SS: Roles Reversed

Written by: Vadhana (Vaddy)

"Ok guys, ready and 5 6 7 8..." rey called out while rehearsing for the NDC. It was a fusion of various dances ranging from Bollywood to hip hop to couple dances. The guys had many stunts in their dance and swayam being the tallest had an extra risky stunt. It was a part of their flash mob...but when mixed with the indiafest dance, it became a bit too risky. Ok sorry for the bak bak.
Back to the rehearsal.
'Activate' the guys were on swayam for their formation and he was hauled up for a twist...as each one jumped of from him...he perfirmed a complicated routine. *crack* he landed badly. "Ouch!" he yelled. The gang immediately came to him...sharon reaching him first. "Kya zarurat thi yeh routine karne ka?" she yelled while hitting him on his arm. "Ow sharon!" swayam screamt again. "Phew nothing that big...its a minor sprain...but it could have become a fracture and he wouldn't have been able to participate in NDC" Rey said. There was relief on everyone's face except sharon's who continued arguing.
Sh: "Be thankful its just a sprain! Agar kuch hua tho?"
Sw: Tho? Tho kya? Kuch hua nai na? So chill!
Sh: Agar tumhe kuch hua tho...do you have any idea how much it'll affect...
Sw: Affect whom?
Sh: Me...*Swayam looks up and the gang go "Sharon..."* i meant me and the the dance team..the rest of us...it'll affect our dance..
Sw: Fine baba chill. I'm fine.
Nil: Gimme the beat guys
Boom boom pak boom boom pak
Swayam ko hua hai ek chota sa sprain...
Aur ho rahi hai sharon ki pain...
Aur isse hum kehte hain
Umm...isse kehte hain...hain...
Vicky: Love due to pain.:D
Nil: waah kya baat hai yaar
They all cheer and the guys raise their hands meaning chemistry while swayam feeling that sharon might feel uncomfortable ...says "Ey chup kar" sternly.
Sh: kyun rok rahe ho...rehne do usse...she said blushing a bit. At that swayam looks at her in wonder and they share a hawwa hawwa eye lock, all pain momentarily forgotten, they become entranced in each others eyes...while the gang notice it and say chemistry again.
At that swaron come out of their trance and look away and try to change the topic.
After rehearsals, during which swayam had to watch due to the sprain, the gang fixed the timing for the next day, wished him well and left. He was struggling to get up as his ankle hurt. Sharon was in the corner drinking water facing the mirror when she suddenly felt pain coursing through her ankle...not very bad but slightly. These signs usually come when swayam was in pain, she thought and glanced in the mirror at swayam struggling to get up, wincing in pain. She rushed to his side and put one of his arms over her shoulder for support. He looked at her in awe. Since their 'break up' happened, they'd maintained a good friendship...though he felt he was a replacement for rey initially when sharon and rey were fighting...he later was confused. She understood him perfectly without words, she knew him in and out, complimented him often, and even won the admiration of his dad...easy to do considering his dad thought he was nothing :P
As these thoughts went his mind and he looked at her, she looked up and questioned, " What?" . He just shook his head indicating nothing and they continued looking at each other, letting their eyes converse. "Ahem hrmm hmm" rey cleared his throat bringing them out of their trance. "Umm Sharon...ye kya ho raha hai?" he asked teasingly. "Kuch nai, well he was struggling to get up so I thought i'll help..." she replied blushing slightly. "Oh ya help. I understand completely understand" rey said smirking a bit and when sharon opened her mouth to oppose he continued "no sharon you don't have to justify, I completely understand...you were helping swayam." Swayam feeling she was uncomfortable, " Rey shut up...aur wo kuch nai hai, my ankle was hurting and she helped as you all left me alone" he quickly changed the topic. " Haan see I forgot what I actually came for, Swayam ko mein ghar drop kar deti hoon...coz you know I'm dropping taani too so Swayam too can come along, and your cycle nil said he'll get it home " Rey said. "So chale?" rey asked. "Haan just help me a bit please" Swayam asked. Slinging one hand over rey's shoulder for support and after much effort they finally got home and Swayam was in bed. "Dude you're hot!" Rey exclaimed. "Umm thank you but that kinda seems gay coming from you..." Swayam replied confused. "No man! And chee how can you think like that?! I meant you're burning, with fever!" Rey exclaimed. "Yea I know, I'll be fine, don't worry" Swayam casually replied "And taani ko kuch mat batana...i think the tablet wore off" he added after a pause."Are you sure?" rey asked again. "yes my friend, ab jao aur thoda aaram karo, kal bohot practice karni hai." Swayam assured him. "Teek hai, so I'll leave now, see you tomorrow." and with that rey left leaving Swayam in his room.
Meanwhile Sharon was lost in thoughts..Flashbacks of what happened earlier, and her fright when he fell and heard the crack and Swayam yell. And the later moments when she tried supporting him. She blushed at the thooughts. 'Wait a minute, aaj Swayam kuch zyada hi hot lag raha tha...well waise be he is hot, too hot..lean yet muscular tall and perfect lover boy material...with that cute dimpled smile of his and his voice which made him much more lovable kash i could be with him in his arms forever...ugh sharon ye tum kaha kho gayi phir se? Wait hot, he was warmer than usual and also kinda tired...is he fine?' the sudden beep of her phone distracted her from these thoughts. Thinking it must be Swayam she quickly picked up her phone and checked her inbox. Her face fell when she saw a message from rey but her eyes caught Swayam's name, so she read the message. "Swayam's got fever, that's why he looked tired and fell...he told me not to tell Tanni...so don't tell her", she read. She quickly kept her phone in her purse and left home.
Shekhawat residence :  *Ting Tong*

