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Harshad's parents reached the hospital that evening.

After meeting Harshad and talking to him,

Harshad's mom : "We have to meet the girl who admitted him to the hospital and thank her."

Arya : "I will take care of that Aunty. You don't have to worry about it, I will meet and thank her on your behalf."

Harshad's mom : "I want to meet her and thank her personally."

Arya : "Alright Aunty, I will try to see if I can contact her and find out when we can meet her."

Arya had tried to avoid them from meeting Nandini, but he couldn't stress on it and raise doubts, so he agreed.

Harshad's mom insisted that she would stay with Harshad that night, so his dad stayed with her and the rest went to stay at the hotel.

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After checking in at the hotel, Arya went to meet Nandini.

Arya : "Nandini, Harshad's mom wants to meet and thank you personally."

Nandini : "I can't meet them. .. Take Sunaina with you. Even otherwise I haven't given my name at the hospital, so they won't come to know that it's not her."

Sunaina : "You are the one who admitted him and took care of him, so how can I take the credit for it? Moreover, you wanted to see how he is doing too, so you should go and meet them. What do you say Arya?"

Arya : "Both of you are right in a way. Sunaina, we haven't told you a few things and I can't disclose it now. Nandini can't go in front of them as she is .. if she has to go, she can do so only in disguise."

Sunaina thought for a while.

Sunaina : "You can wear a burkha, that way even you will get to meet them and they won't be able to recognize you too."

Nandini : "What if they recognize my voice?"

Sunaina : "Hmm .. You can pretend as though you can't speak."

They felt that that was a good idea if Nandini wanted to see Harshad.

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Manik and his friends were at the restaurant next to the hotel.

Cabir : "Where were you? You came with us, but weren't there with us most of the time. When I asked you, you said you will tell me later. What were you up to?"

Manik : "When we reached here, I felt that Nandini was around. So, I was looking for her in the hospital as well as outside, but couldn't find her. I checked at the reception too, but to no avail. When you asked me, Harshad's dad was around, that's why I didn't tell you earlier."

Manik hadn't suspected that Nandini would be in the bathroom. He was looking for her inside the hospital when she was outside, and by the time he went outside, she had already left.

Cabir : "You and Harshad are both intoxicated - he because of medication and you because of love. That's why both of you feel that she is around when she is not. If I booze, probably even I will feel that she is around, what do you say?"

Manik : "Stop joking. Even Harshad felt that she was around?!"

Cabir told Manik what Harshad had said.

Manik : "When both have felt the same, it can't be wrong. May be she is somewhere around then. I will look for her again tomorrow."

When Arya came back to the hotel, Cabir saw him and asked him to join them.

Cabir : "Where had you been, that too alone?"

Arya : "I went out for a walk."

Arya : "Alya, Aunty can meet the girl, who admitted Harshad, tomorrow. She will come to the hospital."

Alya : "Okay, I will tell mom. .. Is she someone we know?"

Arya : "You don't know her."

Alya : "So, it is confirmed that Bhai (brother) was under an illusion. What else will happen if he keeps thinking of her all the time? Why don't you make him understand? He wouldn't have met with an accident in the first place, if he wouldn't have been thinking of her. When it comes to her, he behaves as though none of us are important. I still don't understand how can a relationship of a few months outweigh the relationship of years."

Alya was frustrated. She wanted to say something similar for Manik too, but couldn't.

Alya's thoughts : "Both, Bhai (brother) and Manik, behave as though their lives revolve around her. From the day she entered our lives, she has become the object of interest. She left Mumbai, but not our lives. She cast a spell on them before she left, and occupied my place in their lives. I am not able to knock her off their lives in spite of trying so much."

Arya : "I have been trying to make him understand, but it isn't that easy for him too. May be you will be able to understand better if you put yourself in his shoes. After the accident, Nandini's condition was very serious. Harshad had to put in lot of efforts to get her to how you all saw her. Normally, it would be the parents' responsibility to do so, but in her case as you already know her dad itself was responsible for her state. Harshad stood in her parents' place and did everything for her. Whether it was for a few months or years, the bond doesn't change."

Arya : "You are mistaken that he doesn't give importance to you. It is because you are dear to him, he hasn't taken any action against you. If it was someone else in your place, things would have been different. May be you don't know, but once he figured out that the root cause of all this was Samaira, he targeted her and made her life hell. Normally, if a daughter leaves home without a trace, what do you think a parent would do? He is more or less in the same situation."

Alya stuck to her point of view instead of trying to understand what Arya said.

Alya : "Whatever it is, he has changed, and it is all because of that girl. She left physically, but she is still on his mind. She did enough damage to our relationship before she left. I don't know when she will leave his mind and our lives, and when I will get back my old brother, for whom I was important."

Her comments made Arya angry.

Arya (murmuring) : "What sort of people you have in your life, Harshad? They don't seem to care for your feelings as much as you care for theirs."

Arya : "I thought you will try to understand his stance, but it looks like you can't think of anyone else beyond yourself. Change is an inevitable part of life. If he has changed, he has changed for the better. .. Tomorrow, if Harshad pays attention to Mukti, will you blame her telling that your importance has reduced because of her?"

Arya : "Nandini thinks of others before she thinks of herself, so don't blame her unnecessarily. She didn't cause any damage to your relationships, it is only your misconception. When you both felt that she snatched Harshad from you, she left immediately though she had nowhere else to go to, and probably she will never return to your lives. If you failed to claim your importance in his life in spite of her absence, may be you aren't capable enough, what's her fault in it."

Arya didn't feel like staying there any longer, and so he left.

Alya's thoughts : "Why did I even talk to him? How can I forget that he has been a fan of her, even before these two? He is also going to be on her side like them."

Cabir : "Manik, what Harshad felt, turned out to be false. So, don't have high hopes, what you felt might also end up like that."

Manik : "Hmm.. but I can't lose hope either, I have to keep trying. After all this time, I have got some sign, and I feel that it will lead me to her."

Cabir : "Let's assume that you will find her here, what are you going to do next?"

Manik : "I won't delay, I will express my feelings to her."

Cabir : "Wow! You are super fast!"

Manik : "I was super slow in realizing, so I will have to make up for it. If I would have realized earlier, may be I could have stopped her from leaving."

Alya couldn't stay there and continue to listen to their conversation, so she left telling that she was tired.

Cabir : "Dhruv, learn from him. How long are you planning to wait to express your feelings to her? You were super fast in realizing, but super super slow when it comes to expressing."

Dhruv : "It isn't that easy Cabir. You will know when you fall in love."

Manik : "If you are sure that you love her, then don't delay. What if someday she leaves and you don't even get a chance to express your feelings?"

Manik : "See my situation itself, I still don't know where Nandini is, when I will meet her, and whether I will even get a chance to talk to her. You don't want to end up like me, do you?"

Dhruv : "I will try to talk to her soon."

Arya had forgotten his phone because he had left in anger, so he came back, took it and left.

Cabir : "Manik, you have to be careful with him. Whatever he does, he does for Harshad and Nandini. Harshad is his friend, but what is Nandini to him? He may turn out to be your competitor."

Mukti : "Why are you scaring him? I don't think there is anything like that."

Cabir : "As though you can read his mind. .. By the way do you have any idea if Alya has feelings for Dhruv?"

Mukti : "I have no idea. She hasn't mentioned anything about it so far. It is difficult to figure out what is going on in her mind."