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Originally posted by: Vartika07

Nice beginning👏

Thanks!🤗

I just read part one

Childhood friends a nice concept.👍🏼

Cliche... I know😉

I like these cute fights which make a relationship work and increases love.

It is good till there are fighting for each other😊

Obviously they are more than friends and soon they will discover it.😉

Hmm... you seem to know more😉

Govind and Jairaaj must have thought about their marriage I think.😳

Are you mind reader??😲

MJ has taken that locket which Tara wanted to purchase but no worries soon she will have it.😉

hmm... we have to wait to see that happen... if it happens😉

Thanks for reading and commenting!

It's good to put something for others to read and sail in the same ship!

Originally posted by: arpita25

Wow one more new story from you that's cool!!!!!

It's great to know you are still looking to read things from me!😃 Thanks!

Childhood friends will be a great life partner I am sure of that but all they need is to just realize their love for each other.

Hmm... good observance👍🏼

I think Jairaaj and Govind can sense something and they know they can be tamed very easily by diverting their intention.

They have been watching MriAra for a long time and know, how to tame them😆

They have same choices wow!!! Both of them liked that locket and that tall man can no one else than MJ.

How are you sure both liked it😉. The man being MJ... hmm... we will see about that as well😉

Tara is still stuck with that locket.

Pretty badly😒

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It's good to see readers like you come back to read!🤗

Originally posted by: Vartika07

Superb part two

Thank You🤗

Somethings they are realizing when their marriage is proposed by their parents.

hehe... We tend to ignore things until they are stated in clear words😉

They were as usual funny and busy inn fighting as they always used to do but soon a bit awkwardness will take place in their relationship.

Yup

Tara is still dreaming about that man who bought her favorite piece of locket unknowing the truth that it is MJ which I am sure of.

Yes, she is dreaming but how you are so sure about that man being MJ?😕

Now MJ is noticing her as a life partner and soon they will realize that it's and was always love between them from whom they were not aware of.

For that, you have to read the next part😉

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Part 3

Mrityunjay might have thought he knew everything but when it came to Tara he was zero. He had known her for most of his life but when it came to thinking of her as a girl, it was a different story.

He had spent last night mulling over what to do to win her. Till now what he had learned about girls was all from Tara but she was not like anyone that she had described. She was different. She did not pout, neither went shopping just to distract her mind nor was she crazy over flowers. She loved chocolates but like a normal person, not like a crazy girl. She didn't have any ex who he might ask for help. He blamed himself for her not having any ex. Now remembering their school and college days, he understood why no one approached them. They would have looked like a couple!

Crap!

He was pacing in his room when his mother Nirmala knocked on his door. He opened the door for her and resumed his pacing. She smiled and grabbed him by his shoulders and said, “Never thought you would be this restless.”

“Yeah. And the credit goes to you,” he said, again resuming his pacing.

“Care to explain how?” she urged grinning.

“It was all good till yesterday when all of you decided to hitch me and Tara. The problem is I never looked at her like that! She was always with me but never in a romantic way. Yesterday when we were out after the revelation about your grand hitching plan I… I almost kissed her. I don’t know what she must be thinking about me. She is my best friend! And now I can’t face her! It’s all a big mess!” He suddenly stopped his rambling and slumped on the corner of his bed.

Nirmala came to him and caressed his hair. “What are you most worried about? Almost kissing her or what she might be thinking about you?”

“I don’t know,” he said still not moving from his spot.

“You will never know what she is thinking until and unless you talk to her. You have known her more than any of us. I think a husband and wife should be best friends first then anything else. And in your case she is already your best friend,” she reasoned and sat next to him.

Mrityunjay looked at her and said, “But she doesn’t like me! Didn’t you hear her yesterday? She wants to be free of me,” he whispered the last part.

“Yesterday, when she said that, she was teasing you. Have you tried to talk to her about our proposal? We are not forcing you two to do it. We just want you two to at least see the prospect before you two realize it’s too late,” she said taking his hand in hers.

