Wh-What? Arnav asked not believing what this crazy head just suggested him.

What did you just say?

He had literally his jaws dropped and was finding it hard to grasp.

Khushi gave him an amused look with her flared nose and pointing her fingers at him said-

I said rather I am ordering, we both will run away.

And then squealing in her Sankadevi style beamed-

Yay!
We will be spared from this marriage fiasco.

He kept staring at her and then huffing, puffing and gritting his teeth spoke-

Are you...

And like always, before he could complete, Khushi, herself appreciated-

Yea, yea, I am crazy.

And then continued with her master plan-

Now listen, we both will run away and return after the auspicious time passes.

Wow! I am so intelligent. She said dancing her shoulders and all he could do was stare at his bride helplessly.

God! Where is he stuck?

His thoughts broke when he found Khushi standing on her toes and wounding her hands on his shoulders like friends and said-

You would have been so lucky if you have married me only if...

Unknowingly Arnav was way too interested in listening to her blabber and hav8ng her this close, ignoring the important issue to be taken care of.

Only if? He asked with a sweet smile to which for the first time Khushi gawked at him with little mushiness and heard a tiny Dhak-Dhak.

Nothing. She said quickly reverting her hands and making him feel disappointed.

She started pacing the length of the room much to Arnav's amusement and ordered the way he commands his employees-

Now, listen Chote, before anyone comes here, we should run away.

He fumed at her. Even after all these, she is still stuck at running away

Standing right in front of her, he declared-
I am not running anywhere that too with a kinder garden baby.

The way he addressed her made Khushi open her mouth wide and then retort.

Ofcourse, how can she not?

Did you just call me a kinder garden baby? She asked in an intruding way which seemed funny and cute to Arnav who said-

What else can I call you if you behave like one?

He rolled his eyes and next second found himself being pulled by the tiny creature infront of him by his collar who shouted-

Chottttttttteeeeeeeee
How dare you insult me?

In a fraction, he switched the position now clutching her wrist strongly yet tenderly and said in an annoyed way-

Ugh!
Stop call...

And tada, she stopped him again.

She clutched his collar again even though his hands had still clutched her wrists and declared with a shout-

You stop ordering me.
You are running away with me and that's finalllllllllll.

He left her considering how loud her voice was and moving backwards almost pleaded-

Ahh!
Stop!
Stop tearing my ear drums.

And then a horrified

What the..

Left his mouth when he found the tiny, petite frame dragging him till the window with all her might and even though he could have stopped her, he chose to be dumbstruck and shout just like she did few minutes ago-

Leave me.
Help!
This girl is crazy.

The moment they reached the window and she started thanking her Devi Maiya, she heard his order-

We are not jumping, you hear me?

Ohh! Here comes the Chote, dare order me.

She thought and then announced her decision as well-

Fine, you won't come with me?

Final? She asked him once again finding him way ignorant and taking her too lightly.

She flared her nose at him at his ignorance and said-

Then, I am going. I AM RUNNING and the Harvard return Chote can't stop me.

He raised his eyebrows in a challenging way and she returned the same expressions except for the raised eyebrow.

Ohh! One thing Khushi Kumari Gupta couldn't do was raising her eye brows, the way Hunky Arnav Singh Raizada used to do.

Nevertheless!

She smiled in mockery at him and asked-

You know why?

To which came his faint, husky

Why?

Which was more than enough to rule her senses and increase her acidity and DHAK-DHAK for the second time.

But then, the SankaDevi inside her poked her to which Khushi frowned and giving-in to the plan, shrieked-

Shit!
Mumma.

Much to dismay, neither ASR nor Arnav and not even Chote could be saved from falling in the trap.

He turned towards the gate and  finding no one over there and realising that the door was actually closed, he turned with a gritted

Whaaaaaat?

Which got converted into

What the hell?

As he saw the place where she was standing to be vacant.

Peeking from the window, he  saw her standing down and the moment her eyes met his, she twinkled with a wide grin and giving a flying-kiss to him turned to leave with luggage in one and her teddy in the other hand.

Horrified to the core, Arnav shouted a loud

Stop.

To which she stopped and turning back again gave him a teasing smile.

Khushi. He addressed her dangerously to which she cooed-

See you Mr. Chote.

Have a happy wedding.

She turned again to walk-away and here he was doing nothing but raking his hairs.

Seeing her going, he clenched his fist and next with a

Ugh, Dammit!

He jumped from the window and landed just behind her who was walking with a turtle's motion.

She turned back grinning delightfully. She very well knew she won't leave her alone, she is that matured to understand a person after talking to him for a while and that's why she took the risk and advantage.

Dusting his clothes, he stood up looking deliciously handsome with his fine tendrils falling on his forehead and Khushi's grin started cutting shot with her heart fluttering loud.

Hey Devi Maiya!
What is this so very strange and horrifying feeling?

She never felt it before all these years.

Even her favourite and all time crush Barun couldn't manage to make her heart flutter like this, then how can her groom whom she had straightely rejected for a very VALID reason can do so?

Ugh! Now this is worth eating lots of panipuri and then running the brain.

Uh-Oh!
Her Chote seems so angry though he had jumped behind her.

She needs to pacify him and make him understand her point.

But how?

And will be understand actually?

To be continued..

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