Veer (confused): "Stop the car? But why?"

Ananya: "kyunki panipuri khani hain mujhe. Wo dekho pani puri wala."

Veer: "Panipuri? Pagal ho kya? Hospital mein admit hona hain? Its so unhygienic."

Ananya was angry now: "To hell with your unhygienic. Mujhe Panipuri khani hain bas aur agar tumne car nehi roki na toh main chalti car se kud jaongi."

Veer shook his head in defeat. As always he knew that he had to give in because he knew that his Pari is as obstinate to do something as crazy as that. So finally he gave in as usual and stopped the car after taking it in front of the Stall owner.

Both came out and Ananya almost ran to the stall with all the excitement of a kid while Veer shook his head and smiled, seeing his best buddy who was still like a kid sometimes and very mature when time required.

Ananya: "Bhaiya panipuri dena. Tumhe pata hain Prince yahan ka panipuri famous hain aur... "

She broke off as she saw that he was not by her side and turned back to look at him standing at a little distance away and smiling. She kept her hands on her waist and shook her head and then went back to him.

Ananya blowed the strands of hair that were falling on her face due to the breeze blowing around: "tum yaha kyun khare ho haan? Aur main waha pagalo ki tarah khud hi bakbak kar rahi thi. Wo stallkeeper bhi mujhe paagal samajh raha hoga."

Veer chuckled: "Arey ab isme uski kya galti? Paagal ko paagal nehi toh kya Mahatma Gandhi samjhega."

Ananya retorted: "Kya kare tum jaise paagal ke sangat ka asar hain. Ab mera majak urana bandh karo aur chalo mere saath."

Saying this she hold his hand tighly and pulled him along with her towards the stall. On approaching the stall, Ananya left his arm and went forward to place their order.

Ananya: "Bhaiya do jagah pe panipuri dena."

Veer was confused: "Do jagah kyun?"

Ananya: "Kyunki main do logo ka khud hi khaongi. Du uh! Ek mera aur ek tumhara stupid."

Veer: "mera! Oh no! main nehi khaonga! Pata nehi...."

But he was silenced by Ananya's glare as she knew exactly what he was going to say.

Ananya: "Prince tumhare na larkiyo se jyada nakhre hain. Relax kuch nehi hota hain. Aur yaha ke panipuri bahot tasty hain. Khake toh dekho maja aa jayega."

Veer made a face: "No ways."

Ananya made a puppy face: "Please mere liye Prince. Akele khana accha nehi lagta mujhe."

Now who could resist that cute pleading, not Veer at least and hence as usual he gave in.

Veer smiled: "Accha accha thik hain. Ab emo blackmail ki jarurat nehi hain."

Ananya smiled back: "Yeh hui na mere Prince jaisi baat. (Then she turned to the stallkeeper) bhaiya tikha thora jyada dena."

Soon they were served the "panipuri". Ananya at once started gobbling down while Veer just kept staring at them.

Without even looking at him she said: "Aise ghurne se wo gayab nehi ho jayenge apneaap. Aur nahi inme jeher hain. So just start eating dumbo."

Veer chuckled : "okay dhakkan."

Ananya giggled: "muh jala peepa."

They both choked as they both started laughing. As soon as Veer put one "panipuri" in his mouth, his expression immediately changed from one of disgust to that of surprise. Ananya giggled as she noticed the change in expression.

Ananya: "Kyun kya hua? Tasty hain ya disgusting?"

Veer licked his upper lip: "Damn tasty yaar. Its yummy."

Ananya: "Kaha tha na yeh yahan ke famous hain. Par tikha thora kam hain. (turning to the stallkeeper) Bhaiya thora aur tikha dena."

Veer: "Oye aur kitna tikha khana hain tumhein? Ab toh hum sach mein hospital mein admit ho jayenge."

Ananya replied imaptiently: "Of ho Prince you are such a spoil sport yaar. Kuch nehi hoga aur jyada tikha hone se jyada maja aayega."

Veer muttered under his breath: "Maja kitna aayega pata nehi par I hope mere liye yeh saja na ban jaye. Hasne ke jagah rona parega is larki ke chakkar mein."

However he was proved absolutely correct as soon as he put one of the newly served junk food in his mouth.

Veer shrieked which made Ananya to look up at him: "Woah man! Save me anyone."

Ananya was immediately concerned to see his situation. His face had turned crimson and tears were rolling down his eyes and he was fanning with his free hand in his slightly opened mouth. Ananya immediately realized that it was the reaction of the chilly powder and as soon as she saw Veer putting the dish on the counter and hopping like a child, she could no longer ight back the urge and finally burst into fits of giggle. Veer gave her a look of incredulity as if she had, by any means, betrayed him.

Veer: "Tum...tum....has...has rahi...ho. Yahan....meri...jaan nikli...ja...rahi hain. Aise dost....se...toh...dushman...acche hain."

Ananya however couldn't stop giggling and was still laughing madly. But soon she composed her self a bit and then lokked here and there and saw a man sitting on the side with crushed ice and sweet syrups. She knew just what she had to do and then turned back to Veer.

