arshi -the bride [blog story] ch16 1 Jan 18 - Page 10

chapter 2 AMUSED

khushi felt the range building inside arnav . she can see the clutched fist and tensed body of him and hear his deep breaths as if to control himself. she closed her eyes in fear ,she has seen the result of mistakes made by her mother and her screams when father slapped her kept resonating in her mind . she closed her eyes as she saw arnav walk towards her in range under the veil . her tiny body started shivering in anticipation of pain .

"how dare you! you .. you kicked me." arnav said gritting his teeth as if the debacle of this marriage was not enough to get on his nerves , now this ..this little girl had kicked him that to on his wound over his stomach . her tiny leg wont have hurt him if not for the stupid cut he got while ploughing the fields as punishment from his grandfather.

the words spoken by arnav was in pure English which went completely over khushi's tiny brain .she was confused what he is going to do now .

"get off my bed right now. you don't deserve my sympathy . sleep on the floor ! "arnav yelled making her flinch at the intensity of his voice as the words still remained alien to her vocabulary . what he is saying? what he wanted from her ?.she hated when people dont get straight to the point and make her feel like a idiot .

why cant he just ..

"cant you hear me ? get up sleep on the floor" arnav said controlling himself from dragging her off the bed and throw her on the floor . he is better man than man handling a girl.

"cant you speak hindi . or..just kick me back and lets get even . i am tired and very sleepy"

khushi never answer back to your husband understand .

why?

if he is going to slap you once earlier , with your rebellious nature he might drown you in the river

i will drown him before he drowns me

khushi!!.

as the distant memory with her mother made into khushi's head ,she gulped hard tightening her hold on the bed-sheets. drowning equals to dying she does not want to die ,that to in the cold water of january she haven't yet learned the new game her friend was teaching her

arnav looked at her perplexed and shocked . he has never seen any bride of this house speak in such way to their husband . her childish voice still running in his mind over again and again. kick her ? is this girl for real. this time he spoke in hindi realising his mistake .

"if i kick you, you want be able to walk all your life . now get off the bed and sleep on the floor." anger is long gone from his posture , now he said the words in firm tone with great emphasis as when speaking to discipline a naughty child.

"is that my punishment for kicking you.?" khushi asked hoping that he say yes , sleeping on the floor is always better than kicking or slapping . she was off the bed before he even completed saying "yes"

"next time you will think hundred times before kicking me" he said just to make sure she learns a lesson for future . he saw her lie down on the cold floor clutching her knees to her chest ,shivering . just few more minutes than he will tell her to sleep on the bed , making a child sick in cold is certainly not his intention .

he closed his eyes and laid down on the bed not bothering to change his cloths , reminding himself to tell the girl to sleep on bed after few minutes .

he banged at the walls of room , screaming for help .he ran here and there to find a door or just a window but all he see was walls surrounding him, black as the night sky with no hope of light . he sat down dejected at his fate . his eyes opened suddenly as he heard a soft voice screaming in pain .

arnav sat down on the bed , clearing the sweat off his face . nightmare just a nightmare he chanted again and again to slow down his erratic heart beat.he lied back on the bed closing his eyes and opening them the next minute as the realisation hit him . he had slept off leaving a shivering child on the cold floor . he ran off to where she lay near the door with guilt passing his every bone only to shocked at what his eyes saw.

"what the f... she is just ...wow" these word left his mouth looking at the tiny girl sleeping with two warm matters beneath her and one heavy warm blanket covering her tiny body as she sleeps without a care in the world.

he know any other man in place of him would have gotten angry at seeing his punishment made into a rather comfortable activity . but all he could do was just smile looking at fully covered in his old blanket . he has to agree on one thing that this girl is completely different to other girls. he went back to sleep thanking god the girl has some brain.

as the first sun rays fell on his face , he woke up from his sleep but still laid on bed with closed eyes just savouring the warmth of bed . he heard a small click sound indicating opening of his closet , he half opened his right eye to see the girl putting back the mattress and blanket back into the closet making minimal sound as possible . closing the door of closet she tip toed back to the her sleeping place and laid down sleeping or one should say pretend sleeping.

arnav wake up few minutes after to keep the smile coming on to his face. just as he got near the door he saw her waking up fake shivering as if she the only innocent soul on this planet , her face still covered in the veil.

'little devil girl' arnav thought and went out off the room , making khushi smile and feel proud of her acting

"since you are the new bride you have to make the breakfast" devyani said looking at khushi who had now take off her veil to look at the angry old lady in front of her .why she is looking at her angrily what has she done

"I... can make h..halwa . ." khushi said meekly looking at her toes, she remembered how her mother used to drag her and payal to help in the kitchen and learn cooking but she 99%of time used to ran away to play leaving payal to learn alone.

"and.." pooja , the heavily pregnant eldest daughter in law of the house looked at her to say something more before dadi saas 's anger explode all over them to know the new daughter in law did not know to cook.

"halwa only" khushi is feeling guilty to never paying heed to her mother's words .she knew making halwa just because it is her favourite dish .khushi just wants to ran back to her home and lay in her mother's lap .

