Love in Mt. Abu- A SamAina FF

Part 16: School wala Romance

Naina and Sameer's affair once again kicked back with full force. School started post the winter break and Sameer was probably the happiest to see the vacations finally end. Sameer- who once shirked away from school as much as possible; here wanted to spend his entire day there, just so that he could see and speak to his sweetheart.

On Day 1 as usual, Mr. Maheshwari and Miss Agarwal were the first ones to enter the class. Sameer didn't want to waste a single second of his newly revived love life. He quickly closed the door of the classroom, took Naina's hand and twirled her into a tight hug in his arms behind the door. He was elated to see the tinge of crimson on Naina's cheeks and the happiness in her eyes. "Sameer...koi dekh lega!" she muttered shyly and he let go very unwillingly. The first period seemed like full-on judaai ka mausam to Sameer. Unable to speak to her openly, he resorted to his pen tapping tactics. He took the pen in his hand and eyeing Naina, tapped his pen twice on the table. Naina looked at him and saw him smiling flirtatiously, awaiting her response. She smiled back at him, her eyes full of love. Naina shyly tucked away a lone strand of hair on her face behind her ear; and then reciprocated with tapping her own pen twice on the table. This to and fro pen tapping carried on for a while when she heard something unusual. Sameer tapped the pen once, then paused. He then tapped four times, again a pause. The third time, he tapped thrice and smiled playfully at Naina, waiting for her to respond to his 'I Love You'. Naina blushed so much she was afraid that Shanti teacher would notice the redness in her cheeks. Naina kept smiling shyly, looking at him continuously through the corner of her eyes. She too then tapped her pen to voice over her 'I Love You too' to him!" Naina and Sameer felt it was a wonder the class was continuing amidst the romance brewing up between them. Both Sameer and Naina remained blushing post this and were bought to their senses only by the bell marking the end of the first period.

That whole day Sameer's face was turned towards Naina, instead of the blackboard. Naina gestured to him to pay attention in class, but his eyes responded with a firm, yet playful 'No'. "Arey Maheshwari sahib...wo khidki ke bahar kya Zeenat Amaan khadi hain jo aap tabse wahi ghure ja rahe hain?" asked the Chemistry teacher, as the class roared with laughter. Naina blushed and looked at Sameer with an "I told you so" expression. "Meri Zeenat Amaan to mere saamne baithi hai," mumbled Sameer, loud enough for only Naina to hear. "Kya kaha?" sir asked. "Uhh...sir kuch nahi. Sir, wo mujhe ek doubt tha. Wo aapne bataya tha na ki jab do alag alag tatva (elements) pass aate hain, milte hain, to ek yaugik padarth (compound) ban jata hai. Aur fir wo...hamesha ke liye saath jud jaate hain?" said Sameer, eyeing Naina slyly out of the corner of his eyes. Naina blushed even more as only she understood that Sameer was talking about their own lifetime unison- the chemistry of two hearts which now beat as one! "Haan toh?" sir interrupted Sameer and Naina's chain of thoughts. "Sir...Umm unke kuch examples bata sakte hain?" Sameer hastily covered up. Sir said, "Sameer, tum baaravi kaksha me jaane wale ho- board ki kaksha mein; aur tumhare basics itne weak ho rahe hain?" and went on to answer Sameer's question, oblivious of the romance being perpetrated right underneath his nose. As the bell rang for recess, Naina came upto Sameer with an excuse and said, "Examples hain...Sodium carbonate, Potassium permanganate, Calcium ni...". Sameer cut her in between and asked, "Naina-Sameer?" Naina's cheeks turned red and she whispered, "wo bhi...," and ran away blushing. Sameer stared after her with love. God! He just couldn't resist her. The next moment, he too ran behind her shouting, "arey ruko, uska formula to batati jao!"Munna and Swati looked at each other at this, and laughed. They had their own love story cooking up. Looking at these two couples, Pandit decided it was high time he too told Preeti about his feelings towards her.

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The coming days were some of the best in Sameer and Naina's life. Everything seemed set, like a puzzle had been solved. Naina had started to teach Sameer again and this time, she didn't shy away from her father. Rakesh too had mellowed down now as he felt indebted to Sameer for forgiving his son. Or perhaps he was scared that Sameer might reveal the truth to everyone in school. Whatever it was, he had to bite his tongue whenever it came to Sameer. Their study time in the library and post-school in empty classes had an ample dose of romance in them. Naina would make Sameer focus, whenever he seemed lost in her eyes and Sameer would lovingly bring back Naina into reality, when she was lost in his. Sameer started doing much better in studies, thanks to his new teacher-cum-girlfriend. The school teachers were surprised and happy at his progress.