Kartik had just come to the Singhaniya house for ganesh pooja. He was mesmerized by the view in front of him. Naira was dancing in a pure marathi get up. Kartik couldn't help but admire the beauty in front of him. She was dancing so elegantly. He was hypnotised.

Naira noticed Kartik's stare at her. She was so happy to see him. She couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if her and kartik danced together.

After the performance, Kartik had wanted to go to naira but stopped when the call of the detective came. He left from there. Naira looked at him leaving so suddenly. Why was he leaving so suddenly ? Naira tried to stop him but guests were there and she had to attend them.

Akshara was worried about Naitik to the point where it was taking a toll on her health so she asked naman to go and bring him back.

Naira called kartik after that. He picked up the phone.

Naira :- kartik.

Kartik :- naira.

For a moment she went quiet, hearing his voice gave her some peace.

Naira :- kartik, vo naman chachu Kenya gaye hain, papa ke pass.

Kartik :- nahi naira. Vo Kenya nahi gaye hai.

Naira :- kya?

Kartik :- haa. Subah mein jab tumhare ghar aaya tha aur achanak chala gaya tha toh mein uss hi detective se milne gaya tha, usne bataya ki Naitik sir Kenya mein nahin Switzerland mein hain.

Naira :- kya!!??

Kartik :- haa. Uske baad ek achanak si important meeting ki vajah se mein tumhe kuch bata nahi paya. Mein bas abhi abhi free hua hoon. Tumhe call karta ki uss se pehle tumhara phone aa gaya.

Naira :- par kartik ab hum kya karenge, kaise papa ko-

Kartik :- naira, naira, don't worry. Yaad hai maine tumhe bataya tha ki mughe Switzerland jaana hai kisi meeting ke liye.

Naira :- haa.

Kartik :- toh mein kal nikal raha hoon. Tumhare ghar pe Ganpati pooja ke baad. And I promise you ki mein Naitik sir ko kuch nahi hone doonga.

Naira :- I know kartik, I trust you.

Kartik smiled on hearing that.

Suddenly someone called her. It was gayu.

Naira :- acha kartik. Gayu di bula rahi hai, main baad mein baat kartik hoon.

Kartik :- ok.

Inside he didn't want to cut the call but he had no choice.

Gayu told everyone about the confirmation in swiss watch designer competition. Everyone congratulated her. Gayu had to go to Switzerland for this. Naira saw this as an opportunity to go to Switzerland and expressed her desire to go. Naksh also decided to join them.

Sometime later, naksh came with a problem. Everyone was in the hall.

Akshara :- kya hua duggu? Tum bade pareshan lag rahe ho ?

Naksh :- haa maa. Ek bahut badi problem ho gayi hai.

Everyone came near him.

Naira :- kya hua bhai ?

Naksh :- naira agle 2 din ki kisi bhi Switzerland ki flight mein koi seat available nahi hai.

Everyone was shocked.

Akshara :- kya ? Ye tum kya keh rahe ho duggu ?

Naksh :- haa maa. Jitni bhi flights mein seat hai vo 2 din baad hai.

Devyani :- haa toh kya hua? 2 din baad chale jayenge.

Naksh :- nahi choti dadi. Kal jaana bahut zaroori hai kyun ki parso ke din gayu ko competition ke liye register karna hai, agar aisa nahi hua, toh vo competition mein part nahi le paegi.

Devyani :- kya!!

Naksh :- haa.

Kaveri :- toh phir ab kya karenge ?

Gayu looked on sadly.

Gayu :- I think mera iss competiton mein part lena likha hi nahi hai.

Everyone looked at her. No one knew what to do. It was then mishti suggested something.

Mishti :- idea.

Everyone looked at her.

All :- kya ?

Mishti :- bff.

Naksh :- bff matlab kartik ?

Mishti :- haa. Vo hamari pakka kuch help kar paenge.

Akshara :- mishti beta jab flight mein tickets hi available nahi hai toh vo bhi kya par paega.

Mishti :- taiji. Mere bff Kartik Goenka hai. Itne bade buisnessman. I am sure vo hamari kuch na kuch help toh jarrur kar paenge.

Naira :- haa mumma. Mishti thik keh rahi hai. Kartik bhi kal Switzerland jaa raha hai, kisi meeting ke liye. Vo pakka hamari koi na koi help toh jarrur kar paega.

Everyone looked at each other. Mishti took naira's phone and called him. He picked up. Mishti put it on speaker.

Mishti :- bff.

Kartik :- hello mishti.

Mishti :- bff, abhi aap kahan lar ho?

Kartik :- mein apne ghar pe.

Mishti :- bff, vo actually ek problem ho gayi hai.

