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She opened her eyes when she felt " her rose" being pulled away from her hand by the angry Payal.

"We should hide it before anyone see it with you, and then Arnav ji will become angry and for sure will scold you very badly" Payal said, as she walked out of Khushi's room, hiding the rose under her pallu..

" Jiji.." Khushi just realized that the rose had been taken for her, she felt that she was missing a very precious thing!. She called Payal and followed her, wanting to stop her from taking, the first thing, that "Arnav ji" gave her..

***

They all were sitting around the dining table for the dinner. Khushi too!. He was surprised to see her her around the dining table, in her usual position, next to him. He was staring at her from the corner of his eyes. as he used to do.

He couldn't help but to remember yesterday's kiss incident, wishing to repeat it. or, she would decide to take her revenge by doing the same for him! He sighed as he know that it was like a dream for now!

He noticed that her face was frowned, and she was exchanging with Payal angry-sad glances. He wondered what happened!. Why she looked angry and sad! And that too with Payal!.

Why did she looked at him sadly, tried to stifle a tear when she first saw him, after the rose incident this afternoon!.

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She was in her way to her room after she finished her dinner. She was sad, very sad.

She couldn't even look at " Arnav ji" , she was feeling bad that she missed the rose, that he gave her from his own garden!

She tried to stop Payal and tell her that she didn't plucked it from Arnav ji garden, she tried her best to stop her, but Payal didn't listen to her or give her a single chance to explain, and she was fast.!

Khushi couldn't prevent her tears from falling, when she saw the rose fading away in front of her. The rose that was not her favorite type, not her favorite color. But It was from "Arnav ji", the first thing that he gave her!

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" Khushi!" She heard his concerned voice calling her. She turned to see him walking toward her, with a furrowed brows, clearly showing his concern. She looked down, not wanting to cry in front him.

She felt his fingers slipping under her chin, lifting her face to look at him. She looked at his eyes, and couldn't prevent a single tear from falling down her cheek. His finger caressed her cheek softly, wiping her tears. Whispering, in a worried tone: " Khushi !"

-

What was wrong?! Why she was almost crying? He wiped her tears as he asked softly:

"Khushi !... What happened.. tell me!" ..

He saw her looking down, as if she was ashamed, he lifted her face again, and asked her firmly: " Khushi ..why you are crying .. tell me now!!", his jaw clinched as he was impatient to know the reason behind her tears, that he hate the most!.

" P..Payal jiji" He heard her saying in a low voice.

" What did she do to you?!" , he said as he saw another tear falling down her eyes, his concern increased more and more!

" P.. Payal jiji.. Payal jiji thought that I plucked the rose from your garden.. She .. she told me that you will be angry if you knew about it ' and then .. she roughly mash it and threw it in the toilet..!" She said, looking at him with a shivered lips!.

He stared at her blankly for several second, trying to absorb what she just said. He drew her head to rest against his chest, exhaled and inhaled in relief as she told him the "reason" behind her tears ..

" Do you know that you are .. Pagal !" He asked her still under the shock of -the reason-.

He pressed his hand against her shoulders, pulled her back slightly, stared at her rounded eyes, and a small smile played on his lips.

" You are crying because of the rose?!" He rolled his eyes before continuing: " Come with me .." He said, holding her hand.

***

She was wondering, to where was he taking her? They walked outside the house from the rear door. They led her to a corner of the backyard, and he turned on the lights.

She was captivated by what she saw! A rainbow of different follower, red, pink, yellow, white, orange, purple, and green. It was a very beautiful sight, that made her speechless for some moments.

She took few steps ahead to have a better view.

" A.. Arnav ji .. It's beautiful .. you have planted all these ?!"

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"yes" he replied with a smile .. as he walked and stopped next to her.

He held her hand and pulled her with him to take a closer view of his dear plants.

" This is the Tulip, which I chose you, it's my favorite. we planted from onions!, but it's beautiful isn't it ! .. and this the Asiatic lilies ''." He talked to her about the roses, and about his passion of planting and gardening, while she was listening to him carefully, and sometime time ask him anything she wanted to know, and tell him how talented he was to plant all these beautiful flowers and plants.

"Now, tell me what did you like the most, which one you want ?!" He asked her..

She looked at him, with a slight blush. She moved her gaze toward the roses' seedlings, wondering which one of these awesome roses she should choose.

" Which one do you like the most" He asked her again, encouraging her to choose whatever she want.

" Ermm .. I liked the red hybrid tea rose, but .. I only want .. a .. white .. tulip" She said, looking down, warping the edge of her yellow dupatta around her hand.

