Chapter 5
PRECAP:
"Really?...oh poor soul, I would never have guessed...ok, Thank you...I will go do that right now," said Khushi happily and walked up right next to Arnav and yelled into his ear,"COME EAT THE JALEBI WHILE ITS HOT!!!"
Arnav jolted around, at the loud reception. He stared down at the vulnerable human who had dared to yell in his ear.
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And they looked at each other, spellbound...
Just as the lonesome traveller, who has journeyed far and wide, across the Blazing Sands of Time, in search of his goal, stands stunned to finally make it home! To the world, the traveller stood stunned, but it was only the traveller himself who knew that he didn't stand there stupfied, BUT infact, he stood there drinking in the sight of his destination.
His throat parched, his tongue begging for the soothing respite which could only be provided by the cooling stream of water...And yet, the traveller drinks through his eyes, his very first respite to his soul...
And just like that...
Just like that, Arnav and Khushi stood. Standing at an arms length from each other, and yet were drunk by each other. Their thirst so vast, and the distance so little, and yet they too stood still, each drinking in the sight of the other...their first respite to their soul...
But, time couldn't stand still for any man, regardless of how much it wishes to halt...and so...
From the corner of his eye, Arnav caught some movements, unwillingly disturbed and willingly giving in to the safe recesses of his mind...he raised his head up, ever so slightly...
It was Sid!!!
Sid was doing hand signals to Arnav, pointing at Khushi and then to ear and then back to Khushi and then raising his hand up high in the air!!!
His momentary lapse in control, now regained, he was back to his original self.
Arnav hated loud noises, and Sid's hand signals frustrated him even further. Arnav thought," what the?...Has Sid finally lost it!! Why is he pointing to this girl and then to his ear and then raising his hands high up and then giving that sad look...what does he mean?..."
Just then,...quite predictably, Khushi descided she had stared and had actually gaped like a fish out of water at the stranger long enough...and that she should do something, ...anything, she descided that maybe she hadn't yelled loud enough (since the stranger hadn't moved an inch), so she mustered up all her strength, took a deep breadth in, and screamed at the top of her lungs,"JALEBI IS HOT...NICE TO EAT IT NOW" ...and just like that she became out of breadth again.
And thats when Sid's lame attempt at hand sign language made sense to Arnav...Khushi is deaf!!!
Arnav's anger dissipated immediately, he was quiet now. Humbled, he looked at Khushi, again. She is deaf, and thats why she yelled!! he told himself. He felt mortified at himself for even thinking of getting angry at her. So he did, what he had never done before.
Arnav, the disguised Angel, took a deep breadth, filled his lungs with air to its full capacity, and yelled as he had never yelled before,"OKAY...THANK YOU...I LOVE JALEBI'S...
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Sid, Mansi, Payal and Aakash had eagerly watched Khushi yell at Arnav! They knew that Arnav hated loud noises.
Mansi gave a reproachful look at Sid, and Sid just grinned back at her. He knew what he wanted to do, and he wasn't going to let go of this rare opportunity of pulling a prank on Arnav. And so, he stood up, and started to wave his arms like a mad man at Arnav...
And Arnav did glance at him, he signalled to him, making attempts to tell him that Khushi was deaf and that he needed to talk louder and ended his acting with a sad puppy-dog face.
Mansi, Payal and Aakash were shocked at this turn of event. Mansi quickly pulled at Sid's hand and made him bend down to their level.
"Sid!! You idiot...what the hell are you upto?" whispered Mansi desperately and angrily at being pulled into another one of Sid's mischievious moments.
"Shh...just play along...and Aakash, buddy...its pay time..." said Sid in his hushed tone to Aakash.
"what do you mean "pay time"?, asked Aakash.
"Oh...you know...back when you had met Payal...and everytime you needed your messages to be passed...and I did the role of post man...THAT...so its pay time...you, my man Aakash are not going to tell your best bud Arnav that Khushi is not deaf...and will keep all this conversation mum...understood...", replied Sid.
and thus, Aakash, Payal, Mansi and Sid watched eagerly as the Yelling-Conversation Match began...
To Arnav, Khushi was deaf...and to Khushi, Arnav was deaf...his friends will yell too, ...and to anyone watching from the outside, it would really appear that there was most definitely atleast one deaf person present, if not more...
And above them, the thunder rumbled...and if one were to listen, really closely, he/she would be able to make out God laughing along too...
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I am Super, oompa loompa Sorry for ignoring this story for so long...I am back now...my mind cleared...As a token of my attempt to make peace, please accept this late update...
I hope you all enjoy reading this chapter... and please do let me know what you thought of it...and if anyone really likes it and wants me to inform them when its updated next...PM me...and comment too...
Edited by s-576 - 12 years ago
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