Khushi kept blushing throughout the ride, the way Arnav has praised her, checked her out and was unable to keep his eyes off her , even now, his eyes always wavered back to her, it was all making her deep red in colour. This was first time somebody has done this to her. She never believed she can make a man do this for her. She never believed she can ever be liked crazily, like the ones she see on tv, read on books, very Bollywood and typical SRKiesh type. So she doesn't know how to react in this situation at all.

They reached the venue and was to enter the room when Arnav leaned to her height and whispered " It's good you didn't apply blush, your natural blush is doing wonders."

Khushi couldn't control herself from giving a full blown smile.

" Shut up." She smacked him lightly on shoulder for embarrassing her to which even he smiled.

" Now come." He dragged her inside holding her hand.

They entered the hall , hand in hand, smiling till ears and turning every eyes on them. As they looked absolutely stunning together. The rest of the lot couldn't believe in their eyes as the nerd of school has turned beautiful and is with the one of the most popular dude of the school.

It felt awkward for khushi for being the centre of attraction. But she decided to ignore it and move to the stage to the couple. They met him, and congratulated him in his wedding and he thanked them but jokes about being angry for stealing his spotlight.

They were having some refreshments while talking to other batchmates when Lavanya entered in the hall, with her current boyfriend cum fiance , with whom she's going to tie knots soon.

She smiled at everyone and even Khushi felt happy seeing her almost after 6 months. But lavanya's expression changed once she spotted Khushi along with Arnav. Arnav saw jealousy in her eyes, but for whom, her best friend?

Khushi left Arnav's side for the first time and went to greet her best friend. She hugged Lavanya but she wasn't hugged back.

" Khushi , you are Arnav's date?" Lavanya asked.

" What date? I just accompanied him here and we are here as friends." Khushi cleared.

" It doesn't look like." Lavanya said.

" I don't care what it looks to other." Khushi said , getting pissed by lavanya's way of talking .

" But I care. You know I used to like Arnav. " Lavanya complained.

" But that was ages ago. What that does have any meaning with us being friends?" Khushi asked frustrated. She doesn't sound like her friend at all.

" Off course it does. Why is he with you Khushi when he never gave me his attention. Think about it you fool. Why is he interested in a girl like you. There has to be some motive." Lavanya said before realising what she's saying.

" Girl like me? What does that mean Lavanya?" Khushi asked all broken.

" An average looking, not so beautiful,middle class behanji. That's what you are. Why is he with you when he has all better options. When he had me, the 'it' girl of the school, waiting for his glance. You know I was waiting for him for long. So how can you snatch him from me?" Lavanya asked all angry. Lavanya saw red when she saw her long time crush, the only guy whom she wanted but never got.

" So that's what even you think about me? And I being fool, genuinely thought you were my friend. But anyways, listen Lavanya Kashyap, Arnav is not one of your trophy boyfriend. Heck he was never yours to begin with, so what if I have him as a friend, or heck even as a date. You shouldn't be concerned with it at all. It will be better if you concentrate on your current relationship. And yes, please consider our friendship to be over from this moment onwards." 

Arnav have heard the most part of the conversation as well as the hurt on khushi's face. Obviously the friend she held so dear for more than a decade, thinks this cheap about her can break anyone. He was about to step in to give Lavanya some piece of mind when Khushi nodded negatively and held his hand to pull him away from lavanya.

" Khushi you don't have to worry about her. She's just jealous of you. She thinks you as her inferior." He explained seeing khushi's ashen face.

" But she was my friend." She said broken.

" She wasn't. You were just her side kick.  Because other girls could see through her and unfortunately you didn't, you believed in her. Because you both needed companion , but now seeing you with me, turned her completely blind eye." He explained

" But jealous of what?" She asked

" Me. She is jealous because the guy she couldn't pull at all is with you, besides you. She thinks you won in this matter and this is not digestable to her. " He explained.

"Anyways let's get you something to eat. Don't care about her. You are way better without fake friend. " He dragged her to the food counter.

And that's when she saw Nishant coming towards their way. She has conveniently forgot that she may face him in the party. Her face contorted , smile vanished. She just wanted to run away from there. But for once she decided to face it, so she stood her ground.

" Arnav mere Bhai... How are you?" He came enthusiastically and hugged him.

" I was okay till now.... But then you decided to choke me, so I'm not right now." He said jokingly but Nishant as well as Khushi understood his irritation. Obviously Arnav never liked Nishant at all because of his snobbish behavior.

But Nishant decided to ignore the jab and proceeded to be friendly.

" Nice joke Bhai, nice joke. And...." He turned his face from Arnav to Khushi. " Ohh my my... Is this the same Khushi Gupta. Oh my God Khushi you look so ..." He said and proceeded to hug her when she was pulled back by Arnav , who held her waist to pull her back.

" Beautiful? Is that what you are saying ?"Arnav commented while keeping Khushi close to him by holding her by her waist. " Nishant she has always been beautiful. Its you who noticed it  now." He said sarcastically  but Khushi listened none. Her concentration was on the feel of Arnav large hand on her bare skin. The warm tingly feeling was enough to give her goosebumps. This moment is giving her a deja vu. She has been in this situation earlier as well but unlike that time, this time its because of Arnav she's feeling the chills. That's when she realised, Arnav has always been protective of her. This thought made her happy. Very happy instead.

