Specially dedicated to ArShi_Angel I may never express how close I feel with you Sarah. But you are much more special to me than ever you imagine. In this new year, I wish you get all success and happiness long with a healthy life. May God sanction all your wishes without second thought. And I am so happy that you're making upto 2K mark. And I am waiting for the day you achieve milestones❤️ Love you loadssssssssssssssssssssssss... Many hugs and kisses to you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗😘😘😘😘😘

Last but least, Wish you all a very happy new year with full of happiness💐💐💐 Wish you all achieve milestones in this great year❤️ Love you all ❣️

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He smiled on his own seeing the recently felled photo on his WhatsApp message bucket. He never knew they've been clicked whilst they lost in each other eyes and has least knowledge about the environment around them. He can clearly pinpoint when it would've been clicked, it was just before they went ahead for their own wedding with Aakash family. He mentally thanked Aakash for clicking this everlasting picture. In a trance his fingers stroked her cheeks on mobile screen, unknowingly sending dubious signals to Khushi who has been noticing him lately from the kitchen. Her brows creased as the radiant smile on his face with his eyes fixed on mobile display didn't set well with her. Leaving the work she has been doing in middle she sauntered towards him.

After filling her serene smile to his heart content, he logged in to his social account to update his current relationship status. He didn't feel like to keep showing himself as single when he's pretty much happily married. Moreover he plans to use that platform to inform the world about his marriage which he himself unaware till the last moment, lest he invite everyone and do it in a grandeur way. And after receiving cold shoulder from his parents, he evidently knows they won’t be having their marriage reception anytime soon. So by any other way he has to let the world to know about his and khushi relationship. He quickly changed his relationship status before coming to his news feed.

Much to his dismay or better say his bad stars, that biggest social giant decided to celebrate his friendiversary with his bff Lavanya at that particular moment. The automated video of wishing them friendiversary showed already shared pictures from his profile and that was the exact moment khushi peeked behind his shoulder and got rooted to her spot seeing a girl wrapping her arms around her own beloved arnavji neck. Colours drained from her face leaving her pale. Her eyes involuntarily went down to her own frame and to the girl standing behind arnav. That girl has all what she hasn’t in her. She fits more in his lifestyle than her. Khushi stroked her waist length plaited hair in reflex to that mediocre ponytail of hers. Her fingers inadvertently run over her unthreaded eyebrows compared to that neatly threaded curved brows of that girl. And then her slender fingers inched down to her lips, before she could continue her comparison session and enter into self pity mode, she has been called.

Arnav whipped his head sensing someone presence behind him and expressed a surprised scowl when he saw her silent frame “Khushi! When you came?”

As if someone spilled water on her sleep she met his eyes disorientedly. Destined to be her soulmate, Will arnav need words? Though he couldn’t understand what made her look like a white sheet out of the blue, he sensed something wrong on her. And his brain immediately worked and come up with alternative.

“Do you need a kiss?” He asked huskily, clasping her palm with his, bringing her in front of him.

Like expected, her face instantly embraced lateritious hue in no time. Her earlier insecurity long forgotten as her brain adopted the new query on what made him to say something like this?

He mentally patted his own brilliance for observing her miniscule actions. To answer her unspoken query, he hooked his index finger with her index finger which has comfortably found its place on her luscious petals.

“You remembered our earlier action and want one now. Am I right?” He asked cheekily.

His naughty grin did somersaults on her stomach. She immediately withdrew her hand disentangling their hooked fingers and ran into kitchen to hide her embarrassed form. Her heart still dancing on tunes composed by her soulmate and not in mood to come back to normal in anytime soon.

Her knees felt weak and her frame slouched down on the wall in reflex. Her palm tightly clutched the fabric against her heart. “How shamelessly you stood before him khushi? As if asking for a kiss you stood before him like a showpiece with your finger on lips.” She facepalmed and grinned like an idiot not able to forget the stupid vision she made out of herself in front of him. Her heart still drumming vigorously and its pace increased when her ears clearly catched his chuckling. “Stupid.” She hit her forehead with her palm and this time little harshly poking her small acne in process.

