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Sorry for the late update... new course, new session... so, I was a little busy.

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Finally, it was Sunday.
Last night, with great courage... Naina asked for Taiji's permission.

"Yeh kaun se dost hai tere... aur kab ban gaye?"
Taiji asked narrowing her eyes.

"Woh... woh Sunaina issi saal hamare school mein aayi hai. Sunaina ki mummy, uske sab dost se milna chahti hai isliye... Sunday ko lunch ke liye bulaya hai."

Taking a sip from her teacup, Taiji asked, "Kaun Sunaina? Ek minute... yeh kahi woh Preeti aur Swati ki nayi dost toh nahi... arre haa... Sunaina Parekh."

Naina nodded,"Ji, wahi hai."

Widening her eyes, Taiji said, "O bai, aaj kal tu apni hesiyat se bahar ke logon ko apna dost nahi bana rahi hai. Pehle Sameer, ab Sunaina."

Naina pursed her lips.

Rolling her eyes, Taiji said, "Theek hai, jaa... koi musibat khadi mat kar dena."

Naina happily nodded and went to her room.

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Now, standing in front of her wardrobe...Naina was choosing a dress for her.

"Ek wajah yeh bhi thi ki... ab kya pehnu? Koi aachi dress hi pehnkar jaana chahiye... uss Sunaina ke ghar jaana hai."

Making an annoyed face, Naina picked out a blue dress.
"Sab mein se yahi best hai...waise bhi jyada choice toh hai nahi mere pass."

She sighed and sat down on the bed.
"Mujhe toh abhi tak samaj nahi aa raha ki Sunaina ne mujhe apne ghar par invite kyu kiya? Haa, yeh ho sakta hai ki Sameer ne kaha ho... par phir bhi Sunaina maan gayi... hairat ki baat hai. Pata nahi...mujhe jana bhi chahiye ki nahi."

Suddenly, the clock struck at 12. Naina widened her eyes and said,
"Arre nahi, late ho jaayega... jaldi kar Naina. Preeti nikal gayi toh phir tu kaise jaayegi... Preeti aur Swati ko hi Sunaina ke ghar ka raasta pata hai."

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Whistling and humming the tune of 'pehla nasha, pehla khumar', standing in front of dressing mirror...Sameer was combing his hair.
Dressed in, white T-shirt and blue jeans, looking handsome as ever.

Just then, Rahul enters the room and saw his brother in awfully good mood.
"Oh ho...doston ke sath lunch par jaa rahe ho yaa dost ke sath lunch par jaa rahe ho."

Narrowing his eyes, Sameer said,
"Kya kehna chahta hai?"

Rahul shrugged, "Aap samaj gaye hoge. Par chalo... seedhe-seedhe puch lete hai... Kya baat hai, Sameer bhaiya? Aaj kuch jyada hi khush lag rahe ho... kuch zyada hi saj dhaj rahe ho... Kuch baat hai, kya?"

"Kuch baat nahi hai... main bss aaj Sunday hai isliye khush hu. Koi school nahi aur phir hum sab dost mil rahe hai... khoob masti mazak hoga bss isliye khush hu bohat."

Rahul grinned widely. Sameer made an annoyed face and said,
"Ab kya? kya chal raha hai tere dimag mein?"

"Kuch bhi toh nahi... kya chalna chahiye?"

Gently smacking the back of Rahul head, Sameer said,"Kuch nahi... padhai ke alawa jyada sochne ki zarurat nahi."

"Accha... Accha theek hai. Waise Sameer bhaiya... aapke sab dost aa rahe hai?"
Rahul asked curiously.

"Haa, kyu?"

"Nahi, sab dost matlab Munna aur Pandit... Yahi na?"
Rahul tried to ask casually.

"Arre nahi, Swati, Preeti aur... aur Naina bhi aa rahi hai."
Sameer said turning away his face, to hide his blush.

Rahul widened his eyes, hearing "Preeti".He stuttered,
"Toh... woh... Mera matlab."

Again taking a look at his reflection in the mirror, Sameer said, "Rahul, mujhe late ho raha hai.Baad mein baat kare."

Rahul stopped him, "Sameer bhaiya, woh... toh."

