Ishq Junooniyat (Book 3)

28. Arush knows

5 MONTHS LATER

Vihaan and Arush were having a match in the badminton court in the Royalties club. Aarchi walked in dressed in white tank top and black shorts, wearing a white head band in her hair. She walked skipping a step at a time and stood by the benches watching the brothers play.

She cheered for both of them. Once Arush hit the last score, they both walked towards her. She handed both of them electrolyte water.

"Can I play?" She asked excitedly. After her birthday, her brothers and Maitri had soon departed but before Aarchi could feel alone, Arush had been back and the two were spending enough time with each other and Vihaan took up the rest of the time.

"Go" Arush handed her the shuttle cock, motioning Vihaan to play with her as Arush sat down on the bench, removing his thing vest and wiping off the sweat.

"Ayee, unsolicited nudity and there's not even one girl around that you can show it off to" Aarchi said scrunching her nose looking at Arush disgustingly. Arush raised his hand holding the sweaty vest, threatening to throw it at her. She quickly walked away poking her tongue out at him.

"Raquet?" Vihaan held one raquet in her way as they stood in the court. Aarchi gripped the handle and tried taking it from him but Vihaan held it tightly, teasing her.

"Vihaan" Aarchi said smiling shyly as she struggled to get the raquet from him.

"Uhuh?" He said looking at her lovingly, pretending that he wasn't teasing her.

"Let it go" She struggled more before he let it go. She quickly ran onto the other side of the net while Vihaan shook his head and took the serving position. Before he hit the shuttle on the other side, he winked at Aarchi, stealing her attention from the game, making him get a point.

"Where's your attention dear?" He asked taking the shuttle from her.

"Asshole" She replied rolling her eyes this time ensuring she concentrated on the game. The game went on and on as they both laughed at jokes. Arush sat at the benches observing them from the beginning. He waited for Aarchi and Vihaan to walk to him before he cleared his doubts.

"You two are screwing each other, aren't you" Arush asked making both of them look at him shocked and stand still all of a sudden. The smiles on their faces immediately vanished. Aarchi gulped down her saliva and took a step in his direction, refusing to his accusation hesistantly.

"Aarchi...Don't lie to me on my face" Arush looked at her seriously. She looked between both the brothers unsure of what to say.

"Arush..." Vihaan tried to talk to him but Arush refused to listen to him.

"I'm disappointed in both of you. The least you could do was tell me rather than leaving me to figure it out myself. You both can go fuck yourselves" Arush threw the bottle of water away harshly making her flinch in fear.

"Arush yaar..." She picked the bottle and placed it on the bench.

"Don't yaar me right now. Just fucking leave me alone" He said turning around angrily and talking to her rudely. He walked away angrily as she breathed out defeatedly.

"Let me talk to him, he's being childish" Vihaan said placing his hand on her shoulder.

"No, he's my bestfriend and I made him feel bad. We had a pact that we would never hide anything major from each other and I hid us from him, something so meaningful to me. I've hurt him" Aarchi said handing Vihaan her belongings and running behind Arush.

"Arushhh" She ran behind Arush who was seething in anger.

"Ouch my leg" Aarchi fell down on the ground screaming in pain but she tried to stand up again. Arush stopped hearing her in pain and pulled her up.