Chapter 24

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CHAPTER 23 – THE FASCINATING CHRONICLES OF THE ‘OCEANS’ MIX 2.0

Arnav’s POV

Next Day – 9:00 AM

My eyes flutter open, on reflex as slight rays of the sun fall in through the curtain drapes of the window right next to the bed of this cozy Caravan, and I shift a little forward and shift the drapes back into its place so that the rays of the sun don’t fall on Khushi, as she’s still sound asleep in my arms.

And I propel my elbow sideways and push myself up and some reflection of the rays still fall on her eyes, and I can almost see an adorable line of discomfort come up her forehead and so I keep my hand right on top of the rays so as to shelter the rays and that line of discomfort is now gone and she snuggles into me on reflex and I smile to myself – as I just gaze at her in silence for a while.

I had spent hours kissing her mindlessly before we finally dozed off in each other hours.

Sleep is important to me ofcourse – it charges me up, but to be honest I have never experienced a more peaceful slumber than I did last night, with Khushi wrapped up close into my arms.

This was beyond Just Beautiful.

And let me not even get started on all those gobsmacking emotions I felt as she gifted me those two – super precious- five-rand- notes last night, as s gesture from her end to thank me for everything.

She had left me Beyond Speechless and Stunned.

Everything about this girl in my arms was starkingly Pure and Innocent and Loving that it touched those deep strings within my Heart to a Different Level – Altogether.

Just when I think I couldn’t fall more in Love with her.

She makes me feel like This World is indeed a beautiful place and because of her, my faiths kind of re-instated in the fact that its because of this purity, innocence, and selfless Love that can exist in people’s hearts – that maybe there’s still Hope for This World, afterall.

Although I am very Sure – that there was literally No One Like Khushi – in this whole wide world.

And I thank God again, for blessing me with her In My Life.

And truly as I look at her in my arms right now, looking so adorable in her sleep – a sight that id been aching to see in real time for months now – My Heart is Literally Glowing with all this Happiness.

And right then, I see her eyes flutter open and she gives me a sleepy smile as she catches my hand still sheltering her from the rays of the sunlight and I say on reflex – “ goodmorning Sunshine..”

She takes my hand into hers immediately and kisses it and she snuggles into my arms and I hug her immediately as she says with a yawn – “ you do realise you were just guarding your sunshine..against sunshine..”

That made me chuckle.

Only she can think of the most amusing stuff to say to me even in her sleep.

And she asks softly , still snuggling into me – “ whats the time Arnav..??”

My hand shoots to pick up my phone from the window ledge and I see the time and I say – “ its 9:00am Khushi…”

And now she sits up in bed on reflex and she gives me a shocked and surprised look , as her eyes have widened up,and she picks up her phone from the window ledge as she looks at the screen as she says – “ its 9:00 am really..oh my god…”

And im now watching her really confused and amused, as she sits up on her knees and pulls the drapes of the curtain open and the sunshine falls through on us ans she turns to sit against the window and my heart suffers a major attack.

My Sunshine is Absolutely More Alluring that the rays of the natural Sun.

And I just lean on my elbow as I watch her as shes shaking her head continuously sideways now and her hand too against her neck in a super amusing gesture that people usually use to say – I’m dead,and shes grinning and I am so amused as I ask – “ whatttt??”

She says in the most adorable tone – “ that’s it..i am dea..officially dead..this is not just Carnage ya…this is so unfair…”

And I look at her confused as I ask – “ whats not fair Sunshine..”

And now she picks up both her hands in this super dramatic gestures pointing towards me so that her palms face upward as she says in a matter – of -fact tone – “ what you are doing to me hoodie guy..that is what is not fair…”

I chuckle as I ask – “ okkk..so I have just woken up Sunshine..what did I do??”

She grins and she pulls her rubber band from the window ledge and ties her hair uo in a messy bun as she says – “ ohh so you want to know…I shall tell you…”,and she picks up her phone and flashes the screen to my face as she says – “ its freaking 9:00am..”

I nod with a grin – “ yes khushi…the clock strikes 9am everyday…”

She keeps her phone aside, and uses a super dramatic antic of just clutching both her hands into fist excitedly that makes me laugh as she now says – “ that’s what ok..the clock strikes 9am everyday, but never in all of my Life have I ever not opened my eyes until 9am, hoodie guy…like even on Sundays , its like my open my eyes on reflex like around 630 or 7 am or max 730 am, its another thing that I go back to sleep sometimes after , but what I mean is that I didn’t open my eyes for the first time ever like until 9:00 am…Hoodie guy this is insane ok…youv got some crazy magic going on me, I mean look at the way I slept in your arms last night, it feels like I haven’t slept this peacefully in forever…”,and she now narrows her eyes at me as she points her finger at me as she says – “ cmon tell me whats the spell that youv cast on me..??”

I chuckle now again,and I think Khushi can have an excellent prospective career in theatre as well, just wait till she meets my Mom who is an excellent dramatic person herself.

These two are surely going to hit it off.

I cant stop grinning as I say – “ well, Khushi , Id like to thank you for that amusing way of expression which tells me that you enjoyed sleeping in my arms last night..”,and I tug on her hand a little and lace my hand through hers as I say on reflex – “ you are starting to drive me nuts to another level now..”

She gives me a grin as she kisses my hand - “ the use of whatever spell you are now casting on both of us, should be forbidden Hoodie guy..im telling you the Ministry of Magic can put you into Azkaban for this sweet torture that you are now starting to unleash on me..tsk tsk…”

And I burst out into giggles again on reflex as I ask – “ whattt??????????????? Ministry of magic?? Azkaban??”

She grins as she says, now placing one of her hands on her cheeks and the elbow on her knees as she says dreamily – “ I love my harry potter ok..im just referring to that wizarding world…maybe just maybe, I can get you to watch one of the movies with me one day…anyway..the basic underlying meaning is that ..”,and she points at me with her other free hand and grins mischeviously – “ that you are a wizard hoodie guy..im telling you,…that’s who you are in disguise..now I know how you are able to play those crazy shots on the field too, which look like sparks of magic too out of your bat…ohh god…iv fallen in love with a wizard..god help me..”

