"So finally can we know what happened in clock tower?" Samar asked for the third time and I nodded with a shy smile.

"Now that main tum logo ko sab bata hi raha hu. Toh, clock tower se phele let's have a short summary of church." I suggested.

Suman rubbed her hands together, folding her legs on sofa and grinning, "Neki aur puch puch?"

"So...that day, when I saw her sleeping in my room and when I looked in her eyes, I knew that I have started to feel something for her." I said sheepishly, running my hand through my hair and looking down but I knew that everyone inside the room were grinning.

"Her childish and immature behavior, her dance with Keshav on our way to church, everything which she was doing was attracting me towards her."

"Well Sanam, she was and still is a child and immature. " Samar said in a serious tone. I gave him a nod, knowing what he meant.

"Phir kya hua?" Suman asked, eager to know the rest. I smiled and continued: "Then, when we reached there, she went to buy candles and I followed her. I kept watching her, as amused as she was while watching those candles and I, watching her. Then I bought her a gift which accidentally was its pair.." I showed them the locket resting on my chest, "she gave me."

"Oye hoye."

"And after that, she was lost in her own world. Her eyes never leaving me. She thought that I am unaware but little did she know that I was feeling her gaze on me all along. " I said with a smile bobbing. Everybody listening this where smiling.

"Then?"

"Then she burned her hand while staring at me. I wanted to scold her--" hearing this Suman and Keshav chuckled but Venky and Samar were smiling at me "Continue. "

"So I wanted to scold her. Tell her to stop staring at me as I am already drown in your eyes. So please will you stop!" I laughed at my own words and everyone shook their head, "main toh yeh bolne hi wala tha but again! She was about to fall and I held her. Lag raha tha that puri duniya ruk gayi hai, as it was only me and her. My eyes were locked with hers but then-"

"I disturbed them. " Samar said: "I am sorry. I didn't know that my chote wanted the world to freeze with his girl in his arms." He said in a teasing voice and everyone laughed and I think that by now I was blushing.

"Yeah.. and after that she started to ignore me and keeping distance." I shook my head "which was really bothering me. I even asked her that why she was crying but she..she gave a diplomatic answer and walked away."

"Oye! Kuch bhool raha hai tu." Keshav said while giving a smack on my head.

"Kya?" I asked.

"Mera role gayab?" He complained. I let out a silent chuckle and replied "tu hi bolde."

He smiled cheekily and started "He told me about his feelings for her on our drive to imambara, while she was sleeping. And I..." he proudly pointed himself "...suggested about that tower thing then." He gestured me to continue from there and every eye landed on me again. "Then I noticed that she was crying in her sleep. I wanted to know why but she didn't say anything." I sighed remembering that moment.

"She was ignoring you?" Suman asked but then continued: "But her eyes never left you Sanam. When she was sitting with me, I saw in her eyes that she feels something for you. I felt that she was thinking something about you only. Maybe that she should not feel for you the way she did. I am just guessing don't look at me like that!" She said in her defence when she saw me glaring at her.

"Oh boy! She is with you anyway. Main toh bas wahi keh rahi thi jo mujhe laga."

"I know but I couldn't help it. Sorry." I apologized for glaring at her. She made a kissie face, "Koi nahi devar ji, chalta hai." And winked.

"So, now finally the tower." I grinned looking at Samar,who wanted to know about it since forever.

"Mujhe pata tha that tumlog upar ane wale nahi ho-"

"As Keshav and you planned." Venky pointed and Keshav and I nodded smirking .

"But she was still keeping her awkward distance with me but there was a moment when we were looking at each other then I don't know what happened, she moved back in a jerk and was about to fall-"

Suman laughed "Fall again?"

"From that spiral stairs." I completed looking at her, hearing which she mouthed sorry. I don't even want to imagine what could have happened if I wasn't quick enough to hold her. I shook my head removing those negative thoughts.

"After gaining her balance she removed her hands from mine quickly. She was looking pale...like..like something was running in her mind. She sat on stairs and freaked out when I touched her."

"Aise ghooro mat yaar!" I said "it's creepy."

They all laughed mumbling sorry but Suman said: "itne serious and intense situation mein aise hi look milenge haa? Continue. "

I shook my head and started again: "When I asked her that why was she doing all this, she simply replied that I am imagining all those stuff. She is not ignoring me. And guess what? She said that while showing me her back."

Recalling that moment makes me remember how angry and frustrated I was. I wasn't able to handle her ignoring behavior towards me. I was longing for eyes to look at me in the same way like before. I was longing for those stares, I was longing for our eyes to meet, I was longing to look into her eyes and find answers of my questions.

"Then?" Suman asked in mere whisper.

"Then." I sighed "Then I held her forearm quite angrily and she got scared of my sudden action." Hearing this Samar gave me a questioning glare and I said in my defence: "I just lost my control, bhai; she was ignoring me, not meeting my eyes when I wanted to say her what I feel for her."

"Phir?" He asked.

"I held her like that, pinning her on the wall." I said quite awkwardly not meeting anyone's eye. I heard Suman giggling in which Samar asked her: "Why are giggling? "

"It's so romantic."

"Romantic? Mujhe to lagta hai she was scared as hell. Poor girl. Tu bhi na Sanam. Thoda gentle nahi hosakta tha?"

"Told you that I was angry." I replied.

"What happened next?" Venky asked.

"As Samar said, she was indeed quite scared and I could see on her eyes that she was battling her own thoughts. Lag raha tha that there was something which was freaking her out, making her tense and that thoughts were scaring her. I was getting more and more angry when she was skipping my questions instead of answering them. I didn't want to hurt her in any way so, I freed her from my hold." I left a heavy sigh.

