Alekh was so pissed off with the fact that naina will be leaving next morning.

"All this time it was all about me......
But I promise.....that if life will give us another chance....
I will try to be a better friend just like you have been to me....
I will complaint less and listen more....I promise...."
And alekh had hugged her with all his might......
"You are like a sister I never had."
He had cried for the first time ......

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It was her last night in KMA.
she was about to send away for detention center.

Packing her stuff as pooja helped her...with a heavy heart.
When naina hold puja's hand

"I never said it........
That what a comfort it was with you being around......
Thanks for being a friend I needed.....
Even though I was never there for you
And please forgive me for all the time when I was mean to you...".
She said as tears rolled down her eyes and puja burst out crying..... Hugging her tight...

"I wish I could have done something more"
She replied

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As pooja and naina sat there remembering the time they had first met...they heard a knock at the door.

Pooja thought that boys are here and she opened the door to see captain rajveer standing there .

Naina got alert as pooja let him in....

"I will be outside"
Pooja said to break the ice as she saw both her friend and teacher staring at eachother.

"You should stay here cadet ghai ... "
He stopped her
Obviously it's not at all a good idea to be here in her room after lights out.

"Sir lolita mam suriji ke sath dinner ke liye gayi hai......
Main bahar corridor mein hi hun.... I will make sure no one steps in...."
She said and left closing the door behind her....

Rajveer saw her sitting on the edge of the bed ......
All relaxed and calm.
He can't help but point out that she is wearing same clothes in which he had seen her first time.

He just walked towards her and sat beside her on the bed....
Resting his hands on the edge of the bed

Last few days were really tough
With all the fights and yelling and every emotion in extreme....
But now it's all over
Just like everything settle down after a cyclone......
Quite but disaster everywhere
Everything damaged and broken and chaos.

"Agar ap phir se mujhe dantne ayen hai to"

"It's too late for that......"
He cut her sentence in middle.
"Waise bhi meri dant ka koi asar hota hai tum pe"??

"I just want to ask one thing.....
Why you did this....."
He turned to her expecting an answer.
His tone soft....unlike from last few days

"What if I ask the same question....
Why did you told me about my brother's death.... When you knew I wasn't ready
I wasn't strong enough....
U had seen the gun on my boots that day as I was getting inside the truck....
U knew what my intentions were.... Still you allowed me to go on with my plan.
You knew what was going on in my mind"

"To be honest
I had never thought that you will shoot me"
He said it finally.....

"Or let me put it this way
That may be I was expecting you to shoot me .... But I was hoping that you don't"
He said

"After everything we had been through
I had expected you to understand"
He confessed finally with a broken voice.

"I understand now"
She said as she kept her hand on the back of his hand....
Pressing it for assurance

He didn't reacted to it......

"After everything I did to you
After the way I behaved
And from last few days the way I was disrespecting you.....
Why didn't you complained....
You should have scolded me... Punished me for my mannerles attitude
Why did you took all the shit......"
She was really expecting some answers from him.....

How can someone be so kind

And she realised that he is weeping silently......
As his tear drop fell on her hand

She got up from the bed and sat in front of him on the floor going down on her knees.....

Searching answers in her his eyes
And what she saw .... Send shiver down her spine
It was a different emotion
As if new gate has been opened.....

The look he gave her said everything

"Well......."
He took a pause as she kept looking at him
"The thing is naina that..... I am not supposed to answer this question....
Because if I answer this , you will learn something which I had tried my best to hide from you....
From a long time."

"Although I want you to know it so desperately
But it will be against the rule....
And that was the only reason I wanted to protect you from this consequence.
But you just didn't understood all my anger ......

She sat there frozen with his half baked confession.
His eyes letting her know all the things that need to be told.....

And she absorbed it well
And with this new found revelation she is spellbound.

"Shut up"
She just sighed.... Gathering all the remaining energy
She is astonished

"You can't..... Be saying what I think you are saying"
She asked him
Gripping his collar

And he is done with all the pretense.....
And he bend down aiming for her lips ... Making sure she understands his action....
She raised herself a bit immediately , not wanting him to wait for it.

A kiss so meaningful ,so full of love
A bit sloppy a bit clingy....
With a promise of wait .

Pooja knocked the door slightly but she should have waited before entering as she witness something which made her close her eyes.

She shut the door back and that made them to end it....

As they saw eachother with tears filled eyes....

"Ab to ye punishment mere liye aur bhi zyada zaruri hai.....
Ap mera intezar karoge"?
She asked him and he nodded with a half smile... And sad eyes.....

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