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The next morning Shehnaaz wakes up and fails to recognize the place she is sleeping in. She groggily tries to turn but is held by something strong from behind. In her dazed state she somehow manages to twist herself and turn, only to have something soft brush against her lips, she opens her eye with a jolt and see Sidharth's face too close to her with his warm breath fanning her eyelashes making them flutter. In her utter state of shock, she realizes that it is Sidharth who has snaked his arms around her and is holding her tight. The soft caress which she felt on her lips was an accidentally stolen kiss. Her heart starts beating fast as she silently prays for Sidharth to be sleeping unaware of what has just transpired. Moments later, when Sidharth does not react, Sana relaxes and slowly comes out of his grip and rushes to the washroom.

Sidharth slowly opens his eyes just to stare at her retrieving back. He had woken up when Sana had started moving in his arm and had also realized that their lips had brushed against each with Sana tossing and turning, but he feigned being asleep to prevent her from getting uncomfortable. He lets out a deep sigh and stretches in is bed as all night he has been sleeping in an odd position, not willing to disturb Shehnaaz in her sleep. He found Sana's soft purring on his chest and her soft baby-talks while sleeping, adorable. Another wave of feeling protective towards her hits him and he smiles inwardly dwelling on his feelings for a little longer.

It is a busy day with Salman Khan coming to shoot the weekend ka Var. Shehnaaz gets ready in a pretty pink floating gown and goes out to find Sidharth, who is sitting in the living area with his tea mug. Shehnaaz comes and stands in front of him, and feels butterflies hitting her stomach. She keeps her fingers crossed and says, 'Tu abhi tak ready kyun nahi hua, Sidharth? Salman Sir aatein hi honge. Itna lazy kyun hai tu?'

Sidharth looks up at her and smiles, 'Sana ek baat bol? Kitney mein deal kiya mere mummy ke saathe tune? Aur, first time miley kaha they tum dono?'.

Sana: 'Kya bol raha hai tu? Dimaag kharab ho gaya kya? Chai mein kya milaya?'

Sidharth, 'Nahi, eise hi pooch raha hoon ki mere mummy ney sayad tujhe mere upar nazaar rakhne key liye hire kiya hoga, humesha meri mummy bani firti rehti hai. Waise mile kaha they tum log, bolna?'

Shehnaaz understands Sidharth trying to drag the situation, grabs his hair and starts pulling him towards the luggage area. Sidharth follows her making mock loud complains to Bigg Boss, only to be royally being ignored by everyone.

As the shoot with Salman Khan starts, different topics are brought out with Shehnaaz pushing Himanshi in the pool to Sidharth winning the swayamvar. Salman Khan tries hard to scold Sana but ends up smiling given her goofy nature. He does advise her to practice caution but also reprimands Himanshi for trying to spread venom against Sana from the day one. Himanshi tries playing the victim card by shedding crocodile tears, but is ignored.

Salman then starts talking to Sidharth with a serious face: 'Sidharth to fir kaisi chal raha hai apki shaadi shuda zindegi? Apne to achcha setting kiya yaar. Shaadi ka kharcha bhi nahi uthana para aur apni baki ki life full entertainment mein nikalne ka tumne intezaam bhi kar liya.

Aur, entertainment sey mujhe yaad aaya, Sana, aapko kaisa lag raha hai dulhan bankar? Itney pyaar sey jo apne pati chuna woh task ke basis pey hi chuna ya fir hum logo ney kuch miss kar diya.'

Shehnaaz groans internally with the memories from the morning with Sidharth flooding back to her mind. She realizes that Sidharth might not have felt their accidental kiss, the team of Bigg Boss might have taken a note of what had happened.

She stammers and says, ' Nahi Sir, woh to sirf task tha!'

Salman: 'Achcha to sirf task tha? Par humne jaha sey dekha, task mein to Shuklaji ney kuch bhi eisa nahi kiya jisse woh jitein. Paras fir bhi try kiya aapko pataney kaa.'

Sana: ' Nahin Sir, woh kya hai na ki mein thora hurt thi Sidharth sey, aur Sidharth bhi tha meresey to thora miscommunication ho gaya.'

Salman: 'Yeh aap dono kaa alag hi track chalta rehta ha! Haina? Ekbar aap gussa hotey ho ekbar Shuklaji. Bigg Boss khatam ho jayega lekin aap logo ka ruthna manana nahi. Toh Shuklaji, aap batao, aapko kya laga ki aap ney kya extra kiya Sana key liye.'

Sidharth: 'Sir, mein bohot kuch karta hoon. Mein Sana ki har baat manta hoon, uska hamesha tarif karta hoon, uske liye chai banata hoon. Sirf ek task key liye nahi, mein to......

Sana cuts him short, 'Sir, yeh jhooth bol raha hai, yeh eisa kuch nahi karta, lekin mujhsey sari kaam karwata hai aapna.'

Suddenly, Arti chimes in, 'Sir, par ek baat to maan ni hi padegi, Sidharth Sana ko bohot manta hai. Jis Sidharth ko hum jante hai who eisa bilkul nahi hai. Yeh dono hamesa lage pade rehte hai, bakwas karte rehte hai ek dusre key saath, ladai jhagra. Aur ek baat, Sir, Shuklaji ko manana itnaa aasan nahi hai, par Sana hamesa usko mana leti hai. They are cute.'

Salman with a wide smile on his face says, 'To Sana iska matlab hai apne thora cheating kiya aur Shuklaji ko jitaa diya. Par koi baat nahi, aapki shaadi appki marzi.' He winks at them and continues with the show.

That night Sana goes to the bed and sleeps on one side keeping a distance from Sidharth's side to avoid any unnecessary situations the next morning.

Sidharth comes to bed and finds Sana sleeping on the extreme right of the bed keeping a gap between them. He smiles knowing the reason of her discomfort and slowly creeps from her behind only to grabs her abruptly and roughly crash her against his chest. He playfully bites her earlobe playing with his tongue for a few seconds longer, finally breathing into her ears making her shiver, ' Kya bey Moti, itna dur kyun so rahi hai mera sar daba dey idhar aakar, chal.'

Sana retorts, 'Kaam wali bai nahi hoon mein teri! Order karta firta hai hamesa.'

Sidharth, 'Abey, apne kaam wali bai sey mein apna sar nahi dabwata. Tu to meri teddy bear hai! Mota honey ka kya faida fir?'

Sana smacks his chest hard and tries getting out his grip, only to have him tighten his hold on her. She slowly turns towards him and shift towards his side and places her head on his shoulder letting out a deep sigh.

Sidharth noticing her sullen mood says, 'Kya hua baby? Tension mein hai tu?'

Shehnaaz, 'Tujhe pata hai mein na thori tension mein thi, kya pata Salman khan mujhe kya bolenge, par unhone mujhe jyada daata nahi to mein wohi soch rahi thi. Aur thora tired bhi hoon' lets out a yawn.

Sidharth understands and tries cheering her up, 'Baby, tu agli baar please mere liye Reshmi ko dhakka dekar pool mein giraa dena, please meri jaan. Itna to kar hi sakti hai mere liye.'

Shehnaaz gives him a sharp look and they both break down into peals of laughter.

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