Hellooo guysssss...

So yesss..i am back with the Update as promised...aplogies for it got pushed late into the Night as my fingers didn't stop flowing on the keypad as usual until it felt right.

Insanely Long again 21k words!

And I shall eagerly be waiting to know what you all think of the Updateeeeee!!

Please ignore editing errors as I have not proofread.

Thanks to all of you for waiting upppp!! I hope you enjoyyy the Updateeee!!!!!

And I shall now let you all dive in without further delayyy!!

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CHAPTER 44 – LOVE..EXPECTO PATRONUS...AND...YOU

Khushi's POV

I smile to myself as I hang up the phone now after assuring Mom, dad and Anjali that I was absolutely fine and that theh didnt have to worry about me at all and I had also told them them Arnav and me were going Live soon and I could hear Mom Gush that she was so proud of us both and she was bummed that she'd have to watch us Live on her phone on the way back home if there was too much crowd at the IMMIGRATIONS and then I could hear her asking Dad and Anjali to hurry up and walk faster with her to the Immigrations!

Mom was adorable just like Dad and Anjali too.

They have only been so sincere and supportive off me and I was so relieved when I discussed with Mom that the worse of the trolls still could come up if Asher's article came to light and she assured me that I didnt have to worry about anything at all and that she wanted Me to just focus on getting back on these Trolls in a way that was Savage and yet filled with Love and positivity!

Haha!

Yeass Mom!

I could do that!

And I will !!!

( Okk so yess to let you all in..a little background flash scene...so when I first stepped into the Shower to get ready...i finally opened the gates to the vulnerability that I had been feeling within and I had cried...it was natural for me to feel vulnerable within guys because even though I was expecting a lot of wrath my way all of what had come my way was downright hateful and mean and it did give me a whip within and I wanted to let my emotions flow but then uptil that point – I had held onto my composure and not cried in front of Arnav because seeing me cry at that point would have surely riled him up more...and so I just waited until the Shower to let my emotions flow...and I was glad because that ten minutes of crying and letting my emotions flow freely in the shower had led me to think of the Eureka solution and then just like that in a momentary second all of my vulnerability vanished as I was filled with a greater resolve within – and I will obviously tell Arnav about my this vulnerable moment but later on in the night maybe..once we were done taking our stand against this Hatred)

SO.

Anyways

And I was so glad that everyone at my side in Cape Town was also now relaxed and relieved about this as Arnav had been talking to everyone as in Diya,rahul,uncle ,aunty on the phone whilst I was on the phone with Mom ,Dad and Anjali as we finished winding up!

I also did get on a quick call with Zara and Zain and assured them that I had this in control.

And then to my surprise Asher had called Arnav and told him that he had asked his hotel staff to arrange for our private chat to happen with the reporter in the Presidential Suite and that he had also aced up the security at the hotels entrance!( he obviously heard of our plan from Zara and Zain)

Goshhh.

I really had to figure out a way of Thanking Him for everything!

I would thank him when I saw him with everyone back in Cape Town later this evening for dinner at Hit Wicket!

I gulp down some water again and I keep the glass down.

Okkk Thennn!!

Sooo Guyss!!

Let's do this!!!

I am now feeling totally empowered within as I have channelised all the love and strength and positivity from inside the very core of my heart and soul – by focusing completely on all the support and love I have from all of our family and friends and then the magical power of the Love of My Hoodie Guy ofcourse and the blessings I know my daddy,mom and Krish keep showering on me from the Heavens above.

I got this.

We got this.

And oh where am I??

I have just finished thanking the Chef and Butler for their wonderful service and like I said before I am just done sipping on some water now and I start to make my way out towards Arnav and Ravi who were now settling our stuff in the car.

We are to reach the Hotel in the next 25 minutes or so and the live chat with this reporter is scheduled to start in the next 45 minutes!!!

( Arnav pushed it further on schedule by 15 minutes)

And oh guys?

Just guess what am I wearing for my first ever live chat/interview with a reporter??

