A week passed, still, Kunal couldn't forget her.

Kunal is thinking about Sukriti for the past half an hour.

He couldn't concentrate on work simply, he sat staring at the laptop imaging her beautiful smile.

Her laugh sounds still so fresh, so rhythmic and sweet.

Her smile captured his heart wholly.

He stayed with her till her brother came and took her home.

He still doesn't know why he didn't muster some courage to ask her phone number and whereabouts.

Why?!

May be afraid of his past?!

May be afraid of commitment?

There wasn't a single second he didn't question his heart about her?

Why she? Did he ask his heart?

Still no answer!

Sanjay came to pick him and found his friend flirting with a girl at midnight sitting at a railway station

He became a silent spectator and hide behind a pole to see what Kunal is doing.

He is laughing with her and talking to her like a gentleman.

Being a loyal friend he described everything vividly to their friends Neeraj and Swapna, teased him all day.

Still, Kunal has no idea why he bore all his pestering questions and irritating comments calmly.

Somewhere he enjoyed the mischief in Sanjay's words.

Taking a deep sigh, Kunal sprung up from his chair hastily and walked towards the window.

He caught a glance at the city for a second and badly wanted to know where she resides?

"116, Rithya heights.........." Sanjay walked into his cabin smiling widely at his friend.

Kunal's heart just fluttered listening to his friend's words.

They are friends for years, and he can easily sense the motto behind his every action, every word.

He couldn't restrain his smile and Sanjay laughed looking at his glowing face.

"Oh my God! Look at your face?!"

"What did she do to you man?!"

"You seems so lost in dreams under the bright sun!!?"

"Being your loyal friend I felt I must help you" He bowed his head gently for a brief second.

"Shut up you..." Kunal nodded his head frantically disapproving, his friend's words.

"Shut up, What's there to hide from me?"

"I know you like her" This time he asked a bit seriously.

Kunal doesn't know what to say?

He knows well it's really difficult to hide his feeling from his friends.

He has no family, except these two friends.

Sanjay looked at Kunal expecting a positive answer but he didn't open his mouth.

He seemed to be lost in a pool of thoughts.

He alone knows he is struggling hard to judge his feelings towards a mere stranger.

She is no one and why the hell he is thinking about her all the time

He has no valid answer.

Is it love?

Or he attracted to her?

But why!?

How?!

What does he know about her?

Nothing!

For a second he searched reasons to justify his feelings towards a stranger.

Past, His murky past appeared in front of his eyes and warned him not to get into such a mess.

Love gives nothing but pain.

He lost his parents and has no one to take care of him.

Doesn't he deserve a special person in his life?

Won't he deserve a chance?

Love and affection, are the things that he craves every day, though he has loyal friends and true well-wishers he always wanted someone so special to take care of him, love him, pamper him as his mother used to do.

Sanjay walked towards his friend, patted his shoulder and said

"Don't ruin your beautiful future for haunting past Kunal"

Kunal gulped in fear and drank some water.

His actions are enough to decipher his intentions to Sanjay.

"Trust me, Life is unfathomable and we have the least clue about tomorrow, so utilise today wisely."

Kunal nodded at his friend and smiled nervously.

Sanjay smiled back and got back to his chirpy side.

Serious talks and Sanjay never go hand in hand.

This guy knows how to keep people around him happy and smiling.

"How did you get her details?!"  Kunal asked out of blue, surprising Sanjay.

Sanjay just chuckled and stayed silent for a second increasing his curiosity.

"You have no idea dear, He roamed all streets in the city for a week to get her details." Neeraj entered the cabin holding a file.

Sanjay didn't want to disclose the secret so easily.

He wanted something in return, a big night party.

Neeraj looked at Sanjay knitting his eyebrows and smirked at both his friends.

Kunal stood looking at Sanjay with an agape mouth while Sanjay is angry with Neeraj for disclosing his secret.

"No need to hide, we can simply guess it by glancing at your agape mouth."

"Confess it, dude, nothing wrong in it."Neeraj teased Kunal, chuckling at his confused expression.

Sanjay poked at Kunal's stomach asking him to shut his mouth.

"Her name is Sukriti and    ......."Kunal said stammering looking here and there.

Strange for the first time he forgot how to frame a meaningful sentence.

God! Kunal wanted to slap and curse himself thinking how he promulgated his feelings openly in front of his friends.

"We know it" Sanjay's words brought him out of the trance.

"This is not the answer we want from you? you to know it too." Neeraj said a bit seriously.

None of them is ready to talk.

Everyone is in their dilemma.

Sanjay and Neeraj don't want Kunal to get hurt in the name of love.

Especially, Neeraj is So aware of his childhood and his murky past and want Kunal to be conscious while taking a decision.

Kunal remained calm for a few more seconds.

He knows his friends want his answer and wants to know how serious he is about a mere stranger.

"I know, I may sound irrational to admit it"

"Yes, I like her"

"Yes, she is a stranger to me and I know nothing about her, still it is the fact" He smiled nervously.

"Yes, I want to give another chance to my life, leaving my murky past behind" He mumbled.

Sanjay faked a cough while Neeraj smiled heartily at his confession.

He never imagined this, he kept running away from the present thinking about his past, now he felt he deserve a chance.

Now, Kunal got clarity about his feelings towards Sukriti.

And he is on a mission "go and befriend her"