Neil: Damn it! Abb yaad aaya. Humaari kahani kitni romaanchak hai na?

Avni: Wo to hogi hi! Hum bhi itne alag hai!

Neil: Waise ek cheez mujhe samajh nahi aaya.

Avni: Kya?

Neil: Uss din wo ladka jo tumse badtameezi kar raha tha....usse kaise pata ki main tumhe bachpan se jaanta hun?

Avni: Tum bhi usse achche se jaante ho...

Neil: Really! Kon hai bhai ye?

Avni: Tumhara dushman and competitor.

Neil: Matlab?

Avni: Yuvraj!

Neil: Wht?! Wo abb bhi tumse badtameezi karta hai? Main usse chodunga nhi.

Avni: Arre ruko Mr. Superman! Maine hi usse bulaya tha mujhse badtameezi karne.

Neil: What! Are you crazy? Khudka kidnapping karne kon bulaata hai?

Avni: your darling wifey Baby....

Neil: Avni tum pagal ho gayi thi kya? Tum jaanti ho wo Kitna badtameezi se baat karta tha. Agar wo kuch sach mei kar deta to?

Avni : Pagal main nhi tum the. Tumhein ehsaas dilaane ke chakkar mei khud ke saath badtameezi karne ko bulaana pada. Aur Mr. Neil Khanna, shayad tum nhi jaante ki Yuvraj abb Pehle jaisa nhi hai. Pehle humara dushman tha abb mera DOST hai.

Neil: D...dd....dost?

Avni: haaan. Par shayad abb bhi tumhara dushman hai.

Neil : M... Matlab?

Avni: Kuch saal Pehle jab college khatam hone waala tha tab usne mujhe propose kiya tha.

Neil: w... Wh.. What? Aisa break laga ke kyu bol rahi ho... Batau na kya proposal? Kaisa proposal? Pyaar waala propose to nhi na?

Avni: Neil tum ek kaam karo. Tum idhar baith jao.

Avni makes Neil sit on the bed.

Neil : kyu?

Avni : kyunki tumhe heart attack aane waala hai coz Yuvraj ne pyaar waala propose hi kiya tha.

Neil makes a fist in his hand..

Neil : kyaaa?!

Avni: haan

Neil: aur tumne kya kahan?

Avni: Padhai pe dhyaan dene. Mujhe Pyaar vyaar ke chakkar mei nhi padna.

Neil: Usne kya kahan?

Avni : usne kahan ki main uske saath relationship mei nhi rehna chahti coz mai tumse pyaar karti hoon. Maine usse kahan nhi but usne mere decision ki respect ki aur hum dost hi rahe. And guess what.....jab mujhe tumse pyar hua tab he was the 2nd person to know about it and he agreed to help me.

While saying these words Avni didn't realise how much her words were pricking him. How much his mind got in a mess.

Neil's POV
Yuvraj sudhar gaya?! Kuch bhi. Mere yahan rehte wakt to kuch nhi badla aur mere jaate hi isne girgitt ki tarah rang badal diya. Ye kaise hua? Kuch to chal raha hai iss insaan ke khuraafati dimaag mei. Mujhe kal isse milna hoga.

End of POV

Neil: Avni abhi ye Yuvraj rehta kahan hai?

Avni : xyz place.

Avni: Achcha tum batao ki Delhi mei tumhaare kitne girlfriends the?

Neil (thinks): 50-60 to ho hi jaayenge. Main ladkiyon ka count nhi rakhta.

Avni: (glares at Neil) Neeilllll!

Neil: Arre mazak kar raha tha. Main sirf do larkiyon ko jaanta hoon. Ek ladki thi jisse maine apna dost banaya usse jyada nhi aur dusri ladki jo mere baaju mei nakchari bann ke baithi hai.

Avni: Main tumhe Nakchari dikhti hoon?

Neil: Haan. To?

Avni: Tumhein to main chodungi nhi Neil ke bachche.

Avni and Neil run around the whole room like Tom and Jerry.

Neil: Hojaainge abhi bolo to.

Avni: Neil!

Neil: Kya Neil? Shaadi ke baad yahi to agla step hota hai. Maa ko bhi unke 'Tillu ka Pillu' mil jaaega.

Avni: Tumhare saath mujhe baat hi nhi karni. Bohot bigaad gaye ho Delhi jaake. Abhi agle 1 saal mere pass bhi mat aana. Bye. Good night.

Neil (thinks): Night ko bad banake 'good night' bol rahi hai. Iss Yuvraj se mujhe jald se jald milna hoga.

