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CHAPTER 17: KISS

MAHEEN'S POV

"Come on Mahrukh! please! Am sorry" I literally held my earlobes and she looked away, crossing her hands pretending to be upset with me.

"Acha! Tell me what did he say about all that? Did he complain?" I asked and she gave a quick shake to her head, I sighed in relief and rested my hands over her crossed arms.

"te fir ki siyapa hea ga kuriye?" I said smiling and she glared looking at me, making my smile fad away.

"Kia soch rae honge wo, kis kisam ki lerki hoon mien? Kaha nai to kia hua" Mahrukh said frowning and I rolled my eyes.

"Honeymoon... bachey...or wo.. wo jo you were trying to hug him" She added making a terrible face and I bit my lip to stop laughing.

"Oye hoye! J ho rai hea bachi" I elbowed her and she pushed me.

"Dekho! I tried to hug him but I didn't, I mean kia to nai na" I tried to make it sound logical and she gave me a fake smile, I chuckled.

"Acha maf bhi ker do baba! Aesi udaasi chai hea dil per merey k kia bataoon" I said pouting and she giggled, keeping a hand over her mouth to hide it.

"Ye hui na bat... hansi tooooo phasiii' I slapped her back lightly and she shook her head.

"And you know what! I knew he wouldn't hug me yar! I know Waqas bhai buhat achey insan hen, thorey shararti material hen but he is too good" I smiled and she looked at me with a light frown on her forehead.

"How do you know this?" She asked. "tum janti ho pehle se unhen?" she added and I nod my head pressing my lips together.

"How?"

"I was his ex girlfriend" I stated casually and she slapped my arm, I chuckled.

"Ch! Maheen seedhi terha bata do werna mein nai bat karoon gi tum se" She again crossed her arms over her torso, threatening me and I rolled my eyes.

"Kia drama ho tum Mahrukh!" I shook my head and she looked at me sideways. "I know him as a dhoombro, remember I told you about these Dhoombros; Shehry, Atif, Waqas and... Hussain" I told her, it was strange how even taking his name had started giving me different feelings inside, or ub to jab jab dekhoon gi usey ye apology yad aaye gi. A soft smile crept its way to my lips, forgetting the fact Mahrukh was observing me closely with an amused expression on her face.

"Kia hea? Ghoor q rai ho....?" I frowned keeping my cool and she giggled.

"Dhoombros ko maro goli... you tell me about that heart and soul thing" Mahrukh said at once remembering something and I curse myself mentally for staring the topic.

"What heart and soul?" I acted oblivious and she rolled her eyes.

"I don't exactly remember but you were talking about some Lia and her wedding and Hussain... and then that heart and soul" She said in a cute way repeating my words and I smiled.

"One heart two souls that is" I corrected her, moving towards my bed and her gaze followed me.

"What's that?"

"It's a story"

"Story? Whose story?"

"ek lerki or ek lerkey ki story"

"Lia or Hussain ki?"

"Yup! Lia or Hussain ki"

"Who has written it?"

I looked down slowly and she came near me, scooping down she sat near me on the carpet and I looked at her with a smile. Talking about my story with anyone has always been an uneasy queasy kind of thing, except Nidzii I never even told about this to anyone not even the bestest people around me like my parents or brothers.

"Maheen?" she rested her hand over mine and I smiled.

"mein ne likhi hea, in fact abhi likhi nai hea likh rahi hoon' I told her and her eyes went wide as much as they could before popping out of their sockets.

"What? you have written a story?" she asked excitedly and I nodded my head.

"Like a real story? Or wo bhi Hussain ki?" she kept on asking and I kept on nodding my head smiling.

"But why Lia? Why not Maheen?" she asked mischievously and I rolled my eyes.

"Maheen? Means me? come on Mahrukh! I needed to add a heroine or mein kis angel se heroine dikhti hoon?" I asked getting up from the bed and she got up on her feet at once. I went to the window and opened it wide letting fresh air caressing my face. I knew deep down somewhere Lia and Maheen had many things in common.

 May be I couldn't name her as Maheen, so I named myself as Lia.

"I need to read that' I heard her saying as she came and stood near me.

