KHUSHI

I looked at Aria as she pulled a chair and settled down opposite me, staring at me nervously as if she dint know what to say, she just kept on staring at me for a while until she finally spoke up.

"I know this must be hard for you, I mean cancer is a big thing and Shrey kept the news from you but I hope you understand that he was just worried for you.

Now I am here as your doctor and I want you to know that I'll do the best, I'll do all I can to help you fight this disease, but there's one thing also and that is, you have to be really strong Khushi, okay?" She smiled at me.

I nodded positively not really knowing what to say, technically she was the girl I thought my husband was cheating on me with and now even though I knew that he wasn't cheating on me, there was just some kind of dislike I had towards her.

I'm sure everyone is familiar with the feeling, mostly the girls out there, at times we end up disliking someone for no actual reason at all, and this was one of such times for me, she was my doctor and I disliked her, what a combination.

"So tell me Khushi, do you have any questions? Anything that has you worried, you can ask me anything." she smiled brightly.

"Nothing." I nodded negatively while she still kept on staring at me, well to be honest I had so many questions in my mind, the most important one was, was I going to survive? But I was too scared to ask that.

"Okay then we're good to go, I just want you to be comfortable around me okay? If there's anything you can always ask me and talk to me, I'll just get everything done and we'll start with your treatment." She smiled as she stood up and then headed out of my room as I inhaled a deep breath, honestly speaking, she was sweet and polite and she seemed like a nice person but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't like her.

A few moments later, Shrey and Arnav walked back in, while Shrey settled down on the chair Aria had left empty behind, and Arnav stood beside him.

Well I dint even know how to put this situation into words so that it could explain how I was feeling at the moment, let's just say it was really very awkward.

Arnav's eyes were on me, he was looking for a moment where our eyes would meet while I was trying to avoid the situation, I don't know what exactly had happened between us but nothing felt normal anymore, not like it was before.

"You worried?" I heard Shrey's voice, it brought me back from the thoughts and I looked at him.

"Not really, trying to be strong, I know I can do this." I smiled and I noticed Arnav smiling too and that made me realize that he also wanted me to be strong and fight this.

"That's like my girl." Shrey said as he pulled me into a hug and I know my next move should have been to hug him but instead my eyes followed Arnav who immediately turned to look the other way.

God! I hated this, I hated feeling this awkward, I hated knowing that I had created a special place for myself in his heart and now things were never going to be normal between us but the other truth was also that, I was married and I loved Shrey a lot, there was never going to be space for anyone else in my heart ever!

"Are you hungry? Should I get you something to eat?" Shrey asked as he broke the hug and looked at me tucking my hair behind my ears.

"Sure, I'm famished." I smiled.

"I'll get you something right away." He said as he stood up and headed outside leaving Arnav and me alone in the room.

Arnav turned back to look at me as he walked a few steps closer to me and looked at me with concern.

"How are you feeling?" He asked.

"Not that good but I'm fine, I'll be fine." I said as I tried to smile but in real I was pretty nervous, why did everything feel so weird?

"Don't worry, you'll be fine with the right treatment and like Shrey said, just be strong." He smiled.

"Yeah."I nodded as I looked at my fingers and the color of my nail polish, basically I was just trying to avoid looking at him.

There was a long awkward silence and to be honest I really hated this awkwardness, never in my life had I thought that there would come a day when I would feel this awkward, that too with Arnav.

"Arnav, about what you said that day..." I said as I looked at him hoping to put an end to this awkwardness and I figured maybe talking about it could help.

"Don't think about it Khushi, I just said it like that." Arnav shrugged as he looked everywhere else but at me.

"But that's the thing that has brought us here today, where we are behaving like two awkward people, how can we not talk about it? I Love Shrey, you know that and all that you said has been going on in my mind every time I see you or think about you, it's been bothering me so much" I said, how could he act like it wasn't bothering him because I knew it was.

"Then don't let it bother you." he replied plainly.

"It's easier said than done Arnav, why did you even say anything like that to me?" I asked feeling like I was going to cry right away. The thoughts about it wouldn't just stop coming in my mind and I dint like it at all.

"Look Khushi I know you love him and that's why I'm saying this, whatever I said, it's not important Khushi, I mean I just said you're special because you are, you are such a good hearted person so that's why you are special, I dint mean it in any other way, let's say like Shrey is special to me because he's my best friend, the same way you are because we became friends too in such a short time, that's it, please don't overthink things I said, everything between us will be normal if you stop thinking about it." he said as he looked everywhere else but at me, if he really meant what he said right now, why wouldn't he look at me confidently and say it instead of avoiding looking at me?

"Fine, I'll stop thinking about it if you say so." I nodded in agreement as I looked at him, his eyes looked red and moist as if he was just about to cry and it was becoming difficult for me to understand him.

The door to my room opened once again and Aria walked in silently, she stood next to Arnav and looked at him with a smile on her face.

"Hey Arnav, can I talk to you for a moment?" She asked.

Arnav looked at her in confusion for a moment and then turned to look at me then back to her once again as he nodded positively.

"Sure." He replied.

"Can we talk outside please?" She made a puppy face at him to which he nodded positively once again.

She grabbed his hand and pulled him outside while I just sat there staring at him, wondering why she had to hold his hand, was she trying to show me something or what?

Well anyway why was I even thinking anything related to Arnav and Aria anymore? All the mess was sorted and now everything was going to go back to the way it was.

The door opened again and Shrey walked in with a huge smile on his face.

"What are you smiling about?" I asked.

"I got you a sandwich, here eat and be healthy." He giggled, seriously why was everyone acting in such a way or maybe I was the one noticing things in a way I shouldn't.

"So you are so happy because you got me a sandwich?" I raised my eyebrow as I looked at him in confusion.

"No stupid, I was just happy seeing Arnav and Aria outside talking." He smiled excitably, and when he said that I dint like it.

"Why are you happy about that? You're acting strange Shrey." I said still staring at him in confusion, honestly he looked excited and he was grinning happily like a teenager who had just fallen in love, it kept on making me more curious.

"I think Aria has a crush kind of a thing on Arnav and I'm just wondering what's going to happen next, I even told Arnav about it." Shrey grinned.

"What?" I asked with my eyes wide open not being able to believe what he had just told me.

Aria had a crush on Arnav? Why?

"Oh that's nice." I tried to smile as Shrey settled down and started eating his sandwich while I sat there feeling like I had already lost my appetite.

I mean I was so hungry just a while back and now that I was having this sandwich in my hand, I dint feel like eating it anymore.

My attention was just the door and I was wishing I could go pin my ears to the door and listen to the conversation that was going on between Aria and Arnav now, well I was just curious, who wouldn't be?