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Hey guys, sorry about the story being a bit too goody goody Yogini, but after putting them through so much trouble in the beginning bits, I thought I could give them some happiness here, and besides, Vanished has enough twists in it! 😆 😆 The problem is, I don't have any twists planned out for this, and don't know how I could fit them in, so I hope you guys don't mind it being a bit too sugary! Well here's your next part, it's a bit short, but there'll be a longer one tomorrow!

Chapter 27:

The next few months passed by quickly. Now that they were in their second year, the cadets were even busier than ever. This year everybody knew how important their performances in both drills and exams would be, so they were putting in extra effort. In whatever free periods they had, they would gather in either the library or the cafeteria, studying and trying to help Alekh with his English, which had improved a bit but still had a long way to go.

Unfortunately for Raj and Naina, this meant that they were lucky if they were able to meet alone even once a week. He didn't want to distract her from her training, and they were both conscious that they shouldn't be caught by anybody. Raj didn't mind too much, he thought it was probably lucky since if he had been able to meet her alone more often, he might have had more trouble controlling himself. This way they could take their romance slowly, savouring their time together as truly special.

Even though they didn't have much time to be alone together, when Raj was free he made a point to come and sit with Naina and the rest of the cadets while they were studying. This way he could help them out and answer any questions they might have. Of course, it also allowed him to sit there watching Naina while she studied, she looked adorable when she was deep in concentration. Occasionally she would glance up to see him watching her and would smile at him secretly. The rest of the cadets would usually then exchange knowing glances, everybody having realised that something was going on. Nobody except Pooja knew exactly what was between them, but they all assumed that there was now some type of understanding between Naina and Raj.

Naina was just relieved that nobody was upset or angry about the relationship. She still had painful memories of what had happened after they had arrived back from the mentorship camp.

Today they were all sitting in the mess doing their homework when Raj walked in whistling cheerfully. "Suriji, please get all of the cadets a coffee on my behalf." He said happily, before coming to sit with Naina and her friends, taking a seat next to Alekh.

"What's up, Sir?" Yudi asked him, "You look rather happy today."

"I have an announcement to make to all of you," Raj told them, looking directly at Naina the whole time. Naina knew what he was about to say, as Raj had told her that this would be happening soon. "Due to my success with saving the triggers and exposing the traitors, my promotion has been approved." Claps and whistles broke out at this, and all of the cadets jumped out of their chairs and came over to hug Raj and congratulate him.

"Alright guys, alright!" he practically had to yell to get them to be quiet. Naina looked on with a huge grin on her face, unable to express how proud she was. "But I know that I could never have achieved this without your support and help, so first of all I want to thank all of you, and let you know that I've made headquarters aware of your roles in the shifting of the triggers. It will go on your records, and will hopefully help you once you graduate from here." This was met with more cheers and Huda and Ali pulled Raj up from his chair and placed him on their shoulders, carrying him around the room. Even Suriji joined in, cheering them on. Finally when everybody had calmed down, they went back to their seats.

"Do you know what the best part of this is?" Huda asked them all.

"Well obviously, that our Shahrukh is now a Major!" Pooja exclaimed.

"He'll get paid more." Alekh pointed out, which everybody groaned at.

"No," Huda replied, "That he won't have to salute Mucchad anymore, or listen to what he says." This comment was met by laughter from the rest of the cadets, all of whom agreed that this was a very good point.

"But Sir, you won't be leaving us now that you've gotten a promotion will you?" Ali asked him.

Naina had been thinking about this a lot lately, praying that it wouldn't be the case. She knew that while Raj was her teacher they had to keep their relationship secret, but she also knew that she needed him there with her, that all of the cadets did.

"No guys," Raj replied, "I requested my seniors that I be allowed to stay in KMA until you all graduate and they agreed, however almost immediately afterwards I'll leave for my new posting."

