As naira walked inside, due to her heels, she was about to slip, but his  arms were enough to help her from falling.

She closed her eyes tightly, in the fear of falling, but slowly opened, only to see his eyes looking straight into hers. There was silence between them as they shared an eye-lock.

As soon as a car passed by, the light broke their eye lock, and he made her stand.

"Thoda sambhaalke ladke ki behna!" He smiled looking at her.

"Ladki ke bhai hai na humesha sambhaalne ke liye!" She blurted out, and soon her hand flew to her mouth, when she realized what she said.

"I...I..me..mean." She tried to think of some reason.

"You both are coming now? Let's go inside!" Naksh called them. Kartik walked inside smiling.

Naira hit her head slightly, and smiled, "Tu paagal hai Naira!"

"Where were you both?" Keerti asked as they entered.

"Woh...."

"We went through the wrong way, so it took time." Kartik spoke up.

"Kartik we come to the same ice cream parlour everytime, still you went through the wrong way?" Keerti asked

"Haan toh main Naira ke ghar roz thodi jaata hu, jo wahan se raasta pata ho!" Kartik said and Naira face palmed.

"Let's order now!" Shubham said and they went to order.

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It was the day of mehendi and Sangeet. They all reached the function hall.

Naira was roaming around the whole hall, looking for the arrangements, till then Akshara walked up to her.

"Naira, in the store room, I have kept mehendi, get it please, then we can start the function." Akshara said softly

"Okay mumma!" She replied smiling, and went towards the store room.

After taking the mehendi from inside, while she came out, she once again bumped into someone, and the mehendi fell on his hand, as he tried to hold the tray.

"Kartik! Humesha tumse kyu takra jaati hu main!" She said facepalming herself.

"Main itna handsome hu na, mujhe dekhne mein itna bhi busy nahi hona chahiye, ki aas paas koi nazar hi na aaye." He chuckled.

"Excuse me! Tum..."

"Tumne yeh mehendi kyu girayi mujhpe?" Kartik said trying to wipe it off.

"Haan haan jaanke kiya na maine!" She said sarcastically

"Haan wohi toh keh raha hu, main aa raha hu isiliye kiya na yeh tumne!" He said

"Oh hello! Tum aaye mere raaste pe, aur pata nahi kis khaayaalo mein busy rehte ho, jo kabhi saamne dekh ke chala hi nahi jaata tumse!"

"Haan mujhe toh shaukh hai na, tumse takrate rehne ka!" Kartik said giving a fake smile.

"Haan nahi toh, kyu aate ho baar baar mere saamne!" She said, and Kartik moved a step forward, while she moved backward, and a step behind was a wall.

"Jinka milna tayy hota hai, unka milna roka nahi jaa sakta." He said, while Naira was busy staring at him. "Ladke ki behna, thodi nazar hata liya karo, koi dekh lega!" He whispered and walked away, while Naira smiled unknowingly.

"Paagal hi hai tu Naira, kya hojaata hai tujhe, kuch bol hi nahi paati uske saamne!" Naira spoke hitting her head.

"Naira, itna time kyu lag gaya? The guests have arrived, come let's go!" Akshara said and they both came to main hall.

Naira stood there arranging everything in the tray, but her thoughts revolved around Kartik, she couldn't stop thinking about him.

"Mere baare mein soch rahe ho?" Kartik peeked from behind, with a smile on his face. Naira looked at him, and then brushing off her thoughts, she turned back.

"Pakka phirse sapna dekh rahi hu main iska!" Naira spoke to herself.

"Ohh, toh tum mere baare mein sapne bhi dekhne lagi ho?" Kartik smirked, and that's when she realized she wasn't dreaming.

"Yeh sach mein yahin hai!" She whispered

"Haan, aapne yaad kiya, hum aagaye!" He smiled.

"Chup raho, kisi ne yaad nahi kiya tumhe, okay?" Naira said continuing her work

"Yeh cheez tum mujhe samjha rahi ho, ya khud ko?" Naira snapped her head towards him, as he spoke.

"Tu...tum mujhe satana band karo ab, kaam karne do!" Naira said. And till then he held her hand, while she looked at him with widened eyes, and he bought her in the middle, while everyone stood surrounding them.

"Ladke ki behna, sangeet hai aapke bhai ki, dance toh banta hai!" Kartik smiled, while all the others clapped.

"Dance bhi karenge, aur ladki walo ko haraayenge bhi!" Gayu and mishti said.

"Dekh lenge, kaun kisko harata hai, aur kaun jeet ta hai." Kartik said.

They all danced together on different songs. 

At the last step, Naira's leg got twisted, but she struggled and completed the performance, while Kartik noticed her. As soon as the dance performance was done, Naira went backstage, and Kartik followed her.

"Ahh!" Naira winced in pain, and sat down, holding her sprained ankle.

"Agar chot lagi thi toh ruk jaati, continue karne ki kya zaroorat thi." Kartik spoke, as he bought the first aid box and sat in front of her. Naira looked at him, while concern for her was seen in his eyes.

"I didn't want to make everyone worried." Naira replied softly, as Kartik bought the bandaid closer to her.

"Main karlungi!" She hesitated.

"Do minute! Kisine kaha tha mujhe, jo rishta banaya hai usko nibhana bhi chahiye, dosti ki hai, yeh sab chalta hai dosti mein." Kartik said as he helped her, by applying spray and then bandaid on her sprained leg.

Naira looked at him, and smiled slightly, seeing the concern.

"Aur dusro ko thodi takleef se bachane ke liye, khud ko badi takleef mein nahi daalte. Wahin rok deti, toh koi kuch nahi bolta, but if something more would have happened to you?" He asked, but Naira didn't reply, her thoughts kept revolving around Kartik.

"Thank you!" She whispered slowly, and Kartik looked up at her.

"Aaj suraj kahan se nikla hai, yeh sherni mujhe thank you bol rahi hai, Kartik tera toh din ban gaya!" Kartik said dramtically, while Naira hit him slightly, and he laughed.

"Thank you bolo toh problem na bolo toh problem!" Naira said looking at him.

"Dosti ka ek usool hai madam, no sorry, no thank you!" He said smiling.

"Bade salman khan samjhte ho khudko?" Naira laughed at his words.

"Ji haan, chaahe toh kuch aur bhi ban jaayenge!" Kartik replied

"Aaj bade acche ban rahe ho, kuch kaam hoga na?" Naira smiled, resting her head on her hand.

"Hum toh hai hi itne acche, aap apna nazar badalkar toh dekhe, phir sab accha lagne lagega, ho sakta hai main bhi accha lag jaau." Kartik smiled, and walked from there. While Naira was busy thinking about his words.

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