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Naina and Khushi were setting Sameer's cupboard. Khushi was folding clothes while Naina was keeping them in the cupboard. More than half of the work was done when they took a break.

Khushi opened the suitcase to see what other things they contained.

"Khushi...ye galat hai..." Naina

"Kya!?" Khushi looked up.

Naina crossed her arms, "Kisi ke personal chijo ko haath lagana...galat hai!"

"Kisi aur ke saman ko thodi...bhai ke saman ko haath laga rahi hu.." Khushi continued her evasion ignoring Naina's rants. She suddenly exclaimed, "Ye dekh bhai ka photo album.."

"Khushi usse puch toh le dekhne se pehle...agar Sameer ko pata chala na toh tujhe bahut daatega..." Naina was still against her idea.

"Bhai mujhe nahi daant-te..." Khushi started opening the album. Naina decided not to look at the album, else she would feel awkward when Sameer will be here.

Khushi shouted, "Nainaaa! Dekh na...Bhai bilkul Salman Khan lag rahe hai na?"

Naina couldn't resist anymore and looked at his photo. In a black turtleneck t-shirt, he looked exactly like Salman Khan. She whispered with dreamy eyes, "Sameer toh hamesha se hi Salman Khan lagta hai..."

"Kya?" Khushi glanced at her.

"Haan...bilkul Maine Pyar Kiya ke Prem jaisa..." If Khushi would have noticed her eyes, she would have got to know that the boy she loved was Sameer.

Khushi saw more of his photos and packed the suitcase by keeping his album aside, while Naina started going back to work.

"Naina...tu subah mujhe kya bol rahi thi? Kisi baat se tu khush hai something like that...?" Khushi suddenly got reminded of their morning conversation.

"N..nahi toh...wo toh maine aise hi bola tha..." She did not meet her eyes.

"Chal ab jhoot mat bol...janti hu main tujhe..." Khushi can clearly see that she was lying.

"Hawa aane de...main kyu jhoot bolungi bhala?" Naina turned around to avoid her but she hit her forehead with a punching bag and a gasp escaped from her mouth. She looked at the object that hit her, confusingly.

"Ye kya hai? Wahi jisko marna padta hai...?" With this she punched on it with her left hand and shouted in pain. How she didn't notice it before?

"Naina tu pagal hai? Jab pata nahi hai toh maara kyu..?" Khushi saw her hand which was slightly swollen just like her.

"Ye dekh.." Khushi showed her knuckles to Naina with a smile.

"Haw! Tujhe kab lagi? Tune bhi isko mara kya?" Naina frowned at her.

"Haan...isko na gloves pehen kar hi punch karte hai..." With this Khushi brought the gloves kept at the table behind her.

"Par punch karte kyun hai?" Naina was still confused at the existence of this punching bag.

"Arre...mainly boxing ke liye hota hai ye...ya fir gussa aata hai toh...ispar maar maarke nikalte hai..." She chuckled.

"Matlab gussa aaye toh iski kutayi karo?" Naina gazed at the punching bag and took the gloves from Khushi.
Naina giggled, "Mere yaha toh mujhe aur Preeti ko use kiya jata hai kutayi ke liye..."

Naina looked at the gloves, "Yeh Sameer ke hai?"

She, don't know why, put her hands inside the gloves. And felt it. His presence. His smell. She could feel his hands in there and was numb for a second. The size of the glove was larger than her hands...but...it was seeming like Sameer's hand were holding hers. She could wear this glove till eternity...

Khushi looked at her amusingly, as she started punching. Khushi laughed and taught her how to do it so it didn't hurt her.

While she was enjoying doing it, Khushi took the first aid box which had been kept there since noon, and dragged Naina, forcefully, to the bed.

She took the gloves out of her hand, "Yeh bhai ke hai...isliye inhe kuch hona nahi chahiye..." and kept the gloves safely on the table.

She came back when she saw Naina standing up...and twirling her humming... and the next moment both of them started tuning on the song

Mere Rang Mein Rangne wali
Pari ho ya ho
Pariyo ki Rani
Ya ho meri Prem Kahaani
Mere Sawalo ka...
Jawab do
Do naa...

