Rajveer-Naina - One Shots - Page 2

Author's Note

Hi everyone,

Here I'm back with another OS "RN - Dil Ka Aalam" after a long time. This OS will be my take on the famous "Dove-Hawk" drill - Episode 160 of Left Right Left.

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Rajveer-Naina - Dil Ka Aalam 

The oldest and the most famous drill of KMA "Dove-Hawk" drill is about to start. Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat, Captain Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan, Brigadier Chandook and the super six cadets are present in the main grounds of KMA.

A shot is fired in the air by Brigadier Chandook,

"Jab tum hawa mein fire sunoge toh samajh lena drill khatam. Tab tak Hawks apna har pal Doves ko dhoondhne mein lagayenge. Koi Shak?"

Brigadier Chandook instructs the cadets about the drill.

All the cadets listens to the instructions with full concentration.

"No Sir!"

the cadets reply at the same time.

"Ye KMA ki ek bari purani drill hai. Field par movement aur survival ki ek behtreen exercise. Doves yani kabutar pehle move karte hain, woh aage barhne ke sath sath koshish karte hain ke peechay choray gayye apne kadmon ke nishaan woh mita dein, ya phir unhe is tarah badal dein ke unka peecha kar rahe Hawks, yani baaz, gumrah hojaye ya phir unh tak na pohunch paye"

Brigadier Chandook instructs them further that the mission of Hawks is to search for Doves. Doves are suppose to move first while Hawks go after Doves and tries to find them. Doves will have to try every possible way to cause hawks to become perplexed and confused, so Hawks won't be able to find them.

"Cadet Naina Singh, Cadet Huda, aur Cadet Sahani, tum teeno Hawks ho. Captain Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan se request ki gayi hai ke woh is drill mein participate karein or Hawks ki team ko lead karein"

As soon as Naina hears the news of being in Captain Abhimanyu's team, she immediately looks towards Captain Abhimanyu and gives him the biggest smile possible - her smile reflects her happiness upon being in Abhimanyu's team. This doesn't go unnoticed by Huda. Huda has been noticing the closeness between Abhimanyu and Naina and hell, he doesn't appreciate it.

There is another person there who seems to notice everything - Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat. Not just notice, a ping of jealousy is evident on his face upon seeing Naina's attention towards Abhimanyu, but unfortunately, there is nothing he can do to stop this. In the past few days, every time he saw Naina with Abhimanyu, something inside him wanted to go up to her, pull her behind a corridor and warn her to stay away from Captain Abhimanyu, but not being able to act upon his feelings frustrates him the most. He cannot do that. He has no right to do such a thing with Naina. After he told her the truth about Naveen's death, she has started to hate him, at least this is what he thinks.

He comes out of his trace upon listening to Brigadier Chandook,

"Captain Rajveer Singh Shekhawat Doves ki team ka Netritava karenge aur unke sathi honge Cadet Ali Baig aur Cadet Ghai"

Since Alekh is no longer a cadet, but an orderly, Captain Rajveer requests Brigadier Chandook to send an orderly with him to hold his stuff because he is not feeling well. Luckily, Brigadier Chandook sends Alekh with Rajveer. So, that way, Alekh can learn the drill as well!

Brigadier Chandook further instructs the cadets regarding the drill and tells them about the past record of Doves and Hawks in KMA.

Looking towards the team of Doves, Brigadier Chandook says,

"Doves"

Cadet Pooja and Cadet Ali stand in an at ease position and they reply,

"Yes sir?"

"Get ready to leave. Your time starts now"

As soon as Brigadier Chandook utters these words, getting alert, Captain Rajveer says,

"Come on guys"

Along with Captain Rajveer, Ali and Pooja move ahead to start the drill. In order to leave, Doves has to cross Hawks. As they pass by, Rajveer stops near Naina for a moment and looks towards her and the smile she gave to Captain Abhimanyu flashes in front of his eyes again, leading him to burn with jealousy all over again.

Without blinking, he keeps staring at Naina. They share an intense eye lock. Today, Naina sees something different in his eyes; something that she hasn't seen before, which she fails to understand. His eyes conveys the tension and frustration that's building up inside him. Getting nervous by his intense gaze, she lowers her eyes.

