The wedding was done, the ceremony was complete and Arnav and Khushi were finally man and wife. Khushi had been welcomed into the house as the bahu and the little post wedding games had been played.
Now Anjali was helping Khushi up the stairs, taking her to Arnav’s bedroom. Their marital bedroom.
“How are you feeling?”
“So nervous Di!”
“Aw, don’t worry, it’ll all be fine. Everyone feels nervous for their wedding night, just relax.”
Pushing the door open, Khushi’s eyes fell on their heavily decorated bed. Around the bed were drapes of gold and red, with petals adoring it.
“Do you like it? It took me and you jiju half the morning to get it sorted.”
“It’s beautiful.”
Helping Khushi over to the bed, Anjali sat her down on the middle of the bed and then fixed her lengha, pulling it out and placing it down around her.
“Di… I’m really scared.”‘
Anjali smiled and placed a hand on Khushi’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, you have no reason to be afraid at all.”
Moving away, Anjali relit some of the candles that had gone out and made sure that everything was perfect. Khushi took this time to calm her breathing down and to get herself in check. Anjali was right. There was nothing to be afraid of. It’s not like she was about to spend the night with a complete stranger. She was about to spend the night and the rest of her life with a man she was very much in love with. She had been waiting for this moment for so long, there really was no need to be scared.
Once Anjali made sure that everything was perfect, she turned her attention back to Khushi.
“Are you okay now?”
“I’m fine, thank you.”
“Then should I go and get Chote?”
Blushing, Khushi nodded. She was ready for Arnav, ready for the most beautiful night of her life.
Anjali pressed a kiss on top of Khushi’s head, wished her the best and then went to go and get Arnav.
Sitting up straight, Khushi waited. Anjali brought Arnav back a moment later, but the wait felt so much longer.
“Happy suhaag raat.”
Anjali pushed Arnav into the room and then left. Turning his attention to his newly wedded wife, Arnav smirked, finally, they were married. Turning around, he locked the door and then came back over to the bed.
“Hey, you okay?”
Looking up, Khushi nodded shyly. She was okay, better than okay. She was married to the man she was in love with, the man, she at one point didn’t think she could ever be with.
Sitting down beside Khushi, Arnav took her hands in his own.
“You’re not tired or anything are you?”
“I’m not tired at all yet.”
“So we can…”
Arnav watched as Khushi bit down on her lip and as her cheeks turned bright red. He smirked as he moved in closer to her, closing the distance between them.
Finally, there was nothing holding them back, nothing stopping them from finally becoming one…
*****
“Arnav, come on! We need to get ready to board our flight now!”
Arnav quickly shovelled the last of his food into his mouth and then grabbed his carry on and got up.
A few days had passed since Arnav and Khushi wedding, and now they were ready to be off on their honeymoon! They had decided to go to Italy. It was one of the many countries Khushi really wanted to visit and Arnav too wanted to go there.
After much debate amongst themselves and with the family, it was decided that they would go on honeymoon for a full month. This was due to the fact that Ajay wanted Arnav to come back and start taking over responsibility for the business. And once that happened, it would mean that Arnav would be busy more often and he and Khushi would have less time to spend together.
Everyone had believed a one month honeymoon would be ideal as it would mean that they would be able to spend a lot of time together before they both got busy with their lives.
“I can’t wait to get to Italy! I’ve seen pictures of Italy since forever and I’ve always wanted to go.”
“I’m just excited to be able to spend all that extra time alone with you.”
Sliding his hand up her arm, Khushi understood exactly what he was trying to say. In the short time that they had been married, Khushi had found out that Arnav was extremely insatiable. No matter how many times they got intimate, as soon as they were done, he was ready for another round. Khushi wasn’t complaining though. She knew she wanted him as much as he wanted her, so she wasn’t complaining that he wanted to make love to her over and over and over again. And she also didn’t mind that they were going away for a whole month. Like Arnav, she too was looking forward to being able to spend the whole day in bed with him.
