Mandarin Oriental
"okay Roshni you can do this" she enters the banquet hall with a smile, but to her shock it is dark.
"um, hello" she speaks...
She could hear her voice echoing.
"is...is anyone here?" she tells,
"lagta galat jaga agai" she says and turns to go back.
She opens the door but to her unluck, the door was locked from outside.
She tries to push, pull to open the door but nothing worked.
"o..o..okayyy" she stammers turning again.
"yeh Siddharth kahaan gaya" she mumbles.
Slowly her eyes got adapted to the darkness.
"what should i do now?" she mutters keeping a pout.
"why do I have a gut feeling that i should move forwards" she murmur.
She then follows her gut feeling and moves forward.
"ouch" by mistake she hit a table.
"is that a switch?" she says while rubbing her knee.
"indeed it is a switch, but table pe, lemme switch it on, it might turn on some light" saying this she switches the switch on.
And was she right, a spotlight falls on her making her look no less than a Disney princess.
She sees an envelope kept on the table.
She anxiously picks it up, and opens slowly.
She finds a picture in it and takes the picture out.
That picture brought tears to her eyes.
"Siddharth" she whispers, and yes it was a picture of SidNi, and not only any random photo but the photograph they took when they met the first.
"Roshni" she heard his voice,
"Siddharth"
"Roshni, yaad hai, this was our first meeting" she hears his voice again taking her almost years back.
Colored Text Flashback
Khurana Mansion
"DD" Simran welcomed DD.
After the normal greetings,
"kahaan hai meri beti" Simran asks,
"ek second rukko bai, i'll call her, Roshni" DD calls Roshni.
Roshni comes running towards DD and hugs her leg.
"yes mumma" and yes it was our baby Roshni who was just 5 years old.
"yeh dekho this is Simran aunty, say hello"
"hello aunty" Roshni says shaking her hand with Simran,
"hello tu Roshni hai na"
"haan main hi Roshni hun, apko koi doubt hai aunty" she asks,
"arre Durga, she is just the miniature of you" Simran lifts Roshni,
"aapko chocolates pasand hai kya" Simran asks,
"chocolatess" Roshni gets excited,
"mujhe bohot pashand hai chocolates",
"tum rukko i'll get it" Simran says leaving DD and Roshni in the living room.
Simran returns with a big chocolate.
"ye lo tumari chocolate" Simran gives her the chocolate and gets busy in conversation with DD.
"mumma mujhe bore hora hai" Roshni pout while eating the chocolate.
"Simmi kahaan hai tera beta" DD asks,
"rukko main bulati hun, Siddharth" Simran calls.
Siddharth comes running with a ball in his hand,
"jee mumma" he stands beside Simran,
"Sid aoi, see this is DD aunty, say hello"
"hello, kaise hai aap" and yes it is our cute 5 year old Siddharth,
"wah bai, main achi hun" DD laughs at his respect,
"mumma ye kaun hai" Siddharth asks pointing to Roshni,
"kyun woh meri chocolate ka rahi hai" he pouts,
"ye teri chocolate hai kya" Roshni asks,
"hmm, meri chocolate hai" he frowns,
"koi baat nahin hum share kar te hain, ye lo" she gives her chocolate to him,
"mera naam Siddharth hai, tum meri friend banoghi" he says forwarding his hands,
"haan main banughi teri friend, aur mera naam hai Roshni" she shakes her hand with his.
He takes a bite in the chocolate and gives it to Roshni, "tumari chance".
Seeing the cuteness of their kids DD and Simran go "awww".
After a few other bites, chocolate has spread through their face.
"hahaha" they both laugh at each other.
"tum dono na" DD slaps her forehead smiling,
"come lets take a picture of you both" Simran says picking both.
With the chocolate smeared in their faces, SidNi take their pehle picture.
"come main meri room dikha thi hun tujhe" he pulls her and goes into his room.
Flashback Ends.