Staring her throughout, unknowingly, he finds himself taking a step towards Naina and unable to hold himself any longer, he utters, sternly,

"Adat lag gayi hai tumhe naye logon ke aate hi purane logon ko bhoolne ki Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia"

The anger in his voice skips Naina's heartbeat and she immediately looks at him with shock. Her cheeks starts warning up due to the tension that's building up inside her because of his stern words. She fails to understand the meaning of his bold statement. And before she could open up her mouth to reply, he has already gone ahead with his team. Thankfully, his voice wasn't loud, but audible enough for Naina to hear.

As soon as Doves leave, Hawks are suppose to wait thirty minutes before they can begin their search for Doves.

Shocked by Rajveer's bold and aggressive words, Naina unknowingly makes her way towards a nearby rock while she is in deep thoughts. She doesn't understand - why all of a sudden Rajveer is behaving in such a cold manner?

Does she really not understand? Or is she pretending? She has been behaving extremely rude towards him from the past few days and he was enduring her rude behaviour with forbearance. But as they say, "there is a limit to everything". For how long can he tolerate her rudeness? No, it's about time she learns some ethics on how she should behave with him. If he can be too friendly, he can also pull her behind a wall and teach her how to behave with him. If he can be nice, hell, he can be cold as well - he can teach her how to respect him.

But she still fails to understand the meaning behind his words. She fails to understand his jealousy upon seeing her with Captain Abhimanyu.

While she is lost in deep thoughts about Rajveer, she hears Abhimanyu's voice which brings her back to reality.

"Naina...kahan kho gayi aap?"

Plastering a fake smile, Naina looks towards her right and finds Abhimanyu sitting by her.

"Nahi sir..kuch nahi bus aise hi"

she replies with a heavy voice, trying to act as normal as she can.

"Uh..uh kya decide kiya tha cadet? Kya bulaengi aap hamein?"

asks Captain Abhimanyu with a smile as he reminds her about what they have decided.

"Abhimanyu"

replies Naina as she tries to hide her emotions that are over flowing due to Rajveer's words.

Giving Naina a smile, Abhimanyu leaves to get some water.

Standing behind a tree, Huda has heard all this while his hands turns into fists as he hears Naina addressing Captain Chauhan as "Abhimanyu", instead of "sir".

Not being able to control himself any longer, he reaches up to Naina and blurts out coldly,

"Kya baat hai phoolan? Tu us duplicate Rambo ke sath bohut free ho rahi hai. Hum sab tere liye bus time paas hain na. Jab bhi tujhe koi naya shikar milta hai, tu apne sab purane rishton ko bhool jati hai"

Saying that, Huda leaves from there out of anger, leaving Naina in another shock.

Unknowingly, tears starts to roll down from her cheeks. First Rajveer and now, Huda - they both said the same thing. But why does it hurt her so much when Rajveer said it?

No, I will not let someone's words affect me so much, thinks Naina. She thinks of ignoring Rajveer even more now. She will not let his words affect her to this extent.

While she was in deep thoughts, she has started walking in the forest and it has now been twenty minutes and she has no idea where she is now. She has lost her way as well as her team members.

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Rajveer is walking with his team members. Instead of concentrating on the drill, he is lost in Naina's thoughts. He doesn't even remember the last time she called him "sir" and it hurts him to an extent when she refers to him as "Captain Rajveer". Usually when someone calls him "Captain Rajveer", he feels proud, but when Naina calls him that, he feels embarrassed for being a Captain in the Army.

The jealousy in him, which is because of Abhimanyu, isn't letting him sleep at night properly from the past few days. He has had enough. He cannot tolerate her rudeness any more, he WILL punish her for disrespecting him and will make her understand and if it means being rude to her, he'll do that. She needs to taste her own medicine - he is just waiting for the opportunity. 

Just then, he spots Huda.

"You guys go ahead. I'll be back soon"

saying that to his team, Rajveer makes his way towards Huda, who is sitting near a tree.

Reaching him, Rajveer notices how tensed Huda looks.

Sitting next to him, he puts a hand over Huda's shoulder and asks,

"Cadet Huda tum yahan? Tumhe toh apni team ke sath hona chahiye. As far as I know, abhi das minute hain before your team starts searching for us. So..."

Looking towards Rajveer, Huda replies,

"Sorry sir..mein bus jata hun"

Rajveer notices the tension in his voice. Getting concerned, Rajveer asks,

"Kya baat hai Huda? Tum itne pareshaan kyun lag rahe ho?"

