Altamash was looking at Riya with an irate look, and She was snickering seeing his annoyed face. She whispered to Naina - "dekh mere Alma ko, kaise kabse mujhe hi dekhe jaa raha hai. Haye."

Naina secretly looked at Altamash, and realised that he was actually staring at Riya only. She smiled, and said - "O yeah, but his looks are telling some other story."

"I know that...but at least he is paying attention to me. This is enough, gradually he will fall in love with me as well." Riya replied to her with a lopsided smile, and Naina nodded.

They had fun in the Haldi ceremony, and went back to their respective rooms. Naina was deeply thinking about Sameer, and their closer moments in his bedroom, she literally felt goosebumps standing on her spotless skin when he held her by the waist. His eyes had a shine, but of abhorrence, there was nothing but only hatred for her in his sharp brown eyes. But her heart knows he still loves her, he still feels for her. No matter how much he tries to conceal them behind the facade of a ruthless man. One day he will definitely confess to her.

• In The Evening. The Mehendi Ceremony started, and every girl was going crazy at seeing the number of designs in the book. They were asking the designer to fill their hands and arms with a beautiful drawing. Naina also sat beside Kajal and Riya, she was wearing an elegant pista green lehenga and blouse, and a leaf green dupatta was pinned on her left shoulder. She was looking simply beautiful with no makeup and hairstyle, her smile was enchanting almost every boy who came to attend the wedding.

The mehendi artist started to draw designs in Naina's sweaty palm, and was asking her if she had some specific choice, but She slightly nodded her head in no, and her eyes went on a tall figure standing with his group of friends. He was suited up in a Deep Green kurta, and one rose was tucked in the front pocket. Everyone was laughing at some joke, but Sameer was busy torturing his phone, he was pretending to look engrossed, but Naina deciphered that He is secretly stealing glances at her.

"Do you want me to write any specific name or a letter?" The young lady asked Naina with a sweet smile, and Naina looked at Sameer, and said dreamily - "Write S letter."

The designer wrote an S letter in her tiny palm, and said - "It's done ma'am."

Naina took a look at her wet mehendi, but the only one thing She found worth looking at was the S letter. It was shining bright in her palm, she sighed and yawned out of exhaustion.

Her both hands were filled now with mehendi, and She was feeling thirsty and a little hungry too, but who would feed her? Everyone's hands are loaded with mehendi, which is still slightly damp. Riya was allergic to mehendi, so she didn't apply even a little paste of it on her palm. She was just sitting there to give them company, but when she saw Altamash. She went away from there, leaving a frustrated Naina.

More than five minutes went by, but Riya didn't return back, suddenly She saw one plate and a glass of orange juice in Riya's hands. She came and sat beside her, and said with a smile - "you must be starving, so I brought this for you."

Naina blew a kiss to her for taking care of her like a mother, and Riya started to feed her friend with a constant smile playing on her face. The food was finished, and Naina thanked her for treating her stomach with such a delicious meal. Riya kissed her softly on her cheek, and then asked her to show her mehendi.

"Not now...I will show it to you, once I wash my hands. Promise." Naina said with a cute smile, totally forgetting that She had written an S letter on her palm. What if Riya will notice that?

• Mehendi was over, and Sameer kept himself away from Naina, he was either talking with his friends, or was playing some stupid games in his phone. Naina felt pissed off, she wasn't liking this Sameer a little, she was trying to get his attention. But he purposely avoided her.

Karan organised a BonFire at a private place, where they can spend some peaceful time with each other. Sameer was least interested in joining, but hence Karan is his childhood friend, and it's his wedding. He didn't have a heart to disappoint him.

Everyone was sitting on the comfortable white mattress with round pillows in their hands. Karan beside Kajal, Altamash beside Riya, and Naina chose to sit alone hence Sameer won't prefer to share a seat with her. They decided to communicate about some beautiful memories of their life which always brought a smile to their faces. This seemed to be little good for Naina, through this She can convey her heart message to Sameer.

"So tell us Riya which one memory of your life till now has been so beautiful?" Kajal asked her sister with a smirk on her face.

"Well, there are many memories which are best and beautiful, but one is very close to my heart. I always had a crush on Altamash, I used to clap like a kid whenever he scored well. I have been dreaming about him since the day when I saw him for the first time, it's not an attraction which will fade away with time. It's true love, which I realised some days ago. I know he doesn't reciprocate the same feelings for him, and I don't even want to win him forcefully. Love is such a beautiful thing, those people are damn lucky to fall in love with the right person and get married to them as well. Not every love story has a happy ending. So yeah I was saying the best memory of my life is When I met Altamash in person, that moment will always be special for me. No matter what, I love to tease him only because he looks deliciously cute when he gets angry." Riya said with a sincere smile on her lips, and her speech about Altamash left everyone stunned. They thought she had a temporary crush on him, but No man. This is love, true love, which she never felt for any other guy. Altamash looked at her a little softly, but lowered his head immediately, not wanting to give her some wrong hints.

