Chapter 15

Koel walked through the hallway of KMA, almost as if floating with her delicate form. Even with the fragile image, her presence came out very strongly, for everyone who had a view of her would gather round with someone to discuss her. Most guys watched her dreamily or with lust, while girls threw anger, jealousy and even pity. Suddenly, she halted. A senior cadet was talking to his mate.

"- no doubt she's the daughter of a terrorrist! She's a bomb man..."

"Not only that, but her brother is the God for girls... she probably had lessons from that women-magnet Captain Rajveer!"

Within a bat of an eye, his mate who had given that rude reply was held by his collar, against the wall with his feet above the ground. Koel was holding him so hard that she nearly choked him and her sharp elbows poked under his ribcage.

"If you have something to say about or to me, say it directly. If not, keep your filthy mouth shut instead of blabbering away dirt." she hissed through gritted teeth. Only he could hear what she had said. He whimpered both in pain and fear. Her eyes were ablaze with fire. She began to pull him down while pushing him into the wall to make it as painful as she could, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She dropped him and turned around in surprise.

The scene traces the hand back to its owner; it is none other than Ali Begh.

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"I - this is - thank you Raj." Naina was struggling to find the right words which would convey her emotions, so she settled with a simple 'thank you'. To show that she really was grateful, and maybe to share an unspoken feeling, she hugged him tightly. He was startled at first, but then hugged back with equal or stronger feelings. They stood in this stance for what seemed like eternities flying past them with the beautifully intense hues of raging colours of the sky enveloping them as the day started to bid goodbye.

They broke apart after some time, though not fully. Her arms were still around his back. He traced the outline of her jaw, sending soft tingling shivers up and down her body. He held her by the chin, taking in the beauty that he could never get enough of. She brought her hands to rest on his chest; she could feel his heartbeat...

"That's you..." he whispered to her. He wished he could stay with her in his arms for as long as possible, but realized that it wasn't going to be a very long time when he glanced at his watch.

"Well Cadet Singh, looks like it's time for me to be tensed and worried, and for you to go back to the 'cadet' mode." he told her a little wistfully. She sensed this and grinned, putting her arms around his neck. When she felt his arm snaking around her waist, she blushed and dropped her gaze. It was his turn to grin.

Rajveer took her hands and put them down. He held one and started walking towards the bike. Naina pouted slightly; he told her to relax, and when she did, he wants to leave! When she voiced out her thoughts, he pointed out smartly that he told her that he would keep her there till he got the result he wanted, which he did. Seeing her a bit put off, he held by closely by the waist and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. Immediately a smile and blush crept up onto her face.

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"Where is Captain Rajveer?" Brigadier Chandokh asked the other faculty members for the second time. They started getting nervous, trying to think of an explanation.

"Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat reporting Sir!" he said from the doorway, standing in the 'attention' form. His colleagues and Nandini sighed in relief.

"Take your seat Captain. May I know why you are late?" Brigadier asked. Rajveer took his seat between Abhimanyu and Dr. Shalini, and Abhimanyu had chosen that moment to step on his foot. Rajveer winced. Brigadier misunderstood his expression and said, "Captain, all I asked was why you were late!"

"Sir, well actually I was told that the meeting was to be held at 7 PM, not now. So I had gone outside for - I had gone outside... when I came back to see Captain Chauhan, I found out he was here so I rushed. It was probably a misunderstanding of the orderly or a mistake by me..." he explained as he stepped back on his friend's foot, a lot harder than he had received. Abhimanyu flinched, and everyone else realized what was going on. Brigadier smiled and shook his head.

"Now the reason for this meeting. Captains Abhimanyu, Nandini and Rajveer, there has been orders from your senior officers that you three be present at Court 134 by 12 noon sharp tomorrow. So this means Subedar Lolita, Suriji and Dr. Shalini will have to handle the cadets while I deal with everything else." The three Captains exchanged confused glances, though they had an idea of what might happen tomorrow. Nandini asked just to make sure.

"Sir, what exactly is going to happen at Court 134?" The principal gave her a mysterious look. (He had taken over once again as principal when Major Nair was taken to custody).

"Tomorrow at Court 134, the three of you and most probably Major Nair will not have the titles you have today." Seeing that they were still confused, he explained with a wide smile. "You three are being promoted to Major Generals!" Suriji jumped up and whistled in joy, hugging the three at once as well as he could. Lolita shook her head and called him down from nearly dancing on the table. She and Dr. Shalini happily offered their congratulations, promising a party when they came back.

The scene ends with the three looking at each other, and then looking up. It's clear that they all have the same thought in mind: Naveen.

Precap - The six are having breakfast at the mess when Koel enters. Ali makes space for her. Naina looks at him appreciatively while Pooja, Yudi and Huda look confused and upset. Aalekh gives him a long look.

At the court, everyone is seated when Gehlot, Major Nair and another minister are brought in.
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