Recap:
"You broke mine a long time ago." The familiar voice caused Khushi's eyes to fly open and meet the face of her savior. Her shock soon turned to glee as she saw who the owner of the familiar voice was.
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"NK!? You? And here?!" Khushi said, "Well, what does that matter you came at the perfect time!" She couldn't help herself as she launched her full form at him, hugging him around the neck.
"Whoa! Haha, I've only been gone a week and half!" NK replied, a smile playing at his lips. Khushi suddenly stiffened in his arms, the smile on his face vanished as she shoved against him, pushing him away from herself. "Khushi..?" NK questioned, worry settling in at Khushi's behavior.
Khushi stepped back, tears in her eyes, the most miserable expression on her face. NK stepped forward, reaching out to Khushi, who was beginning to scare him. Khushi saw his hand, but before he could grab her, she ran as fast as she could, hot tears staining her cheeks.
NK shot Payal a worried look before they both ran after Khushi. His hand shot out and grabbed her arm swinging her around, only to have her crash into his chest. Khushi clutched onto his shirt, the tears coming faster. NK pulled her slightly back, lifted her face, and looking into her eyes,
"What's wrong?! Khushi! Stop it! Your scaring us! Why are you crying?!" NK shouted, worry and fear evident in his voice. Khushi pulled away from him, sadness and accusation replacing the tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong with me?! YOU of all people are asking me this? First of all you disappear almost two weeks ago without telling anyone! Do you know what I went through?! I..I...I thought you left me! You didn't even answer any of my calls! No one knew where you were!" Her tears were back as she hit NK's chest, shouting at him, "Thank god, that Akash finally found out that you had gone to India for a cousin's wedding and told me a few days ago! Otherwise I...I don't know wha...what I would have done if...if you had left." Khushi finished collasping against NK.
Payal, who had been trying to calm Khushi down, gave NK a pleading look, asking him to make Khushi stop, to bring back her smile. NK nodded.
"Khushi? Your my Mishti right? How could I leave you? Okay, I'm sorry! I'm stupid, I'm an idiot, I'm every bad name you can think of!" NK hated himself for bringing tears to Khushi's eyes. He pulled Khushi away from him to look at her face, "Khushi, you look so cute when you cry, but you look breath-taking when you smile. So, please, stop crying and show us that beautiful smile. I'm really sorry." NK and Payal smiled with relief as Khushi wiped her tears away and gave them a small smile.
"I'm sorry..." NK and Payal gave her a confused look, "I overreacted...but you know what you mean to me, I just couldn't stand it if you left. You and Payal just can't ever leave me like that, I just wouldn't...no...I just couldn't go through that again. I just couldn't." Khushi was on the verge of tears again as Payal and NK shushed her and pulled her into a hug.
After a while, Khushi pulled back, sniffing as she wiped away the last of her tears and gave one of her signature smiles. She grabbed both of their hands and lead them to the car, falling back into normalcy, into the Khushi she was. As she lead them to the cars she said,
"We can stand here all night or we can go and celebrate! I choose to celebrate and i refuse to celebrate without you two, so let's go!" Her tinkling laughter filled the silent evening once again as she watched NK and Payal stumble after her.