*****
“Arnav…”
Arms tightening around Arnav’s neck, as she felt her muscles clench around him. She was close and she knew he was too. Arnav pumped his length within her a few more times before they both reached their peak.
The moment arrived and they both climaxed together. A hot line if fluid left Arnav’s body and up Khushi’s channel.
Arms and legs going limp, Khushi’s limbs fell away from Arnav. He rolled off her, pulling her close and just laying beside her.
“You okay?”
Nodding, Khushi pressed a kiss on Arnav’s chest and moved in close to him, basking in the warmth of his body. Initially, after they made love, they wouldn’t cuddle because they both felt self conscious due to all the sweat on their body.
However, as time had passed, they cared less.
“Can you believe we’re going home in 2 days?”
“I know! I can’t believe that our month here is almost up.”
Arnav pressed a kiss on Khushi’s forehead and wrapped an arm around her.
“Just because we’re going home doesn’t mean anything is going to change. I still want to spend as much time with you in bed as possible.”
Blushing, Khushi muttered that that was what she wanted too, because it was. She loved spending time with Arnav just generally, or just sitting and having a chat with him, but she was happiest when they were wrapped together in an intimate embrace, when they couldn’t tell where one of them started and the other ended.
“I love you Khushi.”
“I love you too.”
*****
Arnav held back Khushi’s hair and rubbed her back as she threw up into the toilet. It was the fourth time I less than 3 hours that she’d thrown up and Arnav was starting to get concerned.
“I don’t understand why you’re throwing up so much, we both ate the same food at the restaurant last night and I’m completely fine.”
Lifting her head, she shrugged her shoulders.
“If you throw up one more time, we’re going to the doctors.”
“Arnav, there’s no need.”
“It isn’t normal to be sick so many times in one go, especially when you haven’t eaten anything that should cause you to be sick.”
Khushi had a slight suspicion as to what could be the cause of her illness, but she didn’t want to say anything to Arnav, not until she was sure any way. She didn’t understand how it could happen, especially when they had been so careful and she was taking the pill. So she couldn’t be…
Arnav and Khushi had now been married for just a little over 3 months and everything had been going perfectly. Arnav had settled into his dad’s business and Khushi had settled into life at the Raizada house. She connected well with both Payal and Anjali and was ever so grateful to find that they were still as kind and as helpful as they had been before the wedding.
Ma too was lovely and nothing like the typical mother in laws that were shown in Indian dramas.
In these three months, Arnav and Khushi had gotten even closer to each other. As Arnav had said before their honeymoon had ended, they had managed to make time for each other almost every evening and the fire between them was still burning as brightly as it had done when they first gotten married.
All of a sudden, Khushi felt sick once more and threw up. Arnav held her close, as she let it all out of her system. Once she was done, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and dialled for the doctor.
*****
“Congratulations Mr and Mrs Raizada, you are expecting a baby.”
Eyes wide, Arnav looked between Khushi and the doctor.
“But how? We used protection to begin with and Khushi’s been on the pill the whole time any way.”
“It happens sometimes. It’s not as uncommon as you’d think. A lot of people do fall pregnant even when they are on the pill. I would recommend you both go and get a full check up done as soon as Mrs Raizada is feeling a bit better.”
Arnav nodded and ushered the doctor out when she got up to take her leave. Dropping the doctor off at the door, he turned around and began making his way back to their bedroom when he was stopped by his mother.
“What’s wrong Chote, is everything okay with Khushi?”
“Everything’s fine, she just experiencing some morning sickness.
“Morning sickness? Is Khushi…”
“You’re going to be a dadi!”
“Oh Chote!”
Anaamika pulled her son into a big hug.
“That’s amazing news! I didn’t realise that either of you would want a baby so soon, but that’s lovely news.”
“I mean we weren’t planning a baby so soon, but if we’ve been blessed with a baby then we’ve been bless, nothing we can do about it.”
“Chote you go see to Khushi, check she’s okay. I’ll go and tell everyone and we’ll all be up to see her in a bit.”
