SidNaaz- Forever and Always.

Chapter 1- A bond which can't be described.

The rays of the sun washed her face, the AC of her room was off, she was sweating, she flickered her eyes, saying,
"Kya Naatak hai yaar yeh?"
and that is when the realisation hit her, she was late, again.
She checked her phone to see if it was on mute, but she saw it wasn't. And there were no missed calls from Sidharth.And that is when she knew, Sidharth was in danger.
She, she was the danger.

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"Hello? Sidhaaarth"

"Haan Moti? Sone ja ri hai kya?"

"Haaan. Bohot neend aari. Tu utha dega? 1 ghante mei? Aaj na rehearsal hai meri. Aaj late nahi ho skti."

"Mera contact apne phone mei Alarm kyu nai kr leti tu? Utha dunga."

"Uthana padhega. Ehsaan nahi kr rha hai koi. Also, agar aaaj tune kuch naatak kiya na, aur nahi uthaya, toh sau lgge, mai muh todh dungi tera"

"Chal bey. Pakka mat. Tere jesa irresponsible nahi hu mei. Fuck off hoja ab."

"Byeeeeee. Idiot."

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She saw the clock, it was 5, already. She had to reach the venue by 5:30. All thanks to the "Responsible guy" that she woke up an hour late. But she didn't have the time to hurl all kind of abuses to him, and she jumped out of the bed, cursing him, to change her clothes.

To make it all worse, she was down. She had to change her pads, wear a bra, comb her hair which were a mess and look like a human being. She couldn't walk into the place looking like the human version of a Panda.

She hurried, would be an understatement. Her room was in a mess, her cramps were killing her, but the constant thought of being on time made sure that she gets ready. In her mind, she had already slapped Sidharth 5 times, and was waiting for him to call her, so that she could give him the treatment he deserves, virtually first.

She left the house at 5:20, took an auto and reached the venue at 5:50. The look on her face showed how tired and irritated she was already. How her lower part of the body was giving up on her, and how she was a mess, all thanks to Sidharth.

"Shehnaaz, 1 week ke baad competition hai. Tumko kaha tha maine, late nahi aana."

"Sorry sorry sorry. Mai Kya kru sir meri galti hai nai vese toh. Mai sogyi thi, ek gadhe ko bol ke ki mujhe utha dena 4 bje tak, par abhi tak usne uthaya nahi hai mujhe. Voh toh 5 bje AC band hogya, aur dhoop thi, toh mai uth gayi. I am sorryyy.
Mai ready hu, chaliye start krte hain."

"Sidharth can be irresponsible sometimes."

She wondered how the teacher understood that the "gadha" she was talking about was Sidharth, but then she realised that it was obvious.

Sidharth and Shehnaaz had been the ideal best friends. They were friends since they were in class 9th, and now that they were in the same college, the friendship had grown stronger. If one would look at them, he would say that they are in a relationship, but the truth was, that nothing except pure friendship existed between them. They were used to people questioning them if they were dating each other, and suspecting them to be in a relationship. But there was nothing of that sort. Rather, both of them would laugh at the people who would think of them to be in a relationship and discuss how most of the people couldn't digest the fact that "just friends" is a real thing.

Before wasting any more time, Shehnaz started practising. Her teacher could make out that she was down, therefore he didn't make her practice much. He made sure she worked upon her expressions more today, as dancing too much wasn't possible.

In between the practices, Sidharth had called her 15 times, and she had royally ignored all of them. She had though of blocking his number, but she knew what would irritate him more.

After an hour, they decided to call it a day. She was about to leave when Sidharth called her again. She saw his name, his contact photo, the smile on his face in the photo, and she got irritated,

"Kya hai?" She sounded irritated, ready to kill him.

"Shehnaaaz. Uth jaa. Time hogya hai. Thora zyada hee hogya hai. Vese ab uthne ka fayeda bhi nai hai, par oops"

"K" was all she said.

"Yaar sorry yar. Voh hua yu ki Mai farmhouse mei tha. And Asim pushed me into the pool. Fir mai bhool hee gaya. Lekin maine teri Snapchat location dekhi, tu uth toh gayi hee thi."

"Marr kyu nahi gaya tum sab pool mei? Ek kaam diya tha, voh nai hua. Vese toh pool mei jaata nahi hai, mai jab bhi bolti hu, aaj badda paani mei namkeen hone challa gaya tu? Aur uth gayi aur aa gayi rehearsal krne, uss se yeh prove nahi hota ki teri galti nahi hai. Phone rkh tu. Mujhe baat hee nahi krni hai"

"Acha sorry na meri maa. Chal jaldi aa bahar, mai aagya hu."

"Matlab? Tu pick krne aaya mujhe?"

"Nahi. Obviously Haa."

"Tu kitta achha hai Sidharth. Kabhi kabhi insaan bhi bann jaata hai. Ruk, aayi."

He laughed at how her mood changed. A moment ago, she was ready to kill him and now she was all sweet. And that is when it struck him, she was down, and he had to remain cautious, if he didn't want her to kill him. He checked the calendar and the reminder on his phone proved that he was correct. She was on her periods.

He saw her coming, and he got out of the car. He almost rushed towards her, took her bag in his hands and gave her a big bear hug.

She knew, Sidharth was a man of great mannerisms but she also knew, that whenever she was down, Sidharth would be a sweetheart. He would never irritate her, take care of her, treated her in the best ways possible. And after 5 days, be a douchebag again.

"Sorry Moti. Tujhe jaldi jaldi tayar hona padha hoga na, voh bhi abhi? Sach mei dimaag se nikal gaya tha."

"Hai toh tu kutta he. Kya kar skte ab?"

He chucked. "Acha chal."

And they walked towards the car.

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"Sidharth. Paras ne manna kr diya hai, ki voh dance nahi krega. Ab kya hoga?"

"Solo dance kr ri thi na tu toh?"

"Tere ko kuch pata bhi hota hai? 2 dances the na mere. Couple wale mei Paras tha. Usne manna kr diya. Amma ab kya hoga? Tere ko dance krna bhi nai aata, varna tujhe krva deti. Ab kya kru? Yeh competition kitta zyada important tha mere liye."

She went to her room and sobbed. She was tensed, and so was he. He knew how she had been working for this competition since 2 months. He knew how she wouldn't be herself until and unless the tension goes away. And he knew how these were the toughest days of her month, and he knew and how she would be over dramatic and will lose the sense to do anything sane.
Thus he decided to search for a dance partner for her.