"Tum mazak urao gi" I pouted.

"Never" she said firmly and I smiled.

"Wesey is it a romantic story?' She asked narrowing her eyes and I thought for a while before nodding my head.

"Ub to am damn sure ye Lia Wia koi nai hea asal mein to Maheen he thi, bus thora sa name change ker dia" She said firmly and I giggled.

"chalo I will update tonight then you can read" I said and she smiled widely.

"Phir subha bataoon gi k wo Lia hea ya Maheen" I headed towards my bed when Mahrukh said and I chuckled shaking my head.

"Acha wo...." She started saying and I looked at her, she came near my bed with her hands clasped at her back and I frowned. "kuch meetha khane ka dil ker raha hea yar" she added and I hurriedly took out the chocolate from under my pillow and extended it towards her.

"Oh dairy milk.... Kis ne di?' she held the chocolate and asked, I could sense a little amusement in her tone which brought a quick blush to my cheeks.

"Hussain ne' I said simply and she came sitting beside me on the bed.

"Siraf chocolate he di bus k......" she trailed off when I looked at her face at once who was holding back her grin.

"Mahrukh!" I called her like a warning.

"nai wo tumhara left gaal, bara laal laal ho raha tha to....ouch! Maheen ki bachi! Woaw!....

She was in the middle of the sentence when I picked up my pillow and attacked on her wildly, she hurriedly got up and took her own to counter back.

"tum jasoosi ker rai theen na meri?" I said while smacking my pillow at her and she laughed hard holding her own pillow.

'Behno ki jasoosi kerna perti hea' She said while shielding herself with her pillow from my attack. "werna qadam behek saktey hen na' she added laughing and I started laughing too.

"besharam!" I said and she kept on giggling.

"Khirrkiii khuli thi mera kia kasoor...." We just laughed our heart out having the best pillow fight ever.

HUSSAIN'S POV

"What? is it really a question?" I frowned reading the very last line by that unknown, khufia, author of the story and shut my laptop close.

"Mil he gaeen aakhir kar Maleeha Imran sahiba ap mujhe, finally reunion" sighing deep I laid on the bed resting my arm under my head and one leg resting over the knee of the other.

"wesey real life mein Hussain aesa nai hota ho ga, in fact if something like this happened in reality this Maleeha would be married uptill now with a hardcore punjabi sass and a couple of annoying nands plus hopefully a hot as eff dulha and at least two cute little babies"

"Or wo mujhe Hussain Mamoo! Hussain Mamoo! ker k bulatey" I chuckled at my own thoughts.

"Isi liye Bhaiya! Mein to janey he na doon kabhi apni bandi ko....aesa risk bhi koi leta hea, huhn!"

Bandi se yad aya... mein ne to assignment banai koi nai, Maheen se he pata ker loon, who knows I get a little help.

Rolling to the other side I pulled up the pillow and found my cell phone, picking it up I dialed her number and then before even the second ring I cut the call.

"Its almost 3 Hussain! she must be sleeping, idiot!" putting my phone back on the bed I got up to switch off the lights when my phone rang up and I smacked my head. Jaga diya na!

Going back I held my phone and looking at the name flashing on my screen a smile spread across my face.

"If I woke you up? then am extremely sorry but if you were already jagging... then tell me, kis ki muhabbat raton ko soney nai deti muhterma koooooo" I asked cheekily and heard a giggle from her end, I held my pillow in my arm and laid back on the bed keeping the phone to my ear.

"Shuy up Hussain! and hello to you too" She said and I chuckled. "Hello!" greeting her back.

"So you called?" there was a pause and then she asked at once.

"Yup! Wo burhiya ki assignment ker li tum ne?" I asked.

"Kon? wo Mrs Parker?"

"Or kon? Naina Kaur?" I made a face.

"Ahaa! Bari yad aa rai hea Naina Kaur? Kia bat hea Mr Hussain Asif? kaheen Naina Kaur ki yaadein to nai raton ko soney nai de raheen ap kooooo?" she asked mischeviously copying me and I laughed, and pulled back a little as I adjusted another pillow under my head.