Nodding, Arnav rushed up the stairs and towards his bedroom. Pulling open the door, he saw Khushi sat up in bed, her hand over her belly. She saw Arnav walk in and smiled. He sat down beside her and took her hand in his own.
“We’re going to be parents! Can’t you believe that?”
“I’m so sorry, I don’t understand how this happened. I’ve not missed a single one of my pills…”
“Sh… Why are you apologising? I know this isn’t what we planned but we’re being blessed with a baby. You don’t need to be sorry. A baby is a blessing from above.”
Letting out a breath of relief, Khushi hugged Arnav.
“I’m so nervous about the baby, but I guess I’m really excited as well.”
“Me too. I didn’t expect us to have a baby so soon, but I am excited. We’re going to have our own little person. Someone that’s half of me and half of you!”
Both sat close together, their hands interlinked over Khushi’s belly. Their baby couldn’t come soon enough.
*****
Laying back in the hospital bed, Khushi’s eyes welled with tears as she held her little girl in her arms for the first time. After a long, strenuous pregnancy, she could finally hold her little princess.
“Oh Arnav, she’s beautiful isn’t she.”
Arnav moved over to Khushi and took a seat beside her.
“They’re both beautiful, just like their mother.”
Handing the second baby over, Khushi peered down at both of her little girls at the same time and Arnav wrapped his hand around his extremely exhausted wife.
“I still can’t believe you had both of them inside you only a little while ago.”
“Truth be told, I can’t either.”
Both babies were tiny, weighing in at only 5 pounds each.
“Khushi, they look exactly the same don’t they?”
“They’re identical Arnav. Absolutely identical.”
Almost as though the little girls understood what their parents were saying, they both opened their little eyes.
“Arre dekho. They’re completely in sync with each other as well.”
Arnav chuckled and looked at his little girls. As he looked at them, he gasped as he took in their eyes.
“No Khushi look! They’re trying to show you that they aren’t completely identical. Baby on the left, her eyes are light like yours, but baby on the right has darker eyes like me.”
Taking in the eyes of their little girls, Khushi too noticed the difference. It was slight, no where near as extreme as the difference as hers and Arnav’s eyes, but the difference was clear.
“I always though identical twins had the exact same coloured eyes.”
“Apparently not!”
“Well this makes naming them easier.”
“How so Khushi?”
“Baby with lighter eyes, were going to name her with the name I picked, and baby with the darker eyes, we name her with the name you picked.”
Nodding, Arnav agreed that this was the best idea and the best way to go about this major decision.
“So it’s settled, baby on the left with the lighter eyes is Isha Singh Raizada and baby on the right with darker eyes is Arya Singh Raizada.”
“Isha and Arya Singh Raizada. Daughters of Arnav and Khushi Singh Raizada! How perfect.”
“Just like them.”
Wrapping his arm around his wife, Arnav placed a light kiss on Khushi’s lips and then placed a kiss on each of his daughters forehead.
Who would have thought the girl he met in a coffee shop in South Africa would become the love of his life and the mother of his children? Arnav thanked his lucky stars. A trip which he hadn’t wanted to go on became one of the best decisions of his life. Perhaps it was due to this that Durban, South Africa would forever hold an important place in his heart…
*The End*
Author’s Note
Well here it is you guys, the end of one journey. I would like to thank everyone who has followed this journey through with me. Thank you so much for all your support and love. As you all know, it means the world to me knowing that you guys enjoy what I am able to produce for you. I know a lot of people did want to see more twists and turns in this story, but I had always wanted to keep it simple and light hearted on account of the fact that all my other stories have much heavy storylines.
I would lastly like to thank Isha for giving me this story idea and for trusting me to do justice to her ideas. I probably wouldn’t have come up with the idea to set a story on South Africa myself.
Again, thank you all. Make sure you all come back here tomorrow for another instalment of Jalebi, things are really starting to go places now and you do not want to miss out on that! Also, as we are reaching the end of the road for Fifty Shades of Raizada because I will be dropped updates left right and centre! So make sure you pay a visit regularly so you don’t miss the last leg of Fifty Shades!
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