Huda tells Captain Rajveer the entire incident that just took place between him and Naina and how Naina called Captain Chauhan as "Abhimanyu".

Rajveer advises Huda to cool down and concentrate on the drill for now. Smiling, Huda leaves towards his team.

But the truth is, hearing this from Huda made Rajveer all the more jealous, frustrated and angry. He just cannot wait for this drill to finish, so, he can confront Naina - he is just looking for an opportunity.

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In his anger and jealousy, Rajveer has also lost his team and he has no idea where his team members are. Being an expert, he knows the directions of this forest very well, but he cannot return to KMA alone - he needs to look for his team.

Cupping his mouth, he shouts,

"Cadet Ghai...Cadet Sahani..."

"Cadet Al..."

As he was about to shout Alekh's name, his gaze falls on a figure who is sitting a bit far away, near a tree. From the clothes, the figure looks like a cadet of KMA!

Wanting to check, Rajveer makes his way towards the figure and soon, he realises that the person is none other than Naina. Looking in the other direction, Naina is sitting, her back resting on the tree and she is lost in some thoughts.

"Cadet Singh, tum yahan par kya kar rahi ho?"

he questions her coldly.

Rajveer's voice brings Naina back to reality. Her eyes widens with surprise upon finding him there, staring at her with much anger.

With the same attitude and stubbornness, Naina stands up straight.

Crossing her arms over her chest, she replies coldly,

"That's none of your business Captain"

And this is it for Rajveer. The opportunity is right in front of him. His eyes starts blazing with anger. She needs to learn how to behave with her seniors.

As he watches her leaving from there, he gets alert. And before she could take another step forward, he reaches her in no time, grabbing her wrist, he pushes her slightly towards the tree.

Leaving her wrist, he points his finger at her and says,

"It is my business Cadet Naina Singh Ahluwalia. Tum shayad bhool rahi ho ke mein tumhara senior hun. Or tumhare senior hone ke naatey ye mera farz banta hai ke mujhe tumhari khabar ho"

he spits these words at her so harshly that it makes her heart to skip a beat with fear. She realises that she cannot speak to him in this tone. He is not the same Rajveer who has been tolerating her rudeness.

And the last time when he grabbed her wrist and pulled her inside a room, he apologized, but this time, he seems in no mood to say sorry.

Lowering her eyes out of fear, Naina replies,

"I lost my way and my team members, sir"

He glares at her for a bit before turning his back towards her.

Crossing his arms over his chest, he says sarcastically,

"Chalo kam se kam tumne mujhe 'sir' kehna toh shuru kia"

His face is full of melancholy expressions, a look of despair is evident, he feels dejected. His tone conveys how hurt he has been from the last few days

At his words, she feels like her heart has been ripped out. Suddenly there is an aura of grey around her. It is a mist that doesn't rise. A state of depression that she couldn't see herself through earlier. She feels a terrible weight on her shoulders. It is as if a giant boulder is laid on her and she cannot straighten up or catch her breath entirely.

A single tear rolls down her cheek followed by a sob. And suddenly, her wet hair huggs her body like a long lost friend, the ice-cold crystal droplets clinging to her frosty skin and dampening her clothes, as she stares at Rajveer. It is hard for her to tell when she has started crying and it is even more difficult to discern between her tears and the rain on her face as she turns her eyes to the sky above her. Eyelids fluttering to deflect the water, she can do nothing but stand and let her body and mind be enveloped by the cold water.

The sudden loud sound of thunder causes her to shake. Getting scared, she immediately runs towards Rajveer, who is standing in front of her and his back is turned towards her. Reaching him, she immediately clings onto him and hugs him from the back out of fear.

"Rajveer!!!"

she shouts out of fear, making her grip more tight around his shoulders.

Rajveer's heartbeat picks up pace at the sudden movement from Naina and the fact that she called him by his first name without adding "sir" sends a shiver down his spine.

With an increasing heartbeat, he puts his hands over Naina's hands, which are gripping his shoulders out of fear. He can feel the rhythm of her increasing heartbeat and can feel her hot breath on the back of his neck.

"Naina relax, it's just thunder!"

he whispers calmly as he notices her fear and tries to make her feel better.

