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•Dialogues :[𝑰𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉]
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•Song:Bold and Italics

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Two human-like shadows can be seen on the terrace of the tallest building in that area.
Both seemed to be drunk but the boy was a little more in senses than the girl.
They both were watching the city light and enjoying each other's company. It was late at night around 11 PM.The girl had one more shot from the bottle in her hand.
The boy tried to stop her by holding her hand but she didn't listen to him and said,“Naah re mat rok mujhe
.Don't stop me ”  and she again began her task of finishing the bottle.
The boy snatched the bottle from her hand and broke it.
The girl at first gave him an angry look but seconds later started laughing. The boy became confused.

She said,“Tu pagal hai I had already finished it.”And she teased him.
[𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅,"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕"𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.]

*Tu jo rootha toh kaun hansega
Tu jo chhuta toh kaun rahega
Tu chup hai toh yeh darr lagta hai
Apna mujhko ko ab kaun kahega

Tu hi wajah
Tere bina bewajah bekar hoon main
Tera yaar hoon main
Tera yaar hoon main*

The boy pretended to be angry and turned his face towards the other side. The girl realized it and tried to manofy him.

“Acha sun sun na,listen Kartik.”She tried turning his face towards her and finally succeeded. She looked at him and focused again and looked at him.
["𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 -𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 -𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑘"𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑑.𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑚.]

Then she spoke finally after a lot of zoom in and zoom out sessions,“Tu do do dikh rha hai.”
[𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒛𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒛𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔,"𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌."]

She said and expected an explanation for this from him but he rather scolded her.

He said,“See,see,I told you not to drink much but you don't listen to me no.”

Naira huffed at this comment of his but later moved a little closer to him, held his hand and said,"Kartik today we complete ten years of friendship.And it's such a special occasion and you are scolding me.I only drank today and moreover I am not a drunkard.” She slowly changed her tone and she took back her hands. She sat and crossed her arms.

Kartik chuckled at this comment of hers. He slowly took his hand towards the pocket of his jeans,he touched it and smiled. Something insignificant circular object was there in his pocket which made him smile.

By the time he could come out of his thoughts he saw Naira nowhere.

He shouted ,”Naira-Naira!”

Then he heard her say,“I am going down come fast.”
And he also went after her grabbing her mini backpack and his leather jacket.

He reached the ground floor and already saw her on the streets running from here and there. Yes, she was drunk but she is no less when not drunk.

She stopped at a corn shop. Kartik was also walking after her. He was also walking in a very unusual pattern as he was drunk

Naira said to the vendor, “Uncle ek special bhutta bana do .”
[𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓,"𝑼𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏."]

The vendor was an old man. He smiled looking at her. He couldn't control his curiosity and asked, “Is there anything special today?”

Naira was about to answer him but just then Kartik reached so she held him by his biceps and said, “Yes yes uncle today we celebrate our 10 th anniversary no no friendsary.”
Kartik also proudly tightened his hold on her hand.

The vendor was done roasting corn so he gave them that and said, “God bless you beta.Tumhari Jodi salamat rahe”
[𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒐 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅,"𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓.𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓."]

Kartik smiled dreamily listening to this blessing of his but Naira didn't pay attention to it as she was busy having corn.
They had it and then were roaming on the road. Then Naira saw a balloon vendor who was returning back home.

She went up to him and bought ten balloons. She then flew them in the air. Kartik just smiled at her.

When they were way too tired and also in senses as it was more than five hours when they had the drink.

They went up to the place from where the sun rise could be seen. It was three in the morning then.
They both laid on the ground waiting for the sun to rise.

They both were enjoying the cold winds passing through them.

“Kartik,we are together for 10 years. It is just so beautiful. I still remember the day when I was new to the school you helped me to gel up well with everyone. You are the one who listens to my nonsense without complaining . You are so good a friend. I am blessed to have you as a friend in my life. Tu saath hai to sab fantastic lagta hai” said Naira. She said all this while gazing at the night sky which was full of stars.