"Meri billi mujh he se miyaoon?' I said and she giggled.

"Tumhari billi? Excuse me?" She said and I laughed even harder.

"By the way She came at my place today after school" I told her.

"Who Mrs Parker?" she asked literally gasping and I rolled my eyes.

"Allah rehem kare, wo burhiya merey ghareeb khaney per aa ker kia karey gi? Mr Parker he nipat saktey hen us k sath to' I said in a mock horrified tone and heard her chuckled. "Naina I meant" I told her.

"Why?" I could sense a frown clearly and a smirk appeared on my lips.

"I invited her over a dinner you know, Shehry k bad was feeling really lonely so I thought company rahe gi" I joked and for a few seconds I waited for her response.

"Oh!" all I could get after a couple of moments and I hide my chuckle. "Great! Phir to bara maza aya ho ga" she added, her tone a little changed by now.

"Ufff! Don't even ask yar... I had literally the time of my life with her" I said and again a pause.

"Are you with me?" I asked and heard her clearing her throat.

"Nops! Only Naina Kaur is with you" she said sarcastically and I laughed hard at her cute tone. "ub batao kun aai thi wo?" she asked and I shook my head, bachi samajhne lagi hea thora thora

"She got not-so-good grades in performing arts, dance especially while am going on the top in the class" I said a little boasting and felt she sighed must be rolling those pretty brown eyes too. "so she wanted some help" I added.

"And you did?" She asked.

"Nops man! Am too caught up in all these assignments and that script project is just dangling above my head like some dagger" I made a face saying.

"Aww poor she, you must have helped her you know" She said playing cool.

"Yeah inn shaa Allah! next time when I will invite her over the dinner tab ker doon  ga help, okay?' I asked and she chuckled.

For a couple of moments neither of us spoke, I just laid there feeling the hushed, calm sound of her breathing and out of nowhere a smile crept its way to my lips.

"You are smiling?" Suddenly she asked and my smile faded.

"How do you know?" I asked narrowing my eyes and she giggled.

"Maybe coz I was smiling too" she said at once and I frowned. ".....out of no reason, I mean" She added hurriedly.

"Yeah! so maybe both of us, have gone mad" I said rubbing my chin thoughtfully.

"Yup! Coz only mad people stay up till 3 in the morning to.... Smile" she added and I chuckled.

"Nahi! Not only mad people, Aashiq, majnoo, Ranjhey... ye sab ko bhool gaeen tum?" I asked counting on my fingers and heard her giggling.

"Means the same, call them majnoo, ranjha or call them mad... ek he to bat hea" she said and I frowned narrowing my eyes.

"Acha? to kal ko mein kisi k ishq mein Majnoo ban betha to you will call me mad?" I asked seriously, trying to sound upset and she giggled.... Again.

Why does she giggle so much? why doesn't she understand her giggling does something terrible to me...well, good kind of terrible.

"Hussain Asif? Getting all majnoo after somebody?" She said all dramatically. "Well, I don't believe this" I rolled my eyes as she added and got up straight on my bed.

"oye! Miss Maleeha Imran! Salahiyaton per doubt nai kerna merey" I said at once and for a minute there was a complete silence, I frowned as she said nothing before realizing I called her as Maleeha yet again. I face palm myself.

"Sorry! I mean Maheen.... Maheen Imran" I said scratching the back of my head.

"It's okay! Ummm we should sleep now" she said and I felt a little uneasiness in her tone.

"yup! Definitely" I said hurriedly. "but oye! What about the assignment?" I reminded her pouting.

"Wo to mein ne ker li beta ji! Ap rahiye ga class k bahir... Naina Kaur ko bhi le jaiye ga sath" She said mischievously and I chuckled.

"Naina Kaur nai... tumhen le jaoon ga sath, I promise that" I said firmly and she laughed.

"Bye! See you tomorrow Hussain" She said softly.

"Bye!" we hung up and I cursed myself mentally.

Ub tak tu pata nai kitni bar usey Maheen ki jaga Maleeha Imran keh chukka hea... bandi ko pakka yaqeen ho gaya ho ga k koi Maleeha Imran hea. I shook my head disapprovingly.

