Part 4
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"Karthik", Akshara called out surprised seeing him at the door.
"Radhe Krishna, aunty", greeted Karthik
"Radhe Krishna beta", Akshara greeted back
"Did you leave something here", asked Akshara
"Yes, my girlfriend", Karthik mummered under his breath.
"You, said something", asked Akshara
"No, aunty", answered Karthik
"Beta, is there something you want", Akshara asked judging by his expressions.
"Yeah, your daughter's hand in marriage", thought Karthik
"Karthik, beta, what is wrong, where are you getting lost every time. Am asking you, is there something you are here for", Akshara questioned again
"Yeah I wanted to take Naira out for a date", Karthik answered without thinking and then bit his tongue in realization and Naira who was sitting nearby started coughing loudly, while Akshara stared at the two wide eyes
"I meant mein Naksh ko date par le janna chata tha", said Karthik, trying to manage the situation, but realized he made it worse, as he saw Akshara and Naira look at him as if he had grown horns and Naksh spit out the water he just drank.
"Am sorry, just a slip of tongue", Karthik apologized.
"Me and di were going out for a dinner, so I was wondering if bhai and Naira would like to join us", said Karthik
"Uffo beta, to ask for this small thing you took so long", Akshara face palmed.
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In the car
Kirti was driving, Naksh was at the passenger seat, while Karthik and Naira were sitting at the back.
Karthik placed his hand over Naira's but she got her hand out from under his.
Karthik gives her a look asking her what is the matter and Naira signs that Naksh and Kirti are sitting in front, but Karthik gives her a look which meant I don't care, and took her hand in his again, but Naira slapped his hand away again and gave him a behave yourself look. Karthik pouted and looked the other way.
"Is there something wrong, you both are unusually quiet today", asked Naksh
"Yeah, even I noticed, did you two have a fight or something", questioned Kirti
"Nothing of that sort di, all", Naira answered, though she very well knew Karthik's mood was off.
"Don't worry my mendak I will make your mood good soon", Naira thought.
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The food had arrived and they all started eating.
"God, Karthik apna juice kyun nahi pi raha, please make him drink it fast", thought Naira, remembering how she paid the waiter to spike his drink.
Just then Naksh hand hit and Karthik's glass fell.
"Kya Krishnaji, you always take Karthik's side, sometimes help me also," thought Naira
"There is definitely something wrong", said Kirti
"No di", Karthik said sounding a bit irritated.
"If nothing had happened you both wouldn't be behaving like this. You two would be feeding each other, or would have snatched from the other's plate", said Kirti
"Am, not hungry, I feel like dancing", said Naira and got up from her place and started dancing near to where the music was being played, few customers were already dancing.
Naira knew even though he was angry, Karthik's eyes would be following her, so she purposefully started dancing close with a random guy, but Karthik didn't give any reactions, so she took a step back, but the guy pulled her towards him once again, and forcefully tried to dance with her. Karthik who was looking on got angry seeing this, and immediately went there and got Naira. He felt like killing the guy but didn't do anything because he didn't want to create a scene, especially because they were celebrating Kirti's happiness, he didn't want to make a scene and spoil the night for her.
Karthik glared at Naira, while she continued to have her dinner, she knew that he was extremely angry at what she had done, he could tolerate anything except her compromising her safety.
Naira wanted some time alone with Karthik but didn't know what to do for that, finally she got an idea and messaged Mishti, the only person who knew about their relationship, as she had seen Karthik sneak into Naira's hostel room from the window, while she was on video call with her. Naira told Mishti to call Karthik and then pretend the voice is breaking and then cut it after a while.
Mishti did as her elder sister told her, Karthik went outside, so that he could get a proper signal and voice wouldn't break.
"Karthik", Naira who had followed him to the restaurant garden called out, but he ignored her and continued to walk towards the building.
"Am sorry", she said wrapping her arms around him
"Why, tum mujhe sorry kyun bol rahi ho, go, do whatever you want.", he said pushing her away.
