Jab We Met

Part 4

Guest Room,

Khushi was sleeping under the thick blanket snoring, lost in the world of dreams. Around midnight, Arnav, who looked like a zombie, returned home after many days. He, with his red eyes, quietly entered the guest room to avoid waking anyone, searching for the confidential file he kept here. He always uses this guest room to keep confidential files in a locker. His family knows not to give this room to any guest, no matter what. He used his flashlight to find the file, not wanting to wake up his brother, Akash. Arnav thought it must be his brother, Akash who would have been kicked out of his room by Payal. Whenever he was kicked out, he'd come here and sleep.

"Don't know what he did again that Payal kicked him out again," Arnav whispered, looking at the thick bundle on the bed shaking his head.

Khushi, in deep sleep, didn't stir from her place. After finding the file, Arnav took photos and kept the file back in the locker. Too tired to go back to his room, he slept on the other side of the bed.

The next morning, Khushi, still asleep, kicked Arnav off the bed as a habit. He woke up with a start, yelling at Akash. "What the — Aka-" he stopped seeing her.

Khushi, also waking up, peeked out from under her blanket, mumbling something.

Arnav, shocked to see her, his Tintin after a longtime and that too, on his bed. He was lost in admiring her. Finally he's seeing her. When he decided to see her the next day three months ago, he was called to the office because of a murder. And then he got busy in the case, not even having the time to get back home as that one murder soon turned into serial killings. 28 people were murdered in the span of 14 weeks. Forget meeting his Tintin, he didn't have the time to come home and sleep peacefully! Now that he saw her finally, he couldn't help but stare at his Tintin. She has the same expressions, her cute, sleepy face is still the same.

Khushi, still groggy, smiled at him. Then, realizing where she was, sat up on the bed, her eyes widened in shock.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Khushi demanded and then soon remembered his face, "Hey, aren't you that CBI Officer? What are you doing here?"

Arnav smirked, 'Sunny' hiding in his heart slightly came out as it decided to play a prank. "I'm here to arrest you."

Khushi frowned at him, becoming defensive, she asked, "What did I do?" she then realised why he's here to arrest her, "Haaww! Are you arresting me because I work in Lisa's company?" Without waiting for his response, she fumed, "That's so wrong! Who made you a police officer?"

Arnav smirked some more, enjoying the moment, and replied, "When did I say I was arresting you for Lisa's case? I'm arresting you for kicking a CBI officer."

Khushi, confused and indignant, retorted, "I didn't kick you! When did I kick you?" She soon got furious at his lies, "You, shameless, being a CBI Officer, how can you lie? And why are you in my bed?"

Arnav raised an eyebrow at her last words. "Excuse me? Your bed? This is my bed."

Khushi narrowed her gaze at him. "Haaaw! Again a lie. This is my Anjali Di's house and I am her best friend cum little sister. So, this is my bed. How is this your bed?"

Arnav shrugged. "Maybe because it's my house and Anjali Di is my sister?"

Khushi's eyes widened. She quickly angered up as she gritted her teeth. How dare someone try taking her best friend's place? "Anjali Di's brother is Chotte, my 'Sunny', not you, okay?"

Anjali, hearing the commotion, entered the room. "Chotte? Khushi? What's going on?"

Khushi complained pointing a finger at him as if complaining about a bad boy to her mother, "He came into my room and tried to arrest me on false charges!"