I hope u all enjoyed the last part.Well cliffhanger didnt last for more days as its an early update this time.

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Ashi was missing and this was worrying the gang especially randeep.He was running all around to search for her.He was scared as it was a new place.He checked in all the stalls  from where they have purchased stuffs but didnt find her anywhere.The gang too moved around the market and also near the parking where their car was parked but they all couldnt find her anywhere.

The gang and randeep's search continued for 10 more minutes and they all were sweating profusely due to the continous running.

The scene looking quite similar to the college scene where naina was missing and everyone was searching for her in the whole campus and sameer finally found her in the temple followed by their happy reunion.

Randeep remembered that moment and wished to find her soon.

The gang stopped in a place and they all looked extremely worried

Raghav-Har jagah dekh liya hai par Ashi nahi dikhi😪

Sanjay-Pata nahi kaha chali gai😭

Ayesha-Ane do is ladki ko...muh tod dugi iska😑

Kuttu-Aur mai tang...taki jaa hi na paaye wapas😑😑

They all were talking ,trying to subside their worries in form of anger but Randeep wasnt speaking anything.

Sanjay Raghav Ayesha and kuttu felt bad for him and tried to cheer him up.

Raghav-Bhai aa jaeygi wo...yahi kahi hogi🙂

Sanjay-Ha na tu fikar mat kar....Ashi ko acche se jante hai hum wo khud akele nhi jaeygi kahi 😊

Randeep-Nahi yaar...agar use gussa aaye to wo ja bhi sakti hai...Naina devi kaho ya Jhansi ki raani....wo dono ka mixture bhi ban sakti hai😭😭

Raghav and sanjay giggled a bit on hearing "Jhansi ki rani" but on recieving angry glared from ayesha  and kuttu they turned serious again

Ayesha-Arey par usko gussa aya kyu?tune kuch kiya hai kya?🙄

Randeep-Wo maine to ...😣

Kuttu-Maine to kya?😥

Randeep-As such koi baat nahi thi bas yuhi 😶

Ayesha-Randeep..?😏

On being questioned again and again,randeep had to confess.

Randeep-"I love her ...I love Ashi"😶

The gang looked at each other and then smiled.

Ayesha-We all know this ...already 🙄

Randeep looked at them with an embarrassed face and continued "And I know ki wo bhi mujhse ..."😅

Sanjay-Ha pyar krti hai....🙄

Raghav-And we all know this too🙄

Randeep again looked surprised but then understood that even Shashi maam sumeet sir have noticed this then how come his gang wouldnt know.

Kuttu-To aage to bol...🤔

Randeep-Ha to bas maine socha hai ki trip khatam hone se pehle Ashi ko propose karuga par tab tak ka patience bhi shayad nahi hai usmei...use ye lagne laga hai ki mai usse pyar hi nahi karta....buddhu kahi ki....samajti kyu nahi ki maine bhi kuch socha hai....use lagta hai pyar uski kismat mei hi nahi aur thodi der pehle ye hi baat par wo naraz bhi hui thi par mujhe kya pata tha wo chali jaeygi...

As he finished ,his eyes were already filled with tears.His best friends hugged him in samundit style while the girls were more worried for their Sister and friend.

Ayesha-Tu fikar mat kar mai fir se call karti hoon ek bar😓

Kuttu-Koi fayda nahi..uska number bandh hai..😢

Raghav-Ha aur agar use kisi ne kidnap bhi kiya hoga to phone to le hi liya hoga😞😲

As raghav uttered the words ,he recieved a smack on his head from randeep.

Randeep-Tu na bakwas mat kar...kuch nahi hua hoga usko...😡

They all prayed to see her soon and suddenly a little boy came running to randeep.

"Bhaiya...aap jinko dhund rahe the wo photo wali sunder si didi...wo udhar hai ..." the little boy informed and pointed towards the ground.

The gang rushed towards the ground to see Ashi happily enjoying the candy floss with a cute little girl standing beside her.

They both were having the candy floss and then were comparing the shade of their tongues to see whose is more pinkish.

The gang rushed towards her and  before anyone could say her anything , randeep took her into a bone crushing hug murmuring continuous thank you to his God.

Startled and confused ,Ashi couldnt understand his sudden gesture and her cheeks turned pinker than the shade of that candy floss.

"Ashi you are okay na...pagal ho kya ...kahi chali gai thi?" randeep murmured still hugging her closely.

"Mai..wo to yahi..." Ashi couldnt understand what to say so she just mumbled a few words.

