FF-BTBH - Pt 20 page 145 6th OCT. - Page 43

Originally posted by: ricsr

hey...kavya..

amazng ff dear..⭐️⭐️⭐️

lv arjun's angry avatar 😛bt ..awee.. poor arohi...😭

plz do pm me wen u updt..

waitng...lol

Promo

Pyaar Ek Khel

He was disturbed for rest of the night. Without his knowledge arohi was creeping into his thoughts day by day, but he was not ready to recognise. The following week he left to shimla. Arohi and Sanchit were told he was going to Delhi for a business meeting. Arohi felt she was missing a huge piece of her heart. If arjun knew he would understand how she felt because he was aware what it felt like to have a huge piece of heart missing, he had been felling it since he was 14. His daadi was eagerly waiting for him. It had been a while she saw him and seeing arjun enter the house, she had tears in her eyes, It appeared as though her son was walking in. How proud he would have been to see arjun , a successful handsome tall young man. Even she had a huge piece of her heart missing.

He touched his daadi's feet and enquired of her health. She was more anxious to know how he was doing. He repeated he is in mumbai to close a deal and very soon he will get what is due to him.

He went to the room where the ashes of his family were kept. The room had a serene feel to it. Big portraits of his mom,dad and raashi were hung and on the table underneath were the urns that contained their ashes. Fresh roses adorned the big vase and incense sticks' aroma filled the room. There was a white gaddi with white sheets and pillows to the wall in front of the portraits. the big windows supplied fresh air and light. There was a small office setup in this room apart from the ones in the library and arjun's room. He kept his phone down and sat on the gaddi silently. Daadi too joined him. The room always brought peace to her and for arjun it ignited the fire. Arohi who was missing him too much called him. Arjun was not in the mood to check who called and he just kept looking at the pictures. It stopped and then he recieved a text. After sometime the phone rang again. Daadi saw the number flashing and she saw the name 'arohi? yeh arohi kaun hai, naya secretary hai kya?' dadi's words forced him out of his concentration. 'ji?' 'kisi arohi ka call aa raha hai, tumhari nayi secretary hai kya?' 'haan' is all he could say for the time being. 'toh vapas call kar, pata nai kya baat thi'. He just took the phone and went to his room.

He saw that there was a missing call and a text from Arohi. It read 'hey'. He texted her back 'busy, will call when I reach back' telling her indirectly not to call him any soon. She replied back 'okay, hope u are fine'. He did not reply to that. After 10 min she texted back again 'come back soon, miss you'. He had a satisfied smile on his face reading that. This time he felt like texting back 'I am good, will be back soon, take care'. He did not realise how easily he typed the words as though he really felt them. Arohi on the other side was happy to see it. She read take care as miss you too. She felt happy and felt more pain that he is out of town. But she texted back a smiley face followed by a 'have a good day, bye'. Yep he was having a good day, a peaceful day he thought to himself going back to the living room where the havan and puja were going to be performed. He sat reluctantly. The pandit ji reminded one more time that actual rituals will be completed when the ashes are submerged in the Ganges. To which daadi looked at Arjun expectantly, who just sat with a straight face. 'It will happen when it is time to happen. I am aware of my duties as a son' he replied coldly.

He met Rudra that evening. It was strictly business talks. Rudra tried to find out more about his mumbai venture , but arjun was tight lipped. Arohi called him again the next day, he did neither took the call nor replied to her texts. After a week he started off to mumbai again. Daadi asked if she should come with him , he said it is highly incovenient for her to stay in a suite and it is just matter of few more months. 'months?' 'I will be coming to shimla every other week so please dont worry about me' he assured her.