As the last word escaped from her mouth she turned and saw him standing. Staring at her. Not at her...at them. He stood at the entrance of the door with hands in his pockets...she didn't know since when he was watching them dancing like a maniac.

"Grow up guys!" He said as he threw her hands up in a what-are-you-doing look.

"Please...haan bhai! Sab aapke jaise nahi rehte...boring..." she rolled her eyes.

"Whatever..." he walked in, moving past them, opening his cupboard.

"Dekho hamne aapka saaman set kar diya..."

"Hamne?" His brows ceased as he turned to face them.

"Maine aur Naina ne..." she shrugged.

He saw her standing there, with downcast eyes and hands rubbing against each other. She was embarrassed.

"Uhh...That's really cool...I mean...mera cupboard pehli baar itna acha dikh raha hai..." Sameer was astonished by the way his cupboard looked.

"Tune dhyaan hi bhatka diya mera...baith idhar..." She instructed Naina.

"Uhm...Khushi mujhe de ye...main laga lungi khud..." she didn't want Sameer to know about the incident.

She ushered Naina to the bed and sat beside her to apply the appointment.

Sameer was confused, "Kya hua?"

Khushi glanced at him for a second and got back to ger work, smilingly, "Isse bhi aapke punching bag se lag gaya...bina gloves ke punch kar rahi thi..."

Sameer shook his head, disbelievingly, "Ab samajh aaya tum dono dost kaise ho..."

Khushi pouted at him.

When she was done applying the ointment on her fingers, she instructed her to apply it again for two days at least.

"Ye itne instructions jo de rahi hai...khud bhi follow karegi na ki tujhe yaad dilana padega..." Sameer mocked her laughingly.

"Aaj kuch jyada hi nahi bol rahe aap...koi special karan?" She retorted back.

Naina didn't wanted to be a mere spectre of their banters so she turned to leave when Khushi hold her hand indicating her to stop for a minute.

"Bhai!" Khushi ran to the bed and brought the photo to him, "Ye photo mein kya lag rahe ho aap...bilkul Salman Khan..."

Both of them failed to notice Naina...who was just admiring her own Salman Khan...

"Hmm!" Sameer raked his finger through his hair.

"Bhai ek baat bolu?" Khushi whispered to him.

He nodded at her to continue.

"Agar aapko bhai na maana hota na toh pakka pata leti..." she winked.

Two pairs of eyes widened.

Sameer hit her on her head, "Batau kya abhi Aditya ko? Idiot..."

Both of them laughed.

Naina was too shocked to even react. After she heard them laughing, that's when she understood the joke. She quickly composed herself to act normal.

"Suno kal sunday hai...toh hum sab Gurudwara jayenge..." Khushi announced.

"Kyun? Main kahi nahi ja raha..." Sameer instantly denied.

"Bhai! Please na...aise mana nahi karte..." Khushi's face fell.

"Tujhe pata hai na Khush...main nahi jata mandir wagera..." Sameer explained.

"Mere liye nahi chal sakte ek baar?" Khushi looked at him with puppy eyes.

"Karan kya hai?" Sameer raised his eyebrows.

Khushi fumbled, "Wo..woh...aap chalo bas!"

"Dekh Khush! Mujhse nahi hota ye sab..." Sameer scratched his forehead with thumb.

"Theek hai...mat chalna...main akele hi chali jaungi..." Khushi's eyes welled up and she stormed to her room.

Sameer looked at Naina who was standing there, just listening to their conversation.

Naina decided to leave and go to Khushi asking her the reason for her sudden, "Main bhi chalti hu..."

"Uhm Naina...suno!" He called her hesitantly.

Naina glanced at him.

"Khushi se please baat kar sakti ho...wo abhi mujhse baat nahi karegi kuch der...aur raat mein uske paas jana theek nahi hai..." Sameer requested her.

Naina assured him, "Tum tension mat lo...abhi main uske paas hi ja rahi thi...tumhe tumhari Khush subah tak wapas mil jayegi..."

Sameer frowned when once again she flew away without waiting for his reply. He made a face, "Ajeeb Ladki hai..."

Sorry for stretching the day too much...

Next update - Tuesday.