"Seems like I have made everyone emotional with my speech, no worries. Let's move forward." Riya concealed her tears behind a smile, and looking at Sameer, she asked him with a puppy face - "I have heard a couple of times from Karan Jiju, that you sing so well. Please sing one song for all of us."

Sameer didn't want to sing anything right now, but after listening to Riya's feelings for his best friend Altamash, he didn't have the heart to refuse her. Maybe this would lighten her gloomy mood, everyone clapped for him in advance, and Karan gave him the guitar which was kept in the corner. Sameer sighed, and brought himself in the comfortable position. He looked at Naina before singing - "Zindagi, do pal ki."

Everyone was lost in his melodious voice, which was bringing the heat in the breezy atmosphere. His voice had some kind of pain, and longing for someone so special to his heart, he wasn't just singing this song on Riya's request, but he actually meant every word of the lyrics. His eyes were continuously looking at Naina, who had a glisten of tears in her eyes.

"Intezaar kab tak hum karege bhala." He louder his voice with deep intensity, and Naina was trying to hold on her streaming tears. He was expressing his sorrow through this song.

How long will he wait for her? It's time to talk and bring their love story on the right track. Naina mused with a restlessness on her face!

Sameer looked down at his guitar while saying the further line - "Tumhe pyaar kab tak...na karenge bhala."

Everyone thought Sameer was singing this song for Altamash, but no one knew it was for Naina.

"Zindagi Do Pal Ki." He closed his eyes before finishing the song, and only one image appeared in his mind, and it was of Naina.

"Superb Sameer." Karan was the first to clap for Sameer, and one by one everyone appreciated him for singing this song so beautifully.

"Has someone noticed? When he was singing, his voice was screaming in some kind of pain. I don't know if I am right or not, but I just felt it." Altamash said with a nervous smile, and Riya pondered over his words, and looked at Sameer with doubts in her eyes.

"We should keep an eye on them." Riya whispered in Altamash's ears, and He nodded his head in yes.

"I have an idea." Riya smirked, and looking at Naina with an evil smile, she asked her - "We want to hear your love story darling. Don't dare to refuse me, I am yearning to know how you guys fell in love with each other, what beautiful memories you both shared with one another, and also I want to know Why you guys are staying separated."

"Ok sure." Naina agreed in a moment, and Riya gaped at her in shock.

Sameer looked at Naina in astonishment, his heart silently urging her to stop herself from narrating their Love Story. Everyone would come to know about them, if she would expose his name. He cleared his throat, and asked her in a hoarse voice - "Aren't you feeling sleepy Naina?"

"No...let everyone know about the most beautiful love story." She replied to him with an earnest smile, and He bit his lower lip in annoyance.

"I was eight years old when I met the Man Of My Life, he shifted to our colony with his family. He was three years older than me, I felt my heart singing a song when our eyes collided with each other for the first time, I was so young to realise that I had felt attracted to him. He was good at everything, sports was his life. Since then, I have often seen him playing cricket with his new friends. I used to stand in the balcony to see him hitting the balls so confidently, there was something special in his eyes, that whenever I looked into them, I felt myself getting lost in some other world."

"We had a good friendship with each other, he never felt bored of my stupid talks even if it made him feel sleepy. He always listened to me, and told me that I have a great career, hence I am so attached to my thick books. He was completely opposite from me. He didn't like studying, and I was totally into studies. He liked sports, I had no interest in them, I never even enrolled my name in any sports competition. I was more into dancing or learning about general knowledge and historical stories. He loves mountains, I love beaches and silent places which give me comfort. He loves ear damaging loud music, and I love peaceful and romantic songs. He loves Punjabi food, I love Rajasthani. He was an extrovert, and loves making new friends, and I was damn introverted, even while approaching him for a friendship. I had a long battle with my heart and mind. I almost had a panic attack when He said he doesn't have friendships with nerd girls like me. I didn't know he was kidding, I was on the verge of crying, I turned back to leave...promising myself to delete my growing feelings for him. When suddenly he called my name in a husky voice, and I looked at him with pain in my eyes."