This was unexpected for Kartik as she was very bad at expressing her feelings. Usually girls are the one who are more expressive but here the scene was different. Kartik was more expressive and emotional than Naira. She was the one who had to wipe off his tears while watching an emotional movie.

Kartik was at loss of words at this moment so he just said, “I know naira it's a wonderful feeling.”

Then naira just gave him a glance and said,“Tujhe yaad hai wo din jab we didn't complete our project and ended up sitting in principal's office.”She laughed.
[𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅,"𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒍'𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆."𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅]

“Yeah!I do remember. How can I forget? All that happened because of you.” He said laughing.

They reminisce their old memories. They are twenty five now but they still remember their first meet clearly as if it has happened yesterday only.

After talking about a lot of things suddenly they stopped. They both wanted to say something to each other something which would change their lives.

Their hearts were constantly asking this question to the mind,“Keh Doon? Shall I tell her /him?”

And finally they gathered some courage and spoke up in unison,“I want to tell you something.”

They both sighed and smiled at the same time.

Kartik said,“You are gonna say first not because ladies first but because my Naira is always first.”

Naira couldn't deny to this so she started telling him. Whereas he took out the ring, which he had bought for her ,from his pocket slowly without knowledge of her. He was going to make her wear that ring as soon she says yes to his proposal. Yes, he was gonna propose her today. His first love,his first girl-friend or his first friend who is a girl.
Naira took his hands in her own.

“Kartik I am twenty five.”she said

“Really!! I didn't know.”He said sarcastically yet in a joking way.

“Kartik”she glared at him.

“Ok fine I am not gonna disturb you, say”

“See, Kartik you know-I mean I know-I mean I am twenty five and I am doing a job and earning a good amount as well. I don't know why am I saying this when you already know. Ok-(huffs)coming straight to the point.”She said looking deep into his eyes.“I have someone who loves me and even I love him dearly. So, I want to get married to him.”She said it all in a go.

Kartik was happy inside yet maintained a calm expression. He was happy as he knew it was gonna be him.

“Who is he?”He asked her.

“Viraaj, Viraaj Rawat. You know him. He is my father's friend's son. We both know each other since childhood.”

These words came as a thunderclap for Kartik as he was very sure that they both are made for each other. He didn't know how to react. He owing to the happiness of Naira hid his tears behind his smiles.

“Con-congratulations Naira.I am so happy for you.”He said while holding back his tears. He was dreadfully unhappy.

“Really!! Kartik day before yesterday only he proposed to me and I said yes.You know Kartik…”And she started telling him about Viraaj. She was not able to notice his pain and sadness as she was so engrossed in telling him about his soon to be life partner.

Kartik slowly took back his hands and kept the ring in pocket yet again. This ring was not supposed to be kept back in the pocket but to be worn by her.
Naira suddenly stopped when she noticed that he was not responding.

“What happened?”She asked out of concern and care.

His heart said,“She still cares.”
His mind said,“Every friend does care.”

“No nothing happened.Mai ye soch rha that viraaj tujhe jhelega kaise?”He said, keeping his one hand on her shoulder. He tried not to worry her or make her sad.

“Oh!how concerned you are!Wait I will tell you.”And she started running after him and beating him with her backpack.
Then they both saw the rising sun.
This day was supposed to be one of the most happiest days in his life. Little did he knew about destiny's plan.
Kartik left her at her home on his bike.
They reached her house, she hugged him and left. Kartik could not respond back to this hug of hers as now she was someone else’s .

Naira didn't notice it yet again as she was hell tired.

••••••••

One month passed like that.Naira’s wedding preparations was going on in full swing. Naira and Kartik didn't had much conversation in this one month. Kartik was trying to overcome the loss though it was not but for him he has lost his lady love. Naira was also busy in preparing herself for the marriage functions and she wished to become the perfect bride.

Whenever they had conversation it was just a formal greeting session. They hardly met each other.

