they are in the car , then Shruti say

Shurti : Avni abhi bhi jayada time nehi huya hai.....let's go to the shopping mall

Avni : um okk.....phir mamma jis mall mei hai woha chalte hai

Shurti : ok aunty ko call karke pucch

Avni : mujhe pata hai....Neil....( but Neil did not let her to complete )

Neil : haa bolo jaan

Avni looks at him

Avni : city mall mei chalo

Neil : okkk....tum ne bola hai to jana hi padega

Later , when they reached , they saw people were running here and there.....thet got down from the car

Avni : sab aise bhag kyu rahe hai ?
( worriedly )

Neil stopped a man

Neil : kya huya hai yaha ?

Man :  Sir some goons attacked inside the mall , they are not letting anyone come out....they even killed some people.....( saying this he left )

They gets shocked

Avni : mamma aur nanno....( panicked and started went inside mall but Neil grabs her hand )

Neil : Avni , u can't go inside....it will be very risky....no no i won't let you go

Avni : what r u saying.....meri mamma andar hai.....( her eyes getting teary )

Shruti : Avni , Neil is right....abhi hum jald baaji nehi kar sakte....u won't go inside

Avni : i don't care....mujhe andar jana hai....(started wriggles but neil holds her tightly )

Neil : nothing will happen to Aunty and Nanna....i will go inside , u and shruti stay here

Shruti : Avni hum neil pe trust kar sakte hai....tu mat ja , plz

Avni is feeling very scared for her mamma.....Neil cuppad her face

Neil : i promise main aunty aur nanno ko kuch nehi dunga

Avni looks at him with teary eyes then with very heavy heart she agreed

Neil smiles and kissed her forehead , Avni looks at his eyes.....then Neil looks at shruti , shruti nodded and held Avni

Neil went inside and saw there are goons all around and everyone is wearing black masks , he started looking around to see if he can see Neela and Nanno or not

Then Neil escaped from everyone's eyes and went to the second floor and hide behind a pillar then he saw here a goon is holding a little girl and keeping a gun on her head , she is crying

Neil : i have to do something

Just then he heard footsteps , he turn around and saw a masked man coming towards his direction and unfortunately he saw Neil and pointed the gun at Neil and about then speck but neil quickly closed his mouth and snatches the gun and hit on his head very hard , he lost his conscious

Then Neil looked back to that goon who was holding the kid , he silently went near him and grabbed him from behind and bangs his head hard on the near by wall

Like this Neil beats all the goons who were on the second floor and made them unconscious...and told the people here to stay calm

Neil : neela aunty kaha hai

He silently glanced at the first floor and saw Neela and Nanno both are behind the wall.....Neil signed in relief

Neil told everyone not to make a sound and went down and about to move towards Neela and Nanno

but the leader saw Neil

L : oyee....( points his gun towards neil )....jayda shana banta hai....haath upar kar

Neil raised his hands

L : jaan ki parwaya nehi hai kya....biwi ko vidhwa karna chahta hai kya

Neil slowy slowy coming towards him

Neil : hehe , nehi sir meri to abhitak shaadi huyi hi nehi

L : to hoga na , yaa phir shaadi ka maja lene se pehle hi duniya ko bye bye karna hai

Neil : nehi nehi maja to leni hai....( rubbing his neck )

L : to phir chup chup khari reh , samjha

Neil looks at the entrance and saw the police reached there

Neil : nehi

L : ruk tujhe to.....( but Neil kicked his hand and punched on his nose )

Before the goons can understand anything police came and caught all of them

Here , Avni is getting very restless

Avni : main aise nehi beth sakti
( saying this she runs inside the mall ) 

Shruti : Avni.....( went behind Avni )

When Avni came in , she saw police surrounded all the goons and talking with Neil and , Neela and Nanno standing behind Neil

Avni : mamma.....( smiles widely )

They all looked at her

Neela : baccha

Avni was going towards Neela but the goon's leader snatched the gun from the police and ran towards Avni and caught her....and held it on Avni's head

Neil / Neela : Avni

Their heart began thumbing in fear seeing gun pointed at Avni's head

Neela : Neil kuch karo....meri bacchi !  ( crying )

L : koyi aage nehi aayega warna main goli chala dunga....( held Avni's arm who was standing there trembling , her lips quivering )

Neil : leave her....( he was looking at Avni with fearful and hurtful eyes )

Neil is taking slow steps towards them

L : ye ye aage mat barna , main keh raha hu.....main isse maar dunga

He tightening his grib on Avni making her whines....Neil gets very angry seeing this and started walking towards them

L : oyee ruk....ruk main goli chala dunga bata raha hu

Neil didn't stop , he kept moving towards them and glaring at him.....the leader shot towards Neil ,  Avni screamed in fear of but Neil move a side , bullet went through his side.....Avni , Neela took a deep breath in relief

then Neil quickly reached to them and pushed Avni a side and grab that leader throat and his one wrist tightly , the gun fell down....then Neil knocked him down and started punching his face hardly

Here Neela maa ran to Avni and hugged her but Avni's eyes on Neil who kept punching the leader like a manic

Neil : how dare u to touch her....i will kill u....( shouts )

Seeing this the other officer immediately ran to Neil and trying to stop him but Neil is not leaving him

Neela , Nanno and Shruti are all shocked seeing this.....and Avni hasn't removed her eyes from Neil , she still looking at him