Departing from her halfheartedly , Randeep checked her from head to toe to assure himself that she is alright.

Before she could ask anything, a light slap welcomed her rosy cheeks by none other than Ayesha.

"Pagal hai tu...aise koi karta hai kya ? janti hai kitne pareshan the hum...randeep ke to ansu nikal gae the....aise kyu karti hai tu Ashi "

Ayesha scolded her like an elder sister  but Ashi's ears replayed the one line "Randeep ke to ansu nikal gae the " and she immediately stared at him with lovefilled orbs.

Randeep gave a slight smile to her and finally took a deep breathe.

The others also scolded her for being careless but then her cute reply silenced them all.

"Arey guys ...meri baat to suno...this little girl was searching for her mom ....wo ro rahi rhi ....mai to Ayeshu kuttu ke pass jaa hi rahi thi jab meri nazar ispe padi...to kuch der hum iski mom ko dhunde but wo nahi mili ......ye aur zyada rone lag gai to hum candy floss wala game khelne lag gae ....utne mei tum log hi aa gaye "

"Lo bolo bhala...hum isko dhund rahe hai aur yeh hai ki is bacchi ki mummy ko dhund rahi thi " sanjay said and they all chuckled.

Raghav questioned "Par Ashi tera phone bandh ku hai "

"Arey I guess network issue hoga ...Airtel sucks, Ashi said and they all laughed  "

"But ab is bacchi ki mom ko kaha dhunde ?" kuttu asked looking at the cute little baby girl some 4 or 5 year old.

Randeep looked down towards the babygirl who was holding Ashi's hand  and he noticed how similar they both looked.

A small blush appeared on his cheeks as he thought about their own own baby girl looking just like the one standing there.

He found the girl so cute, just like his little Ashi so he bent down to her and looked at her cute face.She stared at him with her big beautiful eyes and when randeep smiled at her , she smiled back making his heart filled with joy.

"Baby kya naam hai apka?" he asked and the reply surprised him.

"Hello my name is Naina " 😍

The moment she said that, randeep immediately looked at Ashi who was smiling wide .The gang was surprised too and they all all hooted with raghav saying

"Is show se to humara zindagi bhar ka connection ban gaya hai " 😍

They all agreed with him.and then randeep softly said "Ab samjha tum is bacchi se itni attached kaise ho gai "

Ashi blushed and replied " aisa kuch nahi hai...wo to bas yuhi....koi aur bhi hoti tab bhi aisa hi karti mai "

They all started searching around for Naina's mother and they failed so they decided to have candyfloss to make the little girl smile.

Randeep purchased 6 candy floss and passed one to everyone.On seeing him without one, Ayesha asked

"Tera kaha hai...tujhe nahi khana?"

Randeep smiled sheepishly and looked at Ashi who was surprised to see him staring at her candyfloss now.

Ayesha understood his gesture and as now he had already confessed his love infront of them  , she decided to let him plan accordingly.

Ashi remembered the mount abu scene where sameer shares from Naina's candy thus proving his "shaadiwala pyaar by having her jhootha " she smiled and looked at randeep who was coming closer to her.

Ashi immediately had one bite from her candy and turned around , not letting him eat from hers but he was smarter than she could ever know. He pretended to move away and she thought he was gone but then he was standing right there.She turned around and collided with his standing form.

He locked his eyes with hers and held her hand lightly.He then bent a little and ate the candy from the same spot  from where she had eaten.

Ashi blushed to the deeper shades of pink and turned away from him while he too moved away after a successful attempt.

Unknown to them , the four pairs of eyes had witnessed the whole scene and they all smiled for their friends , feeling happy that theit story is on right track now.

After the candyfloss , naina's eyes again welled up remembering her mother , the gang tried to make her laugh in their own ways .

Raghav cracked some silly haathi jeeti jokes,Sanjay tried to make funny noises , kuttu clicked her pictures  , Ayesha narrated stories of her childhood while Ashi was hugging her , rubbing her back to calm her down but nothing worked.

Soon they all saw randeep coming with a bunch of colourful balloons .He bent down to the little girl and gave her the balloons.

On seeing the colourful bunch of happiness ,dancing to and fro in the cold breeze,Naina's lost smile was back on her rosy pink lips.

Ashi looked at randeep and her heart started loving him all over again more than she actually did.She smiled at him and  mouthed a thankyou while he just smiled in return.

Soon , the little girl's mother came running to her daughter and eveloped her in a tight hug .She thanked the gang for keeping her daughter safe and happy.