Naina, who's eyes were closed, she slowly opens her eyes and reality drowns upon her. Her heart skips a beat at what she just did and moreover, at the fact that she called him by his name. Her cheeks starts warming up out of nervousness.

She slowly, hesitantly, lowering her eyes, lets go off him and takes few steps back. An awkward silence takes between them.

Rajveer turns towards her. Staring her throughout, he begins to speak,

"Naina..."

Interrupting him in between, Naina says stammering,

"Sorry..sir..wo..I didn't mean to"

He doesn't understand why she said that. He stares at her for few moments while Naina's gaze is fixed on the ground.

Knitting his brows out of confusion, he asks,

"You didn't mean to do what?"

Just then, a thought crosses his mind - maybe she is talking about the hug. In order to tell her that she shouldn't feel embarrassed about that, he opens his mouth to speak, but Naina cuts him off.

"Maine jaan boojh kar aap..aapko Ra...Rajveer nahi bulaya. It just came out. I..I meant Rajveer sir"

she replies stammering while her vision shifts from one place to another but she doesn't dare to meet his gaze.

Her words succeeds in bringing back Rajveer's anger and jealousy. Shutting his eyes, with clenched fists, he recalls Huda's words about Naina referring to Captain Chauhan as "Abhimanyu". In fact, he, himself, heard it multiple times from her mouth.

Out of anger, he turns his back towards her while he lets the rain droplets run over his face. There is again silence for few seconds before he speaks.

"Tum Chauhan ko uske naam se bula sakti ho or mujhe bulate hue tumhe problem hoti hai"

he says those words so sternly that it immediately causes Naina to look up.

Knitting her brows, she asks,

"Is mein Abhimanyu..."

As she says his name, Rajveer immediately turns towards her, warning her with his eyes not to refer to him by his name.

"sir..I mean..Abhimanyu sir kahan se aa gayye?"

She corrects herself and asks him the question.

With clenched teeth and fists, he glares at her sternly while Naina stares back at him out of confusion. They share an intense eye lock while the rain water runs over them.

Staring her with anger, Rajveer takes a step closer to her while he says,

"Jab se Chauhan KMA wapis aaya hai, tab se...tab se hi tumhare Abhimanyu Sir hamaray beech mein aa gayye"

With each word he speaks, he raises his voice to show Naina his anger and jealousy.

His sarcastic and stern tone makes Naina to widen her eyes out of surprise - not even in her dreams she expected such a bold statement from Rajveer. The rudeness in his tone hurts her all the more.

With shocked expressions, staring him out of surprise, Naina asks ignoring his question,

"Sir..aap mujhse itni rudely kyun baat kar rahe hain?"

Her question causes Rajveer to raise his left eyebrow out of frustration. Is she really this innocent? Or is she pretending?

"How do you feel after tasting your own medicine Cadet Singh?"

he questions her being clearly straight forward.

Naina stands there, staring at him without blinking her eyes. A lone of tear escapes from her eyes but due to the heavy rain, Rajveer isn't able to differentiate.

Quietly, Naina waits for Rajveer to continue further.

Turning a bit away from her, horizontally, he punches the tree out of anger - in order to take his frustration out. Now, turning back towards her, reaching her, he grabs onto her shoulders.

"Janti ho kitna dard hota hai mujhe jab tum mujhse itna rudely baat karti ho?"

he asks her, shaking her. This time, his voice reflects pain rather than anger - the pain that he felt during the last few days.

At this moment, Naina realises what he must have gone through and how rude she was during the past few days. After he told her the truth behind Naveen's death, she started to blame him, instead of understanding why he did that and what he went through when he shot his best friend? For her, Naveen is her brother, but for Rajveer, Naveen is way more than that - his reason to live, his strength that helps him fight the system, his honour, and moreover, his love's brother.

A lone of tear escapes from Rajveer's eyes which, again, gets mixed with the rain. Finally, he is able to open up to Naina regarding his feelings.

They share another eye-lock which this time is filled with guilt, understanding and love.

Without blinking, Naina speaks,

"I'm sorry sir...I really am"

Her apology melts his heart instantly. She shot him, behaved rude towards him and what not, but still her one apology has melted his heart. It's true that he has forgiven her long back - when she didn't even ask for an apology, but he needed to confront her in order to make her realise.

Without interrupting, he lets her continue further.

