Sorry for late updation guys. Also, I haven't proof read it. So again, sorry for any grammatical errors.

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PART 26

In the coming days, Vardaan and Sanyukta had their usual sexual escapades in kissing and smooching and licking each other's lips; in some lonely corners, in store rooms, in his cabin, in the girl's common room, in his home etc. There was always a fear of getting caught and this added more passion to their kisses. Once the Dean had almost caught them red handed in Vardaan's cabin, but, in the nick of time, Sanyukta hid behind Vardaan's table. She got up laughing and giggling. They enjoyed these risks. But, he never took her to bed as knew his limits very well. Moreover, he very well knew that Sanykta was not ready for it yet and he was just not the type of person who would force himself on his lady. There was some unsaid understanding between them regarding this. Sanyukta's love and respect for him grew multiple times because of his this attitude. The exams were around the corner and she had a lot to study. She was under pressure and tensed. It was taking a toll on her health too. Once, she felt giddy and fell on the corridor while walking. The doctor diagnosed the same stress theory'. It was not possible for her to meet him often, as earlier. Vardaan was worried, not about her performance in the exams but about her health. He would invite her to his home on Sundays and feed her some healthy and nutritious food. Sunday used to be a holiday for her from her studies. He never allowed her to touch books on Sundays. They would plant saplings in his verandah, play games on playstation or Vardaan would teach her to cooks. There was no doubt that she was a master in studies and kathak. But, when it came to cooking, she was a complete disaster. He had to admit this. Well, not to her, of course. After all, he wanted to stay alive. Once they were busy, exploring each other on the couch and the vegetable which was the stove for cooking was burnt completely. There was smoke in the entire house. They ended up coughing, laughing and ordering food from some restaurant. When it came to cleanliness, she was a total opposite of him. She would eat some snacks on the couch and litter them on the couch and wrappers of those snacks on the floor. She used to jump on the couch in excitement during cricket matches. His kitchen used to become a dustbin on Sundays. Wet towels and stains of spilled fruit juices used to be on the bed. But, at the end of the day she would help him clean up everything and the house would look like a palace. "Add life to your days and not just days to your life". They had learnt this valuable lesson from each other.

One such Sunday, he was busy cooking and she was busy searching for her earring in his bedroom. He just couldn't recollect where he had kept it and advised her to search for it. She searched on his study table and under the bed. She opened his wardrobe and started looking for it in all the drawers. She opened one such drawer and she found her earring. She smiled and yelled to him, "mil gaya earring." She was about to close the drawer but was not able to. Something was obstructing it. She bent down to look inside and found that some wooden stuff was stuck on the way. She put her hand inside and with a little force, pulled it outside. It was a wooden photo frame. There was some lady on the photo. She recollected that she was the same lady whom she had seen in another photograph also. She tried to remember and she recollected the first time she came in this house. She had seen a photograph of Vardaan Sir, some old man and this lady. "Is she Niharika?", she thought. She quickly kept the photograph inside as she had promised herself of never asking him about Niharika. She knew he would tell her everything, whenever he was ready to share his past with her. Till then, she would wait. She had faith in him. She smiled and turned back. She was shocked to see him standing in front of her. She got scared.

Sanyukta: "Umm...Woh...woh...earring mil gaya!"

She said showing the earring to him and managing to smile.

Vardaan: "Aur?"

Sanyukta: (Smiling) "Aur? Aur kuch nahi."

Vardaan: "Aur kuch puchna nahi chaahthi?"

Sanyukta smiled, looked deep into his eyes and caressed his face with her soft hand with affection.

Sanyukta: "Nahi. Aur kuch jaan ne ki zaroorat nahi samajhti."

He took her hand from his face, kissed it and held it in his hands.

Vardaan: "Par main tumhe kuch batana chahtha hu."

Sanyukta: "Maine kaha na, iski koi zaroorat nahi hai."

Vardaan: "Nahi. Is ki zaroorat hai. Mujhe aisa lag raha hai, jaise main tumhare saath koi dhoka kar raha hu."

He opened the drawer and took the photoframe. He looked at it with pain. A tear dropped from his eyes onto the frame.

Vardaan: "Yeh...yeh Niharika hai...(long pause)...hum...hum dono ek dusre se pyaar karte the."

