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Sana went outside when Arijit Singh was leaving. She took the flower bouquet and gave it to him.

"Thank you Sir, aaj aap apna kimti waqt nikal ke humare yaaha aaye aur humare iss college fest ko itna yaadgar bana diya. Umeed rakhte hai aisa mauka humein doobara milega." She said with a smile.

"Zaroor." Replied Arijit Singh. "By the way, I have seen your performance. Tumhari awaz sun ke lag raha hai tumhe yaaha nahi industry mein hona chahiye. Your voice is perfect. I'm waiting to do a collab with you in future."

Hearing that, Sana gave a huge smile and said, "Really?.... I mean.... Thank you so much Sir. It means a lot."

Arijit Singh also smiled and said, "You're welcome. Waise tumhara woh friend nahi dikh raha."

"Haan woh... Usse thoda kaam aa gaya."

"Uss se kehna ki main aaj se uska bohut bada fan ban gaya aur future mein uske likhe hue lyrics main definitely gaana chahunga. Jo talent uss mein hai usko kabhi waste na hone de. Apni saari mushkilon ko overcome kar ke aage badhe. Aur iss journey mein tum humesha uski taqat ban ke rehna."

Sana nodded and said smiling, "Ji Sir."

"Best of luck for your future. Keep shining."

After that, the students clicked photos with Arijit Singh including Sana and then he left from there.

"Itna accha moment Sid ne miss kar diya. Jaa ke pata karna padega aisi kaunsi important baat karni hai usse mujhse." Said Sana in her mind and went to find Sid.

Meanwhile...

Sid went to a corner of the auditorium where there was no one. He was waiting for Sana to come when suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder. He smiled thinking it to be Sana.

But as soon as he turned around, his smile faded away seeing Shruti.

Sid frowned and asked in sign language, "Tu yaaha kya kar rahi hai?"

"Main tujhe kuch baata ne aayi hoon." Replied Shruti.

"Hum baad mein baat kare? Mujhe kuch zaroori kaam hai."

Sid was about to leave when Shruti held his hand.

"Thodi der ruk ja please. Mera aaj yeh kehna bohut zaroori hai. Already late ho chuka hai, main aur late nahi karna chahti." She said to which he stopped to hear what she wanted to say.

Shruti paused for a while and then said, "I love you Sid."

Sid became shocked hearing that.

"I know tere mind mein abhi kya chal raha hoga. Yeah I agree that I realised my feelings late but still.... It's not too late. Aur main jaanti hoon tera dil kitna bada hai. Tu mere past ki galtiyon ki wajah se mujhe judge nahi karega. You will give me a chance. And I promise that I'll make it up for you. Because I love you baby, I love you so much...."

Saying that, Shruti was coming close to Sid when he immediately moved away.

Then he removed her hand from his and said in sign language, "I don't love you."

Shruti's face turned pale hearing that. But she smiled forcefully and said, "Kab tak khud se jhut bolega Sid? Tu toh school days se mujhse pyaar karta hai. Aur pyaar itni zaldi khatam nahi hota. Tu bas naraz hai mujhse, which I understand. Tu baata mujhe kya karna hoga teri narazgi dur karne ke liye. I'm ready to do anything."

"Tu kuch nahi kar sakti. Kyu ki main nahi karta tujhse pyaar. Sayad kabhi kiya hi nahi. Bachpan mein tu meri eklauti dost thi jisne kabhi mera saath nahi chhora aur isliye mujhe lagne laga ki main tujhse pyaar karta hoon. Par aisa nahi tha. Mujhe toh uss waqt paata bhi nahi tha pyaar kya hota hai. Paata chala jab Sana meri zindagi mein aayi aur dheere dheere anjaane mein main uss se pyaar karne laga."

Shruti became shocked.

"What did you say? You love Sana?" She asked with disbelief to which he nodded in yes.

"Aisa nahi ho sakta. Tu mazak kar raha hai na? How can you love that girl? She is totally different from you."

"Main jaanta hoon. Lekin phir bhi main apne dil ko rok nahi paaya. I love her more than myself." He replied in sign language.

Suddenly Shruti laughing sarcastically making Sid confused.

