Raman held Ishita's hand tightly and opens his eyes.

"N-No..I..I can't do it!" Raman starts panicking but Ishita holds both of his hands.

"Ssh! Calm down, Raman. I'm with you. Open your eyes. Look straight and just notice the beauty of the forest. Don't even think you're sitting on a tall tree."

Raman stays silent for a few minutes and then obeys Ishita. He opens his eyes and looks straight at the greenery and the bright blue sky where the birds were flying and chirping. The chirping of the birds was soothing and the white cloud that covered the sky added more to it's beauty.

"Wow." Were the only words that left Raman's mouth when he saw the greenery.

He smiles widely and looks at Ishita.

"You're right. It's.. It's so beautiful." Raman's eyes lighten up and Ishita giggles as he looks around everywhere like a little kid.

"I told you. You need to face your fears."

Before Raman could when say a word, everybody started howling and clapping.

"You both did great. Now, Come down just like the way you climbed." The instructor yells.

"C'mon. Let's go!" Ishita grabs his hand and both of them start climbing down the tree. Ishita almost trips but thanks to the rope around her waist and Raman, who had grabbed her the moment she slipped.

Ishita thanked him and both of them got down.

"Wow, Ishu! You both did great!" Mihika congratulates throwing her hands up in the air.

Slowly, Everybody went up with their partners. Some slipped, some fell, some cried, some enjoyed but Raman just looked at Ishita who was feeling uneasy under his gaze.

"Thank you." Raman finally said.

"Huh?" Ishita asks confused.

"I said Thank you." Raman repeats.

"For what?" Ishita frowns.

"For helping me face my fears and showing me how beautiful things looked from height." Saying so Raman hugged Ishita while Ishita remained shocked but nonetheless hugs him back.

Raman broke the hug and placed a kiss on her cheek which made her blush a little.

Mihika came running towards Ishita. She was laughing holding her tummy while Mihir looked embarrassed.

"What happened?" Ishita asks.

"We..We went up and M-Mihir was freaking out about the height..", Mihika laughs loudly before continuing, "At first he was just whispering under his breath then when we....When we were climbing down..he-he slipped and his pant fell down and he was hanging because of the rope in his underwear."

Mihika wipes the tears that escaped her eyes due to laughing.

Raman and Ishita looked at each other and then bursts into fits of laughter.

"I hate you all." Mihir pouts and runs away.

"Wait Mihir!" Raman shouts laughing and follows him.

"So?" Mihika wiggles her eyebrows.

"What?" Ishita narrows her eyes.

"I saw you both hugging and then he kissed your cheek!" Mihika winks.

"Oh God! He was just thanking me!" Ishita blushes and runs away.

****

"Now, I'm going to teach you how to make a fire with wood and leaves without having a matchstick! Students, go get yourself some woods and dried leaves from the forest."

Everybody groaned frustrated but followed his instructions.

"Raman! Look there. We should go and find wood there!" Ishita drags him.

"No! We'll go there!" Raman points to the opposite direction.

"No there!" Ishita stomps her feet.

Raman pulls Ishita's hairs and starts dragging her.

"Aah!" Ishita screams and smacks away his hand, "Never touch a girl's hair!"

"Whatever!" Raman rolls his eyes.

"Remember I helped you with your fear. You owe me! So we'll go there!"

Raman groans and follows Ishita only after muttering,"Stupid fear! Stupid helper!"

They start picking up dry woods and leaves.

Raman sees a spider walking on the tree. He smirks.

Revenge time!, Raman says to himself.

"Ishita, you pick up the leaves I'll pick the wood!"

Ishita nods at him and bends down and starts picking up the leaves. Raman picks up the spider and keeps it on Ishita's back.

Ishita frowns feeling something crawl on her back. She touches her back and brings the thing in front of her.

Seeing the spider, Ishita's eyes widen and she screams throwing it away but it didn't budge and crawled over arm. Ishita's eyes fill with tears.

Raman bursts into laughter. The spider seemed to like Ishita's presence and starts crawling towards her.

Ishita screams again and jumps on Raman who laughs but balances her. She wraps her legs around his waist and buries her neck inside the crook of his neck.

She shivers a bit and tighten her hold on him when he tries pulling her away, making Raman feel guilty. He hugs her back feeling something happen in his heart as she is in his arms.

Ishita realizes their position and immediately gets down embarrassed.

"I hate you!" Ishita starts beating his shoulder while he chuckles.

He smacks her head and indicates her to pick up the woods and leaves.

******

"First take the thinnest wood and then keep it vertically on the leaves below and then start rolling the or stirring the stick like this!" The instructor shows everyone how to burn the leaves.

Ishita and Raman were sitting crossed legs on the ground. Ishita picks up the thinnest stick of wood and places it vertically above Raman's long T shirt hem.

She starts rubbing it but his T shirt doesn't burn. Ishita pouts and then keeps some leaves on his T shirt. She then starts to scrub it. Small sparks of fire started igniting and then slowly the leaves burn.

Raman sniffs feeling smoke and warm. He turns his head and looks at Ishita who was looking at his back with her mouth hung open.

Raman looks behind and his eyes widen seeing fire on his T shirt. He shouts and starts jumping.

Everybody starts screaming including Ishita.

"Run towards the Lake, immediately!" The instructor shouts and Raman runs and jumps into the lake.

Ishita then starts laughing and walks over to him.

"It was my little revenge for the spider prank!" Ishita bends down and winks at him.

Raman scowls and pulls Ishita down. Their lips press against each other for a second due to the sudden pull but no one saw it. They look at each other shocked but come out of the dilemma when everyone starts jumping into the lake and the teacher and instructor shout at them to stop.

Ishita sneezes and starts swimming towards the ground when she feels someone pull her towards him.

"I think you can't leave your lips away from mine." Raman says huskily in her ear before placing a kiss there and swimming away.

Ishita freezes there. What just happened?

*****
Hey guys! How are you all!
Sorry guys for not updating. After my tests were over I couldn't keep ky excitement as my love! My crush! My baby! GURU RANDHAWA had a concert here in Kanpur and I was too excited to go to his concert. Believe me I literally fainted when he touched everyone's hand including mine while singing😭
Sorry! Sorry for my banter😂!
I'll update now as my vacations have already started.
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