At night...

Naina enters Rajveer's room and again finds his room decorated with ignited candles. Naina smiles and shakes her head, remembering the last time. Smiling, Rajveer gets up and reaches Naina, who is still standing by the door.

(Rajveer-Naina slow guitar tune begins in the background)

Without any hesitation he holds her hand and pulls her with him to the center table, bolting the door behind them and makes her to sit on the sofa. Sitting next to her he picks up the already filled plate with food and feeds her. She eats it silently. She too feeds him by the same plate simultaneously.

After enjoying the dinner Rajveer pulls her towards him and embraces her by her shoulders. Naina places her head on his chest.

"Aap jante hain aaj jab main Ma-Baba se baat kar rahi thi, to unhone mujhey bataya ki wo humesha se mere liye bhaiya jaisa koi ladka dhundhna chahte the",

she tells him.

"To kya unhe mila kabhi koi?",

asks Rajveer, slightly nervous.

"Pata nahi! Par mujhey nahi lagta ki unn jaisa kabhi bhi Ma-Baba ko mil pata, kyunki unn jaisa to koi hai hi nahi!",

smiles Naina, thinking about Naveen. Smiling a little, Rajveer turns serious again.

"Kya hua?",

asks Naina, understanding that something is bothering him.

"Tumhare Ma-Baba ko ab tak nahi pata ki hum...",

he feels guilty.

Placing her palm on his left cheek, she forces him to look at her,

"Rajveer!"

"Kis baat ka darr hai apko? Apko lagta hai ki koi bhi humein ab alag kar sakta hai? Kya main itni kamzor hun ki main kisi ko bhi humare rishte ka mazak bannane dungi?",

asks Naina.

With eyes filled with tears, Rajveer tells her,

"Main tumhare bina nahi reh sakta Naina".

"Rajveer...",

she breaths.

Not able to control his feelings anymore, he places his lips on hers and starts kissing her senselessly, as if his life depends on the kiss.

After enjoying the kiss for sometime, Naina pushes him a little away to get some air. But Rajveer keeps her embraced in his arms. Naina raises her eyes to meet his, smiling a little out of shyness.

"Naina mujhey tumse kuch kehna hai!",

says Rajveer, seriously.

"Kahiye!",

says Naina, getting serious.

Lowering his eyes out of hesitation, he holds her left hand and starts rubbing his thumb on the back of her hand, as if to assure himself that she is indeed with him and won't go anywhere.

Taking his time, he looks into her eyes, he says,

"Uss din jab hum 'POINT 1857' gaye the, tumse milne se pehle main Naveen se milne gaya tha!",

he confesses to her.

Blood drains out of her face,

"Aap... aap tab jante the ki Naveen Bhaiya... Isliye aap academy mein nazar nahi aa rahe the? Aur maine jab pucha to...",

she says, and finds him staring her with apologetic eyes.

"Apne mujhse jhoot kaha?",

she asks her eyes reflecting her pain.

"Naina main tumhe such batana chahta tha, par main majboor tha, main kya karta? Tab tak main khud decide nahi kar pa raha tha ki mujhey ye baat kisi se share karni chahiye ya nahi!",

says Rajveer earnestly, creasing her brows.

When she doesn't reply and keeps staring him, he continues,

"Naveen ne hi kaha tha sindoor lekar ane ko. Fir usne mujhey order dia ki main tumse shadi kar lun!"

"Order dia? Aur aap maan gaye?",

asks Naina, unable to believe his words.

"Kal agar unhone kuch aur manga to firse aap mana nahi kar payenge? Maan lijiye ki agar unhone apse kaha ki...",

and she thinks of an instance.

"Like wo Mama banna chahta hai!",

suggests Rajveer, seriously, succeeding in hiding his laugh.

"Haan jaise wo Ma...",

as she was about to complete she realizes what he said and what she was about to say.

She gives him a warning look and Rajveer tries to control his laugh and apologizes,

"Acha sorry..."

Suddenly she remembers,

"Aur ek minute... aur wo jo apne lipstick se...",

she doesn't complete the line, knowing that he will understand anyhow.

"Kya wo Bhaiya jante hain?",

asks Naina, holding her breath.

"Kya mazak kar rahi ho Naina, of course not!",

says Rajveer, unable to believe that she can think that way about him, that he'll share such personal moments between them with any third person, be it even Naveen!

