Shehnaaz was upset as Noor wasn't in her team. " Tu kaiko tension leri. Apun hai na tere saath ", said Ayush, making her smile. He was a great friend. It was just some hours since Shehnaaz and Ayush met each other but it felt like they had known each other for years. They were a great company for each other. All of this didnot go unnoticed by Sidharth. He felt jealous and was too insecure. He wanted himself to be at Ayush's place. What's was new in that? Everybody wanted to be the closest to Shehnaaz and he wanted the same. She had such a personality after all. He didnot have any reason to defend himself against his feelings. He didnot know but he fell for her the more he saw her.
Shehnaaz wore a fluorescent tee with black tracks and tied her hair into a bun. Sidharth came out wearing a blue T-shirt. He again saw Shehnaaz talking to Ayush and felt like punching his friend in the face. His eyes fell on Shehnaaz who wore such simple outfit yet looked beautiful. The girls around had put on kgs of makeup which was their choice of course but she decided to keep it natural. The team leaders were called but he gave them some reason and told them that he would return in a minute. He rushed to his tent and changed into his florescent T-shirt and returned. He did that so that he could match with her. All the five teams were standing there, ready and had to wait for some time before the game started.
Krisha being the moth which stuck to the light, stuck to Sidharth the exact same way. Sidharth was fed up with her but couldn't jerk her off there when there so many people were gathered there. She drew various shapes on his chest which annoyed Shehnaaz to the core. " Baby tumne blue pehna tha na. Why did you change? I love blue", said Krisha being as cringy as she could. " It's because I don't like blue at all", said Sidharth trying to take his arm out of her grip. " No problem baby. I'll make you love blue too", said Krisha. Shehnaaz's expressions were with watching. Though Krisha didn't bother her nor did the stranger she was clinging to,she felt too annoyed and restless. She enacted her with so much of disgust visible on her face. It looked too funny.* Issi ke piche padna hai kya sabko? *, she thought.
Soon they were given their first scroll and all of the teams were determined to win it. The children stayed back at the camp location as the area was too mountainous too and they could hurt themselves. Some parents stayed back there at the camp to take care of the children. The teams started their search and excitement was clearly visible on their faces.
It was just 5 minutes since they had started walking and our " Miss Naazuk Kali Krisha ", was tired. " Siddu baby, my legs are hurting, utha lo na baby please", said Krisha. " Bhagwaan ka utha le Tujhe! Vaddi aayi utha lona mujhe vaali! ", murmured Shehnaaz. She regretted coming there with Krisha. This didnot go unheard by Sidharth who chuckled as soon as he heard her. " Nautanki ka time nahi hai. Chalo shanti se", said Sidharth, paying no heed to get tantrums. Shehnaaz was too happy seeing this. " Mai utha loon tumhe Krisha baby? ", asked Ayush in a sarcastic way, breaking into when he saw Shehnaaz enjoying it too.
They were madly searching for the clue. Shehnaaz realised that they would soon lose of they didn't use their brain. She again looked at the scroll hoping something strikes her mind. It read,
" With clothes of green,
And bark of a dog,
Search me for THE GOODS,
I sleep like a log. "
" I know this guys, chalo",said Shehnaaz. " Oh please, tum toh Rehne hi do. Agar itna hi dimaag hota toh you would have done something to your useless life too. ", said Krisha. She was so good at spitting venom, wasn't she? The girl had again held her weakest nerve tight. Shehnaaz fell silent. Her eyes were filled with tears. Sidharth didnot feel good about the way Krisha demeaned her. He felt like someone stabbed his heart when he saw tears escaping her eyes. He was getting affected way too much. They had a connection after all! He didn't know why he felt so attracted towards her since morning. " Arey Shehnaaz tum ruk kyu gayi? Jeetna hai hume. Jaldi karo ", he said breaking her chain of thoughts.
Shehnaaz walked in front and the test followed her to the mango tree which had a board showing the direction of " THE GOODS". They got their second scroll there. Three more remaining! Ayush patted her back and said, " Wah Shehnaaz.. Tu toh badi intelligent nikli. Aakhir dost kiski hai, meri na".Shehnaaz, being the child like self, in her favourite cartoon's tone said, " Ab mai itni bhi kuch khaas nahi". Ayush laughed at her innocence and side hugged her, giving her a sweet kiss on her temple. While all of this happened, there were two people burning in jealousy. One of them was Sidharth and the other was Krisha. Sidharth, because he could not she Shehnaaz with anyone else but him and Krisha wasn't getting the attention which she wanted. This was making her go crazy.
