Never Let You Go.(Vardhan_Niharika Fanfiction #sadda_haq)*unedited*

Chapter Four

9th Sept 1996
TRANQUILITY.

Months passed in FITE, and after that day, every thing sort out to be so normal, i some how managed to postpone vartika's marriage there by giving her space to complete her bachelors in literature. The relation between me and niharika had escalated to best friends from just friends.. We never missed going to orphanage, not even for one single time.

The final dream team of 5 members was finalized. including, niharika, me, kabir and 2 others, we already completed 2 tasks for the Dream team assigned by prof.rag. But whatever, niharika had never been comfortable with kabir, when working in team, like she used to be with me.. For that reason i felt like i was precious, and valued! But there was always a side of kabir that i, of course we!, never felt comfortable with...

16th Sept 1996
FAR FROM CITY.:

Finally the day had came for and a new task was assigned to us! It was something different from those we had done in college.. We were assigned to visit a village for one week and were asked to observe what that villagers were lacking of.... Prof.rag lead all the 5 of us to a place where we have never been before... For some reason he asked us to remain blind fold ourselves till we reach the place! And once when we reached there and relieved our selves from the blind folds the very first vision i caught was niharika... Chuckling in amusement and excitement on seeing the surroundings.... It made her cute face look more more cuter.. My lips unconditionally curved into smile..! 

"Vardhaan! It's so pleasant na?" she turned to me and said with her head tilted bit side ways, blinking her eyes like a kid. That act of her drives me crazy always! But before i could speak prof.rag began to speak. "here goes your task..make something productive for the villagers here.. and the team whose project wins the heart of villagers will be declared as the winner... remember only 5 days left..." he said and left from the place... apart from his announcement, we were aware of nothing there... where to stay, what to do.. whom to talk... i wondered what to do then..after wandering here and there for long time... finally we managed to get shelter in a house of a old women that too only with the help of niharika.

17th Sept 1996

it was just 6 in the morning and i woke up in haze when kabir began to shake me hard as if he's going to kill me... 

"what happened" i said yawning. he said nothing.. he was smiling at me stupidly, i was scared at his behavior for a while of course..

"arre.. kya hua..?" i stood up helping myself out from the blanket..

"she is so beautiful.. i think i like her..." he said still smiling..

"who..??" i waved my hands in air.

"niharika.." he said pointing into the house through the window. and i peeped in..only to see niharika facing the mirror and adorning her beautiful face with her earrings... the water drops dribbling her hair revealed that it was just then that she took a shower.. i don't know what i was thinking of but i fell deaf to kabir's words.. he was saying something but i didn't pay any heed as in months of companionship i heard him saying so many cheesy things and passing stupid comments on girls, many a times...

finally around 9 am we began to stroll all around in the village trying to comprehend the situations there.. every time when we spoke to some villagers niharika, for some reason seemed to feel so low. after a day long touring in the village we all gathered at a small pond in the night for a brain storming session. 

"so anything fruitful???" prof.rag asked

"the farmers here are facing difficulty in their work...sir i think we should help them" kabir opined

" i don't think so sir.. after talking to many of the villagers i can clearly conclude that the kids here are lacking from education facilities... i think..." niharika began to speak but kabir interrupted her.. 

"ye kya bakwass hai? you want to establish schools here?? we are here to win. not to do social service.. remember that.." kabir cut her words off

"kabir, try and understand.. we are here to help these people.. winning and loosing is just a consequence..sir.. just think. am not asking to establish schools here.. i just want to bring awareness here in these people." she tried to convince. all the whilst i remained a silent listener albeit i agreed with her idea personally. But finally, even prof.rag too voted for kabir's idea.
I observed a smile of pride winning over her on his face and soon every one left the place, but niharika stood there lost.

"come let's go!" i said patting her shoulder

"is it that bad idea vardhan?" she said still gazing at nothing. Her voice trembled, Surprising me. 

"niharika! I thought you are a strong girl and can achieve anything you wish to.. But you! Hey see.." i turned her to face me holding her by shoulders.

"niharika.. That's never a bad idea! Look.. You are going to achieve it! May Not be immediately but definitely.! You'll" i said as i witnessed a lone tear escaping her eyes.. 

"but vardhan, the kids here, how pathetic they are! Really they are missing what they deserve. But i am sure! I'll never let this happen!" she said sternly.

"that's the spirit, now smile" i said smiling. 

"hmm!" she turned towards the pond again. We stood there in silence, staring at nothing couple of seconds passed and all of sudden i felt a soft palm Holding mine, intervening the fingers with mine!.. I was completely taken aback. 

"Niharika??" i turned to face her... Surprisingly, she was staring at the darkness, smiling, whilst here fingers, perfectly intervened mine..! It was the night i felt like our relation had escalated a step more..! Best friends to something more that i couldn't describe yet!

the very next day we began to work on the project... it was some thing like moving a bit slow.. but it was the same time the unseen side of kabir got revealed... he was really such a mean person... he used to mock and taunt all the time instead of helping us.. what all he want was to win some how he even got ready to cheat on the rivalry team of ours... but the presence of prof.Rag didn't let him do any of such mean things

4 days passed then and even when she doesn't like the idea of kabir, still she worked on it. Just for the sake of team and for the loyalty she had towards prof.Rag. No matter, how lame the idea was, but still we won over our rivalry team CITE just because of the hard work of niharika, even prof.Rag admitted that the sole reason for our success was niharika herself.! Thus she bagged all the credits and prof.Rag attention too!.. 

Every one were happy over the fact we won, even the whole college rejoiced, but kabir made his mind busy in cooking something unconventional.. Out of his jealousy towards Prof.rag valuing niharika instead of him.