Saying this he looked at Naina, trying to work out how she was feeling about it. Naina was both relieved and disturbed, relieved because he wasn't going to be leaving her just yet, and disturbed because she didn't know what the future would bring. What if his new duty was dangerous, what if she didn't see him for months and months, what if…

Naina forced herself to calm down, there were still many months left until they graduated KMA and Raj would be with them until then. She would just have to make the best of their time together until he left.

Two days later there was a small ceremony in KMA as BC pinned the new badges onto Raj's uniform. The whole of KMA was happy, including the first year cadets who had also grown to love Raj. The only person who wasn't happy was Major Nair, who was not looking forward to having to treat Rajveer as an equal.

After the ceremony all of Raj's cadets came up to congratulate him, shaking his hand and hugging him.

"That's it, Sir, you can't refuse!" Yudi told him.

"Refuse what?" Raj asked, slightly confused.

"You have to give us a treat! After all, you said yourself that it was partly because of us that you got the promotion."

Everybody else began agreeing with Yudi loudly, telling Raj that he should do something for them.

Laughing, he held up his hands to stop them from saying anything more.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you a treat. What do you want?"

"Well Sir, it's Saturday today," Huda pointed out, "Meaning that we're allowed to leave the academy. Why don't you take us somewhere outside tonight to celebrate?"

Raj hesitated slightly, remembering the last time that all of the cadets had left KMA together and gone to the Daba, however it was Naina's slight nod and smile that convinced him he should agree to their plan.

"Okay guys, then all of you be ready by 7pm tonight. I'll take you outside the academy and treat you to dinner."

"Yay!" Pooja cheered, "This is going to be the best outgoing ever, I don't know how I'm going to put myself on hold until then!"

Raj just shook his head in disbelief, sometimes he wasn't sure how the rest of them managed to understand her so well.

"Well then, we'll all see you at 7pm… Major Rajveer." Naina told him, and the way that she said his name sent shivers up his spine. Suddenly Raj was very, very glad that he'd agreed to this plan. Because tonight he would get a chance to spend time with Naina outside the academy, where he wouldn't have to worry about somebody seeing them.

He couldn't wait for the clock to strike 7.

i was just waiting,no we want mid it being sugary ,whatever you do i love it,anyways who can get bored of happy moments 😳

hey great part...yet i am happy that their are no twists for now...i like sugary stuff better 😆 plz continue soon 😛

sugar is definitely what we need.. what I need!! my mood was down the past few days (thats why my mind was blocked whn i tried writing my fic)... this definitely lifted my mood waaay high.. this chapter sent shivers down MY spine... n i'm pretty sure the rain outside had nothing to do with it... so i'm sure the next chapters gonna have me floating above the clouds! 👏

it is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sweet.i loooooooooooooooooooooove it.

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Chapter 28:

By 6pm all of the cadets were in their rooms getting ready for the night ahead of them. Naina was glad that she and Pooja had gone shopping for clothes when they had been together during the holidays, otherwise she would've had nothing suitable to wear. Naina couldn't believe how excited and girlish she felt, as if she was a teenager getting ready for her first date. It wasn't even as if her and Raj would be alone, considering that all of her friends would be there too, and Dr Shalini as well. Pooja and Naina were glad she was coming along, sometimes they got sick of being the only girls in a crowd full of boys.

For the next hour or so, they acted like typical young girls getting ready to go out, trying to work out which jewelry and shoes would go well with their outfits and how they should do their hair and makeup.

"You know Naina," Pooja told her, as they were both getting ready, "I've really missed doing this since I left Punjab University. I used to really enjoy getting dressed up and going out with my friends."

"Me too, Pooja." Naina agreed with her, "I know that we're training to be soldiers, but surely there can't be anything wrong with dressing up once in awhile."

Then the girls continued their preparations, helping each other to get ready.

At five to seven, Raj was already waiting by his jeep, where they had agreed to meet. It wasn't long before the boys joined him, and a few more minutes after that, Dr Shalini arrived wearing a simple yet nice flowery print dress.

