'ab btayein gi ap ke ye sab kiya hai?' Vishal asked as he started driving.

'hamien nh pta tha ke wo hai male lead.' Manisha replied as she closed her eyes resting her head on the back of seat.

'tu mana kar sakti hai is webseries ke liye mein penalty waghaira dekh lun ga.' Vishal said getting concerned for her as somewhere he knows what she feels for him.

'hum kyun mana karein ge hmari pehli webseries hai or hamien unprofessional nh bana hai.'

'Manisha ye romentic webseries hai or tu female lead or wo male lead tu smajh rai hai na?'

'han to kya hua pehli baar thori krein ge ksi ke sath on screen romance.' Manisha said.

'Manisha Abhishek alag hai tu pyaar...' Vishal was going to complete his sentence but Manisha cut him in between.

'hum ksi se pyar nh krte hain. Wo bas unhi co-actors ki tarah hai jin ke sath hum kaam kar chukay hain or shoot khtm hunay ke baad aj tak milein bhi nh hai. Is se bhi shooting khtm hunay ke bad nh dikhein ge bhi nh kabhi.' Manisha said with determination.

Vishal knew what phase she's in. She's living in this denial phase from one year that she don't love him. She don't have any special relationship with him. She has buried her feelings for him deep inside her heart and never let those feelings out. She's very good at hiding her feelings.

Initially she used to cry her heart out at nights missing him. She is used to get panick attacks late night in her room where she consoled herself alone only God knows how. But she was eventually getting better when he again entered her life.

'chal Manisha.' Vishal said as they got out of the car.

'Vishal itne baray restaurant mein lanay ki kya zaroarat thi?' Manisha said as they settled down in a lavish restaurant.

'aray tu agar lenay de to mein to roz tujhe aisay hi restaurants mein le kar aoun lekn tu manti hi nh hai. Par aj mein teri ek nh sunu ga aj itna bara din hai. Teri webseries ka shoot start hua hai to aj to party banti hai. Bta kya khaye gi?'

Manisha looked at him feeling grateful. He's the only one who stood by her side in her struggling days when when everyone left her side. He has been with her for years now and used to take of her every little thing.

'thank you Vishal.' she thanked him.

'kyun?'

'tu hmare sath tab se hai jab sab ne hamra sath chor diya tha. Pta nh hum teray ehsano ka badla kesay utarein ge.'

'khush reh kar. Mein bas tujhe khush dekhna chahta hun bas.' Vishal said making her smile genuinely at him. He's indeed a true friend.

'hum khush hain babu.'

'ye bolna usko ja kar jo teri jhothi smile ke peechay ka sach na janta hu.'

'chal na kch acha sa order krte hain. Pta hai aj lunch krne ka bhi time nh mila hamein. Bht bhuk lagi hai ab.' Manisha said as she got busy with the menu card.

'baat ghumana koi tujh se sikhey.' Vishal said as he called the waiter.

'Abhishek kya hua? Tu ne Manisha ko dinner ka bol dia?' his manager asked as he entered his vanity.

'wo apne dost ke sath dinner par chali gai kyun ke usne mujh se pehlay pucha tha us se.' he replied sitting on the sofa.

'matlb wo tujhe ignore kar rai hai. Chal koi baat nh normal reaction hai thoray din to lagein ge hi thik hunay mein.' his manager as he sat beside him.

'yehi to problem hai ke wo ignore nh kar rai hai.' Abhishek said massaging his temples as his head was bursting with pain.

'kya matlb?'

'tujhe pta hai mein jab uske pas gya to usne mujh se smile kar ke baat kari or jab usne mujhay dinner ke liye mana kiya or mein wapas anay laga to usne khud rok kar mujhay kal dinner par chalne ke liye bola.'

'aray waah ye to bht achi baat hai matlb tu kal uske sath dinner par jaye ga or wo bhi uske kehne par?' his manager asked getting excited whereas Abhishek just nodded his head.

'to is mein tu itna preshan kyun hu rha hai ye to achi baat hai na.' he said as he saw Abhishek worried.

'nh yrr Manisha thik nh hai uska ye behaviour normal nh hai. Mein ne usko waqai bht ghlat batein boli thi us raat uske baad mein jhoth bol kar uske sath ye project kar rha hun to technically usay gussa huna chahiye na mujh par.'