2:

Shekhawat residence:

Tanni hurried over saying "haan aa rahi hoon". She opens the door to see sharon dressed up in a blue dress with a full on diva attitude. "Sh ..Sharon bhabhi..i mean Sh.. Sharon aap? Kuch kaam tha kya? Aap is waqt..." She asked surprised. "Haan wo actually Swayam ke saath kaam tha, cultural activities ki baare mein, wo kahan hai?" she asked. "Umm bhai apne kaamre mein hain, aap rukhiye mein call kar deti hoon" she said and was about to call Swayam when sharon stopped her saying, " Nai uski koi zarurat nahi, mein usse apne kamre me milungi...ankle sprain hai na..tho I think I'll meet him in his room.""Aap? Bhai ko Milne ke liye? Unki room mein? Akele?" Taani gulped, "Haan so? You know what chuck that, ye kaam bohot important hai so I'm gonna go meet Swayam" And with that Sharon left for Swayam's room. While Tanni looked at her in shock...she shrugged and smiled with a silent prayer thanking god for her brother's good luck. With that she left for her room.

Swayam was still sitting on his bed shirtless, unable to change as he couldn't walk and thinking about the earlier events and moments with Sharon , sighing with a goofy dreamy smile on his face. When suddenly his door opened and in came sharon. She stopped in her tracks seeing him shirtless and lost in his dream world. 'Why?? Oh why do you do this to me?! Why did you make sooo hot and cute at the same time?! Look at his muscles, so hot. His eyes so enchanting and deep. His hair so soft and silky. His lips which I wanna taste. His smile so adorable. His dance full of passion. His words so sweet. Him as a whole so lovable.' said the Laila side of her head. 'Shut up Sharon. You know its not possible. You hurt him enough. He need not suffer with you. Don't be selfish. You can't love him' said the selfless side of hers. 'Give it one last try, you both complete each other' her heart said over riding her brain.  'For now keep it away and focus on restoring him back to health' the sensible side said. She coughed a bit to catch his attention, but he was so lost in his sharon world that he didn't hear her. 'Swayam Shekhawat kahan kho gaye ho tum?!' she yelled the diva style. "Tumhari world mein" he replied dreamily..."Kitni cute ho tum, jab tum attitude mode mein..otherwise too tum bohot khoobsurat ho aur cute. Aur itna sweet bhi...aur sensitive...aur loud. Haha my siren, my sharon." She heard it all, with each word her heart fluttered...and when he said my siren my sharon, she remembered his name for her. "Siren Sharon" they said together softly.

"Sharon! Tum yahan? Akele? Kaise? Iss waqt? Kuch kaam tha? Par hum tho kal mil..." He couldn't continue coz Sharon had kept her finger n his lips, "Ssh Swayam. Itna sara questions ? Obviously  I came through the door, mein koi bandhar nahi hoon, khidkhi se aane ke liye...aur mein diva hoon  aur ek ladki bhi, khidki se chup chup   ke nahi aaungi mein, wo tho ladkon ka kaam hai. Aur Tumhe fever hai, aur mein bohot pareshan ho gayi thi, isliye mein yahan hoon. Rey aur Taani bahar jaa raha hai kal, so meine socha kyun na mein tumhara nurse thodi der ke liye banungi. As in meri majnu ki nurse. Anymore questions?" she looked at him expectantly. "Ab kyun kuch nahi bol rahe ho?!" she asked a bit irritated. Swayam motioned with his eyes  towards  his lips, following his gaze, she blushed when she saw why he couldn't talk. "Umm sorry" she said quickly removing her finger the feel of his lips still lingered though, which sent pleasurable vibes through her. "Tum...Meri nurse...kyunki Rey aur Taani date pe chal rahe hai kal...so tum aaj hi yahan aayi inti raath hone ke baad bhi."he slowly said. " Aaj kyunki mujhe pata hai ki tum tumhare davayian nahi lelungi aur tumhara health aur bigad jayengi" she answered his unasked question. "Ok" he allowed. "Tumhare paas wo ankle sprain ke liye wo bandage hai?" she asked.

Sw: Umm nai, par jodhpur mein hai.

