Chapter 37
[MEMBERSONLY]
Chapter 29
Chords of a broken harp...
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She was sitting amidst a clutter of things, surrounded by her laptop,
headphones, and couple of other crap that only she understood. Outside her
tent, she could hear the boys having a blast. Chris really had bonded with the
other two and it seemed to rile her to no ends. It hadn't been 3 weeks and
Chris was already off enjoying with the Vega boys as she liked to call them.
The Twatwaffle and the cutie pie. Of course NK was the cutie pie. He was just
so adorable. His presence was a great help. Chris and she would have screwed
their project on the first day of the field itself if it wasn't for NK. When
the boatman who was supposed to ferry them to the middle of the lake said
something that seemed like buuulshiiit and they replied back something that
seemed whaaat craaap, NK repaired the damage and told each of them
what the other meant. Otherwise, rest assured, either the boatman or Chris
would have killed the other.
She smiled fondly as she remembered that particular memory and
immediately something burned into her thoughts. The sound of a glorious,
infectious laughter that had erupted from Arnav's mouth on hearing the whale
talk she and Chris were trying to imitate. The one Dory does in Finding Nemo.
Talking to the boatman was like talking whale, "aaalo...weee
waaant yyyooouuurrr boaoooaaattt..." and when they
were trying to speak the local accent, Arnav was busy laughing his head off.
Khushi had never felt so conflicted in her life. She was both amused and
irritated at him at the same time. His laughter was so contagious that her
mouth crept into a smile before she realized what she was doing and had the
sense to stop and not make a fool of herself.
Arnav was making her edgy. His advances sure were different from what
she had experienced all those times back and something monumentally had changed
inside him. He was becoming this all sweet and sugary person compared to the
devil incarnate she had imagined him to be and it wasn't helping one bit. More
and more days passed and she felt herself comparing Arnav with her Rinnie.
Aggressive yet gentle, passionate yet serene, arrogant yet humble. She wondered
how could a person be such a paradox.
Not that she didn't know what Arnav started to feel for her. Of course
she knew. That was the biggest worry. She knew he had somehow started liking
her. Whether he had accepted it to himself, she didn't know but she wasn't
stupid enough to not see the epic behavioural change in him and it freaked her
to bits. She wasn't ready for this. She couldn't handle if another person
showed so much interest in her. It unnerved her.
His conduct around her put her in a fix and she had no idea how to
resolve it. She didn't want to get involved in a mess she couldn't handle and
she pretty much knew she couldn't string him along. Her love life had crashed
to the bottom long ago and she wasn't really keen on rekindling it again. And
she wanted nothing to do with this man who reminded her of Rinnie every single
moment. It was just too painful.
Rinnie...that name triggered an unknown sadness and she slipped back in
time as she trudged down the happy memories shared with the person who thought
her how to love...
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April 1999
Dehradoon
There was a burst and she screamed. What she heard next was the sound
of a glorious laughter. The lights switched on and Rinnie came into focus,
clutching his stomach as he tried to control his laughter. She narrowed her
little eyes,"You!"
"Hahahahahah!" Rinnie still continued to laugh as he attempted to
escape from her. Cool breeze hit her face as she came outside chasing Rinnie.
There were so many stars, so beautiful that she forgot she was annoyed and
angry at Rinnie and she stood there, transfixed, staring at the beautiful
patterns the stars were making in the huge canvas of the sky. Painting of the
gods! Sister Avantika had said. Yes! Painting of the gods.
"Beautiful..." she heard Rinnie whisper behind her and turned to hit
him hard when her eyes fell on the small mud bell that was in his hand, tinkling. Her eyes widened in sheer joy. The bell was crude but she could make
out he had made it for her, "this is for me?"
"Yup..." he smiled his cheeky smile and she knew this boy was going to
do something naughty, "what?"
"You need to give me something..." he said innocently. Her eyes widened
still more. He laughed as he ruffled her hair, "a hug..."
She smiled as she jumped on him and hugged him tight, "thank you..."
