Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

Ritwik came to the buffet area. All the guests had retired to their respective rooms as it was 3 o' clock in the morning. Only the younger gang was still hanging out and having dinner.

He saw Mishti sitting with one of his college friends Aditya. He frowned seeing her smile and chuckled as Aditya kept telling her something. They had their dinner plates on their respective laps.

He went and sat beside Mishti.

"started dinner without me?" he asked like a kid and smiled immediately seeing her wear the ring.

"yeah....why?" she frowned.

"oh so you were not eating because you were waiting for him?" aditya said chuckling.

"thanks bro....for the information...." he said smirking at her.

"i will get some gravy....i'll get it...." Aditya understood that they needed privacy and walked away.

She kept the box of the ring on his pocket.

"this is not fitting in my clutch....and my saree doesn't have pockets...."

"no saree has pockets....for this statement i can fire you from the job...." he said rolling his eyes.

"you don't have to....i am resigning....i told you right?i am going back to Delhi...." she snapped back at him.

"that is not happening...." he said and opened his mouth gesturing her to feed him.

She fed him a bite and had a bite herself.

"you just said you will fire me...." she said angrily.

"because sometime you behave really stupid....and that ring....i was supposed to make you wear it....what is happening in my life?who are you?" he asked sarcastically.

"i had warned you sir....many times....to get married to Muskaan....you asked this for yourself....now deal with it...." she said putting a bite of food into his mouth.

"are you doing this purposely?to make me irritated?" he narrowed his eyes.

"i am a good person....i don't irritate people....unlike you...." she said after having a bite of food.

"then stop calling me sir...."

"okay sir...."

He sighed and shook his head.

She got up and went to the ice cream counter.

"vanilla with hot chocolate sauce and chocolate chips...." she said happily to the person behind the counter.

"same for me...." Ritwik said standing beside her.

The guy game them their ice cream.

"do you guys have laddoo flavoured ice cream?" he asked casually.

She glared at him.

"huh?" the guy asked him confused.

"laddoo flavoured ice cream....hot and spicy one?you guys don't do that?how sad...." and he walked away leaving her fuming in anger and the guy across the counter confused.

"Mishti there is a serious issue...." muskaan came and told her.

"what?" she asked concerned.

"we have to steal Aman's shoes....but Ritwik has hidden it somewhere....we are sure he has kept it in his room...." she said sadly. It was a huge problem.

"this khadoos will never let people have fun...." she said angrily.

"exactly....Mishti we have to do something...."

"we have to steal it from his room....we cannot lose...." she said adamantly.

"this is bhai's room keys....spare ones...." one of his cousin brother came and gave the keys to Mishti.

"but we cannot gatecrash his room like this....without permission...." Mishti said in shock.

"then how are we even gonna steal the shoes Mishti di?we cannot steal it when he is in the room....right?he is too smart to be fooled...." he said trying to make him understand.

"but this is wrong...." she muttered.

"everything is fair while stealing shoes....we need the money from Aman...." Muskaan said cheering her up.

"who is gonna do it?" Mishti asked nervously.

"you...." the guy said sweetly.

"what?no....i cannot go into his room like that...." she shook her head.

"only you can go into his room Mishti di....he won't say anything to you....he will beat the shit out of me if i do it....and Muskaan di has to stay here to make sure nobody suspects us....Muskaan di knows everyone here....she can keep people busy...."

"okay fine...." she said , still a little unsure and nervous. She went upstairs to his room and unlocked the door and went in and locked it from inside.

She gathered her pallu and put it over her shoulder tucked the end of her pallu into her waist and looked around.

She heard the bathroom door click open and looked at the direction of the bathroom horrified. He came out wiping his face with a towel , the front of his hair wet with water , from the probable flash of water on his face.

"ohoo....hi...." he said amused.

"sir....i...." she fumbled and looked here and there.

"you what?" he threw the towel on the couch and went near her.

"i came here by mistake....i thought it was my room...." she said immediately.

"and the door opened with your room keys?" he asked huskily , his face inches away from her face and standing dangerously close to her.

"no sir....ac....actually...." she fumbled and gulped , unable to take the intensity and the heat from his body. Her mind trying hard to form an excuse but failed miserably.

"actually what?" he said brushing her hair away from her face and tucked them behind her ears.

She turned away with her back facing him.

He moved ahead and held her hands and entwined their fingers lightly from behind her.

"can i?" he asked softly in her ear.

She entwined their fingers tightly in response.

He release his hands from her grip softly and caressed her arms and moved up to her shoulder making her shiver.

"sir...." she said breathlessly.

"hmm?" he asked huskily and moved her hair away from her shoulder and buried his face into her neck nuzzling there with his nose.

"sir...." she gulped and clutched the side of her saree.

He made her turn and cupped her face making her look at him.

"you came here for the shoes right?" he asked softly.

She looked at him and nodded innocently.

"aap ko kaise pata?" she pouted.

He chuckled softly.

"i have hidden it....but i can give it to you....on one condition...." he said kissing her forehead.

"what?" she asked , frowning like a kid.

"you will stop calling me sir and aap....it's Ritwik and tum....i will prefer us calling each other tu karke but i can wait with that....abhi mai bhi tumhe tum karke bulata hoon....i can deal with that as of now....so Ritwik and tum...." he said and kissed her cheeks seeing her baby face.

"you cannot give me conditions like this...." she said angrily.

"i am making a deal with you....call me Ritwik...."

"this is not business sir...." she frowned.

"whatever it is....this is my way....call me Ritwik and tum....take and shoes...." he said casually.

"i have promised everyone that i will get the shoes for them....and you are taking advantage of my weak moment...." she said dramatically.

"fine....take it....take it and go....you are so irritating...." he said in irritation and gave her the packet of shoes. She snatched it immediately.

"thank you sir...." she said with a happy smile and ran away.

"again thank you?unbelievable...." he said frowning as she banged the door shut after going out.