Recap: They are on the camp with another College St. Martin, one of the students is Ajay. Suraj annoyed Chakor, who run away. Suraj felt bad and tried to find her. He got to know about Chakors past. Suraj and the boys helped the girls with the tent and Suraj asked for a friendship giving her a rose.

Suraj looked at her "Friends...🌷?"

Chakor was confused Tina and Riya were right behind her.

Riya shook her "Chakor he said sorry. Won't you forgive a new friend?"

Chakor hesitates "Is it a trick?" She asked innocently.

Suraj shook his head "What no, it's not a trick. He is the trick-master showing on Aryan!".

Aryan smirks "Aryan Kapoor nice to meet you.!

Adi pouts "Acha aisi baat hai {oh ok that's the point}. Hi Aditya Rawat call me Adi nice to meet you"

Suraj lifts his collar "Look with my friendship there is no lose only win"

Adi and Aryan repeats. "Because doost ka doost, doost hota hai {A friends friend is your friend}"

Chakor smiles.

Suraj Uff, this time Suraj got a hit. Chakor made a step forward and took the rose. "Friends 🤝"

Tina smiles "Ok our tent is ready, but something is fishy"

Suraj turns "Aryan?!"

Aryan pouts "No!"

Tina shook her head "No, I didn't mean that"

Suraj nods "Oh... sorry!"

Aryan felt bad 😢.

Suraj hits his hand on his forehead "Apni nautanki band kar {stop your drama}"

Aryan 😝.

Chakor laughed loud to the first time they hear it and it was cute.

Suraj closed his ears "Oh no, she got a laughing flash!"

Chakor stopped.

Suraj looked at her "Arrey why you stopped?"

Chakor lowers her gaze "Uhm you...?"

Suraj laughs "I was just joking we never hear you before laughing!" Chakor blushed ☺️.

Tina shook her head "Uffo I mean it's fishy that we are here and St. Martin's too!"

The other's understood "Oh!"

Chakor asked in the round "But what is the reason of the rivalry?"

Suraj left from there as he doesn't wanted to talk about it.

Chakor got confused "Oh what happen? Why he left?"

Adi rolls his eyes "It's a long story why don't you ask him?"

Chakor got nervous "Really?"

Riya laughs "He won't eat you"

Chakor turned to look at Riya "You are very popular I don't know why, but I never saw it before. But you are the nicest person of all even being so selfish you never let me hang"

Riya hold her hand "Chakor because you are special" Chakor smiled and left to search for Suraj.

Chakor was searching and looking around, she bumped into Ajay again.

Chakor didn't saw who "I'm sorry"

Ajay smirks "It's ok"

Chakor looked up hearing the voice "Oh You!"

Ajay looked at her "You found your voice!

Chakor frowns "What?"

Ajay smirks and comes closer "I mean today morning you step on my feet, but didn't apologies instead the psycho talked"

Chakor got angry. How dare he 😡.
"He is not a psycho he is my friend"

Ajay glares at her "Well if this is the matter then can we be friends too?" Chakor didn't answer him, she saw Suraj and runs to him.

Suraj was sitting near the waterfall ya the camping place was beautiful and full of nature.

Chakor was running, but the path was slippery. Chakor didn't looked carefully and she slipped "Maa!" She shouts in fear.

But Suraj was there to hold her with one hand. Chakor was in a shock. In one go he pulled her up toward him and she hold him tight. Suraj felt strange this hug was more, her fear was huge he made her calm.

Suraj caresses her back "Chakor...?"

She couldn't speak "Hmm" Her eyes were close.

Suraj smiles "Are you fine?" She shook her head.

Suraj smirks "You know everyone is watching"

"I don't care!" she was shaking and Suraj hugged her back. He hold her even tighter. Chakor's body calmed, she was now breather normally and was resting her chin on Suraj chest.

After a long time she felt something old she almost forgot.

Suraj let her "Chakor you can open your eyes!"

Chakor opens the right eye first, then the left one. She looked around no one was watching.
"Suraj no one is watching at us"

Suraj smiled "I know just a joke 😉"

Chakor pouts "Joke 😒? bad one!"

Suraj pouts "Really... 😔tell me why you come running to me!"

Chakor lowers her gaze "Woh... I wanted to know the reason of the rivalry and Adi told me to ask you!"

Suraj opens his mouth "Oh... ok. Now you are expecting me to tell you the reason?"

Chakor nods

Suraj frowns "Hmm and what I will gain from telling you the truth?.

Chakor was thinking 🤔💡 "Suraj you said I'm your friend, right?"

Suraj looked at suspicious "Yeah I said it"

Chakor crosses her arms around her chest "Okay then it's my right to know why my friend is hurt ans angry. Afterall a friend is there to share your sorrow"

Suraj smiles "And happiness 😊"

Chakor nods "Haan 😊 and if you share your pain with me it will be less hurting you. You will feel better"

Suraj gesture with his hand "Wah!"