'aray tu kyun itna soch rha hai Abhishek kal ja rha hai na dinner par to sorry bol dena usay wesay to mujhay lagta hai ke wo naraz hai hi nh or agar hai bhi to tu kal mana lena usay.'

Abhishek nodded his head but he was still tensed.

'ab kya hua ab kya soch rha hai?'

'pta nh yrr wo jab se Vishal ke sath gai hai mujhay ajeeb sa lag rha hai.'

'ajeeb sa lag rha hai ya jealousy hu rai hai us se?' he asked him with a teasing smile.

'abay tu pagal hai kya aisa kch nh hai bas usne kabhi mujhay aisay mana nh kia hai na kisi ke liye bhi na bigg boss mein na bahar aanay ke baad.'

'ab pta chala usay kesa laga huga jab tu ne Jiya ke liye uske sath same yehi kia tha? Or wesay bhi Vishal ne uska hamesha se bht saath dia hai unlike Jiya.'

Abhishek felt guilty after listening to him. He did actually worse than this with Manisha but she didn't even said a word against him. About Vishal, he was obviously jealous but not insecure. One thing is for sure that the place he holds in her life is for him only and no one can ever take that place.

'chal bye apna khyl rakhna.' Vishal said as he dropped Manisha at her house.

'aray uper aa na sath coffee peetay hain.'

'nh yrr late hu rha hai bht ghar jana hai.
'
'chal thik hai byee.' Manisha said as she bid him bye and went inside her house.

She placed her bag on the table and sat on the floor with tear filled eyes. She stopped crying because of him few months back but today she let tears fall free on her face. She went through anxiety and depression, the feeling of being alone, panic attacks everything in this one year all by herself and now when she's finally healing, he again appeared from God knows where.

The past she was trying to forget is again here. She really buried her feelings inside her heart and always ignore his thoughts but that was never easy as no matter how much busy she keeps herself his thoughts always roam in her mind but she tried. It took her one year to distract herself from him, not completely but somewhere she was healing from the trauma that he actually said that she's the only reason he's getting hate. She's the one who was hell excited to work with him but denied working with him only because he was getting hate. Only she knows how badly she wanted to stop all that hate he was getting in initial days and felt helpless when she couldn't do anything for him and it took him only one second to declare her the reason for his hate. She still used to pray for his happiness before hers but she never prayed that she again wanted him in her life.

'nh is baar hum apne sath wesa nh hunay dein ge jesay pehlay hu chuka hai. Wo bas ek co-actor hai or hum uske sath wesai rahein ge. Is baar khud ko hurt nh hunay dein ge.' she said determined. She wiped out her tears and went to bed after getting fresh as she slept promising herself that this time she'll not feel weak in front of him.

Abhishek was lying down on his bed trying to get some sleep as he couldn't sleep and was just turning and tosing in his bed because of massive headache. He had been working without any break from a month now because he wanted to complete all his pending projects so that he can spent time with her after completing their webseries shoot. He simply missed her, missed talking to her, missed fighting with her on stupid topics, missed the way she took care of him, missed the way she used to understand his feelings without even saying, he missed her presence in his life. One thing he knows that their friendship was very precious which he lost because of his stupidity but now he'll make everything right. For now, he just want her to appear in front of him from somewhere and place her tiny hands on his forehead and start her magic but he knew this isn't possible so he get up from his bed and took out her dupatta from his bag. This dupatta really helped him. He smiled looking at the dupatta as many memories flooded in his mind.

He wrapped that dupatta on his head and laid on his bed promising himself that he'll bring her back in his life no matter what. Somewhere he knew that it'll not be easy as his manger told him. It'll take efforts but he's going to do everything for his mukhiya.

Next day they reached at set almost at the time. They saw each other and passed a smile while entering vanity. Manisha started to get ready when her script arrived.

She read the script and got to know that today it's her shoot with Abhishek. Today they'll gonna meet each other in the webseries. They just have to argue with each other as they were rivals. Manisha was only getting scared for one thing that she had to maintain an eye contact with him throughout the scene and his eyes are the most dangerous thing for her to look at. But she encouraged herself that she can do it as it's a professional work only.

Abhishek got happy after reading the scene as he was waiting to work with her for soo long and today his wish was coming true.

