Set during Arnav and Khushi's contract marriage. Khushi has taken ill. Arnav thinks he is above caring about it. Painkillers make one not only drowsy, but also extraordinarily loose-lipped. Hmm. One can only wonder what Khushi Kumari Gupta Singh Raizada is on the brink of revealing...

He once believed in love and relationships. He gave a chance to marriage, he didn't wanted to but he did. But fate cheated him and now he doesn't believe in anything. Once who was happy go lucky and kind hearted turned cold and ruthless. Once who thought relations are real now think all is a game of money and power. Besides coldness, ruthlessness, and hatred deep down inside his heart he longs for love, but he is afraid to dream. Will he overcome this fear and commit love? She is the wholeness of purity and innocence. Crazy, kiddish but mature as well. She thinks love is the one thing that bonds all kind of relations together. Who thinks love can heal any pain and sorrow. Who believes in fate. Who lives every day as it comes. She admires him very much. He is her inspiration, she comes knows that he has shut his heart in a shell and lives a cold life. She decides to make his pain go away. She can't see him like that. Why? Whats the reason? Is it love? Why she feel so connected to him? Why she wants to make him happy? Unknown to both, they have met many years before at a very crucial stage of their life. Both held the memory of each other, of that moment, very dear. Fate had long ago joined them in a sacred bond for a lifetime. They just need to find out.

In spite of being an ardent follower of IPKKND, I know the show has serious social issues which were conveniently ignored in the name of artistic expression. This is my may of removing those stigmas. The characters and story of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon is not owned by me and all the credits for them goes to the original creators of the show, including the images used.

Part 1 of the three-part series of romantic tales, all interconnected, but all independent. Arnav Singh Raizada has promised his mother that he would marry the girl of her choice, no questions asked. And she chooses Khushi Kumari Gupta. But Khushi wants to be Arnav's choice too, not someone he "settled for". Would they be able to resolve this dilemma that Khushi has?

Nainital beckons them once again. But this time, Khushi and Arnav return not as adversaries tangled in fate, but as husband and wife bound by a marriage neither truly chose. Yet away from Shantivan, where suspicion, duty and old wounds cannot immediately reach them, Arnav and Khushi are forced to confront the one thing neither hatred nor pride could destroy: their need for each other. Mature chapters will arrive with a disclaimer.

Two individuals, poles apart. One is sophisticated while the other one is naive, one is ruthless while the other one is bubbly. A story about two people who never meant to cross each other's paths but their destiny played a game bringing them together. When two souls are meant to connect, location, timing, and circumstances are all irrelevant. They suddenly become a magnet for each other. Despite their efforts to fight it, the universe some how manipulates it all in their favor. At that moment when they finally give in a new love is born.

Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows. This is the story of Aranv and Khushi who were only meant to be passengers on a short journey but when someone they both love more than anything comes in between them and change their journey, what choice do they have? Arnav, father of a 3-year-old girl finds the best nanny one could ask for. Khushi, a final year Child Phycology student finds the best job in the world. He is introverted when she is extrovert, He is short-tempered when she is soft-spoken, He is unreasonable when she is being reasonable, He is irrational when she is rational, He has a heart full of hatred and anger while she has a heart full of love and empathy He believes in revenge and she believes in forgiveness, He hates love and she loves love, But the common thing they both have is their affection for Arnav's 3-year-old Sifu. For Khushi, it was only a job. She loved kids, Sifu is an amazing kid and her handsome devil of a boss is hardly home so Khushi had nothing to fear. But what happens when Arnav starts to spend more time at home? Khushi knew she is attracted to her ruthless boss. For Arnav, she was a nanny for his baby girl. She was professional and she loved Sifu as her own. Sifu loved being around Khushi so what's the problem? The problem started when he also enjoyed being around Khushi. Please join this will they won't they story to find out what has been stored for these two individuals.

Khushi Kumari Gupta and Arnav Singh Raizada have nothing in common between them-except the mutual passion from the moment their eyes met. Unable to resist, they embark on a relationship with each other knowing clearly that each has different expectations from it. This is a fanfiction based on Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? set in an alternate universe. Story, concept and everything else except the characters' names belong to me. That said, I do like to include elements and references from the show here and there and in those cases complete credit to the makers. Please do not copy. It would really hurt to see this work elsewhere without my knowledge.

What if Khushi really was in the ambulance Arnav was running after?