
Faith & Fury
Words 101
“Khushiiii!” Heart in his mouth Arnav ran towards the edge.
Sweating and panting, bit-by-bit, he pulled her back and into his arms, for an infinitesimal second, before going on a verbal rampage. “What the hell Khushi! Can’t you do anything right? What if something had happened dammit?”
“But nothing happened!” Khushi inspected her scraped arms. “In any case, it’s all Devi Maiyya’s* wish. If She wants me who am I to fight Her?”
Arnav’s face grew blacker.
Khushi held out her hand. “Help me.”
“Ask your precious Devi Maiyya.” He snapped.
“I did.” Khushi twinkled. “She told me to ask you.”
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*Devi Maiyya: Mother Goddess
Side note: Just a snapshot of my favorite couple Khushi and Arnav. I didn’t mean to write about them (100 words is not enough) but they have a habit of inveigling themselves and not letting go – apologies if it didn’t make much sense.
Written for the Friday Fictioneers – a story in 100 words or less. Thanks to Rochelle for hosting the challenge and Jan Wayne Fields for the photo prompt. To read the other stories inspired by this prompt click here.
Mysterious, but atmospheric
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Thanks!
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I loved this post full of courage and faith.
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Thank you YS for the lovely comment 🙂
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Lovely vignette in their story!
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Thank you Dalw😊
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Of course it makes sense 🙂 Any snapshot is a moment in time captured forever (one hopes) and we don’t always need the back story to understand the moment 🙂
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Thank you for that Linda😊
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Dear Dahlia,
Khushi sounds like a handful. I understand that moment of relief followed by anger. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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And Rochelle you are very perceptive. She is rather a handful more than enough to distract him and divert him from his personal angst and baggage😁 Thank you🌷
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Loved the little story of our favourite couple. Devi Maiyya Had a wicked sense of humour pairing unlikely couple.
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😁🙌
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This is one couple that makes all sense be it 100 or 1000 words…simply superb….
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Thanks😁
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Always listen to Devi Maiyya!
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Indeed! Thanks for visiting 🙂
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Very intense.
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Thanks Rupali 🙂
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I liked his anger through concern
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Thanks 🙂
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He he – I’m not surprised he gets exasperated with her – but she sounds sweet and mischievous too!
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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Oh yes she is all that and more! 😀 Thanks for visiting Susan 🙂
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The first step after saving someone is to always chew them out–same rule applies when finding a lost child. The Mother Goddess seems rather fickle and undecisive.
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Mother Goddess likes to test and tease 😉 Appreciate your visit and comment Russell 🙂
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The story makes perfect sense. I have a son who often did not think beyond the moment. Nicely done.
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Thanks Susan 🙂
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They sound like a couple with a very strong bond; it sounds as though they live life at full volume! Nice story with a good twist.
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Yes one of their USP is their strong bond. Thanks Penny for your perceptive comment 🙂
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She needs to find another goddess if this one is trying to kill her!
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Ah no She just works in mysterious ways 🙂 Thanks for visiting!
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This is lovely. What a great couple, love shines through anger and mischief. They sure don’t lead a boring life.
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Yes definitely not boring! Thank you for the lovely comment 🙂
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I’m sure you could write more than 100 words about this couple. You used the least number of words to tell the most. Good job, Dahlia.
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Thanks Miriam! Pssst Miriam I’ll let you in on a secret – I have written about 500 odd chapters (each over a 1000 words) on this couple. They are how I came into writing 😀
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Wow, that’s very impressive. Are they real people?
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Haha – no Miriam reel people. There you have it just one crazy fan 😀
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Very good imagination! 🙂
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😀
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Your story worked very well. I feel that Khushi is a wee bit of a trickster.
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Well maybe just a tiny bit 😉 Thanks Alicia for visiting and commenting 🙂
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Amazed by the power of words someone can understand the depth of the relationship they share without knowing an inch the depth of the story that belongs to them….so you are magical….hope you know that
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So lovely is our KKGSR
“She told me to ask you.” 😍😂
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😀 😂 Hello sammymas! Have we met before? Nevertheless happy to meet you 🙂
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Happy to meet you too Dahlia 😍
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Loved this piece…ASR and khushi in their original avatar
Thank you so much😘
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Hahaa, true to their nature!!
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😉 😀
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just a little bit about Arshi makes me so happy —
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