The credit of this update goes to @the_olive_enigma. She requested me to upload a chapter before the year ends. Here it is!

P.S. Sorry if you find some mistakes, as I am updating it in a hurry, there was no time to proofread it.

Happy Reading!

In the classroom, Naina had really lost her appetite. She glanced around, except some boys at the back, there was no one.

Khushi was her best friend. But Sameer, Sameer was her love. How will she forget him?

She looked up, "Bhagwanji, ye kaisa dharam sankat hai? Aapne Sameer ko yaha bhejke mujhe itni khushi di par dusre hi din aapne mujhse meri saari Khushi kyu cheen li?" Her eyes swam with tears "Wo meri hi dost se pyaar karta hai aur...aur main uske liye khush bhi nahi ho sakti..."

She now connected the dots, that's why Khushi always ignored Aditya, because she loved Sameer. And Sameer also loved her, she could see it in his eyes. She had never seen him so happy and cheerful, he was with Khushi.

She will try her best to forget him and be happy for Sameer. Khushi deserved her friend's support while Sameer...she doesn't matter for him anyways.

She tried to smile...forcefully...but couldn't and the fresh tears pooled in her eyes. She will not be able to see them together, and decided to go to her room while giving an excuse of not feeling well.

She wiped her tears and was about to leave when she saw Khushi entering inside...

Khushi hugged her in a force that made her balance waver. Naina wrapped her hands around Khushi in confusion of this sudden hug.

"Thank you so so so much Naina" Naina couldn't fathom the context of her thank you untill she added, "Bhai ki jaan bachane ke liye.."

"Bhai!?" Naina still has confusion written on her face when Khushi parted.

"Sameer bhai!" Khushi smiled emotionally.

"Sameer b..bhai?" Naina was on cloud nine by this revelation. Oh god! He was her brother. And she had imagined him as everything but her brother. How could she even not think of this??

Khushi nodded with some tears in her eyes, "Haan Naina...main tujhe bata bhi nahi sakti ki tune kya kiya hai...bh..bhai mere liye bahut important hai...unki jaan bachakar..." She could not put her emotions into words and hugged her again.

When they heard the bell rang, both sat at their usual places.

"Mujhe na bhai ne abhi bataya ki tum dono ek hi class main padhte the...ahmedabad meinn..."

Naina nodded smilingly. She was opening her bag when she felt a gust of wind passing...and there he was...entering the classroom. Naina, like every single time, could not take her eyes off him.

Tu tu hai wahi dil ne jise apna kaha

Tu hai jahan main hoon wahan

Ab to ye jeena tere bin hai sazaa...

Sameer ignored her completely while giving a tight lipped smile to Khushi.

Khushi scowled in front of him but smiled later murmuring, "Ye bhai bhi na...bilkul bachhe hai!"

It was the last period. The mathematics teacher, Swarna, came for the last revision. She informed them that from Monday they'll start with a new term.

She thought to revise formulas and asked the students to tell her the sum of squares formula when she heard only two voices.

"a2 + b2 + 2ab = (a +b)2 "

"a2 + b2 + 2ab = (a +b)2 "

Sameer and Naina looked at each other. The flashback struck both of them. This was the formula Naina was teaching Swati, while Sameer was sitting behind them. Somehow, just by overhearing Naina, he managed to learn the formula. He was impressed with her teaching skills and this was the reason he asked her to teach him for the headboy competition.

Teacher praised both of them and made all the students clap for them as they were the only ones who had the formulas learned among all the students.

After the school ended, Khushi informed Naina about the little fight she had with Sameer, not telling her what it was about.

"Tu tension mat le...uske room mein ja aur mana usse..." She said while they were climbing the stairs.

Khushi nodded but she don't know his room number, "Naina unka room number kaise pata lagau?"

Naina hit her on her forehead, "Idiot...tere hi floor main hai...315.."

"Tujhe kaise pata?"

"Kal mere saath hi yaha aaya tha na wo Khushi..." Naina rolled her eyes at her and pushed her, "Tujhe puri kahani sunaungi achhe se...abhi ja uske pass!"

Khushi sprinted on the stairs that lead to the third floor. How come she didn't know about Sameer being here, when he was on the same floor as hers?

She came in front of room 315 and knocked, only to be welcomed by Aditya, who turned sideways and announced, smiling widely, "Khushi hai sir!"

Khushi glared at him for blocking her way, "Hato...mujhe andar jana hai!"

She entered his room, glancing at Sameer who was standing at the stool and was fitting the rope attaching the punching bag to the ceiling.

"Bhai! Aap kya kar rahe ho?" Khushi asked smilingly.

"Aditya...isse bol ki ye galat kamre mein aa gayi hai...ye Naina ka kamra nahi hai..." Sameer mocked her.

"Mujhe aapse hi milna tha...baat toh suno meri...aap mujhse baat kyu nahi kar rahe ho?"

He called Aditya in reply, "Aditya...come here..." when he came, Sameer ordered him to hold the punching bag, "Isko pakad ke rakh...hilna nahi chahiye..." to which Aditya nodded.

Khushi was watching two of them, engrossed in the 'very important work' ignoring her. She murmured, "Ye dono na aise nahi manne wale..."

When both of them were done with fitting, they moved aside and were discussing changing some parts.

Khushi started punching into the bag with her bare hands, when a groan escaped her mouth, "Ow"

In a moment, both the boys were by her side and she was patting herself for the amazing idea.

"Khush...kaise karti hai...lag gayi na tujhe..." Sameer started scolding her while Aditya quickly fetched a first aid box.

