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Teena is making roti when Lalita comes to drink water. She sees Teena busy making rotis, but Teena's hair is bothering her. Lalita brushes her hair aside, and Teena smiles. Lalita finds this smile very pleasing, as if Teena looked very beautiful to her. Lalita immediately hugs Teena from behind.

"Lalita, what do you want? Are you upset?"

"I want something else."

"What do you want?"

"A night with you."

"Do you not sleep at night?"

"Just sleep with me."

"I always sleep with you. What's bothering you?"

In anger, Lalita says, "Forget it."

Teena is washing her hands after cooking, pondering why Lalita is behaving so strangely.

Teena thinks, "Sleep is just sleep, what else did she want?"

Teena widens her eyes as if she understands. After washing her hands, she comes out. Lalita is watching TV, her face sullen.

Teena asked, "You want to 'Dum Dum DUM DUM' with me?"

"What?" Lalita asked, feeling shy.

"That's what I meant, tell me."

"No!" Lalita seemed scared.

Teena and Lalita had dinner and then both went to sleep. Teena is still thinking, "Is Lalita really thinking like this about me?"

Lalita's hand accidentally touches Teena's hand. Lalita quickly pulls her hand back, realizing Teena is not paying attention. Then Lalita pretends to accidentally touch Teena's hand again. Teena closes her eyes. Lalita sees that Teena has fallen asleep. Lalita then places her hand on Teena's stomach, but Teena keeps her eyes closed. Then Teena's hand accidentally touches Lalita's breast. Lalita feels a small heart attack, and she tries to remove her hand, but she couldn't because Lalita was enjoying it. Lalita looked at Teena and went near her ear and said

"If you're not sleeping, please open your eyes. Yes, I want 'DUM DUM'."

When Teena opened her eyes, Lalita was so scared that she fell off the bed.

"You were pretending to be asleep, that's cheating!"

Teena got down from the bed and lay on top of Lalita. Teena started unbuttoning Lalita's shirt.

"Let's do it."

Lalita picked Teena up and pushed her to the side.

"I'm not in the mood anymore."

Teena playfully patted Lalita's bum.

"You're not worth it."

Lalita hugged Teena from behind and started kissing her. Teena wanted to kiss back, but then the doorbell rang.

Teena opened the door.

Teena said, "Naina?"

Naina said, "I can't sleep, so I'm sleeping here."

Naina went straight to the bed and fell asleep.

Both Teena and Lalita were getting angry, but Naina seemed quite upset. So,

Teena asked, "What's wrong?"

Naina replied, "I'll go crazy."

Lalita asked, "But what happened?"

Teena said, "Maybe Meera did something."

Naina said angrily, "she never answers my questions."

Lalita angrily asked, "Then why did you come here?"

Teena looked at Lalita with anger and said, "That means you should go there, where someone can answer your questions."

Naina looked at Teena and started to smile. Naina hugged Teena and then said,

"Thank you, I should leave now. You guys carry on with your... thing."

Teena & Lalita asked, "What thing?"

Naina replied, "Look at each other's faces, the lipstick is all messed up."

Teena angrily said, "She hasn't said anything to me yet, so what should I do?"

Lalita angrily said, "What do I know? You haven't given me an answer yourself."

Naina said, "You two keep fighting, I'm going to go book the tickets." Naina was escorted to the door.

Lalita said "Let kill each other again?"

"Good night" Teena controlling her smile.

"NOooooo! I will kill you Naina" Lalita shouted in her mind.

Present time.

When she removed the mask, Meera's eyes filled with tears as soon as she saw her. It was Naina, yes, it was indeed Naina. tears of joy were flowing from her eyes. Meera couldn't understand what to say or do. She was wishing so much for Naina to come back to see her. She was thinking, during meals, while sleeping, while typing, when will Naina come and tell her she likes her back. Meera's mind was never focused on anything. she would often accidentally drop coffee mugs and, in anger, even eat green chilies several times.

Meera is thinking finding love is very difficult, not everyone finds it easily. When waiting, it feels like time will never end, that the one we're waiting for will never come. Waiting for a love for which there is no hope is even more difficult. But when hope fades away and the person whom Naina cherished with all her heart is standing in front of her, smiling broadly, someone's eyes might become moist at this moment. Heartbeats pause. it feels like the extremely slow love moment in her life.

Meera didn't say anything for 2-3 minutes.

Naina was standing at the door, thinking, "Your silence has driven me crazy. I shouldn't have fallen in love with you. I need answers to all my questions, I want to know why you ended our friendship so easily. I don't want to overthink, I want answers. Now, whether you become an enemy or a something else, I want to know the truth. If you hate me, I'll pour my heart and soul into melting away your hatred, igniting a flame of love between us, all for the sake of our cherished friendship."

Meera didn't say anything, Meera's lips moved closer to Naina's, as if they were being pulled by a force. she just started kissing Naina. Naina stood straight, while Meera had her hand placed on Naina's neck. Those 2 seconds felt like 2 hours, as if time had stopped. All the memories flooded back. the times when Naina and Meera met, Meera's white suit, watching the moon, Naina's anger during the movie, Meera offering a kiss in her car, Meera flirting in her hotel room, the button story, changing clothes in the car. Meera's voice echoed in Naina's ears. All those memories were playing in Naina's mind like an echo. Both were thinking about each other again, as if all those memories had intertwined, as if they had embraced each other in their thoughts. As if their lips weren't separate, but their souls had connected, Naina's eyes widened.

After 2 seconds. Meera realized and said, "I'm so sorry, I got carried away." Naina saw that Meera was shamed. She stood there with her gaze lowered. The sound of a ticking clock is heard in the background, echoing against the solid walls. There was silence for 57 seconds, and Naina stepped forward, then Meera leaned back. Naina placed her hand on Meera's neck, while her other hand went to Meera's face. She lifted Meera's face gently and started kissing her. As their lips met, they both closed their eyes. There were tears in Naina's right eye. After the kiss, Naina opened her eyes, and they both smiled at each other.

Meera wiped Naina's eyes, realizing they were burning. Naina began to scream in pain. Meera asked what happened, then remembered the chili incident. She apologized, saying, "Sorry, it was the chili. Wash your eyes." Meera fetched ice and gently applied it to Naina's eyes, who sat on the sofa. Meera blew softly on the ice to make Naina feel better. Naina's heartbeat quickened as she struggled to understand what to do. When Meera looked at Naina, she seemed transfixed. Meera didn't blink, she kissed Naina's eyes. Naina closed her fist. Meera licked her ear, but Naina said.

"Don't you want to discuss the points? There's a meeting. right"

"Yes." (Meera placed her hand on her head, as if she wanted to forget everything, but she knew she had to keep going.)

Meera and Naina discussed all the points in the meeting. Meera was sitting close to Naina.

"Wait! Naina said," Naina's face turned as red as a beetroot, she threw the pillow on Meera's face. and went to the washroom.

I never thought I would hear this from Meera. What do I do now? I don't understand. What is this feeling? My heartbeat is racing so fast. I'm going crazy thinking about how to behave in front of her. Is there a book for relationships?

Meera placed her hand on her lips and hugged the pillow, lying down on the sofa.