Chapter -36
PART 2
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Khushi, gave the second slow knock, worrying if Arnav slept already. She tried to give the third one, when he opened the door.
He was wearing green V tsshirt full sleeves and black pant and was a holding small alcohol tin in his left hand.
“You are drinking again?”
“You came to enquire that?”
“No Sorry. I need your help”
Arnav raised his eyebrows in question.
“Wo actually, my laptop was all working fine till evening and suddenly it’s not starting now”
“So?”
“I mean, I have a presentation tomorrow and I don’t have backup also”
“So?”
“Arey can you come and see please?”
“You are an engineer I suppose?”
“I tried, but you know these hardware stuff, and at these moments, dimaag ki batti gull ho jaati hai..”
“Can you please come and check?.” She requested in soft gesture which made impossible for arnav to ignore her plead. Khushi smiled and then looked towards tin in his hand and then swallowed a lump.
“Whaat?” ARnav asked in confusing tone.
“Wo alcohol?”
“So?”
“I mean, sorry are you drunk?”
“I am looking like drunk? “
“No, but just being cautious about” her lips were drifting
“Cautious about?” he narrowed his gaze to look at her shimmering words. He observed carefully, she was wearing black short sleeve tshirt and aqua blue dotted pajama. Hairs left open.
“I get scared of people who are dunk!. I mean i hear cases of rape etc n,men abusing women when drunk.”
““Wait a min, So you think that since I am drinking,I would do to you something?! Seriously. ?”
“Nahi nahi..I mean in general. Waise I know karate stuff and all..and I have pepper spray also always with me…So no one can do any harm to me. ”
And for khushi ‘s surprise, Arnav could possibly least control his laugh and her amusement. He wanted to pull her leg more. But suddenly, khushi jumped and shouted in fear while walking towards her room.
“What happened?”
“I felt something flying?”
“oh , look like you need one big dose!”
“Kuch bhi?”..She replied, her eyes moving in all directions wondering about what she sensed. She did feel something flying.
She opened the room of the door with a single unlock.
”Please come”
The next moment arnav eyes were in hell blow when he entered the room.
“What the!...what have you done?”
“What happened?” Khsuhi looked puzzled seeing at him.
Arnav could see a pink bedsheet wrapped up on the bed, pink pillow cover , the towel was left on the couch. Bed was filled with documents,and some stuffs. Mini pouches, eatable packets on table, chips packet half opened! And not to miss the background music…”Jai jai shiv shankar .kanta lagena kankar…...”
“nothing!” He replied making a startling face and turned his gaze again to see her pinkie setup. Khushi looked at his eyes direction.
“if we do our own setup, wo apnapan lagta hai..and I was not getting sleep, so my fav Kishore kumar is giving me company you see”
“Don’t bother.”
Khushi went near the table, where she placed a laptop connected with charger. I don’t know what went suddenly wrong. Arnav tried to switch on, it was not starting. He removed the batteries, did some force restart and 5 mins of hardware analysis and then he logged on, and then boom!..it switched on..
“Last time, immediately I logged on, it went blank.” She was quick to reply
His took of his hands when he saw the Login-password page and gestured her to type. When she bent her body to type, her hairs were falling slightly making their way towards his face. Her soft hands touched his masculine hands. A sense of trigger pulling inside, HE might have touched thousand such beautiful hands knowingly, but why there was a sense of blood rushing around all veins forcefully.
“Aap waha dekhiye”
“As if I care?” Arnav gotup from chair, hard time for him, his harmones shooting up.
she immediately typed - “DeviMayya129Khushi2345
“Thankuuuuuuuuuu. It is working” She jumped in happiness
“Fine”- He nodded and retraced his steps to move towards door when he heard khushi blaring
“ aaa” Khushi kept her hand on her open mouth, enlarging her eyes in jolt
“what now?”
“wo wo wo wo” Khsuhi pointed her hands in his direction
“Any problem?,
“Cock ck Co Cockroach!..wo aapke tshirt ke peeche”
“what the hell?” Arnav fussed around and walked towards large mirror and looked himself turning sideways and saw a giant black roach. Arnav tried to push it with his hand, but his hands were not reaching.He tried few attempts , but cockroach did not move an inch !. “What the” He again tried to wrape his tshirt, but alas looks like Cockroach was attracted towards him!, Khushi smiled seeing the view. Arnav did not miss that, and he barked. “Can you take that way?”
