As Aryan & Kavya drove away, Piya sighed in relief. "Oh thank god...bach gayi."

"Kavya...we should get go-oh shit!" As Viraj got up from the table, he accidentally knocked over the ice cream, right onto Piya's shirt.

"Oh!"

"Im so sorry Kavya." Viraj apologized.

"Its fine...Ill just go clean it in the washroom." Piya said.

"Okay...Ill be here."

 Piya walked up to the counter again."Excuse me...where is the washroom?"

"Sorry ma'am, our washroom is closed. There is a portable washroom out back though."

"Oh...okay. Thank you." Piya smiled and went out the back door to the alley where there was a portable washroom.

"This place is creepy...chal Piya quickly clean the shirt and leave." Piya thought to herself. She went into the washroom and washed her shirt before coming back out. Just as she came out she heard a low whistle which made her freeze in her spot. She turned around to see three men standing against the wall.

"Wow...guys did you know this ice cream parlour had such hot stuff?" One guy smirked as he eyed Piya causing her to feel disgusted. Piya tried to walk away but was blocked by another guy.

"Hey there babes...whats the rush?"

"L..Look..d..do..don't c..call me that. And...mo..move..move out of..m..my...way." Piya stammered, trying not to show how scared she was.

"Oh but...we arent finished yet." Guy one said, taking a step closer to Piya.

"L...L..Leave me..." Piya whimpered. Guy three & two both blocked her from the other directions so she had nowhere to go. Piya closed her eyes in tears remembering what Kavya told her.

"Piya you have to be strong. People can only hurt you if you let them."

Gathering courage, Piya swung her hand towards guy one to slap him but he grabbed her hand with one arm and roughly pushed her against the wall, holding her neck with the other. "Cough- Cho...cough...do."

"You b*tch. How dare you try to slap me? Do you even know who I am?" Guy one threatened.

"Kyun? Don't you know who you are?" The guy turned back to see Viraj, who had come to get Piya. "Yaar Kavya...this poor guy has memory loss and you're troubling him? Very bad...tsk tsk tsk."

"Viraj." Piya smiled through her tears, happy to see him.

"Who are you?" Guy three marched towards Viraj who punched him in the stomach and then kicked him.

"Your worst nightmare...leave her!" Viraj yelled. Guy one kept a tight grip on Piya while guy two ran to Viraj and was about to punch him. Viraj grabbed his and and spun him around, grabbing him in a choke hold. "I said....leave her.....NOW!"

Guy one pushed Piya aside making her fall to the ground and her head hit the wall. "AAH!"

"Kavya!" Viraj threw the guy two aside and ran to her.

"Im fine...Im fine." Piya flinched in pain as Viraj touched her forehead which ws bleeding. Seeing her hurt, Viraj got furious and judt grabbed guy one by his collar and started punching him like crazy. 

"HOW DARE YOU! HIMMAT KAISE HUA TERA! IM GONNA KILL YOU!" Viraj yelled, still punching Guy one.

"Viraj! Bas...stop it. He'll die!" Piya tried to stop Viraj but he was seeing red. At that moment, guy two and three got up and ran at him from the back. Panicked, Piya remembered another thing Kavya had told her.

"I know you arent used to standing up for yourself so here....just use this." Kavya handed her a pepper spray. "Always keep it with you."

"The pepper spray..." Piya shuffled through. her bag and got the pepper spray out. Just as guy two & three were about to hit Viraj, she took the cap off and sprayed them in the eyes.

"AAHH!"

"MY EYES!!!!" They yelled and fell to the floor in pain. That got Viraj to stop and he turned to see what happened. At this point, guy one was unconscious.

"Viraj...chalo!" Piya held Viraj's hand and they ran threw the alley towards the main street where Viraj's bike was parked.

"Catch them!" They turned to see guy two & three had gotten back up and were running towards them, still rubbing their eyes in pain.

"Kavya...get on and hold on tight." Viraj said. Piya obeyed and they drove away. As soon as they were far enough away, Viraj slowed down a bit and Piya noticed his bloody knuckles.

"Viraj...stop the bike."

"Kyun what happened?" 

"Just stop." 

Viraj steered the bike to the side and stopped. Piya got off, took out a handkerchief from her bag and tied around his hand.

"Are you completely crazy?" Piya scolded. "What were you doing back there? Itna gussa? Just look at the state of your hands.....why did you get so angry Viraj?"

"I-" Viraj was about to say something but really didnt know what to say. "She's right...why did I get sooo angry? I mean protecting Kavya is one thing but...when she got hurt because of them, I felt like I could have killed them. My blood was literally boiling....I never get this mad....whats wrong with me?"

"Viraj!" Piya called. "Say something."

"Um...forget my anger...what happened to your anger? Usually you would have beaten those guys black & blue but you...you looked more scared than anything."

"I'm human Viraj...of course I was scared." Piya replied. 

"This must be hurting na?" Viraj looked at the cut on her forehead and slowly raised his hand to tough the wound gently. As soon as his fingers touched her skin, he felt a current run through his  hand and so did Piya. Both quickly jumped away from each other.

"Woh...static...it must be static." Piya explained.

"Haan..."

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Location: Viraj's house.

Viraj was sitting at the dining table thinking about what happened and also about Piya...or  who he thought was Kavya. He thought about the way she alway used his name instead of calling him gadha or how how she did all the work at office without complaining. The way she hides behind pillows during horror movies and how she cared for his wound first even though she was also injured.

"Oye!" Ananya snapped her fingers to bring her son back to earth. 

"Mom? When did you come?" Viraj asked.

"Ive been back for awhile....I even set the table already." Ananya pointed to the table and showed Viraj that the plates were set and food was already on the table. "Where have you been lost? Is it someone special? Oh have you finally gotten yourself a serious girlfriend unlike your usual flings?"

"Mom!" Viraj protested. "I wasnt thinking about a girl."

"Oh...OOHHH!" Ananya looked like she realized something. "Well honestly with all your flirting I didnt think you swung that way...but its okay. Im a cool Mom....I accept you the way you are."

"What?"

"Yeah...Im pro LGBQT...is that a thing? Cause I'm that!"

'NO MOM! Im into girls...just I wasnt thinking about a girl, I was thinking about Kavya!" Viraj blurted out.

"I seeeeee." 

"Mom...its totally not what you're thinking." 

"Hmm...well that smile you had on your face when you were thinking about Kavya....but not in the way I was thinking." Ananaya held up her hands to show quotes. "...tells me otherwise."

"MOM!"

"Exactly...Im your Mom. And as your Mom, I can tell when you are in love." Ananya gave a knowing smile.

"Oh pls Mom...Im not in love." Viraj scoffed. "Its Kavya!"

"Haan toh? Whats wrong with Kavya?"

"Nothing...she is my best friend."

"Okay.." Ananya walked back into the kitchen...of course not believing him for a second.

"Mom...Im serious...I don't love her!" Viraj yelled behind her. "Do I?"