My Hoodie Guys Jersey that I had worn to the Final with the Same Denims and the Same Cap up my Head and my hair in that high ponytail and I had shoved it through that loophole of the Cap.And I have just put on some natural look BB cream and Nude Matt Lip stain like I had that day too.

The Same Look -.the world saw me in as Aranv's Wifi the very first time!

Ha!

For that is exactly the same look that I shall dawn as I cast my spell off Expecto Patronus- as a defence against these hate trolls and Dementors!

Haaaaaaaaa!

And now as I am walking out towards the entrance which was also the exit to this amazing Royal three floored suite – I see Arnav stride in quickly and I ask with a smile from across – " all set to go Love...all done...??"

And I see him smile back at me warmly as he gives me a mischevious wink and before I know it I am pulled by my hand to the side a little in front of the elevator away from the vision of the entry point and he's cupped my face now with one hand and his other hand removes My Cap a little and he pulls me closer Into his frame and he whispers looking into my eyes – " yes we are all set to go Love...all done..Ravi is waiting in the car already...hes on the phoe with Anjali.."

And I whisper looking into his eyes as I feel his hand caress my cheek lovingly – " then Arnav..let's go..we need to be at the hotel soon right..."

And he nods and he pulls me closer his eyes welled up with emotion as he caresses my cheek with one hand and the other hand is wrapped around possessively around my waist and he says– " yea but before we get going you gotta tell me something honestly love...you cried in the shower no Sunshine?? I just know you did..and you probably didnt want to tell me about it yet because you thought it would rile me up more..."

I look at him nervously but I admit honestly – " yes love I did...there was all this vulnerability within that I had to let out and allow it to flow through the tears and I was glad I did..becuase it led me to the Eureka Moment love...which coincidentally matched with your eureka moment..and now that I think off it..you are bloody brilliant love..for you were not even in the shower...", I finish with a nervous smile, wanting to lighten up the moment, even though I think my es have given it away to him that I am feeling a little vulnerable right now too as I recall those vulnerable moments of mine from the shower, and my eyes do well up on reflex.

Arnav kisses my forhead now and he says looking into my eyes, cupping my face ever so lovingly– " gosh..just remembering it is making you vulnerable again Sunshine..i know...and I want to be able to hold you in my arms everytime you feel vulnerable and want to cry Sunshine....dont worry about me getting riled up...I mean yes I hate your tears but still I want to be there with you to hold you tight as you want to cry...and I want you to know that.. its ok to cry Love...its ok to feel vulnerable...you dont have to have your iron armour of strength on all the time... woman...for you are still human Sunshine...and..its me Love...its ok for you too be vulnerable in front off me now too...I understand now..and I apologize for making you feel that you had to hold it in for my sake...because I think that is not fair to you...and iv figured it out in my head ok...im going to handle this calmly..i want to be your strength too Love and not your weakness...even though I know we are both of those spectrums to each other depending on the situations of our lives and how deeply we feel for each other but still...on most of the occasions...I want to be your strength...Sunshine...just like you are mine...", and my eyes well up now on reflex as tears start to roll down my cheeks and I hug him hard silently and just cry for a couple of minutes in his arms and he holds on to me really tight and hard and keeps brushing my hair lovingly and he whispers now – " and you are so innocent and pure Sunshine...your heart is only full of Love..so I can understand that all this hate is obviously a big whip to you within...I could sense it in your body language as you drew out those hearts on the sheets of papers...but yet even though when you were so vulnerable within..you held onto composure and were being strong for me...becuase of all the love that you feel within for me...how can I not fall in deeper in love with YOU with passing bloody passing second my Precious Sunshine?? Godammit I love you so so so muchhhhh..."

I just hug him hard and I whisper against his heart – " I love you too...I love you so so so much too...please dont misunderstand my tears though...please..i don't want you to feel that this is me crying out of any regret or a way of making you feel bad about it or something....its just the flow..."