"And what do you think? She loves you too?" She asked laughing. "Grow up Sid! Open your eyes and see the reality. Shehnaaz Gill hai woh, Mohali ke no. 1 businessman ki beti. Ameer baap ki bigdi hui aulaad, a spoilt brat. Woh tujhse pyaar karegi? Ek middle class ladka jo bol bhi nahi sakta. Sun ne mein odd nahi lag raha hai?"

Sid became annoyed hearing her speaking nonsense and tried to leave when Shruti blocked his way.

"Kaha jaa raha hai? Sacchai sun ne ki himmat rakh Sid. Woh abhi tujhse pyaar se baat karti hai, sayad tujhe pasand bhi karti hai. Par iska yeh matlab nahi ki woh humesha aisi hi rahegi. Uske naa jaane kitne shaukh rahe honge jin mein se ek filhaal tu hai. Thode din woh tere saath rahegi, use karegi aur phir jab uska mann bhar jaayega, tissue paper ki tarah tujhe phenk degi... Aur phir koi dusra shaukh paal legi."

Shruti's words pierced Sid's poor heart like a knife. He looked at her with teary eyes.

"This is the reality. Tere iss kami ki wajah se koi tere saath puri zindagi nahi rehna chahega. Yaad hai uss accident ke baad kaise tere dost tujhse alag ho gaye the? Sirf main thi. Aur phir college jaane ke baad mujhe bhi embarassed feel hone laga sabke saamne tujhe apna friend kehte hue. Haan uss waqt woh meri galti thi jo main ab sudharna chahti hoon. Par tu sure kaise ho sakta hai ki Sana aage jaa ke aisa nahi karegi jo maine kiya? Jo ladki apne dresses aur shoes tak ek baar pehen ne baad phenk deti hai, woh puri life tere saath rahegi? Is it even possible? Tujhse koi better ladka milega toh chhor degi. Uska insta page dekha hai tune? Yaaha aane se pehle kitne saare boyfriends reh chuke hai uske. Profile mein photos hai uski, roz ek naye ladke ke saath. Aur tu uss profile mein kahi se bhi fit nahi aata Sid which you already know. Then why are you investing your emotions on her?"

Sid had nothing to say. It was like someone had shown him the mirror looking at which he realised that he was actually nothing in front of Sana. Indeed she was thousands times better than him. But does that mean there was no chance of them ending up together?

Shruti cupped Sid's face and said, "Look at me Sid. Tere liye main sahi hoon, woh nahi. Because I truly love you. Main tere saath humesha rahungi. Trust me. Please love me back."

Saying that, she hugged Sid tightly to which he was taken aback. He was about to push her but before he could do that, someone pushed her hard and gave a tight slap on her face.

Shruti kept her hand on her right cheek and looked at the person. It was Sana who was standing there angrily.

"How dare you touch him! Haan? Himmat kaise hui mere Sid ke paas aane ki usse hug karne ki?" She roared like lioness making Sid shocked as well.

Shruti was scared but still she said gathering courage, "Listen Sana, it's our matter. You should stay out of this....."

"Just shut the f*ck up!" Yelled Sana making her quiet.

Then she held Sid's hand tightly and said, "Shruti, listen to me very carefully. He is my man. Don't you dare come near him otherwise I'll break your not so pretty face and I mean it."

"But he loves me...."

"No he doesn't. It was his past. Usne tujhse pyaar kiya, tune uska dil toda, kissa khatam..... Ab Sid sirf mera hai. Aur tu toh kya college ki kisi bhi ladki ne iski taraf aankh utha ke bhi dekha toh aankhein noch lungi uski."

Saying that, she looked at all the girls present there who looked down in fear hearing that.

"Chal Sid! Ghar chalte hai." Said Sana sternly and took him with her.

Later that night...

Sid stopped his bike near their apartment and Sana got down.

"Aur paata hai uske baad Arijit Singh ne kya kaha........"

Sana suddenly stopped noticing Sid who was not listening anything and was lost in his own thoughts.

"Sid!" She uttered little loudly breaking his thoughts. "Tu abhi bhi college mein jo hua uske baare mein soch raha hai na?"

