As Maj. Nair left, Capt. Abhi drowned in a big dilemma.
"If all this is done by these mischievous cadets as per Maj. Nair's proofs & about which he was also thinking the same & almost going to solve this mystery on yesterday's night itself then what was that which he saw at that particular moment..Four different physiques but all of them carrying the same face of his friend Naveen
How can be this possible..How can these Cadets make this impossible thing possible..,"
It was still beyond his comprehension but he was now sure that these naughty cadets are definitely guilty of doing many mischievous things with him & Maj. Nair & now he too wanted to catch them red handed.
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When Naina including other cadets had gone for her first drill of second day, Rajveer collected some beautiful flowers and made a small bouquet from them as well as a small lovely hair ornament & a bracelet with beautiful Red and Pink roses.
"Excited to bahut hoon par tumse kahunga kaise..kuch samjh nahi aa raha. I am feeling really nervous, Naina. Tumhara jawab shayad janta hoon main par phir bhi ek dar sa hai mann me. I really don't know how to do all these things. Actually I am very poor in all these matters. Just trying a little from my side. I just hope tumhe achcha lage.Pahali baar lag raha hai ki kash thoda sa Naveen ka gyan le liya hota to achcha rahta..," Rajveer muttered
"Aa hi gaya na line par...kahta tha sun le beta..thoda sa tu bhi kuch sikh le..kaam aayega kabhi lekin nahin...tujhe to sarafat ka nasha chadha tha na.. chal koi nahi..Ye bhi bahut pyara hai. Gudiya phooli nahi samayegi..but credit goes to me only...Meri sangati ka hi asar hai ye bhi varna tujhse to itna bhi na hona tha..," Naveen mumbled
"Wo sala Naveen agar hota to iska bhi credit khud hi le leta..Jabki ye pure mera idea hai..kamina kahinka..," Rajveer whispered
Naveen moved his fingers through his hair smilingly but embarrassingly finding his best friend's words exactly true about him then said dramatically
"Chal maan liya tera idea hai lekin gali mat de..Gudiya ne sun liya to teri khair nahi..Tere proposal ka jawab kahin Refusal se na de de..
majak tha..I know it won't happen now..,"
"Kyun chala gaya itni jaldi..You know na I miss you..," Rajveer said remembering Naveen
"Awww..You don't need to say bcoz I know very well. Even I miss you too my Raju..," Naveen uttered very affectionatelly. His eyes now filled with tears.
"But everything is not in our hands...," He further said with a painful smile
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"Kitna kuch kahna hai aapse..Maafi mangni hai..shukriya ada karna hai har ek baat ke liye..har ek madad ke liye jo aapne meri ki hai..Apne dil ke un jazbaton ko bayan karna hai aapse jinhone mere dil me aajkal halchal macha rakhi hai..par itna sab kuch ek sath kaise kah paungi..bus yahi nahin samjh pa rahi hoon..kah bhi paungi ya nahi..
I don't know but I really want to...," Naina was drowned in her thoughts while returning to her tent
"Actually it happens..when we want to say so much, samajh nahi aata kaha se start karen aur kahan par finish..," Naveen muttered
( All cadets were provided 2 hours rest before starting their second drill of second day. Rajveer had gone for the meeting of mentors which was kept in Maj. Nair's tent. His tent was choosen as a meeting place.. first reason him being senior to all..second,
was badly attacked by the monkeys, he needed rest )
"Par kahan se laun wo shabd jo mere dwara apke dil me diye gaye jakhmon ka malham ban sakein...jo kar sakein ek chhoti si bhi adayegi un sabki jo apne mere liye kiya hai
Jo bata sakein apko ki aap mere liye kitna mayne rakhte hain..ki apke bina ab khud ka vajood bhi nazar nahi aata mujhe...janti hoon apko in me se kisi ki bhi jaroorat nahin phir bhi main kahna chahti hoon wo sab kuch jo mere dil me hai jo main apke liye feel karne lagi hoon
ya phir shayad bahut pahle se karti thi bus ahsaas ab jakar hua hai...," She kept the saree in her bag & sat on her mat silently further drowning in her thoughts
"Aww..so sweet... Thank God der aaye par durust aaye...," Naveen spoke happily
"Aaj samjh aa raha hai gusse me dil ki bhadas nikaalna kitna asan hota hai wohin Dil ki najuk komal bhawanaon ke liye sahi shabdon ke motiyon ko piro kar unki ek mala bana pana utna hi mushkil...," She muttered thinking deeply
"Exactly, Gudiya but I am really happy that you understood this now..," Naveen uttered in relaxation
"Bhaiya Plzz help me..main kya karun..," Naina asked
"Just close ur eyes once & remember..," Naveen uttered
Naina closed her eyes like her bhaiya's suggestion instantly reached directly to her heart.