"aur yaad hai tujhe, us din tum mujhe Siddharth ki badle Sidu bulai thi, and I called you Roshu" he giggles,
"yaad hai" she sniffs, "where are you?" she says looking around,
"yahin hun, don't worry, now move forward" he says and at that moment another spotlight fell on another table, nearby her.
She looks at the ground and walks.
She smiles and goes towards the next table.
She finds another envelope, she picks it up and opens it.
She smiles seeing the picture while tears roll down her face.
It picture had a crying Roshni looking at her elbow, which had scratches in it and Siddharth sitting beside her, having tears in his eyes.
Flashback
Siddharth and Roshni were best of friends.
They grew up together, each weekend Roshni goes to the Khurana house to stay or Siddharth stays in the DD mansion.
When SidNi were 10 years old, the Khuranas and the Patels planned a picnic.
So they all went to Lonavala.
Both the families had great fun together.
The kids, SidNi, Yash, Sam and Kritika, start to ride their bicycles.
Even they had great fun.
After a while, Yash, Sam and Kritika stop riding leaving SidNi alone riding.
SidNi went on a long route and were returning to the picnic spot.
"Roshu ek idea hai mujhe" Siddharth says,
"kya" she asks,
"lets race, whoever reaches first the spot is the winner"
"okay, so lets race"
As their small race begins, SidNi were equal in the speed.
As Roshni saw the picnic spot nearing, she didn't wanna lose so she increases her speed.
And suddenly her cycle trip over a rock and she falls down.
Siddharth moves forward but as he hears her sobs he gets out of the cycle and pushes it.
He runs to Roshni,
"Roshni, kya hua" he sits beside her.
Seeing Siddharth running the family members come towards them.
Roshni lifts her elbow and starts crying.
Siddharth looks at her scratch and starts to cry too.
"arre, Siddharth why are you crying?" Raj asks,
"kyun ki" he sniffs, "meri dost, meri Roshni ki aankhon me aansu hai" even he weeps,
"to isiliye mera aankho main aansu"
"arre bai" the elders start to laugh and admire his care for Roshni.
And at that moment DD takes their picture.
Flashback Ends.
"from that time, until now and for ever, agar tumare aankho mein aansu ati hai na, to meri aankho main bhi ata hai, I can never see you in pain meri dost, meri Roshni" Siddharth says over the microphone.
Roshni smiles caressing the photograph in her hand.
"if you get hurt toh tujhse zyaada mujhe dard hota hai, and I know its the vice versa also" he wipes the lone tear in his face.
"go forward Roshni" another spotlight falls on another table.
She goes to the table and finds a chocolate wrapper there.
She picks it up.
"this is might sound insane Roshni, I really don't know ki tujhe yaad hai ki nahi, this was the first chocolate I bought you, I didn't know why I collected it from the bin, I don't know why I still have it, this is crazy main jaantouin but Roshni you make go crazy baby, jab bhi tum meri paas hoti ho, my heart beats fast, even it goes insane, sirf tumare liye, and its skip a beat when ever I see you"
"Siddharth" she whispers,
"aghe jao".
She then walks to the next table.
Again she finds a picture of them.
Flashback
SidNi were 13, that is they were in class 8. And as you all know they studied in the same school.
It was break, SidNi with Rithwik were roaming in the corridors.
"hmm, what's your lunch?" they were just chit chatting casually.
As the bell rang Roshni face turned pale,
"Sidu Rithu did you guys finish the assignment?" Roshni asks,
"haan I finished"
"yeah me too"
"oh shit"
"kya hua"
"I didn't yaar, lagai waat, i'm gonna die" she pouts and slams her forehead with her palm,
"don't worry i'll take care" Siddharth reassures her,
"kaise"
"have no fear when your best friends Siddharth and Rithwik is here" he winks and pulls her and Rithwik through the corridors to their class.
Classroom
It was Math class.
Ms Anjali was the teacher, a very strict typical math teacher, and students call her bhooth as whenever she is angry she turns into ghost.
