Anubhav reached library a bit late.. being lunch time luckily no one was there except her... He saw Haseena was sitting quietly near window seat which was also not visible easily from gate... He came and sit by pulling a chair close to her... He feels something is bothering her and her eyes are also bit red like she had cried...

Anubhav asked casually, "Hi Haseena... kya pad rahi ho... koi course ki book hai kya"

Haseena (nervously): voh.. voh kuch nahi... bas main.. haan voh main yeh topic complete kar rahi thi...

Anubhav (cutely holding her laughing): Haseena.. tum itni talented ho mujhe pata hi nahi tha.. he turned the book correctly and said: ki ulti book se bhi pad leti ho.... Kya baat hai.....manna padega... he clapped and burst into laughter....

Haseena: Shut up... voh bas aise hi....... aur tum kaha the... itni der laga di aane mein...

Anubhav (romantically) : Kyu mera intazaar kar rahi thi.. bahut yaad aa rahi thi kya meri.....

Haseena (hiding her smile fake angerly): bakwaas band karo aur padai par dhyan do samjhe...

Anubhav : Yaar aise daant kar padaogi toh mere dimaag mein kuch nahi jayega... tumhe pata hai mera ek childhood problem hai..

Haseena (worriedly): Kya childhood problem....matlab kya problem hai tumhein.. tumne toh kabhi bataya hi nahi...

Anubhav hiding his smile: voh yeh ke.. jo bhi mujhe pyaaaaaar se kuch samjhata hai voh main jhat se samajh jaata hun aur jo daanta hai.. use main bahut pareshaan karta hun... ab tum batao tum kya chahti ho... pyar se padana ya pareshaan hona... apni choice bata do.. aur baad mein mujhe kuch mat kehna...

Haseena : Bas karo na.. kyu pareshaan kar rahe ho... lagta hai aaj padai ka mood nahi hai tumhara...

Anubhav smiled cutely : sach Haseena... mere bina kahe hi tum samajh jaati ho mere man ki baat.. aaj bahut thak gaya hun.. padne ka bilkul man nahi kar raha....

Haseena worriedly: arey to pehle bolna tha na... she starts wrapping the books lying on table and trying to stand... chalo chalte hain... tum ghar jaakar aaraam kar lena.....

Anubhav hold her hand to stop her: arey padna nahi hai par ghar bhi nahi jaana... thodi der ruko na please.. tumse baate karke saari thakaan dur ho jayegi......

She smiles and sits back again.. keep her bag back on table... okay baba.. thodi der mein chalenge... ab bolo kya baat karni hai tumhe......

Anubhav: arey maine koi list thodi hi banai hai... bas aise hi thodi der baithna chahta hun tumhare saath.. akele....

Haseena (bit nervously): Vaise Anubhav tumse ek baat puchu... dekho naraz mat hona pehle promise karo...

Anubhav : Tumse kabhi naraz hua hun aaj tak... pucho kya janna hai...

Haseena nervously tingling her hands: Voh.. actually.. main kah rahi thi ki jaise Vyom Karishma ko like.... matlab they love each other... tumhe kisi se kabhi pyar nahi hua... I mean kabhi dekha nahi tumhe kisi ke baare mein baat karte huye... koi to hoga jo tumhe pasand ho.. shayad Delhi mein...

Anubhav (surprisingly): tum yeh sab kyun puch rahi ho... I mean kisi ne tumse kuch kaha kya.. (in his mind: Kahi Rohan ne to kuch nahi bak diya... aaj nahi bachega yeh ladka)

Haseena: Nahi baba..bas aise hi.. hum dost hai na... to socha agar koi tumhe pasand ho to... vaise hamare college mein kitni saari sundar ladkiyaan hai.. tum kisi se dosti kyun nahi kar lete.....

Anubhav surprisingly asked: dosti... kya matlab... kyu tum ho na meri dost...

Haseena tried to explain him further, "arey buddhu main tumhari sirf dost hun.... Mera matlab hai special wali friendship se hai..... jo zindagi bhar tumhare saath rahe"

Anubhav got more confused and asked worriedly : haan to tum ne bhi to wada kiya tha ki zindagi bhar saath rahogi... ab kya huya... Haseena tum naraz ho kya mujhse kisi baat par... tum hamari dosti toh nahi todne wali na... please agar aisa kuch hai toh main pehle hi maafi maang leta hun.. I am sorry agar meri kisi baat se tumhe dukh hua ho to... arey tum kahi aaj mere late aane par toh naraz nahi ho... sachchi practice mein pata hi nahi laga time ka... par promise kal se bilkul time par aaungua... aur...

Haseena cut his sentence in between and put her finger on his lips: shh shh.. kitna bolte ho tum... chup.. ek dum chup.....

He gets shocked on her sudden reaction and keep looking her silently... In a moment she realized their position and removes her finger immediately and turns her eyes down.. blushing hardly... Anubhav smirks and rubs his neck nervously... after few minutes silence to remove awkwardness.. he continued..

Anubhav said politely: Haan to ab batao.. kya hua hai.. aur voh bhi theek se... ghuma phira kar kahogi to mere palle kuch nahi padega... okay....

Haseena back to senses: Anubhav mera matlab hai tum koi girlfriend kyu nahi bana lete... I mean tum itne smart..handsome ho.. cricket captain ho.. exams mein bhi achchha score karte ho.. you are best... sab tumhe pasand karte hai.. tumhe to koi bhi ladki na nahi kahegi...

Anubhav understood that something is bothering her too much and she is hurt but will surely not disclose her feelings so easily...

Anubhav (casually): okay to theek hain tum ban jaao meri girlfriend... bolo banogi... kaho to abhi propose kar deta hun... bahut films mein dekha hai.. ideas ki kami nahi hai...

