Sanyukta went to there room and sat on the bed..
"five minutes me ready nehi huye nah tum.. Toh main akeli chali jayungi.." she yelled...
"nehi.. Bas ho hi gaya hain.." Randhir yelled back from loo..

After five minutes Randhir said peeping through the slightly opened door of the loo..
"ermm.. Umm Sanyu.."
"kya huya?? Jaldi karo Randhir.. Aise sirf sir (head) bahar nikal ke kyun baat kar rahe ho.. Pura bahar niklo.." Sanyukta frowned..
"pura bahar nehi aa sakta.. Izzat ki baat hain.." said Randhir..
"huhh.." she got confused..
"woh actually baat aisi hain.. Jaldi me bina towel or kapde ke hi washroom me ghuss gaya..
Please zara towel dedo mujhe.." he grinned nervously..
Sanyukta shook her head in disbelief and handed him his towel chipping "you are impossible Randhir.."
"thank you.. I'll take it as a compliment.." and he shut the door..
"yeh jitna good boy dikhta hain asal me aisa bilkul nehi hain..
Kitna shaitaan hain yeh..
Bach ke reh Sanz isse.." she said in mind..

Soon they settled in Parth's car and Randhir drove themselves to the temple..
Randhir noticed Sanyukta was a bit calm today.. Unusually calm..
In morning when Randhir laughed at her she didn't reacted rudely, then when he irritated her with the towel then even she didn't reacted much..
And now as they were nearing the temple Sanyukta's face started to become stiff..

"yeh Sanyu ko ho kya raha hain??
Itna weird kyun behave kar rahi hain yeh??
Subha bhi kuch nehi bola isne...
Aise me toh chandi ban jati hain agar isse irritate karu toh..
Par aaj toh yeh bilkul shant hain..
Uncle aunty ko yaad kar rahi hogi..
Shit.. She is in pain..
I hope main kuch kar sakta uske liye..
Par mujhse aapna pain share bhi toh nehi karegi Sanyukta..
Godd...!! Why this girl is so complicated.." Randhir thought in mind..

Randhir halted the car as the reached the temple..
He unblocked his seat belt and looked at Sanyukta as she didn't do any movement..
She was till looking outside of the window like she did in the whole journey..
"Sanyukta we reached.." Randhir said softly..

Sanyukta looked at Randhir and again looked back.. Then blinking twice she face him again..
Everything happened in a fraction of seconds..
But it was enough for Randhir to notice her glassy eyes..
"sorry I was just zone out.." she said and hopped down from the car...

"Sanyukta..." Randhir called her from behind after getting out of the car...
Turning to him Sanyukta said.. "haan bolo.."
"tum thik toh ho nah??" he asked her..
"yup.. I'm perfectly fine.. Mujhe kya hoga.." she faked a smile..
But Randhir's gaze wasn't on her lips.. He was only looking at her eyes..
One thing he got to know after spending three months with her that her eyes speak volume...
And being a very keen observer he could easily sense her mind set..

And at that time what he was seeing he never wished to see...
The same gloomy and blank eyes which he used to witness in initial days of being her roomie..
Not a ting of emotion..
After their half friendship Sanyukta started to behave quite normal around him..
Now a days her blank eyes contented some fun, anger, irritation, pain, stress, calmness and care..
He was satisfied and he used to thank almighty mentally for making her normal..
But today again they turned blank..
And seeing her like this his heart ached..

"hmm.. Fir thik hain.. But if you feel like talking someone then I'm here beside you only.." even after knowing that she wasn't alright he didn't pressurized her to speak up...
He knew that was not the right time to ask her about anything.. And moreover Sanyukta was a hard nut to crack..

Hearing Randhir, Sanyukta just nodded and they both headed towards the temple...

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