Putting sindoor was altogether a different thing than putting that lipstick, which was his sudden reaction towards her, his anger and love for her. A decision which was taken in anger and love for her! Something which he knows he would never regret.

"Apko Naveen Bhaiya kaise miley?",

asks Naina out of curiosity.

Taking a deep breath, he dictates her, the story.

"Naina jis din hum 'Point 1857' gaye the ussey lag bhag ek hafta pehle main kis kaam se ja raha tha. Rasta kharab hone ki wajah se mujhey jungle ka raasta lena parha. Wohin mujhey raaste par ek body mili. Wo to acha hua maine sahi mauke par dekh lia uss body ko warna mere gadi ke neechey hi...",

he leaves the line incomplete, knowing that she'll understand the unsaid.

"Jeep se utra to body ulti thi, uska back mujhey face kar raha tha".

"Main uske paas gaya aur ussey dekha to... to main chaunk gaya... mere... mere saamne mera dost... Naina mera dost Naveen...",

and he starts crying hugging her. Naina comforts him and even her eyes fill with tears. Wiping off his tears, he gets away from her.

"Pehle to mujhey laga meri ankhon ka dhoka hoga. Waise bhi uske kapde, uska chehra, sub kuch itna bigda hua tha ki kisi se bhi galti ho sakti thi. Par main ussey aise chor bhi nahi sakta tha. Mujhey janna tha ki kya, kya wo such mein humara Naveen hai? Achanak meri nazar uske galey pe gayi, usne ek chain pehna hua tha",

he shows her the chain, bringing it out of his jeans' pocket.

The locket is circular in shape with the initials 'NN'. Naina takes the locket and rubs her hand on the initials 'NN'.

" 'NN' Naveen-Naina!",

saying this she starts crying too.

"Isliye wo log bhaiya ki body nahi dikha rahe the",

she says while crying.

"Kya?",

asks Rajveer creasing his brows.

"Bhaiya ki body kabhi ghar nahi ayi. Maine kayi baar KMA mein phone kia par body bhejne se unhone saaf inkaar kar dia. Kaha ki unka gaddaron se koi lena-dena nahi hai",

as she says this Rajveer turns his hand into a fist, trying to control his anger.

"Tab maine decide kia ki main KMA join karungi aur bhaiya ka such subke samne laungi. Main janti thi ki mere bhaiya deshdrohi nahi ho sakte"

"To kya tumhe kuch pata chala?",

asks Rajveer, his heartbeats beating fast.

"Haan!",

she says.

"Kya?",

asks Rajveer.

"Yahi ki bhaiya ko fasane mein Major Bhargava ke saath-saath Major Nayyer ka bhi haath tha!"

"What? Major Nayyer?",

asks Rajveer in shock.

"Bhaiya ko KMA mein hone wale weapons ke illegal transaction ke barey mein pata chal gaya tha. Major Nayyer ne unhe dekh lia tha unn par nazar rakhte hue. Unhone bhaiya ko apne room mein bulaya, unse kaha iss matter se durr rehne ke liye. Par aap to bhaiya ko jante hi hain unhone Brigadier Chandok ko complain karne ki thaan li. Complain kar bhi di thi, par Major Nayyer aur Major Bhargava ne badi chalaki se bhaiya ko jhutha sabit kar dia. Unn par case bhi chala tha. But I wonder apko kaise nahi pata?",

she turns to look at him.

As she tells about the case, he remembers that once he was asked to go to a base camp for 2-3 days and when he returned back he found Naveen different as if he was tired of fighting a battle. On asking him why he was in such a condition, he ignored Raj's question by saying that it's all work load!

"Shuruat yahin se hui thi... aur dheere-dheere bhaiya unke jaal mein faste chale gaye!",

says Naina, getting emotional.

"Khair maine waisa locket jo Naveen ke paas tha waisa tumhare paas bhi dekha tha, to mujhey yakeen ho gaya ki ye Naveen hi hai",

says Rajveer.