" That's so true, why I didn't noticed her earlier?" Nishant said while checking her out.

" Nishant stop it. You're making her uncomfortable." Arnav threatened.

" Am I? " Nishant asked Khushi, thinking he still had same effect on her like years back.

But Khushi surprised him " Yes you are.  Now if you'll excuse me" she said savagely and left with Arnav.

The ride back home was silent, Arnav was seething in anger while khushi was confused. Her mind numb, the feel of Arnav's cold hand on her exposed waist was too much for her to handle. She can still feel them on her waist albeit he had left her minutes ago. So much has happened today, her break up with lavanya, meeting with nishant but she can remember is his hand, the feel, the dhak dhak. She couldn't name the feeling she is feeling now , it's new, nothing could compare to that.

It started drizzling first, and then ran heavily. Rains , it always took khushi's mind from haziness and give her a blank clear space, to think it over again, from a fresh. This fact is known to both, Arnav and Khushi. So as soon as Arnav saw khushi feeling the rain drops on her face from the window, he stoped the car and let khushi enjoy the moment of bliss that she was in. The whole party thing felt futile. He should have known that NK might as well be present there and that will be enough to wreck khushi's peace, but the need to be with Khushi, a little more has made him selfish. Selfish enough that he wanted to show everyone that he's with Khushi, even as a friend.

He berated himself for doing that. He blamed NK , lavanya and everyone else to be the reason of khushi's eerie silence but if only he knew the true reason.

Once the car stopped, khushi stepped out in the rain, unbothered of the surrounding, she just stood there, feeling the rain drop all over her body. The road was a silent in this hour of night.Arnav joined her in the rain , silently supporting her. The song was playing in the background in his car.

" Do you like dancing? " She asked suddenly.

Although Arnav was confused but he nodded negatively, but said seeing her fallen face.

"Ask me anyway." He said .

She smiled slowly and forwarded her hands in the front, raising her  eyebrows a little. And he held her hand, holding it firm and keeping the other one on her waist, and they started moving to the beats.

                                                            हमको मिली हैं आज, ये घड़ियाँ नसीब से

जी भर के देख लीजिये हमको क़रीब सेफिर आपके नसीब में ये बात हो न होशायद फिर इस जनम में मुलाक़ात हो न होलग जा गले से.......

पास आइये कि हम नहीं आएंगे बार-बार

बाहें गले में डाल के हम रो लें ज़ार-ज़ार

आँखों से फिर ये प्यार कि बरसात हो न होशायद फिर इस जनम में मुलाक़ात हो न हो||

लग जा गले कि फिर ये हस्सीं रात हो न हो

शायद फिर इस जनम में मुलाक़ात हो न होलग जा गले से...

{We've got this moment by luck...

Take a closer look at us to your heart's contentThen this may -maynot be in your destiny....Hug me....

Come close that I won't come again and again

Let's wrap our hand around recks as we cryThis love may - maynot rains from our eyesWe may not meet again in this life.Hug me as the beautiful night may - maynot happen again and againWe may not meet again in this life ...Hug me....}







(Caution: Mature Part. Only read it if you are above 18)

The intensity of the rain slowed down a little but it was late, as the fire of passion overpassed the coldness of the rain. The two bodies, imminating passion held each other, tighter in the embrace , the trance of fun and laughter broken with the intensity of awkwardness of closeness. But rather this closeness was not awkward because they are in close vicinity, but it was awkward because they are too close to restrain themselves from indulging into the web of passion that they are feeling right now.

Arnav coming out of the trance slowly, unwillingly tried to remove his hands from her waist, when khushi stopped him by keeping her hands on his, restraining him from detangling himself from her and unknowingly pushing herself more into his body.

"Khushi" he husked, his voice more like a whisper.

" I don't care" khushi replied, in slow voice , more like an inner thought. Her eyes wandering over his lips trying to imagine its feel on her own body. The body which is eminating fire, and she instantly know that the only way to cool down the fire is to have those lips on it.

" You will regret it." He said, keeping himself on the bay, on the verge of losing his self control.

" I don't care." And she lifted herself on her toes and touched her lips on his, making him loose his last remaining sanity, as he pulled her more into himself, lifting her up to his height and finally capturing her lips in his own mouth , devouring every nook and corner of her mouth. He held her waist by one hand, carrying her whole weight on him while his second hand held her face cupping her, tilting it to his own liking, so that he could reach her in all possible way. Realising, her knees are getting weak , he held her tighter and lifted her a little, still devouring every inch of her mouth. The women he started loving, the woman he oh so greatly desire is in his arms, and is willingly kissing him. He doesn't know what the future beholds for them but he surely felt the luckiest man alive on the planet right now.

