Part 42
Khushi was seated in her room in front of her laptop waiting for Arnav to accept her video call request which he was taking forever to do, she wondered if he was already asleep.
He never slept without talking to her, he always made sure to talk to her then go to bed, the time difference wasn't an issue for that.
"Hey, sorry I was a bit busy." He said as soon as he accepted the call, he was staring at his phone instead of looking at the screen like he always did.
Something felt weird already, maybe it was just her but his behavior seemed weird today.
"You okay Arnav?" Khushi looked at him curiously.
"Yeah, what would happen to me?" He smiled as he looked at her.
"I don't know I just felt like something was wrong..."
"No, I'm just tired I had a busy day at the college today."
"Oh okay, you can sleep then, we can talk tomorrow." She smiled.
"Okay, I'll talk to you tomorrow, goodnight." He disconnected the call immediately, there was something definitely wrong, his behavior was really strange, it was like he dint want to talk to her, why wouldn't he want to talk to her though?
She grabbed her phone and called Suman hoping that she had an idea on why he was acting this way, she anyway spent her time in college with him so hopefully she had answers to her questions.
"So you finally remember me?" Suman asked as soon as she received the call.
"I called you like two days back okay, stop being a drama queen." She said in a frustration, she couldn't stop wondering why Arnav was behaving like this suddenly.
"I know, I'm kidding relax girl, what's gotten you so moody?"
"My boyfriend. Hey can I ask you something? Promise me to be honest."
"I am always honest with you Khushi, what do you want to ask?"
"Have you noticed anything with Arnav whenever you meet him? I called him just a while back and he seemed like he dint want to talk to me, usually he gets excited and tells me lots of stories and what he did the entire day, today he was just being cold, I don't know, I feel like something's wrong."
"I have no idea, he seemed fine to me."
"I am worried Suman, I swear I felt like he was avoiding talking to me. Maybe he found someone else and doesn't want to be with me anymore." Khushi joked.
She was waiting for Suman to laugh about the joke or tell her there was nothing like that but instead she stayed silent and that just scared her more.
"Suman, why are you silent. Did he meet someone? Is there another girl? Please tell me." Khushi asked worriedly.
"I am not sure Khushi. This new girl Saira, she really seems to be into him, she's always around him, following him everywhere, I even warned Arnav and told her to stay away from her because I felt like she was interested in him, he promised me he wouldn't hurt you, so I guess you have nothing to worry about."
"I talked to her on video call one day when I had called Arnav..." Khushi said remembering her, she was very pretty, of course prettier than her, anyone could get attracted to her.
"Okay Khushi, stop going down that route." She whispered to herself trying to calm down and make herself believe that Arnav couldn't do anything like this to her.
"Don't worry much, it must be something else, I am sure Arnav would never hurt you." Suman said.
"I know, anyway I have to go, I'll talk to you tomorrow?"
"Okay, take care and keep calling me. And don't worry about Arnav, I'm sure he would get back to normal by tomorrow, if he doesn't, tell me so I'll talk to him and figure out what's going on okay?"
"Okay, bye."
Khushi disconnected the call and lied down on her bed, she opened her social media and searched for Saira's profile, of course she dint know her full name but Saira's name was unique so it was easier to find her profile.
As soon as she found it, she went to check the images she had uploaded, the most recent one was hers with Arnav, okay so now they were so close friends that they were taking pictures together too?
She scrolled down checking other images of her, they were all so beautiful, she looked so pretty like a model or something and seeing her pictures was just getting her more worried. What if Arnav was attracted to her, maybe that was why his behavior had changed suddenly.
She dint know what to do, of course she trusted him but she was worried at the same time too, she wouldn't be worried if he wasn't behaving this way suddenly. Or maybe she was just overthinking it, she should wait till tomorrow like Suman said, maybe he was actually tired and he just wanted to sleep, maybe he would be normal with her tomorrow.
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Arnav never thought he could get this jealous, maybe it was because Khushi was far away from him and not here with him, here at least he would protect her from the guys, her being far away made him insecure that maybe one day she was going to fall out of love with him and fall for someone else.
He had no idea who this Jake guy was or what he looked like or anything, but every time he'd close his eyes he would just hear the conversation he heard on the phone, they way Khushi kept on mentioning his name and the way he told her that she liked his name too much.
Did she just like his name?
"For god's sake Arnav!" he said angrily as he stood up and punched the wall out of anger, he knew he was overthinking this, just because Khushi was mentioning his name repeatedly doesn't mean it has to mean something.
"Calm down, everything is fine Arnav, Khushi loves you and only you and that won't change." He said to himself.
"What's wrong?" Shaina asked as she walked into his room.
"Nothing why?"
"I could hear to talking and punching the wall Arnav, what happened? You can talk to me." She looked at him curiously.
"This long distance with Khushi is getting really difficult for me." He frowned as he sat down on his bed, Shaina sat beside him and waited for him to continue.
Today she called me, I think someone had her phone and my number got dialed mistakenly, I received the call and heard her saying some guy's name, she did tell me he was her friend, I just got a bit jealous.
She literally said his name so many times, and the guy was laughing and then I even heard him tell her that she likes her name so much, I mean I know it's nothing big but I feel so insecure, I love her Shaina, and I am scared to lose her."
"Just because of that call? Seriously Arnav! If she's told you about him why are you worried, you should have been worried if she had hidden it from you.
Trust me, you're overthinking this, I'm sure Khushi still loves you the same and just because she's talking to a guy, spending some time with him or having usual fun with him doesn't mean she would stop loving you.
You are going to college, you too must be having friends who are girls whom you spend time with, does that mean you would stop loving Khushi?"
"No."
"Then why are you worried? Having friends of the opposite gender is fine, as long as they are just friends. So, Relax and stop overthinking this too much okay?"
"You are right, I know you are right and I dint want to be so insecure but I don't know... I just love her so much I guess that's why. But thanks for talking to me, I know my insecurity was useless. I dint even talk to her properly today because I was sort of angry, I'm sure she must be worried."
"Then you should call her and talk to her, I'll leave you to it." Shaina smiled as she walked out of the room, Arnav inhaled a few deep breaths and then grabbed his phone and called Khushi, she received his call immediately as if she knew he was going to call.
"Arnav!"
"Hey babe, I'm sorry I realized I disconnected the call abruptly I must have gotten you worried."
"No, I'm okay."
"That's good then, I just wanted to make sure we were still okay?"
"Of course, we are Arnav, I love you."
"I love you too Khushi, just keep reminding me that everyday, sometimes I get scared that you'll stop loving me." He said sadly.
"I will always love you Arnav, I promise. I know this long distance is getting hard, it's hard for me too, I just want to see you and be with you, I miss you so much."
"I miss you too Khushi." He said holding the phone close to his ears, talking to her just made him feel so better and it was like her voice calmed him down, all the insecurities he had, disappeared somehow.
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