Chakor was confused.

Suraj smiles "You are very smart. Afterall you have a friend like me now"

Chakor laughs "oh 😀"

Suraj nods "Okay you win"

(Flashback)
Suraj starts 3 years ago.

"I was be friended with Ajay since my childhood our parents know each other very well. We celebrate all festivals together, birthday holiday we did it as a big family"

Chakor smiles "That's cute"

Suraj shrugs "Hmm it was cute. Me and my father we don't have a good bonding, but this is another story"

Chakor nods

Suraj further "When we were applying for college he got an admission at St. Martin and I got at St. John's we both were ok with it, but we drifted away from each other"

Chakor pouts "What how? I mean you said that you spend all the time together"

Suraj nods "Yeah well one point was that being on different colleges, which were rivals was bad, we both are in the football team"

Chakor smiles "Oh wow and what is your position? Quarterback...?

Suraj glares at her "It's football soccer, not American football"

Chakor felt embarrassed 😶.

Suraj shows his hand "It's ok. I'm the striker like he is...!"

Chakor nods in concern "Oh"

Suraj shook his head "But it was ok. That's good to have rival you can compete with, you only become better"

Chakor smiles "Right"

Suraj looked at her "The second point was I changed, I was old enough to work so I had less time, my priorities changed".

Chakor got confused "What you work"

Suraj just nods.

Chakor thought Hmm there are always three reasons, right?"

Suraj nods again.
"Correct and it was the main reason. Adi and Aryan" he smiled.

Chakor frowns "What? what they did?"

Suraj shook his head "Nothing"

Chakor got confused "But you said they are the main reason"

Suraj nods "They were but...?"

Chakor got annoyed "Oh man tell why?"

Suraj widen his eyes "Wow okay, Ajay wasn't happy that I found new friends, he thought I was skipping him by telling him lies,but honestly I was working and nothing else. But he minded and took it personal"

Chakor fumes "Woh kaise {how}?"

Suraj looked at her "The finals of the first college year... sorry the football final both colleges reached"

Chakor nods "Ok"

Suraj lowers his head "We played and lost. I was pissed I wanted to win I hate it to lose"

Chakor nods "Hmm no one likes to"

"Aryan was a reserve player he missed the goal. But he wasn't alone another one did, but all blamed him even Ajay and I got annoyed how can he blame him. He is not our player and he hasn't any right to do it"

Chakor felt bad "What he did"

"He did more he just not only blaming him he even abused and hit him. I got furious snd hit Ajay. Adi hold me back and I don't know why, but Ajay starts to abuse him too. I don't know, but we fought it was the end of our friendship. But a beginning of two new friendships 😊"

Chakor smiles "I can see your friendship it's special"

Suraj shook his head "No not the friendship, but the friends are special"

Chakor smiles "Suraj me too?"

Suraj nods "of course you too. But I think you didn't consider me as a special friend"

Chakor confuses "What you you think so?"

Suraj lowers his head "I share my sorrow won't you do the same? You will feel better"

Chakor looked down "What do you want to know?"

Suraj looked at her "Yaar sorry, but I heard your conversation with Tina and Riya. What happened to your mom?"

Chakor voice choke "Maa had cancer...!" Tha was all she could say. Suraj took her in his arms and caresses her back.

Suraj felt bad "I'm sorry for your lost. Someday if you feel it is the right time I will be there to listen" Chakor nods still crying in his embrace.

"Mom and dad were very happy" she sniffed. "We were living in England, Birmingham. Everyone thinks I was home-schooled, but not always I had a colourful life in England so much fun and my mom too hung out with me. Then one day..." she sniffed again. "One day she faint we were shocked it never happened before we got to know about her breast cancer first they told us there are big chances to survive and she did the operation and her breast were removed and the chemotherapy ended"

Suraj didn't asked or said something he let her talk.

"But the cancer come back, worst. This time she had uterus cancer she was weak we returned to india and I got home-schooled to take care of her. But papa was losing his happiness, he become strict and had forbidden me to join a college, but maa knew it I would love to, so she made him promise her to send me to a college" She cries "I miss her every day every single min I want her back"

Suraj kept her close in his arms. "Chakor your mother loved you a lot, even being ill she did everything to make it better for you. I know you miss her, but you can remember all the happy memories you have with her"

Chakor nods with a sniff "You know Suraj?"

Suraj shook his head "What?"

Chakor smiles "You are the first one, whom I told this"

Suraj felt bad "What you kept this burden on your shoulder all these years?"

Chakor nods "Haan I never felt comfortable telling it"

Suraj smiles "But you told me why?"

Chakor wipes her tears away "Maybe because you are a special friend 😊"

Suraj smiles, he cups her face and wipes the tears away.

Suraj hold her hand "You wanna go back?"

Chakor nods she turns "Aahh" Chakor slipped again and he hold her again.

Suraj shook his head "I think it's better if...?"

Chakor confuses "If what?"

Suraj lift her up. 😊.

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