Per hairat hea abhi tak kabhi Maheen ne poocha nai mujh se is barey mein.....I frowned a little before shaking the thoughts off my head, jumping down I went to switch off the lights and finally fell in my bed shutting my eyes and mouth.

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"Hussain phir se late ho gaya saley!" gathering my stuff and shoving it wildly in my bag I hurried towards the gate when my sneekers stopped with a loud irritating screeching sound.

"Shitt!" I ran back to my room remembering something and picked up my file. Sighing deep I ran towards the door and finally sat in my car to drive to school for which I was already late.

Finally I said a good bye to Atif's Toyota as Shehry left his effin' sexy Audi R8, all vacant for me.

"You are seriously a little thing han!" I smiled as my foot accelerated the car and it literally felt like butter in front of Atif's hard Toyota.

Turning the music on I took a turn, looking down at my wrist watch I shook my head.

"Aj to tu gaya! who told you to stay up all night?"

"Ub to roz he yei hona hea lagta hea" I sighed a little. "Kia yar Shehry! tub hi aadatein kharab ker k gaya hea meri"

Mujh se he aj mujh ko mila de

Dekhoon aadaton mein tu hai k naheen....

Her saans se pooch ke bata....

"Shut up!" pressing the button I changed the music.

"Ek to Shehry or us ki music choice" I shook my head disapprovingly.... "sucks!"

Finally reaching in to the premises of my school, I took the first parking slot, parking the car I jumped out. Holding my bag I almost ran towards history and craft department, trying not to bump into anyone specially.... girls.

Running into the wide corridor I saw Naina, my class mate, coming from the opposite side I was about to run past her when she tripped over her heal and was about to fall down but I held her fore arm and saved her from falling down on that concrete hard as hell floor.

'Shittt!" She looked flushed and I smiled softly at her.

"You okay?"

"Yeah! thanks" she said with a smile and I let her arm go off my grip..

"Not in the class?" I asked and she shook her head.

"Have dance practice so I took an off from Mrs Parker" she stated and I nodded my head.

"well all the best for that" I smiled and she reciprocated, I picked up my bag which was fallen down while I was saving her from falling down.... and headed towards my lecture hall being another 5 minutes late.

"Bravo Hussain Asif! ub to chitter khaeen tu burhiya se"

"Am sorry! Am late" I was literally panting when I reached at the door and Mrs Parker; our American history teacher just stared at me with a crocked eyebrow lowering her specs a little. I must say teaching history for such a long time has made her face even resemble some ancient monument by now, all old and stern and cold.

"The traffic was just.... Horrible out there" I tried to give her a smile, ignoring the little chitter chatter and whispering, I looked into the class and found students looking at me as if I was a dumb or something.

"Silent!" she looked at the students spatting and all at once complete silence spread throughout the class.

I looked around the students trying to find her and finally caught sight of her at one of the last rows with an amused expression on her face, she looked a little worn out herself, wo bhi to jagi thi rat bhar.  She slowly waved her hand at me  giving me a fake smile and I stick my tongue out at her.

 "Mr Asif! you can stay out of the class" Burhiya looked at me at once, as I tried to silently tip toe into the hall and I halted in my tracks.

"Ma'am am really sorry actua...

"Did you do your assignment?" she cut me in the middle putting the book back on the podium and crossing her arms. I gulped a little as I felt I was standing in that horrible katehraa in front of a troll kind of a lawyer accusing me with the murder of.... Mrs Parker.

"Um actually Ma'am... umm I

"It seems that you haven't done your assignment Mr Asif! so you better stay out of the class" She said angrily and I rolled my eyes, trying hard to keep my gesture hidden from her or else I would be getting a detention.

"Ma'am I didn't do it because of her" I said at once as she was about to pick up the book and she looked back at me, her gaze followed the direstion in which my finger was pointing and she frowned. "Ms Maheen Imran didn't let me do that" I added innocently.

"What? are you crazy Hussain?" Maheen stood up from her seat and I hide my grin.

"Will you explain?" Burhiya looked back at me, I ignored Maheen's glares.

