ArShi FF: Kidnap My Heart (upd Part 5, Pg 18 on 9 Jan) - Page 3

Originally posted by: hiuytlm

Can't wait to read more of it
So glad you started writing again, hope you finish your other story as well

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Sound interesting add me in.

Originally posted by: Apoorvarani

Superb One Dear!!!

Originally posted by: phillips_2909

must say totally new version of khushi

waiting for next update eagerly

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Part 2

Arnav takes a deep breath and walks towards Khushi. She sees him carrying a helmet exactly like her boyfriend's, and wearing clothes like him too. She checks to see if her phone is in the pocket of her jeans, but to no avail.

When Khushi doesn't find her purse, or any of her other belongings with her, she understands that she has been kidnapped. Khushi senses her 3 other kidnappers standing behind her, and turns to them with an angry look on her face.

As Khushi marches up to them, with steam blowing out of her ears, Maan, Prem, and Rishabh actually flinch. This is the first time a girl, much shorter and lighter than themselves, has seemed so threatening. Even their mother had not scared them so much before, and Khushi has not even opened her mouth to scold them yet.

"You three...!!!" Khushi marches right up to Maan, Prem, and Rishabh, and stares at them in the eyes. "You think just because you put chloroform on a handkerchief, make me smell it then wait till I'm unconscious before putting me in that stupid van of yours, drive me to this hideously-big mansion where you keep me for God-knows how long, I will listen to you? Do you even know the A-B-C of kidnapping? You're not supposed to keep me in such a big house... You're supposed to take me to a dinghy, dirty downtown place in the slums and not feed me. Anyways, forget about where you're keeping me... How dare you kidnap me in the first place? Don't you know who I am? And where the hell is my phone? It is damn new okay!! If I don't see it soon, or if I find a single scratch on it, then you're going to see scratches all over your ugly faces... Where the hell is my phone anyways?"

Arnav, tired of Khushi's tirade against Maan, Prem and Rishabh, just ignores the 4 of them and walks ahead into the house. Khushi catches sight of him out of the corner of her eye and peers closely at him. To her astonishment, she sees her customized iPhone hanging out of the back-pocket of his jeans.

Now, Khushi's anger knows no bounds. She marches right up to Arnav, and slaps him hard right on his buttocks, in an attempt to get her iPhone out of his pocket. Now, it's the guys' turn to get astonished. Maan, Prem and Rishabh have their mouths hanging wide open. Aahil is so shocked that he forgets his pain and jumps to his feet.

Arnav turns around with mixed feelings of shock and anger. He looks at Khushi, with her phone in her right hand, and then up at her face which reflects rage of a similar degree. Sparks fly and steam builds up as a shouting match begins between Arnav and Khushi.

It takes Maan and Rishabh to calm down Arnav, and Prem and Aahil to calm down Khushi. When Khushi sees that Aahil is the one trying to keep her away from attacking Arnav, she stares at him so hard that he gets scared and moves to Arnav's side.

The shouting match resumes, but thankfully it doesn't last that long. Maan, Rishabh and Aahil manage to pull Arnav into the mansion and into one of the rooms to talk him into not getting so worked up.

Khushi looks to her side and sees only Prem with her now. She gives him a hard stare, but to her surprise, he replies back with cool composition.

"Now that we're alone, I bet you're going to try and attack me, aren't you?" Khushi nearly screams at the top of her lungs.

"No! We've kidnapped people for ransom and carried out quite a lot of other illegal tasks for our Boss, but we've never really killed or attacked anyone. And hurting you is not on our agenda. We were told to kidnap you and keep you with us without causing any harm or hurt." Prem just smiles at Khushi, and gives her a little brotherly pat on the head.

Khushi seems to melt a little, and talks softly to Prem. "Errrmmm... Thanks, I guess. You know, you seem the most sensible of the lot... Why do you do all this stuff " kidnappings and illegal work, I mean?" Khushi asks Prem.

"I'm forced to do this, Khushi. If I had a choice then..." Prem replies, leaving his second sentence incomplete and open to interpretation. But, Khushi knows that Prem is indeed telling the truth. If he had a choice, he would probably get out of the horrible business he is doing right now.

More questions come to Khushi's mind, but she decides to ask them later. Instead, she chooses to comment on something else that Prem said, in turn telling him something deep in her heart that she has not told anyone ever before.

"I like you... I hope you soon find the strength to get out of this soon. If I had a brother like you, I certainly wouldn't want him to do all this dirty business. I actually had a brother, and too elder... I really miss him a lot. He used to play with me and protect me at the same time. But now, he is only a small part of my memories. He died when I was quite young, so I don't remember much of him. But if he were alive, he would probably be as old as you..." Khushi looks towards Prem and smiles a little.

