ArShi OS|| X-Mas Greetings||

OS: X-Mas Greetings

"This one seems nice, in fact, I am already in love with it," Khushi squealed. She was relieved, after all, she had been wandering around in this greeting card shop. The shop looked like a shoe box, it was so stuffy inside and all the cards were messed up. She was hunting for a nice card to send to her dear ones for Christmas and each one which she had a look at seemed to have problems of its own.

The first one was a bit too childish as it had big cartoon polar bears on it and the second one looked too formal. She had tossed all the cards that were not of any use to her in random shelves and she could sense that the shop owner was shooting daggers at her. She sighed and continued her search. She would need at least a dozen of cards of the same design...that would be enough to send to everyone. She lived alone and she did not have many contacts.

She then saw a card towards which she instantly developed a liking. The front cover of the card was a mixture of silvery grey and light blue, and there was a big white snow flake in the middle with Santa's cap on top of it and it was surrounded by many other tinier snowflakes and it had silver glitter spread over the graphics. That seemed to be perfect. She did not bother to continue searching as she was exhausted.

The shop owner raised his brows and looked at her as she brought the card to the counter. Khushi chuckled and asked him," I want a dozen of these cards please," The shop owner took the card and looked closely at it before saying," I'm sorry, there are no more of these, they have already been reserved by someone else,"

Khushi nearly choked, she just spent an hour to settle for this card and now, the man told her that this greeting card was out of stock. She did not lose her cool however and asked as kindly as she could," I just need a dozen of these..."

The shop owner sighed," Well, I can't help you more than that, either you choose another card or..."

Khushi interrupted him and her tone was slightly menacing," Or what?"

"Or..uhh...well..y..you could try and request the person who reserved it to let you have some of these cards," the shop owner uneasily said.

"And how do I possibly contact the 'person'?" Khushi stressed on her last word. The shop owner gestured her to wait for a minute as he thought of something. Khushi impatiently tapped her right foot while crossing her hands over her chest.

"The person who has bought the cards is coming to collect it in 20 minutes, you could wait,"

Khushi gritted her teeth and decided to wait.

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-Some hours after-

Khushi slumped onto her couch. She removed her winter boots and shoved them away. She was really really tired. She had to wait for an hour before the person who had bought all the cards arrive. But...she was not angry, initially she admitted that she was ready to choke that person to death but after she saw who it was, it seemed like all her anger melted like ice candy under the hot summer sun. Khushi blushed on remembering the past few hours spent with Arnav Singh Raizada, her high school crush.

He looked more handsome now and on hearing his husky voice, she just got drowned in the depth of his melodious voice and she did not even bother to request him for the greeting cards she loved. She ended up choosing another design. She was disappointed but she would treasure those minutes she spent with him. She clearly remembered how he looked at her face and then exclaimed,"Khushi," Her name never sounded so heavenly. Arnav had asked her if she really needed those cards, instead of saying that she urgently needed those, she just told him that it was not that important. Arnav thanked her and she smiled at him like an idiot...well, that was her mental imagination of herself at that time.

Arnav affected her badly, even though, she met him after a year. Khushi poured down some water into a glass and gulped it down.

Khushi looked at the clock on the wall, it was 9:00 p.m. She had already had her dinner at a restaurant before returning home. It was the eve of Christmas and she was already sleepy, after all, she had been out the whole day. All she needed at the moment was a nice warm bath and a good sleep. She was relieved that she had posted the cards on her way back home. Despite, there are e-cards and other forms of wishing relatives nowadays, Khushi preferred the hard copy greeting cards.

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Beep. Beep. Beep.

Khushi hit the snooze button as soon as her alarm went off. She opened her right eye and peeped at the time, it was 7:00 a.m. She buried her head in her fluffy pillow but the alarm started ringing again and she got up this time.

After freshening up and changing into a clean pair of clothes, Khushi dipped a tea bag into a mug which was filled with hot water and got out of her house to go and check her letter box. Apart from the daily newspapers, there were a few envelopes. She ripped the envelopes apart and all of them were for Christmas. Only her parents and a couple of her friends were the senders, the rest of the people she knew wished her through social medias.

Wait a second.

There was a card that immediately grabbed all her attention, it was the same greeting card on which she had her eye on the previous day, the snowflake design one. Khushi anxiously opened the card and she was pleasantly shocked when she saw that it was Arnav who sent it to her. He had written:

Dear Khushi,

Wish you a Merry Christmas. May your Christmas be blessed with peace and joy.

P.s: I am sorry for raiding the whole stock of this card, I know that you really wanted it but thanks for letting me have it, I owe you one.

Extra P.s: It was great seeing you after all these years, we could catch up some day.

Extra Extra P.s: I actually have nothing to do today, so if you are free, I'll come and pick you up. Just give me a call on this number- ********

Extra Extra Extra P.s: You might be wondering how I got your address, I have contacts *wink*

Don't worry, there will be no more P.s's.

Take care

Yours faithfully,

Arnav

Khushi felt her heart pounding, how can somebody be so perfect. She hid her face in her palms as she blushed and she sent a quick message to him.

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Khushi ran her thumb on a small crease which was on her top. She looked at herself in the mirror for the last time and she heard a honk. Khushi bit her lips and blushed, finally she was going to meet him again. She locked her front door and noticed him waving at her. Khushi controlled her sudden outburst of emotions and got in the car. He flashed a smile at her and he asked her,"Shall we go?"

Khushi simply nodded.

Arnav and Khushi were at Starbucks later on. Arnav had not really made plans for Christmas and he would be watching a movie marathon at home, if he had not come out with Khushi and the same case was applicable to her as well. Khushi was soon comfortable with him and she asked him,"What did you do with all those greeting cards?"

Arnav smiled," Well, I was waiting for you to ask this...every year, I give greeting cards to children in orphanages and I had really liked that card," he chuckled at the end.

Khushi was in awe, he was clearly perfect.

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-Five years later-

"Mom, where is my hot chocwit?" a three year old asked.

Khushi popped her head out of the kitchen," I'm making it,"

After some minutes, Khushi had a mug of hot chocolate in her hands and she forwarded it to her son. Yes, she was married now, to the man of her dreams, Arnav. She positioned herself next to her baby on the sofa who was busy watching the holiday specials on TV.

Khushi felt a hand around her waist and she looked up to find Arnav. He sat next to her on the sofa and kissed her on the forehead,"Do you remember how we got back in touch with each other and then we realised that we were made for each other?"

Khushi smiled," Yes, all thanks to the X-Mas Greetings."

Beautiful OS
Loved it
Well written
Merry Christmas
Thanks for the pm

Nice n cute i really loved how they met n than got married.

awesome os...
khushi after a long time decides to get one card but it was already boooked...
arnav was d one who had booked them...
arnav sends khushi a christmas card at her place..
superb PS...😆😆
thnks 4 d pm...

Cute story dear.
Lovely dear.
Happy x mass dear.
Tf pm.

Thanks for PM,Dear.😊

Thanks for the pm Wish you Merry Christmas... :)
awesome os ... loved it

Loved the os 👏
Thank you for the pm 😃