"umm I was doing it and believe me I was going awesome in that, when she called me... and kept me busy in some stupid talk for like a couple of hours"

"Couple of hours?" Maheen literally yelled and Mrs Parker looked at her to hush her down, students were whispering by now once again.

'Why? Do you deny the fact that you called me last night, Maheen Imran?" I asked and she went speechless for a while.

"Ms Imran this was highly irresponsible and unexpected from your side, you should be careful next time, not to waste anyone's time" Burhyia warned her and she looked completely helpless standing there fisting her hands at her front as if mukka marey gi... Burhiya or mujhe, dono ko.

"But Ma'am I didn't keep him busy in anything... trust me

"Why would she trust you when I have the evidence" I held my phone up and she went silent all at once, I could sense her teeth gritted in a hard way. "So stop pretending Maheen, come on!" I added casually.

"Hussain! you better shut up or else ....

"Or else what?"

"mein chorroon gi nai tumhen, jhootey insaan!" she left her bag on the table and started coming down stairs anger raging up in her.

"Tum jhooti"

"Shut up!"

"you shut up!"

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UPPPP!" we were fighting like kids when Mrs Parker burst up in rage and both of us looked at her, the whole chattering and whispers among the students was now.... puff! All gone as she glared daggers at us.

"Now both of you can get out from the class" Mrs Parker said sternly gritting her teeth, trying to control her temper and I tried to move towards her requesting but she at once raised her hand stopping me. "OUT" she ordered and I rolled my eyes thankfully, again she didn't catch my not-so-friendly gesture.

"Come on!" I said walking passed Maheen who still stood there pouting as if her silly pouts would change Parker's decision. I halted in my track and snaked my arm in her's, locking our elbow I dragged her outside, coming into the lobby she jerked her arm out of my grip.

"woaw! Easy girl!" I said, she looked hell upset.

"koi marr gaya kia?" bending down a little to wards her I asked and she kept on glaring my face, frowning even deep.

"Kia tha ye sab?" She asked.

"Well, it was the promise, remember?" I smirked, could feel her breathing heavy due to rage. "A gentleman always keeps his vow" I said all like a Shakespearean knight putting a hand over my heart but she looked least impressed.

"Gentleman? Who are you talking about?" She asked narrowing her eyes dramatically and I rolled mine. "I can't see any gentleman here" she added.

"Come on! chill man" I said casually trying to pat her arm when she backed off.

"It was a really important class we just being kicked out from, Hussain!" she said angrily and I sighed a little. 'and you made me drag out as well" she slapped my arm hard.

"Ouch! Moti!" I made a face rubbing my arm and she glared at me.

"Moti han?" She glared at me repeating my words with her hands over her hips and I, getting her intentions started running into the corridor.

Running into the corridor I jumped into the front lawn and ran towards the cafeteria with her at my back.

Suddenly she halted in her tracks and I turned to look at her, she was  holding her tummy and bending down a little she was panting hard, so was I. I walked back towards her, breathing heavy and she looked up at my face, her breaths were loud and she gulped down as if her throat was dry.

"Here!" I took out a little disposable water bottle from my bag and extended towards her. She stood up straight and crossed her arms looking away from my face.

"Oho! Pee lo, marr warr na jana" I said firmly, extending it a little towards her mouth and she snatched the bottle from my hand, gulping the water down she wiped her mouth from the back of her hand and I just stared at her with a smile.

"ye lo! Buhat shukria" she shoved the bottle back in my hand and I chuckled.

"Dosti mein no sorry no Shukriya" I boasted and she rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

"I still can't believe you did this Hussain!" We started walking towards the lawn together, when she said. still under the trance of being kicked out of the class and I chuckled.

"I did social service Madam! You were about to get hell bored sitting there alone... without me" I said boasting again and she looked at me with a sarcastic smile. "so I helped you out in getting out of that boredom" I added and she almost fell down on the grass.

"Oooppp! That must have hurt han!" I said making a face and she ignored me completely. I dropped my bag near her and sat down myself.

"Acha chalo I have something for you that can completely change your mood" I said seriously and she looked at me. "trust me" I added firmly.

"and whats that?" she asked frowning and I smiled.