"He held his one ear with a cute smile, and apologized to me for doing such a prank. I was shocked beyond any measure, what the hell does this boy want me to do now?? (Naina paused, and stealthily looked at Sameer, smiling to himself remembering that day. She sighed, and continued) He grinned, and told me that he has accepted my friendship, I wasn't able to believe for some minutes. Maybe he is lying to me? I thought with a fear creeping in my heart, and He was innocently looking at me, wondering Why I am not saying anything?? Moments later I recovered, and was about to Thank Him for approving me in his life, but before that He offered me a bar of my favourite chocolate, and told me to start our friendship with a sweet memory."

"We started to talk with each other more often, my family never had any issues with our friendship neither did his family, our families made a good bond with one another. We used to have competition over who would have more Spicy Pani Puri, and in the last He always let me win, so that I wouldn't become sad. I knew this, but never said anything, he used to get chocolates for me, and I used to give him half of my food, hence he was a Big Foodie. We started to share everything with each other, he never made fun of me for always keeping myself engrossed in studies. He always sat beside me without making any noise. I used to study on the terrace every night. I found more peace and comfort there. He had no work there, still he always came to give me company, and make sure that I am fine."

"I wasn't able to understand if this was his Love for me, or he is doing this all as a friend, but I was enjoying his company, even in the silence we used to feel so delighted and comfortable. I turned fifteen soon, and He turned eighteen...he became officially an adult, still he never touched me without my consent, never made me feel unsafe with his presence. Maybe that is why once I named him a Gentleman, who knows how to respect girls and women, how to make them feel safe with him even in the deep darkness. I don't have any words to express how beautiful those days used to be, careless smiles, our late-night conversation, his maggie's treat, and my special strong coffee for him, our trips, our fights for games which I started to play only for him."

"And the most awaited day arrived, when finally we both confessed our love to each other." Naina said with a soft smile, and Sameer blushed secretly.

| • Flashback • |

There was a Christmas Party going on in the colony, and Naina felt annoyed with the loud music disturbing the peace of her mind, so She came on the terrace to find some serenity here. She diligently sat down on the neat floor of the terrace, and was looking up at the tiny tiny twinkling stars bringing light in the dreamy dark sky. She smiled in ecstasy, and soon felt a familiar hand tapping on her shoulder, disturbing her deep thoughts. She raised her eyes at him, and said - "You here?"

"Yeah...I was feeling bored without you." He replied to her casually, and made himself comfortable beside her. Naina passed a smile, and asked him in a teasing tone - "But you like loud music. Right? Then why did you feel bored? Has your choice changed?"

"Ummm kind of, you weren't there, and those stupid boys were talking some shit about you, so before I kill them from my own hands, I left from there and came here." The guy said with his jaw clenched so tightly, and Naina was surprised. She never met this possessive Sameer, he is aggressive and a little broad minded too.

"Oh...what were they saying?" Naina asked him with an interesting smile playing on her lips, and He looked at her in anger.

"Why do you want to know?" He asked her grumpily, and She said innocently - "For general knowledge."

"General Knowledge?" Sameer repeated her words with a confused face.

"Yes, if you will tell me what they were talking about me, then only I would know how boys nowadays compliment beautiful girls like me." Naina teased him, and saw him looking at her with blood-like red eyes. She gaped at him in fear, wondering if she had spoken more than needed.

"I know how to compliment a beautiful girl like you." Sameer said huskily, his hand slowly touching her cheek.

She gulped down, and stood up from there, saying - "Mom must be waiting for me."

Naina almost reached the door of the terrace, but one strong hand pulled her back, and plastered her body on the wall. Sameer was looking at her with deep love, and clutching her hand softly. He said in a low voice - "Let her wait, if she will ask you Where you were, tell her. I was busy with your future son-in-law."

"Www...what are you saying? You must be kidding. Right?" Naina asked him with surprise in her voice, and Sameer chuckled, and said - "Do you think I am joking?"

"Ummm...I don't know." She felt extremely nervous under his strong gaze, and his lips had a smile.

"You don't know many things Naina, should I make you understand?" He said while going closer to her face, and sweat trickled on her gleaming skin at sensing his unflinching eyes.

"I know everything...you don't have to waste your time with me." Naina replied to him in a firm voice, and Sameer gently took away her flying hair strand, and spoke lovingly - "I would love to waste my whole life with you, just give me one chance."

"Why are you saying cheesy lines to me? Do you really think this will impress me?" She chuckled, and wriggled in his tight hold.

"Do I really need to impress you?" He said in a raspy voice, and now her confidence seems to have vanished away in thin air.

"What do you mean by this?" Naina asked him shockingly, wondering how he knows that she has some feelings for him?

"You know my answer." Sameer replied to her with a lazy smile, his hands playing with the layer of her glass bangles. He felt soothing with its beautiful music.

