A Tale of Trust - A DevAkshi & SamAina FF

Chapter 5 - Trust

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"Bye Sonakshi di" Shefali waved Sona a good bye post her pack up. It was the end of another tiring day. Sona liked her job but she missed her drama days. Anyhow, she braved all the obstacles in her job. Walking through that same parking had made her aware of the sunset timings and she tried not to miss the sky changing colours.

"Hands up."

She heard a voice and recognised it immediately. A small smile crept on her lips. Smiling around him had become a habit of hers which had developed without her permission. She turned around, after controlling her smile.

"Dev" She turned around and said "Had an early pack up?"

"Yes. Wanna hang out?" He replied.

"Mere saath?" ("with me?")Sona still felt a bit uncomfortable around the stars.

"Kyu? What's the problem?" Dev was a little confused. The last time he checked the mirror he looked quite handsome to say the least.

"Na.." Sona had began to give an explanation but she felt a vibration in her bag. "Excuse me for a sec."

"Sure."

Dev stood there watching Sona swipe her phone and unlock it. He saw her tap and open an application and then he saw the colour of her face go away.

"Koi problem?" ("Is there a problem?") Dev asked.

"Pp.. Preeti is missing" Sona's voice was quivering.

"Preeti?" Dev felt like going for a question answer session but the worry on Sonakshi's face made him uncomfortable too.

"Do you need some help?" He saw her running her hands through her long locks. "Sonakshi ... kuch bolo tum mujhe tension de rahi ho." ("Say something ... You're making me anxious.")

She nodded her head in a no and kept doing something in her phone. After a long, heavy pause she looked up.

"Can you drop me?"

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Four faces.
One row.
One expression.
One question.

"Tum? Aur Preeti? Kab? Kaise? Mujhe bataya nahi?" ("You? And Preeti? When? Where? Why didn't you tell me?")

And all those question were directed to one person - Pandit.

Preeti and Pandit had finally decided that they should hang out together. They'll get to know each other better by spending time with each other than by just smiling from their balconies.

Pandit had been waiting for her outside Cafe Coffee Day. He had decided that aandhi,toofan, his college librarian Rakesh and even his bad joke professor JBR could not stop him from being on time for his first date ever. He hadn't even shared his plans with Munna. He had got a text from Preeti as soon as he had reached outside CCD that she'll be there in 5 minutes. He had waited for 5 minutes, then 20 minutes which had turned into an hour.

No sign of her.
Did she bail on him?
No, She wouldn't.

He had called her but she didn't pick the phone. After waiting for another impatient half an hour Pandit had called Munna for help and there he was standing with the entire wedding band.