After coming to mumbai, he texted arohi back saying 'I am back home'. Within few seconds he got her call back. 'hello arjun, I wanted to talk to you, can we meet' She asked 'ofcourse' he said wondering why she called just to say one line and hang up. When they met that evening her face said it all, how much she had missed him and how hurt she was that her calls or texts werent returned. 'you could have atleast emailed me back' she said. 'I told that I was busy and will call as soon as I got home and as soon as the flight landed I contacted you' he said defending that he had kept his part of the bargain. 'still I felt hurt, you ignored me, you could not find a single moment to call me back, even text me back, what am I supposed to think, I dont know anyone else who knows where you are, how should I know you are allright, you have no idea how tense I had become, you dont know I could even sleep at night, dont do this again' she said fighing back her tears. He sighed, he had to admit her tears did move him but not so much to feel sorry for her. 'It definitely wont happen again. If it makes you feel any better I never have informal talks with women, so i had no idea I was supposed to be in touch, you teach me' he said with a smile. It took just a smile and a chat to make arohi feel better and then she was cheered up again. Their dating resumed. They went out couple more times. Neither of them said anything about love. Arohi was convinced he loves her. Every date he gifted her something or the other. A month later it was confirmed to her that he loves her and also to her family. It was on her birthday.

She chose as the venue the same restaurant where she had met arjun the first time. She wore an evening cocktail dress, a satin light brown fabric till the knees layered with few inches of dark brown fabric. The inch wide straps were held by gold colored buckles. a wide dark brown belt with a bow and long ruffles attached to it, hugged her waist. She wore a long earrings with a gold strands and pear shaped garnets dangling to it, she left the neck bare. She highlighted her eyes and cheek bones, coloring her lips in chocolate brown she finished her makeup. She brushed her hair till it shone. She wore her gold strapped heels , that highlighted her slender legs. Satisfied she went to the party hall along with her family. Shefali and Simi were already there to recieve the guests. As arohi entered everyone clapped singing her a birthday song. At birthdays everyone seemed to become a small kid. She greeted everyone. Everyone said she looked gorgeous. But she was not interested in anyone's compliments except arjun's and he was not yet there. She wantedly stopped herself from calling arjun the day before to remind him of the party. She wanted to see if he can remember to come on time. The party had started 2 hours ago and every one was waiting for her to cut the cake while she was lost looking towards the door every other second. It was beginning to appear that he forgot and the happy face fell dull.

For the first time arjun did not have to mark up the date to remember. Arohi's birthday was on his mom's birthday, there was no way he would forget that. If destiny wanted to play this way, he was ready to play it. He was all set to attend her party. He knew he was expected to bring a gift, he knew from his mom that women usually love jewelry. His work was very simple, he just had to pick up something from the jewelry store. He stopped at one on the way to the venue. He asked the owner to show him something expensive. The jeweler was delighted. He waited for customers like Arjun and wouldnot let him go without selling off his expensive piece of jewelry. He showed arjun expensive chains and sets arjun's eyes fell on a necklace with gold stands and a pendant with brown shaped crystals. He asked for it. The jeweler who had expected a big bargain had to be contented with arjun's choice of the simple yet elegant piece. 'they are garnets, highquality, original' the owner assured Arjun. Seeing it, without his knowledge he smiled picturing arohi in that. The owner said 'you must be buying them for someone special' 'sort of' arjun replied dryly. 'I can see it in your smile' arjun didnot even realize he had smiled. He asked him to gift wrap the compact box and slipped it in his coat.

Arohi who had fixed her eyes to the entrance was the first one to notice him. She almost tripped walking fast towards him. Controlling herself she said hi from few feet's distance. Arjun who was casually looking around turned towards her and forgot to blink his eyes. She was beautiful as it is but he had not seen her dressed like this before, the dress made her look more elegant more pretty and more desirable. For the second time he did not realise he was smiling. 'thanks for coming' she said blushing at the continued stare from him. Once he heard her voice he was back . Quickly he composed himself and said 'I wouldnt miss it for anything'. She looked at him waiting for an verbal appreciation. 'you look pretty gorgeous' he said , it was the truth, but he wanted to believe it was just a compliment. 'but something is missing' he said, She started looking at herself, 'what?' 'this' he gave her the box 'Happy Birthday' he said. She was excited to see what it was and when she opened she exclaimed 'oh my god' she took it in her hands and examined it. 'oh my god, this is awesome, these match my earrings too, thank you' she exclaimed, surprising him. Her voice was loud enough to garner attention from others.