I chuckle.

God.

She makes me so Happy.

And in this very moment you know what do I feel like?

I feel like -I want her to whisk her away with me forever.

And I know – I will.

One day.

And im still figuring out what to say to her, when she picks up her phone as she looks at screen again and she now hops out of the bed on her knees and before I can catch hold of her hand, she turns around as she says placing a hand on her forhead and she starts patting herself on the center as if shes cursing herself for something and I cant help but laugh again as I ask – “ now what????”

She grins – “ see see all that magic you are waving at me is driving me more crazy now..i forgot about my promise to make you that cup of coffee, first thing in the morning….i am just going to keep my promise…”,and I laugh on reflex as I see her run to the little kicthennete and puts the kettle on boil and then she runs at the speed of light to her suitcase and takes out a little kit – “and I shall be back soon after freshening up as the kettle boils..and then you can freshen up too and I will make us that coffee we both love…”

I nod and she gives me a wonderful smile and runs off into the small ensuite bath.

I cant stop grinning like an idiot.

Yeah.

That’s what I feel like right now.

Minutes later, I see her step out and she places the kit on the table next to the c shaped sofa and I pick out my toiletry kit as well and make my way in to freshen up too, and I do give her a kiss on her cheek from the side as I make my way in and she grins at me, and kisses my hand,and I see her starting to work on that coffee.

Minutes later as I step out, I am surprised to not find Khushi there,and just as I place my kit on the table too and am wondering where she is, I see her Head pop in to the caravan from the enterance door as she says with a grin – “ statue right there…give me two..no wait..like four minutes…”

I grin,as I shake my head.

But I Listen,and I stand rooted to my spot like a Statue.

And then I see her finally hop into the Caravan and she runs up to me in so much glee and her energy is so infectious that I instantly think shes the wizard now and she takes me by my hand and pulls me out the Caravan out and just as I step out I see that she’s laid out Our coffee and some toasts and some buiscuits on that wooden picnic bench with the center table right outside our Caravan,and I continue to smile like an idiot as she shives me into one of the benches and she now plonks herself next to me as she says , now giving me a cup of coffe – “ goodmorning Hoodie Guy…”

I grin as I take the cup and I peck her cheek lovingly – “ thank you Sunshine…”

And I see her take a sip of her coffee too and now I see her open two mini plastic boxes and she takes a plastic knife as I see her put butter on one toast and then jam on one and she finally put it on top of each other and she turns to me as she playfully raises her eyebrows at me as she says – “ I dare you…take a bite..its yummmmm..and incase you don’t like it..ill put just butter on for you…”

I grin as i hold her hand and bring the toast to my mouth and take a bite and as I munch on it I say on reflex – “ okk…definetly weird..but not bad..i think I can eat this…”,and she grins as she hands me my toasts and she now starts making the same combination for herself and once she is done, she bites into it with so much excitement and she grins – “ I cant believe you are eating it though…I know it is werid…”

I sip my coffee as I say honestly – “ it isn’t bad actually…”,and I lace a hand around her shoulder and pull her into the crook of arm closer as we continue eating, and sipping our coffee and enjoying the lovely view and the serenity of this calm and quite place.

Like I am in such a happy and peaceful space right now – its bloody fascinating!

And all of a sudden, I feel Khushi burst into giggles and I look at her sideways confused – “ ok then…I am crazy to think so…”

And I look at her – “ what happened..??”

And she now literally stands up on the bench and then sits on the center table and faces me as she sips her coffee and holds my hand as she says – “ so you know sometimes I think when we are just with each other and our silent and not talking, I feel like the silence is not actually silent, as if theres so much communication still going on in between of in all these vibes..in between of us…”

I grin now as I sip my coffee – “ oh so you feel that too…good..i thought I was going a little crazy too thinking that…”

Her eyes widened as she grinned – “ no way…..”

I nod as I grin – “ yes way….”

She rolls her eyes at me micheviously and then again makes that I am dead gesture as she says – “ I am dead ya….”

I chuckle as I finish up my toast and I lace my fingers in her hand – “ ok..so whats the plan??now??”

She bites into her toast too and finishes the last bit and then sips her coffee and then she says excitedly – “ so..we get ready..i mean you can get ready first in the meanwhile ill just clean up and stuff and then I get ready and then we head to Cape of Good Hope, its like an hour drive from here, ok? And then we just spend the day there..i have planned lots for us to do there..ill tell you once we reach there…andn once we are done there, we can just drive back here, and just chill here…we can ask them to help us prepare bonfire for us again no..does this sound good to you??”

I nod happily as I say – “ sounds perfect…”

She grins now and she sips on her coffee and I see an amusing expression pass through her eyes and I gulp down my last sip, as I fold my arms on her knees as I ask – “ tell me the fascinating thought that just crossed your head right now…”

Her eyes widen at me as she says – “ no ya…”

I narrow my eyes at her – “ khushi..cmon..”

And she finishes her last sip of coffee and she keeps the cup aside and she leans back both her hands on the table and I am still leaning a little forward into her as my hands are folded in a corss on her knees and she just smiles at me now as she says – “ so there was time..you know after my CA exams and stuff..and you know like we were talking in all the free time and now that I look back at it it feel like I was sooo into you even back then..i wasn’t just realising it how deep..anyway so I had this thought ok..like because I hadn’t realise this was love then..so I would tell myself what is this thing that’s brewing in between of us and then I would think we are in that space of all that simmering that goes on into making the perfect cup of hot coffee, and then some insecurity would stem up from my brain and make me feel like what if this connection un between of us was just brewing up into a strong flavour only to spill out under that heat and get burnt and not be fit to be served for a drink…”,and I clutch on her hand on reflex now and I kiss it she now leans forward into me as she cups the side of my face as she says softly, looking into my eyes – “because right then it would feel like that I am just a misfit ingredient in your life Arnav..and that youd realise it sooner or later and then where would that leave me?? Id just feel like that hot cup of strongly prepped coffee that’s been infused with the worlds best coffee beans, standing filled right upto the top of the mug but not be fit for a complete drink because the flavour had something a miss because of some missing ingredient which was realised once a couple of sips were taken..”,and she paused and she looked away and then she returned to look into my eyes as she spoke softly – “ and now that the topic has come up..i just want you to know that for a couple of minutes I felt exactly like the latter when I saw that Video Arnav…”

And now all of a sudden – because of the roller coater of emotions that this girl makes me feel, my hearts gripped with so much emotion that I instantly stand up and pull her up by the nape of her neck in for a deep kiss.

