Karan went inside his house.

Karan: Bilkul maaf nhi kruga.. Kya smjh kya rkha h iss ladki ne..

He filled a glass of water from jug and was drinking water when a car was continuously making noise outside his house.

Karan: Huh.. Sukoon nhi h bandariya ko.. Chain se paani bhi nhi peene de rhi..

He opened the window. Preeta was standing there.

Preeta(smilingly) : Hii Karele..

Karan: Kya chahiye tumhe..

Preeta: Ek tight hug... Aur haa yeh jo chehre pr make up kia h.. Iski bandage bhi krlo..

Karan: Get..

Preeta(smilingly) : Get the hell out of here (mimicking him).. Bilkul nhi..

Karan: Abhi tk yaad bhi nhi tha.. Ab bahut farq pd rha h..

Preeta: Tum apni bandage kroge ya thoda aur pit du tumhe..

Karan: I hate u.. And I don't care.. Khadi rho yahi saari raat..

Preeta(saluting him) : Jaisa aap kahe captain...

Karan closed the window annoyed. Preeta sat on the bonnet of the car.

Karan took out the first aid box and applied ointment on his wounds shrieking in pain.

He peeped and saw her still there.

Karan: Ise pata h.. No matter how much I want to hate her, main hmesha iska saath hi dunga.. Tbhi itni ziddi h..

Preeta yawned and rubbed her arms feeling cold. Karan was observing her every action.

Preeta(sleepy) : Neend aa rhi h...

She blowed the horn of her car. Karan opened the window and showed her bandage. She smiled.

Preeta: Aur mera hug?

Karan: Jaa rhi ho ya police bulau?

Preeta: Vse unhe bologe kya.. Kii main aadhi raat ko ladke chedh rhi hu..

Karan(irritated) : Babydoll..

Preeta: Haye..Ek baar phir bolo..

Karan(angry) : Dumbo.. Jao..

Preeta: Tum se bhi achai ki umeed bekaar h.. Khair jaa rhi hu.. Ek hug udhaar rha..

Preeta(giving him a flying kiss) : Good night Karele..

Karan rolled his eyes at her. She sat in car and left for her house.

Next morning,

Preeran reached college. Preeta ran to look for him in the corner but he wasn't there.

Preeta: Ache se badle lega yeh..Kaha ho Karan..

She went in class to see him already sitting with a girl. She glared Karan.

Preeta(to the girl) : Excuse me.. Yeh meri seat h..

Girl: Is it so, Karan?

Karan: Koi baat nhi Ananya.. Hum piche baith jaate h..

Karan and Ananya stood up and sat behind. Preeta sat on first bench super annoyed by his antics.

Preeta(in mind) : Meri abhi jail jaane ki koi icha nhi h vrna double duffer donkey.. Tumhari jaan toh mere haathon hi jaani thi..

Rahul came and sat besides her. Karan widened his eyes.

Rahul: Preeta.. I am sorry.. Kal jo bhi hua..

Preeta : Sorry mujhe nhi Karan ko bolna..aur uske upar haath uthane ka sochna bhi mt..

Rahul: Kya tumne mujhe maaf krdia..

Preeta: Ha.. Par yeh mt sochna kii iss se aage hum mein kuch ho skta h.. He is my first priority.. Sorry but my best friend doesn't like u..

Rahul: Friends..

Preeta: Friends..

Rahul smiled at her. She smiled back lightly.

Karan(in mind) : Beakal.. Agar iss chuchundar ke saath ghoomti dikhi na toh...

Professor entered. Lecture began with Preeran stealing glances of each other and giving each other angry looks.

Classes got over. Karan was walking in the corridor when Preeta held his hand.

Preeta: Suno na..

Karan jerked her hand.

Preeta: Karan..

He didn't listen and was going. Preeta followed him but her leg twisted. She fell.

Preeta: Ah..

Karan turned and looked at her concerned.

Karan (concerned) : Babydoll..

Preeta held her ankle in pain. Karan picked her up in his arms and made her sit on nearby chair.

Karan(concerned) : Kaha lagi..

Preeta(smilingly) : Kahi bhi toh nhi..

Karan(angry) : You.. Dumbo..

He was about to leave but she held his hand again. He looked at her angry.

Preeta(holding her ears) : Sorry please..

