Randhir was searching for Sanyukta at every possible place.

He inquired about her to the watchman of the college and also some local people but cannot trace her whereabouts.

The chilled wind was blowing at a fast speed now.

Snow fall had already started and Randhir wasn't carrying his winter wears,jackets or anything to cover his body.

He was shivering but he didn't cared.

Only and only Sanyukta's thoughts were occupied in his mind.

His heart badly wanted to see her. JUST HER.

He got inside car and turned the heater ON.

Now he decided to search for her on highway.

There was long queue of cars stucked in traffic jam due to land slide.

"Damn..." He banged his fist on steering.

"Land slide..." He thought and got out of the car.

He started searching for her in taxis and autos.

There was sense of fear in his heart.

A strange, unknown but a strong fear.

He peeped inside taxis and cars but still couldn't find her.

He even tried his luck to find her in buses which were stuck in traffic jams but she was not there.

There was heart wrenching scene he witnessed and he stopped seeing that.

A big rock had fallen on local transport bus which was badly crushed into pieces.

Police were trying to pull out the death bodies from the crushed bus.

Randhir was shaken by seeing the accident.

The next thought that came to his mind was Sanyukta.

"Sanyukta "She uses public transport..." He mumbled and his heart started running at faster rate.

He took few steps in that direction.

He feared.

Fear of losing her arose in his heart.

"Sanyukta..." his heart mumbled

"Randhir..." came a voice from behind.

Randhir was rooted at spot hearing a familiar voice.

It was her voice. He realized it.

He turned around.

She was standing right behind him.

Sanyukta looked at him intently but soon she was in his arms.

Randhir had hugged her tightly and was badly huffing.

Sanyukta was unable to register the thing that happened or is happening.

Sanyukta couldn't hug him back.

She was confused. She was hesitated. 

Randhir had hugged her more tightly.

She was unable to even move in his arms.

Her hands went up.

She wanted to hug him back now but something stopped her.

She could feel his heart beats.

She could feel his heavy and uneven breathes.

She could feel him sweating in such a cold weather.

"Randhir..." She said in low voice and rested her hands on his back thus completing the hug.

"Randhir..." he rubbed her hands on his back thus consoling him.

After a long time Randhir composed himself.

He slowly got out of the hug.

"Randhir...you..." She couldn't complete 

"Shut up you idiot" "Do you have any idea how much I was worried for you" Randhir grabbed her shoulders tightly

"How much worried we all were for you" Randhir shouted

"Randhir...I..."

"What were you doing here?" "Why were you not at home?" "Your colleges end at 4...then ghar aane maine itna time lagta hai" "And...you didn't even care to inform us" Randhir shaked her shoulders tightly and it pained her

"Randhir...you are hurting me...leave me its paining me" She tried to jerk his hands but he pulled her more close

"I was...I was...I was afraid" Randhir said looking straight into her eyes.

Sanyukta was stunned on hearing that.

"I thought...you...you left me..." "Tumhe kuch hojata...toh" his voice choked and Sanyukta could see a fear in his eyes

Their eyes were sticked to each other.

Sanyukta could feel him shivering.

His hands were turning cold.

"Randhir..." Sanyukta grabbed his shivering hands tightly.

She quickly pulled a shawl off her body and wrapped  it around him.

Randhir came back to reality.

He looked around.

The bus...his fear...Sanyukta.

It was Sanyukta luck that she is safe.

Her taxi was just behind that crushed bus.

Randhir looked at her again.

She was rubbing her warm palms across his cold ones.

"She is safe..." "But...what if..." "Aagar uss bus main Sanyukta hoti toh..." He withdraw his hands from her.

"Chalo....lets go from here" He grabbed her hand and started walking while Sanyukta was just following him.

They walked till they reached their car.

He pulled her and as result she was bump onto him.

"Will you care to explain now?" Randhir voice showed his anger.

"Randhir....I am sorry" Sanyukta looked at him

"Do you have any idea...what if something would have happened with you" Randhir roared

"I am sorry" She mumbled

Randhir looked away from her.

Only he knows what he is going through right now.

What is feeling inside.