Police : Sir plz chodiye

They finally managed to pull Neil from the the leader whose condition is very bad , he fainted now

*****

Later , At Parikh Mansion

All are sitting in the living room.....Aladdin side hugging Avni

Aladdin : my heart is still thumping loudly thinking of all this....aur tum aise kaise andar chali gayi ho princess ?........
Neil said u na don't go inside

Avni whose head on Aladdin's chest , she removed her arms around him and sat properly

Avni : mujhe sabke liye chinta ho rahi thi.....sorry.....( looking down )

Neil was looking at Avni , he still feels that fear when he sees her at gun point

Ali : idiot , thoda na apna patience level bada....kuch ho jata to

Nanno : accha accha cchod bechari ko

Shruti : yes but Neil did not care for his life and stood in front of the gun to save Avni.....( smiles at Neil , now she is sure Neil is perfect for Avni )

They all looks at Neil.....Neela placed her hand on Neil's cheek 

Neela : i don't know how to thank u....first u saved my husband and today my daughter....i will forever be grateful....if i can pay it back somehow , plz let me know

Neil looks at her then Avni

Neil : Aunty no need to thank me....And i will definitely ask u something when the time comes.....( smiles )

Aladdin : thik aab tum sab rest karo

Neela : haa aur main lunch bana leti hu

Then everyone went upstairs

*****

After getting fresh , Neil went and sat on the sofa and thinking about what happened today....he has never been so afraid in his life before but today he got very very scared

Just then he heard knock at his door....he looks on and saw Avni....Neil immediately stand up , he was dying to talk with her

Neil : Avni

Avni came inside and has a first aid box in her hand

Neil : Avni , tum thik hona....( he still remember her tearfull eyes )

Avni : main thik hu....tum apna dekho , tumhari haath pe chot aayi hai

Neil looked at his hands and saw bruises there....when he was punching that goon, then his hand also got hurt

Neil : thodi si chot hai bas

Avni : betho

Neil looked at her then slowy sat down....Avni sat beside him....Avni then held his hand making Neil happy....she started cleaning his hand....Neil smiles , he doesn’t feel any pain , he is very happy now

Neil in mind : thank god chot aaya tha....agaar chot tumhe meri pas le aata hai then yehi sehi

Avni : why did u come in front of the gun , if something happens to u then ?

Neil : so what did u expect ?....after see u at gun point , i just stood there and just watched ?

Avni looks at him

Avni : i....

Neil : my life is u , if something happens to u then i will die Avni

Avni : Neil

Neil : i can die with u but i won't leave without u

Avni's heart jumped out seeing the truth in her eyes.....they looked at each other eyes , they get lost.....neil smiles , Avni realised and looks away

Avni : um hogaya.....( bandaged his hand and closed the box )

Neil think something

Neil : waise vah Kunal ka age kitni hai ?

Avni looked at him

Avni : kyu

Neil : bolo na

Avni : 26 hai i guess

Neil : accha....main ek baat kahu

Avni nodded

Neil : jab bhi Kunal ki baat aata hai , phir tum hamesha blank kyu ho jati ho ?

Avni looks at him.....Neil can tell that Avni is getting uncomfortable

Avni : aab....thodi der baat nicche aa jana lunch k liye

Saying this she went out hurriedly

Neil : kuch to baat hai , maine notice ki hai....( then looks at his hand and smiles )

At night

Shruti will stay here today , she came to Neil's room and told him she want to talk to him

Now both are in the garden

Neil : hmm to bolo kya baat karni hai

Shruti : i just talked to Sahil....u know maine na sahil ki family ko nehi dekha tha.....actually he didn't  talk much about this

Neil : yes , he ignores this topic after his parent's dead

Shurti : yeah but wait

Shruti took out her phone and show him a picture

Shruti : ye tum dono ki family hai , right....sahil has send it now

Neil : yeah....( smiles looking at the photo )

Shruti : u know today we met Avni's childhood friend Neil's mother and Bebe

Neil's smile fell and looks at her....shruti raised her brows

Shruti : see is photo mei bhi ye dono hai

Neil understand that now shruti knows everyday

Neil : shruti...

Shruti looks at Neil seriously

Shurti : what do u want neil ?.....u are deceiving ur own friend....today i thought that u really loves avni....but tum majak kar rahe ho ki tum usse pyaar karte ho

Neil : i love her , main majak nehi kar raha....she is my life now

Shruti : then aise cchup kyu rahe ho tum

Neil : just a few days and i will tell Avni....just u don't say anything to anyone now , plz

Shruti : But neil , Avni will get angry

Neil : main usse mana lunga....bas jaise maine socha sab waise hi ho

Shruti nodded

Neil : accha shruti Kunal kaisa insaan hai ?

Shruti immediately looks at him

Shruti : tum...tum aise kyu puch rahe ho

Neil : don't know but i think something is wrong Avni , she always got blank when it comes to Kunal

Shruti : Neil

Neil : tumhe kuch pata hai to bolo mujhe , plz

Shruti signed

Shruti : Kunal is a good person....thinks about others , respects others....all is good but....

Neil : but ?

Shruti : i don't know but when it comes to Avni , He becomes a different person

Neil got confused

Neil : jaise ?

Shruti looks at Neil

Shruti  : ..........................( to be continued )

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