Karan didn't say anything and left.

Preeta: Kitne nakhre h iss ladke h.. Kya karu..

Karan was moving towards his car when Preeta pulled him back.

Preeta kissed his cheek.

Preeta: Sorry..

Karan : Hatto..

She kissed his other cheek as well.

Preeta: Bahut saara sorry..

Karan: Tum..

Preeta hugged him.

Preeta: Mera udhaar wala hug.. I so missed u meri jaan..

Karan: Apni jaan ko pehchan bhi paayi thi aap madam..

Preeta: Toh kitne saal hogye.. Count krne de.. (counting on fingers)

Karan pushed her a bit.

Karan: Still.. Aur mujhe tumse baat hi nhi krni h..

He left. She huffed.

In evening, there was a party organised in which university students were invited. (Preeran look in header).

Preeran reached the party at the same time. Both looked at each other and turned their faces away.

Rahul came towards Preeta.

Rahul: Hii..

Preeta: Hii...

Rahul: U look so pretty..

Preeta(smiling a bit) : Thank u..

Karan saw them talking.

Karan(in mind) : Usi chuchundar ke saath aayi h.. Not done babydoll..

He left from there.

Preeta: Excuse me Rahul..

Preeta walked away from him.

Preeta(in mind) : Ab vo angry bird kaha hoga..

She saw Karan talking to Ananya but couldn't listen. Karan held Ananya's hand. Preeta widened her eyes.

Karan: Tumhe lagi toh nhi.. I am sorry.. Vo mera dhyan kahi aur tha..

Ananya: Its okay Karan..

Preeta: Yeh kya khichdi pak rhi h.. Abhi batati hu isko toh main..

Preeta moved towards them.

Ananya: Oh hii Preeta..

Preeta removed Karan's hand from Ananya's and held his hand.

Preeta(angry) : Chalo tum toh mere saath..

She took him away.

Preeta was moving angrily holding his hand. He jerked her hand.

Karan: Kya h tumhe..

Preeta: Tumhe kya h.. Kya chl rha tha..

Karan: Kabse tum hi chl rhi ho gusse mein..

Preeta: Uggh.. Mera mtlb h...

Karan: I don't care kya mtlb h... Mujhe tumse baat hi nhi krni h..

Preeta : Why are u behaving like that to me?

Karan: Because I don't want to talk to u...

Preeta: Ofcourse.. Tumhare paas toh aur bahut ladkiyan h na baat krne ke liye..

Karan(confused) : Kya..

Preeta: Chl kya rha tha vaha.. Tumne uska haath kyu pakda.. Answer me..

Karan: Tumhe uss se mtlb... Tumhe koi haq nhi h yeh puchne ka.. Jao apne uss chuchundar boyfriend Rahul pr haq jamao..

Preeta: Vo mera boyfriend nhi h.. And I am your best friend.. Mera haq h tum pr..

Karan: Waah.. Best friend.. Pehchana kyu nhi phir..

Preeta: Karan.. Das saal hogye h.. Uss se bhi jyada.. Pehchana nhi.. Hadd h..

Karan: Maine toh tumhe pehchan lia..

Preeta: Ha kyunki main bachpan mein moti nhi thi na gol gappa type.. Par tum toh the.. Aur ab dekho.. Fit and fine..

Karan(glaring) : Tumne mujhe gol gappa kaha...

Preeta(sarcastically) : Aur yeh chashma bhi hatao.. Double Battery.. Pehle chehra kam khoobsurat h jo aur chaar chaand laga rhe ho..

Karan: Seriously babydoll.. Main tumse naraaz hu.. Aur mujhe manane ki jagah mujhse lad rhi ho..

Preeta: Main bas tumhe itna smjha rhi hu kii tum sar se paav tk change hogye ho.. Tumhe na pehchan na is not such a big fault..

Karan glared her.

Preeta: Aur tum mere saath aise ladai nhi kr skte...

Karan: Main nhi toh kya aladin ka jinnie krega..

Preeta: This is Limit.. Ab tum mere fav cartoon ka mazak bhi uda rhe ho.. I won't tolerate this..

Karan: Uggh.. Dumbo..

Preeta(shouting) : Baat mt taalo.. Tumhari himmat kse hui mujhe ignore krke uss kaali bhootni se baat krne kii...