On seeing them , she realised that they were the cast of her favourite show 'Yeh un dinon ki baat hai  ', so she started asking for autographs and pictures .The gang clicked pictures with her and Naina .

The mother daughter duo was about to leave when randeep asked for one special photograph.

Raghav clicked the special picture for his yaar .The picture had Randeep Ashi and Naina  ,standing in between them.

"It looks like a cute family photo " kuttu commented while the duo blushed on this.

They all waved a bye to the two , not before Ashi hugging the little girl with the admiration she had developed fod her.

They all smilingly continued the shopping and this time randeep was walking with Ashi all the time , not leaving her even for a second.

He even followed her to all the oxidise jewellery stalls , ignoring the teasings from Raghav and Sanjay who were forcing him to join them for some more rifffle shooting games.

"Randeep..." Ashi softly called him out and he looked at her

"Ha bolo ?"  he questioned but his gaze was now in those beautiful metal earrings that were displayed in the rack.

"Tum sanjay raghav ke sath kyu nahi jaate ...wo kabse tumhe bula rahe hai "  she said and he just shrugged off  her words saying that he was bored of riffle shooting and also he wanted to buy some stuffs for his mother and bhabhi.

Ashi smiled inwardly as she knew the real reason behind his extra care.

Ashi 's eyes stopped on a beautiful neckpiece that had square metal pieces joined to form a chain.Over those metal squares, there were some small peacock design and a few peacock feathers were hanging down just like some tassles.

She happily looked at the neckpiece and randeep too noticed how her eyes glittered on seeing the jewellery.He immediately removed the piece and gave it to her with a soft smile.

She happily accepted it and tried to wear it but her her hands were unable to lock it from behind.She tried again when suddenly another pair of hands touched hers. As his fingers brushed hers , she felt some new sensations in her body on feeling him closer and she took her hand back , letting him do the task in hand.

Randeep moved her hair aside and tried to lock the hook of that neck piece.Unable to do it with his fingers , he slightly bent and tucked it with his teeth. She felt his hot breathe near her nape and her body stiffened with such intimate moments in public.

On getting the desirable reaction , randeep smiled and made her stand in front of the mirror. He slowly shifted behind her and the two saw their blushy reflections in the mirror.

Ashi slightly carressed her neckpiece and looked at his reflections. Moving an eyebrow up she asked how it was and randeep just gestured by his fingers that it looked beautiful.

They finalised it and on randeep's insistence , Ashi let him pay for the piece.

"Abhi tumhe pay karne de diya but ghar jake I will repay you..."  Ashi said  making randeep's face fell immediately.

"Kyu ? paise kyu wapas dogi....kya mai tumhare liye pay nahi kar sakta Ashi ?" he asked .

His tone, his eyes , his voice , his face had something that melted her immediately. It was different , he sounded different she thought.

"Nahi ..I mean...." Ashi was about to reply when Ayesha called them as it was time to leave.

But before Ashi could move , Randeep held hand to stop her and asked

"Bolo na Ashi...kya itna bhi haq nahi mera ...?" 

Ashi's breathe hitched on hearing
" haq " and she just smiled and ran away from his hold making him laugh at his first fruitful achievement.

They all finally moved out from the shopping mart after spending a great day together.By the time they reached their cottage , it was already 6 pm.

The temperature was dropping quickly and they all wished to envelope themselves into warm blankets.

They all changed into their comfortable night suits and gathered in the living room of their small cute cottage.

Ayesha prepared coffee for all and then chatted about the 1st day they spent in Manali.

"Wow kya coffee bnai hai Ayeshu ne " Raghav complimented and Ayesha smiled wide.

"Aha Ayeshu ki tarif karte nahi thakta ye ladka " sanjay teased making the two blush.

"Tum theek ho na...zyada mat peena...already tabiyat kharab thi subah "

Kuttu spoke with sanjay making him smile.She was taking extra care of his health and comfort during the whole day and even at home.

This made Ashi and Ayesha a bit suspiscious so they eyed one another thinking whats changing in kuttu.

Randeep was busy having his coffee while his thoughts were wandering around the day and the events that followed.

Agar aaj wo nahi milti toh?  the thought itself was enough for him to get scared.The fear of losing her, the one he loves so much was too much for him to get disturbed.

Ashi noticed this but kept quite and delayed  the conversation for their room .

Their room ! the thought itself made her cheeks go pink and she blushed hard.

In just few hours, she will be sharing the room with him.The whole night on one bed with him ,with the love  of her life.

