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Part 5—

It was quiet late. Around 9 40. mayank had been sitting in his room. Looking at the bulletin board in his room, which had all the pictures of him and his friends since 5^{th class}. Most of the photos were with nupur. though he had broken off from her. He couldn't get himself to give away these pictures. They were important to him. They were the memories of time.

As though even god dint want him to think about her, his phone started ringing. The phone was from dia. He slowly picked up.

Mayank- heyy

Dia- hey mayank. Wassup?

Mayank- nothing yaar. Was just sitting. And you?

Dia- nothing really. Acha listen how many projects have you done out of the 5?

Mayank- ive done them!

Dia- acha listen can you help me out? I have to submit them tomorrow.

Mayank- ask nupur na she'll help you?

Dia- I would have. But by the time I came home she was sleeping.

Mayank- nupur kab se 8oclock sone lagi?

Dia- god knows

Mayank- acha ok you come over. Ill help you.

Dia- that's the problem mayank. My mom and dad are also sleeping cant come right now.

Cant you come?

Mayank- acha chal main abhi nikal raha hoon. Byee.

Dia- ur soo sweet. Thank you. Buh bye

As he kept the phone, he silently thanked god that he wouldn't have to face her.

In 5 mins he was at dias doorstep. He rang the doorbell. It was opened by dia. She seemed all ready.

Dia- come in come in,

She said pulling him inside.

Dia- listen I have to go to the market to get some sheets and some 2-3 books. You go upstairs and wait for me in my room.

Mayank- chal ok.

He said as he quietly climbed the stairs.

Dia quickly left. As mayank was climbing up the stairs, he stopped in front of nupurs room. He suddenly wanted to see her. Unable to control himself, he silently opened the doorknob, trying his best not make noise so that she doesn't wake up. he peeped inside to see whether she was sleeping. She was.. He quietly went and sat next to her, patting her head, stroking her hair, and after a very long time he smiled. He suddenly felt at peace, just seeing her. When she was sleeping she looked so peaceful, so cute and…. Sooo like the girl he once knew. The girl he had cared soo much about, the one girl who had been his best friend and maybe something more.

'damn'

he silently cursed himself. Don't think about it mayank.

But he still couldn't stop himself from thinking, thinking about everything they had been.

He had been the stupid one, that he had liked some one like nupur. it had all just been a stupid mistake. But a very sweet mistake. He could still recall it clearly. He had started liking her in 11^th end when they had all been sitting on the canteen benches- she, mayank, samrat and dia. Dia had been buying things for them to eat- 4 colas, 2 plates of puri chole. They had all been eating. He and nupur had been sharing from the same plate.

It had been a windy day. nupurs hair was flying all over her face. She had been trying to remove her hair from her face but as soon she removed her hand from her hair and took a bite, her hair would start flying all over again. Seeing this he had sat next to her, and had feeded her the whole thing. When they were done, nearly everyone in the canteen had started hooting and clapping. And seeing this they had both gone red in their face

Soon they started sitting together more often, but in that 1 year of class 12^th, he had noticed many changes in nupur. the way she acted around him had suddenly become more mature. Instead of the stupid childish pjs, she started talking about more sensible topics. She became a little shy and reserved. And he had sort of gotten smitten by her too. He suddenly started getting angry whenever anyone said nupur was hot or was looking good. He suddenly started feeling immensely jealous when she would sit with any other guy apart from him. In the weekends he would miss her like anything.

This was one crush of his that had gone on for so long. Almost everyone in 12^th had suddenly heard about nupur and mayank liking each other. The teasings of his friends just made it even more uncomfortable for both of them.

Soon 12^th had gotten over. presenting them with the day they had all waiting for, the day of the farewell. When nupur had come for the farewell, she had looked so pretty. She had been wearing a silver saari, with very authentic looking jhumke, necklace and payal. She had really looked like a princess then. Almost every guy there had been going bonkers over the 'chun-chun' sound of her payal. And almost every single guy had congratulated him over his choice and had eyed nupur like a piece of cake. Even samrat had had that look of longing when he had looked at nupur when she entered. But later on mayank had made him rub it off. Even samrat had got embarrassed when nupur had corkily asked him what was wrong?

Later on that day mayank and nupur had been awarded the cutest couple there by dia. As they had come down from the stage, mayank had sweetly yet carefully kissed nupur on the cheek. He still remembered the racing pace of his heart beat when nupur had looked at him after that.

Ah what a day it had been. Very well Coming back to the awards, Nupur had been declared the best dressed girl by all the guys inclusive of samrat and mayank. And samrat had been pronounced the best dressed guy by the girls. Mayank had been declared the most kissable guy, while gunjan had been declared the most kissable girl. Dia had been declared as the best faced girl and naman had been declared the best faced guy.

Perhaps now if he thought, he would say it had been one of the best days of life. The girls had all fussed around so much about their saaris. The guys had spent half the time inside the loo, seeing whether the gel was suiting, how the shervanis were to be folded over. It had been great fun.

