Part 23 :
Kaajal β (after around 5 minutes of eerie silence, she gasped) ...
OMG !!!!
Arnav β Kya hua ???
Kaajal β (she looked intently into his eyes,with a slight confusion)
... you LOVE her !!!! ... (Arnav looked stunned at Kaajal)...
yes ... it makes complete sense now ... you LOVE her ...
Arnav β (trying to get back to ASR mode) ... What ??? ... what the
hell Kaajal ?? ... I am not in ...
Kaajal β ofcourse you are ... and ofcourse you wont ...
Arnav β what ?? (confused) ... you know ??? tum khud hi apne baat
ko nullify kar rahi ho ...
Kaajal β (shaking her head ) phew !!! Men !!! ... mere kehne ka
matlab tha ... ofcourse you LOVE her and ofcourse ... you will NOT accept
it ...not so easily atleast... thanks to the three lettered word β EGO
...
Arnav β kya bakwaas hai yeh ...
Kaajal β bakwaas nahi ... sach hai ... it makes complete sense
now (speaking more to herself) tumhe ajeeb nahi lagta ??... you remember each
and every bit of any moment with her ... every fight ... every word
... and for a business tycoon who doesn't remember his employees name
below two levels management , yeh
definitely badi baat hai ...
Arnav β oh really ??? aur yeh tum itne confidence se kaise keh sakti ho
??
Kaajal β coz ... I have done a major in psychology ...and
thanks to that ... I can read psychos like you ... pretty easily ...
Arnav β ur crazy Kaajal ...
Kaajal β ahan ?? ... Atleast I am not a egoistic stupid business
tycoon who happens to be a chicken in a disguise of lion ...
Arnav β tumhari ...
Kaajal β himmat kaise hui ?? ... by default meri himmat aise hii hai
... one free suggestion to you ... calm down ... apna rusted
dimaagh use karo ... aur socho ... Khushi is not going to wait
for you forever ... get that ??? sooner or later she will have to get
married ... gharwaalon ke wajah se hi sahi ... aur mujhe pukka
yakeen hai ki woh zyaada manaa nahi karegi ... knowing the martyr she is
, I am sure she will agree to any resume who is approved by the family ...par
tum yeh socho ... kya tum usse kisi aur ke saath dekh sakte ho ???
... can you accept the fact that she would be someone else's wife , live
with him , sleep with him , bear his kids and grow old with him ?? ... is
it possible for you to not blame yourself seeing her be with someone else
wondering if that someone could have been you ?? ...
Arnav β tum kehna kya chahti ho ??
Kaajal β sirf yehi ... there is time now ... the ball is in
your court ... if you LOVE her and want her to be with you ... the
least you can do is go ahead and tell her that ... (she waited for
sometime to see his reaction , but when he didnt budge she shook her head and
turned to leave) ...
Arnav β par ... (she turned to look back at him) ... woh mujhe kaise
accept karegi ??? after all that has gone through between us , after the number
of times i have hurt her ... woh mujhse kaise pyaar kar sakegi ??
...
Kaajal β (now with a bright smile) ... owww ... poor
puppy ... (she pouted a bit) ... you know ... ek raaz ki baat
baatao ?? ... (he nodded ) ... I cannot understand the way behana
behaves nor can I read her so easily ... I donno why ...par main
itna jaanti hoo ... if there is one thing which can be predicted about
Khushi ... its that ... Khushi
is unpredictable ... and coming to ur point ... after what you hab
told me ... there is a lot to hate about you ASR ... but I am
pretty sure , she doesn't hate you ... although i donno if she loves you
... she surely cares for you ... a LOTTT !!!
Arnav β tum yeh kaise keh sakti ho ki woh mujhe hate nahi karti .???
Kaajal β coz you are *Alive* in *one piece* ... without much physical
damage ...
Arnav β what ????
Kaajal β oh !!! ... you donno her anger ... do you ???
... her anger creeps ME out !!! ...
Arnav β aur tum chahti ho ki mai usse jaake yeh kahu ki mai usse pyaar
karta hoo ??
Kaajal β ofcourse !!! ... you know *chotte* (he glared at her, while
she giggled) ... words are one of our greatest friends and yet one of our
greatest foes ... sometimes people depart due to words spoken in the spur
of moment ... yet most of the times , people move away from each other
due to words unspoken ... so speak up ... (he moved towards the
door, while she rushed towards him to stop) ... not now ... (rolling
her eyes) ... she is not in the right mind now ... and tum ainviii
jaake usse nahi keh sakte ...
