Today is Aarohi and Abhimanyu's engagement. It is held at Abhimanyu's place. Preparations are on full swing. Everyone is running here and there trying to complete work before the ceremony starts. Zoya is with Aarohi in a room hearing her rant over Noor and Arjun.

"This is so unfair..." She whined. I nodded sympathetically.

"Noor's finals are coming up. Without passing them she won't be able to do internship anywhere..."

"That's why, I invited you all beforehand..." She huffed.

Before Zoya could say anything to comfort her, Aditya entered the room after knocking.

"Here... Arjun wants to talk to you..." He forwarded the mobile to Aarohi who snatched it immediately.

"This is not right Mr. Arjun!! You were going to come here with Noor..." She complained.

"I told you before hand so that you could finish all the urgent work." She argued with him.

Zoya looked at Aditya who was lost somewhere and probably waiting for Aarohi to finish the call.

"Fine...."

"Thank you... Bye.." She ended the call and returned his mobile.

"Don't worry Aaru! They will attend your marriage..."

Zoya comforted Aarohi, but her all attention was on Aditya who left the room without another word.

'He seems to be tensed... But why?'

As Naina, Chirag's wife and Neha, Aarohi's sister in law came in the room, she slipped out quietly and followed Aditya.

"Aditya!" She called him from behind.

"Huh?" He turned around.

"Are you fine?" He frowned on her question but nodded.

"You don't look fine..."

"Arjun is not talking to me properly..." He answered.

"He must have been busy Aditya. Even you are not there, he is handling everything alone. Right?"

"Dad is there to help him na... And I don't understand what urgent work came up..." He spoke.

"Why don't you ask uncle then?" She suggested.

"Good idea... I will just come..." He said and went aside to call his father. She waited for him.

"Dad?" Aditya spoke as someone picked up the call from other side.

"Ha Adi? How's everything there? Enjoying?" His father asked joyfully.

'Dad do not seem busy at all...' He thought.

"Are you in office?" He asked.

"No..."

"Oh..! Are you not helping Arjun in office?"

"He asked me not to worry, he will handle all... Is something wrong?" Asked Mr. Hooda becoming suspicious.

"No... No dad... Just wanted to know..." He covered up.

"Everything is fine here Aditya... You enjoy there... Okay.." His father assured him.

"Yes dad...bye.." He ended the call.

"Why this idiot wants to handle everything all by himself?" He muttered under his breath, walking back to Zoya.

"Everything fine?" She asked.

"Hmm..." He nodded.

"See... I told you, he must have been busy..." He nodded.

She turned around to go back to Aarohi's room and collided with someone. Aditya frowned.

"Oh my! I am sorry..." The words came out of Zoya's mouth instantly.

'Why she is sorry? Can't that man walk from a side?' Aditya's mind muttered.

'Hmm hmm...' Aditya's heart nodded in agreement, sincerely.

"It's fine... My fault, I am sorry..." The man said.

"Akhilesh..." He introduced himself, forwarding his hand to Zoya for a handshake.

"Myself Zoya." She shook his hand.

"You fine right?" She asked looking at him. He smiled at her.

'Fine? What can happen to him just from a little push...' Aditya thought frowning.

"I am. By the way, are you an electrician?" He asked in a jolly way.

She looked at him with a bewildered smile and shook her head, denying.

'Is he an idiot? Does she look like an electrician to him? Bekar mein chep ho raha hai!' Aditya's insides screamed.

"Because you are definitely lightning up my day..." He completed. Zoya laughed cutely at this.

"Flirting jerk..!" Aditya muttered to himself.

The guy left as someone called him. Zoya turned to look at Aditya, smiling, who kind of of looked angry.

"Aditya... What happened?" She asked with a confused smile.

Before he could answer her, Aarohi came behind Zoya. Must have been searching her. Ignoring her presence, Aditya started.

"You were laughing? Like really Zoya?" Zoya looked at him taken aback.

"Is it a crime?" Aditya looked up in a exaggerated manner, letting out a long breath.

"You are so naive Zoya! He was flirting with you..."

"I don't think so... He just have a good sense of humour..." Aditya looked at her in disbelief.

"Which you definitely don't have!" Zoya completed.

"Zoya... How can you be this-"

"I.M.S." Aarohi interrupted him, looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.

Zoya turned slightly and looked at Aarohi with pure confusion.

"What is it?" Zoya asked.

"Irritable male syndrome..." Zoya pursed her lips tightly, trying hard not smile.

"What?!" He looked at them confused and irritated.

"Come on Zee... He is having his kinda periods..." Saying this Aarohi took Zoya with her.

"Is IMS real?" He couldn't help but ponder over it.
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"You didn't wear kurta, we bought?" Zoya asked standing beside Aditya.

Guests were arriving for the ceremony. The function wasn't either very big nor too small. The ceremony was going to start in few minutes.

He gave her a sheepish smile. He was wearing suit as he decided it long back. Zoya gave him a light glare and went somewhere.

"Adi..." Aditya turned on hearing his name and saw Chirag approaching him.

"Ha..."

"I think I am not late... Aaru will grill me alive... And Abhi won't stop her this time..." Aditya chuckled.

"Just on time... Ceremony is going to start anytime soon..."

"Where is Naina?" Aditya asked.

