I couldn't sleep the whole night, I just kept tossing and turning on my bed thinking about what Aditi had told me, a part of me just dint want to believe that it was the truth, but Aditi was my best friend, she would never lie to me.

Maybe it was a misunderstanding, I know Arnav was mean and everything, but could he really be that heartless not to care about the girl he called his best friend?

I was battling with so many thoughts, I mean he was the guy who kept on threatening everyone, I remember he even threatened to burn my car so he did sound heartless but yet somehow, I dint want to believe it.

Aditi and Jiya's words kept on repeating themselves in my mind, both of them had said it differently buit the only thing they said was that I should stay away from Arnav, and somehow here I was, wanting to be a rebel.

Why was I even willing to rethink this? There wasn't anything between us two, I should just forget about him and act like he dint exist, that's what the both of us have been doing and it's been working pretty well till now.

I mean it was very clear whatever that was between us was just lust, so I was sure it wasn't going to be difficult avoiding him, in a while I would get used to it and then I wouldn't even care about his existence, it sounded like a perfect plan.

*****

Why was it that whenever I made a decision about something, everything would happen in the opposite direction? I mean last night I had made up my mind to stay away from Arnav after the warnings from Jiya and Aditi, but today when I arrived at the college, coincidentally, we both had to arrive at the exact same time and even park our cars next to each other.

It was pretty much awkward when we stepped out of the cars, when I looked at him, Saakshi's image popped up in my mind and I really wanted to ask him why he did what he did, I just wish I could.

As for him, he just looked towards me and then looked away immediately as he grabbed his stuff and walked away acting like I dint exist.

Why was it so easy for him to act like that, why was it difficult for me only?

He made it look so effortless like he actually dint care who I was, and here I was, despite knowing everything, I just couldn't stop thinking about him.

What was wrong with my mind?

"Wow, you look gorgeous today." Jai came out of nowhere surprising me.

"Thanks, I always look gorgeous." I rolled my eyes at him as we both walked out of the parking lot.

"I just mean today you look more than daily. Learn how to take a compliment woman!" he laughed.

"Then tell me something I don't know." I smirked.

"Sometimes you are so mean."

"I know that."

"Okay fine whatever." He rolled his eyes.

We saw Aditi heading towards us excitedly, Jai was literally making faces as he knew Aditi dint like him much.

"Where's your phone? I've been calling you?" Aditi asked.

"It's right here." I pulled it out of the pocket of my jean and showed it to her, and that's when I realized it was switched off.

"I must have forgotten to charge it." I said.

"And what important thing were you doing that you dint even remember to charge your phone?" She folded her arms and looked at me seriously.

"Nothing really. Anyway I've got a class to get to, see you two later and maybe start getting along already" I shrugged as I walked away quickly before she could ask me any more questions.

This whole thing about Arnav was really bothering me, I wish I could just ask him about it, unless I got answers I wasn't going to stop thinking about it.

I sat down in class in my usual place beside Arnav who was busy staring at his phone screen obviously trying to ignore my existence, and that was my plan too, I was so sure about it last night and now suddenly I wasn't sure anymore.

I kept looking at him and every time he's turn to look towards me, I would look away pretending to look at the board or my other classmates or any other thing but him, I wasn't good at it though, he caught me a couple of times but dint say a word.

How was he good at this thing? Why was I the only one that sucked at it?

*****

Once the lecture was over, I stayed back trying to finish writing my notes which I hadn't written because I was busy staring at Arnav, stupid me.

Everyone in the class left one by one but Arnav dint, usually he was the first one to leave, why wasn't he leaving today?

In a few minutes, the class was empty and now things felt really awkward, I tried to write as fast as I could but it was weird, he was like staring at me now.

"What?" I asked getting pissed.

"What's your problem?" He asked.

"You are the one staring at me, I should be the one to ask you that question."

"Really? What about you? You've been staring at me for two hours straight. Stop giving me mixed signals will you? You told me to stay away from you which I'm doing and then here you are, you can't stop staring at me, what am I supposed to make out of that?" he asked angrily.

"Jeez, give yourself a break, I have no interest in staring at you." I rolled my eyes at him, he looked at me so angrily, at one moment he even clenched his fists tightly I was scared he was going to punch me or something.

"You know you drive me so crazy Khushi! Why don't you just tell me what you want?"

"And why don't you tell me what you want also Arnav?"

"I don't want anything from you. I am trying to study here, act like you don't exist and then you do stupid things like this and distract me." He seemed pretty mad.

"Oh, so you do agree I'm distracting?" I smirked proudly.

"Would you for once tell me what exactly you want? Because I can't seem to figure out from this mixed signals you are giving me."

"I want to know why you asked me to sleep with you." I looked him into the eyes, seriously.

"Because... Nothing!" he stood up ready to leave.

"It's not nothing Arnav, tell me the reason. Let's solve this mess for once and for all."

"Because you're stuck in my head! I thought if I'd tell you something stupid like that you will get offended and hate me or stay away from me, but instead you're doing the exact opposite. I'm trying to get rid of you here, why wouldn't you just stay away?"

"If you really wanted to offend me, why did you come to my place just for the answer?"

"Are you so oblivious Khushi? I mean any girl on earth would get offended and hate a guy if he asked her straight up to sleep with him like I did to you, when you didn't get mad, it made me mad, so I was just trying to do whatever it could to get you get mad at me and stay away from me because I can't do that on my own.

I 've tried everything I could to get you to stay away from me but you just don't, you sit beside me, and stare at me while the class is on, you aren't concentrating and you aren't letting me concentrate either." He was so mad, he was literally pacing around the class with bloodshot eyes and his fists clenched tightly which he kept on punching against random tables.

"Why would you want me to stay away from you?" I looked at him in confusion. I thought we were just lusting for each other but now it seemed like it wasn't that, maybe from my side it was that but not from his side.

"Oh God! You're driving me so mad by asking such stupid questions. Look at me Khushi, do I really look like all I want is to sleep with you? I don't take random girls at my place, I don't offer them my mother's clothes, not even one girl from this university has set their foot inside my car or my house, no one knows a thing about my life or if a have a sister, you know all of it, you've done all this and you ask me why I want you to stay away from me?

It's because I have tried what's in my power to stay away from you but I can't, somehow I just end up around you, wanting to talk to you, wanting to be around you, and that is not a good thing, I just... this is so frustrating." He said as he walked away angrily leaving me with a lot of questions.

Did he like me? As in have genuine feelings towards me and not lust? If he had them, why was he pushing me away? Was it because of whatever that happened between him and Saakshi?

Oh God! Why this guy was such a mystery and what was I supposed to do here? I dint even know what I felt for him.

He was right, I should have been offended when he asked me to sleep with him, but I wasn't because I wanted that too, but did I want it just because I was lusting for him?

Someone please help me here. My head was bursting from all this confusing and all this new information that I got from Arnav. Today he was a completely different guy than the guy any of us here knew, and I dint know what I felt for that guy.