||Love That Brings You Back ~~ A KAIRA SS|| Chap 6 Updated ~ Page 6 - Page 5

Originally posted by: foxi

Soo beautifully written.
Loved it.

Please don't tell me this won't have a happy ending

Chapter 5

They stared into each other's eyes and were lost in their own world. Naira was the first one to break the eye-lock. She spoke innocently "Baas Happy Birthday! Aur kuch nehi!" In response, Kartik's eyes twinkled in mischievousness. With a hand-gesture he asked for a minute and made her sit properly.

Soon jumping on the road, Kartik turned towards her. Then taking back steps, he started walking far from the car that was parked on one side of the street. Naira kept wondering what he is up to now? When he was at a certain distance from her, he waved his hand to get her attention.

She started at him in amusement. Kartik first pointed at her and then at his heart. Then stretching his hand, he shouted like a crazy lover "I love you Sherni. I love you. I love you so much. You are mine and only mine. Your Mendak loves you a lot. I love you!" Naira looked at him with all her love and slowly mouthed "I L-O-V-E Y-O-U M-Y M-E-N-D-A-K".

All the while his eyes didn't leave hers for once. She gestured him to come back to her. He also asked her in a gesture that just one more time he wants to declare his love for her. She just shook her head at his madness.

Still facing Naira, he turned sideways. While staring at her, he kept moving in the middle of the road. Naira was so lost in him that she also failed to notice, where he was heading towards?! He gave her a flying kiss with his trademark killer smile. She also told him with a gesture that this Sherni is all his.

Kartik's all focus was on her and Naira's was on him. "I love you Naira! I love you!" he yelled in happiness. "I love you N..." and before he could complete the sentence...boom! A car came with such speed from the front and hit him so hard that his body flew in the air. He was hurled on the road and fell a few feet away from where he was earlier standing. The back of his head made the first contact with the hard surface. Then his body rolled down on the road and became motionless when his face ended up touching the rough surface of the road.

The impact of his body falling on the road was so great that it made a thunderous sound. The car didn't stop at this and almost ran over Kartik's legs. His body that was laying flat on his stomach, it again rolled down on the road a few times and came to a halt when he was lying straight on his back. By now he was drenched in blood from several places. The car was gone and everything fell silent in the surrounding.

Naira, who has witnessed the entire scene, went numb. Everything happened so quickly that she didn't even get a chance to process it. All she could see was that her love was all covered in blood and lying lifeless on the middle of the road. Her heart was pounding so hard inside that she felt it would leap out of her chest at any minute.

She was too shocked to react when fear took over her. She tried, but couldn't even manage to call out his name, let alone move her body. Continuous tears made their way out of her eyes. She closed her eyes and hoped that it was all a bad dream. The hurt was unbearable. Still gathering courage, Naira finally screamed in a painful voice "Kartik! Her eyes opened with pure horror. She jumped from the bonnet of the car and ran to him as if her life depended on it.

Without caring about anything, she just dropped on her knees in front of him. Kartik was barely conscious. His eyes were dropping close and breath was becoming uneven with each passing moment. His voice was so feeble that she could barely hear him.

She sat down with a thud and gently took his head on her lap. While doing so, Naira noticed that continuous blood was oozing out from the back of his head. She realized that his head has sustained the maximum injury in this accident.

She looked here and there for help, but no one was there in that empty street to help her out. Kartik was too heavy for her to take him to their car and she couldn't risk leaving him in the middle of the road in that state. She didn't even want to think, what could be the outcome if another car passed by this road again?! She had to be there to protect him.

At the same time she needed to call for help, but her phone was in the car. Her Kartik was in need of care and she had to act fast. Naira was making silent payers to the Almighty in complete helplessness. Suddenly she remembered about Kartik's phone. Not hurting his head as it was on her lap, she carefully took out his phone with one hand. With shaking hands, she dialed their hospital that was nearby. She had asked them to bring an ambulance to the accident spot quickly. All the while, she was looking at his face.

Naira dropped the phone, when she noticed that Kartik was trying to take a hold of her hand with his shaking hand and his lips were moving in a mere whisper. She immediately caught it between her palms in a firm hold and spoke with broken voice "Sssh! Please don't say anything. You have to be strong for me. You have to fight for your Sherni. Please don't give up on me. Your Sherni won't let anything happen to you. Help is coming! They are on their way. Kartik, please keep your eyes open!

She kissed his hand while kept saying things to him in order to keep him conscious "God will never separate us. He won't ever take you away from me. You trust me na! Just hang in there Mendak, please!

Then resting his hand on the side, Naira held his face with her both hands and kissed his forehead while mumbling, "I love you. I love you Kartik. Please don't go away from me! Please, don't leave me!

When she brought her face up to look at him, she was shocked to the core. His eyes were completely closed and hands had no movement. Instantly she kept her head on his chest to hear his heartbeat. He was barely breathing now. Getting up, Naira desperately reached for his hand to check his pulse. She realized that he got into a cardiac arrest.

Her whole body was shaking with fear. She mentally told herself to get a grip because her Kartik needed her most now. She pulled her scarf from the neck and carefully placed his head over it. Then a frantic Naira tore open his shirt and started performing CPR until the ambulance arrived.

