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If anything could beat the shine of the tubelights at VJN it was the glow on Sunaina's face. Why? Well, how would you react if a Tv celeb and no, not any ordinary celebrity but Sameer Maheshwari himself is hanging out with you? Well the writer would be off her feet for sure!

As much as Sunaina shined and shimmered Naina burned in anger.

"I don't blame Sunaina." Preeti had said and Naina didn't talk to her for days at a stretch. She calmed down only and only when Swati told her that Kartik was totally into Sunaina and wasn't happy about Sunaina's Sameer Chalisa either.

Ordinary girls would get angry and shut themselves in a room, would cry or even burst into tears in front of the guy they like but this was Naina Agarwal and Naina Agarwal's anger is dangerous. She started staying in the land of her books. She used to leave for college early and then stay a little late to ensure avoiding Sameer. She stopped visiting Red Rose.

"Bhai ye to tension ki baat ho gayi hai. Bhabhi ko patana aur mushkil hota jaa raha hai." Munna told Sameer one day when MunDit were hanging out at Sameer's place.

"Iss ladki ko manana Mt. Everest chadhnse se kam nahi hai!" Pandit gave his feedback "Isse aasan to Shukla Ji ke kutte ko chup karana hai."

- But Sameer was determined. There was nothing that could pull him away from the idea of Naina. He had his plan set. This college was an either do or die situation for him.

Sameer had been hanging out a lot with Sunaina recently. He had a plan behind it. (Obviously, Sameer Maheshwari had a plan for everything, the execution was a different issue altogether.)

Sameer stayed with Sunaina for a lot of time. He even met Kartik and his gang. Kartik wasn't pleased with his presence, to say the least. Finally, when he saw that Sunaina was charmed by him completely. He asked her for one favour.

"Haa bolo na Sameer. Mai tumhare liye kuch bhi karne ko taiyaar hu." Sunaina had been all smiles.

"Yaa..." A creeped out Sameer had replied, "Sunaina mujhe College Fest host karna hai ... Par mujhe pata hai ki har saal tum aur Kartik isko host karte ho. Sooo... Koi baat nahi agar-"

"-Tum karo na host. Tum compere kar lo. Mujhe toh dono ke beech ka difference bhi pata nahi hai... Mai Vicky se baat karungi."

Stage one of the plan had been executed with perfection. The next step was to get Naina on board for hosting. Word had it that Vicky was planning to give Sameer's group the escorting duty for the crowd and he was a tough nut to crack. So he had two missions in hand - one to get Naina be his co-host and second to let Vicky allow it.

Mission Naina Ko Patayenge was on full swing in VJN and Sonakshi's Mission ADGOH was going on the sets.

ADGOH? Avoid Dev & Get Over Him.

Sonakshi stopped going to the canteen to meet him. She diverted all her focus on her work. She began to run away at the sight of Dev. One day after pack up Dev saw Sonakshi and threw a 'hi' with a catchy smile the intelligent and composed girl looked away and ran. If in early days of love Sonakshi had been silly, then in her futile attempts to get over her crush she could have been elected Prime Minister of Stupidtown.

All she knew was Dev wasn't exactly the man of her dreams and she had fallen for him. A wrong relation may lead to tears and she didn't want that. So, she chose to not explore and run away.

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It was another Thursday on VJN Campus and Sameer had to cajole Naina at any cost.

"Bhai mujhe lagta hai hume ladkiyon par hi pressure daalna chahiye Naina ko manane ke liye." Pandit advised.

"Nahi Pandit. Ab jo karna hai mai karunga." Sameer looked confident.

"Aur tu karega kya?" Munna asked him and Sameer didn't have a proper reply.

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After scratching their heads for a while the boys realised that the solution for no solution was to straight up go and put their hand in the lion's den. So Sameer and his charm decided to go and find Naina and then talk to her.

Dil bar mere kab tak mujhe aise hi tadpaoge?
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge. (*2)
Ik din aayega, pyar ho jaayega
Hoo..
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge.

Sameer sprinted across the length and breadth of the college, from one department to another, from one class room to another, he peaked inside the staff room, scanned the library, asked her batchmates, seniors and juniors and then finally found her sitting with a thick book in the lawn.

He stood there for a while panting and taking her sight in. Naina felt a shadow falling on her. She looked up. Sameer had wanted Naina to see him smiling and flashing a heart-stopping smile but he was panting for air with his mouth open. Naina observed him for a while and then went back to her book.

Sochoge jab mere baare me tanhaiyo me,
Ghir jaoge aur bhi meri parchaiyo me (*2)
Hooo
Dil machal jaayega, pyar ho jaayega.

Dil bar mere kab tak mujhe, aise hi tadpaoge?
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge.

Naina was looking down and Sameer sat next to her. She shifted. He shifted with her. She shifted some more. He shifted with her again. She shot an angry glare. He blinked his eyes like a cute pup. She got annoyed and got up. He got up with her. She walked away. He followed.

He was enjoying his little game. A riled up Naina was the cutest little thing he had ever seen. He remembered over hearing Naina talk to herself that she wanted to pinch his cheeks. He would happily reverse the role now. He followed her until a group of girls with horror striken faces came in front of him. He looked around.

He was in the girl's washroom and Naina was smirking.

He rushed outside and waited for her.

Dil se milega jo dil to mehekne lagoge,
Tum meri baho me aake behekne lagoge. (*2)
Hosh kho jaayega, pyar ho jaayega.

Dil bar mere kab tak mujhe, aise hi tadpaoge?
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge.
Ik din aayega, pyar ho jaayega
Hoo..
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge.

