Next day, Rajveer, standing in front of the mirror, applying the perfume, calls Naina.
"Hi!",
she greets, smiling.
Without greeting back, he straightaway asks, whilst searching for his watch,
"Bees minute!",
he says.
"Bees minute?",
asks Naina, confused.
"Hmmm... bees minute hai tumhare paas. Jaldi se taiyar ho jao.",
says Rajveer, whilst searching for his hanky in the cupboard.
"Magar jana kahan hai?",
asks Naina, confused.
"Mere kuch dost hain unse milne.",
he says shoving the hanky into his trousers' pocket.
"Apke doston se? Apke doston se main kyun milun?",
asks Naina, confused.
This makes Rajveer to halt in his process of getting ready.
"Kyunki main bol raha hun! Isn't this reason enough for you to come with me?",
asks Rajveer, knitting his brows.
Naina arches a brow in surprise and simply says,
"I don't think so."
This skips Rajveer's heartbeat. He realizes he is rushing things.
Taking a deep breath, he says very calmly,
"Mujhe nahi jana!"
This comes as a surprise for Naina.
Knitting her brows she says,
"Nahi jana, to aap mana kar dijiye na!"
Sighing, he says,
"Nahi kar sakta.",
sitting on his bed, holding the phone in between his ear and shoulder, he ties his shoe laces, whilst saying,
"She is very demanding."
"Who is very demanding?",
asks Naina, eager to know.
"Apki wo friend jiske liye apne lipstick li thi?",
she asks.
"Nahi!",
he says, plainly.
"Fir?",
asks Naina, calmly, yet eager to know who is he talking about.
"Nandini!",
he says, taking a deep breath.
"Nandini? Kon Nandini?",
asks Naina, intruiged.
"Meri batchmate thi.",
Rajveer takes a deep breath.
