Maya comes down from her room all ready for her college.

She sees her parents in the living room. Her father as usual is reading newspaper and her mother is instructing the servants.

Maya rolled her eyes and went to them.

"Mom! My watch's broken. I need a new one. Wo jo Gucci ka latest edition aaya hai wo."

(The latest edition of Gucci.)

She said not even looking at her mother instead looking at her phone.

Her watch is broken true. But she broke that by throwing it across the room is a different story.

"Ok darling!"

Her mother said in a sugar voice.

"And dad mera diamond bracelet abhi tak nhi aaya. I have already told all my friends about it and now they have started to doubt ki mai jooth bol rhi thi."

(And dad my diamond bracelet is still not here. They have started doubting that I was lying.)

"Mai aaj hi pta krta hu sweetheart."

(I'll check right away.)

Maya rolled her eyes with a whatever and moved out. She tapped her foot impatiently waiting for the driver when she saw her brother's car.

"Chale princess?"

(Shall we move princess?)

"Bhai? Aaj aap chhodoge mujhe?"

(Today you will drop me?)

She asked. Excitement could be clearly heard in her voice. Varun chuckled and nodded.

"Now quick!"

She didn't need to be told twice because she ran and sat in the passenger seat.

"Lene bhi aap aaoge?"

(You will pick me up too?)

She asked with double excitement. Reason? Whenever her brother came to pick her up he always gave her Gol Gappe treat. And she is a biggg foodie.

"Sorry princess. Lene toh nhi aa paaunga."

(I won't be able to pick you.)

She pouted and he said.

"Aastha aur mai bahar jaa rhe hai aaj."

(Aastha and me are going out today.)

She smiled mischievously and teased him.

"Ohho bhai! Date shate hai!"

"Shup up! Aise bol rhi hai jaise girlfriend ko le jaa rha hu."

(You are saying as if I am taking my girlfriend.)

Varun's ears had turned pink. Maya laughed and said.

"Toh? Biwi ko date pr nhi le jaa skte kya? Achha hai jaao. Bhabhi aur aap bhut time se bahar nhi gye."

(So? Can't you take your wife out? Ok go. Bhabhi and you have not gone out in a while.)

She said with a genuine smile.

Varun dropped her and she ran inside the college giggling.

As soon as she entered the college her demeanour changed and she was back to the brat she showed she was.

Varun was driving back home when his phone rang.

It was his best buddy, Rahul.

"Bhauk!"

(Bark!)

He said as soon as he picked up his call.

"Kaha hai tu? Apne adde pr mil."

(Where are you? Meet me at our location.(

He said and disconnected the call. Varun turned the car to their adda which was basically a chai ki tapri near Rahul's home.

Rahul was already sitting there with a tea in his hand and his leg shaking nervously.

Varun sat beside him and patted his back.

"Kya baat? Itna dara hua kyu hai?"

(What happened? Why are you so scared?)

Varun took the tea that the teaseller gave him and again turned to Rahul while taking a sip of his tea.

"I think I am in love bhai."

Varun spat the tea he was drinking and looked at Rahul in horror as if he had just confessed that he committed a murder.

"What!? Kab? Kaise? And most important kisse?"

(When? How? And most important whom?)

Varun asked still in shock. Rahul was a very romantic and flirty person. But it still came as a shock to Varun because Rahul has never had a girlfriend ever.

He always wanted to wait for his 'one'.

Rahul smiled as if remembering her.

"I don't know kab aur kaise but I just know that I love her. She is the most innocent and down to earth person I have ever met. Shayad love at first sight tha. Who knows. Aur about who she is. Wo mai bataunga nhi. I'll introduce officially. After I propose her."

(I don't know when and how. Maybe love at first sight. I will not tell.)

Varun smiled and gave him a brotherly hug.

"I am so happy for you bhai. I hope she agrees. And I hope tu hamesha khush rhe."

(You remain happy always.)

The two soon left to their respective homes.

Varun and his wife, Aastha went on their date while when Maya came back she busied herself in her sketching work.

She had always loved painting. She would sketch whatever she found nice.

Today, she was drawing a scene she saw while coming back from college.

She was coming back in her car when the driver suddenly slammed on the brakes. She looked out and saw a huge commotion on the road.

Two people were fighting over something.

She noticed that a small kid who looked like a ragpicker was hiding behind one of them. She asked someone what had happened and they told him that one of the men fighting was hitting the small kid because he accidentally touched his brand new car.

The other one behind whom the kid was hiding saved him and now the two were arguing. The fight was over when a policeman intervened but Maya kept thinking about it.

She was happy that even now people have humanity in them.

She sketched that. The man hiding the little child protecting her from the world.

She didn't even realise that she drew Varun as the man and herself as the little child.

Maybe it was true. Varun was her saviour. He was more a father to her than her actual father.

He had given her mother's love more than her own mother.

Varun was the only man she trusted in the whole world apart from one more. His best friend, Rahul.

Rahul was really sweet and always nice to her since she was his best friend's little sister.

But Maya who have always craved true and actual love thought his affection and brotherly love to be something else.

She had unknowingly developed deep feelings for him.

No one was aware of her feelings. Both Varun and Rahul have noticed her closeness with Rahul but they thought it to be her innocent love and trust like she does with Varun.

Rahul on the otherhand was in love with Varun's wife's sister, Nitya.

He had seen Nitya in Varun's wedding and the two had instantly developed a liking for each other.

After the wedding Nitya confessed that she liked him and he confessed that he liked her too.
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