HUMNAVA MERE ☑

Chapter 6

'Mai apko na call krungi bahar jaake' Sana said making a call sign with her hand. Sidharth bit the inner corner of his lip smiling at her.
'Bilkul' he replied.

The next day began with a lazy morning. The shoot for weekend ka vaar was to start in the evening. Every one was lazing around in their casual clothes, talking, joking, ironing their clothes. Sid was lying on his bed, Aarti sat on the other side of the bed. Shehnaaz and Asim were sitting on the couch which was in the center of bedroom area. The blinds in front of the bedroom area were down. Aarti was busy doing her nails and Sidharth kept his eyes closed but wasn't actually sleeping. Asim and Sana were whispering something in each other's ear and giggling. Sidharth looked at them and raised his eyebrows. Asim and Sana let out a loud laughter and gave each other a hi five. Aarti stopped and looked at them. 'Kya ho gya' she asked. Shehnaaz pointed towards Sidharth giggling and started saying something in actions which totally went above her head. Sidharth let out a soft chuckle. They were joking about the way he sleeps. With his mouth slightly opened. She noticed him and teased him by sticking out her tongue. She looked cute beyond words. Sidharth sat up straight and started the action game with her. Asim and Aarti looked at them, astonished. The other housemates too were in a shock. The past two days Sid didn't look grumpy and annoyed, which he mostly used to look like other than when he used to talk about his family, his mother, sisters and nieces.

Shehnaaz made an ohkk symbol with their eyes locked into each other's. They had forgot about others and were playing like children. Sidharth showed a thumbs down. Shehnaaz acted as if she was angry and made a face. Sidharth chuckled bitting on his lower lip and showed his palm (indicating slap) Shehnaaz did the same thing. And here she got a new game and started copying him.
He laughed, She laughed.
Haan? Haan?
Kya krne ki koshish kr rhi ho?
Kya krne ki koshish kr rhi ho?
He facepalmed, she copied. He let out a loud laughter, she tried to imitate his laughter, making every house mate laugh.
Sidharth licked his lower lip while laughing. She did the same.
'How cute' he mumbled, inaudible to everyone leaving Aarti.
Huh? Aarti reacted in a shock.
'Kya?' Shehnaaz asked when she couldn't hear what he said.
'Fooool' he said to cover up and scolded himself in his head.

The blinds opened putting him to ease. The giant sofa was back. There was a huge frame kept in the living room. In the garden area the part where there was a jail earlier was covered entirely with a huge cloth. Bigg boss asked everyone to gather in the living area. Paras read out the letter by Bigg boss. The captaincy task was to be performed in between Himanshi and Asim. Both will be on the either end of the frame. They had to hold the  frame with their one hand till one of them gave up and left the frame. They were not allowed to use any physical force. Shefali Zariwala was the sanchalak.
Both of them kept holding the frame for quite long till when Shefali advised Himanshi to sit on the floor and not move. Sidharth, Shehnaaz and Aarti protested on how could she being a sanchalak give strategies to one of them but she didn't listen. Sidharth, as now giving strategies was declared fair by the sanchalak, told Asim with a hand movement to slowly turn the frame.
'Asim slowly, don't use force' he said. Asim followed his strategy and as she was sitting he was at an advantage of height making it more difficult for her and then suddenly she left. Sid, Asim, Arti and Sana had a group hug.

But soon after, Himanshi started crying that he used force. Every housemate had clearly seen that no force was used but the ones who spoke were Sidharth and Shehnaaz. Himanshi walked up to Shehnaaz and pushed her, 'Tu aithe vi gand macho rhi hai....tera hi kita dhara ae saara' Shehnaaz was taken back by that sudden push and before she could attack back there was a strong arm locking her and stopping her from charging.
'Are you mad Himanshi' Sidharth shouted at her. Himanshi realized what she did. She stormed into the bedroom area. Shefali followed. Shehnaaz breathed heavily and then freed herself. She walked towards Himanshi who was sitting on the bed along with Shefali Zariwala and Rashmi. 'Aithe na tu mera muh khulvayi na...tere laiye hi changa rhuga' she said angrily. Sid and Asim stood behind her. The housemates hardly understood the Punjabi lines spoken by the two but everyone could guess that they had some rivalry. Sidharth put a hand across her and dragged her out. 'Kya hua Shehnaaz ye Himanshi ke saath kya chakar hai' Aarti asked her more for gossip rather than from worrying. Sidharth gave her a look to shut up. Shehnaaz didn't answer. Her stomach churned and her heart was beating loudly against her chest. This was what she had feared. She didn't want to bring their rivalry on the national television to make it a national talk. Her region had missunderstood her during the controversy and sided with Himanshi. She couldn't have taken it from the whole nation. Sidharth noticed tears in her eyes which she quickly wiped off. He felt bad, he felt angry, he felt like hugging her and asking her what the matter is but they had just met, he couldn't. He tried to comfort her, Asim too tried to calm her down.