"Manasi" Viraj smiled and walked to her with a bright face.

"Hai, Viraj," Manasi spoke with a pale face, she is not even ready to look at his face. He felt strange.

She is suppressing her anger.

Bhumi followed Viraj and stood beside him.

Neeraj doesn't know what's going on there, he got intrigued about the guy with Bhumi, Who is he?

Swapna is too looking at them in confusion, Who are they two? Why these two are looking at them crazily?

"Viraj" Manasi introduced Viraj to Swapna and Neeraj.

"Di and Jiju," She smiled nervously at Viraj.

She simply shunned the presence of Bhumi, Bhumi just sighed and about to walk away.

"Hai, Viraj" Neeraj greeted.

"Hey, Bhumi, You are here with Viraj?" He smiled at Bhumi.

This made Bhumi relax a bit and surprised both Swapna and Manasi.

"Hai, Bhaiya" Bhumi smiled back broadly and he gave a little side hug to her.

"Bhumi" Swapna whispered at Neeraj squinting her eyes.

He quickly nodded giving her the much need conformation.

Swapna learned a lot about Bhumi from Neeraj.

Her husband can't hide things from her? He told her how he met her, How much Sanjay interested in her, How Kunal treated her, How did they patch up, everything.

Swapna smiled at Bhumi for a second and Bhumi smiled back.

Swapna scanned her top to bottom for a second, fortunately, She could hear her voice but never saw her.

Sanjay blurted her name once, twice before her, Which intrigued her too much.

Bhumi looked away nervously and Neeraj tugged Swapna's hand asking her to stop scanning her.

Now after too much wait, they both met each other, officially.

"She is my best friend sir, since my childhood, "Viraj answered Neeraj confidently with pride.

Bhumi patted his arm for a second.

"Swapna, Manasi's sister"Swapna looked at them with a pleasant smile.

Manasi became oblivious about their own situation, How do Neeraj and Bhumi know each other? She is dying out of jealousy. She felt a pang of disgust, dissatisfaction.

"I am getting late Viraj, You carry on" Bhumi smiled at him.

"Kunal Bhaiya is waiting for me at the Busstop,  bye Bhaiya, Bye Bhabi" She smiled at them.

"Wait, I will drop you" Neeraj volunteered.

"Bhaiya, it's not even a half kilometer" She pouted.

"Get in" He insisted.

She got in and he started the car.

Swapna waved at Neeraj and these three walked to the canteen.

"Neeraj Jiju hugged her? He is so casual with her" Manasi is mumbling something with her sister but Swapna is talking to Viraj very seriously.

She wants to know about his future plans, and busy finding ways to introduce him to his dad.

"Bhumi" Neeraj spoke to Bhumi soon she got in.

"Bhaiya" She answered him searching something in her bag.

"Sanjay, Did you speak to Sanjay?" He asked something which she hasn't expected. Her heartbeat stopped for a second.

Sanjay didnt talk to any of his friends since that night at the studio, it made him worried, hence he asked Bhumi without any hesitation.

"No, He didn't lift my phone yesterday " She said with a grumpy face.

It hurt Neeraj, He saw them how they were clinging to each other in the studio. His moist eyes are enough to tell him how much he loves her.

What is stopping him?

"I will talk to him, Don't worry" He smiled assuringly.

Bhumi knows Neeraj sensed something between them, though he never confronted it before her, he gives indirect clues about his friends.

Sanjay is not making calls or messages to her these days, keeping things professional. He calls her for rehearsals very punctually.

But she caught him twice following her to college and other places.

He even met Rahul and talked to him.

She badly wanted to slap him for playing this hide and seek.

He is worried about her safety, still doesn't want to talk to her.

Anyway he has to meet her tomorrow at the studio. She smiled at the thought.

"How do you know Viraj?"Neeraj diverted the topic.

"Viraj is a gem Bhaiya, its impossible for others to love Manasi as he does. He is my best friend, only friend." She gave him the much-needed answer.

"He is my friend, I  am proud of him. He is the best, I know his parents too. They are sweet. His father is my mon's colleague and his mother is mom's good friend. She treats me like her daughter.No need enquire about them." She said smiling.

Neeraj smiled back and sighed.

Without beating the bush, she gave all the much-needed information.

"Still, Manasi needs some time Bhumi"

"She doesn't want to promulgate her feelings before anyone, especially her dad."

"Even I too think the same. It's too early for them, for her, She is confused."He admitted.

"Everything will be fine, Don't worry Bhaiya."

"There will be no problem from Viraj's side, He will keep up all his promises" She stated.

"That's good, Really good to hear"He gasped some air. He can't trust Manasi fully, she is very impulsive sometimes, If Viraj is trustworthy, responsible then it will be easy to tackle the situation.

"Bye, Bhaiya" Bhumi got down from the car.

"Take care" Neeraj waved at her and left the place.

She sighed searched for Kunal and bumped into someone, so unexpected.

"Sanjay! Think of the devil."She thought.

"Kunal Bhiaya?" She looked around.

"He asked me to pick you Bhumi," He said with a grumpy tone.

Bhumi got irritated.

"What did I do?"She almost shouted.

"Get in Bhumi? Everyone is looking at us" He muttered.

"No" She gave stern look.

"Get in" This time he shouted.

"I won't Until you answer my question, What did I do to earn your hatred anger, Please tell me, sir?"She crossed her hands over her chest.

"Bhumi" Sanjay spoke looking into her eyes.

"Get in"He caught her hand and dragged into the car.

"So you want to go to States for Job?" Swapna asked Viraj.

Swapna and Manasi are waiting for Neeraj.

"Yes Di," Viraj answered with a smile, he has a lot of dreams and ambitions, quite ambitious in nature, and always thinks about the future.

"That's great," She got impressed with his future plans.

"How do you both met?" She asked looking at Manasi.

Manasi is lost in her thoughts, Swapna felt bad, Here she is trying hard to learn things about Viraj, Instead of helping her, she kept a gloomy face and lost in her own thoughts. Why so? She felt strange.

"We met in the same University, She bumped into me the day she came to enroll in a short term course" Viraj said in a cheerful tone.

"Oh that's great" Swapna smiled.

This is the place she met Neeraj.

It proved lucky for her sister too, she thought.

"Sorry, I am late"Neeraj joined them

They talked for a while.

Neeraj is truly impressed with Viraj, Viraj too felt happy to meet them.

To be continued

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