Coming out for breath, the two passionate soul moved their heads backwards and Arnav, the first to open his eyes, looked at the beauty in his arms , just an inch or two far from his face, he wanted to see her, peak inside her soul through the windows of her eyes, but she was so adamant to keep them shut. That's when he clearly saw her, her face red, lipstick smudged,  her saree crippled, the pallu hanging loosely giving the full view of her cleavage and the hairs were mess but she looked incredibly beautiful. Something he has never seen before.

" Khushi." He called her out, trying to figure out what she feels, " open your eyes" he pleaded. Suddenly a gear gripping his soul that what if she regrets whatever they shared just now. But when she opened her eyes , he saw her, having the same passionable eyes. The eyes that radiates fire of passion, which still hasn't died down. That's when he saw her eyes changing their expression, from passionate to embarrassment. She realised what she has done few minutes back and she was embarrassed. She wiggled to be put down but he held her tighter. He'd be damned if he'll let her feel embarrassed about the best moment they shared just now. He carried her to the car bonnet , made her sit on it and again closed the distance between their faces.

" Khushi. " He whispered, " khushi look at me" but she had been so embarrassed of her own act and she couldn't meet his eyes. She know that if she again see in those oceanic orbs, she'll commit the same mistake that she committed few moments back.

" Khushi. I love you. I love you like I have loved no one else. I love you so much so that I miss you even when you're with me. There must be a beast inside me,i crave seeing you every hour, every day. " I kept my forehead on hers, inhaling a lungfull of air along with her smell, the smell which has capability to make him loose all his senses, he sighed not knowing how to convey the depth of my feelings to her. " The moment when we kissed, is the best moment of my life, and I would never want you to be ashamed of it. So please. Don't ."  I kept my hands on her either side of face and made her look into my eyes so that she can understand the depth of my love which I'm unable to convey with words.

She looked at me amused. As if she couldn't believe my words but after she saw me into my eyes , I think she believes me now.

" You love me?" She asked amused.

" Yes. " Arnav didn't understand why was it so hard to believe.

" Why?" That's when it striked him, she's insecure, she doesn't know what a wonderful person she is, because of her past. So he took it in himself to make khushi understand more about her.

" Because, YOU KHUSHI KUMARI GUPTA, MAKES MY HEART BEAT FASTER.  Because of YOU, I have started feeling lively. I look forward to meet you every single second. You have captured my heart, mind as well as soul. You're the one who'll give meaning to my life, my memories. You are the beautiful kind of magic , that I can feel and  believe with my eyes closed. I'm happy just being with you. For me to be happy, I have to be with you." Arnav confessed, finally baring his heart in front of her. Now it's on her, to either accept it or reject it.

" But... But.." khushi , unable to believe in the love he's showering in her, stuttered. She doesn't know what to say and how to say. She was overwhelmed with the happenings. First the toe curling , body floating kiss and now this raw confession.

" You don't have to respond to anything at all. It's my feelings, you don't have to take burden or any..." He tried explaining.

" I like you. " She said seeing him explaining so that she should not feel guilty " but I'm not sure about us." She whispered.

" You can take your time. But I promise, if you decide to come to me, I'll show you the best love ever." He promised and started going away from her face when she caught his hands.

" Take me to your home." She whispered.

He looked shocked.

" Show me the best love. Make me love you. You promis..." She was shut down by his lips crushing her words in his mouth. He kissed her more vigorously than earlier. This time the kiss was more of want, the need to prove his love to her. They kissed and kissed till they were unable to breathe. He pulled her from the bonett, pushed her to the seat and swiftly moved towards his seat and drove to the home, her hands on his , caressing, not wanting to leave the warmth even for a second.

The ride back home was foggy in his memories, he doesn't know how he reached his home as all his concentration was on what upcoming. Maybe it was his muscle memory which made him drive that too safely till their destination.

As soon as they entered his flat, he pinned her to the door itself, kissing her again. It seems he can't get enough of those rose petals. Khushi was an equal and eager participant of the kiss. By now she actually knows how to kiss. So she took charge and changed their position, now pinning him to the adjacent wall. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Arnav was surprised, but he let that happen. He let her take lead, anticipating what's going to come next. Khushi, happy that he let her lead, pushed him to the sofa, it's time for her to put everything she read about intimacy into action and knowing this house helped her alot. She laid him on the sofa, straddling him and bend down to kiss him again. He was enjoying the view it was giving him, he kissed her passionately. After sometime she left his lips and focused more on his face. She started giving open mouth kisses to his eyes, one by one, her next Target was his nose, then his every inch of his cheek. Arnav was enjoying the pampering he was getting, but then he felt her hands unbuttoning his coat, he stopped her, and shifted them so that she was lying down and he was on top.

" There's no going back once you unbutton this shirt" he said huskily, still giving a chance for her to back down as he doesn't want this best beautiful moment of his life to be her mistake in the heat of moment.

" I don't want to back down." She smiled seductively while unbuttoning him.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER UPDATE. TRIED WRITING MATURE SCENES FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SO IF IT CAME OUT AS CRINGE THEN FORGIVE ME.

ALSO NOT PROOFREAD SO IGNORE THE GRAMMAR AND SPELLING MISTAKES.

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