Sh: Ab mein jodhpur nahi janne wali hai, so... She took out a  sprain bandage from her purse, and as she took it out her phone also fell out. Swayam seeing this got up and leaned forward . He caught the phone but pain shot up through his ankle and he landed with a thud on the floor. "Swayam!" sharon panicked. "Ooow" he replied. She quickly went next to him, supported him and made him sit on his bed. "Tum teek ho?" she enquired. "Haanein teek hoon, chill" he calmed her down. "Kya zarurat Thi meri phone ko save karne ke liye? Kya tum superman ho? Well for your kind information you're not! Aur koshish bhi mat karna! Tumhara health aur biged jayega!" she shouted at him. "Arey chill, mujhe kuch nahi hua...i think you should leave, its very late..." he said. "Nai mein kahi nahi jaa rahi hoon...aur mein yehi rukungi!" she told her tone indicating no more arguing. 

Sh: Accha ye batao, tumhare medicines aur first aid kit kahan hai.

Swayam indicates to the cupboard.

Sharon opens the cupboard and finds her sharon corner, still intact...'Does he still love me? After all that I did?' went through her mind with tears in her eyes. Control Sharon, Swayam isn't well, uska khayal rakni hai. Be strong and calm.' saying this she searched his cupboard. She opened the first drawer and found his stuff there, paintings, dance drawings and a red scrapbook. She knew the scrapbook, it was about her. She'd caught him working on it once or twice. She wondered if it was complete. 

She opened the second drawer and found his medicine and the painkilling spray. Taking it with her, she put it on his bed stand and help him into a half sitting half lying down position. He just watched her, unable to do anything. She reached for the spray, asked him to relax his ankle. She sat on the opposite side of the bed took  his leg onto her lap gently and was about to spray the painkiller when Swayam stopped her, "chodo na sharon mein ye khud kar lungi"  "Tum kuch nahi kahoge. Mein nurse hoon aur mujhe pata hai kya karoon or kya na karoon." she said with diva attitude. "Ok." he gulped and said. She gently felt his ankle and then sprayed the medicine over it. Then she carefully tried butting the bandage as well but he yelped she panicked said sorry and tried again. "Swayam, look at me" she said. Unnecessary though it was, he was already looking at her. As they shared a silent eye lock conversation, Sharon slipped the bandage over his ankle effortlessly. "There, ab dard hua?" she asked anxious. "I felt nothing" he smiled. 'Nothing but love' he thought to himself.

"Ok ye lo tumhara medicine , but before that, did you have your food yet?" Sharon asked.

*knock knock * "bhai sharon, aap dono please dinner le liye aaiye please" Taani's voice came from outside, followed by her. "Haan Taani aa rahi hoon" Swayam replied and was about to get up when, "Stop right there! Where do you think you're going?" Sharon asked him. "Arey dinner ke liye, aaj pizza night hai!!" Swayam replied elated. "Pizza wizza kuch nai!  It's not good for you now." sharon reprimanded him. "Tum yehi ruko, I'll get you your food." she continued  "But...but..." Swayam tried  speaking.."no buts you're not having pizza that's full and final. Come with me Taani" Sharon  sternly told him and left with Taani.

Kitchen:

Ta: so, you'll have pizza?

Sh: Umm ek slice, and yeah before that I need help in making dinner.

Ta: par dinner tho already ready hai na? 

Sh: wo junk hai, aur Swayam ko healthy food chahiye...

Ta: par bhai ne tho kaha pizza order karne ke liye...(confused) 

Sh: Par war kuch nahi...i'm gonna cook today. So will you help or not?

Ta: Ok :)

Sh: ok then lets start.

The two girls start cutting and cooking. Soon dinner is ready. Sharon had decided on green salad; chicken soup and pasta along with an omelet. The healthy pasta coz that was Swayam's favorite. To top it off she'd made  fruit juice. After taking enough portions for Swayam, she took them to his room in a tray. 

Meanwhile Swayam got a call from Rey and had asked him about how sharon knew that he was ill. Rey was confessing when sharon entered and told him, "Rey ne meri suspicions confirm kiya tha, usne mujhe kuch nahi bola, ab phone rakho aur dinner khalo!" she said setting the tray on his bed in front of him. "Did you eat?" he asked. "Yeah I did" she lied looking away from him. "I don't wanna eat." he said. "You have to, no option" she answered. He pushed the tray away like a little kid. Sharon thought for sometime, took a spoonful of soup and said, "Ok behave like a kid and I'll treat you like one" and with that she tickled him and as he started laughing immediately put the spoon into his mouth. Poor Swayam had no other option but to gulp it down. Boy it tasted really good, it was delicious. He thought to himself.  Next came the pasta, but before sharon could make him eat, Taani entered with another tray, having Sharon's dinner. "you didn't have anything." he accused her. "Yeah I thought I'll have it after you finish yours" she said. "Aap please khalijiye bhai ke saath." Taani requested her. "Ok  leave it here i'll eat it later." she said. Taani left the tray and went to have her dinner.  "Chalo now finish your dinner." Sharon told Swayam. "Aur tum?" he asked. "I'll have it later" she replied. "Nai tum bhi khao mere saath" he insisted. "mujhe khane ka man nahi hai, baad mein khalungi" she side stepped. "I'll make you eat" he said an started tickling her, and fed her the soup. And so they continued feeding each other the rest of the dinner too, playing with each other, secretly loving every moment of it.

