The above song seems to be very apt for this story. Do hear it guys, it very melodious song and have english subtitles.

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Finally her classes started. The first day went smooth without much of a trouble. Only the first years were there in the college that day. Khushi got usual stares from people which she used to a lot. She lost count of people who have inquired about her lost leg. She masked her emotions when she saw the sympathetic and pity expressions on some students.

'Atleast it is better than getting bullied' she thought and went to her class.

Three fourth of her class consist of girls. Khushi sat on the front bench with some girls who were cordial with her. Khushi heard girls talking about the college fights, the ragging acts, various students and professors. That's how she came to know about a rebellious boy named Arnav who is a football player of Maharashtra State Team. She heard them referring him as an arrogant and rude person who got killer looks. When they mentioned about the fighting, she couldn't help but remember about the guy from the day of her admission. It was like those two eyes wanted to tell something to her.

'You are over thinking a lot Khushi.' she scolded herself and write down timetable. In her opinion the first day was tolerable without any teasing or bullying.

On the next day, the ragging started as the senior students came. Some of the seniors teased her for being an amputee. Khushi did give than apt reply from her years of experience and made them shut their mouth. Her act didn't go well with them and one of them asked her to take of her prosthetic leg.

"I can't take it off like that." Khushi told them.

"Admit that you are useless without your plastic leg. Cam you even move without it?" Asked one of the boy.

"I can move without it." Khushi said with determination.

"Ok, then prove it or else accept that you are useless." Shyam, one of their leader told her. Khushi know that it's useless to negotiate with this spoilt brats.

"Give me a some time and privacy to remove it." Khushi said and went to the room near by. She untied her prosthetic and came towards the door by jumping on a leg.

"Just go near to that wall and come back." Shyam said to her. Khushi felt like crying as she jumped slowly aiming the wall. She was about to fall when two hands held her tight. She raised her head and saw a pair of familiar eyes staring at her moist eyes.

Arnav couldn't believe that he is holding the owner of those eyes which kept flashing in his dreams. For a moment he got lost in her eyes and came back to reality when he heard the background noise. He let go of his hand and she clenched his hand for support.

"I'm sorry... It's kind of hard to stand on a leg." She told him with embarrassment.
That's when he noticed her missing leg and moist eyes.

"ASR why the hell are you helping her....come here and have some fun." Shyam invited him

Arnav looked at Khushi and moved away. She tried her best to balance but luck (or I should say unluck) was not on her side.
He saw her about to fall down and hold her. In the next moment, Arnav lifted her and walked towards the bench.

"What are you doing?? Put me down...I said put me..." Khushi saw him giving her an angry look which intimidated her.
She still remembered how he beat that guy on that day and right now she is in that same man's arms. Arnav made her sit on the bench and moved towards Shyam.

"ASR....What is this? You won't either rag nor let us rag anyone." Shyam completed his sentence and felt a hard slap on his cheek.

"ASR why the hell did you slap me?" Shyam asked his friend.

"Do you know how long I have been waiting for you in the club....you know I hate it when someone break promises."

"Club? When??" Shyam is clueless about this incident.

"Come to the club tomorrow..." Saying this Arnav left from there after giving a glance to Khushi. A confusedvShyam stood there not knowing why he slapped him.

"Ahhh, my cheek hurts a lot. Let's go to the canteen and put some ice on my cheek." Shyam told his friends.

"You know ASR gets angry when you fail to keep promises." Kunal said to Shyam who is also in Arnav's friend circle.
They all moved to the canteen. Khushi went to the room and worn her prosthetic leg. She couldn't forget the way he looked at her.

'On the way Arnav thought why he did that? Why he lifted her? Why he slapped Shyam and lied to him? Why did her teary eyes affected him?'
He got confused and her chocolate coloured eyes flashed in front of him.

Days passed, Khushi settled comfortably. Some of her classmates were cordial to her while other ignored her. She too didn't give a damn about those who ignored her. She got busy with her studies. Sometimes she found Arnav and his gang hanging out near her class.
She always felt that someone is watching her and when she look around she found none.