Karan pinned her to wall keeping hand on her mouth. She bit his hand.

Karan: Bhagwan ne mujhe do kaan diye h dumbo..

Preeta: Ha jaise mujhe toh chaar diye h na..

Karan: Don't interrupt.. Mere paas do kaan h.. Chillao mt.. Shaanti se bhi bol skti ho.. Ek se nhi sunega toh dusra h backup ke liye..

Preeta: Ha toh batao kya tha voh..

Karan: Agar tum chuchundar ke saath ghum skti ho toh main bhi kaali bhootni ka haath pakad skta hu.. And moreover u have no rights over me..

He left her and turned. She pulled him by arm and smashed hers lips on his. He was shocked but responded eventually. The kiss soon turned into a deep and passionate one.

Karan pinned her to wall still in kiss. She put her hands around his neck. Both broke breathing heavily.

Preeta: Ab bolo.. Koi haq nhi h..

Karan: Tum na..pagal ho..

Preeta: Ab tumhari best friend hu.. Pagal toh houngi hi.. Aur ab toh..

Karan: Ab toh?

Preeta: Ek ladki ek ladke ko aise hi nhi kiss krdeti h buddhu.. Saara din kitaab leke ghumte ho.. Teen words nhi bol skte...

Karan leaned towards her ear.

Karan(softly in her ears) : I.. Love You.. Khush..

He softly bit her earlobe. She smiled.

Preeta(hugging him) : I hate u too..

Karan: Maine love u bola h..

Preeta : Tumne kal yehi jawab dia tha..

He tried to break the hug annoyed.

Preeta(hugging him even more tightly) : Acha.. I love you too...

Karan kissed her forehead.

Karan: I am still gussa..

Preeta: Chodo phir chuchundar abhi bhi yahi kahi hoga..

Karan(pulling her closer) : Jaake toh dikhao..

Preeta(smirking) : Challenge..

Karan(looking at her) : You r mine...Best friend bhi.. Pyaar bhi.. Main tumhe kabhi haarunga hi nhi kii koi aur jeet le..

Preeta: You are crazy..

Karan: Correction.. We are crazy babydoll..

Both joined their forehead smiling.

And their friendship won them the battle of hearts, with love as their priceless prize...
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If someone asks me, what's the best thing ever happened to me? The answer is when I found him as my best friend, bestest friend.. And the second best thing is.. I fell in love with my best friend.

I know we aren't like other lovey dovey couples, rather than a romantic walk along beachside, we must be busy destroying each other's sand castles. Rather than cuddles, we often pillow fight. Rather than drenching in rain together, we share a warm coffee sitting near the window. We fight, we care, we love but the best part is we have each other. I look at him and everything starts making sense. Give me a stone of his name, I may mock it but I will keep it forever. Give me a diamond in his absence and I will throw it without even looking..

Often people lose the spark of their love with time but I am sure our love can never change with time....What we have is.. What we feel is timeless..
Timeless Love.. Because its friendship..

Preeta closes her diary and looks at Karan. She smiled at him.

Preeta: Karan..

Karan: Ha..

Preeta: Idhar aana..

Karan: Babydoll sorry for the prank.. Dekho marrna mt..

Preeta: Aaj tk kabhi maara h..

Karan glared her. She giggled. He came towards her and sat besides him on bed.

Preeta kissed his cheek.

Preeta(softly): I am so lucky to have you..

Karan smiled and pulled her in his lap.

Karan(smilingly) : Acha toh begum jaan aaj romantic mood mein h..

Preeta: Aisa kuch nhi h.. Chodo..

Karan kissed her cheek.

Karan: Bhagwan ne na jaane kyu tumhare jaisi aafat bhejdi meri zindagi mein..

Preeta glared him.

Karan: Par phir bhi.. Shukriya tumhe mujhe duaon mein ada krdiya..

Preeta kept her head on his chest. He kissed her forehead.

Preeta(in mind) : Aur main yeh toh batana bhul hi gyi.. Kii this is the most romantic gesture of him.. Kissing my forehead not saying just expressing how much he loves me..

Preeta(looking at him) : I love you..

Karan(brushing her nose with his) : I love you more babydoll..

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Pyaar dosti h😂❤️.. Friendship is Timeless.. This love is timeless..

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