The One Meant For Me #3 [Completed] - Page 12

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The bed was being covered with a pile of clothes ranging in colour and type as Khushi was removing them from her wardrobe in an attempt to find the best one for the farewell party. Neither too simple nor too chic, she thought as her eyes moved from one piece of cloth to another. When she seemed to settle on one particular Anarkali dress, she suddenly visualised Arnav in front of her, making a disapproved facial expression for her choice. Despite not being physically present in the room, Arnav was always here nowadays, in every of Khushi's thoughts and single decision.

Moving on to the next one, she again dreamt of Arnav giving her a thumb down signal, and the reaction was the same for the following dresses until her eyes settled on a parcel. She immediately opened it to find out about its content and finally she got a nod from Arnav's image who instantaneously vanished in thin air. Her happiness knew no bounds at the sight of a beautiful red lehenga adorned with fine embroidery, which she put in front of her, looking at the mirror. It would fit her properly, and it was more than suiting the occasion. Tagged to the cloth was a piece of paper which had a note written by Arnav.

"A small gift for you … my first ever designer creation. I thought it would be perfect for you. And it's also just a precaution to be sure that you don't come to the party wearing some kind of flashy and glittering short dress"

Khushi could not help herself from smiling and even bursting into an idiotic silly teenager giggle when reading the note. At first angry at Arnav for constantly teasing her about the modern outfit that she worn, it quickly subsided and she clutched the lehenga to her heart, feeling the hardwork and dedication that were devoted to this masterpiece. It was not the fact that it was a designer lehenga that overwhelmed her with immense cheerfulness but rather that it was designed by Arnav, and that too for her.

Unable to control her excitement of trying her outfit, Khushi immediately rushed to dress herself and once ready, she made a small dance, twirling in a circle to express the extent to which she was blissful. Few seconds later, she abruptly stopped, moving her hand to her heart which was drumming, and sensing Arnav's presence who had just rang the doorbell. One last look at herself in front of her mirror, leading to a flip of the hair, Khushi opened the door to a bewitched Arnav who stood still at the threshold.

He could not believe it was the same lehenga that he had designed, since with Khushi wearing it, it looked way much more beautiful than ever intended. She simply gave it a totally new dimension by wearing it. In awe of Khushi's flawless beauty which was just perfectly reflected by her minimal make-up and jewellery, Arnav thought that Khushi was looking no less than an angelic princess who had come only for him. Had it not been Garima and Rahul disrupting his dreamy moment, then for sure Arnav could have spent hours admiring a Khushi who had by now experienced all shades of red on the cheek.

"Khushi bitiyaan, you are looking so beautiful" Garima exclaimed, applying a small black dot on Khushi's neck such that it could not be seen but still protect her from any evil eyes. And she repeated the process with Arnav whom she claimed was looking equally dashing in a black suit, providing a warm feeling to Arnav who captured all the motherly love emanating from her.

Garima insisted on having a picture clicked of Khushi, and she brought Khushi's camera to fulfil her task, and she also took one with Khushi and Rahul. Soon Arnav proposed to click a picture that would immortalise this moment with the whole family, and got hold of the camera. One picture later, Garima asked Arnav to enter the frame with Khushi and Rahul, and upon the scepticism of Arnav, she literally dragged him next to them, patting his face and telling him that he was no less than a child to her and that he should always consider himself part of the family.

Those were words that no one would ever forget, and certainly not Arnav who had truly found new members to add in his picture perfect family.

***

As soon as they reached Delhi University, Khushi looked from afar at where the party was taking place, and noticing that it was still early for it to beat full swing, she proposed to visit the premises afresh, putting forward her desire to reminisce all the memories that are connected to its every nook and corner as it was her last day here. Observing how Khushi was looking all nostalgic, Arnav accepted to accompany her, with Khushi acting as a guide and introducing him once more to the classes, to the cafeteria, to the library, not without sharing her own experiences attached to each one of them.

"You still remember how we first met?" Khushi asked, smiling and thinking about the terrible start both had.

"Of course! How can I forget you almost bumping into me with your scooter?" Arnav teased, but nevertheless inwardly blessing that moment when he had first seen Khushi.

"Who would have thought at that time that we would be such good friends, I mean, time has really changed the whole equation" Khushi expressed on a happy note, and upon reaching a particular small lake which was some distance away from the campus, she added "This is my favourite place … so calm and peaceful. No one knows that this is the place where I always come whenever I am worried, but now you know about this too. My little secret."

"Khushi…" Arnav let out, sensing it the ideal moment to pour his heart out.

"Yes Arnav, you have something to say?" Khushi asked, detecting a sudden change in his eyes which were conveying sincerity and warmth.

"I… I wanted to tell you… that I…" Arnav was about to complete his words when his phone rang, and he took the call made by NK who was asking about their whereabouts and telling them to join the party.

"That you what?" Khushi curiously enquired, but Arnav shrugged off the matter, telling her that they should be joining the farewell party which had already started.

Once in the party, when Khushi noticed everyone getting on the dance floor, she tried to drag Arnav along but he refused, claiming that he had never danced and that he did not feel like dancing amidst so many people. Despite Khushi's earnest efforts to persuade him, Arnav refused, prompting her to go ahead while he would remain at a distance from the crowd. No longer able to resist to the beats of the music echoing throughout the hall, Khushi joined the rest of her classmates and danced as Arnav kept staring at her.

