Get on board

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are here to handle the problems and prove who is the best among the rest of the competition, so I would just like to wish you the best of luck and we will meet at the end, and as the stages progress, you will receive a new one, so with that, I conclude my speech. All the best" the host replied with a small smile.

After putting the standard IQ level, most of the contestants failed and with giving their goodbyes to the contestants, they left. For the second round, they were prepared, "I thought beautiful girls were dumb, but I was wrong" Viraj said to himself, "What?" Ananya responded, "Nothing that should matter to you." Viraj replied, "whatever" with the gesture of rolling her eyes at her opponent she commented.

As part of the second level, there was a requirement that they play in a team as girls against boys - Viraj vs Ananya. Although they played well, it was evident that the boys team was doing the best and winning with a good mark. Lisa ran towards Ananya and stated, "We will lose a large margin," to which Ananya replied, "You hold the ball, throw it to Viraj , on my instruction." Lisa nodded and stepped into her position with the ball in hand, as she understood that this was their last hope of winning. Seeing Ananya taking her hairband off and waving her dark black hair, Viraj and Ananya stared at each other.

The moment was like no one was around, for Viraj it was like he was seeing her for the first time , time stopped for him, as if it was the first time he had seen her. Her deep dark black eyes, her rosy lips, the pearly smile, the way she zip down her track jacket, showing off her beautiful black top that covered her curves very beautifully, and Viraj was struck by her beauty, staring at her for a while, when suddenly Ananya blinks ,In the midst of confusion, Viraj suddenly saw Lisa throw a ball, Viraj was unable to catch it, and the girls had scored a point. "That was cheating", Viraj said, "what cheating?" Ananya responded, "you cheated" "I cheated? Tell me what I did" Ananya asked innocently. Unable to answer, Viraj returned to his position and some boys asked him, "What bro?" Viraj decided to ignore it. When the game was over, they selected between the girls and boys, and all their friends, except for Viraj and Ananya, were disqualified. Now comes the treasure hunt 'the words will confuse you part' in which Viraj and Ananya were together in one team. The first clue in the box is 'One tree with many leaves, bear fruit one by one but ripe together'. "What tree has this quality, we're only in the first clue and we're just like this", Ananya said, confused. "you two only in the first clue, we tracked ours, keep up", other girl laughed, and then went away. "Ignore her, and think about the clue", Viraj says, as Ananya blows mud from her feet, she thinks, "Viraj, I think I know the answer." "What?" Viraj replies. Ananya: "one tree, many leaves, all get ripe together, earthen pot " Viraj was confused, "I don't understand". Ananya: "potter they made utensils one by one but in sunlight they ripe together, maybe that is the clue" Viraj grabs her hand and runs towards their and they find another clue there. "I'm colorless, but you see me as blue as the sky, go fast, if you delay, you'll lose." Viraj smiled proudly and said I knew the answer. Ananya followed him as they arrived at the swimming pool. Ananya immediately understood what that meant and Viraj took the box out of the water and saw the other clue. One last clue for all groups was "A rotten tree, where no animal sits, but a fruit with no seeds nearby." Some people believed it would be a banana, but there was a large banana farm nearby and most of those who tackled the clues stood there. It was the same as they were, but Viraj's mind struck by an idea, so he ran away with Ananya to the other direction. Those who mocked them followed him as well, and there were some burning leaves near a separate banana tree, As a result of the race between Viraj and the other man, Viraj ended up winning, and then the host appeared and said, "Now since group 23 won, we want to inform you that the winner will be the one who reaches the room first, so best of luck." Both of them walked due to the crowd, and when Ananya decided to run, Viraj said, "hey Ananya ."

Ananya :"what?"

Viraj :"since we won, why don't you think that taking a little rest, let's just sit on this rock for now and enjoy the moment!"

As Ananya was also exhausted, she sat down in rock. Viraj stood and sat in the mud, so she asked, "Why are you sitting in mud?" Ananya questioned, "just to sit comfortably, wait for something in your leg" Viraj tied Ananya's legs with the roots of a banyan tree before Ananya was able to do anything. Viraj stood up and said, "by the time you would be able to untie them, they would have declared me the winner" ,"you," Ananya growled before she could say anything else. Viraj left Ananya alone.

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flashback

The moment they were returning to room, Viraj stood there, he wanted to tease Ananya for what she had done on the volleyball court, to teach her that no one could beat him. There was a moment when Viraj became distracted, but now he was back to his senses. "Miss Ananya, your volleyball game will come to an end here," he said.

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When Ananya returned back they were giving Viraj his Prize both shared eye moment and gave genuine smile to each other,

Ananya joined their group.

Mohit- "Are you ok Ananya?"

Ananya was confused and said: "What would happen to me?"

Mohit: "Viraj told us you had bad stomach and you asked him to go and take the prize which he deserve"

Ananya gave angry glare to Viraj, In response he chuckled

Ananya: "Is your friend is still a kid?"

Abhi: "Why?"

Ananya: "You lovely dear friend, tied me there and left me alone."

Viraj argued "What about you volleyball stunt?"

Seeing both Viraj and Ananya were Arguing like kids their group started laughing, this time was genuine smile on Viraj face, everyone was happy except one.

Saumya : "Viraj lets see what you have got ."

In response to Viraj's nod, they unwrapped a beautiful painting depicting the poor man waiting in the rain for his wealthy lover and his lover handcuffed in sign of true love. Viraj scoffed and responded "what nonsense is this , it does not exist", to which Ananya responded, "it does not exist or someone has truly really scattered your heart in such a way that you think it does not exist."

With gritted teeth, Viraj replied, "you know, nothing."

In response, Ananya said, "I studied philosophy and am familiar with some aspects of human psychology."

Viraj: "Do not share your knowledge with others here; no one requires your assistance."

Ananya: "Someone may not want assistance, because he is expecting the heart to beat again for someone, or he might already be falling for someone and doesn't want to get assistance."

to this Viraj replied nothing ,The girl he just met is no match for him. He can't fall for her, he won't let his stupid heart betray him once more, he won't let others exploit the stupidity of his heart, he won't fall for anyone, Viraj you can't fall for her.

When Mohit saw the tense atmosphere, he said "guys, its pretty late, let's go. It's already 6:00 pm, we were here yesterday, let's go." Everyone agreed and left.

His best friend's condition on Abhi's mind was 'I know , you are falling in love with her, but you don't know yourself what you want to do, and I think she's the best girl you could ever have, because you are my bestfriend and she is good, she has light within her that heals your heart. I will do everything I can to make sure that you two fall in love.' The reaction Ananya had upon seeing Viraj was her little win, and in her mind it was 'you have to love me, Mr. Viraj Singh Rathore, if you don't, how will my plan work, and what you have done, you have to pay'.

No one said anything after that, they knew it was best to keep quiet.