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"Sidharth....Sidharth.... Arrey Sid suna na...."

Sid stopped hearing Sana's voice and looked behind. He saw her coming towards her.

"Zaldi bol mujhe canteen jaana hai." He said without looking at her making her frowned.

"Itna attitude kyu dikha raha hai? Main toh thank you bolne aayi thi... Chocolate ke liye."

"Thank you bolne ki zaroorat hai. Mere paas ek extra tha aur mujhe laga morning ke incident ke liye mujhe sorry bolna chahiye isliye maine tujhe woh diya. Iska koi aur matlab nikaal na."

Sana rolled her eyes and said, "Main koi matlab nahi nikaal rahi. Haan tera yeh chocolate dekh ke I thought ki tu sudhar gaya hai but I was wrong. Kyu ki tu phir palat gaya. Periods mere chal rahe hai aur mood swings tujhe ho rahe hai."

"What???"

Sid almost freaked out.

"Nothing... Tu haath de apna." Said the Sana changing the topic.

"Mera haath kyu maang rahi hai?" Asked Sid curiously.

"Shaadi karni hai tujhse... Karega?"

Sana gave a fake to which Sid rolled his eyes.

"It was a bad joke by the way." Said Sid forwarding his hand.

Sana unwrapped the chocolate, broke it and gave him the half of it.

"Par maine toh pura tujhe diya tha."

Sana sighed and said, "Mujhe share kar ke khana pasand hai. Aur Sidharth Shukla, waise toh tu bada intelligent bane ghumta hai, humesha gyan ki baatein karta hai. Sab kuch pata hai tujhe aur itna nahi paata ki, that sharing is caring?... Also I know that, tere paas kuch extra nahi tha, tune apna hissa hi mujhe diya hai. Isliye maine socha adha adha kar lete hai."

Sid didn't reply but smiled slightly at her words.

"Waise main bhi canteen ki taraf jaa rahi hoon. Baki sab sayad pehle hi chale gaye. Hum dono saath mein chale?" She said further munching her chocolate.

Sid again made a poker face and said, "Mujhe tere saath nahi jaana. Hum dono saath mein gaye toh bakiyon ko lagega ki humari dosti hogayi. Mujhe nahi ban na tera dost."

"Of course... Tu aur tera ego... Khair, main toh chali..."

Sana started leaving suddenly she stopped and said turning back, "Waise agar tu chahe toh mera dost ban ke dekh sakta hai. Itni bhi buri nahi hoon main."

Saying that she smiled at him and left from there while Sid also smiled looking at the piece of chocolate.

Friendship with her... It can't be that bad... Is it?

Sid took a bite and started heading towards the canteen.

As soon as he entered, he found Sana sitting with other friends. She was giggling with Reem and Ashi. Sid again smiled seeing her.

The seat beside her was empty. He remembered her proposal of friendship. Maybe he could give it a try. They couldn't stay enemies for the rest of their lives when the reason behind their fight was so small.

Sid took a deep breath and started going towards her when he saw Kabir coming there and taking the seat beside Sana. Soon they both became busy in chatting.

Sid's smile disappeared seeing Sana and Kabir getting along so well. Their nature was same so it was obvious they would be friends easily. A sudden insecurity grew inside him. Maybe it was not really his place to sit.

"Bhai!" Sid's thoughts broke by Randeep's voice. "Waha kya kar raha hai? Aa jaa idhar."

Sid nodded and went to them. He sat beside Randeep and joined their conversation.

"Bhai hum plan kar rahe the ki school ke baad hum sab saath mein movie dekhne chalega. Kaisa rahega?" Said Kabir.

"Movie?" Asked Sid.

"Haan. Hum Stree 2 dekhne chalenge. Suna hai bohut acchi movie hai. Kaafi hit hui hai." Said Reem.

Sid thought for a while and said, "Main nahi jaa sakta. Bohut homeworks mile hai. Woh pure karne hai."

"Chal na yaar. Sana ka bhi bohut mann hai dekhne ka." Said Kabir which somewhere made Sid angry.

"Toh uss mein main kya karu? Uska mann hai toh woh jaaye na? Tum log toh hi usse company dene ke liye. Mujhe kyu khamkha pareshan kar rahe ho?"

Sid's tone made everyone confused especially Sana who couldn't understand what happened to him so suddenly.

"Tu aise kyu bol raha hai? Hum sab chale jaayenge aur tu akela rahega? Aise thodi hota hai?" Said Sana calmly to make him understand.

"Mujhe pasand hai akele rehna. Tujhe uss se kya?" He said loudly and everyone got scared understanding that the situation was serious.