And he now pulls apart and wipes my tears and then kisses my eyes – " I know...I will never misunderstand..I know...",and he pauses as he asks sincerely- " I know I am already forgiven for my angry outburst at you Sunshine...but I want to apologise again..its just that.."

And I now cup his face lovingly and I say looking into his eyes – "I know...I know... it's just that we have different views on that third eye perspective Love and I understand...its only normal..because we do stem from two very different realities...and yes we don't need to necessarily agree all the time love...its ok for us to love to disagree too...as long as we continue holding our hands through that disagreement and talk it out honestly to each other like we always do...always together"

And he nods in agreement and kisses my forhead now – "always together..like we always do...",and he pauses and we smile at each other heartwarming and we both know we are feeling so so muchhh better within now and he whispers leaning into my ear – " so...before we leave theres something else too that I need to do and that is..I need to kiss you Sunshine...even if it's a Brief one..",and before I can even reply his lips close over mine immediately as he kisses me briefly,deeply,emotionally and passionately all at the same time and I kiss him back immediately mirroring back every emotion of his.

And we now break apart a couple of minutes later reluctantly and I whisper against his lips – " goshh...to be honest...I think I needed that before we left too...now I am even more than ready to do this...", and I pause as I kiss his cheek and look into his eyes intently and I say – " for you my Love there isnt anything in the world I wouldn't do..."

And his eyes literally well up with emotion and he hugs me hard and whispers – " for you my love there isn't anything in the world I wouldnt do too..but please know that I do hate for this to have happened to you Khushi because of me...I hate this...I hate all these storms that have brewed up in our lives because of the reality of my side of the Life..in the past and in the present day today too...it makes me feel very guilty yes but call me a selfish beast maybe for saying this because I am a selfish bloody beast of the highest order when it comes to you...and so I can only hope and pray to the gods above that you always have it in you to stick by my side no matter how much trouble or change comes your way as our realities merge now because know this once and for all Sunshine...I need you FREAKING more than I need oxygen..I need you in my Life..i do not have it in me to go on without you ever not even for a bloody second...I'd die..i swear to god I'd prefer to die..so yes I know I'm being really selfish when I say this but I am just praying to God to keep giving you the strength so that you can continue being my iron woman and continue to hold onto my hand tight anyway and then I'm also asking him to keep giving me the strength so that I can keep turning on the lights along the way and make sure that I do the best within my power to make this as smooth for you..always...I love you so godammit muchh Khushi....forgive me maybe for being a bloody selfish beast of the highest order...but I cant help it..I cant ...for..I lovee you so so much godammit......"

And my eyes have welled up again and my heart is bursting with emotion and Love and I pull back now and I kiss him urgently and emotionally for a minute in a deep exchange of our single upper lip and lower lip kisses and I say now against his lips with my eyes closed – " I promise to always be your iron woman as long as you promise me one thing Hoodie guy..."

And he keeps his forhead on mine and our eyes are closed as we are intimately rubbing our noses together just breathing off each others breathe as they mingle with each other because of our proximity and he whispers – " anything Khushi...ask me anything...", and I now whisper against his lips by pulling him closer by holding onto his round neck tee in my clutched fist – " promise me that you will always be the selfish beast of the highest bloody order when it comes to me..promise me...you will never push me away because of any guilt or even a overpowering emotion of Love which makes you feel overwhelmed at seeing all of this happen to me...I know the mind can work that way love..it may try to trap you by feeling that ...it happened to me no once..so I know..but promise me love just promise me that you will always listen to your heart too and just be that selfish beast of the highest bloody order when it comes to me..because heres news flash to you too Hoodie guy..I am awfully selfish when it comes to you too..like the most selfish female beast of the highest bloody order too....I freaking nneed you more than I need oxygen too dammit...I need you...and I love you so so so godaamit much..." ,and just as I finish his lips close over mine in an urgent deep passionate emotional kiss again and I mirror the same emotion and passion back to him and in both our hearts now we are now completely overwhelmed with love and our this deep emotional kiss is a reflection of that... as we continue to kiss each other urgently and deeply for a bit.