Kartik :- kya hua ?

Slowly mishti told him everything. Kartik was quiet for a moment, before he spoke.

Kartik :- bas, itni si baat. Mishti, aap naira, naksh aur gayu se keh do ki kal taiyyar rahe, apna saman pack kar le kyun ki kal pooja ke baad hum chalenge Switzerland.

Everyone was surprised on hearing that.

Mishti :- sachi bff.

Kartik :- haa. Pakka.

Akshara :- kartik.

Kartik :- ji aunty.

Akshara :- beta. Ek baar phir se tumhara bahut bahut dhanyawad. Pata nahi -

Kartik :- agar apne phir se mughe thanks kaha na toh mein naraz ho jaaonga.

Everyone smiled on hearing that.

Kartik :- aap sab mughe apna family member maante hai aur mein bhi aap sabko apna family member samaghta hoon toh no thank you.

Akshara :- thik hai baba, nahi kahoongi.

Kartik :- okay. Toh phir kal pooja ka baad sab taiyyar rehna. Kal niklenge.

Akshara :- ok.

Kartik cut the call.

Mishti :- dekha. Maine kaha tha na ki mere bff pakka hamari help karenge.

Akshara :- haa mishti. Ek baar phir se hamari madad kar raha hai.

Mishti suddenly got an idea.

Mishti :- mughe unse milna hai.

Karishma :- mishti, kal toh vo aa hi raha hai na, tab mil lena.

Mishti :- nahi, mughe abhi jaana hai. Please mumma.

Karishma :- par-

Akshara :- koi baat nahi karishma, jaane ke mann hai toh jaane do.

Karishma :- par bhabhi, iss time kon leke jaega ? I mean akele bhi toh nahi bhej sakti na.

Mishti :- arey uske liye naira di hai na.

Naira looked at mishti, who pinched her.

Naira :- haa, haa. Mein leke jaongi na apni pyaar si behen ko.

Akshara :- par tumhari packing ?

Naira :- aane ke baad kar loongi.

Akshara :- thik hai. Par dono time se aa jaana.

Naira :- ok.

Naira and mishti sat in the car. Naira was excited to meet kartik, while mishti was giggling at her excitement. They reached Kartik's house as mishti told her where it was located. She was surprised to see how huge it was.

Mishti called kartik again from naira's phone and both her and naira got out of the car. He came down, outside the gate and was surprised to see them. Mishti hugged him. Kartik and naira looked at each other. Both wanted to hug each other but just kept looking at each other.

Naira :- hi jai.

Kartik :- hi veeru.

Mishti looked at them and spoke.

Mishti :- offo bff. Bahar hi khada karke rakhoge andar nahi bulaoge ?

Kartik :- ohh sorry. Aao na.

All 3 of them went inside. They met dadi, mansi, keerti, l&k. Mishti took kartik to his room saying she had to talk to him about something secret. They both entered Kartik's room.

Naira :- wow bf, aapka room kitna bada aur kitna sundar hai.

Kartik smiled.

Kartik :- acha ye batao, kya baat karni thi aapko.

Mishti :- kuch nahi, mein yahan aapki packing karane aayi hoon, jaa rahe ho na Switzerland naira di ke saath. Toh packing toh karni hogi.

Kartik :- arey haa, uss baare mein toh maine socha hi nahi tha.

Mishti :- main hoon na, chalo karte hai.

Kartik brought out his suitcase and opened his wardrobe. Mishti started picking out clothes for kartik and both started packing.

Mishti :- vaise bff. Switzerland ko country of chocolate bolte hai na.

Kartik :- country of chocolate nahi, country of love.

Mishti :- ohhhhhh. Toh vahan aap naira di ko propose kar hi dena, aur sapne mat dekhna, real mein, ok.

Kartik :- haa. Irada toh vahi hai, par vahan par do do bodyguards rahenge. Naksh aur gayu.

Mishti :- haa, vo toh hai. Par koi baat nahi, aap tension mat lo, koi na koi rasta nikal hi aaega. Acha suno.

Kartik :- haa.

Mishti :-Yahan baat baat pe kho jaate ho, vaise mat kho jaana, ghurna mat aur uchalna mat. Varna bhaiyyu barf mein aapki kulfi jama denge.

Kartik :- haa, pata hai, pata hai, mein dhyaan rakhoonga.

Mishti :- promise?

Kartik :- haa pakka promise.

Kartik started biting his nails and started thinking something.

Mishti :- kya hua? Ab apne nakhoon kyun kha rahe ho ?

Kartik :- mein itna nervous ho raha hoon. Naira ko propose kaise karoonga ?

