Karan and Vidyut were discussing about a clue that Karan got when Devaki came in the room.

Karan looked at her and then looked away, "Devaki, Karan case ke bareme kucch bata raha tha. I think tumhe bhi pata hona chahiye" Vidyut said and looked at Karan, signing him to explain his point.

"Mene jungle me rehne wale har insaan ka record check kia hai, sab clean hai. Iska matlab koi intruder hai jo yeh sab kar raha hai" Karan said.

"Yaha visitors short term ke lie allowed hai. Kucch hi log hai jinko yaha rehne ki permission hai, and those are Gurukul students" He said. "Students ki personal information vagera me access nhi kar sakta, uss ke lie mujhe tumse permission chahiye" He said looking at Vidyut.

"Par yaha students parhne aate hai. Unke merit pe hi unko admission milta hai, how can they be involved in such a thing?" Devaki asked, "investigation to karni padegi" Karan said.

"Me tumhe permission deta hu, sab files tumhe mil jaengi" Vidyut said. "Devaki, sab records Karan ko dedo" He said, "Bhaiya sab records kese dedu? We're not allowed..." Devaki was saying, "Devaki" Vidyut said. She nodded.

In the evening, Devaki gathered all the records and gave Karan the files and a memory stick.

"Thank you" Karan said, she smiled. He looked at her, "you can leave" He said. "I don't want to" She said. "Mujhe tumhari zarurat nhi hai" He said, she looked down.

"Tumhara kaam zada hai vese. Case jaldi solve karna hai to let me help you. Tum memory stick ka data dekh lo, me files dekh leti hu" She suggested.

He thought about it for a moment and then agreed. Devaki took a seat at the desk in front of Karan. He plugged the memory stick in the port and started analysing the data.

Every now and then Devaki was moving her gaze up to look at Karan's. She could only see his eyes as the rest of his face was covered by the computer's screen.

His eyes were fixed on the screen, suddenly he looked up and caught Devaki staring at him. She immediately looked down, he shook his head and continued scrolling again.

After a while Devaki again looked up, "you know what, tum niklo yaha se" He said standing up. "Kyu???" She asked, "na khud kaam kar rhi ho aur na mujhe karne de rahi ho" He said.

She smirked, "me nhi kar rhi woh samajh me aata hai, lekin tumhe karne se kaha rok rhi hu?" She asked.

He rolled his eyes, "Devaki get out" He said, "no" she said. "Zabardasti karne pe majboor mat karo" He warned, "tum jo marzi karo, me yaha se nhi jaa rhi" She said.

He placed his hands on her desk and bent down to bring her face at her face's level.

"Oh really?" He asked in a low voice, she kept still. "Jaana to tumhe padega" He said looking in her eyes. He picked her up and walked to the door.

"Karan! No!!" She said loudly, but without listening to her, he took her out of the room and placed her on the floor. "Thanks for your help" He smiled and locked the door. "Karan!" She whined.

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"Why do you always hang out with Abhishek?" Sameeksha asked Shubman, "because he's my best friend?" He said, making it sound obvious. She nodded.

"Guys!" They heard Vidyut's voice, "apne lie ek partner dhoondh lijiye jiske saath aap practical kar sake" He said.

Sameeksha looked at Shubman, he looked away, "hey Jasmine!" He said and went to someone leaving Sameeksha alone.

"Kamina" She cursed, "Sameeksha?" She heard a voice. It was Abhishek, "can I be your partner?" He asked, "huh?" She said, "I...I mean lab partner" He said, she nodded slowly.

"Why do I feel ke me tumhe zara bhi accha nhi lagta?" He asked as they walked towards their desk, "nhi, esa nhi hai" She said not looking at him.

"To kesa hai?" He asked, "tum mujhe acche lagte ho" She said, "really?" He said excitingly, with a smile.

"I mean acche as in...theek lagte ho, not in that way" She said. "Which way?" He asked, "you know..." She said, "I...don't" He said. "Bano mat" She said looking at him, he chuckled and nodded.

"Distilled water le aaoge? Me tab talk microscope set up kardu?" Sameeksha asked politely, melting Abhishek's heart. "Of course..." He managed to say and went to bring distilled water.

Sameeksha saw him going to the end of the lab, he crossed many girls but didn't even look at one of them. She looked away when she saw him coming back.

"Yeh lo" He said giving the bottle. She took it, making sure that their fingers don't touch.

He went on the other side of the desk. He placed his right elbow on the desk and bent down to place his chin on his right palm.

He kept looking at her with a smile. She was too focused on her specimen that she didn't notice what Abhishek was doing.

A wide smile appeared on her face, "yeh dekho!" She said looking at Abhishek. Her smile disappeared and her cheeks went a little pink.

"Dikhao" He said and looked in the lenses. She looked at Abhishek, he was looking hot while examining the cells.

"Wow" Abhishek said looking at her, she immediately looked down but Abhishek caught her.

"Me next item tayaar karti hu" She said not looking at him.

"Distilled water" She said, he grabbed the bottle and made sure that she would touch his hand. Sameeksha's fingers brushed with his hand, "shittttt" She thought not looking at him.

The next item was in focus, Sameeksha asked Abhishek to have a look at it, without moving her eyes off the lenses.

"Dekho na" She said again moving this time. She couldn't find him on her left or right, "dikhao" He whispered in her ear.

She froze right there. He moved the microscope in front of him and placed his hands on the desk, caging Sameeksha between his arms.

He bent down and looked in the lenses. Sameeksha didn't move an inch.

He was finally done, "beautiful" He said. She looked at him, "the specimen" He said looking at the microscope. She smiled a little.

She looked at him, "Kese ban raha hai mere saamne, jese kucch kia hi na ho" She thought. He smirked as he knew what was going on in her mind.

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