VIVAH ~ A SACRED BOND OF LOVE : PART-9

Car came to a halt in front of Raizada Mansion. Arnav stepped down from the car and held out his hand for her. Her eyes were still glued on ground due to shyness; Khushi took his hand and come out of the car. Hand in hand they both walk toward the entrance of the house where Raizadas along with Aman and Madhu were waiting for them to do the grihapravesa of new bride. Nani did the aarti to welcome the newly wed couple; followed by Mami and Anjali.




        





Anjali put a rice filed kalash near the door " Push the kalash with your right leg "


Khushi did what she was told; she gently pushed the rice kalash with the toe of her right foot and about to enter but Anjali stopped her from entering.




             




Anjali " Chote, Khushi ko apne godh mein uthakar ander aana parega " with teasing smile




Arnav who knew this was a family tradition without wasting any time picked her up swiftly as if she was feather light and walked in carrying her while Khushi's face went redder by passing second.




         




She was looking anywhere but at his face while he was enjoying the ten shades of red her cheeks were adoring by passing time. Finally he put her down in the living room. 



Anjali " Khushi,put your feet in the sindoor thal "showing a kumkum thaal




Khushi kept her foot in thaal filled with vermilion water; then walk toward the puja ghar of the house with Arnav leaving imprint of her foot behind. Khushi lit a diya in the home temple and took the blessings of god for starting a new phase of her life.





            




Arnav and Khushi were sitting in front of each other in the hall and a a big bowl filled with milk and rose petals between them.



Anjali " Now I'm going to this ring in the bowl; Jo isse pahle dhoondhega uski relationship main chalegi " drop the ring in milk

Madhu "Come on Khushi, tum he hi jeetna hai"

Anjali " Don't worry. Khushi will win "



All girls on Khushi's side and Boys on Arnav's side.



Akash "No, Bhai hi jeetega. I know " confidently while Aman and other boys agreed with him




Arnav and Khushi both put their hand in bowl to search the ring. Girls were cheering for Khushi while boys for Arnav. Arnav got the ring first but he put the ring in Khushi's palm seeing her searching for the ring very hard. Khushi looked at him surprise as he slid the ring in his finger while he winked at her. 




        




Khushi smiled shyly and showed everyone the ring. Everyone clapped for her while Arnav smiled at her. The next hour passed quite cheerfully; they sat chatting about the events of the day.



Nani " Anjali Bitiya, Khushi ko uske kamre main le jaao " 

Anjali " Ji Nani "



Anjali and Madhu and other Arnav's cousin sisters took Khushi to Arnav's room with them and Arnav stayed with boys in hall while elders left for their respective rooms.







Khushi gasped seeing the room decorated beautifully with red & white roses and well lit by the fragrance candles. The bed had rose petals strewn in the form of a heart shape on the middle of the bed and hanging from the center of the ceiling and cascading to the floor around the bed were beautiful white and red roses forming a net of beauty surrounding the massive king size bed.





Anjali and Madhu took her to the decorated bed and made her sit on the decorated bed in bridal style. Her cheeks were dipped in crimson reddish shade; nervousness  with mixture of excitement was running through her veins.



Anjali " Khushi, we are going now and sending your PATIDEV inside. Best of luck " exit from the room with all girls leaving a scared bride behind











Madhu " Without our nek we are not letting for the money go inside " argued for the money with all the boy 



Arnav irritated with their continuous argument " Here is it, write whatever amount you want " handed check to girls



Girls left from there happily and boys with disappointment. Arnav entered inside the room and the sight in front of him made him hold his breath; his wife was sitting on his bed with her eyes downcast.




          




For the first time Arnav Singh Raizada was at a loss of words. Closing the door behind him, he walked towards the bed in a trance. He sat in front of her, still staring at her as if he'd never seen such a magnificent sight before.  Raising his hands, he slowly took off her dupatta from her head; put his finger on her chin and lifted her face. Khushi lifted her eyes and found her husband staring at her with desire filled eyes making her heart running fast.





Arnav cupped her face as he stared down to her luscious lips. Bringing his face closer, he closed the distance between them as his lips came crushing down upon her pink luscious ones. He took her lower lip in between his lips and nibbled and licked it gently with his tongue; did same with his upper lip. His lips on her taking away her all senses; their needs pouring out with every feathery stroke his lips teased her petals. He bit her lower lip softly making her gasp; and taking the advantage plunged his tongue into her mouth. He continued kissing tasting every corner of her mouth. He felt one of her palms forming fist in his hair pulling him more towards her and started kissing back mimicking him. He wanted to slow down and savor this but just couldn't as her responding to his kiss adding fuel to his desire to have her. From the time he saw her in red lehenga, he just wanted to yank the pieces of cloth off her. The jewelry she was adorned in was making him a bit envious, he wanted his lips to place soft kisses wherever the pieces of jewels were touching her. 






They don't even know how long they kissed. He pulled back when they were breathless and looked at Khushi's face; all flushed and glowing. Unable to control himself, he softly pecked her lips making her lower her eyes bashfully. Arnav smiled at Khushi's pink face. He knew he must go slowly as Khushi is new into this intimacy. 



Arnav " You must be tired Khushi. Go and change in something comfortable " softly pressing a quick kiss on her knuckles dismissing her to the bathroom to  take a cold shower



By the time Arnav came out of the bathroom, his jaw dropped to the floor seeing her in a red nightgown sitting on the bed; she had gotten rid of all her heavy jewelry except her mangalsutra. 




        




He stared at her shamelessly. With great difficulty he tore his eyes off the much tempting sight in front of him and went to bed; grab a bottle of cold water from the bedside and downed it in one go.

Seeing Arnav coming out of bathroom just only in his track with bare upper body,Khushi felt like her mouth had gone dry. She felt  her stomach fluttered as though a thousand butterflies had been released in her; breathing seemed like a chore; her heart thumping. Seeing his naked shoulders; his strong biceps and muscular arms; smooth, toned  chest; his firm, flat, tight belly; Khushi felt the urgent need to swallow the breath. She had thought he looked amazing when he had clothes on but no, standing partly naked he looked absolutely divine.   

Arnav couldn't help but smirked seeing the innocent desire rising in her eyes seeing his bare chest. Seeing desire in her eyes, Arnav felt  the same desire coursed through his body. Calm down ... slow ... take it slow ... She is innocent, was the mantra going on in Arnav's mind.

Arnav " I think we should sleep now " quickly lied down on the bed

Khushi also lied down on bed facing him. Arnav pulled Khushi to him; his one arm draping on her lower waist plastering her whole body to his laying on his side.

Arnav " Sleep Khushi " his fingers patted her head

Leaving all the worries she immediately drifted into peaceful sleep in his arm. Arnav removed the tresses from her face without disturbing her from sleep and admired her angelic face. Soon he also slept holding her to close to him.