Ishq Bulaava

| 02. Her efforts |

"Kya karu Karan ke liye, mujhe toh uske choices ke baare mein koi idea hi nahi hai," Monami thought sitting in her room, the entire day she had thought about what she could do for Karan, seeing him put efforts, she also wanted to give her best, "Kisiko puch bhi nahi sakti, warna in logo ka thought process itna fast hai ki pata nahi kaha se kaha tak ka soch le" she was confused not knowing what was it that she could do for Karan "Iss Khadoos Shergill ki personality bhi aisi hai naa ki samajh hi nahi aata ki yeh kab kaise mood mein ho, aur kaise react kar le" she was wondering what to do when the door opened and Sanjana entered the room, Monami looked at her "Sanjana se puch lu, but nahi agar ise doubt aa gaya toh, par yehi hai jo Karan ko ache se jaanti hai, shayad koi idea mil jaye"

"Agar kuch kehno hai toh keh de," Sanjana said breaking Monami's chain of thoughts.

"Tumhe kaise pata chala," Monami asked surprised.

"Ab hamao aise tukar-tukar dekhegi aur kuch sochogi toh samajh hi jayenge naa, chal bolale, ka hogo" Sanjana answered.

"Kuch khaas nahi tha, bas yehi soch rahi thi ki Karan, Faizi aur tum ek-dusre ko kafi ache se jaante ho naa," Monami said and Sanjana listened to her carefully, "I mean just like Sid and me, kafi strong dosti hai tum teeno ki bhi"

"Ha woh toh hai" Sanjana said, "Tere liye jaiso us chirkut ki dosti khaas hai, hamao liye bhi Karan sir ji aur Faizi sir ji ki dosti bohot khaas hai"

"I know, jaise main Sid ke baare mein sab jaanti hu, uski likes-dislikes waise hi tum bhi jaanti hogi naa Karan aur Faizi ke baare mein," Monami said and Sanjana nodded, "Tumhe pata hai Sid ke baare mein toh tum kuch bhi puch lo mujhe and I know it, jaise uski favorite dish, mac and cheese pasta," Monami said smiling, "Waise hi Faizi ki bhi koi favorite dish hogi naa," Monami asked, "Kya hai"

"Faizi sir ji ne..." Sanjana said and Monami nodded, "Unhe toh meetha bohot pasand hai, meethe mein kuch bhi dedo, woh khush ho jaate hai"

"Aur Karan, use bhi sweet pasand hai kya" Monami asked trying to act normal.

"Are naa, Karan sir ji ne toh meetha katayi pasand naa hai" Sanjana said and Monami hoped Sanjana continued and told her what she needed to know "Karan sir ji ne toh kadhi-chawal bohot pasand hai" and Monami was glad to know this.

"Finally," Monami said and Sanjana looked at her "I mean finally ab mujhe bohot neend aa rahi hai, good night Sanjana," she said quickly and lied on her bed covering herself with her blanket leaving Sanjana completely surprised at her antics.

"Lagto hai chirkut ke saath rehkar yo bhi bawari ho jaati hai, abhi toh baatein kar rahi thi aur ab" Sanjana wondered and lied on her bed.

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The next day, there was still a lot of time for dinner, so the mess was empty except for Dilbaug ji and the other helpers, Monami entered the mess and was relieved to see it empty, even if one of them saw her here it would be difficult to handle the situation, "Acha hai koi nahi hai yaha, warna woh ho jaata jo Karan keh raha tha, academy mein something dhindh... something that type" she thought and walked inside the kitchen, Dilbaug ji was surprised to see her there.

"Are Monami, abhi toh raat ke khaane ke liye bohot waqt hai" he said looking at her.

"Jaanti hu Dilbaug ji, main yaha dinner ke liye nahi, aapse ek help maangne aayi hu," she said and he was even more surprised "Woh actually mujhe kuch banana hai, aur bas usi ke liye aapki help chahiye thi" she continued and crossing her fingers at her back, she told him that she wanted to prepare a dish for Sid as he was missing his home a lot today, and she wanted to cheer him up, Sid was Dilbaug ji's favorite, so after some convincing from Monami, he agreed to help her, she was happy and thanked him, but also felt bad for lying to him.