"Lt. Singh you have a visitor "
An orderly came to inform her
She got up from her desk and went to the visitors room
She wasn't expecting anybody
And her heart skipped a beat as she saw him
Sitting there in much better condition than before
She has never noticed before
But he is handsome
And God this sea green shirt is looking so splendid.....
"Sorry to come unannounced
But i am leaving today, and i will be gone for a while
And i need to explain myself "
He said as he stood up from the sofa
Taking few steps towards her
And she walked to him too....
"About that day
I am really sorry
I shouldn't have said anything like that
I know it's wrong
And i completely understand if you don't wana see me again ever.....i will....
But he got interrupted as Naina moved forward and took his hand in hers
With affection
He was ready for many things but not this
They are in army headquarters
And this visiting room is not so private.....
But naina has covered it well....
There is still some safe distance between them
But she needed to anchor herself to him
To give him some sort of assurance
"I have feelings for you too
It took me a while to realise it...
Love is a big word ...
I never experienced it before
But i know one thing
That I want you in my life.....
I don't wana share you with anyone
I want you for myself
You are good for me "
There was so much honesty and affection in her eyes that it almost made his heart ache with joy.
"I don't know what to say "
He whispered in amazement , stammering as well
She grin ... Finding his clumsines so attractive
This thread which is connecting them right now is so new to acknowledge
"Don't worry about me
We can talk about it later when ever you are back "
He saw below
Their hands intervene together in union
He took a moment to register the feel of her skin against his....
The warmth of her fingers
He rubbed his thumb a couple of times on her knuckles
Making himself believe that he is holding her hand....
This small gesture made naina Shiver
She has never seen him like this before
In romantic sort of way
She bought her other hand to hold his hand properly and he got his other hand too
Both not sure what to say next
But the firm grip of their hold was speaking volume.
"I should go"
He said taking a deep breath... Looking here and there
She nodded with smiling eyes
He went till the door and turned back to her
"Can I call you"
He asked anxiously
To which naina twitched her face in question
"We always call eachother"
"I mean.... You know what I mean"
"I think now we should call eachother more often"
She said with suppressed smile
He left with a smile and kept smiling for rest of the day
Sometimes consciously trying to control not to smile at signal or work ...
_________________
Naina is frowning in her own party
As her friends made fun of her
"Ud ek joke sunau"
Huda asked in a humours tone
"Han suna"
"Naina and sir are dating "
And they all laughed making fun of her on her face...
"Just shut up you all....
Mujhe tum logo ko kuch batana hi nahi chahiye tha"
She threw a pillow on Alekh 's face
"Joke hi to hai
Tu kehti hai ke tum dono relationship mein ho
Par na tum kabhi date pe Gaye
Date chod coffee pe bhi nahi Gaye
Teen mahine mein kiss Tak nahi kiya....
Bas phone pe bat karte ho
Ye kaisa relationship hua"?
They all laughed harder making naina so mad.
"He is an intelligence officer ....
He is really busy
And he is posted in another city
And we are trying to get leave but we are not getting one....
And long distance relationship ke bare mein nahi suna kya
So Stop making fun of us."
"Dekh naina
Jab Tak hum apni ankhon se tum dono ko sath na dekhen hum yakeen nahi karenge "
"Fuck off"
Naina stormed out of the room
_____________
Later that night on call
Rajveer sensed her agitated voice
"You sound worried
All good"?
He asked
"AP Mere tone se mere mood ka pata laga lete hain"?
She was amused
He smirked
"I know you too well I guess "
"Nothing to worry.
My friends were her
Apko to pata hi hai sab kaise hai....
I was teased to death.... "
"I am just glad they all support you in this
I still can't forget your training days
Remember, when major bhargav had turned everyone against us."
"We were all naive back then
We all have evolved so much in a couple of years"
She is sitting on the veranda
Talking to him playing with the tiles pattern
"I can't believe you were about to keep this from me....
Kya ap sach mein nahi batate
And even after telling me, you were so sure
That nothing is gonna come out of it...."
He took a moment to construct the answer
As it's not simple
"Are you there "
She asked
"Yeah.....
You remember when major bhargav had plant those letters in your room.
And for a moment you had thought that I had written them....
At that moment, the way you had looked at me.... It was terrible to bear
It was so messed up
I had feelings for you
And i was trying so hard to conceal it
And then the letters
My brain was absolutely frozen....
I was scared of that look this time also....."
"I am so sorry
I had no idea , that I caused you so much troubled "
"Hey
You didn't caused me trouble
You caused me heartache "
He said with a smirk .
"I wana see you "
She made a request
"I am trying my best to get a day off
May be this weekend.....
I wana see you too....."
She was grinning and he can feel it.
"I still can't believe we are together "
He said with excitement in his voice....
"Me neither.....
But you and me together
It makes so much sense "
"I wanted to ask you
Is huda ok about us "
"Don't worry about him...
He has given up long time back....
Infact he is seeing someone else
He took a sigh of relief which made her laugh...
"So
Anyone i should be worried about"
She asked teasing him
He didn't expected that
"There was someone long time back ...
But she is not relevant anymore
She is married and she lives overseas so .... Don't worry"
"Nandini right"?
She asked making him widen his eyes in surprise
"How do you know
I never told you"
"I vaguely remember bhaiyya once mentioning this
She was your batchmate in kma right"?
"Yeah ....
But as I said it's all in past"
"I know.... I just wanted to know more about you ...
It has always been me and me....
We never talk about you "
And they talked till midnight as she asked him everything about his family and childhood and so much more.
