She fell first but He fell hardest

The Moment of Answers

Vidhi... Vidhi... Dev calls her name as he taps on her shoulder to ask what's wrong.

This brings her to present, hesitating, fumbling Vidhi stands before him and asks

Sir aap yaha... aap to meeting ke liye gaye the na.

Dev was more worried about the state she was in than the question she asked. He just brushed it off saying haan wo ho khatam ho gayi thi jaldi to bacho se milne aa gaya yaha.

A...au.. aur.. tu.. tum.. tum yaha kya kar rahi ho.. itni barish me yaha bahar kyu ?

Aa...acha.. chhodo pahle andar chalo nahi to aur bheeg jaogi.

while saying so he extends his right hand with an umbrella and signals her to come in. unwillingly Vidhi joins this Adventure of 50 steps.

Dev wanted to be sure she doesn't get more wet so he adjusted his right arm in such a way that she doesn't get more rain on her and at same time his shoulder doesn't brush her. This makes him get wet on the sides but he ignores this. Vidhi looks at his uncomfortable walk while maintaining the distance and she just rolls her eyes, this wasn't something new for her.

All those 50 steps were not that easy for either of them

For him - as he wasn't ever this close to her esp in such a vulnerable rainy season, he has avoided it so many times in past, but today seeing her sitting in rain he just rushed without thinking it through. And now the consequences are "sigh". The smell of her shampoo was enough for his willpower to waver but he took a big sigh again and tried to divert his mind by asking her questions about her day.

For her - she replied reluctantly to his answers as still trying to calm her heart down.. thinking just how close Dev sir is. She was thanking rain that helped her share an Umbrella walk with him which was cancelled many times in past (obviously by him) as he used to say

"ek chhate me dono bheeg jayenga kya fayda ek chhate ka.. Ye lo main 2 rakhta hu"

And it was the longest walk for them.

.

As soon as they reach the corridor Dev closes the umbrella, steps back immediately and asks Vidhi to come to his mom's room as he might have spare dress for her to change, Vidhi follows him without saying anything.

Once in the room Dev looks around and makes sure the cake and other surprise elements are still hidden as he left them before leaving. He searches into his mom's closet and among all her heavy banarasi saris he finds one baby pink sari, which he bought a few years back for one of his best friend's wife but couldn't give for some reasons.

As soon as he spots that pink saree all he imagined was Vidhi.. how gorgeous she would look into this.. "Oh come on Dev" he shrugs his head and continues "aaj ho kya gaya hai yaar tujhe. yaad nahi hai tune Vidhi ko haan bolte time kitna bada promise kiya tha khud se"

he bits his lip "haan haan yaad hai".

Vidhi is still dejected and staring at the floor with no zeal or energy she used to ooze being around Dev. She used to become a butterfly who knows only to spread her colours.. but today her own life seems colourless.

Dev has to again tap her shoulder cause she wasn't even listening to him, gives her the sari and shows her the washroom. Vidhi doesn't even bother to look at what he gave.. doesn't look at him, takes the sari and goes to the washroom.

.

Vidhi changes into that Beautiful sari.. looks at herself in mirror and first time in last 2 days she had this tiny smile on her face thinking