Her breathing became faster as such thoughts came into her mind.

Raghav- So guys kal trecking ke liye sab tayar? 😎

Kuttu- yes boss😎

Ayesha -Super excited yaar😉😎

Sanjay- Guys lets have dinner aur so jate hai...jaldi uthna hai subah.🤗

Randeep -Kyu bhai mandir jana hai? 😂

he pulled sanjay's legs as he was a spiritual person and and ardent believer of God too.

the gang laughed on this comment while sanjay replied.

Sanjay- kya bhai tu bhi na...ab trecking ke liye bhi to jaldi uthna hi hai.🤗

They all nodded in approval and stood up to arrange stuffs for their one day trecking trip scheduled for the next day.

Randeep- Raghav wo organiser se baat ho gai na ...Mr.batra se?

Raghav -Ha unse message mein baat kar liya tha...he said ki 7 am tak ready rehna hai ....

Randeep - Guys sab acche se tayari kar lena....medicines and first aid kit...shoes and everything.😊

Ayesha - Yes jiju ...dont worry ! 😋

Ayesha said in a flow making randeep blush and then realised her folly . The gang hooted on this to tease Ashdeep  while the couple was already blushing hard.She looked at Ashi who was angrily glaring at her , though it was fake anger and after Ayesha's continous sorrys , Ashi relented.

The gang recieved their dinner parcel which had momos , pasta , noodles and garlic breads.

They had a light dinner as the chaats , candy floss and the coffee was too much for their day .

Now, everyone started moving towards their respective rooms after murmuring low goodnights to one another as the day was too tiring for them.

Randeep and Ashi shared a brief eyelock before moving towards their room.They both couldnt understand what to do or what to say.Ashi slowly moved inside while randeep followed her.

He was about to enter the room , when his two best friends clinged over him and patted his shoulder and teased him.

Raghav- Bhai sherni ke saath sher ki.. gufaa mei aaj pehli raat hai...all the best 🤣🤣

Sanjay - Bhai tu sher hai yaad rakhna aur humari naak mat katwana....all the best 😂😂

The two boosted his morale and patted his back again but randeep was blushing like a ripened tomato.

Randeep- Tum dono bhi na ...tumlog to aise bolre ho jaise suhaagraat manane jaa raha hoo mai...its just a room sharing.....pagal kahi ke....😶😶

He ignored the low whispers of his friends who were saying

"Kya pata room partner aaj rat hi life partner ban jaaye...bhai dhyaan rakhiyo " 🤣🤣

Randeep understood the hidden meaning of the last line and blushingly smacked the two on their heads saying "Pagalo aisa kuch nahi hoga...jaake so jao ...goodnight "

And before Sanjay or Raghav could say anything , Randeep hurried into the room and closed the door behind.

Seeing Ashi sitting on the edge of the bed with her phone , he nervously started blabbering

"Room accha haina...kaafi cute hai..."

On hearing cute from him , Ashi stared at him weirdly and nodded  "Haa kaafi cute hai "

Moving towards the bed , Randeep said " Wo paani...paani laa liya tumne?"

Ashi stared at him again amd then passed the bottle towards him.

"Ye lo pee lo..."  she offered and moved her eyes back into her phone.

" Naa naa mujhe paani peena nahi tha maine to yuhi kaha...."

Then getting no proper reply from her , he sat on the bed and folded his leg.Feeling him so close to herself , Ashi stiffened a bit and moved  aside though he was at a distance but still she was feeling shy.

Seeing at her condition , he understood her dilemma and so decided to move towards the living room.

He got up and picked up his blanket and pillow. She couldnt understand his next move so she asked
" Kya hua..any problem ?"

He looked at her and replied
" Naa no problem...tum yaha comfortably so jao ...mai bahar jaa raha hoon "

He started moving out when she called him and held his arm.

"Bahar tum comfortable nahi rahoge ....Randeep its alright...M fine...tum yahi raho....pleaseee..."

She requested with an elongated please and so  he had to stay afterall he couldnt leave this golden opportunity.

He sat beside her and folded his legs.She too sat on the bed and then there was an awkward silence for a few minutes.

"Randeep wo actually...mujhe tumse kuch kehna hai..." Ashi started and looked at him.

"Ha bolo na Ashi " he replied looking at her.

"Wo neckpiece ke liye thank you...its very beautiful " she replied with a warm smile.

Your welcome Ashi ...Waise maine tumhare liye kuch aur bhi liya tha but samaj nahi aya ki tumhe kaisa lagega ....

