Chapter 15 - Let The Night Begin

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In black T shirts and denims, with a bluetooth device in their ears, the army of SamAina shippers - PreeDit and SwaMun were ready to welcome Jubin Nautiyal to VJN University. He was late by an hour but then that's what big names in the industry are supposed to do.

Sameer and Naina too were ready in complementing blue outfits to host the event. A massive crowd of students were waiting in the concert stadium. It was the last event of their college fest and the most awaited one too. The enthusiasm, excitement and impatience was palpable.

"Yaar ye banda kab aayega?" Preeti was growing impatient and had joined Naina back stage.

"Actors ka yahi hota hai!" Naina said loud enough for Sameer who was chilling in the other corner with Munna-Pandit to hear.

"Wo singer hai" Swati said

Sameer could see a dead end ahead of him. He tried all he could but he couldn't fight with fate.  So, he knew only one thing that needed to be done in that hour. He fetched MunDit and pulled him in a relatively less noisy corner.

"Mujhe tum dono ne se abhi baat karni hai." Sameer said.

MunDit would have usually thrown in a joke or two but Sameer looked serious.

"Maine jab pehli baar Munna ko uski behen ki shaadi me dekha tha tab mujhe ek idea aaya tha." Sameer was looking at Pandit but what was coming made him shift his eyes to the ground. "Maine ye acchi tarah se dekh liya tha ki tum dono Naina ke dost ho. Mujhe, uss waqt, kisi bhi halat me Naina ke qareeb rehna tha isiliye ... isliye maine jaan boojh ke tumse dosti karne ka plan banaya. Maine apne matlab se tum logon se dosti ki thi."

Munna and Pandit shared an anxious look.

"Par tumhare saath rehte rehte mujhe dosti ki kimat pata chal gayi hai. Tum dono bahut acche ho par mai tumhe deserve nahi karta hu. Ye sab janne ke baad agar tum mujhse -"

Sameer couldn't complete his sentence. MunDit had taken him into a hug. His honesty touched them. It didn't matter what his initial intentions were. The only fact they knew was they were an inseperable group of brothers.

On the other hand Naina was still swinging between her thoughts,

"Naina tu abhi bhi school wali baat se naaraz hai Sameer se? Agar hai toh ab tujhe usse maaf kar dena chahiye." Swati continued.

"Ab tu wo saari baaton ko khich rahi hai." Preeti held Naina's hand.

"Aur ye kya superstar superstar ki rat lagai hai?" Swati asked her.

"Dekho jab fame sar pe chadh jaati hai, tab insan irresponsible aur kamchor ban jaata hai. Sameer ko hi dekh lo." Naina tried to explain her pointless point.

"Jaha se hum dekh rahe hai waha se hum sab ko lagta hai ki wo waisa nahi hai jaisa tu usse samajh rahi hai. Wo sab students se pehle aa gaya tha aur arrangements dekh raha tha. Na to woh irresponsible hai na kamchor hai aur na hi uski galti tab utni badi thi jitna tune bana diya hai." Preeti tried to knock sense into Naina. "Wo quote yaad hai? Holding ideas is blissful until they began choking you. Agar tune ab Sameer ko maaf nahi kiya na toh wo tere liye accha nahi hoga."

"Preeti sahi keh rahi hai Naina, maaf kar de na jijajee ko." Swati tried to persuade her friend too but Naina didn't bat an eyelid in recognition of what they were saying.

"Chal Swati" Preeti pulled her out and Naina was left behind wondering.
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"Are you ready to party?" Jatin almost screamed in Dev's ear. The atmosphere of the whole set was light. They had tried to arrange lighter scenes to shoot that day so that no one was tired at the celebration.

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