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Dadi walked into her room, to find her husband fast asleep on the bed, and her grandson kneeling on the ground nearby the bed and pressing his grandfather's feet, like he would do every night. She slowly walked towards the boy and ran a hand through his hair.

"Dadi", Karthik smiled and got up engulfing his grand mother into a hug.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much dadi", Karthik said happily in the tight hug

"Kya hua, itna sarra thank you, kyun.", asked Dadi breaking the hug.

"Aaj dadu ne sangeet mein dance kiya, and I know aap ne hi maniya unhe, dadu ka meri sangeet mein aise khul ke hissa lenna bahut baddi baath thi mere liye", Karthik spoke with a smile and tear filled eyes.

"Tum jante ho tumhare dadu tum se bahut pyaar karte hai, bas jatta nahi paate, iss baath ko le kar kabhi mayus nahi hona.", Dadi lied to Karthik and he nodded, though on the inside he was himself unsure whether he believed those words or not.

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Naira was asleep, when she twisted in her sleep and felt she was in someone's hold.

"Karthik", she whispered to herself, recognizing the feel, she reached out her hand and switched on the lamp to see that it was indeed her love lying down beside her.

"Karthik, kab aiya, aur mujhe jaggiya kyun nahi. Lekin woh iss waqt aiya kyun, jab video call end hua main ne already usse keh diya tha ke mujhe neend arahi hai, aur sonne wali hun.", Naira thought to herself.

"Karthik, mendak", she called out while tapping him.

"Kya hua Naira sonne do, bahut neend arahi hai", Karthik said sleepily.

"Karthik utho", Naira shook him again and Karthik sat up on the bed.

"Kya hua Naira, ache se neend agayi thi, kyun jagiya", asked Karthik

"Kyun aye tum aur koyi bahana nahi chalega mere same, mujhe sirf saach sunna hai.", Naira said sternly

"Bas dil mein ek bachani se ho rahi hai Aaj kal. Ajeeb said dar lagga rehta hai mann mein", Karthik answered.

"Uffo Karthik, kuch nahi hua hai shaadi ki wajhe se tum nervous ho, mujhe bhi aisi feelings arahi thi phir mumma ne samjhaiya ke jab bhi hum zindagi mein ek important step lete hai nervous ho hi jate hai, humare maan mein bahut sarre sawal ajjate hai, aur woh humare mann ko bechain kar deta hai.", Naira told Karthik, remembering what Akshara had told her and Karthik gave a forced smile.

"Koyi aur baath bhi hai", asked Naira and Karthik lightly nodded his head in a positive response.

"Dadu", Karthik whispered but Naira heard him.

"Kya hua dadu ko Karthik", asked Naira

"Wohi kabhi samajh mein nahi aiya, woh humesha itna durr sure se kyun rehte hai mujh se.", he questioned

"Kabhi mera mann karta hai, ke sarre sawal no mere mann mein hai unhe ja puchun, ke meri galti kya hai, jo woh humesha mujh se naraz se rehte hai", Karthik continued

"Phir ja kar puch lo, kyun sarre sawal apne mann ke andar dabaye huye ho", Naira said

"Bahut neend arahi hai, tumhe bhi arahi hogi so jaate hai", said Karthik and Naira understood that he wanted to avoid further conversation, so they both laid down hugging each other and drifted to sleep.

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Naira woke up to find Karthik missing, like always when he stayed the night her room he would leave before anyone could get up, but this time saw that there was a sticky note stuck to the headboard.

"Thank you for always being there for me", the note read. Naira smiled and kissed it.

"Pagal ladka, bina baath ke thank you bol raha hai", Naira said to herself.

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It was early afternoon, Karthik was pacing up and down his room.

"Jaise Naira ne kaha mujhe waisa hi karna chaiye, mujh dadu se sidhe ja kar baath kar lena chaiye.", Karthik thought to himself.

"Lekin kya kahunga unse. Hum dono mein kabhi zyada baath huyi hi nahi", Karthik thought after a while getting tensed.

Karthik walked up to the mirror and started practicing lines of how he would talk to his grandfather.

"Kya kar raha hai tu Karthik. Tere apne dadu se hi baath karni hai tujhe. Pata nahi mujh se kyun nahi ho raha.", Karthik spoke to himself.

"Mein Naira ko call.....", as he was about to complete his sentence, his phone rang, he smiled seeing Naira's name.

"Naira mein tu......", he started but was cut off as he heard soft sobs coming from the other end.

"Naira kya hua, ro kyun rahi ho, please mujhe batao", he asked in a soft concerned voice.
 
"Mein bahut akeli hoon Karthik please jao", she said choking on her words.

Karthik was a bit confused, at Naira crying just because she was alone at home, this wasn't like her.

"I will be at Singhania Sadan as soon as possible, I promise", he assured her.

"Please, city care hospital, asakte ho", she asked her voice cracking. Karthik was more sure now that there was something wrong which she wasn't saying.

"I will be there", he answered her, not wanting to question her on the phone, he knew he would get the answers he wanted at the hospital, maybe even the answers to the questions he never knew.

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Karthik entered the hospital and asked the receptionist if Naira Singhania, had been admitted or had come with a patient to be admitted. Karthik also told her about Naira's appearance so she would recollect.

"Yes sir, a girl similar to what you described had come in wheeling a middle aged lady on a stretcher. That girl was crying very badly and she was calling the unconscious woman Mumma.", the receptionist informed.

"Could you please check and tell me if there is any patient by the name of Akshara Singhania", asked Karthik

The receptionist gave him a room number and directions, he rushed and found Naira sitting outside the room, he went up to her and hugged her tight, while even she wrapped her arms around him as tightly as she could and sobbed softly into his chest. He light ran his hand through her hair, slowly calming her.

"Naira, Jaan, aunty will be okay, nothing will happen.", he spoke, trying to assure not only her but himself.

"Karthik, mujhe nahi pata mumma ko kya hua, mein kamre mein thi, jab neeche ayi toh dekha mumma behosh the unke haath aur mun par khun tha.", she spoke.

"Tum ne baki sab ko inform kiya", Karthik questioned.

"Mein ne sab ko call karne ki koshish ki, papa aur Bhai, shayad abhi bhi meeting mein hai toh unka phone silent pe hoga aur Dadi, Badi Dadi, Bua Dadi apne kissi saheli ke poti ki godh bharai ke function mein gaye hai, issi liye shayad who bhi nahi utha rahe.", Naira replied

"Naira, tum Sherni ho ne, toh sherni aisa rote thodi na hai, dekho kuch waqt mein sab pahunch jayenge, tumhe unhe bhi sambhalna hoga, tum toh sherni ho, princess ho. Yaad hai ne princess ka kaam sirf taira pehnna nahi hota, uske saath kuch zimmedarian bhi hoti hai", Karthik spoke wiping her tears.

He made a call to Suvarna Manish and told them about the matter, requesting Suvarna to go to function and get the ladies and asking Manish if he could fetch Naitik and Naksh from the meeting as SD and GG were pretty close.

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