"I never knew that guy would be a creep, I just wanted a reaction from you", she said
"Good, now it is all my fault, you make my mood go off, what was I doing, I was just trying to hold my girlfriend's hand that too it was only bhai and di in the car, but you had a problem. Then to get me jealous, you dance with a random guy who turns out to be a jerk but at the end everything is my fault, just wow", Karthik commented sarcastically
"It is completely useless trying to explain you anything. You have to over react at every little thing.", she said irritated and left, leaving a hurt Karthik behind.
The car ride back home was even more silent then before.
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"Did something happened", Akshara asked as she noticed that Naira was behaving different.
" Nothing that I know off, but something definitely has Karthik and Naira were behaving unusual", said Naksh
"Nothing happened", Naira said and went up to her room.
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"Naira, can we talk", Akshara said knocking the door.
"Come in Mumma", Naira said
"Beta, tell me what's wrong, did you and Karthik fight. And don't tell me it's nothing. I am your mother, I know you very well", said Akshara.
"He always over reacts mumma.", complained Naira
"What did you do", asked Akshara, Naira stayed silent not knowing what to say, how could she tell her mother what happened it was reveal that they were in a relationship. She wanted to tell their families but not this way.
"It is okay if you don't want to tell me", said Akshara
"Tell me one thing, if they are two people are aiming to shoot at a target board, both have never used a gun before, who is more likely to shoot the bull's eye, the person standing 1-2 meters away or the one whose hand is able to touch the board", asked Akshara
"What kind of question is this, of course the one who is closer.", answered Naira
"Excatly, the same thing is with the heart, people who we love, people who mean the world to us, people who live in our hearts are the only ones who have the ability to hurt us.", Akshara explains to her.
"You hold a very important place in his heart, that is why even if you do something small it hurts him a lot", Naira told her
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"What's wrong with him", Manish asked Kirti as he saw Karthik storm off to his room looking very angry.
"No idea, dad, I tried asking him", answered Kirti
"I will talk to him", said Manish
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"How was the dinner", asked Manish coming into the room.
"Good", the son answered back
"Really, doesn't look like that from your face", said Manish
"Let me guess, Naira, right", asked Manish, Karthik nodded slightly
"So you two had a fight", asked Manish
"Well it started because of her", complained Karthik
"I don't know who started it, but you could have ended it, you didn't need to stretch it", said Manish
"You also start blaming me like her", Karthik said miffed.
" Karthik, from what I have seen the two of you share a very deep friendship, that sometimes I think it is more then just being friends. Don't ruin that for little things", said Manish
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Kaira thought about what their parents said and realized that they were wrong.
"Can we meet", the both messaged each other together.
"Our favorite place, the park", they both wrote the same thing again.
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Kaira arrived at their favourite park, it was very late in the night so no one was their except them at the moment.
"Am sorry", they both apologized together as soon as they saw one another.
"Am sorry Karthik, I should have been more careful, you only got concerned about me", said Naira
"No am sorry, I shouldn't have got angry at the first place, then you wouldn't have to do anything", said Karthik.
"No, I shouldn't have pushed you a way, tum sirf haath pakad rahe the kiss thodi na kar rahe the, Bhai aur di ke samne. But I was scared that Di and Bhai would get a hint about our relationship, so I wanted to be careful. ", said Naira
"Okay, okay, galti hum dono ki brabar thi. Let's agree on that, otherwise this will go on forever.
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The two sat down on the grass, Karthik's back leaning against a tree and Naira's lying her head on his chest.
"Naira there was something more I need to tell you", said Karthik and Naira gave him a look, asking him to continue
"Dad, thinks there is something more then friendship between us", Karthik told her.
"What", Naira screamed and looked up to face him.
"Nothing slipped out of your mouth, did it", asked Naira
"No, I haven't mentioned a word. He just thinks. I guess everyone does. Honestly there hasn't been much difference in our relationship, going from friends to lovers, except lots of kisses. Think about it we have behaved like a couple since forever.", said Karthik
Just then their phones rang.
"Happy Birthday", they both wished together and kissed each other passionately.
"Tum ne bhi alarm lagiya", both asked together and the other nodded positively.
"I didn't want anyone to wish you before me", said Karthik
"Same here", agreed Naira and hugged her love.
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