"Problems are not always uninvited, sometimes you yourself invite it."

Room no 17, Girl's hostel, Hindu College

Naina was sitting like a zombie, her puffy eyes were covered with dark circles, hairs were scattered, sitting lifelessly holding a cushion in her hand.

Neeksha who was getting ready for the day, cannot see her like this, but she is helpless. She need to be strong or else she wont be able to stop Naina from knowing the truth, the truth which can demand her life too.

Pooja on the other hand was sipping her morning tea, happy with this realisation, that Neeksha is still preparing their morning tea that too in the same way they love. But her happiness was short lived as soon as her eyes landed on Naina. The way she was sitting as if some demeantors sucked the life out of her body, as if no happiness exists in this world.

After a while, when Naina didnot moved a bit, Neeksha wrote a chit and gave it to Pooja, who was trying to read Naina's face, if blank expression could answer some of her question.

Pooja after receiving the chit looked at Neeksha, then back at the chit and opened which states

"15 minute me Naina ko leke class chali aana. Bhuli nahi hun kuch bhi main yad rakhna is baat ko. I am watching you both."

Pooja again looked at Neeksha and said

"Maine kya kiya hain jo tu mujhe hi bole jaa rahi hain? Aur Niks yeh baat mujhe bhi pata hain ki tu bhuli nahi hain kuch bhi. Rahi baat naina ki to main aur naina aajayenge saath me. Tu aram se class jaa sakti hain."

Neeksha gave her a short smile, then looked towards Naina with pain and moved towards her class.Pooja after waiting for few minutes seeing no single movement from Naina, moved towards her and said

" Naina ,abhi thik to hain na tu?Abhi kaisa lag raha hain?Kuch bol to sahi aise zombie ke jaise kyun baithi hain muh pe tape laaga ke.Haaye Rabba! Naina uth jaa meri ma, class hain humari. chal cheti cheti uth ke ready ho jaa.

Agar aaj hum dono class ke liye late huye naa,to Niks pakka se humara haal kharab karegi. Tera breakfast rakh diya hain maine table pe. Tere favourite aloo sandwich aur chai bhi rakh di hain. Aram se kha le ohk? Aur jaldi se aaja ready hoke main aur Niks tera wait kar rahe hain class me.Theek hai?"

Naina just nodded her head in positive and Pooja left the room satisfied with her answer. But Naina was still sitting blankly in her position. When she felt, she cant sulk for the whole day, she came out of her bed when her file which was kept on the side of her table fall down by her sudden touch. She bent to pick it up when she noticed the forms she collected from the store room.

After reading the details of the form her gloomy face gave a radiant glow. She picked her dress and ran towards the washroom to get ready for the day.

Aashiyana, Greater Noida

Samarth and Yug were busy in their work as an important order is yet to be delivered but the two of them were not paying attention to each other, they were stealing glances but did not uttered a word, when finally Yug asked to break the awkward silence in the room

"Sam, zara payments ki file pass karna."

Samarth without uttering a word kept the file on his side and got engrossed in his work. Seeing no positive response from him, Yug again said

"Mujhe na ekbaar packaging dept. ne jo details bheje the woh forward karna."

Samarth again silently mailed him the details and got back to his work, taking a deep breathe Yug again said

"Sam, tujhe maine raw materials ke cost ki jo list bheji thi, woh forward kar dena mere paas se delete hogayi hain."

Samarth got irritated finally, sent him the list and asked in a sugar coated voice

"Tere liye chai nashta bhi order kar dun?"

Yug smiled and said without getting his sarcasm

"Please Starbucks me order kar de. One sandwich and one coffee."

Samarth gave him a smile and said

"Zarur. Aur kuch Sir? Jab naukar bana hi diya hain toh hukum karte jaiye. Afterall aap mujhe isi baat ke liye toh pay karte hain."

Finally getting the meaning of his word Yug asked

"Kaisi behki behki baatein kar raha hain yaar tu? Tujhe naukar kab kahan maine?"

Samarth replied in his sarcastic tone

"Arey sir, aap to itne mahan ho ke aapne kabhi mujhe woh feel hi nahi karwaya. Par naukar toh naukar hi hota hain na jo malik bole bas karte jao. Yahin toh chahte hain na aap."

Yug getting irritated with this 'aap' thing said

"Tab se aap aap kiye jaa raha hain. Kya problem kya hain teri? Tab se dekhe jaa raha hun. Bas ek simple si baat kahi maine ki documents pass kar de. Itni si baat mein itna attitude kyun?"