For there’s only one way I can express my emotions to her right now.

For I am speechless, yet again.

And so I just continue to kiss her madly and I break apart a couple of minutes later, because now I want some more privacy with her, and I take her by the hand and walk into the Caravan and just as she steps in behind me, I turn around and shut the door behind us and shes still standing on a step below me as im on the landing up,and I just pull her to myself by gripping on her waist and I dip my head in and take her lips in for another deep prolonged kiss.

And this time – I kiss her the Hardest iv kissed her yet.

So that She Knows!

So that she can sense, the intensity of what I feel for her.

Because even though I have been expressive in words, I think maybe my this Kiss to her can speak volumes more.

And shes starting to respond to me in a way that’s unleashing full on carnage on me too,as she steps up at the same time ,and her arms go around me tight as she’s now starting to pour in all her emotions , the heavy duty unsaid emotions in between of us into this kiss – that is how turning out to be the most Carnag-ing Kiss in between of US.

I didn’t think such a thing was possible.

But.I guess it was!

THIS IS BEYOND OUR USUAL INTENSE!

I just lift her up a little and place her on the little center table in front of the c shaped sofa and I don’t let her take her lips away from mine even for a second,as I just loom over her and continue to kiss her insanely and madly.

Just what can I do to make her feel secured about the fact that – she is the only perfect ingredient id ever need in my Life??

And many heated electric moments in between of our Lips , we finally break apart because we unfortunately still need to breathe and shes got her eyes closed as shes still heaving in my embrace like she was the first time I kissed her and shes holding onto my arm for support and she just clutches onto my tee as I now tuck her chin up tenderly with my finger as I say – “ open your eyes…Sunshine..look into my eyes and tell me if my eyes tell you anything other than the fact that you are the only perfect ingredient I need in my Life,…”

She opens her eyes finally and looks into mine and I can spot the secured emotion in her eyes now as she whispers softly – “ I know now…I mean..when I talked about that..i was just referring to what I felt then Arnav…I know what you mean, I can feel it…its so freaking electric in between if us, Id be crazy to think otherwise now after all these moments in between of us..”

I hug her close and I just kiss her forhead as I say – “ I love you khushi…I love you from the bottom of my heart, its very important to me that you are secured about this too…”

She just hugs me back and she now looks up at me as she grins through the tear in her eye and she also winks so that one tear fall and I kiss it away immedtiely and she says with another grin – “ why did you have to kiss me like that haan? As if the carnage you unleash on me isn’t already enough you Wizard Hoodie Guy..”

I chuckle now and I look at her – “ how do you do this..one second im all gripped with emotion and in the next second you make me laugh through it…its like im on a bloody rollercoaster..how do you do this Sunshine..??”

She grins now – “ Damm..Serves you right, now you know how it feels…”

I ask on reflex – “what feels?”

She grins as she says – “ well you do make me feel like as if im sitting on all the roller coasters in this whole wide world all at once, or sometimes like iv been shot up to the edge of space in like less than one second, oh do you know the very first flutters I felt in my stomach because of you – I used to call them the Ferris wheel and the Columbus…which slowly got converted into the status of a full fleged theme park operation in the pit of my stomach which would start the minute I wake up and go on overtime till the time I would sleep,and then well now..im being slingshotted to the edge of space in a nanosecond…to even less than a nanosecond now”

I grin now like a idiot again – “ what did you just say????? You’v been feeling all of this because of me..like reallyyyy ??”

She nods frantically as she says – “ yes you…Mr.Wizard with the best magic wand in the whole world…”

And I chuckle and just pull her in for a hug and hold her close and I whisper – “ how about you fill me on all these fascinating thoughts of yours on our drive to the Cape of Good Hope..”

She pulls apart as she gapes at me – “ are you sure you want to know????im giving you a disclaimer – now you will know why I asked that doctor after the MRI to check if my brains wired correctly..”

I laugh again as I kiss her forhead – “ I want to know everything…Sunshine..”

And she nods and now gets off the table as she says – “ lets get ready now??you want to get started, ill just clean up outside first”

I nod and I say – “ how about you get ready first, and ill wind up outside..”

Her eyes widen – “ really???”

I chuckle as I kiss her forehead – “ now cmon start getting ready before I ravish your lips again..”

She touched her lips on reflex and gave me a wink as she whispered – “ they are not complaining, hoodie guy…”

I laugh as I ruffle her hair lovingly and kiss her forhead and make my way out the Caravan to start winding up on the outside.

God – I Love Her!

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Arnav’s POV – NOON

I can’t stop looking at her.

And I am not going to.

God.

And the fact that she is such a pure soul deep inside, it kind of reflects and shines on her face and in that mesmerising smile of her’s.

So she’s wearing a pink colour high necked full sleeved top with dark blue denim skinny jeans and her black sneakers and she also has a black fleeced hoodie zippered jacket on her on top of that pink top, but shes left the zip open for now – and her hair our tied up into a high ponytail – like they were tied yesterday,and she is now humming to the tune of one of the songs from my playlist.

And right then as if she could feel my eyes on her , she looks sideways for a second as she says – “ look out your window Hoodie guy, youv got such a lovely view on the other side hoodie guy..”

I grinned as I admitted – “ I am enjoying my view Khushi, very very much..”

