In a few minutes, she felt a hand grabbing her shoulders to wake her up.
"Get up! Or else I am leaving without you",she heard a familiar voice.
She gently opened her eyes and in an instant,they widened.
"You again!",she screamed.
"Shut up and follow.. Otherwise you can spend the night here on this bench",Arnav said and started to walk away. Khushi quickly took his jacket and ran to match his steps.
They had been walking since the last 15 minutes. Khushi looked up at the moon smiling at them. She had always dreamtof a walk in the moonlight with the man she loved. She looked towards her right and srunched her nose. And here I am caught up with this grumpy,she thought to herself. She couldn't stay quiet any longer.
"How much more do we have to walk?",she asked finally.
Arnav totally ignored her question, engulfed in his own thoughts.
"Excuse Me? I asked Something",she said again.
No answer.
She shrugged her shoulders and started walking.
As she engulfed the eerie silence around her with reluctace, many memories started flashing in front of her.
"Please stop",she cried.
She screamed as his creepy hands roamed over her naked back and his callous lips forcing her to part hers so that his tongue can enter her mouth. She tried to push him with her tiny hands but all her efforts were futile when he pushed her hands beside her head, blocking her from rebelling.
Tears of fear were flowing down her cheeks as she saw dark desire in his eyes as he closed the distance between them,her breasts crushing against his chest. Her body was aching by his cruel assault as she screamed out loud. . .
"Khushi? Khushi! What happened to you?", she heard a soothing voice from a distance. She felt a hand on her shoulder, breaking her from her thoughts. She turned to look at Arnav's concerned eyes, calming her.
Arnav had suddenly heard her scream and as he turned towards her, he saw a different girl altogether. She had a blank expression on her face, fear evident in her eyes,her forehead sweating and her breathing turning heavy.
He squeezed her shoulder to calm her down.
As their eyes met, he felt as if her eyes spoke a million words. A tear was rolling down her left cheek. He gently placed his hand on her cheek and wiped it away. Khushi stared at him innocently. There was something in his eyes which was not allowing her to look away. It was as if she was in a trance.
"Are you okay?",he asked her softly.
At once Khushi looked down and nodded. Arnav removed his hand from his shoulder and started to walk.
"Just 5 more minutes and then we'll be there",he said, not looking behind at her.
Khushi quietly followed.
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"Finally we are there",Arnav announced, opening the gate.
She was expecting a grand house because the guy looked quite well-off. But was surprised to see a 6-storeyed flat in front of her.
He saw Arnav arguing with the guard who was pissed off at being woken up at this time.
"Itna late nahi aane ka... Agli baar bahar hi rehna saab",the guard said to Arnav.
( "you can't come this late. Next time this happens, please stay outside")
After 5 minutes of quarelling, he finally let them in. Khushi was feeling really cold now. She crossed her hands and squeezed herself to feel warm. The jacket helped a lot. She looked at Arnav as he walked into the flat, and ran up the stairs. Khushi followed obediantly. She saw a lift there and wondered why he was taking the stairs.
"The lift is not working",he said, reading her thoughts.
Khushi at once looked at him.
"Do you read minds?",she asked, taken aback.
"Not usually. But I seem to read yours very easily",he said as he finally stopped at the third flight of stairs and waited for her.
He could see her poor state in the faint lights of the corridor. He wondered what she had went through to end up in such a state. He motioned her to follow as he walked through the corridor and stood in front of a room.
"143",Khushi read the room number.
She stared at him as he looked for the keys in his pant's pocket, then fiddled with his pockets.
"Damn.. I can't find the keys!",he said.
Just then he saw Khushi opening the lock and stared at her dumbfounded.
"Where ..",he couldn't complete as she pointed out to Arnav's jacket that she was wearing and smirked as the lock clicked and the door opened.
"Welcome to your house",Khushi said to Arnav and giggled.
Arnav totally ignoring her, barged inside, closing the door behind him.
He walked straight to what Khushi thought was his room and locked it up.
"Hello? Excuse me?",Khushi said banging the door of his room.
"Shut up!",he shouted from inside.
Khushi crossed her arms and looked into the living room.
"What am I supposed to do now?",she asked herself.
She took the cushion from the sofa and lay on it.
"This is going to be fun",she said to herself.
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