"Bohut takleef di hai maine aapko. Bohut badtameezi se baat ki hai maine aapse. Aapko samajh hi nahi payi mein. Aapne hamesha mera sath dia or maine...maine aapko hi galat samjha"

By every word she speaks, her voice starts to break. Rajveer can feel the guilt in her voice.

"I know I don't deserve an apology...but if possible, please forgive me Rajveer sir"

Her words touches Rajveer's heart. At this moment, he wants to pull her in his embrace, but he cannot. No matter what it is, Naina is his student and he is her mentor, her teacher - he will not do anything that will ruin her reputation. If she feels the same for him, he'll wait for her until she graduates. Till then, he will never do anything of this sort. Sure they hugged before, but that was when they were both emotional. This time, he is totally in his senses.

Not wanting to let her beg further for an apology, he puts his hand over her lips.

"Bus Naina..."

Her heart skips a beat upon this skin-to-skin touch. Naina lowers her eyes immediately. At this, Rajveer realises what he is doing,

Moving away his hand, he stands at a fair distance from her.

"Mein tumhe ek shart pe maaf karunga"

Even though he has forgiven her easily, he still puts forward a condition.

"Mujhe aapki har shart manzoor hai"

she replies immediately.

Rajveer finally smiles at her words and the fact that she is able to do anything in order to get his apology swells his heart.

"Waada karo ke ab tumhara dhayan sirf ek achay solider banne par hoga. Aisa karne se tumhi Naveen ka khoya hua gaurav wapis la sakti ho. Rahi Naveen ki begunahi ki baat, toh mein hoon na. Jee jaan laga dumga mein Naveen ko begunaah sabit karne mein"

Staring her, he reaches her and holds her by her shoulders. Keeping the eye-contact, he says,

"Promise me Naina"

His words touches her heart to such an extent that an unknown feeling starts to develop inside her.

"I promise you sir!"

she replies, staring at him with a smile.

They share another eye lock for few minutes. Finally, their misunderstandings got cleared today! Both of them feel like there is no burden on their shoulder anymore.

Realising that they were actually in a drill, Rajveer is the first one to lower his eyes.

"I think hamein KMA wapis chalna chahiye"

Advises Rajveer, backing off a little

And as he turns around to leave, Naina's words arrests him.

"Rajveer sir?"

He turns to look towards her.

"Haan Naina bolo?"

He asks her with a warm smile.

Staring him throughout, smiling, Naina takes a step closer to him.

"Ab se mein Captain Abhimanyu Rai Chauhan ko 'sir' keh kar bulaungi"

utters Naina with a huge grin. She doesn't know why but she felt like saying it.

Her confession touches Rajveer's heart as well as skips his heartbeat. He sees something truly different in her eyes, something that he has never witnessed before, but he is liking what he is seeing! Does she feel the same for him? This questions flutters his heart. Right now, it isn't the right time to question her - they have tons of time together to know about each other's feelings. But, a silent love confession definitely took place between these two!

While they were busy staring each other lovingly, a voice from the back arrests them.

"Rajveer sir...Naina"

As they turn to look towards the source of sound, they find Cadet Afreen standing there.

With a smile, Rajveer walks towards Afreen.

"Cadet Afreen...aap yahan?"

questions Rajveer. Cadet Afreen has always been one of the cadets whom he enjoyed teaching. She does well in his class and moreover, he really feels proud to call himself her teacher!

Smiling, Afreen first looks towards Naina and then back towards Rajveer. Naina returns her the smile.

"Sir, Brigadier Chandook ne sab cadets or faculty members ko wapis KMA bulaya hai. Teez barish ki wajah se drill cancel kar di gayi hai. Baaki sab ko inform kar chuke hain bus aap dono hi baaki thay toh he sent me to tell both of you"

informs Afreen

"Theek hai Afreen. Aap chaliye hum bus aate hain"

says Rajveer

"Yes sir!"

saying that, Afreen leaves from there.

Again are left Rajveer and Naina, alone! Looking towards Naina, Rajveer says, smiling,

"Chalein Cadet Naina AH Singh?"

And every time he calls her like that, it skips Naina's heartbeat.

Smiling and blushing, Naina nods her head in affirmation and they both head back to KMA! A lot has changed between them after today! For Naina, she has started to realise her feelings for Rajveer!

Let's see what life holds for both of them ahead!

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THE END