There was silence in the room.

“I think you are right. I should talk to her before assuming anything. But I don’t know how to do it,” he said getting up from his bed. He renewed his pacing.

“I think giving her flower is a nice start,” she stated looking at him.

“She is not like all the other girls! I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he announced turning towards her.

“At least try. I agree she is not like other girls but I don’t think she will not like receiving flowers. Who knows, she might realize she too is a girl.” She winked at the last part.

“Great!!!” he replied exasperatedly.

“And also choose flowers wisely if you don’t want her to come at you with a bat,” said Nirmala before leaving the room.

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As usual, Mrityunjay arrived at Tara’s house and honked. After five minutes of waiting, he got out of his car and walked inside. He was greeted by Tara’s mother Aradhana.

“Hi Aunty, how are you?” he asked hugging her.

“I am fine. And Tara left early saying she had a meeting,” she replied seeing him scanning the house for Tara.

“Ok,” he said and turned to go.

“Everything is okay between you and Tara, right?” she asked, noticing him a little tensed.

“Yeah. We just... after yesterday, I don’t know,” he said, collapsing on the nearby sofa.

She sat next to him and taking his hand in hers said, “We know you two have never thought about each other as more than friends but there is no harm in thinking that now.”

He looked at her with a blank expression.

“I have already talked to Tara about the same. I hope you two can give each other a chance,” she said smiling.

“Thanks, Aunty. We will see want we can do. It’s just so different!” he said chuckling.

She patted his back.

“I should go now otherwise I will be late,” he said and got up from the sofa. Giving a quick hug to Aradhana, he left.

Before reaching the office, he bought flowers. He requested the bouquet to be made with roses arranging the white roses in the outer circle, followed by yellow ones, and then finally a pink rose. The bouquet was small and not too big. He was afraid that seeing a large bouquet Tara might break their friendship as well.

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When he reached office, he took the bouquet with all his courage and advanced towards Tara’s cabin. He had never felt so nervous in his life when it came to Tara. But today was different. He felt everyone in the office was looking at him suspiciously as if he was some kind of criminal. Ignoring them, he knocked on the door of Tara’s cabin. When he did not get any response, he stepped inside. When he saw Tara was not there in the cabin, his tense shoulders relaxed, if only a bit. He was not sure how he would have faced her. Seeing it the best way to approach her, he kept the bouquet on her desk with a note.

“I think we should talk.

- Mrityunjay”

He walked to his cabin trying not to lose his mind by thinking about how Tara was going to react.

When Tara entered her cabin after the meeting, she saw the flower son her table and frowned. She did not know if there was anyone who she knew who would send her flowers. She grabbed the bouquet quizzically and sniffed it. She liked its smell but still the question of who sent it was there.

She noticed a note on her desk. It was from Mrityunjay. All the emotions she thought she had mastered from their last rendezvous came back to her and hit her like a punch to her gut.

Yesterday after she left the garden, she was far from being okay. She was going to kiss Mrityunjay. Her best friend! When she went to sleep, sleep was away from her like it had never known its way towards Tara’s eyes!

Each time she shut her eyes, she saw Mrityunjay’s brown eyes drowning in hers. She was so frustrated about it. If it was any other case, she would have called Mrityunjay and talked to him about it. But this was about him! She could not go to him and ask him how to remove him from her mind! Could she? She had many times unknowingly touched her lips remembering his warm breath on them. She had tossed and turned in bed the whole night trying to remove Mrityunjay from her mind but to her luck, she didn’t succeed. So to avoid him, she had called an early meeting so that she did not have to face him. Coward, yes, she agreed to be a coward than risk seeing his smug face. But before she could leave the house, Aradhana had called her.

“Tara, we know you have never thought about Mrityunjay in any other way than as a friend. But at least for once try to think about him as your life partner. You know him. We like him. He will keep you happy.” Aradhana had stated this before her father too joined them.