When Sameer held her hand to apply the antiseptic cream on knuckles when she complained, "Kyu? Aap toh mujhse baat nahi kar rahe the na...ab ye fikr kyu kar rahe ho?"

Sameer looked at her, "Ye pagal jaisi harkat kab band karegi tu? Bina gloves punching nahi karte...you know that right?"

Aditya decided to give both of them some alone time to sort out everything and he departed.

"Yeah...I know...but you don't..." Sameer was blowing at her knuckles when he stopped and glanced at her in confusion, "Ki Naina kitni achhi ladki hai..." Khushi completed.

Sameer turned his back towards her, "Khush...agar tu phir se uski tarafdari karne aayi hai toh please you can go..."

"Bhai..." She faced her, "Please aap meri baat toh suno..."

"You know what Khush? Usne mujhe school se suspend kar diya tha...Nanu ke karan mila mujhe admission..." He told her everything in detail.

"Bhai samajh rahi hu...par...aap bhi toh samjho na...apne hi kaha na wo head monitor thi...phir? Bhai Naina jaisi honest ladki kahi nahi milne wali aapko...agar aapki jagah uska khud ka Bhai bhi rehta toh wo yahi karti..."

Sameer pondered over her words. She was right.

"Aur sabse badi baat...usne aapki jaan bachayi kal...phir bhi aap usse itna bura-bhala keh rahe ho? Very bad.."

Seeing her cute face, Sameer pulled her cheeks, "Theek hai...usse achhe se thank you bol dunga...khush?"

"Yess!!" Khushi grinned and pulled him in a hug.

Naina came back to her room, a wide smile on her face. She hastily took out something from her drawer.

Sameer. He is here.

She twirled around with the photo. She can't be more happy. She decided to go to Mandir to thank the god. But before this, she wanted to tell this to her dear friend, Shefali.

She knocked at Khushi's room in excitement. After waiting for a minute, she saw her room latched and chided herself, "Offo Naina...pagal hai puri..."

She thought for a moment before knocking at Sameer's door. Khushi must be there or else she will end up embarrassing herself in front of him.

The door opened with Khushi standing there. "Naina?"

Naina got nervous thinking that Sameer might be listening her which made her stammer, "Wo Khu...Khushi...tera room band tha...mujhe...phone..."

Khushi said in a concerned voice, "Tu theek hai na!? Aise hakla kyu rahi hai? Chal andar aa..."

Naina widened her eyes. Entering in a boy's room and that too of Sameer's? She'll not be able to even stand properly. "Nahi...nahi mujhe bas wo ph..phone karna tha...wahi puchne aayi thi kyuki tere room mein lock tha..." She smiled nervously.

Khushi smacked her, "Pagal...puchne kyu aayi thi? Mera room tera room...tu kabhi bhi ja sakti hai waha...aur telephone bhi bina tension liye use kar sakti hai okay?"

Naina smiled gratefully at her. She tried to have a glance of Sameer behind her once but couldn't as the passage of door was narrow which blocks the entire view of the room with someone standing there.

It seemed like every other wish, god has listened to her this wish too when Sameer came behind Khushi to greet her, "Hello Naina!" he waved.

Khushi was happy that Sameer listened to her and was talking with her politely.

But the case was not same in Naina's case. Her smile froze hearing her name from his mouth. He has said it numerous times but the fluttering in Naina's stomach was same everytime. She was just watching him which made Khushi nudge her, "Kaha kho gayi?"

Now both of them, Khushi amd Sameer, were standing outside the room.

"Huh!" She was flushed, "H..Hi Sameer."

"Main..chalti hu..." She looked at Khushi and smiled politely at Sameer before going in the opposite direction.

Sameer, once inside the room, picked up a ball and started playing with it, "Kyu aayi thi ye?"

Khushi chuckled, "Use phone karna tha aur mera room band tha toh puchne aayi thi...pagal!"

Sameer stopped and looked at her with knitted brows, "Phone karne ka aur tere room ka kya connection hai?"

"Mere room mein maine telephone lagwaya hua hai...isliye" Khushi elaborated.

"Telephone? Tere room mein? Sahi hai!" Sameer, having been living in hostels since childhood, never saw the hostel with this much facilities.

"Haan! Aapko bhi ab telephone ki jarurat nahi hai...jab call karna ho toh mera use karna..." Khushi's telephone was like a telephone in a house, where all her neighbouring students make calls, more than she did herself.

Suddenly Sameer's eyes gone wide in realisation, "Oh shit! Call se yaad aaya main Nanu ko call hi nahi kiya hai!"

Khushi chuckled, "Jao karlo...pareshan ho gaye honge Nanu...main tab tak aapke kapde set karti hu... "

He stormed to Khushi's room. He'll have to face the wrath of Nanu now along with the taunts he'll get from Munna and Pandit.

He reached her room where he saw Naina chirping into the phone jumping and smiling. She was so engrossed in talking that she didn't notice him entering the room.

"Shefali mujhe to abhi bhi vishwas nahi ho raha..." She jumped like a kid

"Haan Haan baba...de dungi party...but abhi aage kya karu?" She made a confused face.

"Okay! Sun Preeti ya Swati ko mat batana iss baare mein..." She greeted her for the last time and cut the call.

These were the only words he heard. Sameer, waiting for her to complete, stood at the corner of the room, which was not visible to her.

After hanging up, as he saw her, she took something from the table, smiling like a fool. She twirled looking at that and froze.

Happy New Year to all my lovely readers! May this year brings you lots of happiness!