Sameer asked annoyingly, he was eager to meet Naina.
"Aree kya woh... Toh... Kya kehna hai, Rahul?"

"Mujhe bhi aapke sath jaana hai."
Closing his eyes, Rahul said in a go.

Sameer sighed and said, "Itni si baat... Theek hai sath chalte hai. Tu tayar ho jaa... Magar jaldi."

Rahul smiled widely and was going from there... but stopped, and turned around.
H h
"Thankyou bhaiya."

And then he left, Sameer was surprised,
"Isse kya hogya?"

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Naina was ready to go, she came outside the apartment... fortunately, Taiji was asleep,  Tauji and Pralay went to market.

After five minutes, Preeti, along with Swati, came out from her apartment.

Naina went to them and said with a smile,
"Mujhe laga hum yaha se pehle Swati ke ghar jaayenge aur phir Sunaina ke yaha jaayenge."

Swati answered annoyingly, "Main kal Preeti ke sath, uske ghar par ruk gayi thi."

"Ohh aacha. "
Naina said with a smile.

Their was an awkward silence for a moment, then Preeti started walking, Swati followed her.
Naina pursed her lips and too started walking.
After ten minutes, she thought to initiate a conversation from her side, because all this time Swati and Preeti were whispering to each other. Naina felt left out.

"Toh... kal raat kya-kya kiya?"

Preeti and Swati looked at Naina with a blank face.

Smiling awkwardly,Naina said,
"Um.. agli baar tum dono koi aisa plan banao toh mujhe bhi bula lena. Preeti, main tumhare sath wale ghar mein toh rehti hu."

Preeti rolled her eyes and said, "Tumhe bulana matlab Taiji ko sab batana. Tum jaanti ho, Naina... Taiji ko kuch bhi pasand nahi aata... aur Swati ka puri raat mere ghar rehna woh kitna sunati mummy ko aur papa ko."

Naina knew, Preeti was right. So, she didn't argue any further.

They took an auto to Sunaina house.

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Sunaina came down from her room to the living room.
Sejal and Mahendra smiled, seeing their daughter happy.

"Aaj koi zyada hi khush lag raha hai... aur bohat zyada sundar bhi."
Sejal said caressing Sunaina's cheek.

Mahendra chuckled and said,
"Kiski baat kar rahi ho... apni ya hamari beti ki."

Sunaina laughed, whereas Sejal blushed slightly.
"Mahendra, main hamari beti ki baat kar rahi hu."

The maid comes there and said,
"Mam, lunch ready hai."

"Ruko main check kar leti hu."
Sejal said and goes with the maid to the kitchen.

Mahendra and Sunaina sat down on the sofa.
"Aaj kitne dino baad, hum teeno sath mein... Sunday bita rahe hai."

Sunaina smiled and nodded.

"Kab aa rahe hai tumhare dost?"

"Bss aate hi honge."

Just then, the doorbell rang. Sunaina beamed and ran towards the door.

She opened the door and got happy seeing Sameer standing their.

"Sameer, main tumhare hi intezaar kar rahi thi."

"Sirf Sameer ka."
Munna and Pandit, along with Rahul came there.

Sunaina smiled awkwardly and said,
"Nahi, aisa nahi hai... main jaanti thi ki tum sab Sameer ke sath aaoge isliye kaha ki... intezaar kar rahi thi."

"Haa, haa samaj gaye."
Pandit said with a smirk. Munna laughed softly while Rahul and Sameer stood their with a small smile on their face.

Sunaina saw Rahul and widened her eyes,
"Arre Rahul."

Rahul smiled sheepishly, "Hello Sunaina... Sorry, ek baar phir bina bataye aagaya."

"Arre nahi, Sorry bolne ki zarurat nahi...ab toh tum bhi mere dost ho."
Sunaina said, her eyes were searching for someone.

"Kahi uss shaitaan ko sath toh nahi lekar aaye."
She thought worriedly.

"Deepika... woh... Woh nahi aai?"
Sunain asked with a fake smile.

Sameer got a little sad, and said,
"Nahi, woh nahi aayi. Mummy, papa ke sath kahi jaana tha."