"Chummii!" I said quite seriously and her eyes widened at once with a sudden blush in her cheeks.

MAHEEN'S POV

I just sat there not looking at him at all, I was seriously pissed off. How can he do this to me? khud to pagal hea mujhe bhi fail karaye ga.... I crossed my hand looking at a group of friends sitting in the lawn laughing over something.

"Acha chalo! I have something for you that can completely change ypour mood" Hussain said and I looked at him. "trust me" he added.

"Whats that?' I asked frowning, his hands were in his bag, now in his lap... he was about to take something out I guess

"Chummii!" I gasped at once as he said all casually, don't know it was the sun above us or Hussain sitting near me, I was feeling completely heat up.

"Are you crazy?' I asked making a face, considering that a joke but he remained quite serious.

"Yup I am crazy! chalo le lo na ek chummy" he said sweetly and I narrowed my eyes looking at him.

"You know what! Shehry k janey ka tumhey buhat afsos hoga ye pata tha mujhe, mager tumharey damagh per itna bhayanak asar ho ga ye nai janti thi" I said aloud and he chuckled lightly.

"Lo bhala! Ub ek chummy se kia ho jae ga yawr.... Abhi subha I gave one to Naina, on my way to department" he informed casually and my jaws literally dropped on the grass.

"Naina? You mean that Naina Kaur of that... that Drama class of yours?" I asked and he nodded his head.

"You are kidding me Hussain Asif!" I said still gawking at his calm as eff face and he smug at once.

"Oh there she is... ask her yourself" Hussain pointed above my shoulder and I turned my head, finding Naina coming in the lawn with Herman and her other friends. I rolled my eyes and looked back at Hussain who was still smiling casually.

"Why would I ask?" I said trying to sound all cool, jab k ander he ander I almost murdered them two for this hideous act.

"Mein pooch leta hoon, us mein kia hea?" Hussain announced before looking up at her direction and I tugged on his arm to hush him up.... "Hey Naina! Hi!" he waved his hand with a wide smile on his face and she came towards us.

"hello!" she greeted back smiling. "Hi Maheen, how are you?' She greeted me and I smiled back. "am great, thanks"

"How is dance practice going?" Hussain asked looking up at her face and I kept my gaze to the grass blades.

"It's going cool, but I still want to learn the moves from You man!" I heard her saying and rolled my eyes, Hussain was clearly hiding his amusement.

"Awww would love to teach you yar, bus thora caught up in the stuff you know" Hussain replied pressing his lips in a hard line.

"Chalo I pray k tum jaldi free ho jao then will rock together" She said and Hussain rose his thumb up towards her with a smile, itni nafrat is ki muskurahat se kabhi nai hui mujhe, and unknowingly I was tugging on the grass blades near my feet.

"Sure that' he winked at her.

"Okay! See ya in the class" Shuker hea ja rai hea, manhoos. "And by the way, thanks for the morning" She chirped and my mouth went wide.

"Ah! Anytime girl" Hussain smiled and I hurriedly shut my wide mouth, trying to hide my expressions from him as he looked back at me winking.

"Dekha?"

"Shut up Hussain!"

"Tum q J ho rai ho Madam?" he asked smirking and I looked away at once. "de to raha hoon tumhen bhi, tum man he nai rai" he added in a tone as if I was the biggest idiot on the face of earth to refuse for a.... Chummi from Hussain.

"Acha? Keh to aesey rahe ho as if you have opened a shop of... of..

"Chummiyan!" he completed my sentence still smirking and I felt flushed.

"Yes! and you wanted to give a free try to all around you" I added and he chuckled shaking his head. How could he do that? Literally a part of me was fuming inside.

"Not all around me.... it's a for girls only offer baby!" he winked and I rolled my eyes, deep down I so knew I must be blushing all tamater now.

"Oh! so they are really for every girl, right?" I asked with a fake smile and he nodded his head in a silly way. "Then you should carry on with your social service, baato tum ye chummiyan her lerki ko... am not interested" I said angrily and got up on my feet ignoring his laughter at my back I started walking towards the lobby.

