Namaskaram 🙏

Date of Update: 26.01.2023

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"Arey bhayya you have to place these flowers that side. I told you earlier also. Please change this." Ragini said while checking on the decoration of the place where the event is going to take place.

She is out for organising the first time. She is excited and nervous too. It's been just two days she had joined the job and she already got to work for the first ever event. She has been liking doing the things so far. She has avoided Sanskar the next day too while Sanskar also stayed away from her. He has been thinking what to do to make her from Miss. Stranger to Miss. Best friend again as he knows he has to take things slow.

Sanskar is watching her instructing the caterer about the menu from a bit far. He is actually looking after about Dj and drinks. But then he saw her talking to the caterer. He smiled seeing her working sincerely. How much he used to adore her when she did those arrangements back then at Maheshwari mansion! Today also she looked no less for him.

She wore a jeans again! He thought.

From when did she adopt these clothing? He thought.

But she is looking amazing! He thought.

You can smile at me also like that no! He thought.

His thoughts get disturbed when his staff has called him. He nodded at her and left from there giving a look to Ragini. The whole place got decorated and Ragini stood there satisfied of the outcome. She is taking pictures of the decorations when she got collided to someone. Both their heads got hit. She hissed in pain.

"I am sorry!" she said rubbing her forehead where she got hit not seeing who the person.

"You okay?" she heard his voice.

She looked above at him who is rubbing his forehead too to ease the pain and nodded.

"Then hit me again!" he said pointing his head.

"Huh?" she asked.

He rolled his eyes and hit her head by himself softly.

"I don't want to fight with Miss. Stranger for my whole life!" saying he left from there.

Her memories travelled to those days when he acted to be mad. He said same to her that day. 'I don't want to fight with my dupatta wala dost whole my life!' with his innocent voice and expression when they got hit to each other's head accidentally. She remembered how cute he was then.

'He is cute even now!' her brain prompted from behind which she ignored.

She got back to her work of taking pictures. They need to put the record of their work. It helps them to advertise and also to post in social media. That's what her co-worker told her while explaining the things other day. Even her Mr. Stranger has told her she had to get everything recorded and photographed. Though she had told the work to somebody else to do she liked the outcome of the decoration a lot and she wanted to keep few pictures for herself too. Not that she can't get them but she wanted to click some for herself. So she had photographed some by herself and she loved them.

'Good! Your photography skills are improving!' she thought in mind.

She moved from there to check one last time about the catering works before she goes to get the cake.

"You got cake?" he asked coming towards her.

"The baker told he will deliver it here. But he said that he can't in the last minute. I need to go." She said.

"Do one thing. You stay here. I have bike. It would be easy to go..." he stopped as he realised getting the cake on bike is difficult.

"Leave it. I will get it some how." He said and left from there not letting her speak.

He doesn't want her to go out alone as he knows she is new to the city. So he himself decided to go. Leaving her here is safe than sending her to the bakery.

"Hello!" Ragini took the call cursing Sanskar for not letting her speak.

"How is it going?" Swara asked.

"Yeah good!" she replied with same irritated voice.

"What happened? You sound irritated!" Swara asked.

"Yeah! There is someone to irritate me here. I am irritated of him." Ragini said hiding about Sanskar again.

She didn't tell anybody about him yet. She thought it's not necessary. Swara understood that it must be Sanskar and let it go.

"Swara will talk to you later. I need to check on some things." Ragini said.

"Okay!" she said and cut the call.

Ragini got back to her work. Soon the event got started and even Sanskar came back with the cake. It's an engagement function. Everybody have loved the ambience the organizers had created. They praised them and Ragini was beyond happy as she felt she was doing good in her work.

"Well done Ragini!" Aditya praised her after the event got over.

"Thank You Aditya!" she smiled happily.

AdiYa strictly prohibit their staff to call them sir and madam and so does Sanskar.

"It's almost 1.00 in the midnight. Let us drop you Ragini!" Zoya offered the lift.

"No Zoya. It's okay. I would go." Ragini said.

"Everybody left by the office transport Ragini. I can't let you go alone at this late hour. Come on. You can't say no." Zoya said strictly.

Ragini was about to say no again but Sanskar who got fed up of her tantrums held her hand and pulled her out of the office.

"Just get on to the bike before I end up bursting in anger." Sanskar spoke with straight and calm face and voice.