They finished dinner and time for medicines declared Sharon and Swayam paled. Sharon made Swayam look into her eyes, already distracted Swayam gulped down the medicine without his knowledge coz he was so lost in her eyes which spoke volumes of how she liked him.

While tucking him into bed, Swayam asked "Tum kahan soyegi?" to which she replied instantly and as if it were obvious"Yahan..."

Sw: It's gonna be odd.

Sh: What?

Sw: Tum aur mein, yahan akele, itni raat, mere kamre mein...

Sh: IDC. You're not well I'm your nurse and I've full rights to stay here 

Sw: As you wish, if you want you can use Taani's room. If you feel uncomfortable.

Sh: I'm fine Swayam. Good night sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Sharon made herself comfortable on some bean bags in the corner and watched Swayam sleep, wishing with all her heart, if she could be with him like this for the rest of their lives.

Morning came and sharon woke up earlier to see Swayam sleeping peacefully, she went and checked his temperature. It had gone down a bit. She gently caressed his forehead and kissed it, swayam smiled a huge smile and sighed in his sleep. She said i love you swayam, get well soon, and he murmered i love you sharon in his sleep, she smiled him gently, adoring him.Taani gently came in, and saw sharon and was about to ask her something when sharon stopped her and motioned 'Lets go outside, he's sleeping ' .

Once they were outside, Taani asked, "Aap puri raat yahan thay?" "Haan kyunki Swayam ko chot lagi hai, aur mujhe pata hai ki tum aur rey aaj kaam karni hai, isliye mein rukhi thi. Rey ko mat bata na ki mein yahan hoon." she replied. "Ok bhabh..Sharon. Aap teek hai na? As in comfortable? Agar aapko kuch chahiye tho mujhe bata dijeye." Taani said. "Ok ab tum jao aur Rey ko milo, mein Swayam ka khayal rakhungi. Agar kuch hua tho mein call karungi k?" Sharon said. "Ok bhabhi..sorry Sharon. Bye Sharon." Taani said as she rushed through the door. "Bye" Sharon said, thinking how good she felt when being addressed as bhabhi, she felt belonged to him.

She went and freshened up in Swayam's washroom, and then went to prepare breakfast. "Taani mujhe thoda help karo na please" Swayam called out. Sharon immediately went to him and helped him get up. "Sh Sharon? Tum? Still here?" he asked. "Yes I told you I won't leave until you feel fine and I haven't and I won't. Taani had some work so she left. Now, brush your teeth, freshen up and come for breakfast." sharon said calmly answering his upcoming questions. Swayam couldn't do anything about it, so once sharon left him in the washroom, he brushed, shaved, freshened up and called Sharon for help. Sharon supported him and took him to the dining area where sharon had laid out the breakfast. It was almost like the breakfast that Swayam had made for her, except that everything had been arranged in a more romantic sort of arrangement and the table was set for two. He saw Sharon standing, and knew what she was gonna ask. "Yes Sharon I still love you, always have and always will." He said. "Mein bhi tujhse pyaar karti hoon, its just that I was scared of my intensity and yours, our intensity of love for each other. I was scared of the asthma, I didn't want you to leave dance for me." Sharon said, deep in her thoughts. "What?! Say that again?" Swayam asked in a strangled tone, sharon broke away from her reverie shocked, but then relieved coz he wasn't really choking. "Yes Swayam, I love you. I realized it when I was in Delhi, but I didn't tell you, coz if my problem. I told you now coz I realized life is too short, after yesterdays incident, I realized I was lucky to still have you, if that fall had ended badly then you would've..." she trailed off unable to speak anymore, too scared of what could've happened. "Ssh Sharon. I'm fine, see, I'm good, come here," he said, opening is arms. She was unable to resist the invitation, and ran into his arms, but since he was sitting she had to sit on his lap, where they stayed in the same position for sometime and then broke apart. She kissed his forehead and whispered I love you Swayam, looking into his eyes. I love you too Sharon, he said, looking into her eyes. Then they had breakfast together, feeding each other, Sharon still on Swayam's lap. And as the happy couple finished their breakfast, Sharon went to put the dishes. Swayam saw her coming went on one knee and proposed," Sharon rai prakash, I promise to love you in ever moment of my life, your wish will always be my command. Will you just do small change to your name and be mine?". "Yes, I will" she whispered. "Thank you." and with that he stood, with Sharon's help, this time with his hands around her waist. He pinned her against a nearby wall and closed in a much awaited kiss. She blushed and closed her eyes with her lips parted. She could feel his breath on her lips, his lips on hers, like a gentle breeze. *Tring tring* her phone rang, bringing them both to the world. She blushed and was kind of irritated with whomever called her at the wrong time. It was Taani.. "Sharon bhabh...bhai teek haai na?" she asked. "Haan Taani  wo , usse baat karna chahthi ho tum?"  "nahi bhabh..Sharon" "Tum mujhe bhabhi bol sakthi ho.Abse." Sharon said, turning even more red. "Wha..what?! Bhabhi such?" "Much...abhi abhi hua..proposal aur confession." she said blushing , her face as red as a cherry. Taani had put it on speaker mode so Rey also heard it. "Woooh Sharon! Congrats! Aur waise mujhe pata hai tum Swayam ki ghar jaungi, tum pareshan lag rahi Thi jab mein Swayam ko chodne ke lie gaye the." Rey said. "Haan haan fine, ab hum saath mein hai aur jab tum aur Taani saath mein ho, do we disturb you lovebirds? " sharon  "No" Swayam said "so now" sharon said "Do not disturb" Swayam completed and cut the phone. "So where were we?" Swayam asked sharon grinning naughtily at her, Sharon blushed a little, pulled Swayam closer by his shirt while his arms encircled her waist, "I think we were somewhere here, just a bit more closer." she said grinning a huge grin. As their lips met, they fell onto the couch sharon on top of Swayam. But even then they didn't stop, they kissed away passionately, letting their heart takeover their brains. 

