I was talking to one of the clients when I heard the loud crackling sound from the room in which Sakshi was sleeping.

I was scared for Sakshi. Hurriedly, disconnecting the call, I ran to check up on her.

As I entered inside, I saw the doctor holding Sakshi's shoulder, the glass pieces were scattered on the floor near Doctor's leg.

I looked at Sakshi, she assured me that she is fine and finally my panicked self relaxed.

The doctor turned around when she felt an extra presence and that's when my heart again skipped a beat.

She made it.

She achieved her dream.

She became a gynecologist.

But still careless.

Still...

Shut up! She is nothing.

I didn't even realize when my anger took over my senses and I blurted out the rudest things to her.

She checked Sakshi and then left the room without saying anything. But her sad eyes said it all, how much my words affected her. I felt something heavy in my heart. she exited the room but I kept glancing in her direction until she left the room.

Sakshi looked at me with questioning eyes. I knew what she was going to ask.

"He will be back soon. Don't worry" I assured her.

She was expecting bhai but he was not able to make it due to a delay in flight although he wanted to be here desperately.

I asked her to rest and came out with my little munchkin so as to not disturb her. I was standing at the door entrance when I noticed a smart guy squeezing her in his arms.

And she smiled brightly at him. Oh, her boyfriend or maybe her husband?

Of course, what else do I expect? It's so easy for her to move on.

Move on? hell, I was never in the picture.

She belongs to someone else and as much as I hated to say this but it created havoc in me.

Anyways, I don't care.

I thought 'Jeevan Hospital' was reputed, didn't knew when they allowed hugging and kissing in the corridors.

Or there were some special rules for the Doctors.

They were mingling as if they are meeting after so long.

he said something to her to which she giggled.

huh!

He laced his arms around her, she was about to step ahead but abruptly stopped. She turned around, I followed her line of sight to find my baby holding her dupatta.

Baby why do you need to hold her dupatta, I will get you one more beautiful than this. Let go of her stupid dupatta.

It seemed like he was in some kind of denial, didn't leave it, resulting her to come closer.

Her lavender fragrance hit my nostrils. I turned my head away just to maintain my sanity. She clicked her fingers and I am sure baby must have smiled.

She went to the bulky joker, swinging on each other's arm they left.

What's the need for PDA?

I don't even care. My head was aching looking at her. She disappeared with her joker. I needed to grab a coffee.

Keeping the baby near Sakshi, I left for getting myself a coffee. As I reached the cafeteria, I regretted my decision to go there in the first place, oh-so-perfect-couple were already sitting there enjoying each other's company.

Hospitals don't allow loud sounds right? So why don't they fine them for giggling so loudly?

My headache only increased looking at my surrounding, I took a U-turn and went to sit on one of the corridor chairs.

Why I packed myself in that fake bubble?

Why I was so vulnerable?

Hell, why I was so desperate?

Our start was so beautiful, so pure, or at least it was what I thought.

Enrolling myself in the same school as hers.

Intentionally riling her up on the very first day to get her attention.

Flashback

My Soniye and her dhokla were very angry when they saw me in the same batch.

They were glaring at me as if they wanted to swallow me raw while I was grinning like a fool. Suhani looked so cute, I wanted to pull her cheeks.

I took my seat just beside theirs in the next row.

Both of them glared at me and I passed a naughty smile to them. They were fuming and I was enjoying the scene very much.

Their glares didn't stop and then I too fake glared at them. It was like some glaring competition was going on between us.

Days passed but our Tashan increased each day. I assumed her to be a shy girl but she was a firecracker. We used to glare at each other, taunt each other. I left no chance to irritate her and she left no chance to get me punished by the teachers. Although I was a notorious child but good in studies. Being a teacher's favorite sometimes helped me as they would leave me with just a warning which would further annoy her. Oh, I loved it so much.

Our day would start with a catfight and then again end with a catfight.

On one fine day, As usual, I entered the school premises and parked my bike, ruffling my hair, making them set, I got off the bike.

Before entering the wing, I intentionally hid my tie and I-card in my bag because I knew someone will be standing there doing her duty as a volunteer and how could I leave a chance to irritate her.

Smart-me

As soon as I entered the wing, I found chaos going on. It seemed like an argument was going on there.

But that was suhani's place where she stood every day for her duty. I ran towards the commotion and saw Viren, a student of another section, arguing with suhani. Bloody dog, he never left a chance to tease girls. He made them uncomfortable with his dirty eyes.

He was towering over Suhani, even his sidekicks were present there encircling Suhani and vaidehi.

"Listen Viren I don't have a personal rivalry with you. I am just doing my duty, I can't let you enter inside without an I-card. Please stand to a side" she said, trying to push him away.

"Oh really? You will stop me? Do you think I care for your damn duty? but...but...but I can give attention to a hot and sexy girl like 'you' " that pathetic leech whistled at her and his sidekicks hooted.

How dare they? My blood boiled listening to him, I took two long strides and stood in front of him, hiding suhani and vaidehi behind me.

