* Introducing
Rana Daggubatti as Naveen
Mahesh babu as Dhruv*

Kashmir

"Come on Anna. You can do it. Just 10 more" Arjun screamed while siddharth struggled to take his 90th push up. After lots of struggles he finally made it and fell on the ground. Arjun rushed to him with water.

"You'll get dehydrated. Drink this water" Arjun said.

"Stupid. It's not good to drink water immediately after push ups. You don't know?" siddharth said panting. Arjun scratched his nape. He sat up and took few deep breaths. It's been few days since they shifted from their camp to the border.

"Are you okay? You could have crossed 150 Anna" Arjun said excitedly.

"Yeah. It's so simple to shout " just 10 more " from a distance. Are you even doing it" Siddharth scolded and Arjun grinned.

"You know me right"

He helped him to get up. He buttoned up his shirt and wiped his face with a towel and started walking towards their room.

"This place is more calm . Thank god we shifted over here. I would have died eating snow" arjun said and Siddharth laughed.

"Dont worry. You won't eat snow from here"

Arjun smiled at him. From a distance Siddharth spotted a man who stood near the court.

"I'll  come now" siddharth excused himself from Arjun and walked besides him.

"Dhruv?"

Dhruv turned towards siddharth surprised.

"Siddharth" he said cheerly and hugged him tightly.

"Long time man. How are you?" dhruv asked.

"I'm fine. How are you doing and when did you return back?"

"Just few weeks ago man. I searched for you here. But they that told you were on the camp"

Siddharth nodded.

"Just joined here yesterday. Anyway hows your mom?"

"Operation went well. But she is still so weak. I kept a home nurse there. But not so sure whether she will take care of her properly or not."

Siddharth touched his shoulders.

"She'll be fine" he said and Dhruv nodded.

"How's your girl.? Still drooling over letters haa?" dhruv asked teasing him. Siddharth laughed.

"Yeah almost"

A loud whistle distracted them.

"Time for me to go. I'll catch you later. Bye" dhruv said running towards the court. Siddharth joined Arjun.

"Who's that?" Arjun asked

"A good friend of mine"

"Seems like you both met after Long"

"Yeah almost 6 months. I guess. His mom had a heart attack. So he had to leave for his Hometown."

"Is he married?" Arjun asked and Siddharth nodded.

"His wife died in a accident"

"Oh no. Poor brother"

"But the thing is that he didn't couldn't see his wife for so long. Not even during her funeral" siddharth said making Arjun shocked.

"Why?"

"We are army men. Arjun. our life is for the country"

He walked away.
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Hyderabad

Krishna and Sita happily welcomed the guests. Everyone got seated in the hall.

"Feeling good to see you after Long Krishna"said Deva

"Dont be formal Deva. From now on we are gonna become relatives" Krishna said and everyone smiled.

"Naveen. This is Krishna uncle. You remember him Right?" Deva asked.

Naveen , a handsome man in his mid twenties. He smiled and nodded.

"Of course how can I forget dads best friend" he smiled "Nice to meet you uncle"

"It's our pleasure to meet you Son"

Deva looked around.

"Where's Anjali.?"

"Ah. She's getting ready upstairs. You know right. She is a bit shy. Meera go and call Anjali"

Meera smiled and nodded.

She walked upstairs. Anjali stood near the window gazing outside

"Akka. See they have come. Come down"

Anjali stood still.

"Akka are you listening to me?"

Anjali turned towards her and nodded her head.

"Come" meera said grabbing her and hurried down. Anjali took a deep breath and walked downstairs.

She wore a simple dress , but still looked elegant.

"Anjali. There you are" deva said smiling. She smiled back and joined her palms to welcome them.

"Come sit here"

She sat on the couch. Her eyes got a glance of him , whos staring at her with a smile.

"Anjali. This is Naveen." Krishna said.

Anjali and Naveen smiled at each other.

"Don't think that we have rushed for this marriage dear. Naveen wanted to see you once.That's all" deva said.

"That doesn't matter deva. We are even ready to conduct the marriage now" Krishna said and they both laughed.

Anjali gave a disapproving glare to Krishna.

"So can we just give some privacy for our children.?"

Anjali And Naveen walked through the garden. He was admiring her beautiful garden and her too. She was so lost in her thoughts.

"So Anjali?"his voice made her come back to her sense.

"I don't believe in arrange marriages. But dad wanted this to happen. So i just gave it a try"

Anjali gave him a faint smile.

"You're more silent"he said.

"No actually. I also don't believe in arrange marriage too"

He smiled.

"So did they force you for the marriage?"

She looked into his eyes to know whether he deserved her trust.

"Let's be frank to each other" he said. She opened her mouth to speak but he intruppted.

"I had a relationship. 2 years back. But we broke up. I still don't know why. May be I couldn't find time for her. I was so immersed in making my company best. In between we couldn't spend time with each other. Well she might have tolerated a lot.. poor girl. You know I'm a bit workaholic.  When it comes to work"

She nodded.

"That Was the only relationship i had. That's when I realised that love is not my thing. I just went by the way."

She smiled at him.

"Have you loved someone?" He asked. Her face glowed and eye sparkled. Yes she love him. More than anything else.

"Naveen..I also want to be frank with you. I actually..." Before she could complete his phone rang. He excused himself and moved aside to talk. After 5 minutes he came back.

"I'm sorry. It's an important call. I think I should leave now. We will talk later?" He asked

Her heart sank. She badly wanted to say about Siddharth to him. But he seemed to be in a hurry. She nodded.

They walked inside together and he left within sometime.

*****

♡ Nila ♡