"Janta tha ki Naveen ko wahan akela chorna theek nahi hai, lekin main kya karta main majbur tha. Jaldi se jeep mein baith kar main kuch aas-paas ke logon ko lekar aya. Unhone meri madad ki Naveen ko uthane mein aur mujhey ek chota sa ghar dia rehne ke liye. Thankfully unhone khud doctor ka intezaam bhi kar dia. Doctor ne mujhey dawaiyan likh kar di. Maine jab unhe kaha ki main army se hun to unhone mujhse apni fees accept nahi ki. But anyways academy laut te waqt maine unke hospital ke charity box mein unki fees daal di, warna dil mein humesha ek bojh rehta. Uss din ke baad se main roz Naveen se milne jata tha. Bohot bura lagta tha ussey aise akele chor kar ana. Wahan paas hi ke ghar mein ek aged uncle rehte the unhe Naveen ki dekh rekh ke liye bol dia tha".

"Naina main tumse kuch chupana nahi chahta tha, please mujhey maaf kar do",

he pleads, with teary eyes.

Rubbing off his tears she assures him,

"apko mujhse maafi mangne ki koi zarurat nahi hai. Main janti hun ki apne jo kuch bhi kia soch samajh kar aur bhaiya ki bhalai ke liye hi kia hoga"

Looking into her eyes, he asks with sorrow and pain in his eyes,

"matlab tum mujhse gussa nahi ho?"

Naina smiles and shakes her head to a 'no'!

(Rajveer-Naina slow piano tune begins in the background)

Naina gets up and pulls him towards the bed enjoying the eye contact throughout. Reaching the bed she makes him to sit there and sits next to him and stares him, he stares back. After few seconds Naina lowers her eyes out of shyness. Holding her chin Rajveer forces her to look into his eyes and says in a low voice,

"Naina aaj yahan bus hum dono hai, aaj tum nazar nahi jhukaogi. Tum apne pati ko dekh rahi ho, usmein kaisi sharm? Ek patni apne pati ke saath to kuch bhi kar sakti hai na? Pura haq hai uska!"

As she listens to this, she gets a little bold.

Although feeling shy she looks into his eyes and wraps her arms around his neck and pulls him a little closer to her. Her face glows in the candle light. Rajveer tucks a strand of hair behind her right ear. His touch there gives tickling to her and she leans on the touch of Rajveer. Rajveer bends down and kisses the nape of her neck and whispers into her ear,

"aaj main jo chahta hun wo sub tumhare saath kar sakta hun. Darwaza bhi band hai, aaj tum kahan jaogi Naina? Humesha to mujhse bachti rehti thi aaj kya karogi tum?"

Smiling out of shyness, looking to her right, avoiding looking at him, she challenges him,

"main aaj bhi apse durr ja sakti hun!"

Then turns to look at his expression. Smiling at her innocence he nods his head to a 'yes' and asks,

"hmm... hmm... itni himmat hai? Darr nahi lagta mujhse?"

and smiles again.

"Haan gussa to hai aap mein ye main manti hun par... chalega. Khudko ek chor se bachane ke liye kuch to step lena parhega na?",

blushes Naina.

"Chor? Aur main?",

asks Rajveer, creasing his brows.

Naina nods her head to a 'yes', smiling. Smiling back, he says,

"kamal hai yahan hum apko choro se bachate hain aur idhar apne humein hi chor bana dia!"

"Waise manna parhega apko main kitni asani se mil gayi na?",

asks Naina, slightly disappointed.

"Matlab?",

asks Rajveer, creasing his brows.

"Normally boyfriends girlfriends ko propose karne se pehle kitni baar peeche ghumte unke aur aap apko to main asani se mil gayi"

"Arey asani se kahan kitne tantrums jhelne parhe tumhare!",

jokes Rajveer and tries to hide his smile.

"Tantrums mere? Kahan? Aap jab jaisa chahte hain waisa hi karti hun, waise hi rehti hun. Jab apka mann karta hai gussa ho jate hain fir bhi kuch nahi kehti. Aur...",

as Naina was about to proceed, Rajveer seals her lips by his, and they indulge in a passionate and demanding kiss. As they end the kiss they both breath hard.

As Naina was trying to control her racing heartbeat, Rajveer says,

"isliye main tumse itna pyar karta hun Naina. Tum kabhi mujhse koi question nahi karti. Mere har decision ko accept karti ho. Tumhe pata hai na ki main tumhare liye kabhi kuch galat nahi chahunga? Naina mere liye mera sub kuch tum ho. Mera pyar, mera parivar sub kuch. Haq jatana kisey kehte hain wo tum par haq jata kar maine mehsus kia hai!"