One day when Naira was free and had no work to be done or rather completed Kartik's thoughts struck her mind.

She immediately called him without wasting a second. Kartik saw Naira's incoming call. He at first thought to decline it but didn't have any answer to her questions which she would ask when he doesn't pick up her call. BSo,he picked it up.

“Hello”He said in a heavy voice.

“Hello Kartik Kahan hai tu? Kitna kharaab dost hai? Meri Shaadi hai aur Tera ata pata hi nhi. Now come on get ready tomorrow is the first function and I am not gonna get ready if you are not coming.”Naira told him everything in a go.
["𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌 ,𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆.𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈."𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒐.]

“Naira, see I have some important work to do.”He said in a calm tone.

“Is it more important than me?”She asked a direct question to him but he had no answer to it neither in a direct way nor in an indirect way.

When he had not answered her for two minutes thirty three seconds she just said,“Come or else I am not gonna marry”

"𝐾𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖 𝑠𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑖 𝑦𝑒 𝑍𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑔𝑖 𝑘𝑖
𝑃𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚 𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑠𝑒 𝑘𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑢𝑚 𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒
𝐷𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑘𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑦𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑙𝑎 𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑖 ℎ𝑜 𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑒
𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑚ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒"

Kartik didn't know what to do but since her "friend" has asked something from him, he cannot deny.

Kartik got ready and went for her first function which was Sangeet and Mehendi.
His eyes were swollen due to constant crying as the thing  which he tried to forget was again standing at the door waiting for him.
He reached the venue and stepped out of his car but not before plastering a smile on his face.

"𝐿𝑜𝑔 𝑃𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑗𝑎𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝐾𝑦𝑎 𝐾𝑦𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝑅𝑜𝑡𝑒 𝑗𝑖𝑠𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑖
𝑈𝑠𝑠𝑖 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑟𝑡𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑛"

He saw Naira sitting happily in the centre with her sisters and friends around her. Mehendi was being applied on her hands.
A lone tear dropped from the corner of his eyes but he immediately made it disappear.

"𝐴𝑎𝑗 𝑎𝑎𝑝𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑒 𝐾ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝐴𝑎𝑝𝑘𝑜 𝑘ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝐴𝑎𝑝𝑘𝑒 𝑗𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑘ℎ𝑢𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑜 𝑟ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝐾ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑎𝑏 𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑎 𝑘𝑖 𝑎𝑎𝑝𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑡𝑔 𝑃𝑅 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝑛𝑎𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑎𝑗𝑒𝑔𝑎
𝐾ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑎𝑏 𝑑𝑒𝑘ℎ𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑎 𝑘𝑖 𝑎𝑎𝑝 𝑝𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑘𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑑ℎ𝑒𝑔𝑎"

Naira saw him standing at the entrance. She smiled whole heartedly and went up to him.
Kartik tried not to look into her eyes as even though she didn't love him as a partner but she is his best friend.
She immediately hugged him though not properly as henna was applied on her hand.
Kartik tried not to break down in front of her.

“Why are you so late? Come let me introduce you to Viraaj officially."
And she held him by her elbow and took him to Viraaj who was sitting there with his friends.

“Viraaj, see who is here?"She said excitedly.He got up from his place and smiled.

"Oh!Yes of course I know. He is Kartik your friend."He did a handshake with Kartik.

“No ,you are wrong. He is not my friend he is my best friend my yaara."She said while looking at Kartik. Kartik just smiled in assurance.

"Oh!Yes yes my bad."Viraaj said and hugged him.

“Congratulations bro !You are really lucky to get her in your life."Kartik said with a heavy heart.

“Yeah I know ."He said while side hugging Naira.
Kartik just couldn't see Naira with someone else so he looked down.
Just then Rohan,a very good friend of Kartik and Naira came up to them.

A strand of hair was disturbing Naira.
Rohan also congratulated them but looked at Kartik with suspicious eyes.
A strand of hair was still disturbing her. He was about to help her out with it but before he could do  anything Viraaj tucked the hair strand behind her ears.
Kartik immediately backed off his hand and Naira and Viraaj smiled at each other.

