Seeing nupur's mom enter her room suddenly made mayank panic. They suddenly parted away from each other dropping the pillows in their hands.
Nupur – wo… ma…hum .. wo….wo..(she looked helplessly at mayank and when she looked at him her face didn't look tense at all as compared to his)
Mayank gulped. He was sweating and he didn't even know why.well… maybe he did… what wud ma be thinking right now… to find me in her daughter's room this late at night… mayank ur dead dude!!
Nm – tum dono itney badey ho gaye ho!! Phir bhi bachon jaisi harkatein kar rahe ho!! Nupur toh aisi hi hai…par mayank tum bhi?? … pillow fight???
Mayank thnked God cuz as far as she knew they were having a pillow fight.
M – wo.. meri koi galti nahi hai ma…. Maine toh kuch kaha bhi nahi .. nupur ko aap samjhaiye….bina kissi baat ke mujhe maarna shuru kar diya!! Mujhey please bachayie na ma!!
And he went and stood behind nupur's mom trying to save himself from nupur.
N – what!!!! Meri galti hain??? Aur jo tum mujhe yaha….
She stopped. What was she exactly gonna say. What would her explanation be ? that she was mad at mayank for not being …. Romantic? And he came here to say .. sorry? She went blank!! What would she say??
Nm- nupur!! Tumhara friend first time yaha aa raha hai and ur giving him such a hard time!! That's not good beta!! Be nice to him!!
Mayank gave an innocent smile and winked at nupur wen her mom was not looking.
N – but mom..!!
Nm- chalo… bas bohot ho gaya… its getting late… both of you off to bed now….
M – ok mom!! Gud-night!
He went straight to his room not even looking back once. He knew he wudnt be able to face nupur anymore after all that had just happened. He knew he had just gotten back into trouble from which he just escaped. Saying his last prayers to God and asking him to save him from nupur he dozed off.
He got up in the morning thinking that it was quite early but when he looked at his watch it was 9:00 a.m. , which he considered to be quite late. He quickly got up and took a shower and got all ready.
Meanwhile in nupur's room her mother entered the room and opened up the curtains.
Nm – nupur beta.. come on get up
N – mayank please let me sleep naa…. Atleast today..
(she said whinning)
Nm – mayank….?? Oh achcha bachu….
Nupur's mom quickly walked out of the room and found mayank walking out of his room. She quickly stopped him and said
Nm – kya baat hain mayank? U must be really special to my daughter because she takes ur name when she is half asleep..?
She said with utter amusement to which mayank just looked at her uneasily and swallowed hard!
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