Chapter 5

Swati

@SwatStar_Arshi

Chapter 5 - Thick Headed ASR

Payal made dinner for the family while Khushi walked in at round 7.30 pm. Payal and Akash bid good bye and headed out for their dinner date. Khushi just smiled and gave a double thumbs up to her jiju.

Dinner at home was a quiet affair, only Sheetal and Aarav were talking and trying to get attention from Arnav. But Arnav was in foul mood and Sheetal felt happy inside guessing he could be mad at Khushi. She just warned Aarav to stop bothering ASR indicating using her eyes.

Naniji enquired about Khushi's admission and Khushi walked naniji to her room with animatedly explaining the day's charade. Khushi wound up remaining c****s and headed to her room.

"What is this Khushi?" Arnav just pulled Khushi and almost shouted at her.

Arnav Sign Raizada was never good with words. As is he was already irritated that he waited from 2.00 pm for her and she returned home at 7.30 pm and was coming to their room now at 10.00 pm. Waiting for someone was never his thing and he was totally agitated. On top of it when he heard Khushi informing nani about her correspondence courses, he really felt left out. He was waiting for Khushi to pounce on her and get some answers.

"What?" Khushi asked.

"What what? How could you Khushi? How dare you not inform me or ask me about you further education?" Arnav asked annoyed.

"Arnavji, you never asked me whether I wanted to continue my education. Moreover you clearly told me not to bother you with trivial matters" Khushi replied.

Arnav remembered how Khushi used to call him frequently in his office and he used to love that. He used to look forward to her calls. But when Sheetal made fun of Khushi being typical wife and keeping tab on him, he simply shouted and messaged her not to disturb him at work for trivial things. He immediately regretted his behavior that day.

"Khushi, it's not like that. But you should have talked to me" he said not hiding his disappointment.

"I asked naniji and she said yes. Why? Don't you want me to continue my studies?" Now Khushi was confused.

"No Khushi. Nothing like that. I am happy for you." Arnav was still sulking over her not discussing or sharing her wishes.

She could read his face easily and replied politely "Arnavji, you were very busy last month, always going to work early and coming late so I did not want to bother you with additional things. I was getting bored alone so thought of studying further."

"Still Khushi, you should have talked to me" Arnav just couldn't let go.

"Arnavji, many times when you go to business trips or some party, you never informed me. I got to know from Di or naniji. So I thought it should be OK with you too. Anyways I had informed naniji, she being the senior most in the family and took her permission before deciding" Khushi replied Arnav calmly and entered bathroom to change clothes.

Her reply hurted him the most.

Did he miss something? He realized he has lot of talking to do with Khushi. He sat on recliner waiting for her. Khushi walk passed Arnav, went out pool side and looked into the sky. The stars were shining. She looked at her two favorite bright stars (her amma, bauji) and gave them big smile as if she was conveying something important.

"Good night Arnavji" and she went to sleep on her side.

"Good night" Arnav pretended to sleep but the sleep was far away from him. He just did not know how to initiate talks with Khushi anymore and why she was going away from him. He decided, he had a lot to ponder over before he talks to her.