Ek Duje Ke Vaaste

Part 2

"Who is she?" Arnav asked his cousin sister Shaina who was still standing beside him. He kept on looking at Khushi meanwhile, for some reason he couldn't just take his eyes off her.

She was holding her ears and making such cute faces at her friend, while the wind slightly hit her fringes that would come over her face which she tried to blow off with her mouth.

"She's our head girl, she's good but can be rude sometimes, why do you like her?" Shaina smirked at him.

"She's cute but not my type, she seems very childish. She was threatening me that she would go complain about me to the principal." Arnav laughed.

"Oh really, just because you've already turned eighteen doesn't mean you are mature, oh by the way I think she also turns eighteen next month, so you both are on the same level of maturity." Shaina laughed.

"Whatever, still she's not my type." Arnav rolled his eyes.

"Then what's your type Arnav?" Shaina wiggled her eyebrows as she looked at him trying to know his type.

"I'll tell you when I find one. I'm soon joining college, I might find my type of girl there." Arnav smirked.

"You still have three months left for college, you still have to go back and finish your final exams." Shaina said.

"It's okay, I'm in no hurry. Okay now enough of our talks, go to class, I sorted out all your problems, I'll see you at home in the evening, you better come home early so I can see you before I leave."

"Don't worry, I'll be on time." Shaina smiled as she ran away. Arnav turned around to walk away but then turned back once again just to look at Khushi who was still making those really cute faces and holding her ears apologizing to her friend.

"Cute." Arnav said to himself as he laughed and walked away.

*****

Arnav walked into the house and found his aunt, Padmini seated in the hall busy watching some daily soap on the TV, he walked towards her and sat down beside her. Padmini was his dad's younger sister and she lived in Mumbai city while he and his dad lived in a small town known as Shimla which was a very beautiful town and a lot of tourists liked to visit.

"Did you manage to help Shaina?" Padmini asked.

"Yeah, it was just a small problem." Arnav said.

"Oh great, and did you visit the college? The one you want to join after school?"

"Yeah, I passed by on my way back here, I even met the dean and talked to him, he said there's no way I can't get in unless I score really bad in my finals which isn't going to happen because I am very clever." Arnav smirked.

"That you are. I can't wait for you to finally come live with us, I'll get the son I never had." Padmini smiled.

"I know, I'll also get the mother and sister I never had, dad is usually away from home." Arnav shrugged.

"Well he works for the country he has to be away most of the times, but don't worry Arnav, you will feel at home here." Padmini assured him. He nodded positively as he pulled his phone from the pocket and started scrolling while his aunt continued watching TV.

Arnav had grown up in a very small town with his father only, he lost his mother when he was really young and since then he had lived alone most of the times as his father was in the army and he had to be on duty most of the times, and now that he was finally finishing his high school, his father decided to send him to live with his aunt so he could study further and have a family by his side too.