She enters the classroom as the students settle down.
SidNi were always sitting in the first bench with Rithwik and Karan.
Roshni sits in the middle while Siddharth and Rithwik beside her.
"Good morning mam" the students greet her.
"Good morning" she replies and settles down.
"before we start the class, all the VIPs who didn't finish the assignment stand up" she said.
Roshni gulped nervously, and slowly starts to get up.
Suddenly Rithwik and Siddharth get up pulling her also up.
Roshni smiles thanking god to have friends like them.
"so you three VIPs didn't finish your homework" she asks.
The trio look down and nod their heads.
"out of the class, now" she commanded.
The trio, still looking down, left the class.
As they exit the class,
"thank you so much guys, I know don't main aise kya kiya to get you guys as my best friends" she hugs the both.
"arre Roshni" Siddharth caresses her back, while
"tum pagal ho Roshni" Rithwik ruffles her hair.
"aur how many should we tell you that" Siddharth starts and comes out of the hug,
"ki dosti main no" Rithwik continues, Roshni sighs smiling,
"no sorry aur no thank you" the trio end up laughing like maniacs.
And this was caught in the camera.
They were called up by the principal, and all way long Siddharth and Rithwik supported Roshni.
When there parents were called up, the school showed the camera footage to the families.
Siddharth was holding her throughout the their session in the principal's office
And at that time Siddharth took a picture of that footage.
Flashback Ends
"aur us time se and zindagi bar main tumari haath nahi chodunghi, i'll always stand for you Roshni, hamesha hamesha ki liye" tears roll down his cheeks.
"aghe bado".
She finds another table with another envelope.
And there is a collage of SidNi with Rithwik and Karan.
Roshni laughs and cries at the same time.
Siddharth lets out a chuckle,
"yaad hai us din, when we got our 12 board exam results, I can never forget that day Roshni, you came school first and I came school second followed by this ghadha" he says indicating Rithwik.
"we two were not just happy that you came first, but you came first with the least amount of preparation, yaad hai you were on conference call with us the night before the results, saying that you are gonna fail sorely but then you came school first, agar if I have to lose my life just to keep you happy i'll do it Roshni, no matter what happens you were, are and always will be first and only priority".
Another spotlight turns on showing a yet another envelope, she opens it to find another selfie of SidNi with both the families.
"aur yaad hai after we got our results, our families ne milke they discussed that we will pursue our higher education together, ek saath, with Rithwik...London me...aur un dino ki bohot yaadein hai, those days are the bestest days of my life and the...never mind" he breathes out air.
Another spotlight turns on showing a board.
She walks up to it and sees many pictures pasted on it.
The first one was a selfie of SidNi and AshWik in their dorm in London
Flashback
SidNi were roaming the corridors with their luggage finding their room.
"538..539...yeah this is our room 540, aoi Sidu" Roshni runs to her room with her sling bag, throwing her baggage to him,
"arre Rosh...yeh ladki bi na" he says shaking his head and picking up her bag off the floor.
"wow Siddharth come fast" Roshni admires the room,
"coming...amazing yaar" even he admires the room.
They check all the places, every nooks of their room.
"so this is gonna be our room for the next 4 years" he says looking out the window,
"hmm" she stands beside him, resting her head in his shoulder.
"nervous" he questions,
"yes yaar, I mean this the first time na" she says making him wrap his hand around her neck pulling her more closer to him.
"heyy guys" Rithwik comes into their room, making SidNi separate.
"kya hua Rosh, emo hogai kya" Rithwik says jumping on the bed.
Roshni chuckles and sits in the bed,
"haan yaar, emo hogai, for the next 4 years I should only see your loser faces"
"kya loser faces, tum jaantio na, i'm one of the" Siddharth starts,
Roshni rolls her eyes and says, "most eligible, hot, dashing, and handsome, aur kuch bacha hai kya"
"sexy" he says,
"yeah sexy man in India, yehi bolne wale the na" she shakes her unbelieving.