3:

Next day at st.louis:

The sun rose beautiful  and in full glory, waking up 2 souls, who were lost in the most sweetest of dreams. Dreams of togetherness, and love. Swayam and sharon now in their respective homes woke up, each with a smile on their lips. The promise of togetherness and unity for an eternity still in their hearts. Sharon kept smiling and was lost in her Swayam world and Swayam in his sharon world both in their swaron land (just like us ;)). Their alarms beeped, bringing them back to earth and reminding them of their duties to be fulfilled. And so they rose and went through the daily notions that every human had to go through irrespective of weather in love or not. Finally dressed up and fresh and excited, sharon stood in front of her mirror, wearing a white dress looking as dainty as an angel, pari as he called her, his pari, siren pari.  *beep beep* her mobile beeped. "Good morning love. You looking stunning (as always) in white. ;) be ready, I'm coming in 5 mins."  She smiled and wondering how he knew she'd worn white. And right after 5 mins he heard him ringing her doorbell, well before that, coz her heart had started doing its flips just as he neared her house, a sign she always got when he was near by. She rushed to open it, with a huge smile on her face. He had worn his light blue checked shirt, the one she'd loved the most, coz of the dance camp. "Ready?" he asked. She nodded blushing. He put out an arm smiling, and she showed him a bit of attitude, and slapped his hand away. Shocked he looked at her, and she burst into giggles and held his arm. And hand in hand they went down. She was surprised on seeing only his cycle, and no car or anything else, and before she could speak, "Aaj hum cycle mein japaungi? Coz you know how special it is to me...and don't worry if you're uncomfortable then I can ask the driver to get the car." he told her. "Koi baat nahi, I want to go by cycle with you, close to her heart, just like before." she replied looking at him. "Agar koi dekh liya tho?" he asked. "tho? Tho kya? Mein meri boyfriend cum fiancee ke saath hoon so usme problem kya hai?" she asked raising an eyebrow. "Nothing" he replied with his eyebrows raised, "so chale?" his smile had returned. "let's go." she beamed. He sat on his cycle and helped her onto it. As they drove, she held his hands for support and helped him drive. "You know you're driving me insane." he whispered into her ears. She looked up and smiled "and I love it" she replied sweetly. He looked at her forgetting about the cycle for the moment, when suddenly someone beeped loudly in front of them, quickly making them snap back into their senses. As they swerved to avoid the car coming in the opposite direction shaaron shut her eyes in fright. After sometime she felt swayam's lips at her ear, "We're safe" she opened her eyes and sighed in relief. "ok I'm not gonna distract you until we reach college" she decided and kept still.

Swayam left his cycle in the stand and looked at sharon who waited patiently. Then he came to her and together they walked, talking about what to do that day, and sharon entwined her hand with Swayam's. He looked at her surprised yet again, and remembering her talk earlier smiled happily. 

Meanwhile in the atrium,

"Guys do you think swayam aa paunga? I mean sprain tho lagi hai na? And he didn't come yesterday for rehearsals." nil said. "Sharon bhi nahi aayi" rinni said. "Sharon bhi nahi, swayam bhi nahi...kahi ye dono..." Vicky trailed off. "Sharon and swayam saath mein? Ye not  being possible babu" Neha said. "nahi ho saktha bey, sharon sirf galli marthi hai Swayam ko" barath added. "oh come on guys, it's not in that stage still, I mean sharon's changed aur swayam bhi, wo dono ab friends hai, you guys saw na how they were talking and laughing during rehearsals?" Simmi said thoughtful. "Haan isliye lo meile ye keh laha hoon ki, kahi swayam aul sharon saal mein hain..." Amar spoke up. "Huh?" the gang stared at him. "Guys ye keh raha hai ki isliye ye keh raha hai ki swayam aur sharon saath mein hai..." rinni said. "Ye bilkul impossible hai" Nil said. Taani and Rey just looked at each other and smirked, thinking of the shock they were about to get.

