Our Happily Ever After

OUR HAPPY DAY

 After spending some quality time with his wife in his mother's garden, Arnav brought Khushi inside, so that they could have their breakfast which he made especially for her. As soon as they entered the dining hall, he made her sit on a chair and asked her, "Baby close your eyes." And Khushi always asks him why, he just smiled and replied, "Baby it's a surprise, so if you close your eyes 'Ill be right back with your surprise." Knowing very well that her Arnavji will not reveal what it is, she pouted and closed her eyes. He just pecked on her pout and said, "now don't open until I tell you" and left to the kitchen.

He returned with a bowl, which he served on her plate and he took a morsel in his hand and brought it near her mouth and asked her to open her mouth, but she being Khushi replied "Arnavji, you're wrong, it should be my eyes, not the mouth." In a stern voice, he said, "Just do as I say" for which she muttered Lord Governor and opened her mouth. As soon as she opened her mouth, he fed her and said "Now open your eyes and tell me how is it?". She loved it as it is her favorite so she replied immediately, "I loved it but who made it and you said something about surprise where is it?", but she was thinking about the surprise itself. After hearing her reply Arnav didn't know what to do, he himself made his wife's favorite breakfast and she's asking who made it. But he knows about Khushi, he has to tell her everything clearly, so he sighed and replied, "I wanted to surprise you, so I made your favorite Aloo Poha." She felt so happy after knowing that her husband cooked for her, till now no one made any special efforts for her. It was very overwhelming for her, she could feel his love, he's trying a lot to mend his mistakes, he's trying to be a better man for her. Tears started flowing from her eyes, Arnav didn't understand why she was crying all of sudden, he was about to say something but she didn't let him say anything. She captured his lips to convey her feelings, her love. She kissed him passionately, though Arnav was surprised by her sudden act, immediately he kissed her back with the same passion. After some 10 minutes, Arnav broke apart as she need air to breathe.

After composing himself, Arnav said, "Baby what was that?". She just blushed and said, "it's my way of expressing love, you make me feel so many things that no one has ever made me feel. You're the one who can make my heart fly like a butterfly. I love you so much and will always love you." He pecked on her forehead and said, "I love you so much and you make me do things which I've never done for anyone. I've never cooked for anyone, not even Di. She doesn't even know that I can cook. Now let me feed you, it's already late." She giggled and said, "yeah, feed me. Let me relish my hubby's handmade food." He smiled and started feeding her, and she fed him. Both of them finished their breakfast.

After finishing breakfast Khushi insisted that she'll wash the dishes, but he refused her saying servants will take care of it. She pouted and asked, At least let me keep them in Kitchen for which he agreed and followed her but Khushi didn't know that her dear husband is following her. Khushi kept the dishes in the sink and turned. She found her husband standing right behind her, she was startled, and she took two steps back. But he pulled her to him, and she landed directly on his chest. He bent a little and whispered, "Won't you make jalebis today?" in her ears. A chill ran through her spine, but she composed immediately and said "Why today? Do you want to have some?". He replied, "No I think today is supposed to be your Pehli Rasoi right? so, I asked you." She smiled cheekily and said "yes, thank you for reminding me Hubby", he pecked on her nose and released her.

While she was searching for the ingredients for jalebi batter, he comfortably settled on the kitchen slab. By the time Khushi reached the Kitchen slab with Besan flour, she found her husband sitting there on the kitchen slab and staring at her lovingly. She asked him, "what are you doing here? Don't you have any other work?". He said, "I'm doing my work only, giving company to my wifey while she's cooking for me." She opened her mouth wide and said, "What will you do by sitting here?". He chuckled seeing her expressions and said, "I like to sit here on the Kitchen slab, I used to sit like this when Maa used to cook for me. Even she used to ask me the same question" he stopped as his eyes got teary after remembering his mother. She kept her hands on his shoulder to give him support. He wiped his eyes, smiled slightly, took her hand into his, and kept another hand on top of her hand. He looked into her eyes and said, "Once she asked me will you sit like this on the kitchen slab while your wife is cooking. Then I told her that I'll sit and help her while cooking. She told that my wife would be very lucky to have me, but she's wrong. I'm the luckier man here. I don't even want to imagine what would have happened if you didn't fall in my arms on the day of the fashion show." She smiled and said, "nothing would have happened. We would have met some or the other day, maybe in a better way. Because at the end of the day, Khushi is meant to be yours." He chuckled and said, "yeah right Arnav and Khushi hamesha." She placed her other hand on their hands and said, "Now leave me I've to make jalebis." He smiled and left her hands to let her make jalebis. All the while when Khushi was making jalebis, he was just looking at her, feeling content to have her in his life.

