Arnav walked straight to what Khushi thought was his room and locked it up.
"Hello? Excuse me?",Khushi said banging the door of his room.
"Shut up!",he shouted from inside.
Khushi crossed her arms and looked into the living room.
"What am I supposed to do now?",she asked herself.
The house was a pretty one, but badly maintained. Clothes were lying on the table, socks on the floor. It had a comfortable sofa by the wall with cushions lying on the floor. She wondered how a person could keep his house so dirty. it was as if he didn't care about it. It was as if he didn't belong to this place.
She shook those thoughts out of her mind and lay of the sofa.
"This is going to be fun",she said to herself.
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She came closer to her as he stood there,tears in his eyes. She placed her hands on his chest and leaned towards him. He closed his eyes in anticipation.
"Priya...",he whispeed,"Please don't leave me. I need you".
She bit his ear and whispered into them softly,"I have to. I am sorry".
The similar ache in his heart started again. The lump of pain in his throat formed again. he wished someone would come and take away all this pain. He hoped someone would take his hand and guide him to a world of happiness.
"Arnav..",she whispered.
He wanted her beside him, when there was nothing with him, no one with him. He just wanted a strength. he wanted an angel to come, call out his name and take al this pain away with her.
"Arnav..",she called again, this time the voice was louder.
"GET Up Arnav!",he heard a distant female voice calling her,as he gently came out of his dream.
"Your phone! Your Di is calling.",she said.
He gently opened his eyes as he registered into a different morning altogether. The blurred image of the girl cleared as he recalled what all happened last night.
"How dare you touch my phone!!",he shouted at Khushi, snatching his mobile from her.
"Excuse me? I was just...",Khushi tried to explain.
"And how dare you come inside my room! GET OUT! NOWWW!",Arnav screamed.
Khushi was stunned. She quickly strode towards the door muttering to herself.
"Wait a second!",he said suddenly. She turned around.
"Whats this!",he said, totally stunned.
Khushi looked here and there having no clue baout what he was talking about.
"What?",she asked innocently.
Arnav walked towards her in anger and pointed towards his shirt.
"WHy the hell are you wearing my SHIRT! And thats my pyajama!",he shouted.
"Oh this! I didn't have any clothes to wear after the bath so I took yours. i'll wash them. Don't worry",she said, turning to go.
"Wait! You used my bathroom too. Miss Whatever YOU ARE! This is MY house. thats MY bathroom. These are MY clothes. You CAN'T do anything without my permission! You got that?",he said, anger dripping from his voice.
"Err... But i just did",she said, giggling but stopped at once seeing the murderous look on his face.
"Look, I couldn't roam around in those torn clothes. I don't have any spare clothes",she said, trying to explain to him.
"I don't care! take my shirt off NOW!",he said.
"What? How can I do that.. Okay fine",she said.
She started opening the topmost button of her shirt. Thats when he realised what he was telling her to do.
"STOP! You can give it to me later",he said quickly as he pushed her out of his room and banged the door to call back his Di.
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"Don't you get a newspaper?",Khushi asked,walking towards the kitchen, stumbling over his socks on the floor.
"And don't you ever clean your house?"
"Don't you have a balcony?"
"SHUT UP!!can't you stay queit at all?",Arnav asked her irritated.
Khushi gave him a sarcastic smile,"No",she said simply.
She took an apple from the refrigerator and started munching. She sat on the slab near the sink watching Arnav struggle to make food. He stumbled with utensils dropping couple of them,sworing in between. He took some vegetables from the refrigerator and took the knife.
In the next instant, there was a loud shriek from him. Khushi quickly ran towards him to see what had happened. Blood was pouring from his little finger. She gently took his hands in hers.
"Damn it! I hate blood! I hate this!",he said to himself, trying his best not to look at his little finger.
"When you don't know how to use a knife, why did you do the same?!",Khushi scolded him,guiding him to the sink. She leaned towards the tap, and let the water flow over his hands. Arnav closed his eyes seeing so much blood from his hand.
"Don't worry. It will be all right in a minute. Its not that bad. just chill",he heard Khushi's gentle voice. He didn't know what it was but there was something in her voice which made him calm. He gently opened his eyes and looked at her. Her face was barely two inches away from him. He could see the tiny drops of water flowing down her cheek. He quickly looked away as Khushi turned to him.
"Do you have first aid?".she asked.
Arnav nodded,without looking at her. He felt Khushi tightening her grip around his hand and pulling him towards his room.
"Where is it?",she asked.
Arnav pointed towards the shelf. Khushi nodded.
She quickly took the first aid kit and made Arnav sit on the bed beside her. He stared at her as he took his hands in hers and cleaned the wound. He winced suddenly with pain.
"SHit! So Sorry",she said looking apologetically at Arnav. But he stayed mum.
He didn't know what was wrong with him but still he could'nt help but stare at her. She looked beautiful, without any make-up. there was a lot of difference between the girl he met yesterday and the girl who was sitting in front of him today. All she needed was a bath and some clean clothes, be it his shirt. She looked radiant. His lips almost curved into a smile but he shook his thoughts away at once. He felt her hands being gentle on him this time,wiping all the blood off. He turned to look at her face again. His shirt actually suited her. It was obviously over size for her because of her petite figure. Still she looked good.
"Its done",Khushi said with a smile on her face and turned to look at Arnav who at once looked away.
"Hmm",he replied.
She hoped that he would say something more but he didn't. She quietly got up to leave.
Should I thank her,he asked himself.
"Oh.. and by the way",Khushi said, turning to look at him,"Your welcome",she said with a smile and left the room.
That smile was magical ...Because it made HIM smile.
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