Soon they reached the hospital. Kartik was taken to the operation theater immediately, as Negi Uncle had kept everything ready and also completed the necessary formalities. Since it was a hit and run case, he didn't want any compromises in Kartik's treatment or any other procedures. He informed Manish as well.

Once the doors were closed, Naira leaned on the opposite wall and slid down on the floor like a lifeless body. That's how the family members found Naira when they arrived in the hospital.

Precap: "I was Lost When You Left Me"...In Hospital, Post Accident!

Note: The name of this SS will be changed!

Chapter 6

Singhanias and Goenkas tried their best to make her speak, but failed miserably. Only when the doors opened and Negi Uncle mentioned Kartik's name, Naira came into her senses. They were told that Kartik was way too serious. If Naira hadn't given him immediate care, they would have lost him even before bringing him to the hospital. He has sustained several injuries, but the head injury was too severe.

Being a family friend, Negi Uncle didn't want to give them false hope. He told them, the chance of Kartik's survival was close to none and only a miracle can perhaps save him. He asked them to pray to God and he will try his best with his team.

Negi Uncle considered Kartik as his own son. Other than that he was an asset and losing a doctor like Kartik would mean, a loss to their profession. Negi Uncle made sure to do anything that would possibly increase the rate of his survival. He summoned two more specialists to get help in Kartik's case. The second day, Kartik went into cardiac arrest again. While he was fighting with death, the entire family was only praying for his life.

Naira was still in the hospital. She was wearing the same clothes that were stained with his blood. While in her heart she was silently praying for her Kartik's well being, thousands of bad thoughts kept running in her head in those deadly hours of her life.

Each minute was like an hour and each hour was like a day for her. Without caring about food, sleep or anything, she kept waiting for the good news. Even though it was hopeless, she was waiting for him to open his eyes once and call out her name.

The third day Kartik's breathing became even, but he was still unstable. What made Negi Uncle fearful was that Kartik never came back to his senses. The final stroke was for Naira when Negi Uncle declared that Kartik wasn't out of danger yet. In his condition, he might slip into coma and getting him back will be nearly impossible then.

That day Naira collapsed due to shock, extreme stress, lack of sleep and nutrition. Everything took such a toll on her that she was passed out for 3 days. Only once in a while she would come back to semi consciousness and murmur Kartik's name.

In those 3 days, many things happened in Naira's absence. Kartik's health deteriorated a few number of times. His health condition kept fluctuating, but there was no major improvement. Being a father, Manish couldn't rely on them anymore. He had to do something before it became too late. On the second day he decided to take Kartik to USA, hoping against all the odds. After making arrangements, he left with Kartik in the next morning. Only Naitik accompanied him in his trip.

When Naira finally came back to senses that night, it was too late. They were already gone. Knowing her condition, they partially hid about Kartik's condition from her. Still she went out of control leaving everyone dumbfounded and helpless. She was already on her feet to catch a flight and go to him. They were only able to hold her for another two days due to her weakness.

The following day Naira was supposed to board a flight and go to her Kartik. However, that was the day when the happiness of Goenkas and Singhanias came to and end. It was the same day when they received the news of Kartik's death, the day when all the colors of Naira's life were gone forever.

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Around 11 at night, Manish came with a tray of food and stood in front of Naira's room. He left his work halfway when Nandita came to inform him that Naira has refused to eat her dinner. Manish knocked on her door, but got no response. The door was ajar. After knocking two more times, he went in. He found the room empty. He left the tray on the table near the couch and went to check for her in the balcony. She wasn't there either. Manish got a bit worried. He thought to check in the bathroom first.

The bathroom door was closed. Once he came nearby, he could her the sound of running water. He asked while knocking on the door "Naira beta! Are you taking a shower? When she didn't reply, he thought she didn't hear him. He knocked this time loudly and called out "Beta! Are you listening? Pa brought your dinner. Hurry up! Otherwise, the food will get cold. Still no response! He called out her name a few more times, but heard nothing from her.

Manish was really worried now. Fear gripped his heart; after all it wasn't the first time. He turned the knob and found it unlocked. Without wasting any time, he slightly opened the door and peeked inside.

Seeing the sight in front of him, he was extremely hurt and guilty. He thought his daughter was coming out of it slowly, but he was completely wrong. She will never come out of it or be like before again. Only if...

He sighed and opened the door completely. There she was sitting under the shower and getting drenched without any worry of the world, not even her health. She was still her hospital attire and was lost somewhere. Manish knew very well, what she was thinking about!

With defeated steps, he walked near her and turned the shower handle. He covered her with a towel and carefully helped her get up. Holding her in a fatherly warm hug, Manish started walking towards the room. Naira finally looked at him, but she was still in a trance.

He made her sit in front of the dressing table and yelled out for Nandita. He told her to call Keerti. In the meantime, Manish grabbed another towel and dried Naira's hair. When Keerti came, he walked out of the room. He waited until Keerti helped Naira out of her wet clothes and changed her into something comfortable.

Naira came back to her senses by now, but she didn't speak anything. Manish and Keerti didn't question her also. He made her eat dinner with his own hands and she quietly obeyed. After tucking her into the bed and making sure she was comfortable, he told Keerti to stay with Naira for the night.

He took one last glance at her and walked out of the room with a heavy heart. Many different thoughts were running inside his head. Manish knew the time has finally arrived for him to step up and clear this mess!