After a while, Khushi finished making jalebis. Arnav was about to take a jalebi, she smacked on his hand not allowing him to make jalebi. He looked at her raising his eyebrow, she smiled and said, "First one is for Mumma, so don't you dare taste it before." He was amazed after hearing her, how easily she got comfortable and called his mother Mumma, she even thought of offering her dessert even before him. She surely is one kind, no one can ever be like her. She's just amazing and he's proud that she is his wife. he smiled and raised his hands in the air as if telling her to do whatever she wanted to do. She placed a few jalebis on a plate and turned to go towards the kitchen's window and he was just watching her. She placed that plate outside the window and looked at the sky and muttered something which he didn't understand. She smiled and turned around and came back to him. Out of curiosity, he asked her, "What did you just do?". She smiled and pointed her finger towards the sky through the window and said, "Mumma must be there, watching us, so I offered her jalebis and asked her to give me blessings and also strength to handle her Chotte". He smiled and got down of the Kitchen slab and pulled her to himself and said, "Khushi how do you do this, I mean whenever I think that I'm deeply in love with you and cannot fall more for you. You prove me wrong, you always manage to amaze me." She looked at him innocently, pouted and said, "What did I do?" he pulled her even close and said, "this is what you do, you make me feel so many things and then ask me cutely what did I do. And this pout of yours is very difficult to resist." With that, he gave a long smooch on her lips. Then she hugged him tightly, blushing heavily.

After a while, he broke the hug and said, "now will I get to eat my wife's handmade jalebis." She smiled and fed him jalebi and he made her eat. She jumped excitedly and asked for her gift for Pehli Rasoi. He closed her eyes and turned her around. He pushed her hair aside and made her wear a pearl's chain. As soon as she felt something cold on her neck, she opened her eyes and looked at it. She smiled happily and kissed him on his cheek. Pearls have a special place in their life. Both remembered the fashion show when he mercilessly pulled away her dori with pearls. She understood that he's trying his best to make it up to her. He smiled at her and forwarded his hand towards her as if asking her permission. She looked at him questioningly after seeing his hand but after looking into his eyes she smiled and placed her hand in his. He took her to their bedroom; he made her sit on the bed. From the other side, he went sat leaning on the bed's headboard. He forwarded his hand asking her to join him. She went and sat beside him and snuggled into his arms. He smiled at her and he then switched on the tv and played Salman's Bodyguard movie. As soon as Khushi saw the movie title she looked at him lovingly. He tucked her fringes behind her ear and said, "I thought to take you to theater, but I felt this will be more comfortable. And Salmans movie is best for you, so I chose this." She placed her head on his chest and said, "Every moment is best for me if you are with me. You don't have to do all these things. I know you don't like watching Bollywood movies. We can watch some other English movie." He rubbed his palm over her arms and said, "let me do these things for you. It makes me happy whenever I do something for you. And as far as the movie is concerned, it's not like I don't like Bollywood movies. I never got time to watch movies, but now with you, I've all my life. So, let's watch all movies. Firstly, we are starting with your Salman's movie and moreover, today is your day. So, everything goes according to your taste. They started watching the movie and Arnav fell asleep on Khushi's shoulder. She patted his cheek lovingly, after seeing him sleeping on her shoulder. After a while Khushi didn't want to watch the movie alone, so she switched off the tv and made him lie on the bed. She pulled the comforter and snaked her arms around his waist. She placed her head on his chest and slept peacefully.