Arnav β phir kya karu ??
Kaajal β mere kehna maano ... I will tell you when ... till
then for ur own sake ... listen to me and do as i tell you ... and
don't act like a lost puppy in front of her ... be urself ...
Khadoos and sadu ... and what does she call you ???
Arnav β Laad Governor ...
Kaajal β yup !!! LG !!! ... now go sleep ... good night ...
(Kaajal went towards Khushi's room, Arnav followed her) ...
Arnav β you both share a room ?? ( a bit puzzled) ...
Kaajal β no ... and that doesn't mean ki tum future mai spiderman
banke room mai khidki se ghuss sakte ho ...(Arnav rolled his eyes which meant
'as if i was gonna') ... you neva know ... Main aaj raat uske saath hi sone
waali hoo ... she might need me ... and you go now ... (she
literally pushed him to his room and closed hers and Khushi's door) ...jaaaooo
...
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The next day Khushi got up with a throbbing head ache , with hazy
memories of the day before . She felt very weak and tired and her body was
aching a lot. She felt Kaajal's arm hugging her tightly and Kaajal's hair
strewn across her neck ,tickling her a bit . She opened her eyes with a bit
difficulty ,trying to adjust her eyesight to the slightly dark room .She moved
her sister's hair from her neck and tucked it slowly behind her ears .Kaajal
stirred a bit and Khushi gave a weak smile .
Khushi β Kaajal ... (with a bit difficulty) ...
Kaajal β hmmm ... (she opened her eyes slightly , smiled at her
sister and closed again to open her eyes in shock after a few seconds. She got
up and checked her sister's head to confirm that she had high fever and was
pretty weak. She decided to play safe) ... hey thr ... kaise feel kar
rahi ho ??
Khushi β hmmm ... sarr mai dard hai ... body mai dard hai
... kaafi kamzor feel kar rahi hoo ... (she tried getting up) ...
par Kaajal ... hum yaha kaise pahunche ??? hum to Shantivan gaye the naa
??
Kaajal β (was a bit shocked but composed herself) ... kamzor nahi
toh kyaa wresting match ke liye taaqat aayegi agar khayegi nahi toh ??
... dekh kaise beemar pad gayi ... tum faint ho gayi thi Shantivan
mai ... toh humlogon ko tumhe ghar laana pada ... aur bukhaar bhi
badd gaya tera ... you know how much you scared us Khushi ??? (Khushi again
tried getting up,but Kaajal pushed her back to the bed) ... uthne ki koshish
bhi mat kar ... warna I swear I will tie you up to the bed ... now
get back to sleep ... mai doctor ko bulane jaa rahi huu ... and no
office n kaam for you for some days ... don't even try to protest ...
warna I will ban you from entering office ... (Khushi pouted and went back
to sleep) ...
Arnav was up by the time Kaajal came out of the room . When enquired ,
she told him and the family that Khushi didnt remember a thing of what had
happened yesterday evening , other than the fact that they had gone to Shantivan
. Although , everyone was a bit worried , she explained that it would be better
to play along that line until Sunny comes . She told her family to be normal
around her , fuss around her but not tell her what had happened. She informed
Arnav that Khushi might not be able to start working on the project for
sometime and he was fine with it . Kaajal lent her car to Arnav ,since he
hadn't got his ,to get back home .
In the evening ,Arnav got a call from Kaajal to come home with any
stupid work related to the project so that she could shut Khushi up . She
informed him that Khushi was ridiculously throwing tantrums to get back to work
and since her fever had come down a bit, even the doctor had told her she could
work a bit from home, but not stress herself more. Arnav reached Mehra Mansion
in an hour and he was escorted to Khushi's room by Prem.
Prem β pata nahi mera naseeb hi aisa hai ... ya pichle janam mai
maine kisi paagal se punga liya tha ... meri behene mujhe paagal khaane
bhejne pe tuli hui hai ... (he complained to Arnav) ...(when they
reached her room) ... kuch zyaada hi hyper hai ... pataa nahi kaunsi kaam
karne waala bhoot chada hai uspar ... All the best ... (he told Arnav ,
who just nodded in response)
Kaajal β (she saw Arnav open the door) ... Hey !!! ...
Arnav β hi !!! ... Kaisi tabeeyat hai iski ??