She gives me a sheepish smile as she says – “ yeah right hoodie guy..you aren’t even looking out..”

I grin – “ I am enjoying the view I want to Sunshine..”

She smiles and then her focuses returns on the road as she says – “ zip up your jacket , hoodie guy, its going to be little chilly at the Cape Point today, because we are nearing the start of winter…”

I grin as I say – “ I will..hoodie girl…”

She chuckles, and now returns her focus to the road.

So we are now almost reaching the Cape of Good Hope, and she finished making me laugh my guts out like around ten minutes ago,as she confided me in the journey of all those amusing thoughts in her emotions as related to the moments in between of us as and when it all happened and went through the status of being described as Ferris Wheels and Columbus rides – and then to rollercoasters- and then to being upgraded to a full-fledged theme park and then eventually being upgraded to being sling shot to space.

Only My Sunshine can describe moments and emotions as uniquely as this.

I see her take a turn as she pulls into the parking lot and she gets off her driving seat and I get off mine swiftly and she quickly walks upto me from around the first as she locks the car and shes zipped her hoodie up now, and I am just about to zip mine when I feel her hands over mine as she lovingly first adjusts my zip and then pulls it up straight up to the high neck end of it and then im in awe as I see her fold my zippered ends of this fleeced jacket of mine into a high neck and she tip toes as she runs her hands over my shoulders lovingly as she says – “ see hoodie guy..now that’s good…iv folded it into a snug high neck so that no wind can go in through the gaps of the sides its chilly here…and I don’t want you to fall sick, you are never in our country in the winters, hence you are not used to the chill and winds here…”,and I instantly pull her in for a brief kiss and I say against her lips – “ you are spoiling me Sunshine..”

She grins as she smacks my lips now, and she takes me by the hand as she says – “ cmon cmon…lots to do today hoodie guy…first up..we are trekking up to that lighthouse, where its the main view point and then ill take you into the funicular that will take us to another amazing point and then we stop for lunch and then the shipwreck trails.. then we gotta head back because its going to get way too windy post 5pm…”

I just lace my hands with her as I start following her and I am already gobsmacked by the views on both my sides.

Its freaking insanely gorgeous.

And she now stops by the touristy sign board which says – Cape of Good Hope.

And she turns to me as she says – “ I want a picture with you here, if that’s ok Hoodie guy..last I was here I was standing and clicking pictures for Asher, Zara and Zain, and at the back of my head I was thinking that whenever I got the chance to come here with you – we would click a picture here..”

I grin as I nod and then we see some Chinese tourist pass by and Khushi quickly requests them to take a picture for us and she goes and stands behind the board and I walk behind her and hug her close into me from behind and then the pleasant gentleman clicks some pictures for us.

Once he is done, Khushi walks up to him and immediately takes her phone and she jumps in glee as she sees the pictures as she says – “ my first picture with you hoodie guy…its lovely..”,and she shows it to me, and to be honest, even I was cleanbowled by all that love and happiness that was shining on both our faces in it.

I say to her immediately – “ please share it with me Khushi..”

She nods – “ ofcoursee hoodie guy…but later..cmon cmon lets go up those stairs…”,and she now holds my hands and laces her fingers through them and we start climbing the stairs,and she asks – “ hoodie guy..what do you think of what you see on both the sides??”

I just looked around and I say honestly – “ its so amazing Khushi..i am so happy to be here with you, I swear…”

She smiles – “ and im so happy theres so little crowd here today, its Wednesday no…and this season is always low key..so good for us no hoodie guy..”

I kiss her hand – “ its perfect..”

She grins as we are now climbing – “ do you want some touristy facts Hoodie guy…then your sunshine can totally be on tourist mode until we reach the top of the viewpoint on the lighthouse,do you know there are so many myths and legends about this amazing spot..some even say that the oceans at this point is a misconception…I mean they say that they do meet but at a point further down the capee…”

I grinned – “ really?????????? Tourist mode on please…”

And she chuckles and I just tighten my hold on her hand as she now starts talking to me about all the tourist facts and I am completely in awe of all that I am feeling as I listen keenly and just as she starts talking and I realise that My Sunshine is absolutely brilliant at every role she explores.

It didn’t feel like she had just started out on this job a couple of months ago.

I continue asking her a couple of questions as we walk up and she keeps answering them with so much happiness and excitement.

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Minutes later ,as we are nearing the top landing, Khushi being Khushi puts her hands over my eyes again and I groan again as I say – “ sunshine…”

“ oh..please hoodie guy..i want to take you that spot where I stood last time and I was missing you so much and that call I made to you…you remember??”, she says excitedly.

I nod as I admit honestly – “ id never forget that Khushi..”

“so then just walk with me na I will take my hands off the minute we are in that spot..”,she says excitedly.

I nod and let her take me, and couple of minutes later, she finally makes me come to a halt as she says – “ you ready hoodie guy??and guess what we are the only two here up right now..see I got you such an exclusive view..”

I say excitedly – “ and im happy about that,cmon…now let me see..”she takes her hand off and just as I open my eyes.

My Mind is Blown Away!

This was so so so Breathtaking!

I am captivated as my vision now falls on this line in between the waters, the currents are flowing from two different directions, and they meet in this one line of waves crashing into each other from two opposite directions.

Khushi hugs me from the side as she tiptoes and pecks my cheek as she says softly – “Arnav can you see the difference in the shades of the waters on both the sides…”

I nod , completely mesmerised.

And she continues softly – “ they say that the darker shade of the water is from the Atlantic Ocean and the lighter shade one from the Indian Ocean, see If you look closesly you can see the waters from both these water bodies narrowing close into that one line where the waves are crashing into each other..from two opposite directions..its beautiful isn’t it?????”

I nod and I pull her upfront as I hug her from behind and my hands go around her waist on reflex and she leans into me as her hands go over mine and she says softly – “ that’s where they meet…”

And I kiss her ear tenderly as I whisper – “and I can see the waves are crashing into each other, so that means that the waters are mixing too right??”