"Kartik aaj Mera sangeet hai aur tujhe dance karna padega"Naira urged to him .
["𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌,𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆."𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 .]

"No, Naira please."He said ,though he didn't want to disappoint her, but he couldn't do this.

"Don't be a bore Kartik.Come on just dance once please."Viraaj insisted on him.
Naira also looked at him with pleading eyes.

"Ok fine!"He reluctantly said yes.

Then he went up to the music system to play the song. Rohan also followed him as he had multiple questions which had no answer.
"Kartik, What is happening?"Rohan asked him out of anger and confusion.
Kartik realized that this conversation will not go on the right track.

"Dekh Rohan aaj Naira ka sangeet hai. I don't wanna make her upset. Iss bare mein hum baad mein baat karenge."Kartik assured him.
["𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂'𝒔 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒆𝒕.𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒕.𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓."𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.]

"No, Kartik we don't have time. I want to talk now only. You were gonna propose to her then what happened?"He asked him the same question yet again but in a more open way.

"See—"Kartik was about to say something but Naira asked him to start the dance."Later on Rohan"Saying this he went on the stage.
The song played.
He started his dance.

*Sajna de rang rangayiyan ve
Sagna diyan sehnaiyan ve
Dhol wajange yaar nachange
Lakh lakh deo badhaiyan ve

Khusiyaan ch nachda main phiran
Hanjuaan ton bachda main phiran

O jaate nahi kahin rishte purane
Kisi naye ke aa jaane se
Jaata hoon main toh mujhe tu jaane de
Kyun pareshan hai mere jaane se*

His focus was completely on Naira but he avoided looking at her when Viraaj and she shared a moment.

*Mahi ve mahi ve
That’s the way mahi ve

Tere maathe jhumar damke
Tere kaanon baali chamke hai re
Mahi ve

Tere haathon kangna khanke
Tere pairon paayal chhanke hai re (Mahi ve)*

He came up to them and danced around them.
Rohan was standing there unable to realize how a person can act so well and hide his pain.
And the answer which he received was,"Pyaar insaan see sab krwata hai."
[𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒔,"𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈."]

Kartik now made both of them stand and dragged them to the dance floor.
They were dancing.Kartik was just adoring her smile.

*O teri aankhen kaali kaali
Tera gora gora mukhda hai re (Mahi ve)

O teri rangat jaise sona
Tu chaand ka jaise tukda hai re (Mahi ve)

Tere gaal gulaabi rabba rabba
Chaal sharaabi rabba rabba
Dil ki kharaabi rabba rabba tu soniye

Jind mahi ve – soni soni aaja mahi ve*

Slowly the family members also joined them in the dance.Kartik left the dance floor and went back home as it was unbearable for him now.

*Nainon se bole rabba rabba
Mann mein dole rabba rabba
Amrit ghole rabba rabba (O Soni)

Jind mahi ve, jind mahi ve
Jind mahi ve – soni soni aaja mahi ve
Everybody say – soni soni aaja mahi ve (Repeat once)

Heyy.. heyy.. hey..*

The next day it was Haldi ceremony in the morning.And as promised Kartik arrived at the venue .He was wearing a white Kurta and also glares.

"𝐻𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑒 𝑃𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑘 𝑏𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑑ℎ𝑜𝑘𝑎 𝐾𝑦𝑎 𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑦𝑎
𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑚𝑎 𝑝𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑠𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑖 𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑦𝑎
𝑃ℎ𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑎𝑧 𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑒 𝑝𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒
𝐴𝑏 𝑎𝑎𝑠𝑢 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒 𝑘𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑒"

He stood in the corner and watched the whole process take place .That's what he can do now.Rohan didn't show up in the ceremony as he went to the doctor along with his mom.
And this was such a big relief for Kartik as he had no answers to his questions.

