Vikram, who left the company early that evening, parked his luxury car in front of Dhruv's new apartment. Without delay they rushed to G.M hospital.

"Dhruv, Why are you staying so quiet today? This is not for the better!" Vikram turned his gaze slightly to look at him.

"Nothing Vicky. I was bit tried of training" he replied but his face seems very dull thinking about today's incident.

Vikram looked at him and said, "Fatigue is ok but you will not be like this! Even if you wake up suddenly from a good sleep, you will still be talking"

"Hmm" he hummed.

"You didn't yet reveal your girlfriend yet. Well! You propose her first and introduce me, It's enough but now I'm feeling like you have started to hide a lot of things from me. I don't know why but I felt so. Also, I am getting bad dreams nowadays" said Vikram who can't even tolerate a small change of Dhruv.

"Bad dream?"

"Yes Dhruv, You are in one direction and I am in another direction. Someone is standing between us with a face well covered with mask. I don't know who it is. I cannot say for sure whether it is male or female" Vikram's face get dull while explaining.

Seeing Vikram's dull face, "Hey Vicky, Come on my sweet friend! What happened? You are talking mysteriously like a witch. Ha... ha... Even God finds very difficult to separate us then how comes masked male or female. Funny! I know what makes to remember these dreams... Hey Vicky, I don't want to hurt you that is why I was quiet. Let me open up" said Dhruv and told the incident that happened in the training center today.

"Ha... ha... Is it the reason for fatigue? Don't you remember your struggles before? Your struggles started in the local game and is now coming to create a record at the National level. You have to use these fellows as stairs and get succeed" he encouraged.

"Yes Vicky. They seems greedy on snatching your money" said Dhruv.

"Do you remember how many times I asked you? You do not need to suffer like this in the game, I'm going to lift you up and put you on the throne by my influence but you never agreed to that. Do you remember what you said in response, Dhruv?" Dhruv nodded with a smirk.

"You will elevate me but many Dhruv like me are working hard and achieving. Will they get Vikram like you who elevates them apart from failures and hardship?" This is the reply of Dhruv.

"That's right ... there are a lot of enemies from outside as far as trading is concerned, there are a few chameleons inside too but in case of Sports there are a lot of competitors and jealousies inside, Aren't they? Even I am proud of you my sportsman" Vikram opened up.

"Ha...ha... Well, then you should be excel in swimming" chuckled Dhruv as Vikram was weak in swimming.

"Oh... oh... Hello Mr. Dhruv, Don't you know any other sport besides swimming? There are so many sports like cricket, kabaddi, basketball" replied Vikram.

"Swimming suits well for my friend. Ha... ha..." Dhruv laughed.

"Enough teasing me, my dear Dhruv" their melody began there and stopped infront of the hospital.

The tune of Vikram's cell phone stopped him before Vikram and Dhruv entered the hospital.

Vikram who saw Rakshita's call disconnected the phone. She called him again, Vikram picked up the phone and pressed it to his ear, signalled Dhruv to go in.

"Hello Vikram... Are you too busy?" asked Rakshita on the other end.

"Yes Rakshita" said Vikram.

"Okay. When will you get free? I wished meet you" She said softly.

"I came out now" Vikram said.

"Then, let's meet on the way Vikram. Please ... Which way are you returning back?"

"I'm in GM Hospital"

"Hospital? Why? What happened?" She fluttered.

"Hmm ... Ahana was admitted. She met with an accident"

"Oh... How is her health now? I'll be there too" she hung up the phone without hearing his reply.

Dhruv had arrived there a few minutes earlier than Vikram. Ahana had been undergoing physiotherapy. The leg had to be straightened and folded. Shortly after the physiotherapist left, Dhruv spoke to Ahana.

"There are still three days left for the final game, right?" She awoke slowly from the bed. Her mother was taking the medicines that was supposed to give her.

"Yeah Ahana. You're definitely coming right?" asked Dhruv.

"I will come for sure. I have started to walk a bit better now. Doctors would discharge me the next day" Ahana said and then took medicine from her mother.

"Good..." he smiled looking at her.

"Don't wander here and there. Take good rest. Play with good focus and hold the confident" she said, noticing the dryness in his eyes.

"Yeah. That's true Ahana. Sleep left me few days back itself, Ahana. I can only play well if I take care of myself a little bit" Vikram logged in while they are talking.

Vikram and Ahana looked at each other and showed a small smile. Then, Vikram came close to Dhruv.

"How is your health now?" asked Vikram.

"I am getting normal" replied her gently.

"Ok... good"

Meanwhile, a nurse came and handed Ahana's mother a slip of paper to buy medicine. Dhruv said, "Give me the slip. I will get the medicines"

"No, you both stay here. Our family is so lucky to get you both. I am not in a position to return back the help provided by you both. If Ahana's father had been alive he would have been so happy to see the affection of you both. Great to see people like you without any arrogance" she opened up genuinely and then moved away from that place.

After a while, Ahana came downstairs to practice walking. Vikram and Dhruv accompany her. They are very happy to see Ahana trying to walk without helping stick.

"Hey... I'm walking without aiding stick...Like the old Ahana ..." she said excitedly looking at them both and before she could finish she stumbled and about to fall. Dhruv held her on the left and Vikram on the right.

She felt a kind of sensational touch on her right side, she looked at Vikram who was holding her on the right.

"Stay careful, okay?" said Vikram. Ahana did not blink and gazed at Vikram. "I have already felt this touch! When? When?" That her nerves were tangled one by one. She got stunned for this unanswered question. Then they both let her stand on the grip.

Then, Rakshita came there and it must have been hard for her to see Vikram and Dhruv getting close to Ahana because her bright face shrink in the blink of an eye.

After inquiring about Ahana's health, she turned her eyes to Vikram. Dhruv and Ahana moved away from there.

"I feel that you're avoiding me a little bit now" Rakshita said looking at Vikram.

"Why?" He asked.

"Nothing! I'm maturing my mind to understand your avoidings as soon as possible but the stale mind makes it difficult as it was longing" she said and she left the place immediately with wet eyes.

Vikram didn't even try to stop her and he walked towards Dhruv and Ahana.

Today, Ahana gazed at Vikram from time to time. Vikram didn't ignore it either.

After a while, they both left.

Ahana, as she looked at her right hand, went into deep thought without realizing it. The same hands already hugged me but when? She closed her eyelids slightly.

Memories flashed before her eyes.

(When she was in Mumbai that night taking dosage cool drinks. She had unknowingly opened the door of the house and left. Vikram followed her. She vomitted. He carried with his hands and then cleaned her as well. As soon as her eyes dimmed due to dizziness Vikram lifted her up and made her lie down safely on the bed.

Then, she regained some memory after spraying water on her face. Vikram called Vaishali and she helped her to change the dress. Vikram who came to see her again held the fallen hair on her cheek and tucked it behind her ear. He then took a large blanket and wrapped her. Vikram was next to her until she fell asleep. She held his hands unknowingly and making him not to move)

Today, once again, she felt his touch and identified the hero who had helped her that day. Does his touch make a racially significant difference in her, and why? What kind of sensational feeling is this? She got confused and gazed at the ceiling blankly. Will she find the meaning of her feelings?

To be continued.

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