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Of course, I should have known about this! She is the most confusing girl you can meet! And she sleep like a log!

I kept the gift I brought at side shelf and was about to call her name but was interrupted by her voice.

"I shouldn't have eaten that much! Aahh!" She growled clutching her stomach. "It's all because that stupid idiot! Can't he come on time."

"Who is she talking about? Is there anyone else she is talking about?"

Before I could wake her up fully her phone rang.

"Ahh! Why is someone calling me at this time!" She turned around and flipped her hand to find the mobile that was just right side of her bed.

"Daam! Where is this bony peice! " Her eyes were closed trying to find it. I just internally smiled at her. After all this year's looking at her even in moonlight, she still look beautiful. Her messy hair, her pouty lips. I remembered, she make that pouty lips if she wants something or is irritated by me. I chuckled at that memory.

"Hello?" Niki's sweet voice which I heard after so many years made me happy. In all those four years I have yearned to hear her voice. Her complaints, her teasing, her face. Her voice isn't what you define as honey melting voice, no her voice just held my heart. She has her unique way to talk. If she is talking with her close ones she will smile or pout, while talking even if she is angry. No matter what!

But when she has been surrounded by people she least know her face will be void of real expression.

"Hello? Are you gonna say something or not?! You know I'm not a person to be distributed at night! You know how important is my sleep is and you choose...."She exclaimed scolding the person at other side of the call. But she stopped in between her rant. There was a brief pause and I knew the person on other side was saying the reason for calling.

And than suddenly she stood up, jerked by something or may be by some one who said something important from the other side. Like the person from other side told her the most shocking news. "Are you sure, Ronit?" Now Niki was full awake. She looked little afraid now. Her eyes twinkling as the moon light that were now falling directly at them making them shine.

"No, you can't. I told you the reason already. I want you to be...but...no...ok ok. I understand. Not now. We will discuss it tomorrow and don't put yourself in any dangerous situation. And remember one thing, be safe. You know how important you are." Her voice got soft at last sentence. And with that the call ended Niki looked little tensed.

"Ronit, you are stupid. Really stupid!" She mumbled to herself.

"Niki." I almost whispered her name when she kept her mobile aside. Her face jerked so fast that I feared she might have broken some nerve. She waited just staying there in state of shock.

"Karan?" She rubbed her eyes twice and switched the room light and when she finally saw that I was really standing in front of her, she froze. Yeh, like children play stachue-stachue, And I was the one who told her to glue at her place! Her eyes stayed on my face without blinking.

"Niki, are you.." before I could complete my sentence asking if she is fine, she ran towards me and got attached with me with her legs around my waist and her hand around my neck like a koala bear. Amusing girl. Isn't she?

"A special way of saying hello to your best friend, huh?" I chuckled grabbing her waist by putting my hands around her waist.

She didn't even uttered a word after that. "Niki?"

"Niki?" Why is not responding?

I tried to seprate her from me to see why is She not saying anything but to my good luck She was clutching me tightly. God this girl!

"Is she awake?" I heard Nik who was standing at the door looking at us. He surly was tired. His face totally gave up is mood.

"Sure, I'm am." She replied. "Don't you need sleep, Nitin will get any hour and you know what will happen after that. So you can go to your room and get as much sleep as you can. Leave us alone." She huffed still attached with me. She really isn't a morning girl, well it night so she whatever. Just holding her in my arms made my heart beat fast. Millions of emotions went through me, sadness of not having her this year's , happiness for her in my arms, confusion of why is she not talking with me, and impressed by how much she Miss me to jump in my arms.

"You know what? You are the best sis I could ever get! Just wait till morning. You are gonna regret!" Nik just said and started going back but not before saying 'keep the door unlock!'

"Niki, can't we just have a seat and talk?"

"No," I detached her arms and legs so that now she was standing straight in front of me. She is wearing a loose T-shirt and pajama. Her hair are tangled and now her hands are on her hips. She looked at me with her pissed off look in her eyes. "I don't want to sit. You crazy mouse! Can't you just tell me why are you here? You know you could not come in midnight giving me a little mini heart attack. You know how much I like my sleep." And her rant started again "How... how much.. I miss...missed you..." Her all posture slowly getting soft. I just stared her taking in all her features in my mind. Looking how her eyes now and then looking down and then at me. Her lips that that sometimes shatters at the end of her sentence. Her hand that making different gestures to prove a point, her finger pointing towards me for accusing me.