Sanyukta felt like the ground had given away. She held the door of the cupboard for support. Her jaw dropped in utter shock and she felt betrayed, crushed and guilty. Her dreams regarding him and her came crashing down. She had a million questions in her mind. "Whaaat? Does he mean girlfriend? Pyaar kate the? It means his ex girlfriend? But, still? I hope I am not the reason of their break up? Oh god, did they break up because of me? Were they in a relationship before I met him? Oh god, how I can be so stupid? How could I fall in love with a man who was already committed? How could I even have the guts to confess it to him? I took away somebody else's man. She would be so broken. Why did I commit such a big sin? So basically, I am a boyfriend stealer! And till today, I used to hate such girls and now I am going to join the league. I should have asked him whether he had a girlfriend at the start itself. But, I was adamant with my stupid theory, that he would tell me some day. Now today, he's telling me! After coming, so long in the relationship? I feel like slapping myself."

Sanyukta composed herself. A tear fell from her eyes and she wiped it immediately. He took her hands and made her sit on the bed. She felt disgusted to be even touched by him now. She remembered all their kissing instances and she felt like killing herself. He sat next to her. She didn't have the courage to look at him.

Vardaan: "When I had joined FITE as a professor, she was my colleague. We seemed to get along with each other very well. She was a hard worker and used to stay in college till late hours helping students with their questions. At times, I used to offer to drop her home. She used to carry a magical smile and an aura around her. She was never strict with the students. Needless to say, she was the favourite professor among the students. When I was new, she had helped me to a great extent to get used to the procedures and the policies here. We clicked and started enjoying each other's company. Her thinking was very mature and she was a disciplinarian. She never believed in luck and was of the opinion that a person makes his own luck. In short, she was a soft spoken, well sorted person over all. I still remember the day, I had proposed her. It was Valentine's day and all the students were busy celebrating it. I was fully prepared to propose her. But, she didn't turn up that day. I was heart broken. The next day, I wrote a love letter for her, but never had any courage to give it to her. I kept it in a file and it was lying on the table. It was time for my lecture. The peon had entered that instant and told that, Niharika had asked for some file. I told him to take it as it was on the table. I rushed for my lecture. After some 30 minutes in the lecture, I realized that the peon had taken the wrong file. He had taken the file which had the love letter. I ran from my class into Niharika's class. I stood outside her class. The students were writing a test. I animatedly asked her to give the file on the table to me. She replied animatedly, that she had some work with it and that she would return later. I still insisted and said something by doing an action with my hands. She was unable to understand it and looked at me, as if I had gone insane. After a few minutes, I lost my cool and barged inside the classroom. I screamed at the top of my voice, "Why the hell are you so stubborn lady? Why don't you understand? I have written a love letter for you and by mistake kept it in that file. If by any chance, you happen to see it, I will land in a big trouble." Her eyes shot open by my statements. She dropped her jaw. The students stopped writing the test and started laughing. They started whistling and clapping. I realized that I was such a big dumbo. You know, we could hear statements like, "Mam, you are so lucky!", "Come on Mam, what are you waiting for?" "Mam, please say yes!" She was embarrassed and shy to the core. I still remember the red blush she had on her cheeks. She looked at me and said, "You Mr, Just go!" I managed to smile and looked at the class, who were grinning at me. I hung my head and went out. There was still 30 minutes for the lecture to get over. Those 30 minutes felt like 30 lives. I was seated in her cabin. Finally, she came to her cabin and asked for some time to think for some time. I agreed, not that I had any choice. After one week or so, she finally said yes. I jumped with joy and hugged her. She blushed so much that day."

Sanyukta was smiling listening to their beautiful love story. She was in a different land. She felt like she was transferred back in time. She felt like she was watching some beautiful movie. For a few minutes, she forgot everything about what she had thought a few minutes back. Vardaan was talking non-stop. He was nostalgic. Memories are like a box of chocolates. One can just not stop eating just one.

Vardaan: "Within a few days, the entire college knew about our relationship. She told me stuff about her life and I too shared everything with her. Her mother died when Niharika was just 5 years old. Her father was the world to her. She insisted me to meet her father and I agreed. I met her father, and he approved me. We got along well with each other. He's a nice man. She was so happy. Life never felt so beautiful. But as they say, all good things have to come to an end."

The smile from his face faded.

