At the remote area of an abandoned railway station, two young men in their late 20s were walking with the broken pipe.

As the pipe moved over the rough cemented floor of the old railway platform, it made the most excruciating screeching noise. The ceiling of the platform echoed with the screams of two mid 40s men held captive.

One of the young man smiled teasingly at the man in the front tied to the broken metal chair with another man tied behind him.

"So, we can make this less hurtful or a long series to howling from either one of you. You decide, hm?" The young man with the bandana twisted his lips to the right saying his concern for their captive.

The other young man scoffed at the contradictory statement made by his friend.

"Fuck off!" one of the tied man spitted on his threatening words. The bandana guy hissed at his words being so hurtful for him, clutching his heart mockingly.

He just breathed deeply and smashed the tied man's left leg with the pipe making him howl at the impact.

The other captive tried to look behind at what was the reason for his partner to scream like that.

The other young man got up from the chair and hummed

"Isn't it too weird that you have the guts to say this to us. Do you even know what we can do to you, hm?" The frightened men were starting to realise their words but to what context was still clueless.

They were just having their morning dose of puff with a hot cup of tea near the tea stall. When they were abruptly kidnapped by the young men.

"But, why have you kidnapped us?!! What have we done?!!!" the man in pain tried to understand the bizarre situation.

Sanal looked at Dino who tightened his bandana and smiled.

"Well, we just love to kidnap kidnappers! Does that answer your question, hm?" Dino mocked them who looked at them still trying to scratch their head.

"Who told you to kidnap the Varma girl, hm?" Sanal asked resting his right foot on the broken chair looking straight in the captive's eyes.

He said that he was clueless of their questions and were normal citizen like them.

Sanal straightened himself irritated and punched the man's face with a hard blow. The man spitted blood at the powerful impact.

Seeing the splattered blood on the floor, the other man blurted out all the information of the kidnapping.

He stopped at the point of naming their boss to which Dino grabbed his hair. He brought the gun near his neck and smiled saying

"I won't even flinch! Speak!!" The man got terrorised at their words and their eyes shaked.

They thought that it was better to speak up or end up 6 feet under.

After hearing the name of the boss, both Sanal and Dino got surprised and thought to inform Vinay once he is back from the conference in two days.

They thought to held the captives in their hideout till Vinay decides on how to deal with them.

Tribhanga Artworks

Veena was thinking about Xavier's proposal and was not understanding on how to convince her parents.

Her assistant came inside to inform her about the visit to one of her clients office for their makeover. It was the first time Veena had received the invite to design an office space, which was a big step in her career.

She sat in the car and was getting restless from the time she had returned from her week trip to Goa.

Screech!!

Veena was able to pull the brake at the possible accident that would have happened.

She apologised to the bicycle rider and thought to concentrate on her work.

Diago industries ltd.

"Has the designer been called, hm?" Sandra checked with her secretary who was walking briskly behind her updating on her schedule to her boss.

"Yes, Mam. She will reach the office in about 10 minutes," Her secretary suddenly braked not before getting slightly bumped into her boss upfront.

"I hope she does. I can't waste my time. Got it," her secretary nodded understanding the strict nature of her boss.

Elevator dings!

Veena came inside the massive front office of the company. She enquired with the receptionist about her appointment with the owner who showed her the cabin.

Veena was told to wait for the boss and offered coffee which she politely refused.

"Ms. Nair, so glad you came," Sandra approached Veena who got up from her chair for a handshake.

"It was my pleasure. Believe me," Sandra sat on her chair and looked at Veena and her attire. 

Veena was in her cloud blue formal suit styled with white shirt. She went for metallic neck piece and some random necklaces.

Sandra loved her look and thought that she did not go wrong in selecting the best creative mind in the market for refurbishing her office space.

She told Veena about her idea for an office which blends with the latest design. As she had expected to invite foreign clients to her office more often for a global recognition for her company.

Veena suggested her many designs and ideas which she could consider for her office space. Sandra was not satisfied and just bluntly rejected them making Veena a little worried.

As Veena saw that Sandra was not satisfied she suggested that she would contact her after drawing the design in a month's time.

Sandra agreed and then they both bid their byes to meet after a month.