"i will help her dadi saas." pooja said holding khushi's shoulder in support ,she convinced dadi to help khushi learn cooking as soon as possible .

giving one final glare to them devyani raizda walk off the kitchen .

pooja helped khushi prepare the breakfast while khushi tried helping her ,now and then looking at her big stomach in astonishment thinking 'how much she has eaten to have her stomach so big'

khushi never ever do something that will not be liked by your husband

her mother's word again stopped her in her tracks but only after she has already done that she shouldn't have . she bit her lips while serving male member's of raizada family on breakfast table with her tiny hands .

she looked at arnav from beneath her veil as he took one spoon of halwa and ate it and as the taste hit his tongue , his head turned directly on her . she hid her tiny body behind that of pooja protecting herself from the angry gaze of her husband.

she has put a lot of salt and red chillies in his halwa to revenge for his rude behaviour the night before . she is so cute no one screams at her and certainly dont make her sleep on the floor ,well what she can say her thoughts were ruled by devil at that moment.

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she has been successful in avoiding arnav for last few hours she knew he might be looking for her to yell at her . but now when they are going back to her house in the same car with him seating in front seat and she on the back with her cousin brother's who had came with her the previous night , she only prayed devi maiya to not let her be alone with him.

but to her dismay she soon found her self in that situation , when the car they were going broke down . shyam and arnav's grandfather walked away to call the mechanic .

"what kind of behaviour was that huh?" arnav said not sparing a glance at her direction . she has really made him angry .what kind of person mess up with someone's food like that .

"you are my husband you deserve two times more what you give me right" khushi said making arnav confused as finally the realisation drawn on him,

"oh so it was the payback for making you sleep on the floor"

"in cold winter night ..." khushi completed for him. so what she had not laid on floor shivering all night but still what kind of husband make her wife sleep on the floor . she has see her mother sleep next to her father , her friend rukamni who married last year too sleeping next to hers.she has felt sad and humiliated at being treated like a servant after the happiness of being not slapped has subsided .

before their fight can convert into a war , they saw shyam and arvind come back with a mechanic .

khushi sat at the big stone next to the car as she saw arnav and arvind again fighting over something . they have argued too before leaving the raizda house and now too , whats wrong?

shyam tried to stop their argument .

'no you think that you can rule over me.'

'you are becoming more rebellious day by day arnav. dont make take more harsh step '

'you... mm ..i feel like running away dada. i feel suffocated with you all'

'so your family their traditions make you feel suffocated'

'what tradition ? marrying me to a child .even after knowing that ..'

' you gave us boy and do whatever the hell you want'

'..you...y..you make me sick . even after everything i been through you expect me too.. forget it its useless talking with you.'

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"you are suppose to be god . why don't you make him a rat" khushi's childish voice reached his ears as they performed few other rituals at khushi's home as married couple. arnav body still tensed with the fight he earlier had and his mind covered with anger towards everyone.

"why dont i turn you in a rat first" arnav replied clenching his teeth as the morning incident replayed in his head . this girl is make him mad .

"I more like to be a butterfly" khushi replied sincerely as if hoping arnav can turn into one with his magic power that all god have .

"i am no GOD." arnav said and walked off from near her .she just looked at his back as he made way to where shyam was seating beneath a tree.

arnav kicked the stone with his feet and looked the evening sun with his cold gaze . he felt shyam's hand on his shoulder taking him in half brotherly hug.

"calm down arnav.you are newly married enjoy it and stop arguing with dada like that when we all know that it will result in nothing" shyam said in calm tone , to advice his brother to stay away from such fights.

"bhai! you are saying me to enjoy .. she is a kid ." arnav covered his head in his palms frustrated with the happening of his life.

"its the only way arnav to achieve what you dream. you feel disgusted because you are seeing her as a child . think of her as your wife over whom you have full control . grandfather is still not pressuring you enough over it bec..

"really not enough pressuring ?" arnav looked at his brother sarcastically

"because she has not bleed yet so you have a little time to make yourself ready to do it. but the moment she bleed you have to do it and grandfather could go to any level to achieve what he wants you know that dont you?" shyam finished with a slight warning at the end .

"anyway i am not understanding how you have control yourself from doing it . i had done it continuously for month with no break after the marriage. how one can control it why would someone would want to control it especially a man " shyam continued his words

" your wife she is so beautiful .her rosy lips , white pristine skin ,she is nothing less than an angel. an angel you would love to hear screaming when she lay beneath you begging you to stop"

shyam continued as in different world all together

"her eyes are hazel coloured its quite rare and those eyes will go all wet from pain and pleasure with every thrust much stronger and faster than the other coming "

"STOP IT!!" arnav screamed at his brother . with every word of his brother all he had seen and felt is a small girl being hurt and in pain. he had felt disgusted with his brother's words.

"i am just boosting you for the night brother."

"oh really !! all i can see is a child , a small girl who would have been playing with her friends or studying if not for relationship she has been tied into of which she barely know the meaning."arnav said what was all in his heart , he dont have and can never have such feeling for her . he walked off from there angrily but not before his brother's word hit her ears

"talk about not seeing her that way when you seen her face below her veil"

he haven't seen her face yet and he wont see it .he have no interest keeping any kind of relation with her . he have his 12th exam coming up he would rather concentrate on that right now.

"why are you sending me away . don't you love me. I wont leave no ..NO" khushi screamed as she remained glued to her mother's chest . both mother and daughter cried as they have to part now .

realisation finally dawned on khushi of what marriage means. she will have to leave her mother, her family and live with stranger all her life , live with that angry so called god.

as her father tried get her away from her mother's hold she cried more and more .

'this not your home anymore khushi. you have to live with them now as i lived with your father leaving your nana-nani. '

'you have to be a good daughter in law to that house. never talk back , listen patiently . take pain silently not letting a sound out of your mouth'

'dont let down our upbringing ever.'

'always remain with your husband . he is your world now khushi'

'without your husband you are nothing but a unwanted weed being crushed by people for their benefits. remain by your husband side. follow his order , remain in his shelter, trust his words'

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