Haseena (shocked & got nervous): tum... tum paagal ho kya.. I mean mera matlab tha ki koi ladki jo tumhare laayak ho.. means compatible to you...

Anubhav: toh.. tum mein kya kami hai.. tum bhi to itni sundar ho.. topper ho.. nature bhi itna cute hai... whats the problem... sab tumhe pasand karte hai.. tumhari baat bhi maante hai...

Haseena (instantly utter without thinking) : par main tumhare laayak nahi hun... hum mein bahut farq hai.....

Anubhav's face expression changed immediately and asked bit harshly: haan vahi to main sunna chahta hun...... ki kya farq hai.....

Haseena replied with slightly frustrated: tumhe pata hai... kya matlab hai phir puchne ka... saying this she tries to stand up when Anubhav hold her hand strongly and make her sit again....

Anubhav in high tone: Haseena... main baat kar raha hoon na... kaha ja rahi ho beech mein chhod kar... bolo kya farq hai tum mein aur mujh mein ya un baaki ladkiyon mein......

Tears start rolling from her eyes... Anubhav melts seeing her cry and reprimand himself for shouting on her... She is so innocent and seems hurt right now for some reason... He took a deep breath to calm himself to handle the situation.......

Anubhav turned her face towards him, "Haseena... dekho meri taraf... I am sorry main chillaya tum par... please ro mat... mujhe nahi pata aaj kya hua jo tum aisi baatein kar rahi ho.. par believe me I don't want to shout on you"

Haseena control herself and wipe her tears and look to him...

Haseena to avoid further arguments, "Sorry Anubhav... main bhi na kya faltu ki baat lekar baith gayi... mera dimaag kharaab hai... chhodo canteen chalte hai... sab wait kar rahe honge"

Anubhav firmly replied: Nahi hum kahi nahi jaa rahe hai... pehle batao kya baat hai.. aur please jhuth mat kehna ki kuch nahi hai samjhi......

Haseena hesitantly after his repeated request shared him her conversation with Sunaina... he gets very upset and angry on Sunaina to hurt her...

Anubhav: aur tumhe lagta hai ki tumhari wajah se main apni life enjoy nahi kar pa raha isliye mujhe girlfriend bana leni chahiye... yahi baat hai na...

Haseena looks down and didn't reply as she can't showher own feelings to him and hurt herself more... in reality she can't afford to lose him ......

Anubhav : Haseena... tumse aisa kisne kaha ki sirf girlfriend hi aapko sachchi Khushi de sakti hai..dost nahi... sachchi Khushi to sachche dost se bhi mil sakti hai na... aur rahi baat tumhari toh khud ko kisi se bhi kam samjhna tumhari sabse badi galti hai.... main manta hun ki accident ke baad tum khud ko bahut kamzor feel karti ho.. yeh sach hai ki bahut kuch hai aaj jiske liye tumhe kisi ke saath ya sahare ki jarurat hai.. iska matlab yeh to nahi na ki tumhari baaki saari khubiyaan khatm ho gayi....

He sighed heavily: pata hai Haseena... main bahut jagah raha hun..kabhi Mussoorie.. kabhi Delhi aur ab Ahmedabad par sach mano tum jaisi dost mujhe kahi nahi mili... sach.. jaisi tum ho..tumhara saaf man.. tumhari sachchai..tumhari imaandari.. jis tarah tum rishto ko samjhati ho..nibhati ho...... yeh sab tumhe sabse alag.. sabse special banata hai...... aur agar tumhe lagta hai ki hum sab dost jo tumhare saath rehte hai..tumhe support karte hai voh galat hai ya tum par koi ehsaan karte hai..to tum kyu sabki padai mein madad karti ho...jaise aaj meri karne aayi ho.. kyu hum sab jab sports mein busy hote hai to tum sabke liye notes banati ho.. roj roj mere liye apne haathon se bana kar khaana lati ho.. kyu karti ho sabke liye agar ye sab tum ehsaan samjhati ho...

Haseena (worriedly): Nahi Anubhav.. main koi ehsaan nahi karti.. tum sab mere dost ho isliye karti hun...

Anubhav (smilingly): ab samajh aaya... hum sab kyu tumhari fiqr karte hai.. tumhe help karte hai..... Haseena ek dost hi hota hai jo dusre dost ko waqt padne par sambhale.. ek dost dusre dost ki har kami ko pura karta hai.. aur agar tum hamare liye itna kar sakti ho toh.. hum kya itne selfish hai ki tumhe aaj jab hamari sabse zyada iarurat hai toh akela chhod de... tumhe kamjor padne de... aur waise bhi jab mere paas itne achchhe aur sachche dost hai toh kya jarurat hai kisi special dosti ki.... mere liye tum sab bahut special ho (in his mind: sabse jyada tum)

Haseena smiles and holds her ear from one hand and said cutely: Sorry

Anubhav: Vaise to dosti mein kahte hai na NO Sorry NO Thank You.. par aaj jo tumne kaha hai.. jo socha hai uske liye to Sorry banata hai... (dramatically to make her laugh) : I am accepting your Sorry... par last time... samjhi.....

Haseena (to lighten mood): ab chale.. yahi baithe rahoge to mujhe neeche lekar kaun jayega... pata hai tum to ghar ka khaana kha loge par mujhe bhi to bhukh lagi hai..... please jaldi chalo na....

Anubhav smiled and both move out from library... She was more confident and relaxed this time on stairs than last day holding his hand.. makes him feeling good to get succeed in lessen her pain and increase trust on him that he will not let her harm anymore.... to lighten her mood... he whispers in her ears.. "vaise voh girlfriend wala offer abhi bhi hai... chaaho toh accept kar sakti ho" and winked her.. inturn gets a slight hit on his arms...