Next day felt a pretty normal but tiring day. Not even half day was passed when Ishqi already started to feel sleepy...

Ishqi and Ahaan were sitting near each other waiting for the set to get ready. Ishqi's eyes soon started feeling heavy. Before Ishqi knew it, she was asleep. Slowly, she started leaning towards Ahaan and kept her head on his shoulders...

Ahaan smiled looking at her and then soon started caressing her hair...

"Everyone get ready!!" Yelled director Robin but still Ishqi was fast asleep...

Ahaan- sir what if we shoot some other scenes right now, Ishqi looks really tired...

Ahaan said as he pointed at Ishqi. Director nodded. Ahaan then slowly shooked Ishqi. Ishqi opened her eyes still in half sleep...

Ishqi- kya hua kyu uthaya?

Ahaan- Ishqi andar jaake sojao...

Ishqi- umm...nahi...

Ahaan then held her by her shoulders and made her sleep in her vanity...

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It was almost 2 am and Ishqi was laying sleeplessly on bed staring at ceiling with boredom...

"Yaar Ishqi subah sone ki kya jarurat thi ab neend nahi aa rahi na. Ab kya karu?"

After tossing around for 15 minutes, Ishqi called Ahaan...

Ahaan- hello...

Ahaan said in sleepy voice...

Ishqi- hello Ahaan...

Ahaan- Ishqi, tumne iss wakt call kiya, are you okay??

Ishqi- ha yaar main thik hu par mujhe neend nahi aa rahi, am getting bored...

Ahaan- what!! Tu pagal hai kya, raat ke dou baje mujhe uthake bol rahi hai "Main bore ho rahi hu"

Ishqi- ohh hello tu koi miss universe nahi hai jo tujhe aapni beauty sleep ki jarurat hai. Sorry agar disturb kiya ho toh.

Ahaan- nahi nahi tumne disturb thodi na kiya, raat ke dou baje koi kisiko disturb kaise kar sakta hai.

Ishqi- sarcasm, I like it. Accha ab chup hoke mujhe entertain kar...

Ahaan- Ishqi tum subah sogayi thi par main toh kaam kar raha tha na, mujhe neend aarahi hai.

Ishqi- yaar Ahaan, accha tune ek baar shayari sunayi thi na atleast shayari hi sunade.

Ahaan- yaha kya mushayra chal raha hai?

Ishqi- subade na, kya pata teri boring shayari sunke mujhe neend aajaye.

Ahaan- oh hello madam meri shayari na bohot acchi hoti hai aur agar meri shayari itni hi boring lagti hai toh tu sunade...

Ishqi- okay, araz kiya hai, nazar ne nazar ko nazar bhar ke dekha...nazar ne nazar ko nazar bhar ke dekha, nazar ko nazar ki nazar lag gayi...waah!!waah!!

Ahaan- kya waah waah yeh shayari kam tongue twister zyada lag raha hai, aisi bhi koi shayari hoti hai bhala...

Ishqi- accha shayari pasand nahi aayi toh hum tere naam ke naare lagate hai, "ek rupaye ka hai chingam, Ahaan Malhotra hai singam" Kaisa laga??

Ahaan- yeh toh shayari se bhi ghatiya tha...

Ishqi- okay toh dusra nara sunn, "Hum sab hai azad Ahaan Malhotra murdabad...I...I mean zindabad"

Ahaan- Ishqi sach sach batao tumne sharab pee hai kya? Sharab pee ke bhi itni beheki beheki baate nahi ki thi tumne...

Ishqi- aree mere paas ek aur nara hai.

Ahaan- Ishqi no!!

Ishqi- toh fir mujhe entertain karo, main hi tumhe kabse entertain kar rahi hu.

Ahaan- fine!! Main tumhe ek address deta hu tum waha aajana...

Ishqi- tum mujhe kaha le jaa rahe ho?

Ahaan- Ishqi main tumhe kidnap nahi karlunga.

Ishqi- Mr. Sarcasm baba aaj keliye itna bohot hogaya, ab jaldi bhej location...