Mishti :- ho jaega. Mein pray karoongi na aur vaise bhi krishna ji aapke dost hai hi.

Kartik :- haa. Tum bahut cute ho mishti.

Mishti :- aap bhi bahut handsome ho.

The packing was done.

Mishti :- acha, ek baat dhyaan se suno.

Kartik went down on his knees.

Kartik :- kaho.

Mishti :- I love KaiRa and I want to see KaiRa.

Kartik :- ye KaiRa KaiRa kya hota hai ?

Mishti :- offo bff, aapko itna bhi nahi pata. Aap log kartik aur naira banke jaa rahe ho, phir vaapas India aaoge KaiRa bankar.

Kartik just smiled and nodded his head and got lost somewhere. Mishti snapped him out of it.

Mishti :- no no no. Time over, time over.

Kartik :- kya hua ?

Mishti :- no sapne, aur agar dekhne bhi hai toh mere jaane ke baad dekhna.

Kartik :- oh sorry.

Mishti :- haa, aur kuch ?

Kartik :- nahi, ho gaya, thank you.

Mishti :- toh ab mein jaaon.

Kartik :- haa jao. Thank you.

Mishti :- pakka, aur kuch nahi hai na ?

Kartik :- haa, pakka.

Mishu started going when kartik called out her name.

Kartik :- mishti.

Kartik came behind her and turned her around and got on his knees.

Kartik :- mishti. Mein kitna bhi thanks kahoon na, kam hai. I know kuch laane ki zarurat toh hai nahi par phir bhi, as token mein kuch toh laana chahata hoon tumhare liye, nahi nahi bahut kuch lana chahta hoon. Aur ek aur baat, my pretty lady, meri life mein tumhare liye ek bahut important jagah hai. Aur vo jagah koi aur nahi le sakta, vo jagah sirf tumhari hai tumhari, yours and yours only. I love you my bff.

Mishti :- I love you too my bff. And don't worry, krishna ji sab thik kar denge, aap dono KaiRa banke hi vaapas aaoge.

Kartik hugged her.

Meanwhile naira and keerti were talking and laughing in the living hall. It was then naira noticed something. It was a photo with a garland hanging over it. The photo was of a boy. He looked very young, naira guessed his age would have been around 13 to 14. Naira wanted to ask about that photo but decided not to.

Keerti :- naira, tum ye wali dress-

Keerti stopped talking when she saw where naira was looking. It was the photo.

Keerti :- oh.

Naira suddenly registered keerti's words and immediately turned towards her. She noticed that the earlier smile of keerti had been replaced by sad and gloomy look.

Naira :- I am sorry di. Mein..... Actually vo.....

Keerti :- it's ok naira.

Keerti sighed.

Keerti :- ye shubahan tha naira. Hamara chota bhai.

Naira was stunned. In all her talks with kartik, Shubham's name hadn't even come up but she could understand why.

Naira :- it's ok di. Aap ko -

Keerti:- it's ok naira. Mein tumhe isliye batana chahti hoon ki ye baat kartik se joodi hai. Mein jaanti hoon ki tumne kai baar suna hoga ki kartik ne business bahut jaldi, bahut kam umar mein join kar liya tha. Par aaj mein tumhe uski vajah batana chahti hoon.

Naira :- di, koi baat nahi-

Keerti :- maine kaha na, it's ok naira. Tum kartik ki sabse achi dost ho, uski bff aur tumhe jaan ne ka haq hai.

Naira was quiet.

Keerti :- pata hai naira, kartik ka bachpan se ek sapna tha ki vo doctor banne. Uska dream tha ye. Bahut intelligent tha. Uske liye vo din raat mehnat karta tha. Shubham maa aur papa ka sabse chota beta, hamara chota bhai tha. Hum sab apne parivaar mein bahut khush the. Kartik jab 18 ka tha tab USA ki ek bahut badi University se usse scholarship mili medical padne ki. Mughe aaj bhi yaad ki kartik kitna jyada khush tha uss din. Hum sab bhi. Par kehte hai na ki ek din sab kuch khatam kar sakta hai. Jiss din kartik ko USA jaana tha us din papa, chachu aur shubham usse airport pe drop karke vaapas aa rahe the ki unka bahut bhayanak accident ho gaya. Uss haadse ne sab kuch khatam kar diya naira, sab kuch.

Naira was stunned.

Keerti :- Shubham chal basa, aur papa aur chachu dono ko itni gehri chote aayi ki dono coma mein chale gaye.

Naira was shocked to the core. She knew her father had been in a coma once, years before her birth and that had devastated there family but two members. How much trauma it would have been for the entire family.