Khushi and Prem walk into the mansion, and Prem shows her around. They walk and talk, finding out more about each other in the process. They seem to have some instant connection between them, which Arnav, Maan, Aahil and Rishabh are shocked to learn about when Prem tells them everything that happened after they went inside the mansion to try and calm down Arnav.

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The next morning...

For the first time in her adult life, Khushi wakes up before 8 a.m., which for her is very early. Disoriented from not having enough sleep, Khushi has to drag herself into the kitchen for a cup of coffee. With her eyes half closed, and still not realizing that she is not in her own home, she takes some time to find the kitchen.

A half-sleepy Khushi enters the kitchen and pulls a high-seat stool near the counter to sit down on. Being so tired, she doesn't notice a half-naked, topless Arnav at the stove making breakfast. But being the sharp-sensed person he is, Arnav hears her pulling the chair and sitting down.

"Good morning, Khushi. I'm making scrambled eggs with toast for breakfast while the coffee gets done." Arnav says, in his somewhat deep and musical voice.

A half-sleepy Khushi wonders why her butler-cum-cook Hari-Prakash (HP) sounds so different. "Finally!! HP remembered that I don't like being called Baby Ji'... But then again, why does HP suddenly sound sooo sexxxyyy today?? OMG, Khushi... HP is your butler. Stop thinking of him in that way!!!" Khushi scolds herself.

Arnav finishes cooking the eggs just as the bread-toast pops out of the toaster. He scoops the eggs onto a plate, applies a little butter on the warm bread slices and puts them on the plate too, and then puts the plate on the kitchen counter, right in front of Khushi.

Khushi tastes the eggs, and is nearly bowled over. "Yummm... These scrambled eggs are sooo tasty. The best I've ever eaten."

Arnav smiles at Khushi's compliment, and is about to thank her when she interrupts him before he can say something. "Did you put a little cheese in the eggs? That makes it so much better than your usual."

"My usual? When has Khushi tasted my eggs before?" a confused Arnav asks himself.

He is about to ask Khushi the exact same question when she herself answers it, sort-of. "When did you get so good in making scrambled eggs, HP?"

Arnav's bulb of realization' seems to light up. "I see! So she thinks I'm her butler-cum-cook." Arnav whispers under his breath, remembering some details about her he read in the file Boss had given him. "She got the name wrong, but at least she's not shouting at or scolding anyone. It's so much more peaceful when she is half sleepy."

A little beep goes off from the coffee machine, indicating that the coffee is done. Arnav pours a little coffee in a mug and adds some milk and one spoon of sugar. After mixing everything well, he places the mug in front of Khushi. Arnav then goes back to making more scrambled eggs for the rest of the guys.

Khushi smells the coffee scent and smiles a little. She picks up the mug and takes a sip. Liking the taste, she drinks all the coffee in one go. After finishing, she closes her eyes as if in ecstasy. "Aaahhh!!" Khushi says, making Arnav smile.

Arnav turns from the stove to face Khushi, and starts walking towards her. Khushi still has her eyes closed when Arnav comes right up to her, with only the kitchen counter between them. Khushi places the mug on the counter and picks up her plate to finish her toast and scrambled eggs. She takes a bite of the scrambled eggs and then picks up the toast to eat it.

When Khushi brings the toast up to her mouth, she looks up as well. That's when everything goes wrong... Seeing a half-naked, topless Arnav smiling down at her scares the life out of Khushi. She gets startled and screams, knocking the coffee mug off the counter onto the floor.

Arnav bends down to pick up the mug as he doesn't like anything lying here and there and not in its proper place. But Khushi, who is still shocked, starts screaming louder and louder, waking up Prem, Maan, Rishabh and Aahil in the process.

So shocked is Khushi that she ends up accidentally knocking her plate over the edge of the table as well. However, unlike her coffee mug which was empty and landed on the floor, Khushi's breakfast plate, still filled with scrambled eggs, lands up upside down on Arnav's head. Bits of scrambled eggs get stuck to his freshly washed, dried, and gelled hair.

When Arnav realizes what has happened, he stands up with a start, and shouts at Khushi. "WHAT THE...!!!" Arnav screams just as Prem, Maan, Rishabh and Aahil enter the kitchen to see what all the noise was about.

They see Arnav with the scrambled eggs and upturned plate on his head and start sniggering. Arnav hears them and turns to look at them. One death-stare from the angry-young-man and they shut up automatically.

"Arrrggg!!! Now I'll have to take a bath, wash my hair, dry it and gel it all over again! And this is all because you Khushi! Idiot!" Arnav accuses Khushi.

Khushi looks at Arnav, and despite his outburst, can't help but laugh at the funny situation. This triggers off Aahil and Rishabh, who also burst out laughing, though much louder than Khushi.