She takes a deep breathe as leans more into me, and her hands tighten on mine on her waist and I lean from the side to look at her face and she has her eyes closed and she says softly – “ no Arnav…that’s just seasonal and momentary, if you look closely the currents are flowing back into that bigger body they are stemming from…right now..because of the winter season nearing and the extreme winds, it may look like that the waves are clashing into each other and mixing up…but it’s a myth to our common eye..the geographical experts say that such a thing can never happen though..because just the DNA of both these oceans is vastly apart..i mean from their temperature, depth, colour, current, and even the ecosystem thriving under those two oceans is different…and yet..they say that this spot is like one of the greatest phenomenon’s by mother nature..”,and just as she finshes, I spot a tear fall down her cheek and I know what this is about and so I just turn her around and pull her into a tight hug as I say softly into her ears – “ experts are stupid, they will believe what they want to believe…and they will never look close beyond what the mind tells them, and its only the heart that will tell them to look close enough to see that there’s probably a possibility that the waters have been mixed all along…but people don’t listen to their hearts no, that’s the problem..”

I feel her ease into my arms now and before I can say anything, she up at me , and my eyes meet hers in an intense gaze and she tipe toes and cups my face and takes my lips in a deep kiss,and that makes me feel really good and I start kissing her back passionately,and she melts into my embrace now as I hold onto her tightly and she clutching to my high neck folds from one side.

And many minutes later, she finally breaks away as she looks in my eyes and whispers – “ you have no idea how badly I missed you when I was last here Arnav…”

I kiss her forehead softly and she says – “ how about we get a selfie here, with the waters in the background…”

I nod and she takes out her phone and we turn around so that the waters are now in the background and im hugging her close from behind and kissing her cheek as she clicks it and we click some more pictures and once she is done – “I will share them with you hoodie guy…”,and now I see her pick up a small harp rocky stone from the corner of the rounded lighthouse ledge as she says – “ theres something stupid I want to do..”

I grin and she takes me to the lighthouse’s stoned wall rounded towards the back and she says – “ look close into this stoned wall hoodie guy…you know couples right there names together here..”

And I look closely and I grin as I see various names encircled in hearts engraved on this wall and I ask – “ you want to write ours??”

She nods and I see her draw a heart with a stoned sharp end and in it she writes HG + UG ,and I grin as I ask – “ short for hoodie guy and uber girl, khushi??”

She grins as she looks at me – “ oh yesss hoodie guy…”,and then she keeps the stone aside as she says – “see now iv written it here ok…where the oceans meet…”

And I say on reflex – “and mix too..”

She grins – “ yes yes…meet and mix…lets believe that..i want to beelive your theory..”,and shes just about to move as she says – “ come, lets go to the other point…”

And I hold her by the hand and push her back into the wall of this stoned wall and I say leaning into her , keeping my hand on the side of her face right on the place where shes just written our names, and I say cupping her face from other free hand as I look into her eyes – “ I am not leaving here, until I have kissed you to my hearts content…for now…like I kissed you this morning in the Caravan”

Her eyes widen as she says – “ hoodie guy…ill faint right here if you go on that kind off carnage mode now…”

I chuckle as I say honestly – “ I will not let your feet give you away don’t worry, just hold me like you always do…”,and I cage her in between my arms now as I say honestly – “ I am not letting you escape right now…”

She looks into my eyes as she says with a lot of emotion in her eyes – “ don’t let me…”,and I finally bend down and take her lips in a hard and ravishing passionate kiss that’s now starting to speak volumes in between of us, as I feel her just hold onto me tightly as she usually does.

And we just continue to kiss each other that way for many minutes and I feel like I want Time to Just Come to a Standstill right Now.

I don’t care what the Experts or Mother Nature says – for these two oceans have already mixed into each other in a magical way and now it’s just impossible for the currents to retreat to their core oceans now.

I wasn’t going to let it!

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Arnav’s POV - Continues

4.45 PM

I look around with fascination as Khushi finishes taking me around this shorter Shipwreck trail around the rocky coastline and I am still holding onto her hand as shes talking and we have just finished the entire trail.

We stared this trail after our Lunch at the restaurant called – ‘Two Oceans’

And it was beautifull fascinating – the History of this magnificent point.

And she now gestures me to come sit next to her on this huge rocky stone shes walked upto and climbed on and I just walk up and she gives me her hand and I smile as I take it and prop myself up next to her and she asks – “ are you ok?? I mean it is getting chilly now…in the summer we can usually stay longer…but we should get going soon…however we can sit here for a while..like maybe another 20 minutes…”

I nod and I hold her hand and she says softly – “ do you know theres another name for this place..they also call it The Cape of Storms..thats why this shipwreck trail we just went through hoodie guy, you know when this spot was discovered in the 1500’s they said it’s the most stately thing and the fairest Cape in the whole circumference of the earth…”,and she paused as she looked at the waters on the other side, the wind was indeed chilly and it was causing huge tides too and she continues speaking – “ you know they say that whoever said that former quote would have definetly caught the cape on a good day, for when its calm its idyllic and serene, you know when the sun shines..its deceptive these waters..they say we should ask the sailors who have sailed around here they say its probably one of the most frightening and treacherous corners of the earth, the storms in this place are massive Arnav…”

I am very interested by what shes telling me because I know shes going to make another analogy here and im going to have it back it up with one equally convincing and I kiss her hand and I say – “ go on..”

She smiles her eyes still on the water –“ you know these winter storms were so crazy and insane that this trechourous coastline remained a perilous stretch, they say captains of the ships would always be in a delimna, you know since if they tread to close to shore they risk crashing into those shallowly submerged rocks and these dangerous reefs and if they prolong the journey by remaining in the waters, they are always on a risk of being caught up in a massive storm..and you know at Cape Point alone, a total of 26 shipwrecks have happened Arnav, which tells the story of how many Captains made the wrong decision..maybe they shouldn’t have sailed into these waters in the first place, knowing the danger of it all in the first place…”

I kiss her hand and I cup her face and make her look into my eyes as I ask – “ this is your way of voicing out a thought from deep within your heart that is scaring the hell of you right now isn’t it??”

