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It is the day of Shaan's project presentation. It is a beautiful day. Shaan wakes up even before his alarm clock rings. Looks like the responsibility alarm within him woke him up in anticipation of the project.
As he opens his eyes he sees khanak sitting at the dressing table. She is keeping bindi and applying sindoor. Shaan smiles admiring at her khoobsurati. His eyes slowly lower down and he sees that khanak is dressed up in the beautiful blue sari (which she wore on the adventure night) - immediately his dream rain romance sequence flashes before his eyes. He couldnt control grinning and slowly brushes his hair with his left hand thinking abt those moments. He continues looking at her.
Khanak oblivious to Shaan looking at her continues dressing up. As she applies kajal, Shaan cudnt help admiring her big innocent eyes. Then she applies lipstick, Shaan clenches his fist as he recollects the almost kiss encounter they had the previous day when he cornered her in paatshala room. How much he wanted to kiss her - he atleast wanted to give her a peck at that moment. But his conscience stopped him at that time - as he first wanted to be a man Khanak wud luk upto.
Shaan continues looking at her silently, admiringly & lovingly. Khanak takes a comb and starts brushing her hair. She collects all her hair to the front on her right shoulder and keeps brushing. Shaan looks at her face in the mirror. His eyes twitch in a puzzled look - What the heck is she doing. Shaan notices that Khanak while brushing her hair is actually concentrating on something on the dressing table and murmuring continuously.
He sits up straight to see what she is doing out of curiousity. Shaan sees that she is actually preparing simultaneously for the test he is going to conduct in paatshaala that evening. He silently laughs nodding his head and saying to himself -Unbelievable Khanak. But he loves the cuteness of Khanaks deed.
Khanak next lifts her hands up towards her neck and to her back. Shaan sees that khanak is trying to tie the dori of her blouse. Shaan feels a heavy gulp going down the throat as he couldnt help not looking at her blouse back. He twitches in his place. Khanak has worn sarees so many a times but this is the first time he got this feeling. He turns his eyes to another side as he feels guilty to look at her in this way without her knowledge. But involuntarily his head again turns towards her - his eyes hesitatingly looking at her. There is something going within him which is not letting him control his feelings.
Khanak is still struggling with her dori all the while continuing to concentrate on her book. Shaan slowly moves towards her and kneels down behind her to tie her dori. Khanak raises her head in a shock and looks into the mirror as she feels a warm breathe over her back. She is shocked to see Shaan right behind her kneeling down and tying the dori. She is shocked but she cudnt stop him - she doesnt know why. Shaan carefully ties her dori, all the while taking care that he doesnt touch her. He ties it and gets up - glances to his right biting his lip and forces a smile onto his face and looks back at khanak.
He asks - aaj kya khaas din hai, sari pehne ho. She is still in the state of shock but somehow gathers her voice and replies - Aapka perject aaj hai na, to maine pooja rakha hai. Shaans face lights up on hearing this - he is all pleased with khanak's gesture. Khanak notices his joy from the mirror and feels happy that he liked it. In that joy she forgets the shock and tells him - aap jaldi se thaiyaar hoiye, pooja ke liye dher ho jayega. He nods -Hmmm.
She continues - aapke kapde wahan rakhi hoon. He looks at the direction she is pointing and exclaims - 'Kya! Yeh kurtha-dhothi pehenke aaj jaana hai kya'. She retorts - 'Toh kya aap suit pehenke pooja mein aayeinge? Budthal'. Shaan says - ' But yaar khanak - office mein isme jaaoonga to client bhaag jaayega, stupid'. Khanak nods and smiles saying - 'aap toh suchmuch budthal ho, office ke liye mein doosra kapde rakhi hoon'. She leaves to prepare for the pooja.
As Shaan lifts his dress from the bed he also checks under the pillow to see if she has picked the letter he had kept for her the previous night. He is pleased to see that the letter is not there but wonders if khanak read it as he didnt see any reaction from her. He enters the bathroom wondering.
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Oh My! the text came longer than I expected. When I visualised the scene it completed so quickly.I'll better continue remaining later.
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