Samarth forgetting his work snapped him back

"Attitude main dikha raha hun? Ya tu? Kya Mujhe koi haq nhi is company ke bhale ke liye kuch bhi karne ka?Kya Mujhe koi haq nahi hain kisiko tujhse bin puche milne ka?Kya main khud se koi decision le sakta hun is company ke liye?Nahi na.Toh bas khud ko naukar hi bolunga naa. Isnt it so?"

But before Yug could say anything to him Nanu entered their study.

Jaiprakash Singh (Nanu)

"Arey yeh kya baat hui, aaye to the hum surprise dene mere bacho ko,aur yahan toh mujhe hi surprise kar diya tum logo ne."

Nanu who was smiling but looking intently towards them to know what's going inside them, then again give them a bright smile and said

"Arey bhai aise hi dekhte rahoge waha baithe baithe, ya phir ashirwad bhi loge apne naanu ka?"

Yug and Samarth ran towards him, touched his feet and hugged him tightly, saying in unison

"Missed you so much Naanu."

He patted their cheeks with his both hands and said

"Main bhi bahut miss kar raha tha tum sabko, isliye chala aaya, jab tak in haddiyon me jaan hain, main hi mil leta hun apne nawaso se,yeh nalayak to mujhse milne ane se rahe. Waise maine Rajveer, Alekh, Harshad aur Sameera ko bhi yaha bula liya hain,family time ka time aur picnic ki picnic humari family picnic. Aur ise pehle tum log bolo ki nanu bahut kaam hain possible nahi, toh cancel karo apne sab kaam abhi ke abhi, its my order.Nothing is more important then our family."

Yug and Samarth got elated with this where on the other part of Delhi, Neeksha and Pooja panicked when Naina doesn't turn up even after an hour. They started searching her from their room which is locked from outside denoting Naina is not inside.

Pooja and Neeksha immediately splitted themselves and started finding her in different corners of the college, while trying her cellphone in between their search which is going unanswered every single time.

While crossing the dean's cabin, Neeksha got fixed on her spot hearing a voice saying

"Toh sir main isi week join kar lu phir?"

Dean looked towards Noorie and said

"Ya, sure. Pleasure will be ours if you join this week only."

Dean cut the call which was on speaker so that Noorie too can hear the other side but the voice of the caller left Neeksha petrified. She thought

"Yeh awaz...yeh awaz itni jaani si pehchani kyun hain? Kahin woh toh nahi? Nahi nahi Niks aisi manhusiyat wali baatein soch bhi mat. Woh...woh nahi aa sakti...kabhi nahi aa sakti. Yeh kisi aur ki awaz hain. College hain kitne saare log aate hain jaruri hain kya wohi ho?

Niks nijeke shanto kor. Kichu hobena. O ekhane ashbena. Maa durga shob dik theke rokkha korbe. Ekhon Naina ko khuje baar korte hobe. Kintu jodi sottie o hoy tokhon?( Niks khud ko shant kar. Kuch nahi hoga. Woh yahan pe kabhi nahi aa sakti hain. Maa durga hain naa ,humein har musibat se bachayengi woh. Pehle Naina ko dhund ke nikalna hoga. Par agar sach me woh aagayi toh?)

Kya befizul ki baatein soch rahi hain tu Niks. Manhusiyat failani hain aise hi faila le. Yeh sab kyun sochna hain? Control yourself and focus on your work."

With this,though still shaken with her thoughts, Neeksha moved to find Naina who was still missing while on the other part of Delhi, Yug was playing chess with Nanu and Samarth got the duty of serving them hot breakfast as Yug complained Nanu how hostile Samarth's behaviour was with Yug.

Samarth brought their cup of coffee when Alekh and Harshad entered the room shouting in unison

"Naaaaaanuuuuuuu hum aagayeeee."

Nanu with a big smile moved towards them, before they could touch his feet, he hugged them and said

"Arey mere Golu , Molu aagaye tum dono,kaise ho tum dono? Aur baki ke do kahan pe reh gaye hain?"

Alekh, Harshad looked at the plate filled with hot pakodes, grabbed their share and filled their mouths while saying

"Sameera ko late hoga aane me nanu,kyunki college me ek professor ne use kisi jaruri kaam se rok liya tha ,to wo kuch der baad me aajayegi aur Raj car park kar raha hain toh abhi aata hi hoga. Hum dono se raha nahi gaya, isliye bhag ke chale aaye aapke paas."

