At around 03:10p.m, I stood in front of the Hard Rock Cafè and took a deep breath before entering it. I saw Kartik sitting with his head hung low on a table in the corner of the cafè. "Hi", I softly chipped as soon as I neared him and his head jerked up. "Hi", he said with a smile stretched on his face and gestured me to sit. "Thank you for coming", he said and passed a smile. "Would you like some coffee?", he asked. "No thanks", I declined, he didn't knew I hard I tried to stay composed in front of him and he wasn't meeting his point. "How are you?", he asked. "Sorry if it sounds rude, but what did you want to talk about?", I straightforwardly asked. He looked at me for sometime and nodded his head. "I know you won't be able to trust me, but what if I say Darshan still loves you, in fact he always loved you", he said and I looked away. Here he was, convincing me for accepting his brother, once again. "I know Divya, after what we did, you won't be able to trust us, but please trust me, he loves you and he didn't send me to tell you all this. Instead he did send me a year ago, the day I told you the truth", he said and I looked at him in shock. "Yes Divya, that day, he himself sent me to you and tell you everything, but trust me, he loves you. He doesn't even know that I'm with you telling you the truth. He needs you Divya", Kartik said and his eyes moistened up so did mine.
"Your love for your brother is again making you making destroy my life, Kartik", I said and he shook his head. "This time, he doesn't know about it, trust me", he tried to convince. "And why do you want me to trust you?", I asked. He picked up a file lying on his lap and slid it towards my end of the table. It was a hospital's file and I looked at it blankly. "The circumstances doesn't let me lie anymore", he said. I opened the file and the first report on the top and my eyes almost popped out of their sockets as I read. I looked at him in shock and he softly nodded his head. "You remember the episode when he had a face off with the guy on seventh position, and unfortunately he lost, that was when he first experienced it, while performing. He himself took some medicines but nothing happened. Then, on Sunday when he was allowed to go out, he went to the doctor and he gave him proper medicines which helped a little but he'd go though it oftenly. Ever since that day, he couldn't perform properly and maybe that's the reason he couldn't win the show. After the show got over, he again went to the doctor for a proper check up and that was when he came to know about, that was when he was diagnosed with a hole in his heart, ever since that day, he isn't able to sing, because eachtime he tries, he suffers heart ache", Kartik narrated and tears ran down my eyes. "He never wanted to hurt you Divya, but he had to do all this. He didn't want you to suffer, he didn't want to see you in pain, that's why he started pushing you and Kritesh and Jyugal away. That's why he fought with you guys that day in the park. At that time, even I didn't know about this, that's why I got angry seeing him behave like this, but after you left, he told me everything. He knew that you'll try to contact me after you came to know that I'm his brother, that why he made me promise that when I'll meet you, I'll tell you everything how he made you love him and would somehow turn him into a villain, so that you could hate him; but he isn't a villain Divya, he's the real hero", his voice broke. "And why are you telling me all this?", I forced words out of my mouth. "Because he needs you Divya. It's only you who can help him now. He has lost all the hopes of his recovery and life, he doesn't even wants to undergo the operation but he agreed just because of mom dad. He is very disturbed these days, he needs someone to hold his hand, to give him strength. Before telling you everything, I thought that Kritesh and Jyugal could help him, that's why I reached out to them too and told them everything, but I don't know what struck his mind, he isn't ready to listen to anyone. It's only you Divya, who can save him now. Please save my brother, please save your V", he begged and tears rolled down his cheeks. "His final operation will start at 6p.m, if you can forgive him, please come at the city hospital by 5p.m", he said, took the file and left. My heart shuddered into a million pieces. Mom was right, he didn't hurt me, the circumstances made him do that, he distanced me from himself because he didn't want me to know about his condition and suffer. I burried my face in my hands and sobbed badly. I cursed myself for not believing him, for doing everything I did in the last one year. I should have been by his side all this while, but I just didn't try to find out anything and simply blocked him. I dragged my face away from my hands and saw the time, it was 3:45p.m. I suddenly took out my phone, and called up mom. I knew what she would say and maybe that was what I wanted to hear. I wanted someone to tell me that what I was going to do was right, and no one other than mom would have told me that.

(Be honest, did you cry? Cause I did, while writing as well as when I was just thinking about it)