“Yes Tara, a man like Mrityunjay is hard to find. We would like you to consider him,” he said and kissed her on her forehead.

“I will think about it,” she had replied and had left for office.

To distract herself from the current mayhem of her life named Mrityunjay, she had played songs on full volume in her car on her way to the office.

After reaching there, she was going to her cabin and passed Mrityunjay’scabin on the way which was just before hers. This had caused all events from the day before to come crashing back to her making her groan. And now seeing the flowers he had sent her, she groaned again.

“Doesn’t he know that I don’t like flowers?” she hissed irritably.

“Are you sure? Because you loved their smell and you are still holding it like it is very precious to you,” her inner self said.

“I...I…” Seeing herself at a loss of words, she hit her foot on the ground petulantly.

She sat on her chair and closed her eyes considering breathing would help her to put together her ruffled feathers. And it did help her a little. When she was slightly calm, she examined her situation. She concluded it was better to talk to Mrityunjay and get out of this awkward situation. It was no use avoiding him. She glanced back at the bouquet and smiled musing it was a lovely and thoughtful bouquet.

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Part 4

Mrityunjay was restless in his office pondering what Tara might be thinking about him. He was still waiting for her response when the notification of an upcoming meeting popped up. He was unsure how he was going to face her because she was going to be present in the same damn meeting! Seeing no option to skip this face-off, he proceeded to the meeting.

Tara was already sitting in the conference room looking as beautiful as ever. He was surprised when his mind complimented her beauty. It was not that she was ugly, but the notion that she was beautiful never occurred to him. Blame his confused mind for this! Everyone was already seated and the chair next to Tara was the only one empty. It was his usual place, always next to her, on her right side. But today it seemed quite threatening.

He sat quietly in his chair and Tara straightened in hers sensing him sitting next to her.

During the meeting, she tried not to look to her right. Mrityunjay was also trying not to look at his left side. The one-hour meeting seemed to be taking forever to finish for both of them.

When the meeting finished, Tara did not rush to leave the meeting room, as to reach the door she had to pass by Mrityunjay. Mrityunjay also waited there considering it as a chance to speak with her. When they were alone in the conference room, he glanced at her and found her already staring at him. She smiled and stated, “I agree we should talk.”

Mrityunjay sighed seeing her smiling. He had never felt so relieved seeing her smiling like he felt today. “Should we talk here or go somewhere else? Anywhere you prefer,” he gushed.

She smiled and replied, “Let’s get out of here and get some coffee.”

They took his car to reach the destination. The whole ride was filled with earsplitting silence.

After reaching their favourite café, they ordered their usual coffee and sat at their favourite table which was in the middle of the cafe. Mrityunjay and Tara were across each other. Tara tried to look to her right and saw a couple kissing and her eyes widened as big as saucers! Immediately heat crawled to her face as she remembered her encounter with Mrityunjay the day before. She turned to her left where another couple was sitting, their fingers laced. She cursed herself inwardly for suggesting this place for the talk!

Mrityunjay coughed to get Tara’s attention. When she looked at him, he gave her a warm smile. Tara returned a smile of her own.

“Tara, I…” he groaned because of the loss of words.

“Mrityunjay, we both are in the same boat,” she said fidgeting with her fingers. Talking to Mrityunjay was stress relieving, never a cause of stress!

“Tara, I gave some thought to what our parents said yesterday and I think we can give it a chance, only if you are comfortable with it. If you don’t want to go in that direction, then we can continue to be friends. I am happy with whatever you decide,” he said, looking in her eyes.

By this time their coffee arrived. Both sipped on their coffee in silence, happy to avoid answering.

When the coffee was over, Tara spoke. “I understand what they are trying to do, but I am not ready for it. Not yet,” she said, looking anywhere but at Mrityunjay.

“I am not sure as well. But then I will never be ready. So Tara, if and only if you are comfortable, we will go in that direction,” he said watching her.

