Yudhi [# A Love Story - Completed]

Part 24

"Luckily Yudhi didn't hear the comment. It would have been so embarrassing", Arohi thought.

She wanted to talk to Yudhi before leaving, so she approached him.

"Yudhi , do you have a second?"

"Yes Arohi, what's up?" Yudhi questioned

She pointed with her eyes, towards the garden, away from others and started walking.

Yudhi followed her. He started feeling tense.

"Since you are here now, I need your help."

"Sure, anything Arohi. I am here for you."

"You know .. how it is in college here. Everyone expects you to have a boyfriend. There is so much peer pressure and many of my batch mates keep asking me for a date as I am still without one. I don't believe in love and dating, and want to invest my whole time in becoming a good doctor. Now that we are close to finishing our term, I am facing pressure from some guys to accept dates, so I lied to them that I have a fiancée." She paused and looked into his eyes.

"Oh! The same way you lied to me about Paul ?" Yudhi was happy on one side that she was really into her studies and not into Western culture of dating, like he was afraid off, but on other hand he felt little sad hearing she doesn't believe in matters of heart.

"Well, I am sorry about the lie I told you about Paul, but I promise I will tell you the story behind it when the time comes. Now I need help from you."

"Ok Arohi, don't worry about it, I won't tell the truth about Paul to anyone. Looks like you promoted the non-existing Paul to fiancée from boyfriend, so I will tell the same if anyone asks."

"No, Paul is not the fiancée, you are . I told your name as you were not supposed to be here. Now that you are here, please play along with me. I already told mom about it."

"Oh! That is the reason your friends attacked me ?"

"No common! they were just having little fun. Please please.. help me, I will do anything in return."

"Ok, as long as your mom and dad are ok with it."

"Thanks Yudhi, I owe you one." See you tomorrow. Bye.

Arohi was happy that Yudhi agreed to play along, so now she need not worry about Raj talking to her parents or Yudhi and she can concentrate on having some fun.

Next day....

The school function was supposed to start at 3:00 PM. Arohi couldn't sleep well as she was excited about the day ahead and opportunities to spend some time with Yudhi. Kim and Karuna's boyfriends were also attending the function, so they were planning to go on a combined date. She was also participating in a cultural fashion show program at 4:00 PM, so she asked her mom to bring some jewelley and her favorite saree to wear for the program.

She met her parents and Yudhi for lunch.

"Arohi, we need to decide on few things now, so I need to know your schedule after your course finishes next month." Reena asked Arohi while they were going through the buffet and piling up their plates.

"Sure mom, we can talk."

"Why are you not eating anything ? Your plate is almost empty." Reena asked Arohi with a worried voice.

"Nothing mom, just a bit nervous, because of the fashion show." She quickly added.

"Common, it's a piece of cake for you. You did it before."Reena's eyes tried to pry behind Arohi's tension.