"I don't know your answer. Tell me, what did you mean exactly?" She said with an exasperated look, and He took a deep sigh.

"What do you think? I don't know that you crave for my one glimpse every-day? For my smile? for my maggie? for my company?? I know everything Naina, though I never said anything but I always knew you had a crush on me...which slowly grew into love." Sameer answered her with a slow smile, and Naina gasped. O my god, he really used to notice these all?

"Nnnn...no, I don't have any feelings." She said in a low voice, looking at the floor nervously.

"Yes right...I know you don't have any feelings for any other guy, but for Me you always had deep feelings, stop running away from reality. I Love You Too." Sameer confessed his love out of the blue, and Naina looked at him, totally baffled, and He softly brushed his knuckles on her lips, and said - "It took years to realise that I don't consider you only as my friend. I have genuine feelings for you, which I hope never erase."

"You...you really love me?" Naina asked him with a growing smile, and He chuckled, and replied to her teasingly - "Unfortunately Yes."

"What the..." Sameer thought She was going to use a bad word, so He instantly stopped her, and said threateningly - "Don't...I don't want my innocent Naina to get spoiled because of my company. I will stop using that word."

"But I wasn't going to use Fuck word, I was saying What The Hell. Idiot." Naina scolded him with a cute smile, and Sameer shrugged off his shoulder.

"I can't believe You Love Me. A nerd girl." She expressed her happiness with a wide pretty smile, and took off her thick glasses to make herself look a little extra beautiful.

Sameer gently made her wear her spectacles, which had a thick black border, and said softly - "you don't have to take them off to make yourself look pretty. You are already perfect with these glasses."

"Ummm no...this doesn't look good on me. I know you are just saying this for the sake of my happiness." Naina always felt insecure with these glasses on her face, she feels better when she takes them off.

"I never lie, and you know this, just look into my eyes and see your own reflection floating inside them. You will find yourself looking innocently beautiful with these sexy glasses." Sameer praised her genuinely, making her feel lucky for having a guy like him. Everyone in the school always made fun of her for wearing boring specs on her face, even her own friends joked about her.

"Why do you love me so much? I mean...my own family always had issues with my voluminous glasses, my brother used to tease me every day for being a Chashmish, my friends, my neighbours, everyone had always mocked me....even I myself don't like wearing them, then how can you love me with these boring glasses?" Naina asked him with apprehension in her voice, and her eyes were reflecting the innocence.

"Because you don't love yourself more than me. I always despised looking at Chashmish girls, I never found them interesting until I met you, you changed my perspective, glasses are just another ornament which girls and boys both wear on their face. There is nothing to feel ashamed about, those who bully people who wear spectacles are cruel and heartless, whoever made fun of you for these beautiful glasses. May God give them heavy dark circles under their eyes." Sameer said with a calm smile, which concealed his hatred for those cruel people who bullied her.

"Never stop wearing these glasses for anyone, this makes you look different from everyone, and I never want you to become ordinary in the anger of showing your haters that you look extra beautiful without glasses. Don't ever dare to do this stupidity, their comments shouldn't matter to you, have you ever watched Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani? Deepika in that movie looked so pretty with glasses, she was also a nerd like you. There are a couple of similarities between you two." He spoke further while smiling dreamily, and the mention of some other girl aggravated her sleeping anger. She slapped him on his shoulder with a miffed face, and He wondered what he had done to deserve this slap?

"Don't you feel ashamed to talk about other girls in front of your girlfriend?" Naina said with an infuriated face, and Sameer smirked, and asked her in a gruff voice - "O so you have already considered yourself as my girlfriend. Not bad."

"What? You have just told me you love me, so does that not mean we are now officially girlfriend and boyfriend?" She asked him innocently while pouting like a baby, and He giggled seeing her cuteness.

"Yeah I told you I love you, but it's only one sided love. How can we be girlfriend and boyfriend then?" Sameer said in a dramatic voice, and looked at her with fake sadness.

"How can it be a one-sided love, when I also love you so much?" She screamed in annoyance, and the next moment He started to laugh loudly.

"I shouldn't be saying this, but you are so stupid...but cute too." He pinched her puffed cheek with a smile, and She smacked him on his head for calling her stupid.

"You are also dumb...idiot, shameless, stupid, spoilt brat, cruel guy, heartless, but out of all of this. You are the man I would love to see become Mine." Naina said with watery eyes, and jumped on him for loving her unconditionally, and making her feel blessed.

"Call me anything you want, but you will always be Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani's wali Naina of this Bunny's heart." Sameer placed her hand on his wildly dancing heart, and said with a sweet smile, and She softly kissed him on his cheek out of impulsiveness, and screamed on the top of her voice - "I Love You So Much Idiot."

