SidNaaz along with Karan, Vicky and his wife get into the Open Safari Jeep. The driver drives the jeep to the top of the mountain. After driving on the proper road for 5 mins they hit the mud road. The cold weather, the chilling breeze and the darkness makes Shehnaaz to hold Sid tightly. Karan fakes that he saw two glowing eyes in the dark to scare the ladies while the men laugh.

After driving uphill for 20 mins, the jeep comes to halt and they all get down to view the city from top. Thousands of tiny lights glowing was the best thing to see at night. It looked like they were surrounded with stars above their head and below their feet. Such view was just impossible to see when you stayed in city because though you can experience the lights surrounded in the traffic, but not the stars due to pollution.

Sid hugs Naaz from behind while they both look at the colourful lights. The adventure becomes more exciting when they get back into the jeep to drive back to the resort. The driver turns off the head lights of the jeep while going down hill.

Naaz gets scared and she shuts her eyes and hugs Sid tightly in the dark. He rubs her back to calm her. It takes around 10 mins for them to be back on tar road when the driver turns on the lights. They reach the resort and Naaz was still holding Sid. Sid taps her a little telling her that they've arrived.

They order the dinner from the room service and go to sleep cosily in their bed.

Next early morning, they all gear up by putting on sports wears, sunglasses, trek shoes to go on a Chomakund trek. They have a light breakfast, board the bus and at 6am they reach Chelavara water falls which is the starting point of the trek.

Sid takes the bag that Naaz has packed which has snacks, hats, water, first aid kit and other essentials which would be needed.

Naaz takes out the sunscreen lotion from the bag and applies it on Sid's hand, neck and face while Sid watches her take care of him like a baby. If she wasn't there, he wouldn't even bother doing those things. She hands him over his hat and only then she applies the sunsceen herself and wears hat.

They start walking. It's a 6 kms trek and it was a peice of cake for Sid whereas Naaz was an amateur and her tiny steps couldn't match with Sid hence Sid walks with Naaz holding her hand with her pace as they pass through the mystic lanes of the dense jungles.

Sid careful sheilds her from thorns and gets bruised but he doesn't show it to her. Amidst all the tiring trek they both enjoyed the enchanted beauty in each other's company. After about reaching the half way up the Tadiandamol peak, Naaz asks for water and Sid hands over her the water. She lifts up to gulp the water to quinch her thirst when Sid holds her hand.

Sid: Aise nahi darling, it won't help gulping large amount of water while trekking.

Naaz: Toh? My tongue and lips are dry and its sticking together. Peene do na.. (Making a sad face)

Sid: Haan baby. Mein peene se mana nahi kar raha, bas chote sips lo aur beech beech mein kulla kar lo jab dry hoga to..

Naaz takes a smaller sips of water as instructed and she kisses his shoulder.

Naaz: Mera pyara kullu

Sid: Arey!! (Puting a finger on his lips) dheere bolo.. nahi toh kissine sun liya toh pura office mujhe kal se kullu bulayega..

Naaz smiles and suddenly her eyes fall on his shoulders which has blood stains. She panicks

Naaz: Yeh kya hua tumhe? (Holding his shoulder)

Sid: Arey kuch nahi woh jungle se guzarte huye kaate lage hai bas.. chalo chalte hai, sab aage nikal rahe hai..

Naaz: Nahi mujhe abhi dekhna hai..

Sid: Arey yaar, sirf mamuli si kharoch hai baba.. chalo na dekho woh bahut aage nikal jayenge.. upar pahuch ke jo karna hai karlena..

Naaz: Tum itna bolne mein time waste kar rahe ho, jitne mein main dawa laga deti..

Sid: Okay! Jaldi karna! He slides the sleeves of his t-shirt and Naaz removes the first aid box and cleans the wounds and aplies antiseptic cream.

Naaz: Dekho, ho gaya na?

Sid: Haan meri maa.. mera matlab mere hone wale bachchon ki maa.. chalo ab

Naaz passes a shy smile while huging his arms and he kisses the top of her head. They trek to the peak and Naaz hops like a kid on achieving the forte of reaching the tip. She dances while Sid smilingly watches her.

They experience the mesmerising and prestine beauty infront of their eyes for which they travelled so far.

While everyone is busy clicking pics, the two love birds sit and watch the breath taking misty hills which is surrounded by a pleasant climate and the aroma of coffee and cardamom that is quite soothing.

Sid: Coffee ke smell se mujhe na coffee peene ka man kar raha hai.

Naaz: Your wish is my command master!!

She pulls out the thermos in which she had filled hot milk, mixes a packet of instant coffee and presents him.

Naaz: Aur kuch janab?

Sid: Khane ke liye kuch milta toh bas!

Naaz takes out the rusk pack and hands over the rusk and biscuits to him and Sid looks at her amazed.

Sid: Tu toh jinni nikli, aur yeh bag jaaduyi chirag! Kya kya lekhe aayi hai?

Naaz: Bas ho gaya..

Sid: Tu bhi kha na..

Naaz: Haan rukh..

She takes the packets and goes around offering everyone before she eats and Sid smiles and thanks the destiny for giving such a pure soul to him.

They spend around 30 mins on the peak in silence until they walk down to their bus.

Sid: Bada maza aaya na?

Naaz: Bahut saara but bahut thak gayi hoon.

Sid: ab resort pahuch ke hot shower le lo fir lunch karke thodi dher rest kar lete hai.. Vikas bol raha tha next shyam ko bhuddhist monastery jaa rahe hai around 4pm. Tumhe jaana hai?

Naaz: Chalte hai, maine kabhi buddhist temple nahi dekha.

As decided they get ready. Naaz puts on traditional salwar kameez as they were visiting a place of worship.

Sid is always astonished by Naaz, the way she does things from her pure heart. When they reach the Namdroling Monastery Golden Temple, she covers her head with a duppata just as she covers it in Gurudwara.

There were forty feet tall golden Buddha statues and the walls of the temples and institutions were decorated with beautiful paintings depicting the characters from Tibetan Buddhist mythology.

The Altar was decorated with various flowers, candles and incense sticks. They pray there is silence for some time and take tour of the place.

Naaz: Kitni pyaari jagah hai yeh!

Sid: Haan!! Chal kuch shopping karte hai, kuch Tibetan Souvenir kardenge  for our memory.

Naaz: Haan, chalo! (With a big smile)

They both look at different Tibetan items with absolute excitement. Naaz buys some silver jewellary for Sim and herself. They also buy traditional Buddhist Thangka, the handmade traditional artwork, having Buddha painting on it.

They return to resort fully exhausted.

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A bit longer chapter!

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