never hurt me intensionlly. Promise me that you won't think like that." Khushi asked forwarding her palm infront of him." Arnav placed his hand on her hand as she removed her hand from his mouth. He placed a kiss on her forehead and pulled her closer for a hug.

They break apart from the hug and he get up from the seat.
"I will be back soon. I want to show you something." Arnav went to the room and she sat on the sofa remembering what
he told her. Hecame back with an album and placed it on her lap.

"Check it out baby." Khushi opened the album and welcomed with a picture of a baby.

"Is that you?" Khushi asked feeling excited.

"You have seen all of me, so figure it out."

"It's surely you, see the red colour on this baby's nose. It's matches with my laadgovernor's anger." Arnav smiled at her answer and flickered her nose with his finger.

"Like the same away your cheeks gets red because of shyness." He retorted back at her. Khushi lean on to him and flipped the page. She found a lady sitting on the bed holding the baby.

"My mother, that's me when I was just 3 months old." Arnav said looking at the picture fondly.

"She was so beautiful."

"Yeah, she was."

"You have her lips." Khushi decided to cheer him up and said.
"Her son is also handsome, but not as much as her. He jsut look okay."

"So I just look okay , but not handsome?"

"Why would I lie in front of maa, Arnav?"

"So you don't find me handsome?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

"Not that much, don't worry I don't care if you look handsome or not." She teased him.

"I don't know why you couldn't take your eyes off me in the morning? Your eyes were fixed on my abs. I think I should wear a shirt now. Let me go and grab a shirt. I don't want to torture you with my shirtless okay looking body." He paused for a moment and continued.
"What can a man do if his girlfriend don't find him handsome enough?" Saying this he was about to get up when Khushi tugged at his hand.

"Can't I even crack a joke? You are no fun laadgovernor."

"I don't feel like that, I thought you are saying it seriously. Let me go and coverup myself."

"No, you can stay like this." She said instantly.

"Like what?" He asked with a smirk.

"Shirtless"

"And?" He asked standing in front of her.

"Shirtless and handsome..."

"And???"

"That's it." She said knowing that he is teasing her.

"Okay let me go and put a shirt on my body."

"Laadgovernor, you are damn sexy and freaking handsome. Can you shut up and sit down next to me?" Arnav sat next to her and wrapped his arms around her.

"Baby, you are damn sexy and freaking hot too, especially in a simple blouse and skirt." Khushi knocked his chest with her elbow.

"Shameless man. Can't you behave decent at least in front maa?"

"She know that I'm shameless with my girlfriend." Khushi shook her head and flipped the next page. She got shocked seeing the next picture. It's a family picture of three of them, Arnav and his parents. Arvind's face is painted with
black ink. She understood that he did that and why he have done that. Khushi flipped the next page and saw a big family picture. Arnav showed her his paternal and maternal family members.

"When did this picture taken?"

"My naming ceremony. I'm the first boy in both the families. You know the heir of bl*** Mallik family."

"But your surname is Raizada."

"It's my mother's surname, I dropped that nasty Mallik name attached to my name and chose to be a Raizada."

"You were Arnav Singh Mallik?"

"No, I was Arnav Mallik." Khushi nodded her head and lean closer to him.

They went through his childhood pictures and teenage pics. She noticed the cheerful boy in those pictures, most of them were with his mother. He had painted black ink on his father's pictures. In some pictures, it's scratched out with some sharp object. She can feel his undying love for his mother and hatred for his father. She flipped the next page and saw the mother-son picture where he is holding a trophy and football.

"Your first trophy for football?" Arnav nodded his head.

"Maa looks much happier than you."

"After all her son bagged the trophy for the best player that year." Khushi kissed his cheek and placed a her hand on his cheek.

"You are still a best player, always be like this.";She hugged him tight while he placed a kiss on her head. She flipped the next page and saw a teenaged Arnav.

"Arnav I must admit that you are damn handsome in this picture. Surely the girls in your school must have crushed on you."

"You should change the girls in that sentence to boys. I was in a boys school at this time."

"Ohhhh, I didn't knew that." She told him.

"Anyway thanks for the compliment Miss Gavriel. I'm very much honoured to know that you found me very handsome."

"Arnav, did any boys in your school ever approach you romantically?"

"Yup, I had quite a share of experience from school."

"How did you react to it?"

"Hmm, it's based on the situation. There is one funny incident. I was in the toilet, doing my business. This guy came and stood on the next section. When I looked at him I saw him moving his gaze downwards. I turned to the other side and gestured him to f*** off." Khushi started to laugh loudly hearing the story.

"Did he see you thing?" Khushi asked trying to control her laughter.

"You can be proud that you are the only one who have bestowed up by that sight." Hearing his answer, she got tongue tied.

"In addition to that, the only one who pounce on me like a predator. Remember those numerous hickies and nail scratches you gave me." He teased.

"Then you also did that to me. You gave me numerous hickies on my neck, shoulder and my..." Khushi realised what she is about to do.

"You shameless man, you are too wicked." Khushi slapped him on the shoulder and he pulled her closer to him

"So you liked the pictures?" She snuggled into his chest and wrapped her arms around him.

"Yes, thanks for showing me all those amazing pictures. Now I feel that I know maa for ages." She disentangled from the hug and held his hands.

"Do you know what is my favourite picture?"

"That teenage picture of mine."

"No, it's the picture where maa was putting you to sleep. It looks like she was singing a lullaby for you." She stroked his cheeks lightly.

"Yeah, she used to sing for me."

"What was the song maa used to sing a lot?"

"She used to sing that song Chanda hai tu and I used to like it a lot. Can you
sing that song now?" Khushi placed a kiss on his cheeks and smiled at him. Arnav placed his head on her lap and buried his face onto her tummy.

Khushi threaded her fingers into his hair and started to sing the song.

Chanda hai tu, mera suraj hai tu
O meri aankhon ka taara hain tu
Jeeti hoon main bas tujhe dekh ke
Is toote dil ka sahaara hai tu

You are my moon, you are my sun
Oh, you are the twinkle of my eyes
I live just to see you
You are the companion for this broken heart

When Khushi ended the song she found him sleeping soundly on her lap. She placed a light kiss on his forehead and let him sleep on her lap like that. She sat on the sofa recalling everything he said to her. She could see the bond between Arnav and his mother. She felt sad knowing that he lived life like an orphan. She know he crave for attention, a longing to have someone in his life. She wiped her tears and stroked his hair after placing a kiss on his forehead.

"I promise you that I won't ever let you feel alone in this world." She said looking at the sleeping man on her lap.

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Precap

After a few minutes, Arnav broken the silence that engulfed them.
"Baby...

Khushi looked up to him and he turned around facing her.
"What is it Arnav?" Khushi asked placing her hand on his bearded cheek.

"I want to tell you something. This will force you to think about relationship, but you must know that I'm not letting you out of it."

"I don't want to get out of it either. We belongs to each other Arnav." She replied

"Are you sure?"

"I'm very much sure Arnav."

"Even if I tell you that I was under the psychiatrist treatment." Khushi didn't expect this revelation. She looked at his emotionless face and saw him staring at her.

"Baby, you are dating a person who had some mental problems." Arnav said smiling at her.

"Isn't it scary?" He asked with a light smile.