"Aah just get married aldready" Aditya sighed at Arjun.
"But are you coming to the reunion?" Arjun asked Aditya.
"What reunion?" Aditya asked, Sheepishly.
"I told you, Our 95 batch school reunion." Arjun stomped his feet.
"Yeah. Ok. I'll think about it, But for know I have to sleep." Aditya went back to sleep.
Arjun sighed and left the room.

"So...Yash is here." Pooja said, Pulling Yash to the dining room were Aditya was wrapped up in his blanket and sleeping on the chair.
Aditya slowly looked up at Yash and inhaled deeply.
"Of course. He's always around you." Aditya said and focused of his food again.
"Aish, I meant that we have a gift for you."
"Dont tell me, Are you going to live here from now on?" Aditya asked.
"No, Something better than that." Pooja replied.
"It doesn't make a difference if he stayed here."
"Who is staying here?" Maya entered the room, Rubbing her eyes, Wearing her pyjamas.
"No one is coming!" Pooja exclaimed.
"Okay then what's the gift?" Aditya asked.
"The gift is in this cover." Yash held a brown cover up.
"The cover has your gift in it." Yash said again.
"Oh it's not outside?" Maya asked sarcastically.
"No." Pooja said and laughed.
"Thank god." Maya replied.
Yash slowly opened it. It was a paper, Looked like contract papers. Yash immediately gave them to Aditya.
Aditya pulled his hand through the blanlets out and took the papers from Yash.
Aditya read them. His eyes widened as he read through them. Maya was curious to know what it was.
"Oh my god, Yash!" Aditya screamed and hugged Yash.
"Is this real, What are you doing bro?" Aditya asked with the biggest smile on his face which hid his eyes.
"Yes. You are going to be designing the next game for our company." Yash said.
"Oh my god! I can officially work from tommorow!" Aditya exclaimed. Maya slid into the blanket which Aditya threw behind him.
"Yeah. But today we have a meeting. When the meeting is going on, On the other hand the marriage preparations will also take place." Yash informed.
"Congratulations!" Maya and Pooja exclaimed.

"So what do we do?" Pooja asked.
"Mostly the engagement comes first and then the mehendi, Haldi finally the marriage." Noor said.
"But they have probably done an engagement aldready so we have to do the mehendi." Zoya said.
"So what do we do know?" Pooja asked again.
Noor and Zoya looked at her doubtedly.
"What I've never married before." Pooja said.
"Ok, We have to do mehen-"
"What about, We keep an engagement again?" Pooja suggested.
"What?" Noor asked.
"Oh as in, Why can't we arrange a date kinda thing for them as an engagement?" Zoya suggested.
"Yes exactly!" Pooja jumped.
"Ok so which restaurant?" Noor asked.
"No need of any restaurant, Here." Zoya said.
"Here?!" Noor and Pooja exclaimed.
"I have a plan" Zoya said.

"The meeting went really good." Aditya said as he got out of the company towards the car.
"Yes. I have all my hopes on you. Please do the project good." Yash said.
"Of course. I love my job!" Aditya exclaimed.
"Guys can you drop me home?" Arjun said While running towards the car.
"Ah yeah. I have some paper work to complete so I should be staying back. You guys go on." Yash said and left.
They waved at him and turned to eachother.
"So who is driving?" Arjun asked.
Aditya kept silent while thinking.
"You drive, Since you got the job." Arjun said and gave him the keys.
"Thanks." Aditya grabbed the keys with a big smile and sat in the car.

After a while, Arjun and Aditya started talking about life.
"So I am treating all of you with dinner. Pooja demanded for it." Aditya said.
"Congrats bro." Arjun said.
"Finally!" Aditya exclaimed.
"So do you want something? I'm sorry that I wasn't there at first."
"It's fine, You're here now." Aditya wasn't able to stop smiling. He was really happy.
"So anything you want me to get for you?"
"You want to get something for me?
"Yes, I've never done anything for you from the time I came here so I'll use this opportunity."
"Hmm... You get the dinner." Aditya said, Still smiling.
"No, Thi-"
Aditya laughed.
"This means something so you have to do it." Arjun said seriously.
"You want to get something? " Aditya asked again.
"Yes"
"Then..."
Aditya was thinking for a while.
"Get me a good apartment." Aditya said.
Arjun punched Aditya in the shoulder.

"Yes, This is it! " Pooja said looking at the decorations.
"This is the best for an engagement."

The house was fully decorated. The hall had a dining table for eight people. The normal lights were switched on but during the moment they planned to switch only the fiery lights and falls ceiling lights on which focused the table. The staircase was decorated by paper flowers. The fiery lights were kept in between them, So when the lights are on they would high light the flowers and they will be glowing. This was the basic visual of the place.