"Your smile means everything to me. I can do anything to see you smile,"
he said sweetly as he put her down and gave her a kiss on the cheek. She smiled,
"I don't want anything. I just want a promise."
"What?"
"Promise to never leave me alone..."
"I promise..."
A single tear fell from her eyes as she remembered the promises they
had made as children. Nothing meant serious and gifting crudely made bells and
sharing breakfast and dinner had meant the world to them. Now that she thought
about the silly promises, she felt angry. Why wasn't she able to move on. What was
it that was holding her fast to the thoughts of Rinnie. Why was she still
affected by his memories. She felt like she was drowning in a vortex of
memories. Frustration welled inside her as she got up and ran out of the tent. She
needed some peace.
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Should she call or shouldn't she call? Lavanya was going crazy. So many
days had passed since she had confessed to Khushi about her love for Chris and
since then she hadn't done anything, not even call him once. Khushi was
messaging constantly, trying to find out about what was happening but Lavanya
didn't have the guts to pick her call up.
Surely, Khushi would blast her the
moment she would pick the call. Who wouldn't. She was so excited when
she first heard that Lavanya was in love with her best friend. And here, Lavanya
was acting like a scaredy cat.
She would have called him probably if Akash hadn't had that accident. In
the worry of what would have happened to her favourite cousin, she had forgotten
everything else and kept herself busy in taking care of him She could have
called when everything was going fine with Akash but she was freaked out of her
mind. What would he think if she confessed that she was in love with
practically a stranger. What would he think about her.
Oh no no...
She couldn't call him. She just couldn't. She couldn't be in love with
someone whom she had met not more than 4 times. How could she. Nope. Just nope.
But she didn't know her life was about to change while she was evaluating
her decisions. Her phone beeped and it was Chris...
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The deadline was looming closer and Payal still hadn't found a way to
get closer to Akash. In another day her whole life would be ruined because of
one drunk mistake and she had no idea how to reverse the tide.
Her shock was indescribable when she received a video CD on her doorstep.
Luckily no one was around that day or her life would have been finished. She had
no idea who was doing it or who had taken that video. She just knew if her mms
was leaked, her life would be ruined forever. She was drunk and the next day
she got up, she was in her bed, asleep. Shyaam told he had dropped her the
minute he came to know she was high. Her Shyaam. He wouldn't have done like
this to her. But something was wrong. There was someone else who had utilized
her, created a video of her and sent her to blackmail her into doing something
wrong.
Not that she wasn't interested in getting closer to Akash. It was the
only way to catch Arnav's eye and she would have done it anyway. But being
pressurized while a knife hung around her, she was unable to do anything out of
fear.
The silence around her was shattered when her phone began to ring. Her hands
began to shake thinking about the cold voice that was haunting her dreams and
every waking moment. She finally answered the call and the voice, icy cold,
asked her again, "what happened?"
"He is still in the hospital and there is not moment I get to be with
him alone. Please give me some time...please," she begged.
"Alright..."
She couldn't believe her ears. Was he really giving her time. A huge
relieved smile spread on her, "thank you..."
"There was some improvement without your help," the voice continued
again, "you just got lucky. One month is all you get to get close to him. If
you know what's good for you then you will make the work happen."
"Yes..." she breathed, "yes sir... I will do it..."
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Diya had buried herself beneath her quilt, feeling miserable. Lavanya
and Akash surely shared something great and it was killing Diya to think she
was coming in between them. She had cried herself to sleep for the past few
weeks and she didn't understand why she felt so miserable. She didn't feel
anything for Akash so why was she so much affected that probably Akash had a
girlfriend and that was Lavanya.
Lavanya was like a sister to her. She knew Lavanya from a long time
through her bestie NK and it was like cheating on her sister. That just felt
very wrong.
But her questions still remained unanswered. Why was she so affected
that Akash had a girlfriend. She never knew anything about him and it wasn't a
rule that he had to tell everything about his life to her. So why was she
feeling so sad to think that there was some other girl in his life. Why was she
feeling so low that it wasn't her who was taking care of Akash.
