ArHi FF: The One Meant For Me [Link Pg 143] - Page 63

It was only his second day at university, yet Arnav had familiarised himself with every nook and corner of the campus. He had reached earlier than usual in an attempt not to miss out Lavanya when she would come. Glancing at his watch from time to time, he rested his eyes on the gate, waiting for her to come while simultaneously rehearsing in his mind the Do's and Don'ts that he had been practising since the eve. He closed his eyes for a moment, hoping Lavanya would appear in front of him the next minute but as soon as he opened them, his face showed utter disappointment.

"Good morning…what are you doing? Playing peek-a-boo?" Khushi laughingly asked.

Arnav didn't know what was harder to digest: Khushi's on-going nonsensical blabbering or her horrible fashion taste. The two rolling balls dangling on each side of her sleeves coupled with her rainbow-coloured Salwar suit had kind of become her trademark to which Arnav was growing a constant allergy.

"See, anything you say today won't have any effect. I have mentally prepared myself not to be affected by any of your words, so that I can concentrate on the mission" Arnav replied.

"Okay, so Majnuji, are you ready?" Khushi teasingly asked.

"More than ready" Arnav let out confidently.

The three C's…Cool, Calm, Confident…this sounds very dangerous to your plans, Khushi!

"Here comes Laila, I mean Lavanya" Khushi said, noticing Lavanya crossing the threshold of the campus.

"Won't you say All the best? Not that I need it, but still…" Arnav voiced.

"All the best…do you need my blessings also?" Khushi cynically let out, before being pressed by Arnav to go.

Elegantly walking in her high-heeled shoes that matched her short black skirt and white top, Lavanya swayed her dark brown hair that she had curled, on her left side falling on the handle of her Gucci bag. She was simply modern in dressing and even thoughts, which was one among the many factors that had attracted Arnav but also repulsed his family. As soon as Arnav felt that the distance between him and Lavanya was being bridged, he pretended to be speaking on the phone.

"ASR?" Lavanya exclaimed in surprise, stopping by his side.

Arnav signalled Lavanya to wait a minute so that he could finish the call. Khushi's words "Ignorance is bliss" replayed in his mind, and he took longer than usual making Lavanya impatiently wait for him to finish his conversation. Khushi, who was hiding behind a pillar with the aim of following every second of what would be happening, was gloating upon noticing that Arnav was following her so-called advice, and she gave her 100% guarantee that Lavanya would storm off soon.

"Hi Lavanya! I had an urgent call to make…and I had to make you wait" Arnav casually said.

"Oh no problems! I know you are a busy person!" Lavanya smilingly replied.

"No problems? A smile? What is happening? This is so not good" Khushi murmured.

"What are you doing here? I mean I wasn't expecting to see you after … you know what happened!" Lavanya voiced.

Arnav repeated the same excuse that he had been telling to everyone, that he was following a one-month course as part of a research work for AR designs, and he also added that he had started yesterday.

"That's great…so we will often meet then" Lavanya said.

"I guess yes" Arnav let out.

"So this means we can rekindle our friendship…I thought about this a lot but I dreaded how you would react! I have been feeling guilty over the way I treated you the other day, and for no reason, would I want us to be on negative terms. And now that you are here for one month, we can at least be friends, right? Like a fresh start?" Lavanya said, extending her hand towards Arnav.

Arnav gently shook her hand, and winked at Khushi afar who had her mouth hanging and her eyes on the verge of popping out. Once she reached her lecture class, NK asked her details about Arnav and Lavanya, to which she narrated whatever she had seen.

"Nanhe…no drama…no nothing. How can this be possible?" Khushi pouted.

"Khushi, I already knew it was a bad idea. They already know each other, so your plan is bound to fail." NK revealed.

"No way can this fail. I still have tricks lined up!"

The discussion stopped as they saw Arnav entering the classroom, and taking his usual seat which was next to Khushi's.

"Khushi, the first part of the mission is successful…your turn now" Arnav uttered.

"My turn for what?" Khushi asked, dreading what Arnav would ask her to do.

"Lavanya is here. Go and tell her a few nice words on me. She is your friend, and this would fasten the process" Arnav said.

"What? Are you mad?" Khushi asked.

"Not mad…Arnav" Arnav smirked.

"Hey, this is my line! So, I should praise you in front of Lavanya? Why on Earth would I do this?" Khushi asked.

"You only told me you have a very big heart and et cetera. So go and see Lavanya now before the lecture starts."

"Why did I land myself into such a big trouble?" Khushi thought.

"Khushi is dead today" NK thought.

As Khushi stood up determination overwhelming her, she walked towards Lavanya, under Arnav's curious eyes and NK's compassionate look, each step taken bringing back memories of her first encounter with Lavanya and subsequent interactions.

