ADVANTAGES OF A COCKOACH
"Aaahhh!!!""WHAT THE!" Arnav jerked awake from his sleep after hearing an ear shattering scream coming from inside his room. He quickly stood up and starting walking towards his room when he banged his foot against one of the pots. He uttered as many blasphemies as he could remember in his still half asleep state and cursed Khushi Kumari Gupta for entering his life. Just then the bane of his existence came barrelling towards him with so much speed that you would think she was running for her life.
"Arnav ji! Thank God you're awake. Hai Devi Maiyya!!" Khushi started talking in the speed of a bullet train. Arnav's toe was still throbbing and he was trying to practise the art of multi-tasking by hopping on one foot and trying to make some sense out of Khushi's non-stop chatter.
"Khushi SHUT UP!" Arnav finally bellowed when he felt a headache coming on. Khushi immediately snapped her mouth shut, not wanting to upset the person who was very likely going to be her saviour tonight. "Ok. Now tell me SLOWLY what's wrong and if this is some kind of joke of yours I swear I am going to-"
"Nahin Arnav ji. Not at all. This is no joke." Khushi answered breathlessly with wide eyes trying to beseech to him to listen to what she had to say.
"Okay if you say so. Now tell me!" He was seriously losing all his patience and was in no mood to indulge in Khushi Kumari Gupta's ludicrous antics complete with sound effects and all.
"I got up to go the bathroom and when I was coming back I saw ... I saw a "
"What Khushi?!"
"I saw a COCKROACH" She finally exclaimed with wide eyes and a finger pointing towards the zone of danger aka their bedroom.
"What!" At his exclamation Khushi turned to see only air at the spot where Arnav had been formerly standing a moment ago. She quickly looked around to find him standing on the other side of the pool looking at the room with wide eyes. She looked at him confused for a few minutes when realization slowly dawned upon her. She tried with all her might to control the smile that was threatening to spread on her face.
"Arnav ji, are you afraid of cockroaches?" She asked him with barely contained humour in her voice. Arnav snapped his head towards her at hearing this and Khushi quickly schooled her features into a neutral expression.
"Wh- what? No! Of course not. I umm' was trying to find something to kill it will with. Yeah yeah that's what I was trying to do." He said while scratching the back of his and looking down at his feet to avoid looking her directly. He walked towards, picking up his chappal to support his claim. Khushi hid her smile behind her hand when Arnav came to stand in front of her.
"Ok so lets go in together and finish this thing. I don't want to be standing out here all night with you", he said snidely to her trying to recover back his image of manliness. Khushi hurried to catch up to him and both of them entered the room slowly looking for the very aforementioned dangerous cockroach. "Arnav ji wahan!" Khushi exclaimed pointing to Arnav's right. He quickly turned around and in his haste to get away almost tripped over his own two feet. "Kahan?!"
But Arnav heard no answer from her and when he turned around he saw Khushi giggling quietly behind her hand. At seeing Arnav's half embarrassed and half angry expression she forgo trying to control her humour and openly started laughing at him. Arnav thought he could pop a vein in his head with his anger and to add further embarrassment he could feel his cheeks getting pink from a rare blush. Deciding not to add further humiliation he just give her an icy glare, turned around and proceeded to look for the damned cockroach which was the cause of all this.
It was harder than they thought as the carpet itself was of a dark brown colour so the cockroach could blend easily.
"Why do you only like dark colours? This would have been so much easier if you had a good taste in picking carpets." Khushi huffed while looking closely at the ground to catch the insect. Both of them were walking together with Khushi holding the back of Arnav's t-shirt tightly in her fist.
"What the! My taste is bad. I am the ASR of AR designs! And you are talking about MY taste." Arnav, momentarily forgetting the cockroach debacle, turned around to glare at her. Khushi, not one to back down easily, crossed her arms and pointed her chin up.
"Yes. You have no variety in your taste. It's a wonder that you are doing well in the fashion industry. Tell me which colours do you have in your wardrobe? Let me guess black aaannd oh I know Black!" she replied while giving a smirk worthy of ASR approval.
"Khushi now you listen he-"
"Arnav Ji there's the cockroach. It on your pajamas!" Khushi cried, grabbing he dupatta and swatting it at Arnav to get rid of the cockroach.
"What the! Khushi stop it. Stop joking around!" Arnav tried in vain to escape the assault of her dupatta. In all the ruckus Arnav's foot got caught in the blanket and he fell on the bed. To break his fall he grabbed on to the closest thing; Khushi, resulting in her landing top of him.