He lied, he can't tell Sunaina... Deepika was scared to come at her house. He can't hurt her feelings.

Mahendra come there and said, "Sunaina, apne doston ko wahin khada rakhogi kya? Aandar aane do."

Everyone greets Mahendra and goes to the living room.

All the boys looked around, Sameer was looking more eager than anyone.
Sunaina smirked and sat down with Sameer.

"Main baaki sab se ek baar mil chuka hu... but beta aapka naam nahi jaanta."
Mahendra said, looking at Rahul.

Rahul smiled and introduced himself, "Ji, main Sameer ka chota bhai, Rahul Maheshwari."

"Ohh, aaj Maheshwari khandan ke dono chirag hamare ghar aaye hai."

Everyone laughed softly. Sunaina then said,
"Sameer, mujhe toh laga tha ki kahin tum aaj bhi nahi aaoge."

Sameer smiled widely and said, "Aana toh tha... ab apni dost ko baar-baar naraz nahi kar sakta."

Just then, Sejal came out from the kitchen. All the boys stood up and greeted her with a 'Namaste'.
Sejal faked a smile and nodded. She walked towards her husband and stood beside him.

"Accha hua, tum sab aaye. Main bhi Sunaina ke doston se milna chahti thi."

"Aaiye hum sabka pariche karwate hai, aapka."
Mahendra said.

He introduced Munna, Pandit and then he looked at Rahul and Sameer, he said,
"Aur yeh dono bhai hai, Sameer aur Rahul.
Arre apne Prakash ji, hai na... Unke naati."

"Ohh accha. Aap sab se milkar aacha laga baccho."

"Sunaina, aapke baaki dost nahi aaye."
Mahendra asked.

"Main bhi wahin puchne wala tha... Sunaina, Naina aur baaki sab nahi aaye abhi tak."
Sameer asked eagerly.

Sejal and Sunaina narrowed their eyes, after hearing Naina name but then quickly changed their expressions.

Suddenly, the door bell again rang. Sunaina smiled and said,
"Lagta hai woh sab bhi aagye."

She was getting up, when Sejal said,
"Main dekhti hu... tum betho beta."

Sejal goes and opened the door. There were three girls standing, except Naina, she didn't know the other two girls name.

"Aao beta, undar aao. Sunaina aur hum kabse aap sab ka intezaar kar rahe hai."

"Sorry aunty woh Auto kharab hogya raaste mein. Isliye late hogaye."
Swati said apologetically.

"Koi baat nahi... ab undar toh aao."
Sejal said and the trio went inside with her.

Preeti and Swati hurriedly went inside, they already had came here few times.
Naina was walking a little slowly, she was admiring the beauty of that house.

"Sameer aur Sunaina ka ghar... dono ka hi ghar kitna bada aur sundar hai. Bilkul mehal jaisi feeling aati hai."

She came towards the living room and saw everyone sitting and talking. She looked around nervously and her eyes fell on Sameer, who was too looking at her...slowly she walked and sat beside Preeti.

Sejal smiled widely and said, "Toh baccho... pehle khaana ya masti."

Munna and Pandit laughed.

"Aree aunty, woh kahawat nahi suni... pehle pet puja phir kam duja."
Munna said and everyone agreed happily.

"Yeh baat sahi kahi aap dono ne, beta. Sejal, lunch serve karwa do."
Mahendra said. Sejal nodded and went inside the kitchen, followed by Sunaina.

He then looked at Naina and said, "Sorry beta, aapka naam nahi pucha maine?"

Naina smiled and gently said, "Main Naina hu, uncle. "

"Naina?", Mahendra said her name and tried to remember something.
He then widened his eyes and said,
"Arre aap hi ho, wo uss din jisko best student ka award mila tha aur wo speech bhi aapne hi di thi."

Naina smiled widely and nodded.

Mahendra was pleased to know that a intelligent and responsible child like Naina, was friend with her daughter.

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"Mom...ab kya karna hai?"

"Kya karna hai... simple si baat hai. Tum Sameer ke sath raho... usse baat karo. Baaki main dekh lungi. You, don't worry."