***Beginning of flashback***

Khushi was walking absent-mindedly in the corridor, thinking about how she was alone, with no friends on her first day in Delhi University, when she suddenly bumped against that girl, her total opposite…Lavanya. Despite saying a quick sorry, Lavanya would hear no word and instead treated her harshly, and ridiculed her dressing style, earning her the name "Chamkeeli".

But Khushi was not one of those who would silently tolerate any insult thrown at her face, and soon retaliated by nicking a passer-by's drink which happened to be Lassi, and threw the content on Lavanya. If NK hadn't reached on time and separated the two girls, then hair would have been dragged, teeth broken and arms twisted. Things had gone worse when both Khushi and Lavanya realised that they were sharing the same class, each one not losing any opportunity to make the other one's life more difficult. Since that day, they were always competing against one another in every field.

***End of flashback***

"Namaste Lavanyaji" Khushi said.

"Lavanyaji? Chamkeeli, what do you want?" Lavanya asked.

"No, I don't want anything! How can I expect something from you?" Khushi replied.

"So why have you come to waste my time early morning?"

I need to make her smile, else Arnav will have doubts.

"Wow…your nail paint is looking beautiful, it is so suiting you" Khushi said much against her will.

"Oh yeah, I bought this yesterday! It is so perfect na" Lavanya smilingly mentioned.

Silly girl! Fallen into the trap! Thank you Devi Maiyya, at least Arnav will think we had a friendly conversation.

"Wait a second, since when have you started complimenting me?" Lavanya raised her eyebrow.

"Since the day I have started playing Truth or Dare…don't have too high hopes! It was just a bet thrown by him" Khushi said pointing at Arnav.

"Khushi must be talking about me" Arnav thought, noticing both Khushi and Lavanya looking in his direction.

"ASR is playing Truth or Dare with you? I don't believe this. This is so not ASR" Lavanya expressed, shocked.

"His name is not ASR…he is Arnav. Do you know him by any chance? And why can't he play Truth or Dare? He only gave me the bet to falsely compliment you….He told me you see that girl over there, tell her that her hideous nail varnish is looking beautiful."

"He told you to do this?"

"Yep..I need to get going now La…The professor is coming!"

Khushi came back to her seat smiling over her achievement: not only had she made Arnav believe that he had talked about him to Lavanya but also planted seeds of doubts into her mind. Seeing a questioning look on Arnav's face, she just gave him a thumbs up sign.

After the lecture ended, Khushi waited for the bomb to explode, but everything was calm. Lavanya who was busy talking to her circle of friends, had not even once turned to Arnav's direction. Khushi quickly signalled NK that she was going to implement the next part of the plan and that he had to make sure that Lavanya and Arnav were unaware of it.

While NK kept Arnav busy with Harvard talks, and still glancing at Lavanya from time to time, Khushi hurriedly made her way out of the class and moved towards Lavanya's locker. Taking her hairpin, she inserted it in the lock and as it opened, she started the mission. Suddenly noticing that Lavanya was nowhere to be seen, NK frantically searched for her in the corridors and finally saw her dangerously approaching the lockers area.

"Basanti, inn kutton ke saamne mat naachna" NK shouted spontaneously, and patted the back of his head, upon realising what he had just said.

Lavanya turned around and gave him one glaring look.

"Did you just call me Basanti?" Lavanya asked angrily.

"No..hmm..I…" NK mumbled.

"Nanhe is rehearsing for a play that has been organised…Sholay! How many times did I tell you to rehearse at home, we are in university buddy" Khushi came just in time, mentally thanking NK.

"One day you will get me dead Khushi" NK sighed.

"Sshhh..let us hide here and watch Lavanya's reaction" Khushi murmured.

As soon as Lavanya opened her locker, a heap of daisy flowers overflooded from it, and she started sneezing. She furiously banged the locker door and vanished.

"Lavanya has a small, inoffensive allergy to daisy flowers, which makes her sneeze. And since she has been dating Arnav, he knows it. No one here knows about this, and Lavanya…" Khushi said.

"…will think that it is Arnav who placed the flowers in her locker" NK added.

"Right"

"But if no one knows about it, how come you know?"

"The other day Arnav was drawing a list of Lavanya's likes and dislikes, and I just had a quick look at it with my super detective eyes" Khushi smiled.

"What next now?" NK asked.

"The final blow. My hairpin is so useful today!" Khushi let out.

Arnav was waiting outside next to his car, planning to talk to Lavanya and also ask her if she would need a lift. Despite Khushi repeatedly telling him to ignore Lavanya, he just felt that a small conversation would do no harm, but could in fact allow them to spend some time together.