When everyone was done applying haldi then one of the relatives of Naira said,“Kartik puttar aaja tu bhi laga le haldi apni dost nu. Iska Tere see zyada lagaav hai."
[𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒊 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅,"𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒅𝒊 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓.𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖."]

Kartik just nodded his head and went up to her. Her face was glowing as brightly as the sun shining up. He sat down in front of her.
"Why are you wearing glares?"She asked him and he didn't expected this question from her.
"Actually it's way too sunny today that's why"He replied.
Then he took some haldi mixture and applied on her feet ,hands and face.
After he was done applying it he was about to get up but then sat down once again.
Naira asked him in action ,“What-happened?"
He warded off bad spirits from her.
And Naira smiled back.

At Night
8:00PM

There was hustle and bustle everywhere at the venue.Kartik entered the venue and saw the arrangements. He was happy for Naira he actually was but somewhere in his heart he still felt that pain.

He was standing there looking at the sky lost,which had so many stars that da. It felt as if the stars were attending the marriage as well. Just then he saw Naira entering. She was beautifully dressed in a red coloured lehenga which suited her so well. She looked like a princess from other world. She was looking divine.
And her smile was like the cherry on the top.
"Perfect"Kartik spoke unknowingly.
Naira looked up at Kartik and forwarded her hand which was an indication that she wanted him by her side.
Kartik couldn't miss to be with her for the last few moments. He went up to her and held her hand softly.

*Toota hai toh juda hai kyn
Meri taraf tu muda hai kyu
Haq nahi tu yeh kahe ki yaar ab hum na rahe
Ek teri yaari ka hi
Saaton janam haqdaar hoon main
Tera yaar hoon main
Tera yaar hoon main
Tera yaar hoon main

Tera yaar hoon main*

They reached the Mandap and he left her hand.He felt as if now he has lost her forever.

He went to the last seat and sat down with his hands hiding his face.
Rohan came up to him and kept his hand at his shoulder. Kartik immediately looked up and saw him.
Rohan sat beside him.

“Why did you do so? Why didn't you tell her?"He asked him the same question but this time with higher chances of getting an answer.

"Because she is happy with him. I didn't-didn't wanted to make her choose between her friend and her love. I wanted to keep it simple for her."Kartik replied with utmost honesty and truth.

"Jaane kyun diya Naira ko?Ek baar try krta"He asked him to know why he let her go so easily.
["𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆."𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐 𝒔𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚.]
Kartik smiled at this question of his .

"Mohabbat this isliye jaane diya,zidd hoti to bahon mein hoti."
[𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔]

Saying this he went near the Mandap as the marriage was completed and now it was time for Bidaai.
Kartik was upset as he felt it's the last time he is seeing her. His red puffy eyes were clear proof of this. But today he don't need to make any excuse as Naira will understand that she is leaving so he is crying. But she will not know the real reason behind his sorrow and grief. And his love for her is so immense that at no cost he will let her know in any way.

Naira bid everyone adieu. Kartik was standing there at the end. Naira went up to him and cried.
While crying she asked,"Tu bhoolega to nhi mujhe?"
[𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅,"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐?"]

"Na..tu Aisa hone hi nhi degi."This made Naira chuckle a bit.
["𝑵𝒐,𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏."𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕.]

"Tu Meri liye rahega na humesha?"
She asked one more question as an assurance.
["𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒏𝒐?"
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆.]

“Tera yaar Hoon Main."This statement comforted Naira and she smiled. He also gave her a warm smile behind which he was hiding his sorrow.

Viraaj took her and left in the car. Kartik also tried to see her till the car disappeared. Just then the realization hit him that he has lost her forever now.

"𝑀𝑜ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑖𝑛
𝐴𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒
𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑎𝑎𝑖 𝑘𝑎 𝑔𝑎𝑚
𝐻𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑦𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑑𝑎 𝑛ℎ𝑖
𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎 𝑘ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑟𝑎ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒
𝐴𝑘ℎ𝑖𝑟 𝑇𝑒𝑟𝑎 𝑌𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑖"

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