What had changed in a few weeks? Why did Akash matter to her so much? She
still remembered her state when she came to know about his accident. She had
never felt so hopeless in her life when she saw him in a pool of blood. Her fear
of something happening to him just reached its peak and she hadn't had a moment
of peace until she heard the doctor say he was out of danger.
With a jolt she realized that all the answers to her question was
staring at her the whole time.
She was in love with him...
That's why it mattered her so much...
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Anjali battled every day with her phone, trying to control herself from
calling her Chhote. She wanted to talk
to him, tell him everything but Akash had strictly forbidden her from calling Arnav
because he didn't want Arnav to come back. She could see why Akash didn't want
to inform Arnav. It was out of concern for him.
Arnav had spent so much of his time being chained to all the painful memories
of his life that he needed this time to be free, to fly out of the cage that he
had created for himself, to spread his wings and fly. He needed that and Anjali
didn't want to spoil the fun he was having.
Especially when he was with Khushi...
Khushi's name brought a smirk to her face as she clutched her phone and
turned around. If Arnav was with Khushi then he would be having a blast. That girl
would sure be making him dance on his toes. Her smirk widened as she thought
how Khushi had defiantly declared in front of everyone that Arnav had kissed
her. She had spunk!
Anjali was secretly hoping that tables would be turned by now and Arnav
would actually start liking her instead of sitting and moping. It would surely
be amazing to have someone like Khushi in their lives. Especially Arnav's since
only that girl could look into her brother's eyes and make him feel incredibly
uncomfortable. That kind of talent wasn't in everyone.
Arnav practically scared everyone out of their wits. While all the
others were always running around like they had they had spotted a snake, this
girl was the one who had the flute to make the snake dance to her feet. Quite an
interesting pair.
"Please make my wish come true..." she prayed and turned around to find
her husband staring at her with such intensity that it made her legs feel like
jell-o
While she was hyperventilating due to Vinay's gaze, her brother was
running around to find Khushi...
PRECAP:
Are you mad?
No you are...
Oh really? I wasn't the one
who stood on the edge of the parapet to get startled and promptly fall into the
water...
Did I ask you to come here?
No but I did...so get the
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Comments (32)
its 4.30...counting every minute till 6 p.m.😉
9 years ago
I am so sorry guys...the internet was down yesterday. Couldn't update anything. Today evening pukka promise. Wait for the update By 6 it will be updated
9 years ago
Where are you,not going to leave without an Update!!!!De Do hame Update De Do!!!Please,Please,Please!!😊
9 years ago
1 hr has 60 minutes you know? Unless you are travelling in light speed in which case time tends to slow down or rather stops altogether. Update dedo.
9 years ago
many hours passed yaar! 😭
9 years ago
awesome...eagerly awaiting for the arhilicious update
9 years ago
Thats great! You've no idea how much i love your Arhi! I Have a lot to catch up on the story. 😳 Sanaya.Barun2014-11-22 03:30:08
9 years ago
Yellos! Unbelievable that I actually completed writing another chapter... Can't believe it myself :D anyway, the update will be posted in another hour. It is a full arshi update. There is no story of any other couple. I figured enough of dragging, there has to be some improvement in the lead instead of just moping :D so this update is dedicated to all arshi lovers who patiently waited for 29/chapters to read about their favorite couple. So a big thanks and hug 🤗 to all you lovely people. Keep loving the story and appreciating my way of writing. Means a lot to me 😳 1 hour :D
9 years ago
Read all the chapterzzzJust loving the storyArnav and khushi share a past that is unknown to them. Both are affected by each other. Arnav is definitely falling for her. This is getting more and more interestingPlz pm me when you are updating next
9 years ago
Arnav is Rinnee. ...They love each other...khusi is smart one as she see the similarities. payal is idiot but shyam is a snake.Poor Diya fully confused. Thank you that shyam is not after khusi.One question. ...anjali and vinay are first cousins they how can they be married?
9 years ago