She nods gently as she says – “ I forgot that you can read me like a book too, I am scared and I am nervous too, I mean..i kind of feel like a tensed Captain of a sailing ship into these dangerous water right now..”

I take a deep breathe and I kiss her forhead – “ khushi…I love you and you love me, and I don’t care if this triggers a massive storm, we are prepared for massive carnage anyway..remember??”

She looks into my eyes as she cups my face as she says – “ no silly, im not scared about triggering a storm, I know that will happen anyway, im working on building my ship the bestest sails to withstand the blows of scary winds and probably also getting myself a modern fully equipped kickass submarine as a lifeboat so that I can duck down under the waters if a high tide tries to submerge me…you know like those high tides from the courts of social media etc etc..”

I chuckle now and I ask – “ ok,so whats worrying you right now?? Talk to me please..”

She immediately hugs me as she says softly in my ears – “ this captain is scared off loosing its precious ship…I mean I don’t mind the storm or probably even drowning as long im with my loving ship…I am nervous and scared because you mean so much to me now…that I cant loose you Arnav..itll kill me..i don’t think I have it in me to loose you..and ”, and she pauses now she literally breaks down in my arms and I just hold onto her tight and I let her went her worries and emotions out for a while,and once I feel shes eased a little, I pull her up and I kiss her forhead and I cup her face as I tell her – “ you know what..im probably more scared and nervous about loosing you too Khushi…and I know this is going to be difficult for us but we can make it happen…as long as we trust each other and just going on the way we are..we will be ok…don’t worry please..i’m right here with you always..i told you..im never letting you escape my clutches now..”

She chuckles and she wipes a tear out of her eye – “ but im also nervous about another thing that I haven’t told you yet…probably the only thing you don’t know yet…and im nervous about your reaction to this and I want to tell this to you now like now now.…”

I look at her confused – “ what is it???”

She takes a deep breathe – “ so after my family’s passing and all that grief that had consumed me, you know since the crash was such a shock…it took me some time Arnav to compose myself and to be able start over, I was in a terrible space for like the first four to six weeks after, you know loosing them, home, restaurant everything – like it was such a shock to me,the first four days after I was even given some anxiety pills to tackle all that anxiousness I was feeling,and then because I was determined to feel better and fight it through with the help of a counsellor, I was better by like the end of the seventh week after the crash..but all that shock and grief gave birth to like this massive paranoa about air travel.. I told you na that I was very paranoid about all this air travel etc..i didn’t let Rahul, diya, uncle or aunty get on a plane..for 9 months…it got better for others as in I worked on getting to terms with that, but within for myself I still haven’t been able to get there..i cant yet get on a plane arnav.., as in I haven’t been able to get myself to sit on a plane after my familys crash…I mean..i am working on it…but I think I might need some more time..maybe some more months or a year..i don’t know..so even if I work my ass off and save up extra to get myself a ticket to get on a plane to come and see you or be with you in the places you are, I probably wont be able to handle the air journey without suffering a panic attack Arnav…so Iv just been working on this…I mean surely one day soon I will be able too, but until then, I feel like a little guilty about the fact that you might be the one doing all the travel in between whatever time you can squeeze out for us to meet….and im very nervous within..to ask this off you..i am sorry about this I really am..but I promise I will work on it more…for you..i want to be able to set aside all my fears and jump right in..i really want to Arnav…”

I pull her into a crushing hug as shes just tugged onto various non-existent heartstrings in my heart ,again and I can only imagine how much strength it must have taken off her to talk to me about this, I feel my heart go out the Khushi I didn’t know then, the khushi who was dealing with such a strong grief and she fought it out head on.

I was proud of her.

I cup her face tenderly as I say – “ I am so proud of you, for being so strong Khushi..trust me,your strength and conviction is commendable…I am very proud of you..”,and I kiss her forehead and she whispers in my arms – “ but arnav..its not fair to you…I want to be fair to you…”

GREATTTTT!!!

That’s what shes worried about?

The underlying meaning – she is worried about me having to get on a plane all the time to come see her??

I cup her face tenderly as I say – “ sunshine, I literally could say that the plane is like my fourth home – after home, the stadium , the hotel rooms, it’s the plane..so trust me when I say this, I have absolutely no qualms about jetting here to come see you whenever I can..”

She hugs me hard and close to herself and she whispers again in my ears – “ im sorry though, I promise to work on it, and then maybe soon ill just get on a plane and surprise you in one of your destinations..”

I hold her close as I whisper – “don’t worry about it at all please…and thank you for talking to me about it Khushi..”

She nods as she kisses my forhead – “ I cant loose you..you are superrr precious to me..and we are across the globe ya hoodie guy that’s why I was obviously worried that my inability to get on a plane could be a big problem in between of us…”

I kiss her forhead – “ its not a problem at all Khushi…and you will not loose me..”

She kisses me briefly and deeply now as she whispers against my lips – “ thank you arnav…I love you so much…”,and before she can say a word further, I kiss her madly again as I whisper in between as we fight for breaths off each other lips – “and I love you more..”

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10: 00 PM – Arnav’s POV Continues

I see Khushi step out of our Caravan with two cups of our favourite coffee and I smile as I gesture her to come snuggle into me from the front,and she does immediately and hands me my cup from the side as she smiles – “ this time around iv added an extra ingredient hoodie guy..”

I grin as I take a sip – “ what is it..”

She takes a sip of hers and then looks back to wink at me - “ ten exta spoonfulls of Love..”