Sanchit and Amrit too saw this. Sanchit knew they were attracted, Amrit was just starting to notice that. Arohi, who till now was not so cheerful, was all smiling and blushing, It did not take much time for her to realise that something was going on between them. Sanchit , shefali and Simi had also come there. Shefali helped arohi put it around her neck. Everyone noticed how it matched her jewelry and complimented arjun for having a good taste. Arjun siezed this moment to make it official that he likes her 'It was made for her, how can I miss it', arohi blushed again. As they walked towards the cake, he took her hand , for the first time by himself, and squeezed it 'now you look more pretty, I hope you understood what I meant by that present' The moment he caught her hand and bent down to whisper she was dead. 'what' she too whispered 'you figure that out' he replied squeezing her hand one more time and leaving it. She stood rooted there staring at his back, and moved when shefali shouted 'arohi, how much longer u want us to wait, cut the cake'.

The cake was cut, arohi was more than excited, she was happy, she was satisfied. She fed arjun a piece of cake. He had to excuse himself on pretext of a phone call to avoid feeding her the cake. He felt choked by so many people and arohi's over enthusiasm. But he was not going to leave from there without finishing his plan for the day. He was supposed to say I love you to her and he was going to say it.

He waited at the far end of the hall waiting for a chance to catch arohi alone again. He did not have to wait much longer, because Arohi herself came looking for him. How she made things easy for him. Someone had smeared cake icing to her face, which she came rubbing off. that made her cheeks red, eyes glittering with dreams and the dress gloriously hugging her she swayed to him. He watched her approach her, all the while noticing her movements, the ruffles moving along with her slender leg, the gold colored buckle shining, the earrings moving fast along with her, the necklace he presented sitting proudly on her neck line. If his feeling were genuine he would have given a passionate kiss then and there. But his agenda was not to make love to her but only to say ILU to her.

She came near him 'bored?' she asked 'yes' he replied, 'oh sorry, I know you dont like crowd and today there is are so many people, but all those who love me are here so I cant complain' she said. 'all of those who are here love you?' 'yes' 'all of them?' 'yeah' 'hmmm yeah you might be right, may be all of those here loves you, but one person has not told it yet' he looked deep into her eyes. She gulped, her heartbeat racing, she moved her hair behind the ears, with butterflies in her stomach she asked him 'who?'. ' 'I thought you figured it out with the present.' She looked down and again looked up at him asking with her eyes 'say it clearly'. 'come with me' he said going out, she followed him. Sanchit, Shefali and Amrit's eyes followed them.

Once outside he made way to the sit out that was empty. Looking at the shining stars in the sky he started to talk 'I dont know when I saw you, when I met you, I may not remember all the small details, I may not be too good in following the relationship code, but I do find a strong sense of belonging when I am with you. hey I remembered your birthday , did not I? I guess I have never done that before and I wonder what has changed this time' he looked at her. She gulped again. 'what I wanted to say is, there is this feeling I dont know what, okay that was too long, in simple words I like you' he stopped . He came close to her and took her hand 'I mean what I wanted to say was I think I am in love with you' he finished. for him it was like a deal completed and he was relieved, it was tougher than multi crore business deals, he was surprised at himself.

Arohi was stunned. She had not expected arjun to talk this much. Going by his usually reserved nature she thought at the most she would get a quick I love you or may be just another gesture left for her to figure out. Him actually spelling it out was beyond her imagination. Slowly as the words sank in she tembled. She was in love with him ever since she saw him. Seeing her just staring at him in disbelief he worried if he had done something wrong to screw the whole thing up. Then he saw tears in her eyes, slowly filling up, she blinked them off. Before he could think otherwise , she put her hand on his hand 'I love you too, I have been in love with you since the time we met' she said in a voice that could move even a stone. He smiled, if she knew any better she would know it was a victorious smile. But she only thought it was a smile out of relief that she too said I love you. She smiled back, a smile as bright as the stars.

WOW!!!!! that was brilliant how you desribed the conflicts feelings of arjun he obviously started to love arohi for real i hope that sanchit gets what he deserves soon what happend to arjuns family was not fair i can completly understand him but i want him to realise its not arohis fault and the poor has to be punished for her familly mistake iam sure she will stand next to arjun when she finds out the truth .CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT PART PLS UPDATE SOON.