"You look very nice, ma'am." Yudi told her.

"Thank you, Cadet Yudi, that's very sweet of you." She replied, smiling at him.

All of the boys were dressed quite casually in jeans or pants with a t-shirt or a button up shirt. Raj was wearing jeans with a black, short sleeved shirt and a leather jacket.

Raj checked his watch, it was already seven and Naina and Pooja had yet to appear. What could be taking them so long?

Seeing his expression, Shalini smiled, "Major, they're girls." She informed him, "They're going to take longer than you to get ready."

"Oh come on," Huda replied, "Are we going to wait for them all night? Somebody should go and get them."

"I'll do it," Shalini volunteered, and left to get the girls.

A few minutes later she returned with them, and Raj had to admit, they had both put their time to good use. The rest of the boys obviously agreed, as Huda let out a whistle which made both Pooja and Naina laugh.

Ali was staring at Pooja as if transfixed, not able to believe how beautiful she looked. She was wearing a blue and white print halterneck dress with part of her hair pinned up. Pooja quickly walked over to join him, she didn't mind that Ali hadn't said anything yet. She knew he was too shy to say anything in front of the others, and the look on his face was all the praise she needed.

As for Naina…

Raj had always known she was beautiful, but he could tell that tonight she had made an effort. She wasn't overdressed or wearing too much make up, but it had always been the simplicity of her beauty that he had loved. She had on a black dress with a full skirt that went down to her knee, and she had kept her hair loose.

Raj couldn't tell Naina what he thought in front of everybody else but he gave her a look which clearly said he couldn't wait to get her alone later on. Naina blushed and looked away, which was noticed by Shalini. She nudged Yudi and they grinned at each other.

Everybody piled into the jeep, allowing Shalini to sit in the front seat besides Raj since she was their teacher. The ride was fairly uneventful, except for Pooja and Alekh getting into a fight because he had accidentally stood on her foot while getting into the back. Raj turned the radio on, and they clapped and sung along to some of the songs, all of them excited about a night outside of the academy. On the way they picked up Neelu, making the back of the van even more squashed, which also made it even more fun as they all laughed, trying to make room for each other.

Raj drove them to a restaurant on the outskirts of Ambala where there would also be a live band later that evening so that they could dance. He intended to make it as good a night as possible for all of his cadets. Not just Naina, all of them had a special place in his heart. He was so proud of the way they'd matured over the last year and knew they were going to become great soldiers. They deserved to enjoy themselves once in awhile.

Raj told them to order whatever they wanted off the menu, and everyone started deciding what they wanted, with Huda listing a number of quite expensive dishes.

"Dude!" Yudi, who was sitting next to him hissed, "Don't take too much advantage of your teacher!"

"Arre Yudi-o," Huda said, in that confident way of his, "I'm not taking advantage of my teacher, I'm taking advantage of our Phoolan's boyfriend." Unfortunately he said it a bit louder than he'd intended and the whole table heard. Raj choked on the water he'd been drinking, and began a coughing fit, leading Naina to start rubbing his back to try and get him to stop.

Everybody else tried not to laugh as Neelu leaned closer to Alekh and whispered, "Major Rajveer is Naina's boyfriend, since when? Now that's hatke."

"I'll tell you about it later." Alekh whispered back, and then trying to distract everyone from what had just happened said, "So Sir, can we have alcohol too?"

Raj stopped coughing at this and said, "Most definitely not, Alekh. You can drink if you want to, but I'm not going to encourage you to do so by paying for it."

"But Sir," Huda said sounding disappointed, "What about a toast?"

"We'll have one with soft drink." He said, in a tone that clearly said he wasn't going to argue about this. "I clearly remember what happened the last time you all went out of the academy and got drunk, and I'm not beating up any bikers tonight."