Yug who ate chillies while munching his pakodes, excused himself to fetch a glass of water when he bumped into Rajveer and both loosing their balance fall on the ground.

"Teri aankhein kyun nam hain chote? Woh sorry main jaldi me tha na isliye dhyaan nahi diya. Uth....jaa..i mean uth jao."

He looked at the other side covering his emotions.While Rajveer whose eyes were misty now, hugged him tightly and said

"Bhai saa, kai..kaise hain aap? I..missed you...aap sorry mat bolo...bas..bas ekbaar aur chote keh ke pukaro naa. Please."

Rajveer hugged him more tightly, if its even possible, and cried like a little child, but their short moment got interrupted when Harshad came out of the room searching for Rajveer and said, seeing them like this

"Bhai..i mean bhaiya aur Raj, aap dono ko andar bula rahe the nanu ,par main jaake bol deta hun ki Raj abhi tak aaya nahi hain. Tab tak aap dono aram se baat kar lo."

Before he could move Yug said

"Ruko Rohan...i mean Harshad, abhi nahi yeh waqt sahi nahi hain, baat karne ke liye waqt bahut hain humare pass.Kabhi aur sahi, abhi agar yaha ruke to Samarth ko shaq ho jayega,isliye abhi andar chalte hain."

Saying this Yug moved inside the room, followed by Rajveer and Harshad. After entering the room Rajveer hugged Nanu tightly. Nanu patted his head lovingly and asked

"Kya baat hain barkhurdaar? Aankhein suji hui...kale gade ankho ke niche uper se kafi duble bhi lag rahe ho,aur aake seedha nanu ke gale lag gaye. Sab theek toh hain naa?"

Rajveer looked at him and said

"Kya yaar Nanu. Itne dino baad aap mile ho to ab hug bhi naa karu? Waise bhi main aapka Rajveer hun Rajveer Singh Shekhawat , jo sahi nahi bhi hota usko bhi sahi kar hi deta hun."

They continued with their conversation where Neeksha and Pooja engrossed themselves in a war

"Yarr Niks naina kahi bhi nahi mil rahi hain. Pata nahi konsi duniya me chupi padi hain?"

Neeksha who was still shaken with the effect of the voice, shouted back at her

"Ek kaam diya tha maine tujhe,bas ek kaam, ki Naina ko timely le aana class me, akele mat chodna. Bas itna sa kaam bhi nhi hua tujhse? Itni bhi kya jaldi thi tujhe class me aane ki?"

Pooja replied back to her

"Main naina ko chod ke aayi hi kyun? Iska regret mujhe bhi hai ,usko saath leke ana chaiye tha mujhe ,akele chodna hi nahi chaiye tha, manti hu meri galti hain. Aur niks tujhe ek baat bata du main ki mujhe sapne nahi aa rahe the ki wo aise gayab ho jayegi ."

Neeksha who was at the edge retorted back

"Tujhe kuch pata bhi rehta hain,khane aur fashion ke alawa? Jab maine tujhe itne bharose se ek kaam diya tha , you should have completed it.Naina kaa haal jante huye bhi ki woh kis haal me hain.Tujhe use akela nahi chodna chaiye tha.

Yeh jaante huye bhi ki in dino kya kya chalta rehta hai uske dimag me phir bhi tu use wahan akela chod aayi yeh bolke ki kha ke jaldi se ajana.Jaise ki woh koi school ki bachi hain, ji haan, ji haan karte huye aa hi jati. I swear Pooji agar galti se bhi Naina ko kuch hua na sabse pehle tujhe gaadungi."

Where on side Neeksha and Pooja were fighting with each other on the topic of naina dhundo mission.On the other side Sameera who was running to catch an auto halted in her spot when she saw a girl was breaking into Dean's quarter from the window. She moved a little closer to get a clear image and got the ultimate shock

"Nainaaa.."

Sameera immediately dialled Rajveer's number who was busy playing carrom with Nanu, Alekh, Harshad, Yug and Samarth. He ignored the call without noticing the name of the caller as he was enjoying the time with his family after a long. But when his phone started ringing repeatedly, he received it after checking the name and asked

"Kahan hain tu yaar Sam? Hum sab kabse tera wait kar rahe hain."

But the smile with which he received the call immediately vanished as Sameera gave him the details of Naina entering in dean's room.After listening everything Rajveer said

"Nazar rakh uspe. Main abhi aa raha hun wahan."