He met with directer as they started discussing the scene when he saw Manisha entering. She was wearing a yellow kurti and looking beautiful as usual. He smiled seeing her in yellow as it's there colour. His smile grew bigger when he remembered that yellow heart conversation where he first time got jealous of someone and expressed it.

Manisha felt his constant gaze on her as she walked to directer. She ignored that and started talking to directer as she didn't notice him standing there.

'chalo ab agar tum dono ko kch discuss krna hai scene ke liye to jaldi krlo set ready hugya hai.' he said as he walked away leaving them alone.

'hi.' Abhishek said.

'hii Abhishek. Kch discuss krna h tujhe kya? Mujhay to nh krna kyun ke itna kch hai nh scene mein.' Manisha said as she went through the script again.

Abhishek felt bed as she talked to him like she don't know him and he's just a co-actor she first time met today.

Manisha saw him reading the script and the smile he had a minute before is vanished. She felt bad for treating him like that but she knows if she connect with him on personal level again, she have to go through all that again when he'll leave her again. So it's better if they talk professionally only.

'nh aisa kch khas nh hai discuss krne ke liye.' Abhishek said as he went through the script.

'thik hai phir chalte hain.' she said and started walking.

Abhishek stood there as he suddenly felt unwell. His head was again paining hard as he just slept for two hours but he don't know what to do for it. He just ignored the pain and went in for the shoot.

They completed their first shot together and as expected they were fire together. The chemistry between them, even after staying away from eo for one year, still set the screen on fire and the directer praised them wholeheartedly for their performance. Manisha's eyes were sparkling with joy as she heard her praising and Abhishek's eyes sparkled seeing her genuinely happy.

After that they just have normal fighting scenes with eo and eventually the whole day passed and the most awaited time arrived. The DINNER time. Abhishek got ready happily in a black shirt looking hot as usual. He went towards her vanity and knocked the door. She opened it and he genuinely got happy seeing her wearing a cute black dress. There telepathy game is still strong.

'tu ready hai?' he asked her.

'han lekn janay se pehlay tujh se kch puchna hai ek min andar aaye ga.' Manisha said as they walked inside the vanity.

'hn bol kya hua.' Abhishek said as they settled on the sofa.

'Abhishek hum is dinner ka vlog shoot krna chahtay hain.'

'vlog kyun shoot krna hai?' Abhishek asked surprised as he didn't expect that.

'Abhishek directer sir ne kaha tha mujhay bts shoot krne ke liye lekn aj shoot ke beech time nh mila to socha ab krlun so that meray pas kch hu bts ke naam par.'

'bts shoot krne hain to kal se kar lena zarori nh hai ke aj hi kiya jaye shoot.' Abhishek said sternly as he clearly didn't like the idea.

'abhi shoot krne mein kya problem hai? Hum ne aisa kya krna hai jo hum logon ko nh dikha saktay. Project ke baray mein hi to discussion krni hai isi liye to mein apne manger ko bhi sath le kar ja rai hun.'

Here comes another shock for Abhishek. He looked at her manager who was looking here and there to avoid her gaze.

'tujhe kisne kaha ke ye ek professional dinner hai?' he asked her. He exactly knew what she's doing. She's trying to show him that she considers him as her co-actor only and nothing more but just wanted to listen it from her.

'obviously professional dinner hi hai. Dekh webseries sign krne ke baad kal hi hum dono milay hain to obviously hamein script discuss krni hai ek dusre ke sath isi liye hum dinner par jaa rahe hain right?' Manisha asked as if confirming it.

'teray manager ko pta hai na ke tujhe kya problems hain script mein?' he asked remaining calm.

'han pta hai.' Manisha replied confusingly.

'good. Meray manager ko bhi pta hai ke mujhay kya problems hain script mein to ek kaam krte hain in dono ko hi sath bhej detay hain dinner par. Or tera bts bhi shoot hu jaye ga.' Abhishek said in a sarcastic tone as he left the vanity. He directly want to his car and drove away.

Manisha smiled seeing him going away. This exactly what she wanted. She wanted to irritate him so that he'll cancel this dinner on his own and he knows this camera thing and someone else with them is perfect to irritate the hell out of him. A part of her felt bad also as she knew he'll skip his dinner now but what can she do for it? He's the one who brought their friendship at this end.