I grin as I say taking another sip – “ahaaa, I feel the difference Sunshine…”,and she chuckles and leans back into me and we are now both just watching the bonfire, in a comfortable peaceful silence (the silence that is not silent in between of us anyway)

So we had returned from the Cape by like 545Pm and then wed gone to the beach here straight away and walked down it and just sat there with our feet dipped in like yesterday and Khushi had her head on my shoulder again as the Sun went down and then we spent some time on the rockly platform kissing each other madly like we did yesterday and then for a quick dinner we went to the restaurant and had amazing local flavours for dinner and then since we were now only 6 people in this entire camp park, Khushi had reqyested the staff team at the restaurant to give her permission to set up a small bonfire in this space in front of our Caravan.

And she is so pleasant and charming and polite in her requests – that literally no one can say No to her!

And so we were now sitting by this small bonfire, enjoying snuggling into each others arms and just talking to each other about anything and everything – from how Khushi once got a little fish bone stuck in her throat when she was twelve and she only prefers fish fillets after since then down to how well I like my chicken steak to be prepped.

Its simply like we want to know everything about each other.

Honestly – its one thing I really Love about – US! It’s the amount of time we both want to mutually invest in just talking to each other and communicating openly – its what has nurtured our bond strong in the first place.

Right then my phone buzzes in my pocket and Khushi straightens up as she says – “ take that Hoodie guy..”

I don’t as I say – “ I am with you right now..i don’t want any disturbances..”

But my damm phone rings again and she says – “ Arnav..please..it could be important..”

I sigh as I take my phone out and I see Coach’s name flashing on the screen and I say – “ its coach..”

She starts to get up as she says – “ ill let you take that call..”

I hold her by the hand and ask her to sit back into where she was and i make her snuggle back into me as I hold her tightly by the waist and she gives me a smile and sips her coffee and I take the call and I hear Coach’s stern voice come through straightaway– “ ASR..for the first time ever you haven’t returned with us after a tour…Cap tells me something came up in Cape Town related to your Dad’s work??”

I say immediately – “ yes coach…dad’s planning to acquire some businesses here..he wanted me to look into it..”

Ok.

So Coach.

I really look upto him a lot.

He’s one person who keeps us on our toes, all disciplined and focused.

Hes been our coach for last five years now, and we have a excellent record in all three formats ever since he’s stepped in to Coach us.

Coach’s voice comes through – “ no worries about that ASR, but I need you to be in Delhi , Monday morning…”

I ask on reflex – “Monday morning?? but why coach we have this little break after forever now..”,and my eyes fall on Khushi from the side and I see that shes now taken out her own phone to fidget with.She can probably hear everything anyway since im holding her close into me and Coach does speak a little loudly – he has a deep authoritative voice.

Coach – “ yes I know..but we have a important meeting with the BCCI scheduled for Monday moening 10 am ASR, and post that I want both you and Cap to be with me while I do the tryouts of a couple of young players that have played for Ranji this year..i want to try a mix in the bowling line up, and I want to see if we can include a change in the playing 11 before the Australia tour,so we are pushed for time anyway…so I will see you there, Monday morning at 11am at BCCI..”

I say on reflex – “ but coach..”

Coach – “ get your tickets done accordingly boy, I will see you there..”

And before I could say anything, he hung up and right then I see a whatsapp message from Cap.

Cap : Arnav, coach is adamant to have you there for the bcci meeting and the try outs for couple of players from Ranji.I tried to tell him that you were preoccupied with some other work, but you know him.He said – I am going to call ASR and tell him that his pitch duty calls.I hope everything is going well with Khushi.i was checking up on flights, take the one on early Sunday morning the one we took last time out – it will get you to Delhi just in time.See you then.

I feel my insides groan.

I thought I would atleast stay on here with Khushi till the next mid-week.

I look at her sideways and shes busy in her phone now and I feel my heart get engulfed with a lot of emotion at the thought of only having the next three days with her.

And right then I see her keep her cup on the ground on the side and she turned to me in my arm as she says softly – “ so I was just looking up on that sky scanner app I have that I use to track your flights, I was checking for your flights,if you took the one leaving early Sunday morning like you did last time, you will reach delhi just in time..”

I feel emotion grip my heart as I now tuck her chin up with my finger and make her look in my eyes as I whisper – “ im sorry Sunshine…”

She kissed my hand as she spoke – “ are you crazy or what? Why are you sorry????id never want to distract you or hold you back from your duty to your sport and country as a national player…I understand Arnav..i truly do…I am just glad that you flew in all the way just for me, and now even if its just three more days, id like to make the most of it..”

I hug her instantly.

Now you know what I mean – when I always say that this girl is custom made exclusively for me.

And she pulls back as she looks into my eyes and cups my face – “ how about this..ill extend our trip here until Saturday evening?? Ill call in sick into Big bus and cancel Saturday, we can be here till Saturday evening , and then ill drive you back so that you have good time to wind up from your hotel too and then head to the airport??is that ok Arnav??”

I kiss her forhead – “ id love that…Wednesdays gone anyway, and now that leaves me with just Thursday, Friday and Saturday…until I can come see you maybe end November..”

She kisses my hand – “ 3 days equals 72 hours equals 4320 minutes hoodie guy…which is very very good..dont worry about it at all…”

I smile as I tell her honestly – “ I just thanked God for you again..”

She grins as she says – “ lets go in now??”

I nod as I say – “ lets get in, because I have something for you…”

She looks at me surprised – “ whatttt????”

I grin – “ surprise…”

Her eyes widen as she says – “ what is it???”

I grin as I take her hand – “ cmon in…”,and as we get in the Caravan,I close the door behind us, and I tell her – “ why don’t you get changed first..i want you to be comfortable first…”

I had already changed in my tracksuit after dinner.

She nods and she picks up her change and walks to the ensuite bath and minutes later she steps out in her capri track pants and a turquoise colour round high neck plain full sleeved tee,and I grin as I say – “ I don’t know which colour do I love on you more…I think I love them all..”

She grins as she now pulls her hair open and her hands run through them and I tug on her hand and pull her close as I say – “ you know I love them messy…”

She is shy again as I can see the crazy adorable blush that I love of hers brush up her cheeks.