"Hate him.... simply hate him, kiss bat'ta phir raha hea poore NIA mein... desperate.... hate him" I was continuously going through the mantra when somebody grabbed my wrist and I was pulled in some direction with a jerk, I gasped aloud but a hand at once covered my mouth. My eyes came in contact with his'

"So you really think that I was doing this social work to everyone?" he asked seriously and I gulped down, we were standing too close now; his one hand grabbing my wrist, holding it firmly at the small of my back while the other one covering my mouth.

I tried to say something but my words muffled into his palm, I felt my lips were on flames now and my heartbeat reaching to the extreme level of over speeding. What was he up to? Ho kia gaya hea isey achanak, us din rat mein bhi... or aj phir? Pagal ho gaya hea chitter khaye ga.

He slowly put his hand down from my mouth and I let out a breath that was held inside for last couple of minutes.

"bolo!" he urged me to say something, my hand was over his chest unknowingly counting every beat of his thumping heart, under my touch.

"You said yourself.... That you give..." I halted as I couldn't say anything any more, a frown was there on my forehead finding a smug on his face and my heart skipped so many beats together.

"Yeah so I will give one to you too, and you can't stop me from that" He said with an amused grin and I actually started feeling uneasy now, I tried to get my wrist out of his hand but he was stronger than I thought.

"Huss-Hussain! let me go" I ordered and he smiled. "what are you up to?" I said frowning even deeper, my eyes searching his darkening expressions.

"Q? remember that night?" he took a little pause. "Outside your hostel' he said and winked making a heart back flip.

"That was... that was, I thought that was a friendly gesture..... to apologise" I went a little short of words and Hussain smirked.

"Do you really think, when a boy kisses a girl it's only an apologizing gesture?" he asked mischeviously and I gulped down the uneasiness.  

"Hussain jane do mujhe" I tried to order him again as if he was going to let me go. wo to pagal hua para tha... pata nai kia sawaar ho gaya tha us k sr per.

"Kia kha ker aaye ho nashtey mein tum?" I asked narrowing my eyes and he smiled, that fishy one sided smile that always looks too damn hot on him but right now.... it was too creepy. "Let me go" I said louder this time.

"Not before I give you a ­kiss" he said lowly in a deep dead voice and my gaze shifted down to his lips... God! No please! I gulped the lump down my throat with great difficulty as I could literally feel my heart throbbing at the side of my throat now... ready to come out any minute.

He bent down a little, his grip over my wrist was firm and my hand over his chest was now fisting his shirt so tight as it was about to rip up soon.

"Hussain please stop! Pagal ho gaye ho tum" I shut my eyes tight almost begging him, feeling his warm breath coming closer and closer to my mouth, my fist trying to push him back.

Okay Maheen! You have to do it... go girl!   and right when I was about to slap hard on his face I felt something shoved up in my mouth and my eyes flutter open, finding Hussain smiling down at me with a smirk so devilishly hot on his face and I felt the chocolate melting in my mouth.... Chocolate?

 He slowly left my wrist and raised his hand to my face level and my eyes came out of their sockets looking at the thing in his hand.

"Actually the kiss wasn't even mine, it was somebody else's" He said with a frown as he looked at the packet in his hand. "Umm yup! Hershey's kiss it was" he added quite seriously ignoring my dumb expressions. His gaze came on my face again and I pushed him hard while he burst up laughing like a total maniac, I stood there with my face tensed, flushed completely on fire glaring dagger at him and he just kept on laughing.

"Hussain! this wasn't funny okay?"

"Wasn't funny? Oh My God! Maheen" he stood up straight trying to catch his breath. "you should look at your face, and you would know how funny it was" He added making a circle in the air while pointing at my face and I crossed my arms, looking away.

"I know I looked like a total idiot but you aren't looking any sensible yourself, Mr Hussain Asif!" I spatted and he at once straightened his features, covering the grin. "you suck at jokes, okay!" I added.

"Okay okay! Am sorry han!" he came closer, his lips inward as if trying to stop laughter, and I took a step back unintentionally he looked at me and our eyes met.

"don't come near me" I pointed my finger at him and he narrowed his eyes.

