At the airport..

Raizadas and Jhas were bidding goodbye and wishing a safe journey to the newly married couples, Payash and NK and Lavanya.

Khushi hugged her sister tightly, "I'll miss you Jiji"

"I'll miss you too Sanki.. Take care of yourself" Payal caressed Khushi's hair smiling with moist eyes.

Arnav hugged his brothers, Akash and NK, and wished them a safe journey.

"Akash it's your time to make a move now otherwise Payal will leave you in Sydney itself.." Arnav winked.

Akash blushed, widening his eyes: Bhai app bhi!

"Hello hi bye-bye. Come back with Good news for us" Mami giggled teasingly.

Payal and Akash blushed deeply. While NK and Lavanya stare at each other, their relationship is still in the starting phase where even they're not sure if it will last or not.

"Bye, everyone. It's our time to go" NK said, taking his and Lavanya's bag.

Akash and Payal joined them, and as they walked further, the four turned to their family and waved their hands smiling at them.

Raizadas and Jhas too waved back at them smiling emotionally.

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Sometime later..

"Sale Sahab I'll take everyone with me. You can go with Khushi in your car.." Shyam said.

"Okay" Arnav nodded his head, then glanced at Khushi, "Let's go Khushi"

Khushi looked down and followed him to his car. She got in the car and sat silently.

Arnav too got in the car and started the car, heading back to home.

He glanced at her once and noticed she was trying to bit back her sobs, staring at the window side to hide her face from him.

"Payal will be back soon," he said to console her.

Khushi looked at his side. She was hurt and staring at him in disbelief. Does he think she's crying this much for Payal? Didn't he think for once that she's crying for him?!

She looked away again to the window side and shut her eyes tightly, trying to control herself from crying her heart out.

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Shantivan..
Nani's room.

"Anjali bitiya is everything alright between Chote and Khushi bitiya? They looked different today.." Nani asked concernedly.

Anjali sighed while massaging Nani's legs, "Problems happen in every marriage, right? But if their love and trust is strong for each other, then they will overcome this situation"

"Woh toh hai (That's true)" Nani nodded her head, "I just don't like to see them like this," she said sadly.

"Even I don't like Nani" Anjali sighed sadly.

"Whenever Khushi bitiya is upset, everything else becomes dull.. she gives life everywhere she goes," Nani said, "I just pray to DM that whatever problems they're facing, should be solved as soon as possible"

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At the terrace.

"Sale Sahab! Where are you lost?" Shyam asked standing behind Arnav.

Arnav turned to him and shook his head.

Shyam handed to him a cup of hot coffee. Arnav took it from his hand, "Thanks. I really needed this!"

"Khushi knows very well what her husband needs.." Shyam smiled.

"You mean Khushi made coffee for me?" Arnav asked curiously.

"Yup!" Shyam nodded, "Actually I asked her to make coffee for me. She made it for you as well.."

Arnav hmm-ed while sipping his coffee.

"Have you realized that Akash and NK went to Sydney with their wives and we've the house for us now?" Shyam grinned.

"True that," Arnav smirked, "Do you have a new crime thriller movie?"

Shyam nodded his head smiling excitedly.

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At the living room..

Shyam and Arnav were watching a movie remembering their old times.

"Remember when Rani Sahiba would scold us for watching these movies? She always liked to watch her romantic movies." Shyam said.

"Yeah Khushi is also like Di in this matter" Arnav said thinking of his wife. He wonders if she's still crying or already slept in their room. Unfortunately he couldn't talk with her today, neither he wanted to insist because he knew she was hurt with him and upset that Payal would be away from her for two weeks. He thought to let her rest for today, so that tomorrow he could talk to her calmly and try to solve the misunderstandings between them.

"I don't know if you've realized or not, but Khushi's thoughts are always running in your mind" Shyam said.

"Yeah, so? She's my wife. I should be thinking about her only, not another woman!" Arnav shrugged.

Shyam chuckled, "I know right.. but what I meant was that this is one of the symptoms of Love - you can't erase Khushi from your mind and your heart.. she captured both and you let her do it willingly!"

"You're sounding like Di now" Arnav raised his brows, "Like seriously! Symptoms of Love! Are you trying to say that Love is a disease?"

"Well.." Shyam looked at him dumbfounded for a while, then frowned whining, "Love doesn't see logic Sale Sahab.. Don't complicate me now!"

"Love is the cure of a disease called Hate" Arnav smirked at him, "Sounds better now?"

Shyam nodded his head smiling.

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Arshi's room..

Khushi was standing at the poolside talking with her DM, "You know about everything na DM.. Please tell me what happened to Arnav ji? Why is he upset with me? I tried to talk with him but he's showing his ASR side to me.. It hurts me so much.. It hurts me that after showing his real side, the soft, caring and loving man he is.. He's treating me differently now.. like I'm no more of his family.. I'm no more his Khushi.. You know it didn't hurt me when he said he doesn't love me.. I know that he doesn't believe in love and he's also insecure about our marriage, what hurt me was the way he said it.. I could see through his eyes that he lost the hope to fall in love.. as if he blocked the way for love in his life.. I felt he shut himself again and put a mask of ASR on his face.. what hurt me is that maybe I'm the reason of his pain.. I'm the reason why he is losing the hope to fall in love.. Instead of helping him, maybe I'm breaking his already broken heart.."

"It's okay there's no love from his side in our relationship.. but there's trust, right?" she looked up at the sky questioning DM, then looked down and replied to herself in low tone, "I don't think he trusts me anymore.. that's why he shared our problems with Di and not me.. he felt comfortable talking with Di and not me.."

"I was just so upset and angry with him because of this, that when he wanted to talk with me.. I refused too.." she shut her eyes regretting her deeds, "Maybe he finally wanted to open himself to me and the fool I'm refused to listen to him.. What kind of wife am I? Remember I always prayed for my Prince Charming with whom I would marry and live happily ever after DM? You blessed me with all I ever wanted.. but it's me who failed to keep my Prince happy, failed in having a successful marriage and I now doubt in happily ever afters"

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Sometime later..

Khushi was lying on her side of the bed waiting for Arnav, while staring at his picture on her phone screen. Her eyes landed on the date and suddenly widened on its own and she sat on the bed, gasping to herself: Tomorrow is Arnav ji's birthday!

"It's so strange no one mentioned about his birthday.. not even Di" Khushi thought frowning slightly, "And they let Akash jiju, Jiji, NK and Lavanya go to Sydney without celebrating Arnav ji's birthday with him.."

"Maybe they forgot about his birthday, I should talk to them only.." she said determinedly to herself and looked back at her phone to see the time, "It's 11:05 pm.. that means we still have little time to think something special for Arnav ji" she mumbled and hurriedly wore her slippers and rushed outside the room, heading to Anjali's room.