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Dhruv stopped the car in front of his house. Undoing the seat belt he turned towards Kavya. "Don't screw it up." He said.

"Why would I screw up your perfect plan?" Kavya taunts empathizing the word perfect.

Dhruv ignored her and pulled out a packet of cigarettes from his pocket and held it towards Kavya.

"You smoke?" Kavya narrowed her eyes, making her forehead frown in disgust.

"No. I don't. But you do... I mean you pretend that you do in front of my mom."

"What the hell Dhruv. Are you out of your mind or something?"

Dhruv shrugged. "Either pretend that you smoke in front of my mom or marry me."

"Fine," Kavya muttered grabbing the packet from his hands. She took off Dhruv's jacket she was wearing and gave it back.

Getting out of the car she followed Dhruv inside. In her way, the servant gave her a weird judging look in which she couldn't help but suddenly felt very conscious about her clothing. She tried to pull her skirt down a bit and adjust the thin strap of her top.

Dhruv was looking around trying to figure it out where his mom was as he walked. He suddenly stopped. "Jeetu uncle two coffee at my room." He shouted a bit more loudly than necessary.

"But you know I don't like coffee," Kavya said only get shush by Dhruv. He looked towards a certain room for a moment before indicating her to follow him.

Dhruv had only taken the first step of the stairs when a feminine voice called his name. Looking back Kavya noticed Dhruv's mother walking out of that particular room.

"Dhruv did you- oh hello Kavya." Dhruv's mother greeted.

"Hello, Jaya Aunty." Kavya smiled. Dhruv and Kavya both did notice how his mother looked at Kavya from up to down and was definitely taken back for a moment

"What are you doing here? It's not like I'm complaining well I'm rather happy though." Her mother took a few steps towards them.

"Oh I just picked her up from her office and we were thinking maybe we should go clubbing and all but it's quite early so decided to hang out for a bit in my room." Dhruv looked towards Kavya as he said the last part while giving her a noticeable grin which might seem a bit 'controversial'.

"Ohh." Dhruv's mom raised her eyebrow at her son. "But I must say this Kavya you're looking really pretty today. Brown suits you, well every color suits you." She said with a smile, patting Kavya's cheeks with affection.

"A-ha than-thank you," Kavya replied quietly. She took a quick glance at Dhruv who was staring at his mother with a blank expression. He wasn't expecting this reaction. Definitely not.

There was a mini pause, both the women kinda waiting for Dhruv to say something or react. When he did nothing Kavya placed her hand on his arm and spoke: "Dhruv let's go-"

"-Wait!" His mother cut her off. "Is that a packet cigarette on your hand?" Jaya Malhotra narrowed her eyes to which Dhruv grinned.

"A-ha uhh umm..." Dhruv saw Kavya hesitating. He almost felt bad for her. Keyword Almost. If they had to get out of the marriage, then someone had to have a sacrifice. And in this case, Dhruv had no problem of Kavya being that someone.

Dhruv was waiting for his mother to lash out at Kavya instead she said something none of the two were expecting.

"Dhruv you smoke?" His mother tone so deadly calm that it sounded scary. "That what I taught you? To smoke?"

"What!" Dhruv almost yelled. "That's not mine. No, I don't smoke. And I will never. Mum, you know me."

"Then what this packet is doing here young man?" Jaya Malhotra took the cigarette from Kavya and held it in front of her son's face.

"My God mom that's not mine."

"Yes, aunty that's not Dhruv's." Kavya, who was looking back and forth between the mother and son due not quite sure of how to react, said. She wanted to laugh at Dhruv's poor plan but knew it wasn't the right time.

"I found it on the back seat of his car and when I asked him he told me it was one of his friends who had accidentally left it in Dhruv's car." Kavya lied.

"Kavya don't cover for him. Smoking isn't a good thing."

"Mom she isn't covering up for me. It's not mine. It's Rishab's. Last night we all were hanging out and he had accidentally left it in my car." Dhruv half lied. The packet did belong to his friends Rishab and they were hanging out the previous night, and that's when he borrowed it from Rishab for his now failed plan.

" Oh Okay I believe you but if I ever found out you smoking-"

"Geez, Mum you know me I would never do that." Dhruv interrupted. "Anyway, can we go now?" He asked.

"Yeah go ahead... I'm not stopping you" His mother gave a  small shrug. "And Kavya sometimes do visit me too." She smiled at the younger girl.

"Yeah.. sure." She smiled back. Although according to Kavya, Dhruv was annoying, his mum always had been sweet to her.

Dhruv shook his head to himself and walk upstairs, Kavya closely following him. Upstairs, the first room from the left was Dhruv's room and Kavya knew it. She had been there before. Kavya watched as Dhruv opened the fancy door of his room and walk inside, but Kavya she stood there for a moment, watching the room, watching Dhruv, as a memory flashes in front of her eyes.

...

"Welcome to my room.". Dhruv said as he held the door of his room open for Kayva. Kavya gave a smile as she entered.

Apparently, their school had ended earlier and Dhruv decided to show her, his house obviously after making Shreya and her friend Riya cover for her as always.

