Drapped in a royal blue saree, with a silver neck kissing earrings....pallu dancing at the beat of breeze which was seductively touching her milky waist, she was standing like a swan  waiting for it's pair swan.......

Suddenly she felt a tap on her shoulder, and turned back with a fake angry eyes,
Naina - " Rajveer sir,
Aap ladki ho....k....y....a....."

She slowed down her Nainital Express, as there standing creature was completely different from what she was expecting to be......

Naina sheepishly, looking here and there, still searching for her Rajveer sir to escape her from this boring ball,
" I'm sorry.....
I thought...."

Arjun checking her out with widened pupils, salvated controlling his appetite, and whispered,
" Fuck...."

Naina who heard clearly the romantic words slipped from her colleague's precious mouth, was about to shout at him as her mind calculated the things thats running in his mind........

Arjun composed himself and forwarded his hand,
" Maj. Shekhawat ne kaha that he will be late...."

Without hearing his further words,
Naina stomped her feet, lifting her hand dramatically,
" Wahh !!!
Yahi sunna toh baaki reh Gaya tha...
Mahashay k dimag mein aur koyi banda aagaya hoga....." then cutting the call and pointing her index finger at him, suspeciously,

" Kahi tumhe toh Ni kaha unhone ki Cadet. Singh ko le chalne, ball mein..." cluching his collar, frightening him even more,

" Dekhoo....mere gusaa 13th ve aasman pe he....tera jawab 'na' hona hi tujhko bachayega ab....

Bol...."

She shouted giving him a deadly look.....

Arjun gulping down the saliva, praying sincerely to treat this pataka as his sister for rest 7 janams,
" Sir ne bola ki main tumhe...."

Naina leaving his collar, tieing her hairs into a bun,
" Tips bhi dii honge....
White lillies Dene nii bola???...."

Arjun walking behind, to run,
" Woh main bhool Gaya....."
He said honestly....not wanting to be roasted without having his own kids to continue his Vansh....

Naina fisting her fingers out of irritation and anger, stomped her foot this time on the poor Cupid....and walked towards the parking lot....

Naina talking to herself,
" samajhte kyaa he yeh apne aapko !!!!
Shaadi ke broker???

Aur main ek laachar bechari abla naari joh Bina Shaadi ke din kaat rahi hu???...." picking up the saree's plates which were coming in her way, glaring at the plain sky,

" bhaiyya ab aap yeh math boloo ki mere bhalayi ke liye Kar rahe he woh...." again resuming her storming session like a rocket,

" Unko Meri khayal he....chinta he...
Yeh sub theekh he...

Iska Matlab yeh nii ki har wakth mere aage piche unke so called kaabil ristas ghoomne do....
Jab dekho tab ek chaar proposals leke smile dete he...yaa fir emotional dialogues, ki mujhe settle ho jaana chahiye....khudke baarein mein sochna chahiye.....blah blah blah.....

Aap hote toh ab Tak main....
Chodoo....

Aapsw kyaa complaint karna...
Aap bhi unki hi side loge....
Veer joh tehra aapke...." Taking a turn to find any cab,

" Aaj toh hadh kardi unhone ...
Maine matching dresses choose Kiya tha hum do ka......aur unhone bigaad di...." then slowly thinKing something,

" Red jacket pehenake Arjun ko bhej dia?
Black aur blue achche match hote....

chodungi nii unhe aaj main....
Phehle goli maari thi..
Is baar zinda gaadh dungi....
Shaadi Shaadi ka bhoot chadake rakha he.....

Bacha sakte ho toh aake bachaloo...." saying this pretty loudly she was about to curse him even more......

Her eyes fell on a heart breaking sight.....

A white car ...... halted in a deserted spot of parking lot....

Which she instantly recognized as Rajveer's....

And narrowed her eye balls to zoom the scene which was playing there....

Rajveer and Nandini sitting in a compromising position.....

To be precise Nandini hovering Rajveer in an intemate way.....

She was freezed at the spot....
And heard a chiming sound of glass...
Inside her heart....

Taking a deep breath she hided behind another car.....
wanting to move from there....
Indeed wanting to stay there to know the truth....
Stuck between the options of dark clouds...

Tripping with an instant move, she fell on the ground, still eyes stuck with Rajveer's eyes which was reflecting in Car's mirror.....

She tightly held her pallu, pouring all her overflowing unknown emotions on it.....hiding her face....

********

Rajveer pulled Nandini's hairs who was about to kiss him.... And stepped out of the car.... with a guilty face....

Nandini stood in front of Rajveer cupped his face,
" Ho kyaa gaya he tumhe Raj....
Jabse tum KMA see laute ho na koyi phones yaa messages.....
Itna badal Gaye ho ki,
Literally,
Bhagte rehte ho tum mujhse....

Itna parishan hone ki baat kyaa he baby???...."

Rajveer softly shrugged off her hands and looked at the floor,
" Yesa kuch nii he...
Main bus kaam mein...."

Nandini moved her hand on his collarbone, giving a rub,
" Raj pichle 6 saal see jaante he hum ek dusre ko.....
Aur teen saal see we are in a...."