"So you have started your cheap tricks here as well?" I asked him angrily.

"Get aside veer. This girl needs a lesson. She always messes with us for a stupid I-card."

" It's her duty"

" Veer don"t waste my time. It's between me and her. Don't try to become a hero. Lets us deal okay?" he tried to grab her hand but I caught his wrist before he can reach her.

" So you want to be a hero. Fine. you called it upon yourself, now deal with this" he threw a punch at me which I ducked well. All of his friends tried to hit me but before they could even reach me my friends came and handled them.

That bloody dog approached me angrily, I lost my balance and fell on the ground with gave him an opportunity to punch me.

"Veer" i heard suhani screaming . Pushing Viren's face away, I looked at Suhani who was on a verge of crying. I grinned at her, the first time she called me with my name that too with care.

Her eyes popped out looking at me, she was indicating something but I was too lost to notice.

I felt a whip of air near my face and then I heard my friend " bastard! where are you lost?". I looked before me to find my friend blocking Viren's punch.

By then our teachers came out, our classmates told them everything. They were very angry at Viren and immediately rusticated him and his friends for a month.

Although I don't get in ugly fights, this time he crossed all his limits. Even If it was not for her and someone else, I would have still done the same. No one gave him a right to humiliate a girl like this but that bastard couldn't understand this simple thing.

On continuous scolding, he mumbled a sorry and left glaring at me and Suhani. One by one everyone left except her and vaidehi.

She was looking at me with tear-filled eyes while vaidehi was looking at me with awe. I laughed at her expressions. I wondered if I resembled a dhokla.

Suhani came to me and dragged me along with her. Blood was oozing out from the corner of my lips and my knuckles were swollen. She gently wiped the blood from her handkerchief.

She pushed me inside the medical room. They treated my wound and set me free in ten minutes. When I came out, I saw Suhani waiting for me outside the medical room.

" Are you fine ?" we both asked at the same time. We nodded our heads. I could still see tears in her eyes " I never knew that firecracker cry too, I thought it just know how to explode" I tried to lighten the environment. She glared at me to which I chuckled and later she smiled as well.

We were walking towards the class when I said " Don't cry again. Tears do not suit you . moreover, I don't like to see my friends crying."

"Friends? when did that happen?" She arched her eyebrow playfully.

"We are not?" I asked her hopefully.

She shook her head, hiding her smile.

"hmm...so how about frenemies?

" Frenemies? " She asked curiously.

"Yes, because that dhokla of yours would never let you be my friend. So when we are alone you are my friend and when we are with our friends we are enemies. " I explained to her my Einstein logic.

" Sounds cool" She laughed hard listening to it and her laughter made my day.

I offered her my hand, she looked at me and then at my hand. Smiling softly, she forwarded her hand and we did a handshake.

I was grinning like a fool all the while, feeling her soft hands in mine.

And that was the start of our secret friend ship. Our beautiful friendship.

Our beautiful memories.

Flashback ends

My phone ringed, bringing me out of my memory lane.

It was Alex, I guided him about some files after which he disconnected the call.

I was sitting in the almost empty corridor. Since it was lunchtime, most of the people went to canteen.

Canteen

Couple

PDA

Screw it. I don't care.

I was just focusing on a random picture pasted on the wall , explaining about human anatomy and that's when my eyes settled on a limping suhani.

Limping suhani?

She trying to walk, holding the door handle of a random ward.

What happened to her suddenly?

And where is her boyfriend?

The useless jerk left her in this condition.

Without thinking much, I went to her. "What happened to your leg" I asked.

'That's called barking' my conscience reminded me.

Whatever

She didn't replied me instead kept trying to walk.

I put my arm on the door, restricting her movement.

"I asked what happened to your leg"

"None of your concern" She turned to move from another side but I kept my arm on the other side as well, caging her in between .

"It is my concern"

"Why? "

"Because you are my sakshi's doctor, I want you to take care of her nicely not limping and finding it hard to even walk "

"Gross" She mumbled and again tried to walk even when she was hissing in pain.

Hell stubborn she is.

"Enough of your drama" I picked her up in my arms. I didn't wanted to waste time in arguments. I wanted to see what hurt her.

She struggled throwing her legs.

"Stop struggling or else I will drop you on this tiled floor"

She zipped her mouth after that.

I made her sit on the chair, and sat on the floor before her. I examined her leg, putting it on my knee.

Glass piece it was...that's when it struck me. That glass. It hit her.

"Still care less" I mumbled under my breath.

"Still arrogant" She said loudly.

Shaking my head at her childishness.

I extracted out the glass piece. She hissed in pain clutching my shoulder.

I felt warm liquid on my cheeks, I looked up to find her face closer to me and tears made their way out of her eyes.

I wiped her tears.

"Tears don't suit you" I said unconsiously.

She smiled through her tear strained face and that's when I realised what I said. I immediately left her leg.

"Sister , please treat her" I said to one of the nurses passing by and left the place cursing myself.

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