Sejal rolled her eyes and said, "Abhi bhi yakeen nahi hota ki tumhara aise middle class type dost hai. Bss ek Sameer aur uska bhai, Rahul... woh dono  standard ke hai."

Sunaina sighed,
"Kya karu? Yeh sab Sameer ke dost hai... Sameer se dosti karne ke liye inko dost banana pada. Warna aap apni beti ko jaante ho, main inn jaiso ko apne aas pass bhi na fatakne du... ghar bulana toh durr ki baat hai."

Sejal chuckled and agreed.

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While in the living room, everyone was busy in talking to each other, except Naina... she felt a little left out.

"Mujhe yaha aana hi nahi chahiye tha... kitna ajeeb lag raha hai."

She quietly glanced at Sameer, who was happily talking to Munna and Pandit.
Naina felt a little bad, but then consoled her,

"Naina samjha kar...Sameer ke aur bhi dost hai. Isme bura manne wali koi baat nahi hai."

On the other side, Sameer was trying his best to engage Munna and Pandit in some conversation... he was trying hard to distract them. So, that he could go and talk to Naina.
He saw her sitting alone, he knew she was feeling awkward and must be regretting her decision of coming here.

Just then, he saw Munna and Pandit, getting engaged in their own useless argument.

Sameer grinned and silently goes towards Naina. He sat beside her with a sigh.
He saw Naina lost in her thoughts.

Sameer smirked and whispered,
"Kiske khyalon mein khoyi ho, Naina?"

"Sameer", Naina answered still lost in her thoughts.

Hearing her answer, Sameer was stunned.
He was taken aback with her answer.

But befor he could say something, Naina turned her head, widening her eyes.

Both were staring at each other intently, when suddenly Mahendra said,
"Tum bacche beth kar baatein karo... hum zara apne study mein kuch kam karke aate hai."

Naina and Sameer looked away. Both sat quietly when Naina said,
"Woh... Woh main keh rahi thi ki tumhari wajah se yaha aayi warna Sunaina aur main utne bhi khass dost nahi hai. Isliye."

Sameer furrowed his eyebrows and said, "kya isliye?"

She looked at him with narrow eyes and then lowering her head, she said nervously,
"Isliye maine kha ki main tumhare baarein mein soch rahi hu."

"Ohh aacha. Par Sunaina tumhari dost nahi hai toh bana lo use apna dost... woh bohat acchi hai. Usi ka idea tha ye lunch party ka... Phir usi ne kha ki tumhe bhi invite karna hai, wo tumhe apna dost maanti hai aur jab usne kaha ki wo tumhari Taiji se bhi baat kar legi."

Naina slightly nodded, still looking unsure.

Sameer again said, "Ho sakta hai wo tumhari khass dost ban jaaye. Try toh karo."

Naina pouted and said, "Nahi... khass dost nahi."

"Kyu?"

"Kyunki meri life mein ek hi khass dost hai... aur wahi rahega."
Naina said, gazing at him. Sameer too stared at her, his heartbeat quickened.

He asked, still looking into her eyes, "Kaun hai wo dost?"

Naina, who got lost in his eyes, for a moment, realise what blunder she was going to create. She stopped herself and then answered with a sheepish smile,
"Deepika."

Hearing someone else name, other than his, Sameer came out of the trance and looked at her shockingly but before he could say something, Sunaina and Sejal came there.

"Abhi 10-15 minute mein khana lag jaayega, baacho."
Sejal said and everyone nodded

Seeing Sameer and Naina sitting together, Sunaina narrowed her eyes but still kept a fake smile on her face.

She, then said, "Sameer... tum last time nahi aaye the na. Toh chalo main tumhe mera ghar dikha deti hu."

He hesitated but then glancing at Naina, he said,
"Haa, kyu nahi? Par Naina bhi toh pehli baar aayi hai... hum dono ko dikhao apna ghar."

Hearing Sameer, Sunaina smiled vanished. She pursed her lips and was halfheartedly going to agree, when Seja said,
"Aisa karte hai... Naina ko main hamara ghar dikha deti hu. Sunaina, Sameer ko dikha degi. Theek rahega na."

Naina and Sameer looked at each other with unsure expression.

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