“Whaat?”
“You heard it right!, “
Khsuhi came near to him nervously and turned to face his back“
“ chu chu chu ” She was making actions flying her hand off in air.
“choooo”
“Cockroach ko aise bhagate hai?” Arnav spoke in an irritative tone seeing the way she was making the sound.
“Mr Raijyada, to be honest, I can face the lizard, the tiger anything,but not the cockroach. Muje sach mein bahut dar lagta hai.”
Arnav made a face. “Kidding? But where the hell did it come from?”
“Remember while coming, I told you, I had seen something flying off”and then she immediately kept her hand on mouth in tension.
“Mr Raijyada, do you think its flying cockroach?
And to surprise her, cockroach answered khushi’s question that he could fly with a little swing of his wing. Woaila!..It jumped and came exactly near Arnav collar
“ouuuuu….Mr Raijyada, aapke side mein….near your left shoulder.”
Arnav looked to his left side to see the giant one, which was sitting at the attacking position facing towards arnav cheek bone. It’s antennae twitching with menace as if Little creature’s mind voice yelling at Arnav- “yo bro, I am coming for u”,
“Mr raijyada, for sure, it’s a male!. thatsy its attacking you,!. ,
“Bullet Raja, Types na..See its antenaee..!” Khushi eyes excited seeing the view.
Arnav was now already annoyed; he looked from his eyes corner. The cockroach eyes were facing him straight. It’s too big nostrils head pointing as if it was about to further making its movement. Before that, arnav triggered his hand and pushed away with the flury of hand and boom! It came on her bed. Khushi jolted around in disgust and screamed one of those inward chest screams
“No!!.. ye kya kiya apne. On my bed??!”
And now it was Arnav turn to beam. “Have a good night sleep Miss Gupta, with your Bullet Raja.” He waved her bye…and stopped after 2 steps…” ahh...and I should remind you, it has good flying skills,” he curved his lips and was making his way towards door, when she rushed towards him. “Arey , how can you do that. Please I can’t sleep with that thing in my room. I hate its body..Please bhaga dijiye…please…its flying one.” She was speaking occasionally glancing towards her bed being uneasy, where cockroach has positioned itself on bed peacefully. Arnav did not show any reaction.
“Dehiye, cockroach was with you, aapke sath chalkar aaya hai, you have to take it out!”
“Was it a command? He was turning around.
“Plz. God promise, I literally can’t sleep if it’s around near me. It is a request” she was wamping like a kid,
“ Stoppp. I will call the hotel staff, shift to new room”
“aap bhi cockroach sai darte hai kya?”
Arnav furiously looked at her.
“I mean aap hi bhaga dijiye phir to, Kyu abhi room change. I have to again pack the stuff. It is already so late na”
It boiled him down, and then he walked towards her bed to take that off, but it flown and sat on wall above bed. You see, it was a nice player. The three of them finally had a standoff. Cockroach did not move,neither did they.
“Mr raijyada, whats the plan, how will we catch?”
Arnav picked the pillow which was on bed and went to push it down when it suddenly moved up higher.
“This cockroach is assaulting us Mr Raijyada”
“What do you think its next attack would be?” she continued
“Mr Raijyada, have you studied the Cockroach dissection in your grades?It was horrible for me in practical lab session!”
He gave her infuriating look, “Take this!,” he handed over the pillow. “Climb on bed from there , push it, I will trash it in this bag”
“No!!…Both of us on bed? Khushi tugged her tongue, “I mean, to say..We can’t both stand on bed at same time!”
“why don’t you help yourself then!” he frowned his eyebrows clearly not understanding what she was trying to tell.
“ I mean, agar hum dono aise attack kare from bed aur bed agar toot(broke) gaya to?”
“Whaat?”
“I have seen in many films and serials..Whenever two people jump, its gets bust and both hero , heroine fall on each other”
“Are you really serious?”
“Yes.! What if it gets broken?”
“Shutupp and hold this”
They both climb on one each side of bed , . Khushi took the pillow and tried to push towards him on ground towards Arnav side, but cockroach being over smart than both of them, flying at a speed of 100miles per sec, sat on bed and rushed inside the blanket.
“What did I tell you?, You should have pushed at my direction!” Arnav frustrated , took the blanket from bed slowly, but it was not there.
