Flight Lt. Samrat Singh Shekawat is burdened by the sins of his past. Flight Lt. Tanvi Sharma has seen him at his worst and still loves him. Samrat has a hunch about what she feels though they remain friends. She doesn't want to confess as she doesn...
The men's changing room is empty at the late hour. Samrat strips the official badges from his uniform and carefully sets them inside his personal locker. He then unbuttons his shirt all the way down when Farhan steps closer to him. Farhan lifts the damp fabric sticking to Samrat's shoulder and examines the scalded skin there.
Samrat's peachy-fair skin is red as a Kashmiri apple. Farhan winces.
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"Oh god! Sam! Are you alright? How do you feel?"
"Come on, Farhan! It's nothing."
Samrat chuckles and adjusts his shirt. The damp fabric feels cold and soothing over his burning shoulder again. But he needs to apply some ice soon.
"How's it nothing? Doesn't it hurt, Sam?" Farhan asks, readying an ice pack, dropping ice cubes he got from Ramu Kaka into a sealable silicone pouch.
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Samrat only smiles in response, checking his options. There is a spare shirt in his locker, but his shift has ended. He might as well just drive home like this and get changed into pyjamas. Of course it hurts. It hurt him to be so bossy around Tanvi. And of course, his shoulder also hurts. There is pain and burning sensation, but it is tolerable. Not to mention he deserves this pain. What hurts the most? Yeah, to keep hurting Tanvi...
As Samrat is lost in thoughts, Farhan places the icepack over the other man's shoulder.
"Really, Sam! Kisne socha... ki Tanvi aisa karegi! I mean, tune usey gussa dilaya, par fir bhi! The tea was boiling hot na..."
Samrat shakes his head, taking the ice pack. "I deserved it, yaar."
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