Both of them stilled and looked at each other. Their bodies were so close together that they could feel every heartbeat, every breath the other took. Arnav gazed at Khushi's face, so full of innocence and angelic beauty, her hazel coloured eyes staring into his. During the fall, Khushi's hair had become undone and some of the tresses were teasing her cheeks in a coquettish manner. He couldn't resist the urge, not that he wanted, to touch push the tantalizing locks off her face and behind her ear. At his touch Khushi felt her breath catch and a current run down throughout her body originating from her cheek. Arnav was mesmerized as he saw a blush spread over skin and he followed its flow from her ear and down her neck by featherlike fingers. She closed her eyes as she felt his fingers grazing her collarbone, his touch wreaking havoc on her entire being. As Khushi darted her tongue out to wet her unexpectedly dry lips, Arnav couldn't take it anymore and with a groan he flipped them over, resulting in Khushi lying on her back and Arnav on top of her.
Her eyes opened wide in shock, gasping at the sudden movement. Before her mind could process anything she was sucked in by Arnav's honey coloured orbs. During the switch Khushi's shirt had ridden up, exposing her stomach on which he had one of his hands while the other hand was supporting Khushi's neck. Both of her hands were gripping his shoulders. Continuously keep their eyes locked together, Arnav moved his thumb to caress Khushi's bare waist. She gulped at the sensation and tightened her hold on his shirt. Her hands seemed to be moving on their own accord as one of her hands went up to Arnav's neck, running through the hair at the back of his head. Arnav gripped her tightly at the waist and brought their bodies closer together so that they were now lined perfectly together, not even enough distance between them for air to pass. His hand moved to her face and he broke their eye lock to stare at her plump lips which had been the cause of his torture many times. His hand cupped her cheek while his thumb moved to trace her lower lip. Arnav tilted Khushi's head slightly to the side and brought his face closer towards her, all the while keep his eyes on hers to detect any sign of rejection or hesitation. Khushi's eyes closed in invitation and seeing this Arnav quickly closed his mouth on hers. He meant it to be a gentle kiss but at the first taste of her and he was lost. His hand moved to the back of her head guiding her face to how he wanted it while his lips moved passionately against Khushi's. He groaned in her mouth when he felt Khushi responding tentatively by mimicking his touches and he touched her lips with his tongue. At feeling his tongue, Khushi gasped at the strange sensation and Arnav used this opportunity to deepen their kiss. His hand on her waist began the same rhythm on skin as his tongue was following in her mouth.
Finally, they both broke the kiss as the need to breathe became too much but that didn't stop Arnav. He used this opportunity to delve into the sweet expanse of her neck. Khushi arched her head at feeling his hot kisses on her skin, her hand instinctively gripping his hair tightly. He groaned low in his throat at the feeling and dug his hand deeper into her hair, pulling it back to further expose her skin. He bit and sucked hard on her pulse point, an unconscious possessive gesture causing Khushi to moan loudly. W-O-W! So this is what kissing feels like! How do people not want to do this all the time?!
His ardent kisses moved up to her ear where he lightly sucked her earlobe in his mouth after giving it a small nip. His hand on her stomach slowly started rising, simultaneously pushing her shirt as it went. Before things went out of hand, they heard a loud crash occur nearby which effectively brought both of them back to their senses. For a moment both of them could only stare at each other with wide eyes and rapidly rising and falling chests. Then at the same moment they realized the position they were in and detached their bodies in a frenzy. They avoid looking at each other while they fixed their clothes and hair. Arnav hesitantly glanced at Khushi, looking at dishevelled hair, flushed cheeks and swollen lips. He felt his desire threatening to overpower his brain once again and he quickly stood up to maintain control,
"I umm' I am going back to sleep now. It was probably Laxmi outside with the noise so no need to worry. I'll just' Yeah" Khushi watched from the corner of her eyes as Arnav walked back outside to the poolside. She let out a deep breath when he had laid down and placed her hand on her flushed cheeks while trying to calm her racing heart.
Arnav didn't know for how long he laid there in the dark, staring up at the night sky while his mind replayed every moment in vivid detail of the impulsive make out session with Khushi. He pondered how it was that the best kiss of his life was with someone who had never done it before. Someone who was as inexperienced as they get. His last thought before going to sleep was Cockroaches were not so bad after all. They do have pretty enticing advantages.
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P.S: Here is the link to a FF I am writing on ARSHI if anyone is interested
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