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Though white wasn't her color, and tulip wasn't her favorite, but she don't want to get anything other than the rose that "Arnav ji" chose for her, a white tulip, just like the one he gave her this afternoon, the one that " Payal jiji" took it from her.

She felt very embarrassed while telling him that, wasn't sure of what he will think as she want only what he had chosen for her.

She felt his hands cupping her face and his finger stroking her cheek softly, she raised her face and stared at his deep honey eyes, he was looking at her with strange glances that made her able to her her "Dahk Dhak". He closed the distance between their faces, Her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest as he came closer. She was aware that he did the same yesterday when under the table, before he stopped. Her eyes moved to his lips, and she closed her eyes, not wanting to think about anything, just take things as it will come.

She felt his forehead resting against hers, his breath caressing some spots of her face. they stayed like that for several seconds, no movement or sound. Except their breaths, and heart's beats.

She opened her eyes slowly to see his eyes less than an inch away from her, looking at her intensely. She blinked several time, trying to absorb what was going on, why he was looking at her like that, why he, for the second time, stopped! It wasn't that she wanted a kiss- she told herself- but it was strange!

She took a step back, then turned, wanting to leave, and avoid this awkward moment, but his hand was there to prevent her.

He pulled her back, and said: " Don't you want your rose?" He said, as he walked with her toward the tulips' seedling, he plucked one and gave to her, she took it without looking at him.. she whispered: " Thank .. you".

"And this" she looked at him, to see him holding a red hybrid tea. She took it with a smile, she wanted to hug him, but she couldn't! He gave her 3 roses today, when he didn't give anyone even one.!

But she only thanked him again.

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" Now, lets return back" He said and walked toward to turn off the light, when he noticed that she was looking at something with high interest, he turned to where she was looking, and saw the blooming jasmine.

He sighed, All the ladies of his house love jasmine and want it, His Di tried many time to pick from it, but he didn't allow her to!, and now Khushi! .. " She is greedy, isn't she!" he thought counting the roses that he scarified for her just in one day!,

he walked to the jasmines, picked 6 ones, almost angrily, and gave it to her, hoping that she will at least reward and thank him in another way other than - thank you-

She gave it to her, and she took them with a wide smile, and walked inside the house, this time, she didn't even thanked him, he sighed in frustration.

***

He was in his room, working on his laptop!

He was a little bit disappointed when Khushi left him without saying, or doing anything. But he didn't allowed that to ruin his mood!

Khushi choosing the tulip, the he chose for her, which really affected him, he didn't know from where he got the control to stop him self from kissing her! . It all because of her e-mails, if he didn't know about her wishes and imagination about her first kiss, he would it today, or yesterday!

Also, seeing her smile, preventing her from ignoring him, was enough for him, even though it was at the expense of his dear garden, which wasn't dearer for him, than Khushi.

He heard a knock on his door. " Come" He said.

" A.. Arnav ji". He heard her sweet voice, then saw her beautiful face.

She walked inside his room, her hands behind her back..

His eyes narrowed as he wondered about the reason that brought her to him room, and at this time!

She answered his thought as she said: " Ermm .. I haven't thanked you properly.. for the roses .. So I thought of thanking you, now" She said.

He smiled, at least she remembered him, and also she rebuilt his high hopes.

She took few step ahead, before saying:

" close your eyes" He heard her , and he looked at her, confused.

" please, close your eyes, and don't even try to open them until I tell you to open the,!" She said with a smile, a slight blush covering her cheek.

He did as she asked, he closed his eyes.

He felt her coming closer to him. He was able to smell her delicate strawberry scent, and hearing the rustling of her clothes. He felt her approaching him, coming closer and closer, with each passing moment his heart rate increased in anticipation!

She was very close from him, he can feel that! Her scent was very strong, which mean that she was very close. He gulped, he felt that his room was hot.!

Something inside him told him that she will kiss him, as he kissed her yesterday. And he can see many signs indicate that. He was feeling her breath collide against his forehead, and she slightly touched his some parts of his head and hair. Maybe she will kiss him in his forehead, he thought! He hold his breath as he was waiting for her lips to connect with his skin.

He waited, and waited, and waited.. but it never come. Maybe she was embarrassed to do it to do it, after all she was Khushi, who can consider a cheek kiss, and a talk about lips kiss, as a lust.! he thought in frustration.

"chick"

he heard a capturing of photo's sound. He immediately open his eyes to see Khushi holding her phone in front of him. her tongue was touching her face, and her eyes were sparkled with mischeif. His eyes narrowed as he did not understand what was going on! and why she took for him a photo while his eyes were closed!