Avni chain se so gaayi par humaare janab ki neend chain sab kabutar ki tarah furrrr hogayi thi. Poori raat ye sochta raha ki aakhir pichle 9 years mei Avni ke life mei hua kya tha. Usse abhi realise hua ki Avni se 9 saal tak bina contact rakhke usne kitni badi galti ki. Bichara itna tension mei aagaya ki first night mei usse nightmares aane lage.

Next Morning.

Avni woke up to see Neil's troubled face.

Avni POV: Ye Neil ko kya hua? Aisa lag raha hai ki poori raat thik se nhi soya. Aisa kyu par? Shayad aadat nhi hai do log ek bistar pe sone ki. Late ho raha hai mai fresh ho jaati hoon.

Avni freshens up and goes downstairs to the kitchen.

Avni: good morning shweta maa. Good morning bebe. Good morning papaji.

All: good morning Avni.

Shweta: Avni, Tillu kahan hai?

Avni: aapke Tillu shayad kal raat thik se soya nhi isliye maine usse uthaya nhi.

Prakash : sota bhi to kaise. Poori raat jo mili thi apne angel ko ghurne ke liye.

Avni's cheek turns red and she enters the kitchen. After she had completed her work she goes to the room to call Neil.

Avni : Neil utho. 9 baj gaye. Neiillll.

Neil: Angel sonne do na.

Avni: Neil utho. Kaam bhi to hai. Utho

Neil (thinks): Shit! aaj Yuvraj se milne jaana tha. Late hogaya. Avni ko iss baare mei pata nahi lagna chahiye.

Avni: Kya soch rahe ho? Uthoooo.

Neil: uth gaya... Abb ek kissi chahiye.

Avni: nhi milne wala. Bye.

Avni leaves.

Neil leaves having the breakfast made by Avni. 

AT YUVRAJ'S PLACE

Yuvraj opens the door.

Neil: Yuvraj.

Yuvraj: Hey Neil! Andar aana.

Neil goes inside at sits.

Yuvraj: Arre Neil congrats yaar! Sorry main shaadi mei aa nhi paya. Wo mummy ki tabiyat kharab thi aur hum hospital mei the.

Neil: Ohh..Abhi aunty kaisi hai?

Yuvraj: She's better.

Neil: Gud. Wo..Avni ne bataya tha ki ....tum usse pasand karte the and fir achchanak tum log dost bhi ban gaye. I mean...I'm confused U know.

Yuvraj: Haan main samajh gaya. Bachpan mei main Avni ko isliye pareshaan karta tha coz tum humesha uske aas paaass use protect karte the aur mujhe uss baat se chidd hoti thi.

Neil: Phir?

Yuvraj: Tumhaare jaane ke baad maine usse chidhaana band kar diya coz U were not at her back. Phir pichle kaarnamo ke liye maine Avni ko sorry bola and hum friends ban gaye. Avni tumhe bohot miss karti thi yaar. Tumhaare alava kisiko usne 'Avu' tak bulaane nhi diya. Phir bhi 12th tak aate aate mujhe usse pyaar hogaya. College mei maine usse propose bhi kiya tha par usne reject kar diya.

Neil was silent. Usse samajh nahi aa raha tha ki wo kya bole.

Yuvraj: Mujhe realise hua ki bachpan se leke abb tak usne sirf tumhe chuna hai. Tumhe pasand kiya hai. Main kitni bhi koshish kar lu tumhaari jagh kabhi nhi le paaunga. Isliye main sirf usse dosti nibha raha hoon. Waise bhi Mumbai mei larkiyon ki kami thodi hai. (laugh) Koi na Koi mil hi jaayegi.

Neil: Hmm....Koi to mil hi jaayegi.

Then they talk some random and Neil leaves.

Yuvraj (in mind): I still love Avni. I can't tolerate you with her. Par uski khushi ke liye I can do anything. Wo mera pehla pyaar thi. Shaayad usse kabhi na bhula pau. Par usse khush mujhse jyada tum rakh sakte ho Neil. Uska khyaal rakhna.

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Hey guys! 

Kisko shock laga title dekhke?

What is gonna happen next?

Is Yuvraj really ready to sacrifice his love for Avni?

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I hope you liked the update. And I'm sorry thoda late hogaya. Gharpe bday season chal raha hai. Har week ek na ek bday ki taiyaari mei chala jaata hai.

Stay tuned.

With Love

Nibu.