As Naina listens to this, her eyes fills with tears out of too much love for Rajveer.

"Rajveer...",

she whispers, looking into his eyes intently.

"Kehne do mujhey Naina!",

he pleads with teary eyes.

"Thank you Naina mujhey accept karne ke liye. Maine achanak tumhe wo sindoor... fir bhi tumne kuch nahi kaha, thank you uske liye. Such kahun to maine wo step le to lia tha par dar bhi lag raha tha ki tumhe bura na lagey. Mujhey humesha tum kya chahti ho, tum kya sochogi, tumhe kya pasand hai iski fikar rehti hai Naina. Par main ye bhi janta hun ki tum kayi baar apni feelings ko daba leti ho, main nahi samjh pata ki tum aisa kyun karti ho? Tab main majboor ho jata hun tum par apna haq jatane se tumhe force karne se",

says Rajveer.

Placing a hand on his chest, Naina assures him,

"aap bilkul theek karte hain Rajveer"

Rajveer hugs her tightly, Naina hugs him back.

Rajveer makes her to lay down on the bed, maintaining the eye contact. Slowly, he unwraps her from her clothes, looking deeply into her eyes. Enjoying her increasing rhythm of up-down of her chest. Feeling shy she quickly puts the blanket on her. Meanwhile Rajveer removes his shirt and throws it on the floor. Placing his right hand across her legs on the bed. He smiles looking at her.

Naina tells him,

"mujhse nahi hoga".

"Kyun nahi hoga? Main hun na tumhare saath. Agar tumhe koi bhi problem lage, mann na karey to mujhey bata dena main ruk jaunga",

he assures her.

"Rajveer...",

she pleads.

"Hmm...?",

he asks, then smiles and pulls the blanket slowly, looking into her eyes.

Blushing at his naughtiness, Naina let go off the blanket and lowers her eyes. Rajveer gets on her and starts kissing her on her lips, soon it becomes a heated kiss with full passion. Naina holds him by his shoulders to get support. Ending the kiss, Rajveer gets down and kisses her navel. Closing her eyes, Naina holds the bed sheet from either side and tries to keep a check on her breathing rate. And as he realizes that she is fully prepared now, he completes her! At first she cries out of pain, followed by a cry of pleasure as he increases the pace. And soon it all ends. They both lay down side by side, both drenched in sweat and tries to calm their exhilarating heart beats. Rajveer pulls her to him and she places her head on his chest.

"Aaj Bhaiya kitne khush the na. Ma-Baba bhi...",

says Naina.

"Haan aaj unhone mujhey bhi accept kar lia. Aj ka din bohot adventurous raha nahi?",

smiles Rajveer a little.

*Flashback*

They all return back to KMA. Standing at the entrance of KMA, Naveen feels nostalgic. Although he wasn't fit to roam here and there and should have taken proper bed rest but he forced them to take him to KMA first. Raj supports him throughout, holding him tightly.

"Chal Naveen tera ghar tera intezaar kar raha hai. Tere desh ko teri zarurat hai",

and they were about to enter when Brigadier Chandok who had already reached academy stops him and says,

"thehro".

They look towards Brigadier Chandok and finds him coming towards them with an army of soldiers and cadets. They notice Brigadier Chandok holding a plate of aartiin his hand. Dr. Shalini comes forward with teary eyes to have a proper look of Naveen.

"Shalini!",

whispers Naveen with teary eyes. 

Walking towards him with a grand smile on her face and tears in her eyes, she says,

"welcome Naveen! Welcome back",

and does the aarti and cries simultaneously on seeing her friend after such a long time.

As she was doing her aarti, Naveen asks her smiling,

"so tum at last doctor bann hi gayi! Aap mujhey ek friend ki tarah treat karengi ya ek strict doctor ki tarah?"

Embracing Naveen by his shoulder, Raj joins the conversation,

"bhai Naveen main pehle hi bata dun ab humari Shalini, Dr. Shalini bann gayi hai. Kafi strict hain yein!"

Unable to control her emotions any longer Shalini bursts out into tears. Naveen hugs her and Raj presses her right cheek.

"It's okay Shalini ab main aa gaya hun!"

But feeling weak he finds it difficult to support his weight. Dr. Shalini and Raj hold him,

"Naveen!",

they cry out together.