Still laughing, she replied: "Ab agar tum baccho jaise harkatein karoge toh main toh kya sab hasenge. Mirchi jyada lag gayi?"

Veer replied sarcastically: "nehi ... shauk hain....mujhe....raste....mein khare....dance....karneka." (Still fanning his mouth which was burning like anything)

Ananya again burst into fits of giggles but put her palm on her mouth to stop herself.

Ananya: "Accha accha thik hain. Aao mere saath. Abhi thik karti hu tumhein."

Saying this she hold his arm and almost dragged him to the man with crushed ice and syrups.

Ananya: "Bhaiya do gola dena. Kala khatta."

The man nodded and concentrated in making ball out of the crushed eyes and pouring syrups on them.

Veer: "kyaaa? Abhi tumne mere muh me aag lagwa di aur ab gole bhi dalwana chahti ho? Bacche ka jaan lekar hi chorogi kya?"

Ananya: "Hahaha! not funny. Mirchi se bura haal hain aur janab ko majak sujh raha hain. Chup chaap kahre raho."

Veer made a weird face at her and she returned it back making it even wierder.

Soon the ice balls were ready and were handed over to them. They both started licking it and soon the burning inside his mouth subsided and wasfinally gone within moments. After paying for the ice balls, Veer, who had finished a long ago, turned to Ananya who had still not finished and was licking the ice slowly. Veer knew it pretty well that she was quite slow when it came to eating and hence he always would wait till she finished. This was the custom since 15 years. But veer being veer how could he ever leave a moment to tease Ananya? A naughty grin crept onto his lips as he decided to tease her a bit again.

Veer: "pari tumhein yeh ice ball itna accha laga ki tum ise do sal tak khane ka plan bana rahi ho?"

Ananya: "Do saal tak? Matlab?"

Veer: "is rate mein khaogi toh do saal baad jake hi khatam karo gi na."

Saying this he chuckled and then ran away laughing as he saw Ananya all set to murder him. They started to run, chase and play like tom and jerry, with Veer sometimes hiding behind the stalls or sometimes behind the people and Ananya chasing him all around. After a while they stopped when both were out of breath and were slightly panting. Ananya was panting with her hands on her waist a little behind Veer. Veer turned back to look at her and smiled and then for a moment he was amazed and stood still like statue as today he had noticed something he had never ever noticed before or rather kept ignoring till the present moment. In the dim lights of the dusk, she was positively glowing. It was as if the orangish light was adding more charm to her exquisite features and was adding an enchanting quality to the stunning beauty standing in front of him. The slow breeze was causing strands of her hair to fall on her face which was adding to her beauty and was making her look even more adorable. He didn't know for how long he had been staring at her like that and was soon jolted out of his thoughts when he heard her yelling his name.

Veer: "Huh! kya?"

Ananya raised her eyebrows: "Woh toh mujhe poochna chahiye na. Tum aise kya dekh rahe ho? Aur main peechle dus minute se bula rahi hu. Sun hi nahi rahe the. Kya hua? Kis khayal mein khoye hue the janab?"

Smacking himself mentally for his stupidity, Veer shook his head: "Kuch nehi yaar. Bas wo kuch soch raha tha."

Ananya was concerned now: "Veer kya baat hain? koi pareshani hain? Tum mujhse kuch chupa rahe ho?"

Veer, however, thought to lighten the ambience as he had, right at the moment, no answer for her questions as even he, himself, didn't know what exactly was bothering him. He just couldn't name these strange feelings and emotions which he was going through from the past few days but the wierdest fact was that all of them concerned Ananya in one way or the other. He could feel them but couldn't pinpoint exactly what they were and so he decided to keep quiet till he got his answer and also he didn't want to bother Ananya unnecessarily.

To lighten the tension in the ambience, Veer replied in his usual casual manner: "bas bas bas chatterbox. Tum KBC ka permanent host thi kya peechle dus saal se? Break mar yaar. Aur koi pareshani nehi hain aur main tumse kuch nehi chupa raha hu. Aur agar chupaonga bhi toh tum kaise bhi usko bahar nikal hi logi."

This brought a sweet smile on Ananya's lips as this was how their relation was meant to be. They shared an extreme closeness which was way more than that friends share yet there was this extreme comfort level between them and just no awkwardness could come in between the inseparable duo. But was everything going to remain the same or there would come changes in their relationship? Would they remain forever inseparable or would experience a certain phase in life which would separate them? Well, as they say time is the biggest healer, time is also the one to disclose what is written in destiny and the case of these two best friends would be no exception.

Ananya smiled: "Wo toh hain. But when you really wish to hide your emotions, no one, even me couldn't unveil what exactly is going on in your mind and heart."

Veer smiled back: "Wo toh hain."

Ananya showed him her tongue and replied: "copy cat."

Veer made a weird cartoonish face to her: "naughty rat."

They both laughed in merriment.

Veer: "Ab ghar chalein? warna mom cat aur rat dono ko cage mein bandh kar dengi. Fir dad bhi humein nehi bacha saktein."

With this, both giggled again and then both made their way to the car, laughing and teasing each other.