"Janti hai Gudiya.. kabhi kabhi hum jitna jyada kisi baat ko sochte hain, utna hi us soch ke dayre me ulajhte jate hain..humein lagta jaroor hai ki shayad hum kisi conclusion tak pahuch rahe hain par hota just iske opp hai..vastav me hum apni usi soch ke jaal me ulajh kar rah jate hain aur hasil kuch nahi hota..," Naveen said
"To aise mein phir hume kya karna chahiye Bhaiya..," Naina asked
"Tedhe medhe rashte ko chhodkar seedha sa rashta apnana chahiye..," Naveen said smilingly
"Wo kaise..," Naina asked innocently
"Bus apni aankhen band karke ek baar shant mann se socho aur jo sabse pahli baat tumhara dil tumse kahe use kisi paper par likh do..kai baar seedhe, saral aur saaf lafjon me kahi gayi baat Dil ko jyada touch karti hai bajay badi badi banawati baaton ke...," Naveen spoke & naina smiled
As Naina opened her eyes, that smile was constantly lingering on her face which she was carrying remembering an instance of her talking with her lovable Bhaiya.
"Thanku so much, Bhaiya..ab mujhe samjh aa gaya hai ki mujhe kya karna hai..," Naina uttered chirpily
Naveen smiled satisfactory.
Naina took out a cardboard from her bag, placed it on her mat then came out of her tent to collect some naturalistic material for its decoration
& after collecting all the required things she started doing her very imp.
work.
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"In a single day this another & second activity is the part of your Endurance training to prove that if stretched, your body can perform beyond what you expect of it..," Maj. Nair explained
Cadets were listening attentively.
"The officers will act as enemies who will intercept the squadron groups means Cadets' group and will punish them. Here in this exercise "Great Escape", The cadets would require to find their way without any navigation equipment" after Maj. Nair, Capt. Rajveer narrated the task
Cadets looked at each other meaningfully.
"And all this without being caught by the officers means us..," Capt. Abhi told
"You all have an understanding of the sky and will use it for navigation. Ability to camouflage, find your way out and carry out operations without being noticed by the enemy...," Capt. Monika cleared the thing more
"Okay..," Cadets spoke
"This excercise will help you all in the future when you would face with similar situations in real life," at last Capt. Arjun exclaimed the significance of the task
"If anyone has any doubt regarding this, you can ask right now..," Lolita ma'am said
"Yes..," Naina raised her hand to ask
"Shoot Cadet Singh..," Rajveer uttered
Their eyes met & they lost into each other orbs for few secs but Rajveer soon came out of her ocean like orbs not making the situation embarrassed for both of them.
But Naina couldn't do it. As she saw in his deep brown eyes, she indulged again in her thoughts in which she was entangled some time ago inside their tent.
Maj. Nair evilly smirked & was about to say something but Aalekh instantly pinched Naina's arm interrupting her reverie & stopping Maj. Nair to say something wrong or make fun of them.
Naina blinked her eyes now concentrating on asking her question. Rajveer took a sigh from inside.
"Sir, actually I want to know what is the time limit for completing the task..," Naina asked composing herself
"Like your first task..1 hour 30 mins..," He told
She passed a slight smile.