"Lavanya, come I'll drop you" Arnav said, seeing Lavanya making her way towards the parking area.

"No thanks, I'll be fine…Achoo…I have my own car" Lavanya replied coldly.

"What happened? Are you not feeling well?"Arnav asked.

Lavanya's eyes drifted towards her car and she boiled with anger.

"What the hell! My tyres! They were perfectly fine this morning…how come they are suddenly flat?" Lavanya blasted, before pausing a second to think.

"Wait…I''ll just call someone to repair" Arnav said.

"Are you kidding me ASR? Achoo…It's only the day when I meet you that all these things happen! Now, don't tell me it's a coincidence! First, you send that stupid Chamkeeli for a stupid Truth or Dare game, then the daisy flowers in my locker and now the tyres! What are you planning to do? Seek revenge for having broken up with you?" Lavanya voiced.

"Revenge? What did I do? What are you saying Lavanya?" Arnav asked, unable to understand what was happening.

"Don't pretend to be innocent! I should have known before!" Lavanya said before walking away, leaving a flustered Arnav.

"Mission Lavanya, Pass!" Khushi thought, taking her scooter and leaving for home after witnessing the dhamaka.

Still thinking about the confusing words that he had just heard, Arnav tried to find the root cause until his eyes settled on a key clue that would unveil the mystery behind Lavanya's outburst. Next to Lavanya's car, he noticed a box of finished jalebis that looked familiar, and he needed no time to figure out the culprit. Added to that, the word 'Chamkeeli' used by Lavanya helped him connect the dots.

Closing his fists and clenching his jaw, Arnav let out angrily "Khushi Kumari Gupta".

I wonder what Arnav will do now 😕 He is going to seek his revenge from her 😲
But Khushi's plan to irritate Lavanya was too hilarious 🤣

I remembered Faiza when Nk was saying that Basanti wala Dialogue 😆
Nk seems to be so confused .. I pity on him 😆

Please please continue soon 😃 I want to see what Arnav does next 😲

how in the world did this happen??? 😲

I had been stalking this thread and refreshing the page since the past 20 minutes!!! 😲

DAMMMNNN!!!!

Shreya and nayu you guys have beat me before too but SHWETA BEAT ME???

DAMNNN MANNN!! WHY DIDNT I 'BASANTI' MY WAY HERE ?!? 😆

chalo theres always a next time! 🤣 (i say that everytime i lose in resing on the first spot! 🤣 )

OMG THIS HAS BECOME ITNA LAMBA, AND WHEN I DO EDIT AFTER READING THE UPDATE, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS COMMENT WILL GET!! 😲

Edit---

SEE! I read the update when i was hell tired just cuz i was curious and see how late im editing my comment! This always happens! :/

Coming to the update!

Khushi called him a majnu!! Buahahahah! 🤣 i womder when she becomes his lailaaa!!! 😉

So wee get to meet lavanya finally! Loved how khushi was all tensed up seeing her plan 1 failing! When arnav supposedly ignored La and she still was there talking to him! 🤣

Arnav asking khushi to say good things about him to La! 🤣 is this man seriously arnav? 🤣

Oh goodieee! La and khushi are actually enemies?? HAHAHAHAH THIS OUGHT TO BE GOOOD!!! 🤣 i just love how you turn stuff around a 360 angle, woman! 🤣

Truth dare? This girl is gonna get beaten up bad i have a feeling!! I womder what arnav will do to her!!

BASANNTIII IN DOGGIES K SAMNE MATT NACHNNAAA!!! 🤣 🤣 OMG TASH I CANT BELIEVE YOU ACTUALLY DID THIS! Hahahaah im sure shweta would be ROFL-ing and thinking how faiza's craziness transferred to Tash! 🤣

I feel so homored though! You put it in the OS! I love you! 🤗 🤣

Arnav, La fight! Khushi caught!! THIS IS GONNA BE UGLY!!!

WHAT WILL ARNAV DO?? IS THE BIG DHAMAKA FINALLY HERE?? AAAHHH!!!!!!! Please update sooon i wanna know how he handles khushi ! No wait, how KHUSHI handles arnav's ghussa!!! :O

Update soon! 🤗 ❤️

I have no idea how this happened i had been stalking this thread since 20 minutes! 😆

chalo, always a next time! 😈

till then, i envy you! 🤣

Edit kar diya!!!

Ab khush???

Lavanya behaved sensibly compared to atleast what I thought...

First I was like bechara arnav yaar itni mehnat kar raha ek ladki k liye...

And towards the end...gayi beta gayi khushi...

I want a ASR now...

I cannot wait...

Chalo wednesday aye jaldi jaldi toh tashu madam update karengi!!!!