"Miss Maheen Imran! It was just a joke, am not dying to kiss you or.... whatever" he said seriously, making a face. "So calm your brains han!" he said sarcastically as he took a few steps to leave, leaving me all heat up and blushed but then halted in his track, and looked at me before holding my right hand and shoved the small packet in it rather sternly.

"What I gave Naina this morning, was just a hand when she was about to fall down, these?" my hand was still in his grip when he looked down at the chocolate packet. "They were all for you" he stated and walked away, leaving me stand there looking down at the Hershey's kisses in my hand, still feeling fired up trying to calm down my heart and well... brain as well. I shook my head with a sigh escaping my lips and walked out of the room.

MAHRUKH'S POV

I was busy collecting the samples into a separate wooden box when the door opened and Hina came in along with a mug in her hand.

"Don't work that loyally that one day Ma'am would forget about her bother's wedding, itna kam karo gi to yaheen betha len gi tumhen" She placed the mug in front of me saying and I looked down, smiling a little.

"I love staying busy" I said as I shut the box's lid and looked up at her. 'Thanks for the tea"

'Your welcome, in fact tumharey aaney k bad chae ka maza aaney laga hea otherwise coffee pee pee ker farangi ban gai thi mein to" Hina sighed and I chuckled.

"Okay tell me, how did you find Waqas?" She asked and I looked down slowly, circling over the mug in my hand.

"he is nice" I said.

"Oye hoyeee... nice?" She teased me a little and was about to say something when the door burst open and my so were my eyes.

"Waqas?" I gasped and found a smile spreading across his face, I got up from the chair and he came in.

"hello!" Hina greeted him. "Aj kal yahan kuch ziada he nai nazer aa raha koi Mahrukh?" she asked me, but I knew she was taunting him and I looked down feeling all flushed.

"Yup! And that koi is definitely you" Waqas said looking at her and she giggled. "So would you please excuse us for a while?" he added sweetly.

"Chalo Mahrukh ki waja se maaf kiya" She said and headed towards the door, I looked up at her when she halted near the door and winked at me before shutting the door at her back.

"Bethiye!" I offered him a chair but he shook his head. "wo... Nosh aapi nai hen yahan, she has gone for some...

"Did you ever ditch a class Mahrukh?" Waqas cut me in the middle and I frowned saying nothing, he chuckled shaking his head as he took a step towards me. I was holding my mug real tight in my hands.

"Or bunk your collage? Ever?" he asked and I shook my head, silently.

"You never did... you've never lived" he said sighing a little before his gaze shifted down at my hands.

"peeni hea?" he asked and I shook my head, he frowned a little when I hurriedly nodded my head... God! Mahrukh! you are acting like a total dumb in front of him.

"no worries" he softly took the mug from my hand, his fingers slightly brushed with mine and I felt a strange kind of sensation in my fingers spreading all over my body. He placed the mug on the table and then looked at me. "Sath mein decide kerte hen... peeni hea ya nai. Let us go" he said and before I could understand he turned to leave.

"per... kahan ja rahe hen hum?" I asked and he halted in his tracks, turning around he came near me and extended his hand.

"Sath chalo gi to bataoon ga" He said softly and I just stared at his hand for a while.

"Hath pakrana zaroori hea?" I asked lowly and unexpectedly he didn't laugh or smirk or even raise that eyebrow as he always does, rather stretched his hand back slowly and smiled.

"Bilkul bhi nai" he shook his head as he stuffed both of his hands in his trousers' pockets. "but yes, am waiting for that moment when you will give your hand in mine, without any hesitation or guilt or fear" he said every word firmly, looking straight into my eyes and I couldn't look away, a smile touched my lips slowly.

"Now we are going to BUNK" he said excitedly. "you from work, I too from work" he added like announcing and I giggled at his childlike excitement.

"So shall we?' he asked raising his hand a little giving me way and I nodded with a smile, picking up my satchel I turned and we walked out of the room, together.

No hand in hand but still together <3 how sweet ;)

And that KISS :D hope you all enjoyed that between Maheen and Hussain :D

And if you all did, then have one kiss from me too.... Hershey's kiss I meant ;) :-p

aj to bata he do favourite scene????? :D :D

Love you all :)