"Every day I saw you in my phone wallpaper just waiting for your message. I tried to message you, but I couldn't. And today... At our special day, "she looked up with her questioning look her eyebrows raised a little having a hope "you remember right?"

Is she insane or what how am I gonna forget our day?

"Karan, you remem.." and that's when I couldn't take it anymore and kissed her. I longed for her. As my lips touched her a smile automatically got its way towards my lips. But she, just got in shocked state getting rigid. But I grabbed her by her waist and pulled her to mine as close as possible. She didn't responded for a while and soon melted closing her eyes and clutching my shirt. Our lips slowly moved in sync. I was devouring the movement to stick in my memory. But when she realised what actually happened she pushed me away.

"What was that? You can't just kiss me!" She exclaimed and my eyebrows raised in confusion. Didn't she kissed me back?

"Why?" I asked again pulling her towards me grabbing her waist.

"You can't kiss me till you don't get me all those chocolate rapper that were on my floor" What the hell is she saying? I think my sudden appearance have got her in troll.

"You can't kiss me till you don't apologise to me." Why should I say sorry? For kissing her, or for disturbing her sleep or for....?

"Sorry for what?" I asked.

"For not calling me, for saying me not to come to see off you at the airport, for not wishing me personally at our special day, for making me wait all this years for you to come, for everything. " She said in one breath.

And just after completing the sentence she pulled me to her kissing me passionately. Like she was punishing me. But I liked it. This was her new side. I couldn't say I didn't like her punishment, I could always do anything to have this as punishment! I smiled internally. But now it's my time for revenge, And it was my time to push her away.

"What was that? You can't just kiss me!" I repeated the same word she said.

"What?"

"You can't kiss me till you say sorry." I retroted

"You can't just use my words against me!" Her voice raised.

"What about you? Didn't you said same?" I accused raising my voice too

"Don't test my patience Karan!" She moved towards me like a lion move towards it's meal.

"It's you who is testing my patience!" I stood there waiting for what she can do. But I forgot not to mess with angry Niki.

She looked here and there and then took the nearest thing that was pen stand and threw towards me but luckily I doughed it!

"Niki you are mad!" I yelled running around.

"Of course I'm?" She ran after me.

"Niki, we aren't playing pakda- pakdi stop running after me." But I was still running. I got out of her room descending the stairs while she was following after me.

"Sure we aren't. And even if we were playing than remember it was me who always won." We were running after each other. There was not a corner left in her house that remained untouched except Nik and Tina's room. I was just praying they are sleeping soundly. Otherwise it's gonna our last day in this house.

After like what seems to an hour I fell down on her bed. Firstly cause I was having jet lag and second I was tired of running.

Niki fell upon me quickly saying "caught you!" Smiling widely. Her wide smile

"Of course it's always you who caught me, even if it's a game or my heart."

"Aren't you too cheeky? Where did you learn those lines huh?" But I saw her blushed cheek.

"Getting lots of girlfriends teach you to be learner!" I smirked.

Her eyes got wide and she started hitting me on my shoulder.

"Ouch, it hurts. I was just kidding ok, don't be serious."

"You already know I my heart belongs to you. When I went with my dad I left my heart with you. And it is and will always be yours to belong and protect. Can you hold it till my last breath and till heart beats?"

Her eyes stayed on mine while I got lost in her. Her eyes gave me my answer.

"I missed you." I said.

"I missed you a lot" she replied and a single tear that dropped on my cheek.

I cleared her tear with my thumb and placed my hand on her cheek creasing it. She melted in my plam.

"You took so long to come." She whispered.

"You took so long to call." I said.

"My mouse." She chuckled.

"No, your Karan. Niki's Karan." And then I kissed her to seal my word and this time she responded immediately. Both of us smiling between our kiss.

When we pulled apart I saw her blushing, I tugged her hair behind her ear, "Happy friendship day. Our friendship day" I wished her and so did she hugging me tightly.

"You both can't keep your voice down, we can't get our sleep tonight and nor my son!" Nik jerked us apart.

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Till then Miss me 😉😉