Vardaan: (breathing deeply) "There is an orphanage in Mumbai. Niharika was one of the donators there. Not only a donator, in fact she was deeply and emotionally attached to it. She used to look after the day to day affairs and into each and every activity. Once, there was this big builder who was vying for the orphanage land for his new property development. But, Niharika had all the property papers in place. He started using his dirty tactics like kidnapping some kids of the orphanage etc. Niharika had complained about him to the police. But, he had the underworld on his side. Once matters got so worse, that Niharika had to go Mumbai. She left for Mumbai. After some one week or so, I got a call from the sister of the orphanage. They had admitted Niharika to the hospital. I was dead listening to it. Her father and I rushed to Mumbai immediately. We reached the hospital and the sister told us everything. It seems, that night the builder had come to the orphanage with some underworld big shots and a bulldozer. Niharika obstructed them to the best of her capacity. She called the lawyer. But, he was late. They kidnapped Niharika and took her away with them. They tortured her like hell. They tore her clothes and beat her black and blue. Some ten to twelve men raped her taking chances. After some 5 to 6 hours, they threw her back at the orphanage. She was bleeding profusely. The doctor told that she was beaten by some heavy instrument and there was a heavy internal bleeding. Her father got unconscious listening to all this. The doctor came out and he said the most dreaded words a person should never listen to. He told us that, Niharika was no more. They could not save her."

He started crying like a baby. She too wasn't able to control herself. She hugged him tight and both of them were crying in each other's arms. They broke after an eternity.

Vardaan: "You know what Sanyukta? I was always very unfortunate in case of love. Jab paida hua, tab maa-baap ka pyar nahi mila. In fact, woh hai kaun, yeh bhi mujhe pata nahi. Mushkil se ek, Niharika ka pyar mila woh bhi cheen gaya, aur..."

She rested her forehead on his forehead, closed her eyes and kept a finger on his lips.

Sanyukta: "Ssshh...Please don't say anything. Please don't think anything. Beete dino ke kadwe yaado ko bhool ne ki koshish kijiye. Aur, Niharika ke saath bithaye ache palo ko apne yaado mein kaidh kar ke rakh lijiye. Iss se aapko sukoon milega. Aur shayad, kahi na kahi Niharika bhi yahi chaahthi ho. Aur yeh photograph, isse aapko kisi drawer mein chupa kar rakhne ki koi zaroorat nahi hai. Isse aap apne umm...study table pe rakhiye. Aur, jab bhi aap iss photo ke taraf dekhenge na, toh afsos jata ke saath nahi, balki, muskura kar dekhiye."

He held her face and french kissed her with all the pain he had hidden inside him. Tears started flowing out of their eyes. They broke the kiss and he held her hands in his.

Vardaan: "Thank you Sanyu. Thank you so much for understanding me, my love for Niharika. It's not that I've hidden stuff from you on purpose. It's just that I was afraid of your reaction, afraid that you too would leave me and go."

Sanyukta: "I will never leave you. I promise today, I will never leave you."

She managed to get a smile on his face and they proceeded for lunch. They ate it in silence. Sanyukta was relieved thinking she has not committed any sin. But also, she was sad, thinking that he had such a bad past. "How can god be so cruel on one man?", she thought. She had no clue about their future. But, she had decided one thing for sure; she would never leave his side.

The exam was due the next week. Even though, Vardaan had easy access to all the question papers, he never betrayed his profession nor did Sanyukta ask him to do so even once. When it came to work, they were thorough professionals. She was full prepared for them. One by one, she wrote all the papers. Vardaan used to call her every night to wish her luck. The exams got over in a two week period. This time she had to go home. She had her company to look after. Even Vardaan did not force her to stay back. They had a one month vacation. And vardaan was missing her like hell. Once, upon his insistence, she agreed to video chat with him; of course, when her family was not at home. She showed him her room, in fact her entire house. They spoke for hours. Her family had arrived home and she had to log off. Staying away from a person for one month is a long time, especially if you are in love with that person. But, she had business to look after. She couldn't ignore that. By god's grace and Sanyukta's hard work, the condition of her company was improving.