"Hi guys" Sharon's voice came followed by Swayam's "Aur kya impossible hai?" "ye lo aagaye ye don...OMG!!!!" and the gang gasped while taarey just stood silently and laughed. "Someone pinch me, ye dream tho nai?" rinni exclaimed. "Ouch" she yelled when Simmi pinched her. "Taani went and hugged sharon "Congrats bhabhi" she said happily while rey just hi 5 ed Swayam and hugged them both. "You both knew?" Nil asked. "And you guys didn't tell us?!" Simmi asked incredulous. "Yaar obviously they'll know, afterall sharon Taani ka honewali bhabhi hai na?" Vicky said. "Haan family types ban gayi  tho obviously rey aur taani knowing types hogi swayam and sharon ki baare mein" aashi spoke up. "Types again" the gang said and smirked. Aashi smiled, with a knowing and happy for it smile. "ab tho Hume treat types chahiye!!" aashi said. "Treat hogi, chale canteen ke taraf?" swayam asked all of them. "Let's go!" they choruses. "Ek minute guys, I'll join you in a bit" sharon said . Swayam looked at her and motioned her inhaler, she nodded and she left. "Mujhe bhi ek kaam hain i'll join you all in 5 mins, you guys start" swayam said. "Ohooo, ye lo Sharon gayi ek minute ke liye aur swaym ko bardash nahi paa rahi hai...isse kehte hai chemistry..." nil said. "Shut up, kuch bhi!" swayam said and left. Soon after that, the gang started moving toward the canteen when rey stopped them and asked them to follow him.

Meanwhile swayam had gone to the boys locker room to get sharon's inhaler if she needed it. He got a message from sharon asking him to meet her in the rehearsal hall. Wondering why...he left.

4:

Rehearsal hall, sharon opened the door and stepped in to be greeted by a huge banner with her and swayam's photo below which it was written sharon loves swayam. On another poster was written together for an eternity; eternal lovers-swaron...and so on. From the corners hung pretty pink orchids wound with white lilies. In the centre of a mat of rose petals lay a table with a chocolate cake. In the corner lay two boxes, one in white and one in red.

Sharon sent a text saying 'just as i told...thanks' to rey and smiled lost in her world. The hall held a special meaning to her, this is what connected them, their passion, their dance. Dance was her first love, his too, and their love bought them together, first made them notice each other, made them fall in love, made them get to know the other, changed them forever. What couldn't be expressed through words was expressed through their dance. Be it love, asthma or anything else.

Sharon called him, and heard his phone ringing nearby. She  quickly went  switched off the lights and hid behind the music system, and watched him enter.

He entered into pitch darkness,  except for what the ray of light showed him, he could see nothing else, he was shocked when suddenly even that got cut. He looked behind and the door was shut. He felt her behind him, her hands quietly blind folding him, and then holding his hands. "Happy Birthday Swayam" she whispered into his ears. He was surprised and happy. Surprised she knew something no one else but Taani did, and happy that she knew. He felt her, slowly leaving him...and he groped in the darkness wanting to see her feel her...after which he removed the blindfold. What he saw stunned him, he stood rooted to the spot. He took in his surroundings, from the candle lit red hearts hanging from above, to the posters, to the orchids and lilies, and then he spotted her, waiting, anticipating his reaction. Judging his expressions. He solemnly looked back at her, his face not giving away any signs of how blessed, happy, special and loved he felt. His heart was singing its happiness. He watched as her face turned into an expression of doubt and then it fell. He slowly walked towards her, and pulled her against his chest, by now she could take no more, her tears almost fell when he caught it on his palm, shook his head and whispered, "I love you sharon, and I loved this". Saying so he gave her a peck on her cheek. "No more sharon, you won't cry coz of me any more, tears of sadness will not fall from your eyes coz of me, if U cry, it'll only be tears of happiness." he said and kissed away her tears gently. She looked at him and smiled. "Glad you like it" she said. "How can I not like it? Afterall you did this, and every little thing you do is precious to me" he replied. He pulled her into a hug, "you are the most precious thing that's happened to me, and no matter how you seem to the world, you'll always be out of this world for me. Meri khoobsurat pari, meri siren sharon, my sharon" he said in a voice filled with emotion, the emotion if love, pure and true love. "I love you Swayam" she choked out. They broke the hug and held hands. She turned him around and he saw the cake and the rose petals, he smiled. She lead him towards the cake and together they cut ut and fed each other. 

Meanwhile the gang alongwith rey had come, in time to see Swaron feed each other. The girls went awww and the guys went chemistry. Swaron saw them and as each one came to wish Swayam a happy birthday, sharon left his side and admired him, wondering how could someone so perfect, be in love with someone like her. So lost in him she was that she didn't notice Taani and Simmi sneak up next to her. "Ahem ahem" they coughed, bringing her back to reality. "Bhabhi aap kahan kho gaye?" Taani asked. "Tumhari bhabhi, tumhata bhai mein kho gaye" Simmi replied and as sharon blushed, they both hi 5ed each other and nudged sharon. "Girls stop it!" she said, and left.