Before he could find any answer, he saw her walking out of his room, silently!..

" she came to thank me, asked me to close my eyes, made me believe that she will thank me in that way, and then she left silently, after taking a photo.." he rolled his eyes.

He walked to his wardrobe, took his towel, and moved to the bathroom.

His stood in front of his bathroom mirror , and his eyes suddenly widened!

" Khushi Kumari Gupta!". He mumbled under his breath angrily, clenching his jaw and his fits. He roughly threw the jasmines' head wreath that he found around his head! He walked like a tornado out of the bathroom and out of his room.

***

She sitting on her bed, holding her book, giggling as she remembered him with the flower head wreath that she made, especially for him!

she was waiting for him to come and then she will have some fun with him!.

Here he was!, she saw her door opened roughly by the stormy Rakshas. His face was red, and he was breathing heavily!

She stood on the bed, ready for the fun, that she wanted to have with him!.

" Give me your phone! RIGHT NOW!" he ordered her very firmly, walking toward the bed.

" I will not" She said as she rested her hands against her hips.

" Khushi .. Give it to me, right now, I'm not in mood for your nonsense". He looked at her threatening her with his eyes.

She jumped from her bed, and started to run all around the room, waiting for him to follow her. But he didn't .. She was trying to provoke him to follow her, but he was sclerotic, folding his arms and looking at her with fiery eyes. His silence and his glances scared her. She stopped her marathon, and stared at him.

He still hadn't move an inches. She slowly walked toward her bed, got her phone that was under her billow, and extended it to him.

He took it from her hand, and after deleting that pic, he returned it back to her.

She was feeling ashamed of what she did, she thought that he will take it lightly, but it seems that he was angry, really angry, that he didn't even said a word.

He made her happy by giving her the roses, and she made him angry by capturing his pic with the flower head wreath.!!

She saw him walking toward her door, his face still red, his lip tightened in a thin line. She felt very bad, and she cursed herself under her breath for what she did.

She ran toward the door and close it before he could step outside her room. She closed it, and turned to him, stretched her arms to prevent him from even thinking to left the room before forgiving him.

" Move.." He ordered her firmly.

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That wasn't funny, every time he remember how he looked with that stupid head wreath, he want to break something. Yes she was very dear for him, but he cannot accept that from her!

"Move .." He ordered her firmly.

" Arn..."

" I said move.."

" A.. Arnav ji .. I'm sorry .. I didn't mean to .."

" Khushi, move.. before I do something you will not like!" He said as he closed the gap between them.

He noticed the single tear that ran down her cheek, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. her tears always do that to him.

He said softly: " Khushi .. please move.."

He saw her holding her ears and saying " Sorry .. arnav ji .. I'm stupid , very stupid for doing that .. You had made me happy, and I made you angry because of my stupidity.. sorry"

Though he did not want to pass this so easily for her, but he couldn't ! How can he tolerate her tears, how can he bear hearing her saying stupid about herself, because of him.

He sighed and said: " Ok .. now stop crying" He said, while he avoided looking at him.

She looked at him as she wiped her tears. " So, you forgave me ?!"

" Ermm.. not fully"

" What can I do so that you will forgive me, fully !"

What she can do?! He asked himself. His narrow mind couldn't think of anything except a kiss, that he was very depressed to have. He was hoping to receive a kiss, even if it in his cheek as an initial step, It was a good opportunity for it.

He smirked, but it faded as he remembered her morning letter. " Kiss = lust " in Khushi's weird dictionary. He changed his mind, and decided to take the benefits of this situation later, maybe with something better!

" I will ask for it later, but promise me to do it when I ask you to, whatever it was?!"

She farrowed her brows, while saying: " Ok .. I .. promise you"

With a wide smile he said: " Ok .. now I forgive you, fully"

***

He was in his office, as always, waiting eagerly for her e-mail.

He was have a feeling, that he will read something good.

He heard the notification of her e-mail, and started reading it:

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Dear my my mysterious friend.

How are you? I hope that you are fine.

Thanks for your reply yesterday. I think it helped me to see things somehow differently, from a man in love perceptive.

Thank you again, for not letting me regret my decision of sharing those things that I was hesitate to share. I will share more thing with you, and I will ask for your help too.. and you too can ask me anything about your ladylove, if you want ;) ..

I told you yesterday that I will ignore him. But he didn't give me a chance to do that. He came to pick me from the college, and I didn't argue with him as I know that he is very stubborn and I will only weaste mr energy urguing with him. I didn't open my mouth during the drive, nor he did. We reached the house, and I couldn't have the lunch at the dining table, as what happened under it kept replaying in my mind. :S

I went to my room and I decided to take a nap, in hope that I will find my missing peace of mind. But he followed me to my room too.