“surprise attack again? !” This dude is giving hard time finding him na.
Khushi jumped from bed, trying to look towards blanket arnav was holding,,but out of surprise she looked towards the table where the music from player was getting played. The thunder sound of musical chords beat her heart fast, because she realized what song was coming next.
She went to stop the player. Meanwhile Arnav withered the blanket on ground and cockroach slipped on the floor near khushi. Erring on the side of caution, he edged cautiously past it towards the corner of the table, only for the cockroach to make an abrupt right turn. Arnav immediately grabbed the teacup from near the table and came towards it to cover when his legs jerked on soft blanket , he lost balance, he held khushi, she lost balance of sudden slip of Arnav.
“aaaaa ooocchhh” .his hand were in fast motion and he kept the tea cup on cockroach and spoke ‘Ufff! Finally your bullet raja got arrested” Little did he realize he was lying on Khushi..
Khushi was already feeling the heat of the body. Arnav realized in next second, that he was lying on her, he looked towards her face, which equally looked shock. His body touch on him was like an electric shock, forcing her heart to pound. For Arnav it was no different, the touch sent a tremor of fire through him, and he was uncomfortable to feel his hormones stir inside him.
Stillness of the ambiance and now they overheard the song playing at the background.
“Roop tera mastana,
pyar mera deewana ,
bhool koi hamse na ho jaaye..
Raat akeli mast sama hai,
door hi rehna paas na aana…”
Suddenly in that silence of moment, only the music was binding the walls and them.
Raat nasheeli, mast sama hai
Aaj nashe mai, saara jahan hai
Haaye sharabi mausam behkaaye
Arnav hesistated , pulled his body slowly, He felt cold as soon as he stepped away, and the urge to touch her again thrummed trough his body. But he drifted away from her soon controlling his sudden rise of mixed feelings. Khushi motioned her eyes here and there and then looked towards him, with the discomfort suddenly arising.
Ye kishore kumar ji bhi na,wrong time pai entry marte hai..”. She traced her path to stop the player when she sensed Arnav was making his way towards door.
“Thanku so much” She said in her sweet soft tone.
He turned and gave a soft smile, but the attraction was too much, the desire was least to ignore, he retreated his steps towards her again. Khushi was surprised seeing him suddenly coming back.
“Mr Raijyada?”
He did not reply and was forwarding his steps, while she placed her steps backwards .The intensity in his eyes was something different, her eyes In disapproval for what may come. She kept retracing her steps backward and stopped at edge of the table.
Aankho sai aankhe milti hai aise,
Bechain hoke toofan mein jaise,
Bhool koi hamse na hojaaye
Khushi, was in her full conscious of her mind- “Mr raijyada, I said you , I know even kick boxing. why are you suddenly....”Khushi spoke but was not able to frame any sentence, when Arnav stopped close enough for their bodies to touch , as she breathed in too deeply
“Which one? The heel hock kick or foot jab? “he asked in his husky tone
“aaa?”
“Kick boxing !? You see, I am Black belt owner!” Arnav sneered
Khushi raised her curves. She shivered her lips and spoke “I have pepper spray”
“Too late you see. Your bag is at other end” He curved his lips
“Mr raijyada. How can you do this?” As much as she hated herself for telling it, her mind and body were somewhere demanding for his touch to calm her rising hormonal levels. She hasped, the heat and energy of his closeness was making her quake. Beats rising hard, Khsuhi closed her eyes anxiously, clutched the end of her dress tightly as Arnav came closer.
Arnav slightly curved his body, lifted his arm, which crossed her cheek, and then took his beer tin which he had kept on the edge of the table near the laptop.
He smirked seeing her shiver. Khsuhi realized he came back to take that,
“Relax .You see I am a good actor” He winked.
“Good Night Ms Gupta”He walked away without turning back leaving khushi in almost nervous state. “uffffff”
Rok raha hai hamko jamana,
Dur hi rehna , paas naaana,
Kaise magar koi dil ko samjhaye???????????
Life is a collection of moments..some happy, some sad n some unforgettable…
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PART 2 ends:
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How was it?
Fingers crossed.
I know most of you may want to know how the things will progress after khushi returns to India, but as i said...not before few ARSHI moments...
Waiting for your reviews, comments as usual.
Still, a long next day and a long night is pending..kya lagta hai...kya hoga?
Love, stay safe and tc..
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