“Ok,” she said still avoiding any eye contact with him.

“Ok? What should I understand by that?” he questioned, lifting his eyebrows.

“I mean, I am ok with what our parents think,” she muttered. Seeing his confused expression, she rolled her eyes and explained, “I mean we can give it a chance.”

There was silence. She had expected Mrityunjay to say something but he had not said a word. So when she sneaked a look at him, she found him smiling like an idiot.

He placed his hand on hers which was on the table, squeezed it a little and said, “Thank you, Tara.”

He was about to say something when both of their phones buzzed with the notification of the upcoming meeting. Both looked at each other and laughed, seeing this as a cue to get back to the office.

They were leaving the cafe when suddenly Mrityunjay was pushed towards Tara by a group of people. To prevent herself from falling, Tara grabbed Mrityunjay’s arms tightly and her eyes closed to brace the impact of falling. But she found herself still in her spot. She opened her eyes and found Mrityunjay smiling at her and then she realized she was being held in his arms. An unknown tingling sensation ran through her spine. She immediately straightened herself and walked out of the cafe. Mrityunjay followed her.

When they were in the car, it was again the same deafening silence but now the burden on their hearts was less. He switched on the radio and it was playing “You and Me”.

~You and me were always with each other~

He smiled listening but did not turn to look at Tara and concentrated on the road in front of him.

~Before we knew the other was ever there~

Tara smiled remembering all her school and college days when Mrityunjay was always there with her.

~You and me, we belong together~

On this line, both sneaked a glance at each other through the corner of their eyes.

~Just like a breath needs the air~

Mrityunjay turned slightly to look at her. Tara could feel the heat rising in her cheeks. It was something new she was feeling today when he was looking at her.

~I told you if you called I would come runnin'~

Tara raised her eyes to look at him and found him smiling.

~Across the highs, the lows and the in-betweens~

Listening to this, he took her right hand in his and squeezed it lightly in promise. He had always come when she had called him, but today it felt different to think he would come for her.

~You and me, we've got two minds that think as one~

It was very much true for them. They knew what the other was thinking.

~And our hearts march to the same beat~

Mrityunjay raised her hand to his lips and gave a peck on her knuckles making her heart flutter on a different rhythm.

~They say everything, it happens for a reason~

To change the gear, he released her hand and Tara felt the loss of warmth around her hand and smiled, thinking it felt good when he held her hand. May be marrying him would not be that bad.

~You can be flawed enough, but perfect for a person~

Yes, he had some flaws but neither was she flawless.

~Someone who will be there for you when you fall apart~

He remembered when she had come like a knight in shining armour to rescue him whenever he was in doubt.

~Guiding your direction when you're riding through the dark~

They looked at each other and gave a warm smile.

~Oh that's you and me~

They chuckled a little listening to this.

~You and me, we're searching for the same light~

They looked at each other again this time holding their gaze a little longer.

~Desperate for a cure to this disease~

She had felt something missing in her life for a long time. Sometimes seeing her parents, she had thought of how it would have felt to love someone.

~Well some days are better than others~

But now thinking she might get what her parents have, filled her heart with warmth.

~But I fear no thing as long as you're with me~

She turned in her seat and looked at Mrityunjay who was looking straight at the road and smiled.

~They say everything it happens for a reason~

Sensing Tara’s eye on him, he looked at her and smiled.

~You can be flawed enough, but perfect for a person~

She lowered her head and blushed a little. He chuckled softly. This new blushing Tara was intriguing.

~Someone who will be there for you when you fall apart~

He beamed, thinking it would be good to see her smiling and blushing a little because of him.

~Guiding your direction when you're riding through the dark~

Thinking about Tara as his companion for life made him feel good.

~Oh that's you and me~

They did not look at each other, but the feeling of someone made for you, made them feel more loved.

~That's you and me ~

They smiled as the song ended.

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