The first sun ray got scattered in the sky.
Breaking of dawn is always beautiful
But today it felt to her like this is not just the dawn of new day
But dawn of her new life

She was up all night
Thinking about him , then thinking about him some more.
Relieving past memories with him from different perspective
Analysing his every word and action in new light ...

And the kiss....
That's something she will never forget
She kissed her rajveer sir last night
A smile danced on her lips thinking about him
It's perfect
She felt perfect
It makes sense now
Everything is making sense now.

His dedication for her
His commitment for her

She felt a tingling sensation through her veins..
Thinking about him in a romantic way.
It's a thought that is very new and alien to her

Every time when she says to herself the he loves her
She feels all those stupid 16 yr old cliche emotions
Her heart doing summersault everytime she see his face in front of her eyes.

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They are sitting in the mess
Holding their breath, praying that no teacher should figure out what happened with them last night

"Tum log Khali peeli tension mat lo
Bola na kisi ko kuch yad nahi rahega
Bohot strong maal tha... Pichle janam ki bhi memory delete ho jati hai

Naina gave a look to him at this

Does this mean he will not remember anything about last night ...
Her heart cracked a little....
But then ... That will be the right thing to happen
After all she is a cadet and he is her teacher
The timing is as bad as possible
It can be bad for his reputation and career

The sensible thing will be to wait

Just then he entered the mess and she felt her heart pounding in her rib cage
His presence is giving her goosebumps

The image of last night
The kiss
It flashed in front of her eyes , making her red like a Tomato.
She immediately took charge of the emotions
Wiping off the excitement from her face
Pretending to be casual

"Cadet huda thanks for last night
I remember you escorted me to my room"
He said
Rubbing his forehead due to headache

"Thanks sir but main to "

"Huda listen mere liye plz ek coffee lade na"
Naina interrupted him to cut him

It's good he doesn't remember anything
He is not ready for this she thought
He is having too much emotional baggage
If he has decided to constrain himself with his feelings
It won't be easy for him to let his gaurd down

This thing is complicated
Their relationship is walking in a thin glass string
One wrong step and he can get hurt.

She has always been impulsive when it comes to her brother
But with him she will be as patient as an ant..

She can't do anything wrong.
That's the thing about happiness, once u taste it ... You want more of it
And he is her salvation from misery and pain

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Alekh corner her after their last drill ta

"Kuch hua hai kya Naina"
He asks her directly with a smirk yet pretending to be ignorant.

No matter how hard she is trying to be subtle
But something changed last night
And her life will never be same again...
She learnred that she is loved and ever since she is feeling content and relaxed
Opposite of the what she use to be in the starting of the year.
Hence making it so obvious for her best friend....

"Kuch bhi nahi
Kya hoga"
She played best , cool and normal

"Kuch zyada hi.... Wo ud kya bolta hai ..... chill lag rahi hai......

She smiled at him...

"Mujhe bas ek baat samajh a gayi hai....

"Wo kya"

"Mujhe lagta tha ke maine agar... Apne maksad se alag kuch bhi aur socha to bhaiyya ke sath na insafi hogi .
Mujhe lagta tha ki bhaiya ke jane ka dard .. mujhe 24 ghante yaad rakhna hai mehsus karna hai....
Agar main ek pal ke liye bhi is dard ko bhuli to... Main bhaiya ko bhul jaungi...

But you know what
Positive emotions are much stronger than negative thoughts

And he will always remain in me untill my last day.... No matter what....
Even after a person is gone... They exists in our mind and memories...."

Alekh gave her a genuine smile.... And pressed her hand kept on the table.

"You have taken a right decision
Don't ever doubt it ...
In order to be happy first you have to believe that you deserve to be happy....
And whatever makes you happy... Never let it go.... Fight for it.... "

Alekh never asked or said anything directly
To maintain the confidentiality of the matter
And she too tried to ignore his ponting

Neither of them said anything obvious but it was a subliminal message ...
They both knew what was the literal meaning of the conversation they just had....

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"Thuddd

She got bumped into a familiar fragrance,  she felt  hot flushes all over her cell membrane .
Dusty pink look so good on him
She made a mental note ..

"I am soo sorry cadet let me help you with that"
He immediately got down to pick up the books....
Handing her over one by one while she stood holding her breath

Last night when they were this close
Something happened
And thinking about it she started blushing but now he is already up looking at her and she has to hide the blush and look normal.

But the fact is she is very bad in pretending
She has always been crystal clear about her emotions

She use to boldly carry her anger and hatred
Never veiling them....
And now when she feels love
It's hard to mask it...

And although she tried her best to look like any other normal cadet...
Rajveer noticed a tint of red colour on her cheek
Her eyes dancing up and down
And her anxious body movement...

It was hard to ignore ...

"Do you need my help... I can carry some of them and walk with you"
He offered

And she nodded in yes....
An excuse to walk with him... Why not

"Last night was fun"
He started, intending a light conversation

"What "?
She replied in reflex

"The party...
Although I don't remember much .... You know the stuff was hard..
But still i remember Alekh and ud dancing on Sheela ki Jawani..... And that is something too divine to forget "

She cracked up laughing and she agrees with him.
Alekh and ud did dance stupid last night

"Nothing can beat our dance on fresherss party...
You remember... Gori gori
You were amazing "
She added getting nostalgic

And he nodded with a grin too...

"Dr. Ritu was disappointed... As you choose me over her ..."
She said in a flow and then realised the selection of words but he was already glaring at her...

"For dance "
She added quickly.... Biting her lips mentally

"I never ment to offend her .... It's just that
I have always been more comfortable with you
Everything is natural with you"
He said very innocently totally ignorant about her state right now....

"Besides that.... I was always reluctant when it came to Dr. Mishra.... Although we learnred about her real identity very late ... But my natural instinct was always of defence around her..."

"I am just glad you didn't fell for her like bhaiyya did...."
She said with a sad tone

"I would never have
We had major bhargav in parallel remember
My complete focus was on you... "

Again he had no idea what those words did to her ...
It's so true
He never fell for the wrong person because he was always distracted by her
Her crisis her impulse actions her pain
He was so preoccupied with her that it failed ritu's plan of luring him.

He was talking out his heart and she kept walking along ....
The steps taken were small to prolong the company..

Outside the girls hostel he handed her the books back
And she lingered at the gate a bit , watching him go....

The man who loves her ....