Sana's face grew serious but she chose to stay quiet.

"Aur mujhe class ke baad thoda rukna. Woh Richa ke kuch doubts hai woh clear karke dene hai. Bohut dino se piche padhi hui hai." He said further hearing which Sana made an angry face.

"Toh saaf saaf bol na girlfriend ke saath time spend karna hai. Itna ghuma phira ke kyu baat karta hai?" She murmured.

"Kuch kaha tune?" Asked Sid frowning.

"Tujhe sab jaan ne ki zaroorat nahi hai..." She said to him and then turned to her friends.

"Aur tum log sun lo... Main bhi nahi aa rahi movie dekhne... Meri tabiyat thik nahi hai subah se hi. I think mujhe rest hi karna chahiye."

"Par tune toh kaha tha teri tabiyat abhi thodi better hai." Said Ashi.

"Abhi phir se kharab ho gayi hai. Khush? Baki tum logo ko jaana hai toh jaao.... No more discussions."

Both Sid and Sana focused on eating while glaring each other. Meanwhile their friends could sense the silent war between them.

"Inke bich ki nok jhok ab jung mein badati jaa rahi hai. Paata nahi aage kya hoga." Whispered Reem to which Ashi and Randeep nodded their heads in disbelief.

At night, lying on his bed, Sid was thinking about everything. He didn't know why he was so bothered seeing Sana and Kabir being comfortable around each other. It was not only because he hated Sana, there was something more which didn't know, neither he wanted to.

Today, for once he thought that he and Sana could be friends. But then reality hit him hard. He is an introvert while Sana is too extrovert. She loves to be with people with whom she can talk nonsense, have fun, whose nature is just like her. That's why she likes Kabir so much which he knows. He can never be like him. If by chance he and Sana became friends, she might feel bored with him, she might compare him with Kabir.... There were so many possibilities.

Also he didn't want to get attached to a person who is totally opposite from him. Since childhood, too much attachments gave him pain. He didn't want that again. So according to him, his cold and rude behaviour towards her was the best thing to avoid all this.

He turned to another side and closed his eyes.

"Darr lagta hai mujhe... Woh mujhse bilkool alag hai... Chahe kuch bhi ho jaaye, hum dono dost kabhi nahi ban sakte." He said to himself sadly and drifted to sleep.

Since that day, Sid tried to stay away from Sana. He knew that somewhere he was getting affected by her which never wanted with anyone. His peace of mind mattered to him the most. He even stopped fighting with her which shocked their other friends and even Sana. She felt bad seeing his ignorance as she also loved these small fights with him. She used to enjoy it. But now when he was clearly avoiding her, she also thought that she would the same.

On the other hand, Sana's growing friendship with Kabir was bothering Sid. No matter he much he showed his ignorance towards her, he couldn't do that really. Whenever he saw her with Kabir, he felt an irritation. He didn't know what was it and he was too scared to find it out.

One day, Sana and Kabir were talking sitting at the garden while Sid and Randeep were playing basketball with othey boys.

"Toh tune teachers ke saath aise aise pranks kiye hai? Tu bachpan se hi itna shararti hai kya Kabir?" Asked Sana giggling as Kabir was telling her his childhood stories.

"Arrey yeh toh kuch bhi nahi hai. Maine toh iss se bhi khatarnak pranks kiye hai. Paata hai ek baar kya hua tha...."

Kabir kept talking while Sana continued laughing.

Sid stopped playing noticing it and shouted, "Kabir!"

Kabir and Sana both looked at him.

"Aa jaa na khelne. Maza nahi aa raha tere bina."

"Sid do minute ruk. Abhi aata hoon." Replied Kabir.

"Yaar kab se yeh hi toh keh raha hai? Lunch break almost khatam hone ko aaya hai."

Sid made an irritated face.

"Tum log khelo na guys. Main kal khelunga pakka... Haan toh Sana main kya keh raha tha..."

Kabir turned to Sana to which Sid clenched his jaw. He and Sana exchanged looks for once and then Sid left from there.

"Bhad mein jaa." He murmured angrily.

One night, Sid was doing his assignments when he saw Kabir chatting with someone on his phone and smiling. He very well knew it was Sana.

"Tujhe assignment complete nahi karna? Tera toh abhi bohut bacha hai." He said in a serious tone.

"Haan karna toh hai... Lekin alas aa raha hai... Baad mein kar lunga..." Said Kabir and again focused on phone.

"Kabir tujhe nahi lagta tu studies ko kuch zyada hi lightly le raha hai? We are in 11th, thoda toh serious ban jaa."