A couple of minutes later I break apart reluctantly now catching on a breathe and I whisper heaving- " gosh...arnav...you know all that I am feeling within right now.. it's going to FREAKING make me cast the most powerful patronus against those hate Dementors....."

And he kisses my forhead now lovingly and readjusts the cap on my head and rubs his hand sensually over my lips and he grins – " i feel very much the same now Sunshine...you have no idea the loving Savagity I have planned in my head...for those bloody Dementors.."and i now open my eyes to look into his loving ones and he winks now and continues – "..and oh just so you know this Sunshine..these matt lip stains of yours are surely freaking kiss proof.. they dont budge at all no matter how much I try....look at how hard I tried to get them off in the shower too last night....and right now too..."

And i smack his arm playfully now and i say lacing my hand through his – " ohh shameless you...arent you...stop...let me concentrate on the day ahead of me please....let's go now..Ravi is surely wondering why arent we out yet..."

And he chuckles as he kisses my hand – " welL he knows I needed a moment with you...I told him that when I came in..", and I smile back at him and now as we start to walk hand in hand out now and he laces his hands lovingly around my shoulder as he whispers into my ear as we walk towards the car now – "Sunshine...know this..concentrate all you want on the day ahead until 11pm in the night...for after that I am going to whisk you away..and then you concentrate on me...and I concentrate on you...for that is exactly what we will need by then by the end of this day...just US...and my plan is on alright...for I am not letting any damm thing in the world take away what iv planned up for us...for you were right love..we let any of the nonsense ruin our mood and plans...then that means we let them win...and we shall not let them win ..."

And I shiver and I look into his eyes as I admit with a smile - " ofcourse Love...we wont let any negativity affect us ok...and yes I am with you on the fact that our plans remain unaffected..no matter what too...", and he now kisses my cheek and winks at me and opens the car door for me and I get in and he closes the door and I take a sigh of bliss and relief feeling even more powered than before – and I now look at Ravi who is sitting in the front seat and he gives me an encouraging smile and a thumbs up and resumes his talk with Anjali.

And I see Arnav now getting in the backseat next to me and he instructs the chauffeur to start driving now and he gestures me to come snuggle into him from the side and I do...and i take my Cap off myself and place it on the side carefully as i tell Arnav that I would put it on when we reached Asher's hotel after the 20 minute ride back.

And Arnav now kisses my hand and he cups my face lovingly – " you sure you are ok Sunshine???"

And I nod honestly and I admit looking into his eyes – " yes I am Love..more than just ok..dont worry about me at all..I'm just so glad you are ok now too...."

And he chuckles now and says – " the least I can do for you my Iron Woman..."

And I wink as I ask – " oohh wait is that what you are going to call me now...hoodie guy?? I love Sunshine...please stick with that and maybe use this sparingly...."

And he winks back playfully- " all righty...Sunshine...but yes totally going to use iron woman too for you are the most bravest person I have ever met...like i said before..you are freaking rock solid Iron within...and I csnt thank the gods enough for that.. "

And I hug him now from the side and my one arm wraps his waist from the front and I just close my eyes and I ask – " is it ok if I just hug you this way Hoodie Guy? Until we reach??"

And he whispers – " ahann...I want you too..." , and he kisses my forhead, and hugs me sideways tight too.

And we are just looking out the window now holding our hands and hugging each other and right then Ravi also hangs his call with Anjali as he says – " okkk so that was Anjali just telling me that they all might just reach home in time to screen mirror the two of yyours live chat on the tv from the phone...they are relieved and excited...thank god...",and I see Ravi look around and he snaps a pictures of us hugging and snuggling into each other in the backseat and he says grinning – " this shot is so adorable.. its so going up on my Insta...I love your idea Khushi..please share the old pictures of you and Arnav with us all...we shall keep posting it...this Love vs Hate is going to be a fun game with all these faceless hate trollers and what did you call them..yes the Dementors.. "

We both chuckle now and Ravi grins as he says-