Cutting her words as his soul wasn't ready to hear it again,
" Ball ke liye late ho rahe he hum ...
Chalte he... "

He tried to walk away from her.....
along with his destiny which never gave what he prayed for.....

Seeing Rajveer reaching her, Naina
completely hided herself, holding her heart....checking carefully whether it's really broken or ????...
Not knowing the reason the sad waves hitting the shore of her heart.....

Nandini taking support of the car's door whispered calmly , which echoed in Raina's heart,
" Naina....."

Nandini held Rajveer's hand who was  facing his back, to her,
" Navz humare dost tha Rajveer....."

Rajveer - " he...."
He said instantly to which she smiled.....

Nandini - " ha baba....
Chichora yahi kahi bhoot banke ghoom raha hoga...."

And it's both Raina's turn to smile at this present second.....

Nandini - " jab tum waha subse Navz ke liye ladh rahe the.....main nii saath de paayi tumhara....
I was in a mission...
Yeh baat tum bhi jaante ho...and I honestly feel guilty for it...."

She said with a genuine bunch of expression....with a lone tear escaping her eyes...

Rajveer - " tum firse yeh sub...."

He tried to cut her words which indirectly pressing the wound of cheating her ...... even though they weren't in a relationship, he didn't denied or rejected her proposal to be his girlfriend.....
" The Friendship ties "

Nandini ignoring his words,
" Ab tum Naina ke liye joh Kar rahe ho....koyi aur Ni Kar sakta baby....

Iska Matlab yeh toh nahi he na Raj tum apne aap ko nasar andaz karo...

Khudko bhool jaavo...."

Rajveer getting slightly angry at himself for putting a veil on the hearts of both the important pillars of his life, ( Naina and Nandini ),
" Tum kehna kyaa chahti ho,
Ki main use chod du aur tumse Shaadi karlu???...."

He spitted out exact opposite of truth hidden inside him..... throwing draggers at her.....

Nandini - "  bachchi he woh.....aur maasoom bhi....
Navz pe to  bilkul nii gayi....."
She said checking his temper...

Rajveer laughed out loud agreeing with her words and Nandini hided her naughty smile knowing few more deep secrets of Rajveer's life.....

How his mood.... swings on Naina's name ...

Nandini taking advantage of Rajveer's cool mood,
" let's get married...."
She said to which Rajveer looked at her with a horror written on his face.....

Moving close to him, feeling his shallow breaths, on her face,
" Naina ko hum saath mein milke bhi sambhal sakte he na ...
Usk life mein khushiyan hum milke laayenge....

isi bahane main Navz aur apne dosti ek naye seere se suru karna chahti hu....
Naina ke zariye....." sensing Rajveer's Condition which was no less than an wounded puppy, she spoke further,

" I promise you Raj, main kabhi tum dononke beech nii aaungi.....
Please mujhe ek mauka Doo...."

She said with eyes shining with lots of hope....with a thumping heart.....

Naina who was listening to all these, got up abruptly and walked off knowing Rajveer's answer.....

A dead "No".....
Which she already read from his eyes....
And she trusted him to that extent...that her heart finally broke it's silence, and asked to move towards "their" home not bothering about these "silly" things...

******

Nandini hell tired with Rajveer's silence, from all these years, decided to punch the fist of words of his nose,
" Raj...." calling him with sugercoated voice,

" Naina......" to which Rajveer looked at her, then around to check.........
And found none.....

Nandini - " Zimmedari he woh tumhari....

Zindagi nahiiiii....."

She uttered with no sort of any cunningness in her voice.....

Rajveer casted down his eyes.....and uplifted them after few seconds of deep thinking, holding Nandini's hands......

Rajveer - " Zimmedar main hu uske gamonka ....
Uske har ansu ka....
Uske khalipan ka.....
Uske toote huye sapnonka....." then with moist eyes,

" main hu Zimmedar uske bikhre huye Zindagi ka.......

Fir bhi usne Mujhr sambhala.....
Usne mujhe jeene ki nayi wajah diii, khudko Meri Zindagi mein laake....." looking into Nandini's eyes, with open heart, where nothing was hidden,

" Zindagi ban gayi he ab woh Meri......
Mere har ek dhadkane uske Bina adhoori he.....
Main nii jii sakta uske Bina....."

Muttering these words he started weeping like a baby.......unable to handle the situation he was going through.....

Nandini with a gleeful expression pulled him for a hug, patting his back,
" Toh Aloknath kyun banta firta he tu....Jaa uske bidayi nii sagayi Kar....." pausibg a little,

" Khud ke saath.....

Aur Shaadi karke fir saalon baad apne bachchi ke liye ladka dhoondna ...."

She raised her hand to give a shot on his head and gave with a complete naughtiness in her eyes .....

Nandini - " Process hi ulta Kar raha he tu......

Tera kyaa hoga Fatturam...."

She said comically only to see an annoyed face of Rajveer....pulling his cheeks....and there followed another round of her laughing plus teasing session........

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