He quickly cut the call and looked towards Nanu and said

"Nanu mujhe ek urgent kaam se abhi ke abhi college jana padega, main kuch der mein aata hun. Mann toh nahi hain jaane ka par...majburi hain,to main jaaun?"

Nanu immediately said

"Koi baat nahi hain Raj, tu jaldi se jaa aur jaldi se aa. Main to abhi 2 3 din yahin hun ,to aaram se tum sabke saath me hi rahunga. kahan bhage jaa raha hun? Waise Golu Molu ko bhi jana hain kya?"

Alekh and Harshad looked towards him and asked

"Haan Raj, hume bhi chalna hain kya?"

Rajveer nodded his head and said

"Nahi. Agar jarurat padegi to main call karke bula lunga tum dono ko,abhi tum log nanu aur bhai ke paas raho. Main yun gaya aur yun aaya."

He touched Nanu's feet and looked towards Yug and Samarth. Samarth who gave him a smile with a slight nod as if saying Go ahead while Yug looked panicked as he was sitting beside Rajveer and thus overheard some words of Sameera.

He wished if he could ask Rajveer about the details but he cannot as Samarth and Nanu will doubt him, but the look Rajveer gave him says Naina is in danger. He pleaded Rajveer silently to take care of his baby sister on which Rajveer blinked, assuring him that his sister is safe and immediately grabbed his keys and left for the college.

Meanwhile Sameera seeing Naina already entered the room, called Neeksha who was busy with Pooja in arguing who was more careless.

Neeksha seeing her phone ringing received the call and after listening everything said

" Main abhi aa rahi hun."

With this she ran towards dean's house followed by Pooja where on the other side of Delhi, Rajveer was flying his car without paying heed to any traffic rules. His focus was to reach college before Naina do anything stupid which will lead her into problems.

Oblivious to all this Naina silently entered in dean's room and started searching for any clue which can take her to Abhay. After searching in every nooks and corner, she opened a drawer with her hair pin as it was locked and the belongings left her baffled.

She started searching for more clues when she got another shock of her life, a photo frame. Anyone can say its an old photo. Before she could search for more, the lock of the main door got opened.

Seeing the servant entering the house Naina hid behind the sofa and looked at the belongings she got from the drawer.

The first one was a love letter written by dean itself to someone named Nishtha. She tried avoiding it but the mere mention of name Abhay forced her to read the letter where Dean was confessing how unfortunate his love was, which remain incomplete.

While Rajveer was driving madly his car and Naina was busy in reading the letter, Neeksha barged into Dean's cabin leaving him in shock. She looked at him and said

"Sorry to disturb you, but you need to be in your house right now before any mishap occurs."

Neeksha leaved the cabin followed by dean and Pooja and moved towards his house while Sameera started chewing her nails in tension.

Naina was in tears reading the letter, where dean put his heart out and mentioned that this was his first and last letter to her and he was sending it with Abhay as he dont have courage to face her.

Naina got lost in her thoughts, whether they united after this letter or not or like any other love story they got separated and married someone else, when her eyes landed on the photo frame.

She took it in her hand, cleaned it with her sleeves and looked with a smile hoping to see Abhay in it. But it gave her the biggest shock.

It was a photo frame of their Dean, Rajveer, Sameera, Harshad,Alekh, Neeksha, Pooja and she herself but in retro look with black and white background. Before she could process it Neeksha entered the house with Dean himself, Pooja behind with Rajveer and Sameera standing beside Neeksha.

Suddenly she felt everything got paused and she could hear someone laughing, someone calling her with the name of Shree. Someone saying "Nishthaaa usne humari chaat kha li phir se". Someone saying "Tara the Dara." Some flashes like a negative print of photos started running in front of her eyes.

She saw a guy was carrying someone in his arms and both of them were laughing. A girl standing at the terrace as if waiting for someone. A couple were having their own sweet moment. A little girl was crying her heart out.

But suddenly everything turned red. Every corner was filled with blood. Someone was laughing evily. Suddenly she saw someone slaughtered a girl and her head was lying in a pool of blood. A girl was burning in fire and someone pulled a trigger, when Naina shouted

"Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiii."

Rajveer immediately ran towards her and hold her in his arms before she got fainted when he heard her saying

"Hum wapis aayenge Abhay, hum wapis aayenge."

And Rajveer shouted seeing her in this condition

"Nainaaaaaaa."

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