"Pehla nasha, pehla khunar, naya  pyaar hai, naya intezaar..." came a voice which made all of them quiet. Swayam looked in the direction of the voice and saw her singing their song, looking at him from a corner. "Meri pehli pyaar, dance, dance ki wajah hua hai meri asli pyaar, tumse...tum meri akri pyaar nahi ho kyunki, humara bacche bhi hai, jisko mein pyaar karungi. Ek ladka aur ek ladki, who'll be exactly like you, in every aspect, perfect, unlike me. Aur phir humara grandchildren, humara family. Choti si cute si family. And then i'll fade away from this world, with you by my side, cherishing every moment I spent with you, good or bad, doesn't matter, as long as you're by my side...everyday will be beautiful when you're with me...and at the end of each day shall be a souvenir which i'll keep safe, so that we can re live it again until our last breath. Even if one of us is called early, we won't miss each other, coz we're with each other, in our hearts." she said still looking into his eyes. Swayam who was smiling at first, now had tears in his eyes like the rest of the gang. He moved swiftly to  her side and hugged her, " Never ever talk about you being imperfect or about leaving me again, ever again!" he said shaking her a bit. "Tum perfect ho, mere liye, out of this world aur extraordinary ho!" he said pulling her into another hug.

The gang cheered and clapped. Swaron who had forgotten that they were around broke apart and sheepishly looked at them, blushing. The guys surrounded Swayam, and the girls around sharon, each one congratulating them again. Swaron unable to do anything just kept looking at each other longingly, rey who noticed this, "Guys so hum chale canteen pe? Treat hai na??" he diverted their attention. "oh haan!" they said and left leaving swaron alone. 

"phew" they let out a big sigh. Sharon took his hand again, and lead him to another corner, where the two boxes lay, she asked him to open the red one first.  He opened it and what greeted him bought many memories with it, from pain to pleasure every memory. The box held every one of his gifts to her, it had a dried orchid, the tango dress, the cover of the dance shoes box, the bracelet, an inhaler, a piece of mirror to which had blood stains, and so on, a bit of everyday. When asked about the mirror, what memory it held for her...she replied, "Shivam's party...i was overcome with guilt, and frustration as to why I couldn't get over you, why you mattered so much, and I broke everything in my room, smashed my mirror and vase, and I hurt myself hoping that pain would overcome the pain here" she said pointing to her heart. Swayam looked at her in awe, sharon raiprakash was affected so much because of him? "I'm sorry I hurt you sharon" he said "No sorry no thank you, remember? She smiled. "oh..um yeah...sorr..." he struggled not to say sorry. He pulled out a pink shawl, "Nicole ma'm's wedding..." he trailed off..."The starting of realisation...of everything. My shawl got to touch your hair though i didn't" she said. "Abhi ke liye...enough of this, time for the next box." she said and told him to open the white box. He oppened it and the first thing that caught his eye was a red paper partly burnt, he looked at her questioningly "you set fire to my prized possessions, remember?" she asked. He remembered of course he did, it was in the locker room...and he'd set fire to it, out of spite. He grinned sheepishly. She smiled, "I couldn't let go of it that easily" she said. Beneath that was a huge number of letters and pictures. Every letter contained something about him, it was all addressed to him. The beginning few were harsh but slowly their tone changed. From egoistic to admiration to like to pain to love. He understood what was in the letters. Her feelings, for him, everyday what she'd wanted to but had not told him. The initial few weren't addressed to hi., they were more of diary pages, but later on after the secret admirer incident the letters were to him, full of questions...one frequently asked was "How can you love me so much Swayam?". Then came the letters full of hatred for herself for deceiving him, for losing him, they had blood spots at some points, he touched them and let his tears fall on it. He smiled, as he saw the more recent ones, after foot loose, they were longer and filled with self doubt, and fright. Fright she wouldn't be able to love him as much. Then came the letters written when she was away...it was filled with love, love and love. And a bit of regret, coz of asthma. Later he came to the revelation letters, where he could see the spots where her tears had dried. Finally he saw the last one dated the previous day, filled with happiness love and dreams of their future. He then saw the pictures, it was him mostly, laughing and setting his hair. Behind it were comments which said "you look so cute"; "aaj bohot khush lag rahe ho?" and stuff. He let out a tiny laugh and looked at her, she had yet again slipped off,he turned around and saw her waiting for a dance, she played the music and they swayed to it, in perfect sync. Together they danced for hours or days they didn't know, all they knew was they were together.

A little while later the gang came to see where were the love birds...only to see them in each other's arms, tired but content with a gentle smile on their faces. Happily lost in their dreams of each other as one forever.

Epilogue:

3 years later: St.Louis college:

"And congrats once again to our graduates of 2016. May God bless and help you all to follow your passions and fulfill your duties to the society" Vp sir said into the mic. Cheers erupted from the stage as they threw their graduation caps into the air, somehappy at the prospect of finally being free from studies; some sad at leaving behind all the familiar faces and memories. Our gang came together for a group hug, careers established, still passionate about dance, held by the strong bond of friendship and love. Taarey were to be married in 6 months and preparations and teasing went hand in hand. It was a beautiful sight watching the group of twelve sing dil, dosti dance and side hug each other. Now that none of them had any college duties of being Gs ags cs and ACS, they'd decided, rather Taani had decided she will become manager to the D3 team. She shouldered the task of managing their appointments, fixing their costumes, updating their website, managing their academy too once they inaugrate it and also served as moral support, something she'd learnt from her honewali bhabhi. Sharon.