He was standing in front of my room. He thanked me for what I did for him when he was unwell, and he gave me a rose. A white tulip :D and you know what ! he was blushing while giving me the rose, thanks to Devi Mayia that I controlled myself and stifled my laughters after seeing him like that! But isn't it strange that he can so shamelessly kiss me, and say some very embarrassing things, but blushing when he gave me just a rose :S ?! He is really a weird person. Isn't he ?!

So , that white tulip, though I never really like tulips, though white is my least preferred color. But I love it, and I think that, I love it more because it was from him! It changed my mood 180 degree. It simply made me forgot all my stress, all my confusions.. it made me happy. Though some questions raised in my mind about this "rose" but I decided to not stress myself by thinking and over analyzing. I slept so peacefully after many days, Arnav ji's rose was the last thing I saw before taking the nap, and it was the first thing I saw when I woke up. It was very beautiful!

Payal jiji asked me about the rose, and I unconsciously told her that it was from Arnav ji ! And I was under the shock after what I heard from Payal jiji! You know that Arnav ji give me the rose that he himself planted :o! and also, he don't allow anyone to take a leaf from it. but he gave me a rose from his garden :o!!

you know! Yesterday, when I was in Arnav ji's car, I saw a guy give his lady a red rose. Felt happy seeing something like that. You cannot imagine my feelings when I received from Arnav ji a rose, that he, himself planted. It gave me indescribable feelings.

Urghh, Payal jiji did not allow my happiness to be complete! She took the rose from me and smashed it in front of my eyes :'( , and then throw it in the toilet, as she thought that I pluck it from Arnav ji garden and that he will scold me if he came to know about it.. She did not know that he himself gave it to me .. : (

I saw the first thing that Arnav ji gave to me, fading away in front of my eyes. I cried, yes I cried seeing that! I felt it maybe a bad sign!. I was very upset with Payal jiji who didn't give me a single chance to explain to her how I got the rose, she ruined the rose and my happiness with it!

After the dinner, Arnav ji asked me about the reason of my sadness, I was feeling bad that he gave me that rose that he himself while I lost it so easily! .. I told him the reason and was about to apologize but he so gently consoled me, after calling me "pagal" :\.. Then took me to his beautiful garden. :D

It's beautiful, just beautiful, he is very talented person!. He has a big knowledge about flowers and gardening. he talked to me about it around 10 minutes .. He then asked me to chose any rose I liked, and though I liked the hybrid tea red rose, I chose the white tulip!. I didn't want just a rose from his garden, I wanted the rose that he himself chose for me . Though nothing will be like that rose that Payal Jiji took from me, similar one wasn't bad idea ..

After I had told him that I want a white tulip. something strange happened between us. I thought that he will kiss me, the kiss that he kept talking about the previous day, but he didn't, he was cupping my face, resting he forehead against me, staring at me in strange way, his eyes were very deep! I really didn't understand what was it! I thought that it will be a kiss, but it was not.!

I should be happy that he did not, but I don't know, I'm just wondering why!! It's just strange. :,]

I felt very embarrassed under his gaze after I realized the position that we were in! I tried to return back inside the house, but he prevented me. He gave me the tulip, and also the red hybrid tea that I liked :D. Also, he gave me some jasmines.As if he was reading my mind, I wanted to ask him for some jasmine, but I didn't as I felt it will irritate him if I asked for another rose. but he gave it to me, without the need to ask him. He is very sweet with me:).

Using the jasmine, I made a flowers head wreath. And something very stupid crossed my mind! ><

I went to his room, and told him that I want to thank him, I asked him to close his eyes, and when he did, I made him wore it! I wanted to document that epic sight, so that I took a photo for him and went back to my room celebrating my cleverness :/ ..

Few minutes later, I found him in my room. He was very very angry, and soon, I realize that what I did was wrong!. I gave up and gave him my phone to delete the pic. Then I tried to apologize to him but he was very upset to forgive me. I told him that I will do anything for him to forgive me, and said that he will forgive me, if I promised him to do what he will ask me in future, whatever it was :S. Though I don't know what he want me to do in future - I just hope it will not be something .. shameless - but I agreed, I was willing to do anything to make him forgive me. and he did :).

Over all, it was a very beautiful day!. If I take it as I took the last few days, It would confuse and stress me more, but as I decided to take every thing lightly without over analyzing it, It was beautiful day!.. and it's all because of Arnav ji, the previous reason of my distraction.