Keerti :- kartik airport se hi vaapas aa gaya. Maa ko toh sadma sa lag gaya, shubham ke jaane ka, aur papa ki halat ka. Dadi bhi bhokla si gayi, dono bete coma mein aur ek pota chal basa. Aur chachi ki bhi halat thik nahi thi, ek taraf chachu ki halat aur dusri taraf luv kush chote chote bacche. Aur business ko kon sambhalta. Mein aur mansi khud pagal se ho gaye the. Aise mein kartik ne saari ghar ki aur office ki zimmedari apne upar le li. Apne dukh ke asoon pee gaya aur sambhala hum sabko. Ghar mein hummein aur bahar office ko. Apna sapna kurbaan kar diya. Udaipur mein business studies ke liye ek college join kar liya. Ghar, office, padhai. Jiss umar mein log apni jawani enjoy karte hai uss umar mein iske sar pe jimmedariyan thi. Pehle toh office mein kai saari problems aayi, kuch aata nahi tha par bahut jaldi sab kuch seekh gaya aur apni mehnat se bahut jaldi apne pair jama liye. Idhar ghar mein kuch bhi pehle jaisa nahi tha. Sab kuch badal gaya tha.

Naira was shocked. She felt tears in her eyes.

Keerti :- dedh saal baad papa ko hosh aaya, iss se pehle ki vo coma ke sadme se bahar aate unhe shubham ki death ka pata lag gaya jisne unhe ek aur sadme mein daal diya. Uske bhi 6 mahine baad chachu ko hosh aaya. Dono dheere dheere normal ho gaye, par sach kahoon toh kuch bhi normal nahi tha. Papa aur chachu ne dobara office aana shuru kiya. Vo bhi hairan ho gaye the ki kartik ne itni jaldi itna kuch haasil kar liya tha.

A multitude of emotions were running inside naira. Her kartik had suffered so much pain.

Keerti :- uss hadse ke baad kartik ki muskurahat chali gayi thi. Sach kahoon naira toh kartik kahin na kahin apne aap ko Shubham ki maut ka jimmedar samaghta hai. Usse aisa lagta hai ki agar vo uss din airport nahi jaata toh ye haadsa nahi hota. Apne aap ko doshi maankar uss guilt mein jee raha hai. Hum sab toh ro liye, par vo toh Shubham ke jaane ke baad aaj tak thik se roya bhi nahi hai.

Naira got hit by flashbacks. During yash's bachelor party when he had shouted at her after she had faked fainting and then mansi apologising later for him and then again when she had rash drived when they were going to resort for Ananya Di's birthday.

Keerti :- kartik hum sabke liye bahut special hai naira. Iss parivaar ki jaan, hamara guroor hai vo. Itne saalo baad vo kahin ghumne gaya tha Rishikesh. Vaapas aane ke baad uski smile dheere dheere vaapas aane lagi. Humein hamara purana kartik dikhne laga. Aur iss sabki vajah uski ek dost hai, jo purane kartik ko vaapas le laayi. Aur vo dost tum ho.

Naira looked at keerti surprised.

Keerti :- haa naira. Tum kartik ki pehli aisi dost ho, jo uske chehre vo smile lekar aayi, jisse dekhne ke liye hum sab taras gaye the. Thank you so much for that. Bas naira, ab hum sab yahin chahte hai ki ye apne aap ko guilty maan na band kar de. Shayad jo kaam hum na kar sake, vo koi dost kar de.

Keerti knew that kartik loved naira and kartik would listen to naira.

Naira looked at keerti and just nodded. That man had always helped her and her family, always being there for her. She vowed inside to help the man she loved

Kartik and mishti came downstairs in the hall. It took all of naira's willpower to not to go and hug him tightly right there and then. Before she could say anything, her phone rang. It was Akshara who called her and mishti back home. Kartik and naira looked at each other. Even now they hadn't gotten thame chance to talk properly. But she would talk to him later. Naira and mishti waved bye and left.

The entire journey back home naira could only think of keerti's words. The man she loved was blaming himself for something
Something he wasn't even responsible for. Living in guilt, giving up his dream for his family. At such a young age, he joined business to support the family through very tough times. She vowed to help him. To get him free from the unnecessary guilt he was carrying. And she vowed to never hurt him, to always keep him happy. He had already suffered a lot, he didn't deserve to suffer more. And she won't let him suffer anymore.

A/N :- I already expected baby's name to be Akshara or Kaira. I have mixed feelings for the name. I don't hate it but as such i don't even like it that much.

Kairav jealousy track is coming next. Reminds me when naksh got jealous of Naitik after he Naitik was out of his coma. However the two scenarios are very different, Naitik was naksh's father. Krishna is a complete outsider for kairav.

Let's see what happens.