Recap: "Will see you after I find out his name... say tomorrow?" Dutta asks chuckling. Oh God, Sheethal has a brother about Dutta's age. If anyone needed his thunderbolt it was Dutta Sriram Patil. Pulling her dupatta from his hand and ready to bolt, Nakusha replies "I've only one best friend and that is your sister, Dutta."
Part 2
Unfortunately the thunderbolt was more like a car backfiring.
Two months after the incident, Nakusha was starting to believe that, that day didn't really happen and it was all a dream. But it was too wishful to hope it didn't happen. Because Dutta made sure that she remember that day happened by avoiding her. True he never talked to her before that day, now he went out of his way to 'not' talk to her. Every time she went to their house, Dutta rarely came out of his room. If by chance their paths crossed then he would politely say a 'hello', a 'how are you', and a 'okay... see you around'. And the worst is when Roops tries to make Dutta 'notice' Nakusha by forcing him to spend 'quality time with his sister' when Nakusha is around. Nakusha had to endure the embarrassment silently knowing that Dutta knew of Roops motives. She still hasn't got around telling Roops about what she had told Dutta, because knowing Roops, she would simply barge into Dutta's room and demand that Dutta fall in love with Nakusha that instant. Since Roops didn't know that, Nakusha couldn't come up with enough excuses for not visiting the Patil House. But in spite of all this, there were a few instances when she had caught Dutta watching her and but sadly most of the time he would look pissed.
"Your brother is not here?" Nakusha asked Roops who was sprawled out on the floor. "In the kitchen. Kaki is not here, and he wanted coffee, I told him to make by himself. He is pissing me off lately." Roops says pissed. "What did he do?" "How can he not notice you? And I think he is starting to get suspicious, nowadays he doesn't even let me talk about you." Roops says irritated. Nakusha's heart skipped a beat. "Every time I mention you, he changes the subject." "You said that he asked about me." Nakusha reminds her. "Yeah once. But that was like two weeks ago." "Then last month also he asked about me na?" Nakusha asks hopefully. "He did?" Roops asks confused, "Yeah! He asked how you were doing. And whether you were coming to college?" "Isn't it weird, he asked the same two weeks back also?" Nakusha asks suddenly wondering. "My brother is a weirdo. You should start looking for someone better." Nakusha didn't reply to that. How many times could she make Roops understand that there was no1 better than Dutta for her? But she was really starting to give up all hopes on him. After a while, she said in a quiet voice "I'm so close to giving upon him." "You should. There are millions of better guys than this idiot." Roops supports her whole heartedly mistaking what Nakusha meant was that she was ready to see other guys. "Talking about anyone I know?" said a chilling voice. Nakusha and Roops look at the voice in shock and found Dutta leaning on door casually studying the coffee mug he is holding. "What are you doing here?" Roops asks frowning, wondering how much he heard. "I didn't know the TV room was your private domain and people needed to take your permission to enter it." Dutta replies in a bored tone, now studying his nails. Nakusha was watching Dutta, and she didn't know what it is but there was something in Dutta that moment that was scaring the hell out of her. "So, who were you talking about?" he asked in the same bored tone. Then he looked up. At her. And he looked downright furious.
Her breath caught in her throat and she went pale. Seeing her like that, Roops answers with a shrug "Not anyone important." Then as if to dismiss him, she turns and starts giving her undivided attention to the TV. "Not important? Is that so?" Dutta asks Nakusha as he walked so casually towards the couch diagonally towards her and sat down. Nakusha didn't know what to say or what was happening, all she knew was that Dutta was furious with her. Regarding what? "Na-ku-sha?" Dutta says her name as he kept his cup on the table. "What do you want, Dutta?" Roops asks at her patience end. "I'm just trying to have conversation with your best friend. You know socializing." Dutta replies. "You look pissed." Roops states the most obvious. Dutta suddenly smiles at his sister to show that he is not pissed. Nakusha found the smile menacing. They hear the land phone ringing in the other room, and soon Roops and Dutta were in a staring competition. Finally giving up, Roops jumps up "Fine, I'll get it. It will probably for me only." muttering she walks towards the other room. Few seconds later, they could hear Roops excited chattering, the phone was for her. Nakusha could feel Dutta's eyes burning into hers; she couldn't take it anymore and decides to go to the other room. She was about to walk past Dutta when he very authoritatively held her hand.