The month passed by and this time, her father insisted to drop her at the campus. All her plans of meeting Vardaan at his house failed. She reached the campus and the new semester started as all the previous semesters had. She hurriedly rushed to the notice board to see the new timetable. She almost jumped with joy seeing that this time Vardaan would teach her class two subjects. That means, he would come to her class four times a week. She laughed hysterically seeing this, and the students thought that she had gone insane. She hadn't met him yet. She went in his cabin and he wasn't there. Her phone beeped. It was Vardaan's message. It read, "I am not in my cabin. Come on the terrace." She smiled. As usual, the elevator was not working. She ran to the terrace, which was on the fourteenth floor. She opened the door and looked everywhere. He was not to be seen. She went inside and Vardaan called her from the water tank on which he was sitting. She quickly climbed the small ladder and ran to him. She hugged him immediately. He hugged her back and lifted her from the ground. She started laughing. He kissed her shoulder, her head and whichever body part his lips could trace to. "I missed you. I missed you so much", she said breathing heavily. "I missed you too, Sanyu", he replied back. They broke the hug and started kissing each other with whatever love, affection, adoration, passion, desire, thirst, lust, craving etc. they had for each other. They broke for a few seconds to let the other person breathe and resumed back. Their bodies grinding together in tandem. He reached for her neck and she bent backwards taking support on a wall. He gave her wet kisses on her neck, shuffling it from left to right. She closed her eyes to feel him on her body. He went down to her cleavage and just then his phone rang. The dean was calling him to discuss some important issue. They looked at each other with a helpless expression on their faces. They French kissed for a few seconds and Vardaan left.

All the classes started with full swing. Vardaan came in Sanyukta's class. The students were silent in a second.

Vardaan: "Good morning everybody. How is everybody doing? How were your exams?"

He started talking adjusting his books on the table.

He shifted his gaze at the class and gradually towards Sanyukta. She was sitting on the last bench. She immediately winked at him giving him a flying kiss. He blushed heavily like a newly wed bride. Everybody in the class noticed that. He turned towards the board to write something and he was blushing like hell. He wrote the chapter's name on it and turned to the class to start with his teaching. But, Sanyukta again started with her antics. She opened the zip of her jacket. His gaze was following her zip downwards. She leaned her bust forward, bit her lower lip and in a sexy manner removed her jacket. He stopped his words mid way and was lost in her. "Oh gosh, if she does this, how the hell will I ever teach anything to this class?", he thought. He immediately turned to the board again, closed his eyes and regained his composure. He wrote something on it, just for the sake of justifying that he had turned towards the board. He again turned to the class and his gaze fell on her. She was now opening the first button of her shirt, when he screamed, "Miss Agarwal, what the hell do you think are you doing?" She immediately closed her button, before the class could look at her. He continued further, "If you want to talk, you may as well go out and do so." She was taken aback by this sudden attack on her. She apologised to him and he continued teaching. He observed that her swollen to twice its normal size. She was giving death glares to him. The lecture got over and he went out. The whole time, he was cursing himself. The day got over and he did not get time to meet her at all. At night, he called her to apologize. She picked the call after some 50 missed calls from him.

Vardaan: "Thank god. Finally, you picked the call. Listen Sanyu, I am really really sorry. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. But, I had no other choice. You have no clue, how difficult it is to teach some boring stuff about capital markets, when you display your excessively hot and sexy body for me to feast on."

Sanyukta blushed heavily listening to his choice of words. She started laughing.

Sanyukta: "Well, if that is a compliment, thank you so much."

Vardaan: "Thank god...phew."

Sanyukta: "By the way, we are celebrating holi in the campus tomorrow. I hope you are joining too."

Vardaan became serious. He took a long pause and then spoke.

Vardaan: "Actually Sanyu, the thing is I've stopped celebrating holi, since...(Pause)...since...(pause)...since Niharika's death."

Sanyukta understood the intensity of the situation. By now, she had now accepted that Niharika is an important part of his life and she never attempted to change it. She never wanted to take Niharika's place. No one could ever take her place. She just wanted to make place for her in his life.

Sanyukta: "Ohh..then it's OK. I totally understand. No problem. I won't force you to come."

Vardaan: "Thank you Sanyu. Realy thank you. You are truly an angel in my life. I love you so much."

Sanyukta: (Smiling) "Love you too."

They cut the call. She turned back to see Kaustuki smiling at her and teasing her. Sanyukta playfully threw a pillow at her.

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Phew, I am done guys. One more thing, I won't be able to update as frequently as before. Coz, I am doing overnight shifts in my office and I am facing a lot of work pressure. Please try and understand. I know, you all will definitely. Love you all.😊

LoveYourself2014-03-16 13:44:31