His room was painted into a beautiful shade of grey and white. It had a huge bed in the middle. With greyish white furniture. It also had a Captain America poster which did look a bit out of the place.

"Harry Potter huh?" Kavya asked as she picked up the book from his bed. "I didn't know you read other books than study ones." She giggled a little.

" I don't even read the study ones." Dhruv crinkled his nose. " But Harry Potter is an exception." He grinned and dropped his bag on the couch.

" When your parents will come back?" She asked as she took a few steps towards the wall which was cover with lots of photo of Dhruv and his family.

"In the evening probably." Dhruv loosens his school tie and threw it the couch. "Why?" He asked as he walked towards her.

"No I mean will your parents be okay with a girl in your house especially when they aren't in the home?" She asked facing him.

" They would be. Not everyone's parents are from 18th-century Kavu." Dhruv chuckled. But when he turned his head towards the girl standing next to him and saw the frown plus glare he realized she didn't like his little joke.

"hunh hunh..." Dhruv tried to give awkward laugh which did his girlfriend made smile a little but she quickly hid it and pretended to be mad.

Kavya crossed her arms over her chest and narrowed her eyes more. Dhruv stuck his bottom lips out a little. But quickly his eyebrows rose a little higher and lips got a little curvier. "Are you ticklish?" He asked.

"Huh? Why?" Kavya asked dumb folded with Dhruv's blunt question.

"Because of this....." Dhruv spoke in a quite mischief voice as he got hold of Kavya waist pulling her closer to him he started ticking her around the stomach making her laugh hysterically.

"Dhruv....stop...ahahahah... Dh-ruv...aahaha.." Kavya somehow managed to get out of his grip still laughing eyes filling up with tears. She quickly snatched a pillow from Dhruv bed and hit him with it. Pretty hard.

"Heyy ouch what was that for?" Dhruv asked with a little pout.

"For tickling me which you shouldn't try to ever," Kavya warned him in a playful voice. And hit him again with the pillow.

"You're so gonna pay for it Ms little Sharma." Dhruv grabbed another pillow from the bed and hit Kavya's pillow with it.

Kavya grasped with a little giggle. And hit him again but this time Dhruv blocked it and gave a smug shrug. A second later they both were engaged in a pretty hilarious pillow fight until Dhruv manage to make Kavya's pillow fall and kicked it with the leg.

Kavya gasped again with a grin she turned to grab another pillow but there wasn't any. Dhruv's lip turned into a half smirk and half foolish grin. Kavya tried to quickly sneak away but Dhruv got a hold of her wrist.

"Ha! Gotcha." He grinned. With a puppy dog crying face Kavya tried to pull her hand back but couldn't. And she knew couldn't Dhruv was way stronger than her.

So instead she decided to push him at the same when Dhruv decided to pull her closer. The haphazard moment caused Dhruv to fall on the bed Kavya on top of him. 

"Ohh..." Kavya said as she looked straight into Dhruv's eyes who was lying under her.

Her semi curly lock which had managed to creep out from her ponytail was now gently stocking Dhruv's check.

"Pretty clumsy are we?" Dhruv said with a chuckle. Sh felt Dhruv hand gently pressing her upper back. The rosiness of her cheeks got darker.

"Ohhh shut it." She tried to say with a firm voice. Dhruv could feel her hot breath in his skin.

"I know it's pretty filmy but can I kiss you?" Dhruv asked. "It's okay...if you're not comfortable." He added not trying to make her feel pressurized or uncomfortable.

Kavya didn't say anything for a second. She quietly gulped. Finally closing her eyes she kissed him.

...

"Kavya are you okay? Come in?" Dhruv asked as he looked towards the door where Kavya was standing dumbfoundedly.

"Huh?" She looked up to him standing next to the bed looking confusingly at her.

She took a deep breath. This was the same place where she had her very first kiss with the same guy who was right now standing there waiting for her to say something.

The very same room, very same bed. Her first kiss. This was placed where she had kissed. She had. Yes. He did ask her like a gentleman if he could kiss her but she kissed. And she still remembered how it took him with a quite surprised and how it took him a few seconds before to kiss her back.

"Kavu?" Dhruv asked again worriedly who was now standing next to her. She did saw him walking towards her but her brain refused to acknowledge it.

"I need to go.". She breathed out.

"What?"

"I need to go home."

"What happened? Are you okay?" Concern was clear on his eyes.

"Yeah I'm getting late and I should get going. Yeah...Bye. I will see you later." She flashed him a quick formal smile before turning back and walking out as quickly as possible.

"Woahh woahh woahh." Dhruv rushed next to her. "Okay, but let me drop you and I think you should change first. You can't go like this."

" No, it's okay...I can manage and I will change somewhere in the way. You don't worry." Kavya said without looking at him.

" But-" Before Dhruv could finish Kavya ran down the stairs leaving Dhruv standing in right next the edge of the upper stairs watching confusedly as she ran out of the main door.

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Oh well, it took me ages to write the flashback part.
Lol, what do you think about the kiss and Kavya's freaking out?

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