Everybody laughed at this except Shalini and Neelu who had no idea what they were talking about, which led to the story being explained.

"So that's why you kept going into the bedroom while we were there!" Shalini exclaimed, finally understanding it.

The food arrived then and everybody started eating, enjoying their food. They made a couple to toasts (Alekh grumbling about the fact that he had to do it with soft drink) and by the time they had finished the band had started playing.

"Okay guys," Raj informed them, "We've got to be back in the academy by 11pm, so do whatever you like until 10:30 when we'll be leaving." He then thought about what he had just said, "And by anything you like, I mean anything except getting into any fights."

Alekh and Neelu were the first to leave the table, heading over to the bar. It didn't take long after that for Huda to spot a couple of girls sitting by themselves and go over to flirt with them. Ali and Pooja were talking quietly and thinking about going to dance, and Shalini and Yudi were chatting in a very friendly and funny way. Raj thought that it was the right moment and that Naina and he could finally leave. He turned to find Naina watching the band, and humming along to the song.

"Want to go for a walk?" he asked her, Naina smiled and nodded her head.

Raj tapped Shalini on the shoulder, "We're just, uh, going for a walk." He explained, "Could you keep an eye on everybody else while I'm gone."

"Sure," Shalini replied with a smile, "Enjoy yourselves and make sure you don't go too far." Raj groaned at the double meaning in her words, giving her a look that clearly said he wasn't amused.

He offered a hand to Naina, who took it shyly, checking to see that nobody was watching them first. She needn't have worried, because everybody was involved in what they were doing, and none of the other customers knew who they were anyway.

The night air outside was cold as they walked through the restaurant's gardens until they were far enough away that the band's music could barely be heard. The night air was slightly cold and Naina shivered, as the dress she was wearing wasn't made of the thickest material.

Taking his jacket off, Raj offered it to Naina which made her laugh even as she accepted it and put it on.

"What are you laughing about?" he asked her.

"Just that it's a very filmy thing for you to do." She said, smiling at him teasingly.

"Oh, so you think that I don't know how to be filmy," he teased her back, taking a step closer. "Well, madam, I think that perhaps it's time for me to show you exactly how filmy I can be."

Laughing, Naina went to take a step away, intending to make him chase her, but her heel got caught in the grass and fell off her foot.

Raj quickly reached her, and placed his hands on her back under the coat, pulling her closer to him.

"Raj, my shoe…" Naina whispered, already half distracted by the intense way he was looking at her.

"Just forget about the shoe." He told her, and pulled her even closer until her body was pressed tightly against his, he could feel her chest moving as she breathed, making him more and more aroused with every movement.

Bending down, he quickly captured her lips with his, kissing her deeply. Naina forgot all about her shoe, and the fact that her foot was becoming wet on the grass and kissed him back, allowing him full access to her mouth as heat spread throughout her entire body.

Finally breaking away, Raj took one of his hands from her back to entangle his fingers through her hair. "You look beautiful," he whispers to her, "You knew I would want your hair to be loose didn't you?"

Naina smiles, an obvious yes. Brushing her hair back from her neck with his hand, he leans forward and kisses her just beneath her jaw, where he can feel her pulse beating rapidly. Leaning his head against her, his mouth close by to her temple, Raj sways back and forth with her, moving in time to the beat of the music that he can barely hear in the distance. They stay that way for a few minutes until Naina suddenly exclaims "Ow!" and breaks away from him.

"What is it?" Raj asked her, confused about whether he had accidentally done something.

"I stepped on a stone," she informs him, "I told you that my shoe had fallen off!" Laughing slightly he leans down and helps her with the shoe, as she places one hand on his shoulder to balance.

"Better?" he asks, and she nods. Winding one arm around Naina's waist, they walk a bit further until they find a bench where they sit down. He brushes a lock of hair away from her eyes and just sits there with a look of contentment on his face, he would be happy to just look at her all night if he could get away with it.