Arnav looks at Aahil and Rishabh again with a killer-stare, but they don't shut up. Prem and Maan who see Arnav's anger boiling up manage to control the laugh that was threatening to escape from their mouth.

Arnav walks so fast towards Aahil and Rishabh that they don't even realize what he is about to do next... Arnav picks the plate off his head and smashes it on Rishabh's chest. The remaining bits of scrambled eggs stick to Rishabh's shirt while the plate falls to the floor.

This just makes Aahil laugh harder, which makes Arnav even more angry. With his hand, Arnav picks up majority of the eggs which landed in his hair and throws them on Aahil's face.

"You thought what happened to me is funny, huh? Now take this..." Arnav says, leaving a shocked Aahil with his mouth open, and the other three guys and Khushi laughing their asses off and clutching their sides.

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Khushi's parents Ram and Priya Gupta wake up and get ready for breakfast. They sit at the table and start eating, not really worrying about Khushi, because they know that she doesn't get up so early.

Ram then sits and reads his newspaper before leaving for office, while Priya gives instructions to the HP for the lunch and dinner menu and then sits down to knit a pink and black sweater for her darling daughter.

When by lunch-time, Khushi still has not appeared at the dining table, Priya starts to get a bit worried. She asks HP if he has seen her around the house anywhere.

"HP..." Priya calls out.

"Yes, M'am?" Hari-Prakash answers.

"You made honey-roasted chicken with pan-fried vegetables and mashed potato right?"

"Yes, M'am. Khushi Baby's favourite!"

"Then why hasn't she come down yet?" Priya wonders, looking up the huge staircase in the mansion and right up to the second floor, where Khushi's bedroom is. "Any other day, she would smell the food and come rushing down, even if she is not feeling well... What happened to her today?"

"No idea, M'am. I knocked on her door just about an hour or so earlier, but I get any reply. So I just alerted her from outside.." Teddy replies.

"Even then... Why is she taking so long to come down? When her favourite food is being made for lunch, she rushes to the kitchen due to the smell, and that too way before the food has finished cooking." Priya states. "HP, you please set the table! And I'll go and see what Khushi is up to."

Priya goes up to Khushi's bedroom, and searches all around, getting more and more worried by the second when she doesn't find her daughter there.

Priya then sees the huge window in the room open, and goes to investigate it. She sees a bit of torn piece from Khushi's clothes and gets worried. "This girl has gone and done it again! When will she realize that she is just making us worry more? I wonder what she has done now, and where she has gone... I better call Ram to see if he knows anything."

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Ram rushes home as soon as Priya calls him. Like her, he is worried for his only daughter. "Wonder where she went this time...?? And, she didn't even leave a letter. What should we do Priya? Should we inform the police?" Ram sits on the sofa, with his hand holding up his forehead.

"No!" Priya cautions Ram. "Do you remember the last time she ran away like this and we called the police, who brought her back from her hideout? She didn't eat for two whole days after she came back. Forget eating, she didn't even talk to you for a whole week after, and you know she can't live without talking to you... Neither can you handle her not talking to you..."

"No..." Ram says, softly.

"Then I suggest we wait for her to come back, or at least wait for her to inform us about her whereabouts. She just wants to be on her own sometimes, Ram. On her own and without the numerous bodyguards and security you have her surrounded by." Priya reasons with Ram.

Just then, the phone rings... Hari-Prasad picks it up and answers. "Hello... Khushi Baby Ji?"

Ram's ears prick up, and he rushes to the phone, letting out a full string of questions that has Khushi nearly screaming in frustration on the other line. "Hello, Khushi? Where are you? What are you doing there? Why did you leave? When are you coming back? Why didn't you tell me and your mom where you are going? Did you have your breakfast and lunch today? You didn't get hurt climbing down from the window did you? How did you escape with the added security at the main gate again? Don't tell me you bribed one off the security officers with Jalebi's to let you through again..."

"Pops...!! Just relax! No, I didn't bribe any of the security officers this time. Yes, I had a very good breakfast and lunch today, and am going to have my dinner really soon. I didn't get hurt while climbing down from the window. Just note that I am safe and sound. I'm not telling you how I escaped from my home though. And I'm not answering any of your other questions as well. So don't bother to find out where I am or whom I am with. And don't you dare send the police to look for me either. I am safe, and I'll keep calling you regularly to inform you how I'm keeping up. Okay?" a frustrated Khushi answers her father's questions.

"Okay." Ram answers, though reluctantly.

After speaking to her mother for a little while as well, Khushi finally hangs up the mobile phone she called from. Aahil takes the mobile phone from her, and removes the SIM card and destroys it.

Aahil then goes into the living room to hand over the phone to Arnav. Khushi, who is still seated on a stool at the kitchen counter, glares at Aahil as he goes. She stares at his retreating back, almost as if trying to burn a hole in it, and cooks up an idea to annoy him further.

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