It's All Started With A Lie

Chapter- 21 calming down

Arnav's POV

I was pissed off. I don't know what to do; I did boxing to relieve my stress, but it still didn't calm me down. My anger is increasing with each passing second.

I took the clock and threw it on the floor. I was throwing all the items that I could.

"What can I do?" I roared and dropped the side table on the floor with frustration.

"Calm down", I heard a voice which calms me down every time.

When I threw the table on the floor, accidentally the recorder in which I stored all the old shows of Naina switched on and it started playing an old audio of hers

"Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths," she said calmly, and I did what she said.

"Now, think about the person whom you love the most and who can calm you down," she said, and the first picture my brain played is Naina's.

Her smiling face, her calming voice, her innocent eyes, her childish behavior, her clumsy self... everything related to her is unique and magical. Thinking about her while taking deep breaths calmed me down and now, I want to see her. Directly or indirectly, she was there for me whenever I needed someone.

It's already 11 pm, and she will be at home. I drove to her home in a hurry and called her once I reached there. On the way coming here I received a message from Peter saying that the girl's surgery was successful and now, she is safe but needs another small surgery which is harmless.

"Hello", she picked up the call immediately.

"Butterfly, can I see you for a bit".
"now?" I asked her.

"Now? " She questioned.

"Yeah, I am in front of your house. Come down", I replied and disconnected the call before she could say anything.

After 10 mins, she came down.

"Are you ok?" That's the first thing she asked.
That's why I came to her. She knows if anything is wrong with me.
No, I am not ok, I wanted to scream that to her but I decided to go the other way.

"Yeah, I just wanted to see you," I lied, and she smiled. This is what calms me down, her smile.

"Let's go there and sit", she said, pointing at a bench inside a community hall which is not far away from her house.

We got in and sat on the bench, silently.

"Now, tell me what happened?" She asked.
So, she didn't believe me when I told her I was ok.

"It's nothing, butterfly", I shrugged, not knowing what to tell her.

"Oye, hero... you think you can hide it from me. Something happened. You are looking so tired," she remarked slowly with her magical voice.

"I am just tired because of work", I replied.

"I think you need this", she said suddenly and stood up from the bench.

"What?" I asked as I stood up.

"This" she exclaimed and hugged me tightly.

Should I hug her? I don't know. I never received hugs, so I don't really know what to do.

"No, this won't work", she remarked, before I even wrap my hands around her to hug, and left my embrace. I looked at her confused when she started dragging me to the stage.

She climbed up the stairs until she was taller than me and I stood beside the stairs, not climbing up. Then she took my hands and wrapped them around her stomach. Then she hugged me to her chest tightly, caressing my hair with one hand.