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Evening
"Aaj raat ka sara intzaam ho gaya Yudie...," Huda asked
"Yupp, Dude..," Yudi replied excitedly
"Aur wo..jo sabse jaroori hai..," Aalekh asked
"Uska bhi..," Yudi replied laughingly
"Sahich..," Aalekh again asked to confirm coz he knew the thing he was
talking about here was definitely not an easy task to get
"Yesss..," Yudi confirmed
Aalekh smirked.
"Matlab ki aaj raat Ding Dong Ding hone wali hai..," Pooja uttered laughingly
Others followed her.
"Vaise, Yudie tune Uncle ko manaya kaise..," Huda asked in curiosity
"Simple, Dude I said that we need it for our training...," Yudi spoke
"Aur uncle ne kaha ni ki iski jaroorat to medical field me hoti hai..army training me kabse padne lagi..," Pooja asked guffawingly
"I said that this was of BC's order, rest I don't know..," Yudi cleared
"Aur BC se baat ??..," Huda asked
"Aalekh baba hain na..," Pooja uttered amusingly
Aalekh smiled & asked,
"Leke kaun aaya..,"
"Nilu..," Yudi now uttered in a low voice
Aalekh's eyes glittered.
"Par wo hai kahan..," Pooja asked
"Yahan..," Nilu spoke
All turned to look at her.
Aalekh & Nilu passed naughty smile to look at each other.
"Oyee Hoyeee, Kaidi..," Huda whispered in Aalekh's ear
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"Sun liya sab kuch..Ab to yakeen na karne ka koi sawal hi nahi hai. Inki baton se saaf jahir hai ki sab kuch inka kiya dhara hi hai aur aaj ka plan bhi usi ka ek hissa hai..," Maj. Nair said looking at Abhi
Abhi was shocked to listen all these Cadets's talks. Now almost everything was clear. Anger built inside him.
"Aapne ye kiya kaise??.," He asked in a serious tone
"Second task ke dauran maine ye audio recorder Cadet Aalekh ke pocket me chhod diya tha.. result tumhare samne hai..," Nair said with a winning tone
"Par ye kis cheej ke baare me baat kar rahe hain..kya mangwaya hai inhone Nilu se..," Abhi asked
"Uske liye to raat ka hi intzaar karna padega..," Nair uttered
"Par dhyan rahe..itna achcha mauka hum gavan nahi sakte..," Saying this Nair left Abhi's tent
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Night
"Kitna besabri se intzaar tha is raat ka..is pal ka..kitna kuch socha tha lekin..Main hi galat tha shayad..," Rajveer was sitting in front of the fire immersed deepely in his own thoughts... Sometimes lights the torch & sometimes turn off it in the same way he was doing during their first Mentorship Programme.
When Naina came & silently sat before him. She was waiting for him to come inside their tent for sleep but when he didn't reach she herself came out & sat there. He was so much engrossed in his thoughts that he even didn't notice her presence. She also
didn't disturb him for sometime. Only kept looking at him observing his expressions to know what is running in his mind but when she found he still didn't perceive anyone's existence or her company there, she finally thought to break the ice calling him,
"Sir..,"
With her voice he came out of his trance saying,
"Yes..Cadet Singh..,"
For a sec Naina felt a pang listening this formal tone from his mouth bcoz at this moment she was not expecting this from him but to listen Naina which he started usually calling her these days when both are alone but she didn't intercepted him.
"Sona nahi hai..," She asked
"Neend hi nahi hai..," He replied in a straight tone
"Tum chaho to..," He was about to say but cut off by her
"Mujhe bhi nahi hai..,"
"Hmm..," He whispered igniting the fire more with a stick which he was holding in his hand
There was a silence between them for few seconds untill Naina put the next question which was bothering her a lot.
"Ek personal sawal kar saktin hoon aapse..,"
"Haan puncho na..," He uttered keeping his tone normal
"To ab aage kya socha hai aapne..," She asked hesitantly in a low voice
"Aage kya socha hai..matlab..main kuch samjha nahi..," Rajveer spoke now looking at her, giving her a questionable look
"Mera matlab hai ki..first Mentorship Programme ke wakt aapne kaha tha ki..tab tak apki life me koi..girl friend..nahi aayi hai...," Naina said lowering her eyes while plucking the grass from the ground
Rajveer became shocked listening her.