"Raj," Naina breaks the spell, "What's going to happen to us?"

"What do you mean?" he asks her, even though he already has an idea what it is that she's talking about.

"We've got less than a year left until I finish KMA. After that you'll be assigned somewhere else and I have no idea where I'll be. How often will we be able to see each other?" She sounds so worried that he leans forward and kisses her lightly on the cheek to reassure her, then takes both her hands in his.

"Naina, that's the way that an army life is." He informs her, "Once we're married then we'll be able to request a posting together, but until then we might be apart from each other for months at a time. It's not going to be enjoyable but we'll have to endure it, it's what all couples go through when one or both of them are in the army."

Naina nodded, she hadn't thought about this before falling in love with him, and it was too late now to change her mind. Both of them had selected this life, and they had to deal with the bad points as well as the good ones.

"Look, Naina." Raj continues, "Don't worry too much. Even if I'm posted far away from you, we'll both get leave. We can visit each other then. We've already been through a lot together, we'll survive this too."

Naina nods, and then leans her head on his shoulder, content to just sit like this for awhile, knowing that they might not get another opportunity to do so again for awhile. Raj places his arm around her shoulders and leans his head on top of hers. He sometimes forgets that Naina's not as used to life in the army as he is, that would be worried about what the future will bring. To tell the truth, he's not keen on leaving her behind for months either, but he knows that it will only be temporary. They have their whole lives ahead of them, and he hopes that one day they'll be able to look back at the difficult times and laugh about them. Eventually Naina notices that Raj is shivering slightly and looks up.

"You're cold, aren't you?" she asks him, "Why didn't you say anything?"

Raj laughs, "Because I knew that as soon as I did, you'd make us go back inside."

"Well you were right," Naina tells him, "Let's go back in before you get a cold. The others must be wondering where we are, anyway."

"I bet they haven't even noticed we're gone." Raj tells her.

He's right, by the time they get back, everybody is on the dance floor enjoying themselves.

"Well, shall we?" Raj asks her, and Naina grins, taking off his jacket and hanging it on the back of a chair. Making their way over to the rest of their friends, they begin dancing to the fast music, enjoying themselves.

Finally it was 10:30 and time to go, although everybody was extremely reluctant to. Raj herded them all towards the jeep and everybody piled in, this time Alekh stepped on Neelu's foot instead, but she didn't mind too much. After they had dropped Neelu at home, the rest of them headed back to the academy. However a nasty surprise awaited them at the entrance as they walked in still laughing and chatting, there stood Major Nair.

"Captain," he said, "Exactly what do you think you're doing, coming in at this time with these cadets,"

"Well Major Nair," Raj replied, perfectly calmly, "Firstly, I think you've forgotten that my proper title is Major. Secondly, I had taken these cadets out to celebrate my promotion as a thank you for their role in it. I feel they deserved it. Now if you think I've broken any rules, then I'll be waiting to inform you which ones they are." At the astonished look on Major Nair's face, Raj had to stop himself from grinning. "And as you can see, Dr Shalini was also with me to help supervise the cadets, and we can ensure you that they behaved themselves properly. Now, I think it would be good if the cadets headed up to bed as they have a busy day tomorrow."

"Goodnight, Sir." Everybody replied, and quickly headed off towards their hostels before Major Nair could say anything else. Nair scowled at Raj, but realising that he couldn't actually accuse him of anything, stomped back to his room.

Raj and Shalini grinned at each other.

Raj realised that Huda had been right, the best bit about him being a Major really was that he didn't have to listen to Major Nair anymore.

Okay guys, that's it for today and I hope you all enjoy it. By the way, if you've got any requests for what should happen in the rest of their second year let me know, as I'm still deciding what to write for the next chapter!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!! lol sry but cudn help myself... i had to let out the mushy feeling inside me!!! its sooooooo cuutee!!! grand job!! 👏

hey great part..;plz continue soon 😛