"While showing her my back I was cursing myself for loosing my temper and holding her harshly. I didn't want to do that but that... just happened. "

Samar rubbed my back "it happens, Sanam."

"Yup! It happens, Sanam. Just minutes ago your brother was doing the same. " Suman bursted making all of laugh and lightening the mood.

"She was going to apologize again and I told her that I didn't want to listen to her apology. I wanted listen what she confessed. "

"Confessed? Confessed what?" Suman asked confusedly.

"That she loves me." I answered.

"When did she confessed that? " she asked in shock.

"When she was drunk." I replied.

"She was drunk?" She asked again, still carrying that shocking expression.

"For God's sake Suman let him continue. " Venky pleaded and all of us chuckled.

"Like Suman, usne bhi pucha that usne kya bola tha and then I said that, that she loves me."

"Mujhe yaha kuch ghotala lag raha hai." Suman narrowed her eyes at me. I looked at her confusedly; "what?"

"Yeh sab tune usse paanch feet dur reh kar toh nahi kaha hoga."

I smiled sheepishly and they started to laugh. I remember our unsteady breath. Both our hearts beating loudly. She was driving me crazy.

"Haa..I was holding her close to me." I said awkwardly rubbing back of my neck.

"Phir kya hua?" Keshav asked.

"Phir? Phir she asked me to stay away from her." I shook my head "and I said that I can't. "

"Wah mere sher!" Keshav patted my back and I grinned.

"But by now it was her turn to get angry. She said that my closeness is effecting her, while gripping my hoodie."

"But use kaun batata that how much her ignorance towards me was effecting me. I was feeling like a love struck teenager who wasn't able to stay away from his crush." I chuckled on my last sentence and so did everyone else. Being close to her was somehow calming me. I wanted to hold her close to me, forever.

"And then...she said those words which I wanted to hear-"

"Let's play video games?" Keshav joked in between, laughing out loud and everyone joined him. I hit him with cushion.

"Acha sorry-sorry! Continue. "

"But by the time she was crying. I didn't know what to say or how to console her. When I said that I love her too, she thought that I was joking."

Everyone was looking at me with dead serious expression so, I continued: "I wanted to her to believe me at any cost. I wanted her know that I really love her and we were meant to happen. Its not her dream. My happiness was at its peak after hearing those words from her but watching those tears in her eyes were killing me. She was the one who was crying but I felt that I wasn't able to breathe. I pulled her in hug and she quickly wrapped her hands around me-"

"Yeh batana zaroori hai kya?" Samar asked a little uncomfortable. I stopped scratching my hair. "Thoda zyada hogaya."

"Nahi! Continue karo!!" Suman pleaded.

"Nahi. Itna theek hai. "

"You should have kissed her yaar!" Suman cried. All four of us looked at her "what?! "

"What what? You should have kissed away her tears, you idiot! " I looked at her with my eyes wide open.

"Come on! Don't look at me like that. As a girl I am telling you, you should have done that."

"Point noted." Samar teased her and she blushed but started again "Don't tell me you didn't kiss her that day!" She said covering her mouth from her both palm.

What was she saying?

"Just stop it people!" Warisha shouted. I got stunned. Warisha shouted? How?

"Oopss.." Keshav grinned. Keshav kept her on call all this time!

"Keshav!" I hissed at him as handed me his phone. Everyone were laughing silently. I took the cell from his hand and walked inside my room closing the door behind me.

"Warisha?"

"Sanam, you idiot!'' She choked "Itne detail me koi bolta hai kya? She gripped my hoodie, lost in eyes. Agar main interrupt nahi karti toh lagta hai tum toh kiss ke bare main bol dete." She said in one breath.

"Warisha..."

"Kya Warisha? Nahi jao Sanam, jakar bolo how I pushed you away when we were kissing and then we kissed in rain. Jao bolo bolo." She said in irritated voice. I wanted to laugh at her cute voice but decided not to, it would had made her much, much angry. However, I controlled myself and spoke "Warisha, don't be angry baba."

"I am not angry, stupid!" She said.

"Hey! Are you crying? " I asked her in concern.

"Of course I am you buddhu! How can you love me so much? How can I get so lucky that a man like you love this childish, immature me!"

"Childish, immature, whatever. I love you for whatever you are."

"Stop saying that or else I'll faint."

"Ah..don't faint baby, I won't be there to hold you." Hearing this she let out a chuckle.

"Khud pagal ho aur mujhe immature khete ho?" She complained.

I sighed and asked her: "kabse meri baatein sun rahi thi?"

"Woh, denial mode se." She answered shyly. Keshav ko to baad mein dekhunga.

"Sanam..you are one pure soul. God damn! You don't know how lucky I feel when I think you are mine. "

"Aisa tha then why were you pushing me away from you that day? " I asked her. She fell quite "Warisha?"

"I'll tell you. Just don't ask me now."

"Okay.." I whispered.

"Sanam?"

"Hmm?"

"As much as I know, you were also crying that day... Maine to apni wajah batadi thi but tum kyu ro rahe the?" She asked me in low voice.

I gulped the lump in my throat and repeated her sentence: "I'll tell you. Just don't ask me now." I heard her sighing on the other side.

"Ho kaha tum waise?" I asked her.

"Main? Building ke garden mein. I just love it!" She chirped. Childish!

"I'll meet you soon." I promised.

"Ummm. I Love you." She whispered.

I smiled and replied, "I love you too."

A/N- Haayyyeeee!!!

For u impatient idiot! 😝😝

Happy pongal friends!!

And mankar sankrat too!! (idk if I said that right 😅😅)