Ermm,,. I also would like to say something, only to you, though I'm trying to not think about it, but I really cannot keep it inside me, smiply, I cannot keep anything inside me :( ..

Yesterday .. I felt that he really.. maybe he loves me.. I mean, all what he did for me, is more than what I expected from my dream prince charming..

but I'm still not sure.. and I really try to not think in this way, I don't know why .. maybe I don't want to be disappointed in future, or maybe because I heard Nani ji, and Anjali ji saying that Arnav ji don't believe in love , several times!! I just don't know :S ..

but I think it's natural state ..I heard many times that It's hard to believe that someone in love with you, especially if he was the last one you expected him to.. I think, I should wait , and time will show me if he really love me or not.

About my feelings, I really do not know!. All what I know that his caring touchs my heart and he is the one who can me me sad,confused, or happy.. and for now, I don't want to think of anything else :S.

P.S: The pic that I captured for Arnav ji, when he was wearing the jasmine head wreath was very cute ^* ! He was wearing it, while closing his eyes, and a warm smile playing on his lips. Devi Mayia,it was a dreamy pic. It really deserve all the awards! I kept staring at the pic the whole night :P .. You may wonder how I was staring at it when Arnav ji delete it. Well, I knew that he will come and will delete it, so I send to ny self via mail, so that I will have it even if he delete it. I thought that maybe I will need it in future to blackmail him or anything like that. But after his reaction yesterday :S, I will never ever use it, I will not even let him know that I have it .. In fact, I will delete it from my inbox too , now.

P.S2: Ok, As I promised you since my first e-mail, I will share with you all things that I cannot share with others, and I told you that I trust you even without knowing you. Also I told you that I will consider you as my wall of secret. So I really really want to share that cute pic with someone, and I cannot do it with anyone other than you.. So I attached the photo in this e-mail :S . take a look if you want, but please delete the e-mail and the pic after that. Devi Mayia , Arnav ji, please forgive me :'( ! But I have this serious problem, I cannot keep anything for myself, I need to share everything with someone :'(. I know, I should try to get rid of this habit, and I will try :"(.

Regards,

Khushi

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He enjoyed the way Khushi had narrated what happened between them yesterday. He blushed as he read that he was blushing when he gave her the rose. It was embarrassing for him to read that! He laughed when she was comparing the kiss to the rose. She was right, but he was comfortable showing his love in kisses and physical way, more than the filmy, girly way.

His happiness was indescribable when he read her lines about " him" and "love". His effort has somehow paid off, she start to understand better, but he need to work more to make her confirm to herself that he was really love her! Without doubt. Which for sure he will do. No back off!

All the happiness faded away when her read her P.Ss, He didn't noticed that something was attached. His breath started to heaved, and his anger start to increase! He hoped that he read her word wrong, and it wasn't that stupid photo. He views the attachment, and he saw non other than him!

He , Arnav Singh Raizada, was wearing a stupid flower head wreath, closing his eyes, and smiling! Yes he was smiling as he thought that she will kiss him! But no, she did this dilly pranks to him! And what! After her tears and apologize that fooled, he thought that she really regretted what she did, but no! she share it with her mysterious friend!, which for his good luck, was none other than him!

What if -he- wasn't her mysterious friend! What if he was -someone- else! What if this someone leaked this embarrassing photo to the media!, what if he use it to blackmail him! He would gave up all his wealth just to prevent this pic from leaking to the media! God, she was crazy, really crazy!

He was angry, even more than yesterday! If she was in front of him now, he would ', he don't know what he will do for her! But for sure, it will not be something good! He don't know how he could see her after what she did!.. He don't know how he can acted normally with her, and pretend that he don't know about the pic! He cannot, he simply cannot.

He was inhaling and exhaling to calm himself down, but it did not help him! What if he wasn't her mysterious friend equations, took over his mind!

Apart from this photo, Sharing and talking about their privet moment together was something annoying him, though it was currently helping him! but what if he wasn't her mysterious friend ?! Would she share their privet moment, as she was doing now with him ?! not what happened previously that was nothing comparing to what he planned to do with her in future!. Also, the blind trust that she gave her mysterious friend was dangerous! She shouldn't trust anyone like that !

This pic, made him think about Khushi's letters to he mysterious friend! It was good and interesting because she was mailing, and helping him, but it wasn't good idea at all. it was wrong, from his side, and from her side too!

The e-mail notification interrupted his mind. Khushi sent to him another e-mail.

He took his phone still angry, but he opened her mail, wondering, what left to tell him or share with "her mysterious friend "!

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