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As Ishqi drove towards the location, she realized that she was going on top of hill. She parked her car just a meter away from where she could see Ahaan's car...

As she approached him, he heard her footsteps and and turned...

Ishqi- hii Mr. Chingam Singam...

Ahaan- stop calling me that okay...

Ishqi- waise mere paas ek aur nara hai.

Ahaan- don't!!

Ishqi- fine, waise mujhe yaha kyu bulaya?

Ahaan- tumne hi toh kaha tha entertain me. Come...

Ahaan held Ishqi's hand and took her a bit front. Ishqi could now see the beautiful view. She was awestruck. Beautiful night lights with starts twinkling and wind blowing...

Ahaan- waise tumhe batadu yeh mera secret hideout hai, is bareme kisiko nahi pata.

Ishqi- well ab mujhe pata hai aur yeh mera bhi secret hideout hai aaj se...

Ahaan- haww hideout chor!!

Ishqi- whatever singam...

Ahaan then nodded in disbelief and sat on bonnet of car, staring at the stars soon followed by Ishqi who did the same...

Ahaan- tumhe pata hai Ishqi yeh week meri liye bohot khaas hai.

Ishqi- kyu? Tum election ladne wale ho iss week, main tumhari hepl karungi nare lagane mein, hanara neta kaisa ho Ahaan Malhotra jaisa ho...

This time Ahaan stayed quiet. He didn't shout or got angry, he not even laughed, he just stared at the night lights smiling...

Ahaan- tumhe yaad nahi, yeh week hamari shoot ka last week hai, iss Saturday ko last day hai...

All of a sudden silence covered the surrounding. Ishqi totally lost the spam of time, for her it felt just like yesterday when she and Ahaan met for the first time in mock shoot and now it was already last week of their shooting...

Ahaan- yakeen nahi ho raha na.

Ishqi- hmm...

Said Ishqi who still couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that how could she forget this though it was mentioned several times on set by everyone else...

Ahaan- kya hua, tum toh abhi se senti hogayi!!

Ishqi- main koi senti venti nahi hui...

Ahaan- accha toh tumhe meri yaad nahi aayegi?

Ishqi- what, ofcourse not!! Main toh balke khush hu jo tumse mera peecha shut jayega.

Ahaan- okay as you say...

They spent rest of their time quietly watching the night sky...

Ishqi- I guess ab mujhe jana chahiye, almost chaar baj gaye hai.

After not getting any reply from Ahaan's side, she turned and saw him sleeping. Ishqi couldn't help but chuckle...

Ishqi- Ahaan uth jao...uffo!! Kumbhakaran uth jao...

Ahaan finally woke up after Ishqi's several tries and then gave her a look...

Ahaan- good night main ghar jaa raha hu.

Ishqi- dude chaar baj gaye hai ab good morning bolo...

Ahaan- sirf tumhari wajahse main raat bhar soo nahi paya...

Ishqi- toh kya hua kal, I mean aaj toh shoot nahi hai na toh aaj pura din sojana.

Ahaan- byee...

"Byee..." Ishqi said as she controlled her laughter...

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Ishqi was in her balcony laughing at her own nara(s) and shayari...

Ishqi went inside holding her cup of coffee when her gaze fell on her bedside table and the calender on it. Saturday was marked with a star and "Last day of shoot" was written...

"Aaj firse waisa hi lag raha hai jaisa 9th standard mein laga tha, woh...woh feeling firse aarahi hai, feeling of letting go of something. Jab peheli baar Ahaan se mili thi tab socha tha pata nahi kab yeh shooting khatam hogi aur ab...ab ussi Ahaan ko raat ko roast kar rahi thi main..."

Ishqi took a deep breath and then slumped on bed scrolling through Instagram when she saw Mayank's story. It was him and Mayank's fiancée in their Sangeet. This time Ishqi didn't feel sad or emotional. Just then she received a video call from her siblings...
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To be continued... 
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That's it for today everyone and now the question is..."What is Ishqi's unsaid nara?" Everyone comment the best nara you can come up with and the closed to what Ishqi was going to say will win...

Precap:- Ishqi's inner conflict...

Word count- 1250

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