I take her hand and I take her to the bed, and I kneel up on it and I drape the curtain and I sit against the window and I gesture her to come and sit next to me (just like she asked me to sit next to her yesterday)and she does and she looks at me curiously as she asks – “ what is it????”

I say – “turn around and close your eyes..”

She listens.

And I immedietley take out the locket I had got for her from the Momento and gift shop outside the restaurant Two Oceans while she was freshening up in the restrooms.

It was beautiful locket that had a round pendant which had the oceans geographical map which showed the meeting of the Indian and Atlantic Ocean with a location symbol highlighting Cape Point and the picture right in between has a sentence written in Antique Calligraphy – ‘ Where Two Oceans Merge’

The minute my eyes fell on it – I knew I wanted to gift this to Khushi Tonight.And I was so happy and exhilarated that I had spotted something that wasn’t just talking about them Meeting.

I immediately open the chain and I drape it around her neck lovingly and once I have clasped it back and I make her turn around to face me – “ open your eyes Sunshine..”

And she opens them slowly and she picks up the locket tenderly and looks at it with so much Love as she says – “ this says – Where Two Oceans Merge..gosh Arnav…iv always spotted all the gift items and momentos saying where the two oceans meet…I scanned the entire gift shop last time I was here..”,and she now has tears in her eyes.

But I don’t mind these tears – because they are happy tears.

I know they are.

And I grin as I say – “ guess what the salesperson told me that theyd received the stock just this morning and it was just put on display hours before I saw it..Destiny Khushi..Destiny..they say you find what is destined for you, when you are least expecting it..”

And I gesture her to come into my arms now and she does immediately as I kiss her forhead – “ see I told you scientific experts are stupid, some artist somewhere who probably listens to his heart made this graphic because probably he believes in the possibility that these two oceans really do merge..keep it on Khushi..will you please?? Always??”

She nods as she says – “ always..i promise…”,and she kisses my cheek and now gives me a heartfelt smile and she says with a smile – “ you should definetly be put behind Azkaban right now..wheres that Ministry of Magic..i need to lodge in a complaint…for theres someone here whose unleashing a tsunami of emotions in my being right now..”

I chuckle on reflex as I ask – “ a tsunami now?”

She nods with a grin – “ Carngae on another level no…”

I push her into the bed now as I loom over her and lean in close to her as I ask – “ how about you let my Lips trigger some massive carnage on yours right now???”

She grins and she is about to nod her way through when I just take her lips into mine and a massive passionate duel begins in between of us, and I feel her hands go around my neck as they always do and I just snake my hands around her waist possessively as I pull her closer into me and I pull apart for a second, and I chuckle as I see disappointment flash through her eyes as she opens them instantly and I ask – “ you are comfortable right??i mean I don’t want to overhwhelm you with this crazy electric chemistry in between of us..”

She gives me a smile as she says mischeviously – “its too late to retreat on that current Arnav…”,and I chuckle as I kiss her nose – “ no seriously…you are ok right???

She nods as she says – “I am ok…”

I grin as I ask – “ so I am allowed to tread to that tempting territory that I am absolutely in love with?? You know your sinfully gorgeous neckline..”

She nods as she asks with an amusing grin– “ yes Arnav…why do you ask again??”

I admit honestly – “ you know since you’v been wearing high necks today so I thought you were probably uncomfortable about it that’s why..”

She grins now and she shifts up a little up in the bed, and she pulls down the side of of the high necks and she flipped her hair back with the other hand out of the way as she says – “ that’s because whilst I was in the shower this morning, I realised I have some marks on both the sides of my neckline, all thanks to your not so gentle kisses that you tortured me with by the bonfire yesterday…I was a little embarrassed..look you can see them..”

God.

I loved those marks on her neckline already.

They looked so Sinfully Gorgeous!

I push her back into the pillows and i cup her face as I push her hair back and I bury my face into the crook of her neck and whisper into her ears – “ you have no idea what I want to do to you right now…now that youv shown me those marks..”

She trembles in my arms.

I am loving this.

Her hands go through my hair and she tugs on my head as she makes me look into her eyes now and she asks – ‘ why you feel like leaving some more marks there???”

I grin as I nod – ‘ see now you know what I mean when I say that you can read me like no other..Can I Khushi?? If you are ok with it..”

She looks into my eyes intently as she whispers with a mischevious smile – “ well we are heading into winter anyway and to my luck I do have a lot of high necks tops…so yes..i guess you can do that hoodie guy..”,and just as she finishes she blushes to a deep shade of that tomato puree.

I look into her eyes as I say honestly – “ youv asked for some major trouble..Sunshine..”

She chuckles and she says with a grin – “ this trouble fascinates me you know…Arnav..”

And before she can say anything further I take her lips in a hard and a passionate kiss.

This Girl is going to drive me insane.

I kiss her madly in a deep prolonged french kiss that drives us both crazy and many heated minutes later as she finally breaks apart in order to catch on her breath,and shes all heaving now, I instantly pull the side of one of her high necks down, and lucky for me its stretchable so its easier for to just pull it off all the way exposing her shoulderblades and neckline and I tug it at the bend of her arm and I start showering my – definetly -not so- gentle – kisses down the area that I so love and she trembles,and shakes and shivers in my arms and tilts her head to the other side giving me more access and as one of her hands go around my neck into my hair and I feel her pull me closer into her and my name escapes her lips in a heaving moan – I am freaking clean bowled by this Intense Chemistry in between of Us, and they way she responds to me under the impact of my touches and kisses.

Its Electric.

Its Bloody Insane

And Its Also Bloody Fascinating!!!!!!!!!!!

What did she title this time in between of Us Yesterday -?

The Fascinating Chronicles of the ‘Ocean’s Mix

Trueee That Sunshine! True That!

Well – Damm YOU World – These Two Oceans Were Definitely Merging.

And It was Fascinating Indeed!!!

And if that Triggers a Storm – So Be It!

If that Triggers a Tsunami of Emotions in between of us – So Be It!!

I WAS PREPARED FOR A MASSIVE CARNAGE ANYWAY!

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