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CHAPTER-15

He gently wipes her tears and makes her look at him. His heart clenched in pain seeing her unshed tears. He gently cups her face and asks about the reason behind her tears.

NK: Khushi, did someone say something to you?

She nods her head as negative.

NK: Did someone scolds you?

She again gestures as no.

NK: Then tell me, dear, what made you cry?

A sob escapes from her unknowingly.

NK: Don't cry yaar? Please... (In mind: It hurts to see you in pain)

NK: It's okay, dear. If you don't want to share it, then it is fine dear. Please don't cry yaar.

She looks at him. She can see the pain and disappointment in his eyes.

Khushi (in mind): How fool I am? I always pray to Devimayya to send someone to share my pain. When someone cares about me, then why I am making them disappointed. I always make people around me disappointed towards me. I should tell him.

If only she knew he is not disappointed due to her not sharing the reason. He is disappointed to see he is not able to cure her pain.

Khushi: I...

He looks at her with astonishment written all over his face. He never thought she found him worthy enough to share her pain. If only he knew this is just a small pain comparing to what she had faced till now.

Khushi gathers courage and tells him what happened.

Khushi: I couldn't able to participate in the competition. (She looks at him who is looking at her patiently listening to what she has to say) My sketches got spoiled. (He looks at her with eyes) Accidentally someone spilt water on it and.....

She doesn't need to say it. He just understood it. When someone else is in his place then he will laugh at a teenager for crying for such a reason. But the truth is we only know how much pain we will go through when something we made with so much dedication, hard work and passion to get spoiled. The person who faces the same situation only will know what he/she is going through. An artist always tries to give life to whatever he/she creates. When it gets spoiled it is similar to losing something precious to them.

He understood her without her words, what she is going through. Some relations are special. Words are not needed to understand each other's pain. The world will not understand it. Some people have heart connections which most of the time people fail to understand.

He consoles her. Because seeing her crying is not the one, he can tolerate.

NK: Look (She looks at him with innocent eyes). Your sketch is already spoiled (a lone tear escape from her eyes, which he wipes immediately). We can't do anything now. Crying over spilt milk is just a waste of time yaar. It happened already, we can't do anything to rectify it. Bygones are bygones. Don't cry for that dear. I have heard that there is another art fest is going to happen in a couple of months. You can participate in that. You can concentrate on the next competition from now onwards with more hard work and confidence. I have heard that it is the biggest competition than this. Think it in a positive way, dear. Maybe God made it happen today for giving you something better tomorrow.

She looks at him with astonishment. He is right. Maybe Devimayya has made this accident happened because she has something better for her. She thanked Devimayya for sending NK. If he was not there with her to make her understand, then maybe she would cry thinking about why always bad happens only with her.

She smiles at with gratitude. A genuine smile not fake. His lips curve upwards automatically seeing her smile. He prayed to God to never wipe away her smile from her face.

He can spend only a few hours with her. He needs to return today itself with other participants from school. How he wished to spend more time with her. But alas! We can only wish, the one who grants our wish become a miser sometimes.

They started talking. Most of the time he was the one who was speaking continuously. But he knows, she needs time to be more comfortable. He is still a stranger for her. But he is happy at least she has her full attention towards him. Otherwise, she was always lost in some other world. Unknowingly, her discomfort starts depreciating gradually.

There was some unknown bond between them. Otherwise, a person like Khushi who always considers Arnav's words as Golden Rule will never dare to befriend NK. Good things always happen unintentionally. Their friendship is like that. It is only starting of a new relation.

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Good things last only for some time. Likewise, it was the time to bid bye to each other. Both were facing pain to part their ways. For NK, he was unable to leave his angel alone, but for Khushi, she is sad to leave her new and only friend. Because if he also goes, then she again needs to live that lonely life where there will be no one to share her pain.

NK: Khushi, tumhare paas koi paper and pen hain?

(Do you have a paper and pen?)

She nods as a yes and looks at him confusedly. He gestures her to give the same. She immediately opens her bag and takes a book and a pen in her hand. He gently takes it from her hand and scribbles something at the back of the book. He gives the book back to her and looks at her confused eyes and gestures her to look at it. She immediately looks at the paper and finds some numbers, more precisely it looks like someone's phone number and a happy smiley drawn below it. She chuckles seeing his smiley because it was worth laughing, someone need special skills to understand that it is a happy smiley, such as its condition.

NK: This is my phone number. (Realization dawned on her. He smiles seeing her.)

NK: I don't know whether you are comfortable in sharing your number with me. I know I still am a stranger to you (She nods her head as no). But I consider you as a friend from the first time I saw you. (He immediately regrets speaking about their first meet seeing her facial expressions and tries to divert the topic). You know, it is very difficult to tolerate me. If you have the courage to tolerate me, then message me.

He winks at her. She giggles seeing his drama. Someone calls NK from behind saying it's time to board their bus. NK and Khushi look at each other with a small smile. It's time to go different ways. They both walk towards the school parking lot silently. After, reaching there he gently sides hugs her.

NK: Take care Khushi (She nods her head sadly). Be a strong girl. (She nods her head). I have full trust in you, you have the capability to achieve anything dear. Trust me. You can pass every hurdle of your life. Don't cry for anything from now on. Don't ever think that you can't do anything. You can face all the hurdles will the cute smile of your face. If you need a friend to talk, feel free to ring me. I am just a call away from you and I will be always at your service mam. (He bows down saying that).

She chuckles seeing his nautanki. He is such a drama king. She bids him by with a small smile.

Precap: Leap😜

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Hello sweethearts,

Hope you will enjoy the update. I know the update was short. The story is going to take a new turn from the next chapter. I intentionally kept it as short because the section of the story ends here. The story is going to take a small leap from here. So, I planned to include the leap in the next update. Hope you will understand.

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