Khushi β hum theek hai ... aur waise bhi aap humare tabeeyat ke
baare mai humse bhi pooch sakte hai ... (clearly giving a hint that she was
annoyed. When he looked at her ,he saw she had a bowl of soup ,which he assumed
to be spinach soup and another bowl of oats and fruits mixture and a glass of
juice kept near her)
Kaajal β whr is Prem bhai ?? ...
Arnav β I think ... woh abhi yaha se nikle ... why ??
Kaajal β oh !!! ... He was on doctor duty ... and I am here on
Khushi Patrol ... (she asked him to come in and indicated him to sit on
the bed ,while she was seated on the other end of the bed with Khushi seated in
the middle ,resting her head on the headrest) ... and who on earth asked
you to stop eating it ??? (she asked Khushi) ...
Khushi β (irritated) ... soup is supposed to be drunk not eaten ...
Kaajal β all the same (rolling her eyes ) ... now just drink or eat
or whatever ... or you want me to shove it down your throat ??? ...(Khushi
took in a spoonful of it and gulped it in making a weird face) ... tum babies
se bhi worst ho ... even Neal doesn't throw soo much tantrums ...and
btw ... staring at food with soo much hatred doesn't make it disappear
...(jes then her phone rang and she answered it )
Khushi β mujhe yeh khana bilkul pasand nahi hai ... yeh toh bimaar
log aur gadhe khaate hai ...
Kaajal - exactly the reason why
*you* are having it ... (Khushi looked at her annoyingly ) ... Ek ki
tum bimaar ho ... aur doosra ki tum *Gadhi* ho !!! ... (Khushi just
took the nearest pillow and threw it at her twin, but missed it) ... no use
behanaa ... and btw mujhe kuch kaam se baahar jaana hai ... (to Arnav) can
you babysit for sometime ??? (making Arnav smirk)
Arnav β sure ... (Khushi looked at him while narrowing her eyes in
slight anger) ...
Kaajal β and sadu ... don allow her to even look at work until she
finishes eating all of it ... (she showed the platter) ... and be careful
... (she left to the door) ... and don't let madam get off the bed ...
Khushi waited for her sister to leave and with a naughty smirk kept the
soup bowl on the table and extended her hand towards Arnav indicating him to
give her the files .
Arnav β (nodding his head in disapproval) ... pehle khana khao ...
uske baad ...
Khushi β mujhe nahi khaana ... (she crossed her arms and pouted)
Arnav β then tumhe files nahi milenge ... (both stared at each
other for some time and Khushi realised that Arnav was not the one to give up )
...
Khushi β (frustrated took the soup bowl again and started to gobble up
the soup and finished it) ... abhi mil sakte hai ?? ...
Arnav β (controlling his urge to laugh ) ... well Kaajal ne kaha
tha ki tumhe yeh sab (pointing towards the platter) khatam karni hai ...
Khushi β accha ?? aap kabse doosron ki baat maan ne lage Mr.Arnav Singh
Raizaada ?? ...
Arnav β(knowing very well that she was trying to provoke him to ASR
mode) ... kaafi time se ... anyways ... kal tumhari haalat dekhne ke baad
,I agree with Kaajal ... (Khushi sighed in annoyance) ... soch lo ...
khana khalo aur kaam pe lag sakte hai ... ya phir aise hii baithi raho
... bina kaam ke ...
Khushi β (irritatingly shoved the oats and fruits museli into her mouth)
... this should be illegal ... (Arnav looked questioningly at her) ... Khana
khao yaa phir kaam mat karo ... (he chuckled) ...waise aapko yaha coat
pehenne ki zaroorat nahi hai ...
After about 10 mins Khushi had finished her food while refreshments had
been sent for Arnav. He had got rid of his coat and was going through the files
while Khushi cleared her throat to get his attention.
Khushi β ab khush ???
Arnav β nahi ... (taking out her tablets ) ... yeh khalo ... tab
shayad khush ho jaau ... (she silently took it and had ) ...
Khushi β Arnavji ... ( in a soft tone) ... kya main aapse ek baat
pooch sakti hu ??
Arnav β poocho ...
Khushi β dekhiye hume pataa hai ki mujhe aapse nahi poochna chahiye
... par Kaajal aur mere family waale mujhe kuch batane se rahe ...par
mai ummeed karti huu ki aap mujhse sach kahenge ...
Arnav β poocho khushi ...
Khushi β hume kal kya hua tha ??? (Arnav just stared back at her )
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End of part 23
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