Dil bar mere kab tak mujhe, aise hi tadpaoge?
Mai aag dil me laga dunga wo ki pal me pighal jaaoge.

The bell for the next period rang. Naina had to come out now. There was no other option.

"Chal Naina. Sameer kaun sa ab tak tera wait kar raha hoga." After a mini pep talk Naina walked out of the washroom. Just outside the washroom's door, Sameer was waiting for her.

He gave her a small salute.

"Banda aapki service me hazir hai." He added.

"Kya chahiye tumhe?"

"Chahiye to bahut kuch..."

Naina's eyebrows shot up.

"... Abhi ke liye tum bas mere saath college fest co host karne ke liye ready ho jao."

"College fest?" She crossed her arms. "Tumhe pata bhi hai ki yaha kitne events hote hai? Kitne din chalta hai? Kitne log select honge host karne ke liye? Kitne competitions honge? Un competitions me kitne dusre colleges aayenge?"

Sameer had no answers to her questions.

"Kya ho gaya hai tumhe?" Was all he could reply.

The hope on his face died and Naina didn't feel happy to see his expressions change from enthusiastic to forlorn either but she gulped the saliva in her mouth, her throat was turning dry. He had tried to talk to her, he had tried to revive all their old memories, he had tried to change his image in front of her on purpose. What else did she need?

"Jaane do mujhe."

Sameer kept on staring and then stepped aside to allow her to leave. Naina walked away and he kept on looking at her retreating.

His only fear now was that he would never have his sweet,innocent PVKM Naina back and that one thought actually shook him up.
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"Dhak Dhak? Wild cat coming."

"Wild cat, kaho kya report hai? Over."

"Sherni to doodh phek ke chali gayi is baar. Over."

"Majnu bhi Red Rose me udas baitha hai. Magarmach ka samosa bhi nahi kha raha. Over."

"Sherni ko manane ka ek hi raasta hai. Over."

"Majnu to khud Naina ko iske liye manana chahta hai. Over."

"Wo to agle college fest tak bhi nahi hoga agar sab kuch aise hi chalta raha. Over."

"Plan kya hai? Over."

"Suno ... Mai aur Dolly ......"
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The next day, all the volunteers were waiting for Vicky in the hall. (minus Sameer, he has a shoot too, if we remember.)

Vicky and some of the co- chairs of the cultural committee had a meeting with the Principal. The aim was to discuss the finer points of the fest. Vicky was also supposed to submit the final list of the duties for the fest. He had to give a copy of the list to the 'Princi' to ensure that anyone who doesn't manage their duty well is punished.

Sunaina had tried her level best to influence him and get his cousin - Kartik, removed from the position of the host. Vicky had seemed hostile to her idea. Kartik didn't like Sameer that made Vicky automatically loathe him. She still had her fingers crossed.

Vicky entered the hall and his expressions changed from serious to mocking as he looked at the gang of misfits:

1. Naina - The scholar
2. Preeti - The 'tindi'
3. Swati - The unknown
4. Munna - The duffer boy; &
5. Pandit - The jumping jack.

One of Vicky's friend cum kiss-up adjusted the mike for him. Vicky looked around with an arrogant air and began his not-so-required speech.

"Before I assign the duties to everyone here, I expect that each one of you present knows why they are here and won't think of the fest as a child's play or a random activity to bunk classes legally."

He directed his words indirectly to MunDit.

"Anyways, starting with day one -"

Vicky began handing out duties to people in the room.

"Humara naam kab aayega." Naina was growing impatient.

"So for the final jam," Vicky continued "We know it's a concert of Jubin Nautiyal and the people who are going to escort the artist and take full care of him are: Preeti, Pandit, Swati and Munna. The people who are going to escort students around are Sunaina,Kartik,Mitali and Priyank."

Vicky looked up at the eight of them. How had the duties been reversed? The list was with him and the names were in his handwriting too.

"Yeh kya bakwaas hai?" Kartik shouted but Vicky couldn't do anything. The list was finalised and had the principal's stamp and sign too.

On the other hand, Preeti and Swati exchanged sly smirks. After talking to Pandit over their phones cum walkie talkie, Preeti had straight away discussed her plan with Swati. Both the girls had sneaked into the basketball field while Vicky and his minions were practising their game. With a lot of risk, Preeti and Swati had sneaked his bag out of the locker room.

They had scanned his bag completely and had found the list. Then, Preeti, by a show of her ability to forge handwritings, had forged Vicky's handwriting and had copied the list with a slight change in it. All thanks to their luck, Vicky hadn't checked the list after the gamble and so Wild Cat's plan worked!

"Moving on" Vicky tried hard to supress his anger. "The last and most important duty, the hosts of Jubin's concert will be... Sameer Maheshwari and Naina Agarwal?"

He read the names more like a question.

Naina was shocked.

"Mai..mai ye nahi karungi." Naina said.

"Ab to principal ne sign kar diya baby." Swati told her.

People congratulated Naina but her mind was preoccupied in understanding the mystery behind what just happened. She smelled a fish named Sameer in this matter.

Vicky walked towards Naina and gang. He looked red with frustration. He congratulated Naina with a simple smile and then turned to the rest four of them.

"Dekho, agar ye duties change karne me tumhare haath kya tumhari ungli bhi hui na toh mujhse bura koi nahi hoga." He warned them.

"Wo to koi hai bhi nahi." Munna said

"Kya bola?" Kartik asked

"All... All the best" Pandit covered up for his friend.

Precap - A big confrontation and mandir diaries.

Missing DevAkshi? 3 chapters more.

Waiting for SamAina reunion? 3 chapters more.

But before those 3 chapters I have my birthday this Wednesday and I may be out of town for a while.

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