Ashi was surprised and asked " Kya liya tha ...batao na..."

Her excitement melted his heart and he removed a small packet from his bag and gave it to her.

When Ashi opened the packet , her lips stretched into a wide smile on seeing the contents.

"It was beautiful pair of earring with peacock feathers.Her heart was genuinely happy on seeing this and she said " its so beautiful randeep...us neckpiece ke liye ekdum perfect...thank you so much "

Randeep smiled and said waise "tumhe bhi thank you mere liye itni acchi shopping karai tumne aaj "

Ashi shrugged off his words and replied "Humari family ki shoping this uske liye kya thank you "

She said in one breathe and then realised her words .Randeep's widened at first and then he narrowed them with a lopsided smile he teased "Accha...humari family haa?"😉

"Wo..wo I meant...tumhari...chalo mujhe neend aa rahi hai...goodnight."

She was about to pull the blanket over her head when he pulled it.

"Waise Ashu...tumnne galat to nahi kaha....not now may be in future...." 😁

He said while leaning to her sleeping form .His eyes bored into hers sharing a deep eyelock.

On hearing him , her heart started beating rapidly and her mind was now filled up with the thoughts of a true shaadiwala pyaar from his side.

Randeep moved away and lied on his side.

Both of them were still awake but didnt move an inch from their position , as it was a small bed , any movement would bring the two very closer and then it could be disastrous.

After a few minutes , Ashi asked
"Tum so gaye kya ? "

"Nahiii" was the instant reply from his side.

"Wo aaj tum kaafi pareshan lag rahe the " she said hesitantly and he understood her question.

"Pareshan to hoga hi na ...tumne itna dara jo dia tha...mai to ye soch raha hoon ki agar tum nahi milti toh..." and his voice cracked at the end making her turn towards him.

His breaking voice did tell her that he was really scared.Well the way he had embraced her was enough to tell her that how frightened he was to lose her.

"I am sorry Randeep ...I promise next time se saath hi rahugi ..pakka "

She assured him and he squeezed her hand lightly .

They wished goodnights to one another and tried to sleep but the jittery feeling of this proximity wasnt letting the two sleep instantly.

After 15 minutes he realised that she had fallen asleep, Randeep turned to her sleeping form and moved a little closer to her.He examined her beautiful face under the light of their nightlamp.She looked so beautiful ,just a like a baby her skin was so soft and features so fresh and perfect. Though he had seen her before too many times but this closeness was new for him too.

"Aaj bauhat dar gaya tha mai Ashu...please dont leave me...mai sehen nahi kar pauga...I cant live without you ...jaan " he murmured slowly and then bent down to kiss her forehead. He lightly pecked her forehead and then pulled the blanket over her top as it was too cold outside.

Pulling the blanket over himself , he too fell asleep but this time a very peaceful one.

Outside their room , there were four anxious hearts thinking about the would be couple and their first night together in a room.

In Ayesha kristina's room ,

kuttu -Tujhe kya lagta hai Ayeshu , room mei kya ho raha hoga.

Ayesha lightly slapped her head and said "Bacchi kahi ki ...zyada mat soch...so gae hoge dono "

Kuttu-Ahh! maar kyu rahi hai...aur mai itni bacchi nahi hoon...and how can you be so sure ki kuch nahi ho raha...

Ayesha pondered over her words but neglected the thought she said "Arey itna mat soch...let them be there for 6 days ...kya pata inki pyaar ki gaadi start ho jaaye...ab so ja meri maa Goodnight "

Kuttu made faces as she was curious to know about the first night but seeing Ayesha's low response , she too wished goodnight and then slept.

In Sanjay -Raghav's room ,

Sanjay -Bhai to so gaya hoga na ...😁

Raghav - I hope naa soye ho dono...😂

Raghav spoke excitedly while sanjay giggled.

Sanjay- Chup kar saale...zyada mat soch....goodnight bro

Raghav - Hehe ha ha so jate hai goodnight .....

After a long but happy day at Manali market , the gang slept peacefully , awaiting the next morning of their exciting trip that would bring more colours of love  and friendship in their lives.

Thank you for reading😇

So guys +4000 words this time.Thank you for the responses.M planning to wrap up this story till december please motivate me to do so as it has already been 1 year now.

NOTE-THIS STORY IS ENTIRELY MY WORK OF IMAGINATION.IT HAS NO RELATION WITH THE REAL LIFE OF THE CHARACTERS.DO NOT COPY THE STORY AND NO BASHING ALLOWED.

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