"Nain? She came here early..." Chirag answered. Aditya nodded.

"Enjoying?" Chirag asked.

"Ofcourse you are... It is on your face..." Chirag himself answered before Aditya could.

'What does he mean by that?' Aditya thought to himself.

'We all know what he is hinting at...' His heart spoke satisfied.

'Abhimanyu.... This all must be his doing... He was the one asking you about your liking towards Zoya...' His mind concluded.

'That idiot!!' Aditya muttered to himself, believing his inner voices.

In a few minutes, Abhimanyu and Aarohi were in the centre, ready to make eachother wear rings. Zoya was by Aarohi's side and Chirag walked up to Abhimanyu's side. But Aditya's gaze was stuck on Zoya.

'She looks mesmerizing... So innocent she is...' His heart went giddy. Aditya blinked his eyes.

He didn't have any idea when the ceremony got completed and guests went to have their dinner. Music got started and few people went on the stage to dance.

Chirag came and stood beside Aditya who had no idea of what is happening.

"You are staring at Zoya..." Aditya looked at Chirag.

"No, I am not.." He composed himself and looked around.

"Simply just gazed over in a direction and she was there..."

"Then why was that look on your face?" Chirag asked.

"What?" He looked at Chirag with utter confusion and curiosity.

"What look?"

"You look a certain way when you see her..." Chirag informed. Aditya waited for him to complete.

"You look at her and it's like you are staring at some sort of galaxy..."

"And?" Aditya spoke with a 'like really' look.

"You love galaxies..." Chirag whispered.

"No.. I.. don't..." Aditya didn't meet his eyes.

"Oh..! But you used to love them..." Aditya nodded not replying.

'See! Everyone knows... Why don't you accept?!' His heart spoke? irritated.

'It isn't easy-' His mind started but Aditya interrupted.

'Stop it!!' He silenced his inner voices.

"Chirag..." Naina called her husband in a whisper yell.

"I will meet you.." Chirag told Aditya and went to his wife.

Zoya was standing with Aarohi there looking at couples dancing. Abhimanyu came and spoke something at which Zoya laughed and Aarohi too smiled shyly. Then he took Aarohi with him, sweetly, to dance. Zoya smiled looking at them. In a minute, the guy who collided with Zoya before approached her. Aditya frowned.

'This guy?! Why he is behind her all the time...?' He huffed and started to walk towards her.

"Did I tell you about how beautiful you look?" Akhilesh asked. Zoya smiled wide and shook her head.

"Oh! My bad! You look too gorgeous. More than Aarohi.." She giggled.

'What is there to laugh!!' Aditya scowled.

"Thank you so much... You too look good.." She complimented him, smiling.

"Really?" He asked surprised and she nodded.

"I am on the ninth sky..!" He exclaimed dramatically making her giggle.

Aditya gritted her teeth.

"Let's dance..." Akhilesh spoke out of the blue. Her eyes widened and she shook her head vigorously.

"Come on, dance with me. The earth is spinning. We can't just stand on it." Akhilesh persuaded her.

'Do you have a knife?' Aditya's heart asked.

'No. Why?' His mind asked.

'I want to hurt him a bit...' His heart told.

'You mean, you want to stab him...'

'Ya! The same thing...'

He frowned at his inner voices. Ignoring them, he decided to rescue her.

"My apologies for keeping you waiting..." Aditya approached her, cheerfully. She looked at him slightly confused.

"Shall we?" Aditya forwarded his hand to her for a dance. She looked at him wide eyed.

"Excuse me sir, but I already asked her..." Akhilesh interrupted him.

"Sorry, but I asked her much before you did..." Aditya told him, smugly. She looked at him in disbelief.

As she still didn't give her hand, Aditya leaned a bit on her, and brought his mouth close to her ear. She smiled secretly, looking down.

"Give me your hand or you will have to dance with the creep over here...." He whispered.

She looked up in his eyes and he gave her a smile. In a daze, she gave her hand and he caught it without a miss. He elegantly took her to the dance floor. Akhilesh was ignored royally which made Aditya's heart content.

He held her hand with his as she kept her other hand on his shoulder. He kept his other hand on her waist, hesitating.

'I hope she is not uncomfortable.' He thought.

She understood his thoughts and blinked at him in assurance.

'I trust him...' She spoke in her mind.

He smiled and they started to sway on the beats of music.

"Thank you Aditya... You saved me back there..." She thanked him, smiling.

He gazed at her for a minute then came back to earth.

'Stop getting lost in her Aditya!!' He chided himself.

He swung her back and forth saying, "I didn't save you from him, but saved him from you..."

She scowled.

"Aditya... Will you stop teasing me even for once?!" She spoke sulking.

"Okay... can I say a thing...?" He asked, seriously. She gave him a dissatisfied look but nodded.

He pulled her close involuntary. As if his hands have minds of their own. Her breathing got hitched.

"You look lovely today..." He whispered.

She blinked her eyes furiously for a second.

'Is he possessed? My heart is gonna come out of my chest if he kept on acting like this....' She thought.

Aditya couldn't help but say it out. From the time ceremony has started and she had made her presence, he can't stop but gaze at her.

'Why I didn't notice her back in school? Why?'

'Because I am an idiot...' He himself concluded, agreeing to his inner voices.
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