"Why is she raising this topic now," He thought in his mind
"Haan kaha tha to..," Rajveer said
"Tab se ab tak itna wakt ho gaya hai..I mean har kisi ki tarah..apke mann me bhi to koi aisi image.. koi aisa chehra...hoga na..jo apko..
lagta hoga ki..apka..life partner..
banne layak hai..ya phir ban sakta hai..?" Naina asked with her thumping heart still indulged in her work, not meeting her eyes with his.
Her words came out in intermissive way.
This made his heart skipped a beat & gave goosebumps inside his stomach but at the same time boiled his blood with anger.
"Why is she asking this now ?? Why all this matters to her when she..," Rajveer stopped his mind to think further as he couldn't stop himself from asking,
"Kyun jaanna chahti ho, Cadet Singh?? He asked trying to keep himself normal though his tone was little cold
"Aaa..it's Okay, Sir..aap nahi batana chahte to koi baat nahi..maine to bus yunhi punch liya..I understand that it's your personal..," She said little sarcastically but could not complete coz she heard him saying,
"Height approx 5 feet 5 inches, weight approx 55 kg.. Figure measurements approx 34-28-34...,"
Naina's eyes popped out with shock the way he started telling confidently with full measurement.
"Round shaped face, black sharp eyes, black hair tied in a bun, courageous soldier heart but soft from inside carrying friendly gesture, sharp sensible mind full of determination but away from childishness though having a sense of humour sometimes...," Rajveer was telling the description seriously & Naina was feeling her heart broke & her newly founded dreams scattered here & there in a second. Though she herself questioned to him but now she was regretting why she did it because the description which he was giving probably showing the image of someone else..no..not probably..but she knew of whom he was talking about here.
"It means, I was right...," Naina thought in her mind
"Kind, humble, Perseverant and..," He couldn't complete coz cut off by her
"It's clear now you got her, I mean your girlfriend or Life Partner..," Naina said interrupting him from saying further as she was not able to listen more.
"Probably, Yes..," Rajveer said with a fake smile but determined tone
"Then Congratulations, Sir..," Naina said managing a smile on her face though boiling from inside
"Thanks, Cadet Singh..," Rajveer uttered in the same fervour
Naina passed an unwilling smile.
"Can I ask the same..," Rajveer asked after a few seconds of their silence
"Why not, Sir..," Naina replied showing fake enthusiasm
Rajveer's brows frowned on this.
"Height 6 or 6' 1", weight 70 or 72 kg, body measurements 42-34-16 ( chest-waist-biceps) or 40-32-14..," Naina started telling
This time Rajveer's eyes popped out.
"Ye kaisa description hai..Yahan to do log lag rahe hain...," He thought in his mind
"Eye colour brown or dark brown,
Hair colour brown or black, hair cut short or long, Flirty or Musician, Friend or Senior, Cadet or Officer, Classmate or Teacher, Jatt or Prince...," She was blabbering whatever was coming in her mind in anger
"What the f*ck...," Rajveer's mind uttered
His mouth became "O" shaped & eyes more widened.
Before he gets faint, he left the place & went inside their tent.
Naina kept blabbering for sometime in her anger then herself went inside the tent after a while.
"Lo ho gaya syapa yahan..," Naveen muttered patting his forehead
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Habitually both lay down next to each other though turning their sides in anger but the way their backs were touching slightly.
( Like this )
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Precap- "Aap chumma bhi dete phiro to thik hai......," Naina said angrily
"Whattt...kya bakwas kiye ja rahi ho..
chumma..kisko chumma diye maine haan..," Rajveer asked frustratingly
"Maine tumhare alawa aaj tak aur kisi ko..," He further said now averting his gaze a little feeling little shy and
embarrassed
"Aur khud jo chipkati phirti ho to kuch nahi..," Rajveer uttered angrily