"Main life mein kabhi serious hua hoon? Mera aise hi ho jayega. Tu mann laga ke padh. Tujhe iss baar bhi top karna hai."

Sid nodded in disbelief and focused on his own assignment.

"Yeh Sana bhi na... Mast ladki hai." Said Kabir laughing while chatting which Sid heard.

He got more frustrated.

"Ab bohut ho raha hai. Iska kuch karna padega. Par main kyu itna soch raha hoon?"

Sid asked himself being confused.

"Of course sochunga. Mere bhai ka sawal hai. Woh waise bhi nahi padhta, Sana ki wajah se aur distract ho raha hai. I have to talk to her." He said in his mind convincing himself.

Next day after school was over, Sana came to the classroom as she forgot her bag there. Nobody else was present in the classroom except Sid who was making notes.

He noticed Sana and thought that it would be the best time to talk to her about Kabir.

"Sana, sun na... Mujhe baat karni hai tujhse." He said standing up.

Sana was about to leave but stopped hearing him.

"Mujhse? Really? So tujhe finally yaad aa gaya ki iss school mein main exist karti hoon? Great!"

Sana's voice was dripping with sarcasm.

"Dekh important baat karni hai tere se. Please listen."

Sid went to her while Sana looked at him angrily.

"Yeh bohut sahi hai. Jab tera mann hoga tab tu baat karega, jab mann hoga jhagra karega, jab mann hoga meri care karega aur phir jab mann hoga mujhe pura ignore maar dega. Hai na? But for your kind information, mujhe tujhse koi baat nahi karni. I want to leave."

Sana was going to leave when Sid blocked her way and closed the door with a thud.

"Yaar teri problem kya hai?" Asked Sana getting irritated.

"Tu hai meri problem. Jab se aayi hai pagal kar ke rakha mujhe. Ab mera dimaag aur mat sada aur sun meri baat."

"Suna phir." Said Sana crossing her arms.

Sid sighed and said, "Mere bhai se zara dur reh, thik hai?"

Sana nodded and said, "Okay... Kitne paise dega uske liye?"

"Kya matlab?"

Sid made a confused face.

"Tu na purana hindi filmon ke ameer baap jaisa sound kar raha hai. Mere bete se dur raho toh das crore dunga... Tujhe na sach mein ilaaj ki zaroorat hai."

"Dekh yeh koi mazak nahi hai. Paata hai Kabir apni studies se distract ho raha hai. Mujhse bhi zyada baat nahi karta ab. Din bhar sirf tere saath busy rehta hai, school mein bhi aur ghar pe bhi. I don't know tum dono ke bich exactly kya chal raha hai but please thoda limit mein rakho isse. Kyu ki ab bohut zyada ho raha hai."

Sana couldn't understand what to say and kept looking at Sid with disbelief.

After a long pause she said, "Hogaya tera? Ab main bolu? Pehli baat toh agar tujhe Kabir aur meri friendship se problem hai toh apne Bhai ko bol ki woh mujhse baat karna band kar de, simple. Mere pe kyu bill phad raha hai? Kabir koi chhota baccha nahi hai. Aur ek baat, tu mujhe hate karta hai iska yeh matlab nahi hai ki sab mujhe hate kare. Kabir aur main acche dost hai aur tu please isko kharab mat kar. Haath jodti hoon main tere aage."

Sana folded her hands while Sid turned his face in frustration.

"Now let me leave."

Saying that, she tried to open the door but it didn't open.

Sana frowned and pulled the door using more pressure but failed again.

"What happened?" Asked Sid noticing her struggling to open the door.

"I don't know. Door locked hogaya sayad." Said Sana still trying to open it.

Sid widened his eyes hearing that and went to the door.

"Side hat, mujhe dekhne de."

Sid slightly pushed Sana aside and started trying. He used his all strength but it didn't open. It actually got locked.

"No no no... This can't happen... Isse kholna hoga zaldi...."

Sid became vulnerable and started pulling the knob crazily. Sana became confused seeing it.

"Sid kya kar raha hai? Woh tut jayega?" She warned him.

Sid left the knob and started banging on the door.

"Somebody help please!... This door is locked... Help!"

He started screaming while Sana couldn't understand what to do in this situation. She never saw him this much scared.

"Tujhe ho kya gaya hai?" Asked Sana pulling him away. "You will get hurt. Aur aise karne se koi humein bachane nahi aayega. Sab bahar chale gaye hai."

"Sana... Please do something...M..main yaaha... Nahi reh sakta...I..I have... Claustrophobia..." Sid's voice trembled, his body was shivering.

Sana became shocked knowing about his phobia.

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