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Arnav put her down and Khushi saw a faint beam of light coming from quite a distance. As they walked towards the light, she saw some houses made of bricks and sheeted roof. They reached near to the area and a man come towards Arnav.

"Saab, you came as you promised." That man greeted Arnav and he nodded, turning his head towards Khushi.

"Khushi this is Madhu, his father is the head of this community. Madhu, this is Khushi..." Arnav in

"You both come and join us." Madhu invited them.

"We are with the Koli tribe, today is their full moon festival." Arnav let her know.

"How do you know them?"

"Madhu is a forest guide and I often come here. One day I saved him from falling from a cliff and since then we are kind of close. They are a bunch of nice people."

"Do they have to travel through the forest always?" She asked curiously.

"No, that's a short cut from the river bank. There is a road which leads to their village, but we have to go on the other way." Khushi nodded her head and walked with him.

They welcomed Khushi with their traditional customs. They applied sandal thilak and fed her honey. Khushi didn't notice a drop of honey sticking near to her lips. Arnav wiped that with his finger and licked that from his finger.

"It tastes good." He commented while she stood there shocked by his act. She thanked yehweh as they were alone at that time. She tried to wipe any leftovers near her mouth.

"There is nothing left...unfortunately." He said with a wink. She turned her head to the other side trying to control her heart beats. Khushi heard some children gathering around Arnav calling his name.

"Bhaiyya, did you buy that book you promised me?" One of the girl asked Arnav.

"What about our football?" Another boy enquired.

Arnav take out the books and other things from his bag. He gave that to the children and looked at them.

"I hope you all won't disappoint me with your studies."

"Never" They all promised him. Khushi was shocked and amusement to see this side of him.

"Bhaiyya, who is this didi with you?" A little girl about six year old asked him.

"She is Khushi, she is here to be your didi." He replied kneeling a bit.

"Are you here for us?" One of the boy asked tugging her hand. Khushi nodded her head and stroked that boy's head.

"What happened to you? Why do you have crutch?" One of them asked seeing her standing with a crutch.

"It is because I lost my leg in an accident. I need this to walk properly." She replied with a smile and saw him looking at her.

"You know, even though she doesn't have a leg,she is the topper in their class. I want all of you to be like her. You all have two legs, two hands, eyes ears and nose... So try to be like your Khushi didi and study well." Turning towards the children he adviced them.

"So she is the role model you promised to bring." One of them asked him.

"Yup, she is the one." He said looking at her. Never in her life, Khushi thought that she will be a role model for someone. Here, he introduced her to be their role model, adviced them to be like her. Her eyes got filled with tears.

"Why are you crying didi?"

"I'm soo happy to meet you all. They are tears of happiness." She said wiping away her tears and smiling at them. That's when a teenage girl come there.

"Bhaiyya, when did you come?" That girl asked him.

"Few minutes earlier." Arnav said to the girl standing in front of him.

"Bhaiyya brought us a role model. Her name is Khushi didi." A little girl told to the teenager. Arnav turned to Khushi and introduced the girl standing infront of them

"Khushi, meet the first ever MBBS student of this community Ms. Komal."

Komal

"And Komal, this is Khushi." He said placing his hand over Khushi's shoulder. Komal greeted Khushi with a smile.

"The feast will start soon. I came here to call you. Come with me." Komal took Khushi's hand and took her to the dining area. Khushi sat down next to Arnav.

"Arnav, thanks for bringing me here." He eyes beamed with happiness which is reflected in her face.

"I want a sweet thank you instead of this thanks you just given me. Don't worry, I will collect it later myself." He whispered into her ear and winked at her. She understood the hidden meaning and wetted her lips.

"You are too intelligent Khushi." He said eyeing her lips. Their trance is broken by Madhu.

"Saab, will she have our food?" He asked Arnav to which she replied politely.

"I will surely have your food Madhuji..." She smiled making him feel delightful

The feast consist of many vegetable curries along with plain rice. They served a corn meal dish which is slow cooked in a deliciously aromatic wild leaf called ahona.

For desert they served them wild gooseberry preserved in honey.

After the feast, they had a small dance program. Komal insisted Khushi to change dress and dance with them. She tried to deny, but the children made her agree. She is taken into a hut and worn their dress over her dress along with some flower ornaments. Khushi come to know about Komal's story at that time. How Arnav saved her from child marriage and promised to be her sponsor. She didn't imagine him to be a guy who will do such things. He don't take his studies seriously, but here he is already a sponsor of a medical student.

Arnav is blown away by Khushi who looked stunning in the attire along with the flowers adorning her.

He watched how Khushi danced with them clapping her hands and slowly moving around. She looked so carefree as she danced with the children.

After having fun for an hour, Khushi got tired and sat next to Arnav. He kept staring at her making her blush.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked in a low voice.

"The flowers...it looks beautiful." He teased her making her shook her head with a smile.

"Here try this..." Arnav offered her a plate full of fruits.

"These are some wild fruits...it's safe to eat." He told her as he eyed her to tastes it.Khushi tried bush plum first

"It was sooo sweet." She enjoyed the wild taste of the fruits.

"Isn't it tomato???" She held a tomato like fruit in her hand.

"No, it is called Tendu or divine fruit..." He told her. Then she had the Butter fruit or mahua which is very sweet.