Suddenly Arnav slowly made steps towards Khushi and once he reached one foot away from her, he stopped her from swirling around and pulled her towards him by the waist as she spontaneously flew her hands around his neck out of surprise. Khushi clearly did not see that coming but despite her being shocked at seeing Arnav on the dance floor, she drowned her gaze into his as she took shallow breaths. Thankfully the music had turned to a slow number such that Arnav and Khushi could make smooth movements, making an osmosis with their moves.

Arnav could feel her silky and creamy skin that was exposed due to the lehenga that she was wearing, and he was totally besotted by her. But right now he had another mission, one that had pushed him towards Khushi. He slowly moved his hands to Khushi's back, sending shivers down her spine, and Khushi soon realised that Arnav was tying her dori that had accidentally opened. A smile naturally crept on Khushi's face as she murmured a 'Thank You', while Arnav spun her around, slowly moving back to his place after he had successfully managed to rectify Khushi's outfit incident.

***

Khushi tried to catch a glimpse of Arnav while she was dancing but failed to do so, causing her eyes to literally move around in madness. She moved away from the dance floor, searching for Arnav everywhere when she unfortunately happened to listen to a group of girls who were discussing about a topic that would have the effect of acting as a true buzz-killer to Khushi. One of them was narrating to her friends how she had won her ex-boyfriend back after she had been hanging around with someone on purpose just to make him jealous and she was gloating on her victory of having him back into her life.

At that moment, the worst ever thing clicked in Khushi's mind as she suddenly realised that all this time she was living in her own happy bubble which had just been burst. The idea that Arnav had purposely been hanging around with her lately to make Lavanya jealous cropped as a parasite in her mind, and she mentally slapped herself for having completely forgotten about Lavanya. The way Arnav had become such an important part of Khushi's life had actually made her forget about the fact that Lavanya and him were in a relationship. Amidst this, she remembered her conversation with Arnav the eve.

"Thank you for having sided with me all throughout" Khushi expressed.

"I had a selfish reason for doing this" Arnav said before leaving a curious Khushi who kept thinking about this particular sentence.

Trying to seek an answer to her endless list of questions, Khushi searched for Arnav until she spotted him in a silent corner behind a pillar. She tried to discover with whom Arnav was talking to, but there were so many people blocking her vision. She slowly approached Arnav and her heart nearly sunk when she heard Arnav say the three golden magical words to that person, who she impulsively assumed to be Lavanya.

Without even confronting him, she ran away in tears, when she suddenly bumped into NK who had a big smile plastered on his face, not yet observing that his best friend was crying.

"Khushi, I was looking for you. I need to tell you some important news" NK said, but when he noticed tears flowing down Khushi's cheeks, worry got the better of him "What happened? Why are you crying?"

"Nanhe, let me go. I want to be alone" Khushi said, stopping NK from blocking her path and running away from the party at such a quick pace that NK could not trace her back.

Khushi failed to realise that Arnav was in fact practising how to say a convenient 'I love you', and that he was in fact alone in a corner. He was nervous about the fact that he had to get it right when telling the woman he loved the most those three words. For the first time, he had found something so difficult to say, but he convinced himself that today no matter what, he had to say them to Khushi. When Arnav finally felt he was ready, he searched for Khushi on the dance floor, ignorant of the fact that she had left and NK soon approached him telling him about seeing Khushi walk out in tears, causing panic to overwhelm Arnav.

"Khushi was crying? But why?" Arnav asked, his voice getting a shaky tone as he got worried.

"She didn't say anything, just that she wanted to be alone. Arnav, she was really in a bad condition" NK revealed.

Arnav immediately phoned Gupta House thinking that she must have gone back home, but when Garima asked him whether Khushi was fine and when would they get back home, Arnav knew that Khushi was missing. He racked his mind thinking about where Khushi could have gone while NK tried his level best to ask everyone around whether they had seen Khushi. Suddenly Arnav finally thought that Khushi could be only there, and he told NK not to worry and that he knew where Khushi was. And Arnav immediately left for the one place where Khushi had told him she loved to be when she was worried… the lake as he murmured to himself.

"Khushi, you can never be far from me. Never. I don't know what happened to make you cry but I will make sure never to let tears ever to come into your eyes. And this is a promise made by a true lover"

Chapter 19 >>> You are the one meant for me ❤️

Note 1: Don't curse me for creating a MU pretty please 😳😆, that's why I am updating the next chapter very soon, either tomorrow night or Monday. See I am not evil 😛🤣

Note 2: And now the main note which might make you sad 😔 Many of you saw it coming. Yep, this FF is ending. I would have loved to continue writing but studies remain a priority, and am having my final semester as from Jan. 🥺 Chapter 19 should have technically been the last but am thinking of adding an epilogue to the fic. We will come to saying byes later 😭

Till then, enjoy reading and leave your comments 🤗

Awesome chapter tashu... :)

Res

aww!! poor khushi.. wish she confronted arnav...

Awesome update

great update loved it.

nice updatee...