“Ouch…”

“Khushi. Careful.” Arnav shouts from living room in reflex and made an immediate run towards kitchen. Before that he already uploaded their picture on all social sites including whatsapp.

Khushi held his wrist stopping him from making big scene out of a small issue “Nothing arnavji. I am fine.”

“Are you sure? What happened actually? Why did you shouted?” He asked worriedly scanning her frame from head to toe in the short time.

“Nothing arnavji. You’re worrying unnecessarily.”

Though he’s not convinced, he yanked her up slowly and handed her a glass of water. Khushi drunk without denial.

“Come. Sit on living area for sometime.”

She followed him soundlessly and sat beside him without a word.

“You need something?” He started the conversation awkwardly not able to bear the silence even for few seconds.

“Huh… Nothing.” She replied reluctantly hopelessly hoping him to forget the stunt she made not so few minutes before.

Silence prevailed the room as both of them didn’t know how to start the conversation. For arnav, he sat helplessly holding back his tongue so that he doesn’t embarrass her more with his sinful thoughts. And she doesn’t want to make fool out of herself like she did earlier, so unwillingly she roped her doubts regarding that girl.

“Huh… So… I was thinking to buy a computer which will be useful for you both.” Finally arnav himself broke the ice and khushi happily grabbed that chance. She is far more happy on his decent ignorance on her matter.

“But… I don’t know how to operate it.” She pouted sadly and there recede their awkwardness.

“When I am here, why you fear? You know these days, nothing works without computer. It’s our third hand. Once you started to use this, you’ll eventually know how small the world is.”

“Hmm. I’ve seen my masters children using laptops but… you know na, it’s beyond our reach to even touch that and let alone buy one for ourselves.”

Arnav arm automatically circled her shoulders in concern. Yet again he vowed himself to set everything right in her life. Khushi comfortably placed her head on his chest.

“And then I loved home decors which used to embellish their home. But you know what, unlike computer which I can’t afford, I learned to make the same showpieces with DIY hacks. There was a women from NGO conducted free classes for three weeks in our slum from where I learned that tricks. At first those pieces adorned our small room but due to circumstances I marketed few to pay meera tution fees.”

“Why are you not making now? Doesn’t you feel home here?”

“Err… I thought you’ll not like these silly things. Shall I make those for our home too?” She asked hesitantly dreaded for his reaction but he proved her wrong by his answer.

“Come on. It’s your home khushi. You’re the queen of this house. Now tell me, do you need my permission?”

“Nahi.”  She shook her head negatively and throws her arms around his torso and mumbled a sweet Thank you by completing the hug.

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“Lav you’ve no other choice but to believe the rumour now. He himself updated his relationship status and even changed his display picture on whatsapp.” Rihaana told to lavanya who hurriedly rummaged her bag for mobile.

“It’s not possible. Wait, let me prove you wrong.” Lavanya blabbered in fury and opened her password protected mobile. She hurriedly logged into her social account and found a change in arnav’s relationship status. It was changed from single to married. Lavanya rubbed her eyes and saw again. Then she shook her head and opened her whatsapp only to be proven her assumptions wrong. There shows a pic of arnav with a girl. Both are smiling wholeheartedly and are lost in each other. Rihaana worriedly looked at her friend.

“This can’t be happening. CAN’T!!! I’ll not let this to happen.” Lavanya shouted jumping from her chair. Rihaana also got up and held the raging lavanya.

“It’s already happened. Can’t you see it lav? I understand you’re broken. But please calm down lav. Don’t start to think like ekta shows. This is life. You’ve to accept the reality.”

“SHUT UP RIHAANA. It’s easy to advice others and I know what I’ve to do.” Lavanya said with a stern face startling Rihaana.

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There's nothing special in this update, but kind of I wanted to update this today. Hope you all atleast liked it😃

I am forever grateful to all of you for supporting me in this journey amidst of my irregularity. Thank you so much for bearing me and my words.

Once again a very happy new year to all my lovely readers ❣️❣️❣️

Next update for this story will be after 20th January.