It was their freshers day. Everything is going smoothly until a final year guy named Rohit tried to mess the lunch set up. Khushi saw how the second year guys tried to rectify the situation and how he continue to be stubborn. That's when Arnav voice his opinion for which Rohit provoked him by dragging his family. She saw how Arnav tried his best to calm down his anger.

Everything collapsed when Rohit said something about his mother. The auditorium again witnessed a fight where both parties suffered equally. For that fight Arnav got one week suspension and Rohit got two week suspension.

Arnav joined back after one week. It's been two months since she has been in this college. She don't know why she can't kept herself away from his thoughts. She observed him a little and understood a little bit of him. She have never seen him trying to flirt or hit on any girls. It was like girls are non existent for him, which made her think that he may be into boys. He do tried a lot to control his anger and avoid fights, but when he provoked badly he retaliated with extreme rage. The one thing she hated most that he smokes a lot. She had seen him smoking twice or thrice regularly.

One day... Khushi got late to go home as she is in library referring things.
When she reached the bus station, it was kind of isolated. She waited for half an hour and there is no sign of any bus. Thats when Khushi noticed Arnav coming towards her on his bike.

"I will drop you home...road is blocked and you won't find any bus." Said Arnav and she acted like she didn't hear anything.

"I'm talking to you Khushi... Damn it get into the bike...I will drop you home safely." Khushi got shocked to know that he know her name.

"Thanks ASR...but i..."

"Arnav....that's my name." He replied.

"Ohhhh...hmm...thanks Arnav...but I can manage myself... I don't want your sympathy..." Hearing her reply Arnav felt anger brewing inside him and drove away from there without saying anything.

Another half hour passed, Khushi is still standing on the bus stop and got a call for her parents. She felt bad for making them worry about her. Arnav stopped his bullet in front of her and waited patiently.

Slowly she came forward and sat on the bike understanding that there is no way out from here. Arnav took hold of her crutch from her hand making her protest a bit.

"Where are you talking my crutch???"
She saw him hanging that safely on the side of the bike. Khushi said on side and tried to sit far away from him without touching him.

Throughout the journey she came close to him and held him by shoulder. Khushi noticed how he avoided humps on several roads. Khushi was about to show him the turning which will take her home, but he turned to that road even before she voiced it out.

She was confused when she saw him taking that turning to her home. She brushed away the thought assuming that his house may be on that same way.
Finally they reached near to her home, Arnav gave her the crutches.

"Thanks Arnav...hmm how do...." Arnav didn't let her finish the question androve away from there. Km

"How rude? I was going to ask him something and he just drove away like that. He is such a laadgovernor."
Saying this she walked towards her house.

Two weeks after Arnav dropped her home. Khushi is in the class while everyone went outside. She is trying to flew away a fly with her book. That book slipped from her hand and she tried to slap the fly with her hand. She found the fly sitting on somewhere and slapped it hard.

She felt a soft prickly sensation under her hand and understood everything.
She has slapped Arnav Singh Raizada on his cheek. Khushi glanced at him and on the next moment she fainted.

Arnav caught hold on her and admired her for a moment. He heard footsteps near him and made her lie on the bench. He came outside and told them that Khushi had fainted. They all rushed towards her and sprinkled water on her face.

As soon as she got conscious, he moved away from there as he know that she will get terrified seeing him. Khushi looked around for Arnav and one of them told her that Arnav told them that she fainted. She told them that she fainted because she had a headache.

As everyone moved away from there, Khushi stared at her right hand for a moment.

'Why the hell that ASR came on that moment itself? Can't that fly sit on somewhere else? It had to sit on his cheek, exactly on his cheek and no one else in this goddamn college. I don't know what he is going to do with me for that slap?'
Khushi sit there thinking about a solution while Arnav enjoyed her worried expressions.

'Ok, let's go and talk to him. It was a mistake and may be he will understand that.' Khushi consoled herself and quoted what to say to him.