"Arnav. It's soo sweet." She said relishing the taste of egg fruit.

"Sweet it is" Arnav said looking at her lips which made her blush. Once she had the fruits she realised that they have to go back to the camp.

"Arnav, we should go now. What if someone gets up and find out that both of us are missing." She asked with concern.

"They won't woke up for 3 - 4 hours. Don't worry."

"How do you know that?"

"You are the topper, figure it out."

Khushi recalled everything that happened in the camp and her eyes got widen realising what happened.

"You mixed something in the food, don't you?" Arnav get up not wanting to answer her question.

"Arnav, you shouldn't have done something like this...what if someone comes to know about it." She asked walking towards him.

"Madhu I want to talk to her in private for a minute." Arnav informed Madhu.

"Sure Saab, please use that house." He pointed at a house closer to them. Arnav entered the room along with Khushi.

"Arnav, what if someone came to know about it?"

"Nobody will come to know about anything."

"But Arnav..." Next moment Khushi is caged between him and the wall. He held her hand on both sides as They continue to gaze at each other's eyes.

"Trust me... We are safe... nobody will come to know about it." He assured her and she nodded her head.

"Arnav, but.." Her words got disappeared into his mouth as he kissed her passionately. Arnav asked her to calm down through the kiss. She can only feel his lips on her and his hands holding her hands up.

"Everything is taken care off Khushi, dont worry." He said breaking the kiss and she nodded her head. He brought her hand and kissed her knuckle assuring her that everything will be fine.

******

They left from there and walked back to the camp. They reached the waterfall and went to the other side in the coracle.

"Arnav, can we sit her for some time?" Khushi asked him.

"Come" He held her hand in his hand. They sat on the river bank dipping their legs in the water. They sat there silently absorbing the beauty of the nature. It is Khushi who break the silence between them.

"You know, when you told me about this camping trip, I was nervous and excited. Excited that I will get a chance to explore something which I always wanted. Nervous about troubling others due to my disability. Along with that my fear of water, made it worse." She said leaning her head on to his shoulder.

"What is the story behind your fear?" He asked entwining their fingers.

"I was in 4th standard, we went to a trip to some park. I was coming out of the shell after the accident. One of my classmate pushed me into water and I couldn't do anything... I passed out and when I opened my eyes I was in hospital. From then, I'm afraid of water."

"Do you have any other fears?"

"Because of that accident I'm afraid of speed...I feel like I'm experiencing that moment whenever the vehicle moves soo fast." She pause for a moment and continued.

"When we went to rafting I was afraid, but I know that you won't let anything happen to me. I loved the whole river rafting experience. Then this whole trip, I won't ever forget it in my life. This is the most beautiful day in my life. Thanks for giving me such an awesome day." Khushi said hugging him, by wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Thanks for taking me to the village...I would like to help that children as much as I can." Saying this she looked at his eyes and lean forward, placing her lips on his lips. This is the first kiss she have initiated. She took his lower lips and nibbled it. He placed his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
He liked the way her arms massaged his neck.

"Arnav." She mumbled his name which made him take in charge. He kissed her passionately making her moan. They broke apart and he placed his forehead on her forehead while looking at her eyes.

"We should return back Khushi. Come on." He told her and placed a kiss on her forehead. They returned back to their tent after a few minutes.

*******

'Khushi moaned his name as Arnav showered kisses on her neck. Her hands wandered on his back. She kept chanting his name over and over again. She screamed out his name as they composed the age old rhythm of love.'

Arnav woke up with a jolt and find himself turned on by the dream he had.
He shook his head and tried to calm himself down.

Khushi heard other students calling her out and opened her tent.

"Khushi, what happened? Today you woke up very late." One the girl asked Khushi.

"What happened Ms. Gavriel, did you went for looting last night?" Arnav teased her for which she gave an angry glance.

"Don't take his words serious Khushi, ASR is like that." Another girl told Khushi. She told them that she was having a headache and took a nap.

******

The students got ready to leave. There is a photo session remaining. Arnav and Akash arranged everyone in the row and set the camera. They switched on the timer and ran back to stand in the row. Arnav stood beside Khushi making her smile.

Arshi along with Akash and Shyam followed the other, walking behind them.
After walking a few distance, Arnav asked Akash and Shyam to go ahead.
It's just Arnav and Khushi left behind.

"What did you say in the morning??? That I went for looting people... You very well know what all we did."

"No, I forgot about it. enlighten me then?" Arnav teased her while he walked forward with her in his arms. He waits for her reply and didn't got one. So he decided to take things in his hand.

"Did that include something soft??" He said looking at her face.

"Juicy...Moist." He lowered his eyes at her lips.

"No...nothing." She stammered looking at him. He lightly pecked her lips and continued to walk. Finally they entered the bus after that little journey in the jeep.

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Precap

"I want to go home Arnav."

"No, you are not going without answering me."

"I'm not answerable to you... If you don't want to drop me, I will go by myself."

Saying this, she took her bag and started walking away from him

******

"You don't want anyone to know about us because you already have a girlfriend."

"What????"

"I know the truth... I heard Akash talking with Shyam regarding your girlfriend. I realised that I'm just a dirty little secret which you don't want to reveal? Or is it my body you fantasizes for?" She asked him with tear filled eyes.