"But I think something is missing." Noor said.
"Nothing is-"
"Art!" Noor exclaimed.
"What, Should we dance?" Zoya asked.
"No. Maya said that she likes paintings so why can't we add paintings here?" Noor said.
"Yeah!" Pooja exclaimed.
"There are some simple paintings in the store room. I'll check on Aditya and Arjun until then you get some good ones." Pooja said.
"Which is the store room?" Zoya asked.
"The room which says 'No entry' Upstairs." Pooja said and called Aditya.
Zoya went upstairs. She realised that it was the room which she wanted to go into the first day. Finally it was a store room. She didn't hesitate and entered swiftly.

"So you've told everyone that you've got the job right?" Arjun asked to Aditya.
"Yea..Actually there is one." Aditya said.
"Who?"
"Zoya."
"Zoy..Wait do I know her?" Arjun remembered something.
"She's your event manager,
Why?" Aditya said.
"No, Her name reminded me of someone I was close to." Arjun said, Still wondering what that was.
"Really? Get to know her, She'll fell like a close person too." Aditya said.
*Why does her name sound familiar?* Arjun kept thinking.

Zoya found some great paintings in the store room and was satisfied by it. While going out, She hit a painting. It looked colourful from behind. She took it and she saw the painting. It was a girl. She wore a ponytail and she held a glucose stand. She looked young and pretty.
Until she noticed a scar near her bangs.
It was Zoya.
Someone drew a portrait of Zoya when she was small.
She remembered.
It was the time the problems of her life started.
*Who could've drawn it?* She thought.
It has always been hard for her look at herself in the past.
She didn't want to force herself.
"Zoya" A voice called her.
She diverted her mind and went back to work.

Pooja took care of the paintings and placed them at the right places. Aditya came home. He immediately went to Pooja and informed about the plan. He had to keep Arjun occupied until everything was set, And Aditya successfully did it. While Aditya was checking all the decorations, He noticed Zoya. She was sitting in the staircase, Deep in thought. He has never seen her like that before. She has always been around people and cheerful. He went to her and sat beside her.
"Hello." Aditya started.
"Hey!" Zoya smiled instantly at him.
"Did you do the decorations, It's splendid!"
"Thanks. It was possible because of your sister and everyone else."
"Hmm.." Aditya said and didn't know how to tell her that he got the part at work.
He hesitated.
"Hey and, Do you know why we are having the dinner?" Aditya asked her.
"Yeah, For the engagement." Zoya said innocently.
Aditya chuckled.
"Not only that." Aditya said.
"Then?"
"Actually , I got a job." Aditya said.
"Wow! Congratulations." Zoya said.
Her eyes sparkled.
Her face glowed.
She made Aditya happy.
"And can I ask you something?" Zoya started.
"Yeah."
"Who did all the painting from the storeroom?"
"Um..It's mostly me and my dad." "Does he live with you?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because..Let's just say we had a fight. Nothing more than that."
He said and went back to work.
That made her even more confused.
How could anyone have known about her at that time possibly?

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[Zoya's POV]

"You are just embarrassed of me." I shouted.
My mom looked at me with her fierce eyes.
It glowed of anger.
*Shit! I Shouldn't have said that*
But I didn't regret saying it.
I continued.
"You just don't want me to spill out any secrets of you and dad and so your keeping me away from this world." I growled.
It was the truth.
I didn't hesitate to tell the truth.
"It might hurt your pride right?" I wasn't able to stop.
All the feelings that I had kept inside me were finally pouring out.
With every word, My mom got angry.
She walked to me.
I was scared but held it back.
She came closer.
She slapped me hard.
"Don't you dare talk to me like that again." She spat fire.
"Is it my problem that you have a condition?" She said.
"Now listen to me, You are going to a different school from next month and that's it. Forget your friends." She said and left the room.
It was the first time someone had come to see me at the hospital, And it was the last.
I went out of the room, Holding the glucose stand in my hand and balancing it with my height.
I made sure that my mom wasn't there.
There I saw him.
I've known him for a while but never have spoken to him.
He dragged his wheelchair.
I stopped him.
"Shall we be friends?" I asked him.
He was surprised and confused at the same time.
"Ok" He said.

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안녕하세요!!
Hello again!
I'm writing long nowadays. I'm satisfied by it, Hope you are to. Thank you so much for reading my work. It means alot to me. And Wow! Only a few days left for Harshad Chopda's birthday!
Wohoo!
I miss him aldready and this time there is no gift segment😞
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