"Magic is not in glitter and sparks. Real magic doesnt need to be"...
CHAPTER 1
arnav singh raizada, at the age of 21; a lieutenant in the indian army was more than what he called happy..
hitting an hour at the gym at almost 5 in the morning with big , rugid black headphones extending across his lean but extremely desirable nape ,arnav almost grinned to himself...
he remembered the day he broke the news of him being selected in the army to his father...to say that he was surprised yet furious wont defintely be an understatement..
he was snapped out of his review when akash playfully pulled out his earplugs
"grinning to ourselves again are we raizada?" smirked akash while throwing an apple towards him,, who was undoubtedly one of his closest friends here at the course..
completely ignoring him arnav threw the apple right back at akash and stood up from the rug...and started throwing stuff out of his specified gymnasium bag to find a towel
"you know arnav, as much as i appreciate your effort of shamelessly and delibrately wearing these almost non-existant track shirts to flaunt your arms, i m afraid my friend, you wont find a single women here at the camp to try your famous charm" grinned akash.
acknowleding his presence for the first time in nearly 10 minutes,arnav turned towards him after carefully drying up himself
"i m assuming you are punished yet again by captain roy for being late this morning. Which excites me abby , oh my! you wont be allowed to dine with us is it? "replied arnav cheekily
akash groaned to himself "dont freaking call me that!"
"why? because your sweet,sexy girlfriend at home does so ?" replied arnav while putting all the dumbells in the rack
"cut the bloody crap out raizada...your pathetic attempt at teasing me makes me miss her even more" sighed akash
"awww ,the baby misses home no?" imitated arnav ,in the perfectly absurd tone trying to match payal-akash,s charming...no wait extremely charming girlfriend.
eying him annoyingly akash stood up "darn! i hate u so much.which reminds me ,i was here for that black shirt"
amused ,arnav shook his head and sat down on the floor ,stretching again
"soo mr malhotra is finally not being punished for being late...score!
go hunt it yourself moron,i am off for a run and will call ma on my way."
stomping his foot more forcefully than required,akash saluted arnav just the way they salutated their seniors and with a wink he was out of the tent..
Home , sighed arnav was the only thing that he awfully missed right now and
Even if he didnot want to admit,he missed those hazel ,soft and illuminous eyes even more since that night...
The night which should have been fine with a moon in the sky and a crisp sharp promise of frost in the air but it wasn't ..Instead it was the wind that whispered sweet nothings in his ear from the tangeled woods.,running airy fingers over his unshaven face ,...
'Khushi' Arnav Singh raizada softy whispered to himself and for the first time in 6 months acknowledged what effect this particular name created on him..
It was going to be an interesting holiday this year.
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