"Wh... what?" Nakusha asks him. "You didn't answer me." Dutta angrily whispers giving up on his act of being calm. "What is it to you?" asks Nakusha angrily. Hearing Roops chattering from the other room, Dutta angrily drags her to the far end of the room and holds her against the wall. "What is it to me?" Dutta asks back angrily "What is it to me?" he asks again in an angry whisper. "You waltz in here telling me that you are in love with me, and now you have the nerve to decide that I'm not good enough for you?" "You don't love me then why do you care so much?" Nakusha asks back angrily. "I don't love you but damn me if I let you be with someone else." Dutta said. "You are so selfish, Dutta." Nakusha accuses him and then after a pause she adds kinda shocked a bit "and possessive." Nakusha thinks about how Dutta was acting so possessive and God help her, jealous and without even thinking she says "Any sane person would be repulsed by such behavior. I have been completely insane ever since I fell in love with you." Dutta looks at her confused trying to figure out how her mind worked. "This is making me crazy about you all the more." "Stop screwing with my brains, Nakusha." Dutta half orders and half pleads with her. "You are my sister's best friend. I should stay as far way as possible from you, and here I'm so obsessed with you that I get uncomfortable when I see you, and I go crazy when I don't see you. The 5th of every month I get worked up thinking whether you are fine." Dutta said with a sigh. Nakusha wonders what he meant by that and then realizes he was talking about her monthly and that explained the weird conversation he had with Roops the last two months. Awww he is so cute. "I'm fine now. I stopped dieting." Nakusha replies a little embarrassed. "Trust me, I noticed." Dutta kinda accuses her for making him notice her, making her smile. All this while, she thought Dutta didn't care about her but now it looks like he is big time affected by her and also noticed the changes in her. "I love you, Dutta." Nakusha proudly says. "Don't." Dutta says as he tightens his grip on her arms. "I can't help the way I feel about you." "Why don't you understand, this won't work out." "Why?" asks Nakusha. "I'm not in love with you and you are not someone one fools around with." Dutta replies. "Maybe you'll never love me or maybe you'll. Give me a chance." Nakusha persists. "You are my sister's best friend." Dutta replies. "She wants us to be together." Nakusha informs him. "I know, but if it doesn't work out then your friendship will be ruined." Dutta explains then adds with a smile "and my sister will kill me." "She doesn't have to know till you are ready to tell her." Nakusha argues not feeling guilty about going behind her friends back because she knows that is what Roops would want and expect her to do, cling on to Dutta with both her hands...... and legs too. "I don't believe in marriages, I'll never get married...... This won't work out. This is asking for disaster." Dutta argues. "Just take one day at a time." Nakusha gently tells him. "Nakku...." Dutta helplessly whispers her name. Nakusha smiles hearing how he had shortened her name and says "I am not going to give upon you." She starts to walk away seeing Dutta going deep into thoughts, deciding not to push him anymore, God knows from where she got the courage to push him this much. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Dutta holds her hand to stop and says "I hate hiding things from my sister, she is all I have." "Even I don't like it but if she finds out that I had a chance with you and gave upon it then she would kill me and then maybe you." Nakusha replies with a smile. "I don't know what will happen." Dutta says. "I don't care." Nakusha replies. "Because I know, I won't regret anything that would bring us closer even if it is for a little while." "What do you see in me?" Dutta asks a little shocked, a little amazed. "A lot many things." Nakusha smiles. Nakusha hears Roops calling out her name "I've to go." She starts to walk to the other room when Dutta didn't say anything then she heard him ask "Can I take you out for lunch tomorrow?" Nakusha turns back with a big smile and asks excitedly "Do you even have to ask?" Dutta breaks out into a big smile with his eyes cringing a little, which is so Dutta... so beautifully Dutta. "Seriously Nakusha.... I have been wondering what it is to see me through your eyes. It is been giving my ego a big boost." Dutta says with a wink then he adds "I'll pick you up from the shopping mall north to your college after your classes tomorrow." with that he walked off. Once he was out of sight Nakusha did a little jig and then rushed to the other room trying to hide her excitement.