"uffo I forgot about it totally" Rithwik exclaims,
"kya"
"tum log use nahi mile na, wait lemme call her" he says rushing outside.
"her?" Roshni questions to Siddharth,
"pata nahi" he shrugs his shoulders.
Rithwik then comes to the room,
"and here is my roomie" he tells and the girls comes into the room, and obviously its are cutie Asha.
"hi i'm Asha" she introduces herself,
"hi i'm Roshni" she shakes her hands with her,
"i'm Siddharth" he introduces herself.
After the normal conversations, and in no time Asha became close to them.
"chal selfie" Siddharth said bringing his phone out.
Flashback Ends
"that was our room for sirf 4 years, what i didn't know that you are going to be my home for the rest of my life" he states.
She looks at the second picture and bursts into laughter.
Flashback
It was Roshni's birthday.
She woke up in the morning and found Siddharth sleeping in his bed, peacefully.
She then woke him up after sometime, excitedly as no one had wished her until now.
But then he acted casually.
And the whole day went like that.
Roshni was very sad not getting birthday wishes from her best friends.
It was 9 pm and Roshni was missing India and her family so much.
She was sitting in her bed hugging a pillow.
Suddenly the lights went off,
"uh, yeh kya, light chali gayi, aaj ka din hi kharaab hai, even Siddharth forgot my birthday, ughh" she shouts.
She then hums her favorite song changing her mood.
As the lights turn on.
"HAPPYYY BIRTHDAYYYY ROSHNIIIIII" all her friends jump out of no where.
"OMG" she gets scared.
She then finds all her friends there, with Siddharth holding her birthday cake and Rithwik having Champagne in his hand and of course Asha bursting the party poppers.
"OH MY GOD GUYYYYSSS, tum log...you all remember my birthday" she sniffs,
"arre kaise we won't remember your birthday" Rithwik side hugs her,
"if we forget it then would you leave us to live, won't you inside the prison for murder" Siddharth jokes,
"agar if you had made this late na, then whatever you said would be 1000% sure" she wipes her tears,
"arre arre rone laggai" he then opens his arms going towards her.
She immediately hugs him,
"alle alle" he ruffles her hair smiling and winking at Rithwik.
After this they all have a blast.
"arre kya gift" she chuckles looking at Siddharth giving her a gift.
"seriously Siddharth, we are in college now" she shakes her head unbelieving.
"toh kya, isme kya baad hai that we are in college now, I always gave you gifts, ab do you want this necklace or should I give it to Asha, even she like this, teri tarah hi haine".
"necklace" she exclaims and snatches it from him.
She opens it and goes astonished,
"wow"
"do you like it?"
"like? I love it Siddharth" she screams making him smile.
"th..." she starts to thank him but then stops looking at his squinted eyes.
"tum kabhi nahi sudroghi" he shakes his head.
"aur yeh Rosh humare taraf se" Rithwik says pushing a very big package towards her,
"yeah this is our gift" Siddharth helping Rithwik pushing the package.
"open it na" Asha says having the party popper ready to blast.
"ookayy" she says while opening the ribbon.
And then suddenly.
"SURPRRIISSSEEEE" yes it was our lover boy Karan, jumping out of the box with a box of chocolates.
Asha burst the popper.
"OMG KARAAAANNNN" she shouts,
"Happy birthday Rosh" he says giving her the chocolates.
"really guys thank you" she wipes the lone tear at the corner of her eye.
"yeh ladki ab tak nahi sudhri kya" Karan says slapping his forehead.
"KARAANN" she hugs him tightly which turns into a group hug when Siddharth and Rithwik join them.
Asha being the new joinee of the group, stands silently clicking pictures of them.
"I love you guys" Roshni screeches in happiness.
"we love you too Roshniii" the boys scream hugging her more tightly, taking the life outta her.
Flashback Ends
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