HEARTSTRINGS (Completed)

36 Doubt over Doubt

Part 36 Doubt over Doubt

Arnav stood getting thunder stuck. The smell from his pillow was Khushi's hair oil smell or what? Or does someone from his family uses the same oil? But, the much he knew, no one from his family used to apply hair oil on their hair.

Khushi pulled her head and again hissed. That brought him to reality.

"Wait..." he slowly removed her hair from his shirt button.

"I'm sorry, I didn't notice you coming..." she said hesitatingly.

Arnav nodded his head.

"Hari Prakaaaaash..." Arnav shouted, making Khushi jerk.

HP rushed out of the kitchen.

"Come to my room" he walked to his room all the way looking at Khushi.

Shyam came to the living room, hearing Arnav's high tone of voice, and followed them.

Coming to his room, Arnav looked at HP.

"Jee Arnav Baba?"

Taking his pillow, Arnav handed it to HP.

"What smell is this?" Arnav asked.

HP smiled inwardly as his trick worked he supposed. HP inhaled it and said,

"Washing soap smell"

Taking another pillow, he extended it but didn't give it to HP.

"And this one?"

HP inhaled it and nodded his head.

"I don't know..."

"But, I know..."

HP got stuck, like, REALLY?

"This is Khushi's hair oil smell."

"Oh... but how do you know?"

"Just now, I got to know that when she banged on me"

"Oh..."

"How this pillow smells the same? Did she use my pillow?"

HP's answer shocked Arnav to the core.

"No, Arnav Baba... she stayed in your room..."

"Wahaaat? Khushi stayed in my room?"

Before HP said anything, Shyam who followed them did.

"For one day... she stayed in your room Sale Sahib"

Arnav frowned. HP was annoyed hearing that.

"Actually, the guest room had a drainage problem. That was why we made her stay here" Shaym coped.

Arnav shrank his eyes with deep thought.

"She is our guest after all..." Shyam added.

"But she is Lavanya's friend. Instead of making her stay in Lavanya's room, why did you guys make her stay in my room?" he asked the million-dollar question.

Shyam was thunder stuck. How did he forget she was Lavanya's friend?

"Don't you know, Lavanya is a privacy freak? That's why we asked her to shift to your room"

Arnav was not satisfied with his answer. He thought he was missing something. He knew his family. They knew very well he won't like it if anyone use his things. Then how could they let a girl who was completely a stranger to the family stay in his room? So what if it was for one day?

"Hari Prakash, remove the pillow cover," Shyam said.

"That's ok... you go" Arnav said sternly.

"No, Sale Sahib..."