After her class, Khushi searched for him and didn't find him in college. She came to know that he have already left for some match.

Next morning, Khushi came earlier than usual. She waited on the parking area to talk to him. Her classes will be starting within 5 minutes. So Khushi decided to walk towards her class when she heard the sound of his bullet.

She is in a total dilemma now.
'Should I talk to him now or attend the class? I think I will attend the class now and talk to him later.'

She told herself and is about to move from there when he called her.

Arnav saw her and have an idea why she is there.

"Hey you, come here." Arnav called her and Khushi know that he is calling her.
She acted like looking around and pointed herself looking at him.

"Yes you, come here." He called her.
Khushi walked towards him as he locked his bike.

"What are you doing here? You were supposed to be in your class at this time? Were you waiting for your boyfriend?"

"I don't have any boyfriend." Khushi replied back immediately.

"Well good to know that, then why are you here?"

"Hmmm....I'm sorry for yesterday sir."

"My name is Arnav."

"Ohh...ok...I'm sorry for yesterday Arnav Sir." Arnav bit his inner cheeks to put up a serious face.

"For what???" He asked her.

"For slapping you. I didn't do it intentionally, trust me Arnav sir. I was trying to flew away this fly and it sat on your cheek. I was so desperate to kill that fly and didn't realise that it was you. I hope it was a small slap too. I'm really sorry for that."

"So what do you want me to do?"

"I thought you will be taking revenge on me for slapping you." Khushi replied holding her book closer to herself.

"You want me to take revenge?"

"No Arnav sir,I didn't mean that way. I came here to apologise you. Whatever happened it was all because of that fly. If it would sit on some other place, it wouldn't have happened."

"Anyway, Arnav Singh Raizada takes revenge if someone hurt him. Let me give you a punishment for slapping me?" He told her.

"Punishment? Do you want to slap me in return of the slap I gave you?"

"Smile..." Arnav ordered her.

"What???" She gave him a confused look.

"I said smile..."

Khushi don't know what he is upto.
'Did I slap hard that he lost his mind?' Khushi thought and gave him a small smile.

"I want a bright smile." He said leaning onto his bullet. Khushi cursed him and gave him a bright smile.

"Not that bright, tone down a little." He instructed. Khushi closed her eyes in anger and smiled at him.

"Ok, that great. So whenever you see me today, you have to smile like this. Even if I'm not watching you, but if you find me in front of you, then you have to smile.
So start smiling from now... Don't try to leave early." He told her and took his bag. Khushi gave him a smile for a moment.

"Can I go now?" She asked him.

"Ask with a smile, then leave." He ordered her. Khushi gave him a tight smile and asked.

"Ok, you can go now."

Khushi started to walk towards the opposite direction of her class.

"Where are you going that way?" He asked her.

"By this time our professor have already started the class, he don't like anyone getting in when he is taking class."

"Repeat the same with a smile." He added making her anger. Arnav walked towards her as she repeated the sentences with a smile.

"Who is taking the class now?"

"Professor Goenka..." This time Khushi remembered to reply with a smile.

"Ok go stand near the history department. When you see your sir going out, get into the class."

"I don't know if he get out or not." She told him feeling confused.

"Smile???" Arnav questions her

"I don't know if he go out or not." She said giving him a sarcastic bright smile.

"Now, go and wait near the history department." He instructed her and Khushi moved towards that direction with a confused expression. Arnav called someone and instructed them to call Mr. Goenka for some work. Khushi saw Mr Goenka going out with a boy and went to her class.

On that day, Khushi found Arnav near her class. Khushi smiled looking at her book so that nobody suspect anything.
Arnav liked teasing her like that. Everytime she smiled at him, he felt something happening to him. Her smile brighten up himself.

Khushi kept smiling for the all day whenever she see his shadow. Her cheeks hurts from smiling when it is evening. Khushi rushed out of the college as soon as possible making him chuckle seeing her cute act.

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