"Mr. Bose!", Dev muttered under his breath. He looked the same, that he was years before, his head held high, except some grays over there. Dev was too shocked to realise that he was now in the middle of the traffic. Soon, honking of vehicles brought him back to the reality. But that was too late, as he could see him no where. He immediately parked his car on the roadside and rushed towards the direction, Bijoy went. Dev could hardly see him, as he was getting lost in the crowded city. "Mr. Bose.. Mr. Bose!", he kept calling his name, but it fell into deaf ears, due to the commotion caused by the vehicles. He was running in the direction, his legs led him to, to atleast find a glimpse of him, but in vain. He held his head in his hands, exhausted due to excessive running. His eyes held disappointment of his ownself as he made his way, back towards his car. "Shit! I missed him", he cursed himself. "But it means, that she is somewhere here near me", his eyes regained their hope as his lips curved upwards. "I'll find you soon sonakshi.. Very soon", he chanted under his breath.

"Have it slowly..No need to hurry up", Sonakshi was talking to someone sitting in their garden unaware of the fact that Dev was standing behind her. He coughed intentionally, to gain her attention but she seemed too much involved in her own world. He huffed in dismay seeing her unaffected by his presence. He again coughed, but now louder that the whole street could hear him. "Arey Yaar.. Why are you disturbing..", she said irritatedly and turned around but was shocked to see the devil in disguise. She stood up quickly, dusting the few traces of mud from her hands and smiled at him slyly. She was still scared to face him, after the scene he has created the day before. And the situation now is even worse as they were alone in the garden. She saw him hiding something in his hand, behind. "What are you having in your hand?", she asked sensing all the worst possibilities. "I need to give you something", he said as she gulped down nervously.

"Whhaaattt?", she asked fumbling. He gave her an evil smirk, making her all the more scared. He took his hand out, revealing a long and sharp sword. She looked at him wide eyed and started sweating profusely. He walked towards her in slow steps as she kept moving back, till she hit the wall. He kept the sword near her neck as she gulped down. "What.. are...you ..going.. to.. do?", she asked more of a whisper as her voice failed to come out. His eyes showed nothing but anger as he neared her further. "I'm going to kill you", he said in a dangerous tone, more than enough to scare her to death. "Noooo.. No you can't", she fumbled shutting her eyes in horror. "I can", he said smirking evily and slashed her neck, causing her head to fall down, as the droplets of blood dripped from the sword.

"Noooooo!! Please someone save me, I don't want to die soon.. Please someone help me", she whispered holding her neck, shutting her eyes, and panting heavily. Dev, who was standing before her was scared to see her weird behaviour. "Sonakshi.. Sonakshi what happened?", he shook her by her shoulders and she opened her eyes in horror. She caressed her neck and head to check if it was still attached to hear body only. She sighed in relief realizing that she was still alive. "Thank god.. I'm alive.. Jai hanuman!", she said raising her hands in air as Dev was gawking at her like a mentally retarted person, who was blabbering to herself. Realizing his weird stare, she led her hand down, smiling slyly at him.

"Are you fine? Or should I come later?", he asked looking at her behaviour which was quite unusual for him. "No.. No.. No need. You tell me what do you want to give me now?", she asked. She couldn't deny the fact that she was still scared. Her horrible day dream was flashing before her eyes, again and again and she couldn't help herself from checking out the possibilities to escape from him. "Yeah.. But before that, I need to tell you something. Thank you", he said smiling genuinely. "For what?", she asked. "For getting my photo framed. I'm sorry, because of me, you had to get scoldings from your father", he said feeling bad for her. "Arey No problem. It's usual for me to get scoldings from my dad and I never care about that", she said proudly. He chuckled seeing her care free nature. "And it was me who broke the photo and it's my duty to get it framed coz always the one who breaks should be the one who mends it back", she said as he smiled a little. "Anyways, I want to give you something", he said showing her his hand.

"What's inside?", she asked looking at his closed fist. He opened it and she saw the same chocolate that she had kept with her letter for him. Her face dropped down as she remembered the letter. "You are giving it back. Does that mean you are rejecting my friendship?", she asked sadly. "Naahh..My mom usually says that we should start every good thing with a sweet. So I would like to start our friendship with this chocolate. Will you share it with me?", he asked as she smiled excitedly. "Wow.. I'm so happy that you accepted my friendship but sharing this chocolate is a little difficult task", she said taking the chocolate from his hand. "Oh.. Then I'm going", he said turning around but she stopped him. "Wait.. Wait.. Okay, I'll share it with you", she said as he turned back and forwarded his hand. "But before that, let's make a pinky promise", she said and forwarded her hand. "Who's pinky?", he asked innocently. "My grandma", she said sarcastically. "Such a beautiful name your grandma has", he said irking her. "Oh hello, stop flirting with my grandma and show your hand", she said. He controlled his laughter and did the same.

"So now repeat me", she said as he looked at her puzzled. "I, Sonakshi Bose, promise to keep our friendship intact during all the ups and downs of my life. No matter what struggles I face, no matter what problem I'm in, I'll always cherish this friendship and keep it alive in my heart. Pinky Promise", she said excitedly and gestured him to say the same. "I, Sonakshi Bose..", he started but stopped as she gave him a death glare. Giggling at her cute antics, he continued, "I, Dev Dixit, promise to protect our friendship from all evil eyes and cherish it till my last breath. No matter how much you trouble me, how much you bother me, I'll still stick to you, and make you share your chocolate with me. Pinky promise", he said winking at her. She quickly hid her chocolate into her pocket from his prying eyes. "Sonakshiii don't break your promise so soon", he said as she pouted sadly. She opened the wrapper, broke a tiny piece of it and forwarded it to him. He looked at her faking anger and she quickly broke another piece a little bigger than the previous one and forwarded it to him. He took it from her hand, chuckling over her antics and shoved it into his mouth.

"Before I came here, whom are you talking with?", he asked as she was enjoying every bite of the chocolate. "Chotu", she said still munching it. "I can't see anyone here", he said searching. "This is chotu", she said showing him a small plant. "Chotu, say hi to him", she said to the plant as Dev looked at her astonished. "You talk even to the plants?", he asked unbelievably. "Yes, even he talks to me. Haina chotu?", she said as Dev made weird faces. "Creepy!", he said as she gave him a death glare. "Even plant is a living creature. And it deserves all the love and care. If I didn't talk to him daily, he will get bored then", she said watering it. "Oh! Are you like this always?", he asked in surprise. "Ofcourse yes", she said proudly. "I thought you are behaving like this coz you may not have slept yesterday peacefully due to guilt. But no, I'm wrong. You need some serious medical treatment", he said pitying her. She gawked at him open mouthedly, stomping her foot. She took the watering can and poured the water on his face, making him gasp. "You did again?", he asked unbelievably. "That day, I did it thinking it was jatin. But today, it's exclusively for you Mr. Devil", she said showing faces. "Devil? You, Chatterbox!! I'm not going to leave you", he said running behind her.

Dev's phone buzzed, breaking his thoughts. He quickly took the phone, flashing the name 'Dr. Mehra', his new chief. "Yes Dr. Mehra". "Dr. Dixit, I know that your joining date is day after tomorrow but it will be better if you complete the formalities by tomorrow", he said waiting for his reply. "No problem Dr. Mehra, I'll come tomorrow. Thank you", he said ending up the call. "I'll never break my promise sonakshi. I'll get you back soon", he said and breathed out a heavy one. He ignited his car to life, and drove off to his house, ending another day without her.