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Arnav and NK picked their food from the counter.
Today they had served NK's favourite Aloo parantha and kheer, and Arnav's favourite chicken curry and egg biryani. It was the last day of the month when usually all the hostels served special dinner with various delicacies and some sweets for dessert.
Even a plate full of Aloo parantha could not stop the chatter coming from NK...he kept on asking Arnav what was he thinking tonight without enjoying his fav.dishes.
NK also tried his usual leg pulling mentioning how Lavanya practically dragged Arnav to the class room today..but there was no response from Arnav for any of his sly remarks.
Arnav usually spoke quite less compared to NK and his other mates, and today he was lost in recollecting his ankh micholi (playing hide and seek) with Khushi in the canteen. she really is a natural beauty...he thought!
NK kept talking about what all he did in the class and Library today with Lavanya, Arnav and Udaan without paying attention to Arnav's reaction.
NK never failed to tease Arnav every time Lavanya's name was mentioned in their mutual communication, as he found Lavanya's show of her affections for Arnav a bit over the top, especially since Arnav never showed any interest in Lavanya or any other female classmate of theirs.
Arnav was still unresponsive to NK, even while their dessert was served into bowls by maharaj ji. Usually he gives some response of nodding his head and saying things like Achha...hmm...yeah...etc. But, today was different!
Arnav finished his dinner somehow and moved to wash his hands in the sink. NK followed hurriedly after him, and asked, nanav...mere bhai...are you ok? Should we see a doctor!
Arnav laughed for the first time in the evening, leaving a relieved NK behind and walked upto the terrace of their hostel telling NK that he needs to be alone for sometime...and with a grin he also added that NK needs to stop the chatter now that the dinner is over...
It was a full moon day, and all Arnav could think were the pretty and beautiful features of Khushi constantly coming to his mind in flashes...her eyes round and big, her nose long enough and pointed, her soft eyebrows, her full lips and a lovely cleft chin...when she moved, her hips moved as if she was dancing, her soft and smooth black hair left loose under an almost non-existing clip, her long legs and her slim waist made her look enticing...what caught his attention was her neck and how it extended down into her collar bone..it was long enough to give her an elegant posture...her not so broad shoulders and a bosom fully rounded and yet not very heavy made the journey of her neck line complete...she almost looked like the goddesses carved on the South Indian temples...Arnav laughed at his thoughts...she indeed looked like a typical Indian woman with brown soft skin and a long silky hair...did she also wear jasmines and other flowers in her hair?? he contemplated..if not...probably she should...in this moonlight she would look like a goddess in an ivory coloured sari and some jasmine flowers in her hair...I would keep my head in her lap and she would sing for me while running her slender fingers through my hair...
Sabr karo Arnav...sabr ka phal meetha hota hai...(be patient Arnav..patience always pays...) he remembered nani's voice telling him everytime he tried to check if his new rose plants have started giving flowers!
It was almost 10 O'Clock in the night and Arnav did not feel like leaving Khushi's lap...wait...he thought...Khushi is not here...I will have to wait till tomorrow to see her again...he had a grin on his face that he already started to think of Khushi as his consort.
What's the noise in my paradise...Arnav's temple twitched as he was briefly forced out of his moonlight dreaming.
It was not long before NK's curiosity got the better of him. Before Arnav realised, NK was already sitting on the terrace next to him...dangling his legs carefree onto the outside world.
In the LH, Khushi and Kiran were listening to the songs of Lataji on vividh Bharthi as they always did these days..."lag jaa gale, ke phir ye haseen raat ho na ho...shayad phir iss janam mein, mulakhat ho na ho...lag jaa gale...se..."
Kiran was listening to the song, as Khushi sang along with the play-back in her fav. parts...
While Kiran enjoyed the music, she could not sing in taal and sur- so she was happy to see her soul mate Khushi sing like an angel...
Khushi, your voice is so sweet...why did you not become a professional singer? asked Kiran...
Khushi laughed...who said I am not a singer now...look I am singing my heart out and also am enjoying it...in future if I can sing for myself, my family & friends, for the love of my life and kids I will be more than happy...
Kiran looked perplexed...Khushi, you are a complicated woman, sometimes I don't understand what you say...she laughed out loud as she told...I hope your husband to be will be able to understand you!
Both women giggled as Khushi tucked Kiran in her bed as if she was her younger sister...Kiran stayed true to the meaning of her name...like a ray of light...she was always jumping with joy, making silly jokes, playing pranks on Vijay and Sam, and making the lecturers go nuts with her antics in the class...her slender and tall figure made her stand out in the crowd and her fair complexion was always admired by the boys in her class and envied by the girls.
Khushi was more matured than Kiran and tried to protect her from harms way...Kiran loved Khushi as her own sister...and did everything she could to make her happy.
As soon as the lights were switched of by Khushi, the moonlight started spreading across the room onto Khushi's bed from the large glass window of their hostel room.
The jasmines were now fully opened up...sending their sweet intoxicating smell from the slightly opened window into Khushi and Kiran's room.
As soon as Khushi felt the moonlight on her skin, she was reminded of the warmth Arnav sent through his gaze...she immediately felt a sensation raise from some where deep inside her...she closed her eyes trying to control the unknown feelings his thoughts stirred in her...only to feel more overwhelmed with flashes of Arnav's memories which were hardly a day old...
\\\\ 😉 So guys and gals...any comments and suggestions for me? I would love to read your responses to the story so far...what you liked, and did not like..and your reasons and your questions?? Come on...show me your encouragement 👏\\\
Just one note to my friends reading this FF: all updates/parts of this ff are now posted in one thread (one below the other) with the title Arshi ff: that one night I will never forget!
This has to go like this till I finish posting 25 times, after that I will make a list of weblinks for your convenience in my FF.
Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
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