Sharon,hearing her name was magical, seeing her. Was surreal, being with her was out of this world, for our majnu, Swayam shekhawat, who was busy staring at sharon thinking of her reaction when he does it. He was in his world, knowing that they had passed 3 years of togetherness. 3 years during which they'd fallen more and more in love, although with misunderstandings, each fight paved way for more love. He smiled at the thought. Sharon meanwhile caught him looking at her while playing musical chairs, and wondered how could such a perfect person fall in love with her. Swayam knew if he stood that way any longer, she'll figure out his plans and so averted his eyes and moved away to the guys, who started teasing him. Meanwhile sharon looked at him, secretly grinning about her plan for the day. To her, Swayam was her better half, he completed her. She loved him for that. As the gang played musical chairs and other kiddish games, for the sake of reliving childhood and to celebrate the entry of adulthood, two minds wandered towards their respective plans for the end of the day.

"Mujhe Milo, party ke baad, terrace mein." Swayam texted her. Sharon smiled and nodded. Perfect timing and perfect place.

Later, Terrace:

Swayam waited for her anxiously, walking to and fro checking his watch, wondering when she would come. Sharon entered looking as delicate and divine as an angel, his angel. He smiled at the thought and went to her.

She stepped in to see him anxiously waiting for her, perfect. He saw her and smiled, she returned a huge grin. And both of them simultaneously came towards each other. Soon she was in her most safest place, her most comfortable place, his arms. He was holding his life in between his arms, his love, his sharon, his eternity. She stayed that way for so.etime and broke apart, looking into each others eyes. "kyun bulaya mujhe?" sharon asked. "Kyunki mujhe akela rehna hai tumhare saath" he replied. "You asked for it, zindagi bar yaad diladungi" she smirked. "Agar tum yaad diladungi tho mein bar bar bhul jaunga" he winked at her. They laughed together. "So, kaisi lag rahi thi main?" she asked lightly. "do I have to answer that? Bilkul pari jaise, khoobsurat as always" he replied smiling but his eyes spoke intense volumes on how she'd looked. As her eyes looked into his for the truth, her cheeks turned crimson, light at first and then darker as the intensity grew. He stroked her cheeks gently,"ye bhi khoobsurat hai, can't wait to see how much deeper can it get" he told her longingly. Unable to handle it she averted her gaze to the floor. "Sharon raiprakash, Sharma rahi hai?" he smirked, he loved the effect he had on her. "Agar abhi itni Sharma rahi ho, tho jab shaadi aur wo hoga tho tum kitni sharma hogi...ye mujhe dekhna hai" he told smirking all the while,gently stroking her red cheeks with his long fingers. "Dekhunga na? Dulha tum ho, aur dulhan main, tho wish fulfill hogi" she replied still averting his gaze, her heart racing as fast as it could. 'Perfect time don't miss it' her heart said. "Aur waise bhi" she continued looking up at him, "agar tum kisi aur chudail ke saath shaadi karoge na.." "Chudail, did u just say that? Omg Sharon raiprakash, chudail boli? Kaise?" he faked a surprised expression. They remembered that moment, before the concert, how expertly Swayam had managed that situation. "Haan mein boli, tho? Waise agar tum kisi chudail ke saath shaadi karoge tho main uss din shadi mein aakar kahogi ki...ki..." she stammered. "ki?" he asked smirking. "Ki...chodo usse, tum meri naam galat bol raha hai...mein Ms.Sharon Raiprakash nai, Mrs.Sharon Shekhawat hoon." she completed, happy that she'd taken the first step towards today's plan. "tum banogi, jab humare shaadi hogi, aur tujhe kaise patha, mein kisi aur ke saath shaadi nahi karunga?" he asked her playfully, teasing her. "Kyunki you're already taken mr.shekhawat, rightfully you should do this but, I'm gonna beat you to it" she said, and with that she brought out a red rose from her purse, "Swayam shekhawat, kya tum mujhe apne biwi banoge, so that mein tumhe zindagi bar dila sakun ki mein sharma sakti hoon, and that I love you from the bottom of my existence, with every breath and no one can stop that? Kyunki agar kisi ne mujhe rok liya ya phir Hume alag kare, tho mein ji nahi paungi...tumhare bina, kya tum mujhe introduce karvaunge tumhare family se as your soulmate and not as girlfriend, will you accept me as yours?" she asked all in one breath, as she paused for she want of breath and his reply, he gazed back at her, came towards her, and said," Tum already meri ho chuki ho, aur mein tumbe aaj propose Karnewale the..par you beat me to it" he whispered. She smiled as he retreated a huge genuine one, and hugged him tight giving him a big peck on his lips. They stood that way for quite sometime, as the moon showered its blessings on them. Two angelic lovers, on the threshold of entering a married life.

~End~