A/N: Aman convinces Kartik to talk to his dad once. I'm just trying to explore something here so... yeah :)

"Ummm... Kartik?" Aman asked nervously and Kartik hummed as he typed away on his laptop. "Hum... tumhare papa ko kab milenge?" he asked and the typing stopped. "Come again?" