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That night

Divya went out with maan..

They were sitting in a restaurant and looking here and there..

Divya finally asked "yaha bas baithe rehne ka hi irada hai kya?"

Maan smiled "nahi order….haan order karte hai.." he said nervously..

Divya glared at him..and spoke "tum itna ghabra kyun rahe ho?"

Maan gulped down the throat "wo kya hai na…pehli baar kisi larki ko dinner pe laaya hun isliye!"

Divya looked at him shockingly and then started laughing…..Maan smiled seeing her laugh….. well he really had a crush on her since first day..

"college mein bade hero bane firte ho…. aur aaj tak kisi ke saath date pe nahi gaye….hehehe! " she laughed.

Maan replied looking at her…."haan..ab har koi tumari tarah special nahi hota"

Divya smiled "acha ab dinner ka order kare?bahut bhuk lagi hai mujhe"

They order the food and spent quality time with each other.

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Next Morning…

Ruhana opened the main door for taking milk, when she found an envelope in the mail box. She was shocked when she opened it and saw something inside it….

Just then angel comes over..

"Roo.."

Ruhana came out of her trance and quickly closes the envelope and turns..

"kya hua Angel?"

She glanced at the envelop…."yeh envelop? Kuch important hai kya?"

Ruhana spoke " nahi….kuch khas nahi hai…..mujhe kuch kaam hai….main aati hun"

And she moves inside the house.

Angel thought "aisa kya tha uss envelope mein ? Roo itna ghabrayi hui kyun thi?"

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With allt he thoughts, she moved in. Everyone was there at the breakfast table….

Bulbul brought palak from her room due to her sprained foot..

Vineet asked "toh choti saali sahiba…..kaisa hai aapka pain?"

Palak replied "thik hi hai jijs…..aur acha ho jaata agar koi mujhe mana leta"

she spoke looking at ruhana who was lost somewhere. Vineet looked at ruhana and noticed her facial expression..

"roo.. paratha.."

Ruhana served him with the paranthas. Everyone finished their breakfast and left for respective jobs..

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Ruhana's Room…

After everyone left, Ruhana moved to her room, took out the envelop and was seeing the contents inside it. It has a paper and some photographs. She was quite sure it was someone who knew her very well. Tears welled up in her eyes…..

"Pehle hi pareshaniyan kam thi jo ab yeh…..inka main kya karu? Agar kisi ke haath lag gayi toh? Aur aakhir hai kaun yeh jo itna sab kuch jaanta hai. "

She took out the letter and started reading it….

" I know you're shocked to see these photographs. But, yeh ek aisa sach hain jise tum chupa toh sakti ho par badal nahi sakti. Tumhara ateet toh tumhare saamne hain hi, ab agar tum yeh chahti ho ki yeh sach main kisi ko na bataun toh tumhe mujhse milna hoga aur jo main kahun wo karna hoga….tumhari shubhchintak."

She was quite confused after reading the letter, as of what the person was saying was something that was confined only to her and Sachin.

*Flashback Starts*

It was a fine day in college when she was moving to her class. Being good in studies and also because she talked to the point, many boys were behind her….some for her friendship while others just for their status sake. That day, being the last day of the week and also, as exams were approaching, her friends were not there and she was there only for her notes sake as she had to meet a teacher for some doubts.

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Being a silent day, she had been noticing some gazes on her. She thought that the boys might need her help, but she was determined not to help them. Her thoughts came to an end when one of them blocked her way as she was moving out of the college. Though, she was strong enough, yet when she tried to move silently, she was blocked from all sides and one of the boys, being the head of other three ,ordered them to take her with them. She tried to fight away , but this head, named Viki, held her hand….

"Bahut ho gaya tera, isi haath se thappad maara tha na tune mujhe, abhi usi baat ka badla lunga main."

"bahut shauk hai na tujhe college mein top karne ka…..aisa haal karunga tera ki tu marks aur percentage sab bhool jayegi."

And he pulled her with him.

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*Flashback Ends*

Her trance broke as a flower vase fell down from the table. And then a touch on her shoulder…

"roo , tu thik hain na? kya hua? Yeh flower vase kaise gira?"

Angel questioned her as she turned up rubbing off the sweat from her forehead. Angel was keenly watching her and also noticed the envelop in her hand…..

"Ruhana….kya hua hai? kuch batayegi? Subah bhi yehi envelop tha tere haath mein…aakhir hai kya isme? Tu kyun itna pareshan hain? plz tu apne saath hume bhi pareshan karr ahi hai."

Ruhana sighed…."Dekh Angel, meri life already bahut complicated hain, main tum logon ko isme involve nahi karna chahti. Tu Sachin ke saath khush hain…..khush hi reh. "

And she kept the envelop in her purse and looked at her….

"Ab chal, lunch banana hain. Vineet aur Viren ke liye lunch bhejna hain. "

And she went out of the room and angel, though confused, followed her..

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CMT college

Vineet dropped palak at college..

"take care and be careful! no masti samjhi! "

Palak nodes and gets inside and found Ritvik was waiting for her. He smiled…

"how's ur leg?"

Palak replied "it's good..chalo"

And they both attend the lecture..but palak got irritated….

She whispered to him.. "oh god isse sun ke toh god ko bhi neend aa jaaye"

Ritvik smiled and patted on her head…. "chup chap suno.."

Palak glared at him "mujhe nahi sunna itna bakwaas aur yeh boring lecturer…..main jaa rahi hun tum aa rahe ho ki nahi?"

Ritvik replied "nahi mujhe sunna hai"

Palak glanced at him angrily….. "rits..tum chal rahe ho….nahi toh acha nahihoga ….main lecturer ko bata dungi ki tum mujhe padhne nahi dete aur exams mein help karte ho.."

Ritvik looked at her shockingly "yeh dhamki hai!"

Palak raised her eyebrows and smirked….. "I know..toh chalo"

Ritvik sighs… palak gets out of the back door quietly..and ritvik also follows her..

"hash.. thank god! What a relief!

Palak sighs. Ritvik looks at her….

"yaar tum mujhe humesha galat blackmail karti ho…..maine aisa kabhi kuch kiya nahi."

Palak smiles and pulls his cheeks….."isliye toh karti hun mere pyare Ritss!"

"don't pull my cheeks.." he replied irritated while she pulled his cheeks more..

Akshay watched them and he smiled looking at palak but was disturbed by call of himself by his friend and he leaves…

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CMT college

Maan meets divya..

"thanks Divya… for the lovely dinner date yesterday"

Divya nods "arey thanks toh mujhe kehna chahiye. I never felt so good before like I did yesterday.."

Ranjali came there… Rahul glanced at Divya….

"divs.. tum date pe gayi thi iske saath?" he questioned her..

Divya nodes "haan toh isme itna chaukne wali kya baat hai ?"

Rahul replies "nahi maine bas aise hi pucha.."

Anjali interrupts "well it is good na..tum dono bhi ek dusre ke saath kitne ache lagte ho as couple"

Maan and divya looked at each other…

Rahul spoke looking at them and then Anjali….

"arey.. Anjali yeh dono friends hai jaise main aur divs hai…..chill…... dinner toh mere saath bhi divs ne kiya hai kitni baar hai na?"

Divya nodes "haan par kal wala sabse best tha….thanks Maan.."

Maan smiles and replies "acha ab chalo class ke liye derr ho rahi hai.."

Divya nods and leaves with Maan. Anjali looks at Rahul….

Anjali speaks "rahul tumhe nahi lagta dosti se aage ka rishta ban chukka hai iska?"

Rahul nodes "han lagta toh hai. aur agar aisa hai toh baat karni padegi dono se."

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At hospital

Bulbul was checking her patient…

"aap dawai time pe lijiye baki sab perfect hai.."

Then the patient leaves..

She sits back on the chairand receives a call from receptionist.. ..she picks up..

"yes.."

" thik hai, mere cabin mein bhej do."

And disconnects the call..

Someone enters inside. She asks without looking up as she was signing some documents.

"kahiye kya hua hai aapko?"

"pyaar"

Bulbul found a familiar voice…...she closed the file in her hand looked at the person..

"iska ilaaj mere pass nahi hai" she replied.

"aapke pass hi hai. Ek cheez hai jo unhone mujhe abhi tak nahi di" he complained

Bulbul asked raising her eyebrows and thinking… the person came and stood in front of her.

" kiss…jo us din adhuri reh gayi thi."

Bulbul pushed him away " virus! Are you mad? Main yahan kaam kar rahi hoon aur tumhe kiss ki padi hai?"

Viren replies with a smile…."Miss Chidiya, main kiss liye bina yahan se jaane nahi wala."

Bulbul scolds him "no..mere patients aate hi honge"

Viren again moves close to her "madam!aapka appointment register dekh ke aa raha hun. Agle ek ghante tak koi patient nahi hai aur mere paas time hi time hai."

Bulbul glared at him " acha, aur tumhare office ka kaam? Sab jiju pe chhod diya?"

Viren replies "jee nahi madam, bhai ko akela nahi chhoda. Tum bas 2 minute mein mujhe kiss de do, main chala jaunga"

Bulbul smiles "tum naa…hato bhi!"

She tries to push him butunfortunately he loses his balance and falls down thud on the floor.. bulbul starts to laugh..

"lo mil gayi tumhe tumhari kiss?"

Viren looked at her "ajeeb doctor ho tum yaar….mujhe yahan chot lagi hai aur tum has rahi ho.

Bulbul stops laughing and gives her hand.. "acha aao"

Viren holds her hand and get up..he holds her from the waist and they were just few inches away from each other.. bulbul stared at him.. he forwarded his right cheek in front of her face and smiled.. bulbul was feeling awkward a bit because it was her workplace.. she looked here and there.. found all clear.. and almost kissed him… but… was interrupted..

A familiar voice came "viren chalo…kaam ho gaya"

Viren left bulbul… bulbul quickly picked up the file and started turning it..

It was vineet he looked at both..

"oh so sorry wrong timing…"

He smiled coyly turning to other side.

Bulbul says "jiju..nahi…kuch nahi….main toh bas file study kar rahi thi"

Vineet looked at her raising his eyebrows…."acha, ulti file?"

Bulbul looked and turned it around..viren came to vineet

"bhai chaliye….aap mil liye apne client se?"

Vineet nodes "haan uska accident hua tha….abhi thik hai. chalo chalte hai…bye bulbul!"

Viren and vineet leave the hospital..

Bulbul smiles and shakes her head.. "virus bhi na!.."

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CMT college

Palak and ritvik were sitting in cafeteria..

They heard some sound..

"yeh aawaz kaisi thi?"

Ritvik replies " pata nahi….chalo dekhte hain."

They walk towards the direction from where sound came from..

"itni himmat tumhari ki tum mere samne yeh sab karo!"

Palak was shocked " arey, yeh Mr Headache phir se shuru ho gaya!"

Akshay was beating up a guy again..

"acha hi hai….di aur jiju se daant padegi isey!"

The principle came..

"boys stop it.."

Akshay stops looking at him… "sir aap"

Principle says " Akshay Mehra….kaha tha na tumse ki mujhe college mein koi maar peet nahi chahiye….behave yourself!"

Akshay replies in anger.. "par sir yeh aadmi ne ek larki pe haath uthaya….. mujhse dekha nahi gaya. Hadh hoti hai kisi ko itna kamzor samajhte hai ki jo chahe kar de unke saath!"

And leaves from there..

Principle saw palak and came to her.. "tum jaanti ho na Akshay Mehra ko!"

Palak nodes..

" toh Mr and Mrs Vineet se kehna ki isey samjha de, varna acha nahi hoga."

And leaves from there..

Palak looks at Ritvik…"dekha di aur jiju ko bhi headache deta hai yeh. Ghar mein pehle se itni problems hai"

Ritvik replies "shant ho jaao..ruhana di usse baat kar legi….. aaj waise bhi wo ghar jaane wala hai"

Palak looked at him.. "tumhe kaise pata?"

Ritvik told "usne mujhe kaha tha ki sham ko tum uska wait karo aur sath ghar jao."

Palak looks at him…."main paidal chali jaungi but us headache ke saath kabhi nahi."

And leaves from there..

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CMT college

Lecture has ended and everyone began to leave the class..divya took her belongings and was about to come out of classroom but got tripped.. maan comes and grabs her on time… they both share an eye look..

"sambhalke chala karo Divya"

Divya gets up..rahul watched them..

"tum dono sachi batao mujhe kuch chal raha hai tum dono ke beech?"

Maan looked at rahul and replies…

"haan chal raha hai….hum dono ek dusre se pyaar karte hai."

Divya was shocked as she had never expected this answer but before she could say anything….. maan continued..

" par tumhe isse kya problem hai? tum anjali se pyaar karte ho, humne kabhi kuch pucha?nahi na….phir tum kyun apni best friend ki life mein itne interested ho? tum apni life mein settled ho, ab usey bhi hone do."

He holds her hand and was about to take her from there..but rahul stops them

"hey chill yaar.. …gussa mat ho. Main toh bas confirm kar raha tha. Main bahut khush hun.. sach keh raha hun" he hugs them both.. "congrats.. guys"

He receives a call from Anjali and leaves from there..

Divya looked at maan and spoke "maan tumne rahul ko yeh sab kyu kaha?"

Maan replies " maine kuch galat nahi kaha DIvya. Usne tumse bina puche pyar kiya aur wo aage badh raha hai toh wo ab tumhari life ko complicated kyun kar raha hai? aur maine sach hi kaha I love you Divya!

Divya was shocked at his sudden confession..

"I know tum mujhse pyaar nahi karti par main karta hun bahut pehle se…. bas keh nahi paaya. Sorry agar tumhe bura laga ho toh….par yahi sach hai aur mujhe koi afsos nahi hai.

And leaves from there..divya recalled what just happened few minutes ago.

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Later in evening….Khanna Mansion…

Palak comes back home alone..

Ruhana spoke "palak tu akeli? Akshay nhi mila kya?"

Palak replies "di..mujhe nahi aana tha uske saath"

Ruhana speaks strictly to her…"kya behavior hai yeh….tumare pair mein chot lagi hai na phir bhi tum akeli aayi wo bhi bus se….wo aa raha tha na….itni bhi laparwahi achi nahi…"

Palak gets more angry and shouts….

"di kya ho gaya hai aapko…..kyun mujhpe itna gussa kar rahi ho aap aajkal? Pehle bhi maine aisa kiya hai tab toh aapne kuch nahi kaha toh ab kyun?

She throws her bag on the floor and climbs up her room…..Akshay who was standing at the door heard everything.

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Ruhana sighed as she saw her little sister climbing up the stairs.

"I am sorry gudiya….mujhe pata hai mujhe tujhe is tarah daantna nahi chahiye lekin jo ho raha hai wo bhi nahi hona chahiye."

She came out of her trance with a warm touch on her shoulder….She turned to find Akshay….

"Arey Akshay….tu kab aaya?"

"jab tum palak ko daant rahi thi. Kyun bechari ko itna daantti ho? " akshay asked looking at her.

Ruhana looked at him…."uski haalat dekhi hai tune? Pair mein moch aayi hai lekin ziddi bhi hai na….maanegi nahi meri baat."

"hai toh aap hi ki behen. Aap bhi toh nahi bata rahi ki kyun itna gussa kar rahi ho? dekho, jitney saalon se main aapko jaanta hoon , aap kisi pe bhi bina wajah gussa nahi karti. Us din jab hum behes kar rahe they tab bhi tum humpe chilla di thi aur uske baad parso bhi bechari palak pe chilla di. Tumhe pata hai wo kitni pareshan hai….tumne danta uska dukh nhi hai usey…..lekin bina baat ke danta isliye gussa hai wo. Hua kya hai ,yeh toh batao" he asked out of concern.

A tear drop fell off her eyes….

"han, jaanti hoon,bahut gussa kiya na uspe lekin kya karu….haalaat hi aise hain. mujhe nahi pata ki main kya kar rahi hoon. Abhi bhi uspar chilla diya. Lekin jab jis baat ko aap bhulna chaho, wahi aapke saamne aa jaye toh bahut dard hota hai."

He looked at her….."kya bhulna chahti ho? hum sab kitne khush hain Di, phir kya problem hai?"

He kept his hands on her shoulder while she hugged him. He was surprised but hugged her patting her hair….

"acha ab yeh sab chhodo, aur jaake palak se baat kar lo. Bechari 2 din se pareshan hai. Please jao na! Main yahin hoon."

He parted the hug while Ruhana moved to Palak's room and while going something fall off her hands. Akshay picked it up and found it to be the same envelope. Here, angel came there calling for ruhana….

"Roo, chal na tere haath ki mixed Vegetable khani hai mujhe…..aur tu hi gayab hai."

"Arey Angel di, wo Di palak ke paas gayi hai. " Akshay replied as he sat on the sofa.

Angel smiled…."tum kab aaye?"

"abhi kuch derr pehle. Aap sunaiye kaisi hain?" he smiled at her.

She sighed…."confused hoon….khair tum baitho, main coffee banati hoon."

She turned to leave when she saw the same envelope beside him. She moved to him….

"akshay, yeh envelop tumhe kahan mila?"

He looked up at the envelop and then at Angel….

"wo abhi di ke haath se gira. Main de dunga unhe."

Angel nodded and moved to kitchen….

"ho na ho, us envelope mein zarur kuch hai. lagta hai aisa kuch hai jo sirf Ruhana ya sachin jaante hain….sachin se baat karna hoga."

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Palak's Room.

The room was opened and palak was sitting on the bed. Ruhana knocked the door, she looked up but didn't reply. Ruhana moved in and sat on the bed beside her. She looked at her….

"Ab maine kya kiya jo aap mujhe dantne mere room tak aa gayi?" she replied coldly.

Ruhana looked at her….."ab tak naraz hai mujhse?"

"nahi, main kahan naraz hoon, naraz toh bas aap ho rahi ho , wo bhi sirf mujhse. Kiya kya hai maine di? Kyun mujhse itna naraz ho? pichle 15 saal mein toh aapne kabhi mujhe nahi danta. Meri galtiyon pe bhi parda daal deti ho…aur jiju se bhi meri galtiyan chhupati ho, phir ab kya ho gaya. "

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"bubbles di ne bhi yahi bola ki aap pareshan ho isliye aisa kiya. Par roz roz ki pareshani ka gussa mere upar kyun di? Kyun?"

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"mujhe zara si chot lagne pe bhi aap ghabra jaati ho aur ab mujhe daant ke aise shaant kyun ho….bolo na kya hua meri di ko ?"

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Ruhana knew her anger was right at its place. She was angry because of some other circumstances and she blurted it all on palak. She was not happy, but it was all she could do. she knew her sister was hurt more because of her behavior.

She looked at palak and held her hands….

"Sorry Gudiya….i am really sorry. Tujhe kya lagta hai tujhe daant ke main shaant reh sakti hu. Main nahi jaanti ki kyun par us pal maine wahi kiya jo mujhe thik laga. I know mujhe tujhpe chillana nahi chahiye tha lekin shayad mere gusse ne mere dimaag pe kaabu pa liya tha aur main tujhpar chilla di. "

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"tujhe pata hai na teri di sab kuch sehen kar sakti hai par apni gudiya ka yeh rukha behavior nahi. I am sorry gudiya….i promise ki abse aisa nahi hoga."

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"main yeh toh nahi jaanti ki yeh sab kab thik hoga lekin itna zarur jaanti hoon ki agar tu aur bulbul mere saath hai toh sab thik ho hi jayega."

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Palak looked at her…..She knew her sister was also hurt and disturbed. She hugged her….

"Han di, hum sab thik kar denge. Bas aap aise daanto mat….gudiya se sehen nahi hota."

Ruhana smiles and kisses on her forehead while Palak hugs her as tight as she could.

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Meanwhile, they could hear Vineet calling them and they moved downstairs.

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A/N: okay here we end!

Toh kisi ne kiya pyar ka izhaar toh kisi ko hai isse aitraaz…hehe :P

Khula hai ek raaz….kaun hai yeh jo janta hai Ruhana ke ateet ka raaz? Hihihi :P

Kya akshay sach jaan payega?

Stay tuned!

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