"It's okay Mr. Stranger...." She got interrupted as he glared her that her voice got blocked.

She immediately got on to the bike while Sanskar drove off. AdiYa were surprised once again. These two days Sanskar told them nothing about Ragini and they are also not bothered since they were busy with two events. One dealt by AdiYa while the other dealt by RagSan.

"This right!" Ragini said.

"I know!" he said.

"How do you know?" she asked.

"I keep stalking stranger's addresses!" he said stopping at her apartment.

Ragini got down frowning.

"You were following me?" Ragini asked angrily.

"I have no other work! Right! Go inside!" saying he took U-turn to go back home.

Ragini glared him but she doesn't have any more energy to argue. She has decided to deal with him the next day and left inside. Watchman saluted to Sanskar when Ragini went from there while Sanskar nodded and left from there as Ragini left to her home.

"What's with you Sanskar?" Zoya asked as soon as he entered home.

"What?" he asked confused about what she is asking.

"Why are you behaving weird with Ragini?" Aditya asked.

"Then? You expect me to say I Love You to her directly when she called me stranger?" He asked annoyed.

"Huh?" Both AdiYa looked confused.

"Guys She is the one!" he said shaking his head.

"Whattt?" they screamed.

Sanskar rolled his eyes.

"And you are telling us now? Why didn't you tell us the other day?" Zoya asked.

"What will you do?" he asked carelessly.

"I would have got you both a common cabin!" Zoya winked.

Sanskar chuckled at that.

"And you would have seen me mad already. She doesn't want to remember anything regarding past. So she basically called me Mr. Stranger!" Sanskar huffed.

"Aww... Mr. Poor Stranger!" Zoya faked her sadness.

Sanskar glared her making AdiYa giggle.

"She wanted to move on and came here. And that stupid sister of hers didn't even inform me. I don't know if this is just a coincidence or any destiny but I am not going to give up. If she wants to be strangers then I will start from the strangers. I am going to get her into my life no matter how much time it may take for me. I am going to make her fall in love with me. I am going to hold her hand and not going to let her go ever." Sanskar spoke determined.

AdiYa smiled. They both hugged him at a time.

"We will help you in all means Mr. Lover Boy!" Zoya said pulling his nose.

"Yaar let my nose be peaceful!" Sanskar whined rubbing his nose to ease the pain caused due to Zoya's pull.

AdiYa laughed at him.

"Chalo go to sleep. We need to work on another event from morning." Aditya spoke.

He nodded and left while AdiYa stood there smiling side hugging each other.

"So this was the reason Mr. Lover Boy's face isn't leaving smile." Aditya said smiling.

"She is beautiful!" Zoya spoke.

"She is broken too!" Aditya said.

"And our Sanskar will heal her!" Zoya spoke smiling.

Aditya joined his head with hers with smile.

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Ragini stood in the balcony as she wasn't getting sleep. She sighed like nth time since half an hour. Why is he caring so much? Does he still feel her as his best friend? Or is it just humanity? Why he has to try to talk to me even when I asked him to stay away? I want to move on dude. Let me be in peace! She was thinking all these. Laksh's face came into her thoughts. She smiled sadly.

"Even now I get your face in my thoughts! Even now I think about you. Why are you so important to me Laksh? Why are you still haunting me? I want to let these all memories go. But Sanskar's presence is only adding salt to my wounds. I am not crying that doesn't mean it is not paining. It is paining like hell. The pain is so unbearable that I feel to rip off this heart and get freedom from this pain. I want to go away from this world leaving every emotion behind. But I am not that strong. I am a coward." She sighed.

She still couldn't feel atleast a tear from her eyes. Tears are dried.

"I hope atleast now you are happy!" She thought and left inside the room to get some sleep so that she can concentrate next day at office again.

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"Miss. Stranger! Just talk to me properly atleast. We were best friends! I want my duppatta wala dost back." Sanskar whispered caressing her picture in his phone.

"Why did you change? I want that bubbly, cute, happy, innocent, excited Ragini back. I promise to bring that Ragini back. Try as much as you want to burry that Ragini deep inside you I would put double efforts to get that Ragini out. I promise!" Sanskar whispered.

He sighed and kept the phone aside to get some sleep.

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With Love

Dharani (Dhaరणि)