KHUSHI

I looked at the pile of clothes on my bed and frowned as I sat down pouting, almost wanting to cry. Why was this so hard? It was just a dinner, it was going to be fine, yet I was so nervous, I couldn't even decide what I should wear.

Piya walked into my room and looked at the mess and just giggled, my misery was funny to her I guess. She slowly walked towards me and sat down beside me staring at me silently, if she wasn't my sister, it would have been really creepy.

"What?" I looked at her angrily.

"You're acting like me, it's good to know I'm not the only messy one." She said.

"That's the thing, I am not. All this is so frustrating, I don't have anything to wear for the dinner, why does this have to be so hard?"

"Usually, you're the one supposed to give me advise on such things but let's do vice versa. This isn't hard, you're the one making it hard. It's all in your mind, you thinking meeting his family would go terrible or anything is just in your mind, if you imagine it will go well there won't be a problem at all.

I'm sure he knows his family better and if he said it's going to go well then it is, so for once stop acting like me and start acting like you, just pick anything and wear it, who are you trying to impress? The one that had to be impressed is already impressed."

Well she did make sense, it was funny how I was always the mature one and the one good at giving advice, but today it was the opposite.

"Why are you giving me good advice though? I thought you were mad at me for stealing Arnav from you." I giggled.

"I was, I mean he is hot, imagine showing him off to my friends, like look at this hottie, he's my boyfriend... but you're my sister so it's okay, I forgive you, I can show him off as my hot brother in law now." She laughed.

"You're such an idiot." I laughed along with her.

*****

Despite Piya's advice of pick anything, I just kept overthinking so she went through all my clothes and picked one for me and told me if I don't wear it she will punch me on the face, so I had to wear whatever she chose for me.

It was a beautiful baby pink outfit with white embroidery, it was actually beautiful so I just got dressed into it and straightened my hair a bit, did a little makeup and I was ready for the dinner in the exact time that Arnav came to pick me up.

I heard the doorbell ring and mom shout that Arnav was here so I put on my heels and rushed out quickly.

He was standing there, talking to mom about something, funnily he was dressed in a black trouser and a very light pink shirt, it was lighter than my dress but similar color, we had just ended up matching unknowingly. Oh how I was going to get teased for this.

"Oh you two decided to match, how cute." Mom said as she looked at me and then at Arnav. Here we go.

"It's just a coincidence mom." I shrugged.

"Yeah right." She giggled.

"Seriously, Piya is the one who picked this dress in fact."

"Relax Khushi, why are you trying to explain so much, you aren't doing anything wrong so calm down dear."

"Fine, can we go now?"

"Sure." She smiled as she moved aside giving me way, I walked out and Arnav followed me as he led me to his car.

"I have a confession to make." Arnav said as soon as we were in the car and he turned it on.

"What confession?" I looked at him curiously, please don't tell me something about your family members not liking me... ughh, I hated being such an over thinker.

"Piya told me to wear this shirt, she thought it would be fun to mess with you." He said trying so hard to compress his laughter.

"I knew it! That girl is always up to something and I thought she was being nice to me." I rolled my eyes, she always does her stupid things.

"It's okay, we look cute like this." Arnav laughed as he drove off while I kept on frowning. What if his mother or sister also teased us about the matching, I was going to hide under a bed!

*****

He parked the car outside his house as we both got out, for a moment I just stood there nervously, I could still run away from here, they hadn't seen me yet. It seemed like a good idea right.

Arnav walked towards me and he stood in front of me, held both my hands and smiled and he looked me into the eyes.

"Did I tell you how beautiful you look today Bindiya?" He smirked as he touched the Bindi on my forehead, seriously he was never going to stop calling me Bindiya, but I was getting used to it, and I did secretly like it, I just pretended to get irritated.

"No you didn't tell me." I smiled.

"Well, you look soooooooo beautiful." He said making me laugh, this guy!

"Hey, don't be so nervous, trust me it's going to be all good, my sister and mother are so friendly, you won't even feel awkward. I know you're worried but they will love you, and since I told them you'll be coming for dinner they have been super excited to meet you."

"Really?"

"Really." He nodded.

"Okay, let's go in then." I smiled as we both finally walked towards the door, I was still a bit nervous but I guess I was going to be fine once I met them and started getting along with them.

"Heyy, you are finally here." Anjali said as she pulled me into a tight hug, Arnav wasn't wrong when he said she was friendly, she really was.

After she broke the hug, we walked in, his mother was seated in the hall, she stood up as soon as she saw me, damn my heart was beating so fast, I hoped I wasn't going to faint from all this nervousness.

She stared at me for a moment without saying a thing and with each passing moment I just started to feel more and more nervous. Slowly she started walking towards us, and I don't know, it was just an instinct, I grabbed Arnav's hand and held on to it tightly.

"So you're his Bindiya. He's been talking nonstop about you, I couldn't wait to meet you and see why my son was so smitten, but now I get why." She smiled.

Wow! I could finally feel relaxed, I looked at Arnav who smiled at me and then back to his mother and just nodded.

"Come on relax, don't be so tensed, we are nice people." His mother joked, to which we all laughed, and let's just say, he was so right, his mother and sister were so great, very friendly and I even stopped being nervous around them.

To imagine how nervous, I was, I was contemplating running away, hiding under the bed and what not. Piya was right, I was just making this harder for myself when it really wasn't.

We had dinner together and then sat and talked about so many things, they told me Arnav's childhood stories and everything and it was so much fun. As it started getting late, they finally told Arnav to drop me back home so I bid them goodbye and they told me to keep coming to visit and then Arnav and I headed outside to the parking lot.

"I don't feel like taking you home yet." He pouted.

"I know, no matter how much time we spend together, it just doesn't feel enough." I said.

"Exactly, I wish you could stay with me all the time."

"Maybe, someday in the future." I smiled, we both got into the car once again and he finally took me back home.

Even when we arrived back at my place, I didn't feel like going back inside, I just wanted to stand here with him, and look at him and admire him for how handsome he looked right now in the moonlight and then suddenly I had this strong urge of wanting to kiss him, but I couldn't because I was shy and I really hoped he would kiss me, he was less shy than I was.

Please kiss me Arnav, please?