She paused for a while and said, "Look I'm sorry. I know I overreacted. Mujhse bardasht nahi hua jab Shruti ne tujhe I love you bola aur upar se hug bhi kiya. Gussa aa gaya tha mujhe. Isliye sayad uss moment pe woh reaction nikal gaya."

Sid thought something and then asked in sign language, "Ek baat baata. Tujhe itna gussa aaya kyu?"

Hearing that, Sana asked looking at Sid with disbelief, "Are you serious Sid? Tu abhi bhi mujhse reason puch raha hai? Tujhe sach mein kuch samajh mein nahi aata?"

She cupped his face and said softly, "Meri aankhon mein dekh Sid. Dikh raha hai kuch?"

Sid looked through Sana's eyes and tried to read her emotions. He could see immense love for him in her eyes but his logical mind was somewhere denying it.

Then Sana took his one hand and kept it on her heart.

"Aur ab? Kuch bhi feel nahi ho raha?" She asked with a lot of love which Sid could feel. But he didn't want to feel anything at that moment so he removed his hand.

Sana chuckled thinking that he was being shy. She leaned closer to him making his heartbeat race. Before he could react, she placed her lips on his kissing him softly.

Sid was numb. He didn't understand what to do as it was his first kiss. Also he was having mixed emotions at that moment. Everything around him happened so quickly that he couldn't understand anything.

Soon Sana broke the kiss and whispered, "Ab toh samajh jaa buddhu. Aur kitne hints doon?"

Saying that, she moved away blushing while Sid kept looking at her.

"Good night." She said and ran away from there shyly.

Sid closed his eyes to control his emotions. Then he parked his bike and went to his own apartment.

After sometime...

Sid was lying in his bed and trying to sleep. But he couldn't forget the words Shruti said.

Shehnaaz Gill hai woh, Mohali ke no. 1 businessman ki beti.

Woh tujhse pyaar karegi?

Uske naa jaane kitne shaukh rahe honge jin mein se ek filhaal tu hai. Thode din woh tere saath rahegi, use karegi aur phir jab uska mann bhar jaayega, tissue paper ki tarah tujhe phenk degi

Sid started feeling restless. So he changed his position and tried to sleep again without thinking anything else.

Jo ladki apne dresses aur shoes tak ek baar pehen ne baad phenk deti hai, woh puri life tere saath rahegi? Is it even possible?

Tu uss profile mein kahi se bhi fit nahi aata Sid

Sid couldn't tolerate anymore and sat up. His mind was messed up. He couldn't forget Shruti's words as he himself felt that she was saying the truth. They both were totally mismatched. If Sana loved him still there was no guarantee that she would always love him. One day she might change, her priorities might change as well. She might leave him. Then what would happen to him?

Sid took his pillow in his lap and started crying silently. Tears rolled down his cheeks. He was feeling very insecure.

"Sahi toh keh rahi thi Shruti. Kyu rahegi Sana mere saath humesha? Woh har angle se mujhse better hai. Jab usse ekdin koi apne jaisa better insaan mil jaayega toh woh bhi mujhe chhor ke chali jaayegi. Aur kyu naa jaaye? Uska haq banta hai apni life kisi normal insaan ke saath spend karne ka. Bhala ek gunge ke saath koi kyu rehna chahega? Sana ko bhale hi abhi lag raha hoga ki woh mujhse pyaar karti hai lekin kuch din baad baki sab ki tarah woh bhi mere saath rehne mein embarassed feel karegi. Iss se pehle ki aisa kuch ho, mujhe apne emotions ko control mein rakhna hoga. Dur rehna hoga mujhe Sana se. Dosti ke alawa mujhe aur koi rishta nahi chahiye uske saath. Akhir aise khwab dekhne ka fayda hi kya jo kabhi pure na ho sake?"

Saying that in his mind, Sid wiped off his tears harshly.

Then he looked upwards and thought, "Kyu aap ne mere saath aisa kiya Bhagwan Ji? Kyu mujhe dusro se itna alag bana diya ki ab mera kisi se pyaar karna bhi gunah lag raha hai? Meri iss kami ki wajah se sab mujhe chhor ke chale jaate hai. Kya main kabhi thik nahi ho sakta?"

He again cried silently and soon fell asleep while crying.
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