I was so done with Arnav and his dramas, there was surely something going on in his mind and today I was going to make sure he was okay with me going on a date with Armaan or he was going to tell me what was bothering him.

He couldn't just keep acting like this and expect me to sit silently and let him do his drama, seriously why couldn't he just tell me what was bothering him?

"So, is the date tonight or?" Tanvi asked me as we headed to the class. You see her, this is what best friends are supposed to do, be excited and happy for you when you meet someone, like Tanvi was for me, I don't get why Arnav couldn't do the same.

"No, we were thinking to go on weekend." I smiled.

"Great, you'll have more time to decide what to wear and that stuff. Jeez I'm so jealous of you, why can't any guy ask me on a date already?" She pouted.

"Don't worry, I'm sure someone will soon enough." I assured her.

"Let's hope so." She smiled as we settled down in class, all this while, my mind was just stuck on Arnav, he wasn't even anywhere to be seen.

Was he going to skip the class today or what?

*****

As expected Arnav actually skipped the class, I tried to look for him at lunch break and even after I was done with all my classes, I went to each and every class and corner around the college but I couldn't find him anywhere.

What was he so pissed about that he skipped class, and now he was nowhere to be found? I tried calling him but he wouldn't receive my calls.

"Hey there." Armaan walked towards me while I was trying to look for Arnav in the parking lot or just check if his car was around I could know if he was still around or had actually left.

"Hey." I replied still looking around.

"Is everything okay? You look tensed." Armaan asked.

"Yeah, I'm looking for Arnav, he left the canteen angrily and since then I can't find him, I am trying to call me but he won't receive my calls, I just don't get him." I said sadly. I dint like when Arnav was mad at me, it just made me so uncomfortable.

"Oh." Armaan said as he looked at me weirdly.

"What?" I asked.

"Is there something going on between you two? I feel like a third person here, did I come in between anything?"

"No, Arnav and I are best friends, I don't know what his problem is but I'll make sure I find out and solve it, you don't have to worry."

"Okay, please do solve it, if I'm coming in between anything just tell me to back off and I will, I don't want to be the cause of problems here."

"I just need to find him, I'm sorry but can we talk later?"

"Sure." He nodded as he walked away leaving me to find Arnav.

Seriously I was going to punch him so hard once I found him, he had driven me so mad today, why was he acting so childish?

"Hey, did you find Arnav?" Tanvi came as soon as Armaan has left.

"No, did you?"

"Nope, he isn't taking my calls either. I think we should head home, he would come home, like where else would he go right? Let's go." Tanvi grabbed my arm and pulled me along.

We both got inside the car and drove to my place, I was hoping that maybe I would find him in the house but he wasn't even there.

Where the hell was he?

*****

Tanvi and I cooked dinner and ate together still waiting for Arnav to show up but he dint, we waited for him for quite long and then decided to head to sleep, it looked like he wasn't going to come home today.

I was kind of worried for him, I just wished he could receive my call and just tell me he was okay, I would give him space if that's what he wanted. I really hoped he was okay.

I grabbed my blanket from the room and let Tanvi sleep there as I slept on the sofa in the hall, deep down still hoping that he would come home.

I turned on the TV and lied down there trying to distract my mind, I watched random series for a while and then fell asleep just there.

A couple of hours later, I woke up when I heard someone opening the door, I knew it must be Arnav as he had the spare keys, I quickly jumped out of the sofa and there he was, walking in.

He locked the door carefully and then turned around and his eyes finally fell on me, I rushed towards him and hugged him happily.

"Arnie, where had you gone? Do you have any idea how worried I was? I mean couldn't you just pick my damn call and tell me you were okay?" I broke the hug and looked at him.

Right now he smelled so much alcohol, he was definitely at some stupid bar getting drunk as hell but honestly I was just happy he was okay.

"And why are you so drunk?" I looked at him strictly.

"Umm let me see, because my best friend was judging me." He rolled his eyes.

"I wasn't judging you Arnie, I never would, but you have to accept that you were behaving really strange. You have been behaving strangely since I met Armaan, why?

Don't you like him? Don't you think he's good for me? Or is there anything else? Why are you behaving like this Arniee?" I cupped his face and looked him into the eyes, his eyes were bloodshot.

"I am perfectly fine, how am I behaving strangely?"

"You are... I don't remember the last time you got this drunk, I mean look at you, you can't even stand properly. I know there's something bothering you, tell me what it is.

I am your best friend, you are supposed to tell me everything right? So tell me, what it is about Armaan, doesn't he seem like a good person to you or what?" I asked.

"That's the problem Khushi, he is good, maybe too good. I even tried to find some stupid dirt from him so you could stay away from him but I couldn't find a thing.

Why does he have to be so damn perfect? Why isn't there anything wrong about him? It's driving me crazy." He said angrily.

"If he's good then its great isn't it? Why is it making you mad?" I looked at him curiously.

"Because..."

"Because what Arniee?"

"Because I don't want him anywhere near you and I can't seem to be able to keep him away from you Khushi!" He said.

This thing really had to bother him so much, he would never address me as Khushi otherwise, since I remember he had always addressed me as Shona, and now this was the second time he was addressing me with my actual name.

"But why do you want him to stay away from me?"

"Because he can't be anywhere near you, I hate seeing him around you, I hate seeing him make you smile or blush or make you feel anything stupid."

"But why Arnav? You are my best friend, you are supposed to be happy about all those things instead of being mad."

"Because I love you Khushi, is that so hard to figure out? I can't just... I feel like something inside me is burning every time he talks to you or flirts with you and it drove me mad that you went on a date with him, to make it worse you are even ready to go on another date.

What is so great about him? Why can't it be me instead of him? I too can make you feel happy and give you the butterflies, you just have to give me a chance. I mean I have been acting all mad and jealous since he first talked to you, why can't you just see how much it's bothering me damn it?" He said angrily. I just looked at him in shock, I dint even know how to react. I mean all this while I never really thought he felt that way about me.