They quickly take him to Shalini's room. After a thorough check up she informs all,

"Maine ussey injection de dia hai, wo so raha hai. Darne ki koi baat nahi hai. Ab main personally uska khyal rakhungi so there is nothing to worry of course",

assures Shalini to all the faculty, Naina and her parents, and her friends.

Naina smiles with teary eyes and hugs her,

"I know aap bhaiya ka achi tarah khyal rakhengi Ma'am".

Even Naina's parents blesses her,

"thank you beta. Khush raho! Bus Naveen jald se jald theek ho jaye, humein aur kuch nahi chahiye",

says his father.

Shalini tries to control her emotions, her eyes lowered and she wipes off her tears. His mother kisses Dr. Shalini's forehead and blesses her.

Alekh reaches Naina, and hugs her. Pooja, Alekh, Ali and Huda also join them.

"Oye Phoolan tu to bohot bahdur nikli. Itna sub kuch aj hua aur tu ne sub kuch jhel bhi lia aur dekh bilkul changi khadi hai humare samne!",

says Huda, smiling.

"Oye Huda hona kya tha humari sherni ko? Aur waise bhi iska ranjha tha na iske saath, kyun meri Heer?",

Pooja nudges Naina, smiling.

"Pooja!",

blushes Naina.

"Waise Naina ji hum apse bohot naraz hain!",

says Ali.

"Batao ab ye bhi naraz hone laga!",

says Alekh, smiling a little, looking elsewhere.

"Alekh Bhai Naina ji humari behn jaisi hai, jaise hum apni behno se gussa hote hain, waise hi humein Naina ji pe bhi gussa hone ka pura haq hai. Samjhey aap!",

smiles Ali.

Smiling, Naina asks,

"Kyun Ali?"

"Apne Sir se shadi kar li aur humein bataya bhi nahi!",

scolds Ali, lovingly.

"Ali...",

she starts to explain.

Laughing, he says,

"arey hum to mazak kar rahe the".

All of them feel a sigh of relief.

"Such Naina ji hum bohot khush hain apke aur Sir ke liye"

All the others smile too.

Alekh takes Naina with him and sits on the stairs away from others.

"Naina tu khush to hai na?",

he asks her.

"Main to khush hun Alekh akhir kar bhaiya wapas aa gaye hain, wo nirdosh sabit ho gaye hain"

"Apun Rajveer Sir aur tere barey mein puch rela hai Naina!"

Naina looks towards him, numb.

"Kya Ma-Baba ne tum dono ko apnaya?"

"Apna to lia hai, par shayad unhe darr hai kisi baat ka!"

Placing a hand on her head, he assures her,

"tu chinta mat kar apun baat karega unse".

Naina looks towards him and smiles, and they hug each-other.

Clearing their throat their parents reach them.

"Kahin hum bhai-behen ko disturb to nahi kar rahe?",

asks Naina's mother, smiling.

"Kaisi baat kar rahi hain aap Ma?",

says Alekh.

Naina gets up and gives place to her parents to sit with Alekh.

"Ahmm... main... aati hun abhi",

saying this she leaves, as she wanted to give them alone time so that they can strengthen their bond.

"Kaise ho beta?",

asks his mother, rotating her hand on his head.

"Apun theek hai Ma, aap kaise ho?",

asks Alekh.

"Main bhi theek hun. Beta main Naveen ko ghar le jane ke liye ayi thi tu bhi chal na Naina ke saath",

says his mother.

"Ma apun baad mein ayega. Abhi aap Naina aur Naveen Bhaiya ke saath waqt guzaron"

"Kyun tu kyun nahi ayega? Naveen to yahan Dr. Shalini ke dekh-rekh mein rahega. Aur Naina, Naina Naveen aur Rajveer ko chor kar ana nahi chahti aise. Chal na beta tu humare saath. Humara bhi dil laga rahega",

asks his mother.

"Haan beta chalo, humein bhi apne iss bete ke saath waqt guzarne ka mauka mil jayega iss bahane",

asks his father.

"Theek hai Baba agar aap log itna keh rahe hain to... main chalunga",

smiles Alekh.

~Flashback ends~

"I love you Rajveer!",

she tells him, hugging him tightly.

"I love you too Naina!",

he lets her know, hugging her back with equal force.

- THE END -(Last update on 3.5.2016)