"Hold on...Hold on, don't scream so much, my ears will get damaged, then don't tell me. Sameer, you don't listen to anything, you have become a deaf." Sameer quipped to irritate her, and Naina gritted her teeth at him for spoiling her love confession.

"Ok I am sorry...scream as much as you want. I will still love you, my beautiful chashmish." He said while adjusting her glasses, and kissed her gently on her forehead.

| • Flashback Ended • |

Everyone was stunned after listening to their Confession Story, though Naina didn't mention Sameer's name, but still somewhere everyone felt that She is talking about him only. Their love was so pure and beautiful, how could they even think of staying apart from each other? This thought was bothering them to a great extent, and now their curiosity to know the reason behind their separation increased to the next level.

"O my god Naina, you had such a loving boyfriend...Gosh now I am really feeling envy of you." Riya yelled at her with a puppy face, and Naina smiled painfully looking up at silent Sameer.

"Exactly! You guys are made for each other, go and bring him back in your life. You stupid girl, and one thing I still can't understand how someone could stay without their love? If I had someone like your boyfriend. I would have never left him alone for any reason." Kajal said with astonishment in her voice, everyone knew there that it was Naina who abandoned her boyfriend for some reason.

"I am dumb, and i know this." Naina joked with a plastic smile, and Altamash said a bit sternly - "I won't disagree, hence the way you told us how much that guy loved you...we can completely understand how difficult it must have been for him to let you go away from his life. I really feel bad for him."

"You should have considered him as a part of your life yaar, it's not easy to find guys like him...I didn't know before that He was so loving and caring, had if I knew I would have pushed you to bring him back in your life, and apologize to him for your stupid mistake." Riya rebuked her friend for behaving like an idiot with that poor guy, and Sameer finally spoke in a firm voice - "Stop scolding her guys."

"What happened?" Everyone questioned him for screaming at them, and He said annoyingly - "Nothing."

"He has more mood swings than a pregnant woman." Altamash commented with a vexed face, and Riya disagreed.

"You're not any less than him." She said angrily, and He hissed in anger, and spoke - "What did I do with you?"

"Wahi na...tumne kuch kiya hi nahi mere saath." Riya whined like a kid, and Altamash looked at her with a horror expression. She also realised what stupidity she had done, and so to fix her mistake. She said - "I mean you don't see my love for you, just like this stupid friend of mine didn't seen of that poor guy."

"Oh please, you have just expressed your love to me today, how can you even expect me to feel the same for you?" Altamash spoke in a thoughtful manner, and Riya lovingly caressed his face, and said - "I am ready to wait for you my whole life. My Alma...but please don't let me die Virgin."

Kajal felt highly embarrassed for having a shameless sister like Riya, her brother-in-law is sitting in front of her, still she has no modesty.

"Oh Allah out of all the girls, you found this girl only for me?" Altamash mentally cursed God for sticking him with this fearless girl.

"Mombatti lekar dhundoge na toh bhi tumhe meri jaisi ladki nahi milegi." Riya flicked her hair with a proud smile, and He nodded his head in a dramatic way, and said - "Bilkul sahi...mombatti ki zarurat hi nahi hai, aise bhi mil jayegi dhoop me."

"Then why are you still single?" She asked him calmly, and He replied to her - "How do you know this?"

"Before falling in love with you. I did a private investigation about you...pata toh chale kuch scope hai ya nahi tumhare saath." Riya said with a lopsided smile, though it was a clear lie. She didn't do any investigation about him. It was just a random guess.

"O My Allah...are you a girl or my crazy stalker?" Altamash screamed with a terrified look on his face.

"I am everything for you My Alma." She pulled his cheek with a cheeky smile, and He groaned in annoyance.

"Allah this name...I really want to scold my ammi (Mother) now for giving me this name. Out of all the beautiful names, she found Altamash only?" He said in a peeve, and looked at her aggressively.

"Don't curse my future mother-in-law Alma. She has given you such a beautiful name." Riya spoke in a cute smile, and Kajal scolded her - "Are you really my sister? Stop flirting with this poor guy for god's sake, let him breathe for some time peacefully."

"What have I done? I am just stopping him from cursing my beloved mother-in-law. It isn't the right thing. What will God think of him?" Riya said with an innocent face, and Altamash silently begged her to shut off her mouth.

"Ok we will discuss our future later. Now let's focus on Naina's past." She spoke in a serious tone, and Altamash thanked her for sparing him.

To be continue...

How was the update?

Any favourite scene or dialogue?