"My cell got switched off" "So I couldn't call or inform anyone" "I was free at 4 from college but then decided to study in library" "I left college around 6:15 - 6:30" "It had already started snowing and I missed my regular bus..." "So I decided to hire a taxi to reach home" "And then my taxi got stucked in traffic jam due to land sliding" "I know Bade Papa and dadi must be worried for me so much but I...." She stopped immediately finding herself in his intense gaze.

Randhir was hurt.

Randhir was hurt hearing her words.

"Yeah right...only Bade Papa and Dadi were worried for you" Randhir said in sarcastic tone.

"I didn't mean that Randhir..." Sanyukta tried to explain him

"Get inside car..." Randhir said and got inside car.

Sanyukta quitely settled inside the car.

The drive was silent.

Randhir was still fighting with his turmoils.

Sanyukta was quitely stealing glances at him.

"Randhir...Thank You...and I am sorry" "I really didn't mean that..." "Thanks for coming and saving me from that traffic jam" Sanyukta said but Randhir didn't responded

He was hurt.

"I wish you could have seen my care and concern for you Sanyukta..." he said in his heart.

"Randhir are you listening to me" Sanyukta said

"Hmmm...no need of thanks Sanyukta" "You are my responsibility so I had to anyway do it" Randhir replied coldly.

Soon they reached home.

Randhir rushed to his room without even spare a word or a glance at anyone.

Dadi hugged Sanyukta.

"Beta we were so worried for you" Dadi said

"Sorry Dadi...I will not do it again" Sanyukta replied

"Thank god you are safe Sanyukta" Kishore said

"Go to your room Sanyukta...I will send food for you and Randhir" Dadi said

"Randhir?" "Has he not eaten food yet?" Sanyukta said

Dadi nodded in NO.

- - - - - -

Sanyukta came to the room with two plates

Randhir was standing near the window lost somewhere in his own world.

She kept the food plates on table and went to him.

"Randhir..." came her serene,warm and pleasing voice.

Randhir quickly composed himself and looked at her.

She smile in response.

"Come...lets eat food" She said

"I am not hungry" He replied coldly

"But I am very hungry..." "Come na please..." Sanyukta insisted

"I don't want it..." "You eat..." Randhir looked away

"Randhir...this is not fair okay" "I know you have not eaten anything...so now come and join me" "We will eat together" Sanyukta grabbed his hand.

Randhir felt shivers all around his body with just a mere touch of hers.

"I said NO" Randhir jerked off her hand

"Aare...what no...Chaliye na please" "See...we cannot go out for Chole Kulcha today cause its snowing ..so...ghar ka khana hi khana padega" "Otherwise we would have gone out..." "Come no Randhir..." She insisted

"I don't feel like eating" Randhir replied

"Aaise kaise?" "Are you a human being or not?" "Bhook lagati hai ya nahi" "Come now..." Sanyukta dragged him with her and made him sit on chair

"Rajma Chawal..." Randhir said eyeing the tempting food in front of him

Next moment Sanyukta was holding a spoonful of rajma chawal in front of him

"Eat..." She smiled brightly

Randhir looked at the food first and then at her.

"Come on eat..." Sanyukta repeated

Randhir smiled faintly and took the morsel of food into his mouth.

They had dinner together.

After sometime

Randhir was arranging his pillow on couch.

Sanyukta came there and stood in front of him.

"What?" "You want something" Randhir asked

"Hmm...I will sleep on couch today you sleep on bed" She said

"No its fine...I am comfortable here" Randhir replied

"No its not...we will do one thing...one night you sleep on bed the other night I will sleep on bed" "We will do it alternatively" Sanyukta suggested

"No need of it..." Randhir replied

"Yes it is...I know you miss your bed...and honestly...I don't have habit of sleeping on such large king size beds" "So...lets do it...today you sleep on bed...I will sleep on couch" "Tomorrow we will exchange the places" Sanyukta chirped

Randhir agreed on that and made himself lay on his bed while Sanyukta comforted herself on couch

"BTW Randhir..." She called him

"Hmmm..." He looked at her

"Thanks for the Care and concern..." She said

Randhir smiled brightly hearing that.

"Good Night" Randhir said

"Good Night" She replied.

TBC

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