Chapter#15
Arnav woke up early in the morning; he couldn't wait till the night passed by and he'd call Payal to tell her his plan. He freshened up and asked Hp for his everyday coffee.
It was 7 in the morning. He called Payal but she didn't pick up.
"Dammit, why isn't she picking up?" He said to himself.
He called for the second time. He was about to shut the phone when he heard a sleepy voice of the other side of the phone.
"He...llo" Payal said rubbing her eyes
"Hello Payal?" Arnav said.
"Arnav? Is everything alright? Is Akash fine?" Payal asked quickly sitting up on the bed.
"Yes, everything is fine. Akash is sleeping." Arnav said rolling his eyes.
"Oh, then why did you call?" Payal said leaving a sigh out.
"Well, it's about Khushi..." Arnav said.
"What? Khushi?" Payal said as she became alert.
"Payal, relax. You panic too quickly." Arnav said.
"What about her?" Payal said, ignoring what Arnav said.
"Listen I'm going to confess to her tonight." Arnav said hesitantly.
"Arnav, I'm warning you. You break her heart once more I swear I'll shove everything down your throat. I'm not joking." Payal said angrily.
"No, no...What you're thinking is wrong. The things I didn't say back then, I'm going to say them now. I love her, I always had and I always will." Arnav said.
"Look, just don't mess up. She's a very sensitive girl from the inside but she doesn't show it. Believe me." Payal said leaving a worried sigh out.
"I know. I won't mess up." Arnav said.
"What is your plan?" Payal asked.
"What time does she go to sleep?" Arnav asked.
"What?" Payal said.
"Just tell me." Arnav said.
"Well she sleeps around 12 or maybe more than that. Why?" Payal said.
"Really? But she slept early yesterday." Arnav blurted out.
"Yeah because...wait, what?" Payal said as she realized what he had said.
Arnav bit his tongue. He knew Payal wouldn't let him go.
"How do you know she slept early?" Payal asked.
"Well, I called her...I thought I'd confess yesterday but she didn't pick it up. It was 11, so I thought maybe..." Arnav said covering up.
"Oh yeah because she wasn't feeling very well yesterday so I suggested that she sleeps." Payal said.
"Okay thanks. I'll talk to you later. Bye!" Arnav said shutting the phone in hurry.
"But what's your plan?" She asked but it was too late.
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It was night, Arnav got ready. He was wearing his usual. The black sweat-shirt, the white collar was out and black jeans. He grabbed his keys and set his way to Khushi's house. His heart was beating as fast as it could. He didn't know what will her reaction be, he was scared but deep down he was hopeful.
He reached there and once again climbed through the ceiling. She wasn't in the room. He could hear her singing in the washroom and the shower was running.
He went and stood by the door, a chuckle escaped his lips. After a while she stopped and he ran and sat up on the sofa. Khushi came out of the wash-room. She was wearing a black and purple shirt with black trousers. Her hair was wrapped up with a towel. Arnav looked at her lovingly. She didn't notice at first when Arnav said ...'Hey' with his world famous smirk.
Khushi jumped with shock and turned around.
"Arnav!?!" She almost shouted.
"Shhh...Don't shout. You don't want any body wake up do you?" Arnav said still smirking and walking towards her.
"What are you doing here and at this time?" Khushi asked.
"Well, you accepted me as your best-friend so I thought I'd sleep over with you today." Arnav said with a wink.
"What? You? And a sleep over?" Khushi said with wide eyes.
"Oh come on Khushi." Arnav said pleadingly.
"Umm... okay fine. But you'll have to leave before everybody else wakes up." Khushi said.
"Okay." Arnav said in excitement.
"How did you get inside my room? It's locked." Khushi said.
"What are the windows for?" Arnav said raising his eyebrows.
"You came through a window?" Khushi asked as her eyes widened.
"Yes." He said still smirking.
"Unbelievable." Khushi said while turning around to face the mirror when her ankle twisted. She was about to fall but Arnav caught her.
"Be careful." Arnav said. He held her by waist. Her towel slipped on to the floor. She was beautiful and he couldn't wait to tell her.
Arnav helped her to sit on the bed. He adjusted her pillow and her quilt.
"I'm fine. It didn't twist much." Khushi said getting up.
"No no let me see. " Arnav said. He bent down and took her foot in his hand. She had pretty feet too just like her hands.
"Thora dard hoga." Arnav said. Khushi looked at him. He twisted her ankle.
"Ouch" She winced in pain.
"Sorry, I had to do this. Ab theek hai?" He asked, the concern was evident on his face.
Khushi nodded and backed up. Arnav sat on the bed next to her.
"So Khushi do you write a secret dairy?" Arnav asked, randomly.
"Umm... yes I do. Why do you ask?" Khushi said.
"I do too." Arnav said with a smile. They both lied down on the bed. They had one quilt and the bed wasn't even a double one. It was not so big and not so small. They both adjusted themselves in the quilt. Khushi maintained a gap; Khushi lied down on the edge. Arnav saw that and he smiled.
In another 5 minutes Khushi had dozed off. She was sleeping facing Arnav. Arnav kept looking at her. She was about to fall when he grabbed her waist and pulled her towards him. Not a single gap between them. With this sudden action Khushi woke up with a jerk.
She looked at how close they were. She looked at Arnav with wide eyes, she moved back but Arnav held her close to him.
"Khushi..." Arnav whispered.
Khushi didn't look at him in the eyes. Arnav touched her chain that he had given to her back then. Khushi was startled by his action, she felt butterflies.
"I remember this." He said looking in her eyes.
"Khushi I want to tell you something." Arnav said. Khushi looked up at him.
"I read your dairy sunshine. Your secret dairy." Arnav said. Khushi's eyes widened. She was feeling weird, embarrassed, she felt hated for a second.
"Arnav, I'm sorry. I don't know what to say. Look, I don't like you now. It's an old dairy." Khushi tried to hide her feelings. She didn't want him to ignore her all over again.
"Why didn't you tell me before that you fell for me? What if I like you too?" Arnav said.
"What? I ... I don't know. You used to ignore me and I felt kind of humiliated because of you. I didn't want to tell you because I thought you hated me. And if I'd tell you, you'd hate me more. I didn't want that. We hardly ever talked. And then..." Khushi kept blabbering but she was interfered by Arnav's sudden kiss..
Arnav bent down and took her lips. The lips he wanted to feel since the very first day. He kissed her lightly and then backed away.
"In simple words...I love you too." Arnav whispered and Khushi looked at him. Arnav bent and kissed her again.
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