In the night things had gone back to normal. He clearly remembered the things that had happened that night. He had been printing the pictures that he had taken, and had been putting them up on his bulletin board, when suddenly some one had knocked on his door.

And as he had opened the door, he saw gunjan.

Gunjan- heyy, I was wondering… if you had a little free time?

Mayank- ya go on!

Gunjan- umm.. mayank I need help with this essay. Can you help me?

Mayank had quietly pulled her in. and had shut the door behind her.

They had gone up the stairs to mayanks room, where they quietly settled down on the essay. He had read and re-read the essay that she had written, and had pointed out certain things which could be made more presentable.

Then while gunjan had been re-writing the essay, he had gone back to putting up the pictures on his bulletin board, being extra careful with the pictures in which nupur was there. Gunjan had also noticed this. She had silently finished her essay, watching him from the corner of her eye. She quickly put the essay into her backpack. Then she went up to him and took a picture from the bed which had only consisted of nupur. she had taken the picture and had asked mayank-

'you really like her don't you?'

'hun' said mayank, as though caught off guard. He had never expected this question from gunjan.

Mayank- 'yeah…I mean sort of.'

He suddenly looked down and started cursing himself silently as he felt himself go red with embarrassment.

Gunjan- if you really love her, then why are you doing this to her?

Mayank- what? What am I doing?

Gunjan- cant you see. Those little signs that you give her, showing her that you like her.

Its gonna get her down mayank.

Mayank had asked in a muffled voice- I don't understand what you are saying

Gunjan- its pretty clear mayank.you both are gonna start college sometime soon. If you keep giving her these signs or if you ask her out or something, don't you think nupurs concentration in her studies would go down?

Mayank stood there dumfounded. He had never thought about that.

Gunjan- and if she, because of you goes down in her studies and looses her grip, do you think you'd ever be able to forgive yourself?

Mayank had no reply.

Gunjan- so believe me. If you want her happiness let her be. Just be a brother to her, a friend to her. You know.

Mayank had for the first time felt like-'shes talking sense'

Gunjan- anyways mayank..now the ball is in your court, you decide what your gonna do.

She had said and had left.

He had sat the whole evening thinking about what she had said. Maybe she had been right. Of course she had been right mayank. How can you ruin nupurs carrier, her future. He asked himself again and again.

And after thinking for a lot of time, he had decided that nupur would be like his sister. All this would have to stop for nupurs sake, for nupurs life.

He had tried to keep himself as cheerful as possible. After dinner he had gone upstairs to find 3 missed calls from nupur. before he could call back, nupur called herself. Mayank told himself to be as genuine as possible.

He had calmly picked up the phone—

Nupur- umm mayank hii

Mayank- hi nupur. kaise call karna hua?

Nupur- wo bas.. aise hi! Toh ummm tum phone kyu nahi utha rahe the?

Mayank- wo sorry nupur. Main maa ke saath neeche dinner kar raha tha.

Nupur- oh my godd.. im soo very sorry mayank. Tum khane ke beech mein uthke aaye ho kya?

Mayank- nahi nupur. main aise kisi ke liye bhi nahi karta hoon. To tum hare liye kyun karunga. Anyways mujhe sona hai. Koi zaroori baat thi kya?

Hearing his tone she had felt so incomfortable.

Nupur- haan who mayank darasal main wo..

Mayank- haan nupur bolo.

Nupur- mayank main tumse kehna chaahti thi ki main wo main tumse… nahi main tumhe shayad… pasand karti hoon.

As he had heard her, he had quietly cursed cupids unfair play.

And had calmly explained to her that he had loved her like his sister and nothing else. He had tried so hard to control himself when nupur had broken down on the phone.

He kept reminding himself what gunjan had said. Her carrier mayank. Don't be selfish, he told himself. And then he had just kept the phone without listening to what she had to say. He knew he had done the right thing. Nupurs carrier was at stake. He had called gunjan and told her what had happened. She had told him that it was the right thing. She had even asked him to keep a certain distance from nupur, so that she doesn't feel the same way again.

The next few days he had kept his distance from her. Tying his best not to look at her in between the various outings. Sometimes even avoiding the outings.

He kept himself busy for the next few weeks by studying for and giving the entrance exams. In this time, gunjan sort of became close to him. She would come over and they would discuss which paper they were giving. And in the end of the day, much to mayanks disappointment, all 5 of them had ended up in the same college.

It would be even more difficult to avoid nupur now. Initially under dia and samrats force, he would sit with nupur. although he would wouldn't talk to her or anything.

But it took mayank all his strength to sit next to her and to not look at her.

He would go home from college, with a heavy heart. In his room he would sit and see nupurs photos. Or sometime would come and sit in the balcony just to catch one sign of nupurs prescence. One day he couldn't take it anymore. He called up gunjan and asked her what he should do. She had asked him to sit next to gunjan that is herself. Mayank had too happily agreed. The next few days went like a blurr to him. He could remember himself being alittle more happy. But over the next few weeks something which did not even imagine happened..

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