[Link for Sawan Barsw Tarse Dil from Dahek http://www.dishant.com/jukebox.php?songid=488]
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil
Kyun Na Nikale Ghar Se Dil
Barkha Mein Bhi Dil Pyaasa Hai
Yeh Pyaar Nahin To Kya Hai
Dekho Kaisa Bekaraar Hain Bhare Baazaar Mein
Yaar Ek Yaar Ke Intazaar Mein
Dutta comes out of his bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waste and wiping his hair with another towel. He opens his cupboard and starts taking out his shirts and tries it on, then discards it and takes out another shirt.
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil
Kyun Na Nikale Ghar Se Dil
Barkha Mein Bhi Dil Pyaasa Hai
Yeh Pyaar Nahin To Kya Hai
Dekho Kaisa Bekaraar Hain Bhare Baazaar Mein
Yaar Ek Yaar Ke Intazaar Mein
Here Nakusha is also trying on different clothes, once she finds a dress she is happy with she starts applying make up.
Ek Mohabbat Ka Deewana Dhoondhata Sa Phire
Koi Chaahat Ka Nazarana Dilruba Ke Liye
Ek Mohabbat Ka Deewana Dhoondhata Sa Phire
Koi Chaahat Ka Nazarana Dilruba Ke Liye
Chamchham Chale Paagal Pawan
Aaye Mazaa Bheege Balam
Bheege Balam Fisle Kadam Barkha Bahar Mein
Nakusha in her class keeps checking her watch every two minutes to see if it was time to leave. When the bell rings, making excuses to Roops she rushes to the bathroom and starts fixing her appearance for the hundredth time that day.
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil
Kyun Na Nikale Ghar Se Dil
Barkha Mein Bhi Dil Pyaasa Hai
Yeh Pyaar Nahin To Kya Hai
Dekho Kaisa Bekaraar Hain Bhare Baazaar Mein
Yaar Ek Yaar Ke Intazaar Mein
Dutta parks his car outside the shopping mall, and starts to get out then stops and checks his appearance once again at the rear view mirror.
Ek Haseena Idhar Dekho Kaisi Bechain Hai
Raaste Par Lage Kaise Uske Do Nain Hai
Ek Haseena Idhar Dekho Kaisi Bechain Hai
Raaste Par Lage Kaise Uske Do Nain Hai
Sach Poochheeye To Mere Yaar Donon Ke Dil Beikhtiyaar
Beikhtiyaar Hain Pehale Baar Pahale Bahaar Mein
Dutta sees a girl walking and thinking her to be Nakusha starts to walk to her and then realizing it's not her chuckles at his stupidity as he runs his hand through his hair. He sees a man selling flowers and walks to him and buys a bunch of red roses.
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil
Kyun Na Nikale Ghar Se Dil
Barkha Mein Bhi Dil Pyaasa Hai
Yeh Pyaar Nahin To Kya Hai
Dekho Kaisa Bekaraar Hain Bhare Baazaar Mein
Yaar Ek Yaar Ke Intazaar Mein
Nakusha rushes out of her college trying her best not to run as that would make her look messy. She was about to reach the shopping mall when she hears her cell ringing and picks it out to see Dutta calling. Roops had given her Dutta's number to call him as his secret admirer and make him fall for her but who gave Dutta her number? She was about to pick up when she spots Dutta.
Sawan Barse Tarse Dil
Kyun Na Nikale Ghar Se Dil
Barkha Mein Bhi Dil Pyaasa Hai
Yeh Pyaar Nahin To Kya Hai
Dekho Kaisa Bekaraar Hain Bhare Baazaar Mein
Yaar Ek Yaar Ke Intazaar Mein
The moment she spotted him, Dutta also spots her. He cuts the call and starts walking towards her. When he reached her he says with a smile "Hi." Nakusha also replies a little nervously "Hi." Then without another word, the smile still on his lips he offers her the flowers.
I know this part was pretty bad with Nakusha being a little on the attacking mode and Dutta on defensive mode, but next part onwards Dutta wud be more in form.
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Edited by book.worm - 14 years ago