Varma's house

Prisha was resting her head on Benny's lap who was reading her romance novel. Gaurav was playing on the PSP that he had bought from his home to play.

The room was rather quiet with the trio besties silently lost in their own world.

'Ok. Don't worry,'

Prisha smiled biting her lips thinking about her saviour and his promise to safeguard her.

She remembered his doe eyes that looked at her dreamingly whenever they interacted. Even if it was for some seconds, she could feel the immense love that he spilled from his face.

His raspy voice that ringed in her ears telling her, assuring her that he was going to save her every time.

Gaurav kept the gaming console down with a pout at his loss. He searched for something to munch on as the continuous playing had made him hungry suddenly.

He called out Prisha asking her for the food.

He got no answer. He tried one more time. Still no answer.

He got irritated and looked at her to see her zoning out twirling her loose hair strands.

He approached her and poked her cheeks. Still no response.

Benny put her novel aside and actioned him to which he showed the lost Prisha.

Benny looked at Prisha and looked at Gaurav who shrugged his shoulders not having any clue.

Benny snapped her fingers in front of Prisha's face. No response.

They then went to the last resort.

They jolted her to which got up from Benny's lap to see both her friends laughing at her.

Gaurav narrated her the whole fiasco to which she felt embarrassed and went outside the room to bring some snacks.

Outside her room, she clutched her heart and was feeling elated at the mere thought of him.

Reddy's residence

The Reddy's household invited their friends and family to the auspicious occasion of their daughter's wedding.

The house was decorated like a bride for the wedding of the season.

Amritha was getting pampered by her parents with clothes, jewelleries and what not.

Her friends were frequent with their daily hustle and bustle in and out of her house.

The Menon and Nair family being the regular visitor in their house almost every evening.

"Rekha, we will wear one color theme for the last three days each, what say?" Reena suggested to which the people in the room nodded in affirmations.

The men of the house were discussing on the booze party for the last day for which Shiva told them they can keep their party in the house, rather than the reception hall. As he wanted only close friends and family people for the same.

Vinay tossed a drink for the idea hearing a yes from the crowd.

Three days to the wedding

Varma residence

Previn was coming out of his room carrying his trekking equipment, bags and essentials.

Prisha was watching the television and munching on her roasted groundnuts.

She bid happy journey to her brother who ruffled her hair hearing her scream.

Previn laughed at her antics and dodge her pillow attack.

The maid opened the door for his friends. One of them caught hold of the flying pillow and looked at the culprit.

Prisha was surprised to see Sanal aka Sunny for her with Dino in their trekking avatar standing at her door step. She was aware that her brother had planned a trekking trip to the mountain ranges, but with him. That was a total surprise for her.

She approached them at her brother's call who reminded Prisha of her saviour and his trekking partners for the three days, Sunny and Dino.

Dino saluted her to which she giggled.

Sanal wished her to which she forgot to breath and managed to spurt out a weak 'hi' making Sanal scoff.

Dino told him that he would help him to pack his bag in the Jeep. Previn followed him to the jeep and helped in loading his luggage in the jeep.

Sanal signalled her at the groundnut rind on her lips. She didn't understand at first and then she turned to wipe her face off the rind, embarrassed. She turned back and smiled at him who smiled back at her.

So, it was only her and Sanal at the doorstep. Sanal saw a sudden change in her aura which puzzled him. She was normal the last time he saw her. But what happened?

Prisha didn't dare to look in his doe eyes which mesmerised her and took her breath away. Her gaze followed everywhere but him.

Silence

More awkward silence.

"Sunny," Previn called him to which he raised his hand for a response.

He looked back at her who was shifting her body weight from one foot to another.

"Bye," Sanal screwed his eyebrows at her weird weak smile.

"Hi," she managed to bid him a good journey which she thought she did.

Sanal titled his head at her weirdness and waved his hands at her who just kept smiling. He sat at his seat in the jeep donning his sunglasses still not out of her weird response.

After the jeep jetted off, she closed the door and couldn't stop smiling.

Then she realised something.

'Who the freaking hell responses a 'hi' to a 'bye'!!!' she slapped her forehead at her stupidity.

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