" We should move", said Sidharth sternly and loud enough to grab everybody's attention at the first instance. * ehnu ki hogya *, thought Shehnaaz to herself. They had to reach the other side if the mountain to get the third scroll as per the clue. They had to climb over a giant sized rock to go to the other side. Sidharth offered his hand to Shehnaaz but she hesitated. She knew that there was no way she could do it herself and hence held his hand. The moment she kept her right foot up, it twisted and she fell down. Had four instantly swelled up and she was crying in pain.
On seeing her cry, Sidharth got down and saw that she was finding it difficult to move her foot even by an inch. Her foot had got a dark shade of blue due to twisting severely. Sidharth picked her up in his arms and climbed over the rick to the other side. Though she had protested a lot claiming that she was fine, he didnot listen to her. He made her sit there carefully and sat on the ground, keep her foot in his lap. He slowly carressed her foot while she was whincing in pain.
Sidharth gathered some stems from nearby and tied them on her leg, keeping them on the sides of her leg. He tied it with her scarf and made sure that it was tight enough for the leg to stay that way and not move causing her more pain. She looked at him amusedly. He was the same man who was so rude with her when they first met. He helped her get up to see if she could walk. He held her by her waist while she encircled her arm around his neck for support. She closed her eyes for she could not bear the pain. He made her sit again and said to her, " Is it still paining the sane way after tying? " " No, it's better but it pains a lot now also",she said, looking into his eyes. She was surprised and scared too. She could see a different affection for her in his eyes. She didnot know what it was m exactly but do wanted to experience it.
He slowly picked her up in his arms making sure not to move her foot. She didnot say anything this time but still felt a bit awkward. She had seen and felt something that nobody made her feel till date. How could she know the felling when it was new to her? He was different but was he finally hers? Was he the one she has been waiting for since years. * Oh just shut up Sana. You don't even know him. It's too early to even think about it*, said her mind.
Forgetting about all of it, she encircled her hand around his neck and looked at him, just him. He was aware of the gaze but still looked straight as they walked she'd for the third scroll. They soon reached the other side and as per the scroll, it hinted on some shop. They saw a shop in front and got their scroll there. They were happy that they as they were ahead of the rest while the rest were struggling around to get the first scroll. They were at a higher place and could see the people down the mountain. They decided to take rest for some five minutes and Shehnaaz too agreed for it as Sidharth had been carrying her for a long time and he would have been tired.
They got cold drinks for themselves while Shehnaaz spent her money getting moov and bandage and she had no money for now as she gave her purse to Noor in a hurry. They were busy with their drinks while Shehnaaz tried to apply her spray and failed everytime. Seeing her, Sidharth handed his sprite to her and sat on his knees to apply the spray on her foot. The moment her sprayed , she clutched his T-shirt and shut her eyes tight. " Kuch nahi hua hai. Relax. ", he said sweetly. " Can I have your sprite, please?",she asked him while he nodded his head looking at how she craved for having it. She had her first sip and could even feel where the sprite went along in her body. Sidharth looked at a relieved Shehnaaz and smiled. Having wrapped the bandage around her foot, he got up and she offered him his sprite which just had a sip of it left. He laughed at her and said, "Isme bacha kitna hai batana zara". She closed her eyes and said, " Sorry woh flow mein peeliya maine. Waise bhi jyada cold drink peeni nahi chahiye "." Acha! ", he said, hitting her cheek playfully. Shehnaaz couldnot believe what happened just then. Though it was too normal but it wasn't for her. She couldn't come out if it.
He picked her up again and they proceeded. While all of the other team members where in their won zones and Shehnaaz and Sidharth in theirs, Ayush was noticing every little thing. He didnot know about Shehnaaz but he was sure that this wasn't the same Sidharth. He was changing for the good. He was thinking about others more. What so ever the reason was, don't matter for he was happy for both of them. He was happy that there was happiness coming in both Sidharth's and Shehnaaz's lives.
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