The sun was starting to rise and Arnav was fast asleep. He didn't know what was going around him and who was around him, he was just lost in dreams. It was time for the early morning pooja which the two siblings do, Raksha Bandan was coming in 3 days and Anjali always loved to do this pooja 3 days before.
"Di do we have to?" A tired Arnav asked kindly so he wouldn't hurt his Di.
"Haan Chotte, tum ko patta hai, hum haar saal karte hai ye, to puchne ki baath kya hai?" [Yes little brother, you know we do this every year, so whats there to ask?]
"Okay Di, lets start and get this over with." Anjali made a cute pouting face and said "Chotte tum bi na [Little brother, you even] Unbelievable just like Khushi ji." And then that struck Arnav, Khushi.
"Waise, Di, Khushi kahaan hai? [By the way Di, where is Khushi?]"
"I don't know Chotte, she's probably in her room fast asleep. she's not an early riser like you." Giggled Anjali.
"Ok Di."
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The A siblings started their pooja. Anjali fed Arnav sugar free gulab jamun, and sugar free jalebi's, and smiled through the process, Arnav did anything for his Di's happiness, so this pooja was nothing compared to what he can do.
"Chotte, may you live a long and happy life" Emphasized Anjali on the word long.
"Same to you Di." And they hugged each other.
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The pooja got over and Arnav went to the guest room to check on Khushi. As he opened the door, he saw the bed empty. She must've gone out for a morning walk, Arnav kept telling him self that. He waited for an hour or two, still there was no Khushi.
"Hari prakash! Tum ne Khushi ku kaaheen dekha hai?" [Hari prakash, have you seen Khushi any where?]
"Nahi Saap, Hum Khushi ji ku subha se kaaheen be nahi dekha hai" [So sir, I haven't seen Khushi ji since morning.]
"Okay Thankyou." Arnav started to get concerned.
"Di do we have to?" A tired Arnav asked kindly so he wouldn't hurt his Di.
"Haan Chotte, tum ko patta hai, hum haar saal karte hai ye, to puchne ki baath kya hai?" [Yes little brother, you know we do this every year, so whats there to ask?]
"Okay Di, lets start and get this over with." Anjali made a cute pouting face and said "Chotte tum bi na [Little brother, you even] Unbelievable just like Khushi ji." And then that struck Arnav, Khushi.
"Waise, Di, Khushi kahaan hai? [By the way Di, where is Khushi?]"
"I don't know Chotte, she's probably in her room fast asleep. she's not an early riser like you." Giggled Anjali.
"Ok Di."
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The A siblings started their pooja. Anjali fed Arnav sugar free gulab jamun, and sugar free jalebi's, and smiled through the process, Arnav did anything for his Di's happiness, so this pooja was nothing compared to what he can do.
"Chotte, may you live a long and happy life" Emphasized Anjali on the word long.
"Same to you Di." And they hugged each other.
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The pooja got over and Arnav went to the guest room to check on Khushi. As he opened the door, he saw the bed empty. She must've gone out for a morning walk, Arnav kept telling him self that. He waited for an hour or two, still there was no Khushi.
"Hari prakash! Tum ne Khushi ku kaaheen dekha hai?" [Hari prakash, have you seen Khushi any where?]
"Nahi Saap, Hum Khushi ji ku subha se kaaheen be nahi dekha hai" [So sir, I haven't seen Khushi ji since morning.]
"Okay Thankyou." Arnav started to get concerned.
"Dammit Khushi where are you?!" When he remembered about her going to the gym last night ; "Arnav ji, um I'm going to uh, the gym! yeah! the gym.."
"Shit! She probably didn't come back from last night! Dammit!" Arnav got worried, took his keys and head off to the usual gym he goes to.
Meanwhile
"What if Arnav ji found out about my plan? Or my apartment, or everything?!" Khushi kept wondering, she got scared at the thought of Arnavji worrying about her.
"Nahi nahi Khushi, woh laad gorverner ku kuch nahi hoyga, woh Arnav Singh Raizada hai, koi darpook nahi, shant rejha Khushi." [No No Khushi, Nothing will happen to that Laad Gorverner, He's Arnav Singh Raizada, not some scaredy cat, Calm down Khushi.] Khushi was having a self to self conversation.
Khushi entered her new building and then made her way to her new apartment, it was a huge well built two floored apartment with a surprisingly cheap rent. The floor was made of cold marble and It had two huge rooms down stairs and two huge rooms upstairs, Khushi was gobsmacked to realize that she was going to live a luxurious life despite leaving the Raizada Mansion.
"Wah Khushi, Kya baath hai! Acha ghar milgaya tujko!" [Amazing Khushi! What a great thing! You got a great house!] Khushi excitedly jumped onto her huge bed in her new room, she forgot about everything that happened in the past 2 weeks, she was the old bubbly Khushi again all excited in her new house.
"Wah Khushi, Kya baath hai! Acha ghar milgaya tujko!" [Amazing Khushi! What a great thing! You got a great house!] Khushi excitedly jumped onto her huge bed in her new room, she forgot about everything that happened in the past 2 weeks, she was the old bubbly Khushi again all excited in her new house.
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"Khushi pick up the phone dammit!" Arnav constantly had Khushi's number on redial. He was driving rashly just to get to the gym. When he got to the gym, he asked the clubs receptionist.
"Excuse me, can I please sign in?"
"Sure sir." And he handed him the mens sign in book.
"Erm, can I check the Ladies sign in book please?"
"No sir, sorry, men can only read the mens check in book."
"I just want to know whether my, my uh wife came here at 3am, her name is Khushi Kumari Gupta, shes tall and fair..."
"No sir, we had no of such check in last night."
"Oh ok thankyou. Have a good day."
"Same to you sir." And Arnav sprint out of the club, back into his car to find Khushi's location.
"Where could Khushi be...? Where are you Khushi Kumari Gupta, Where are you?"
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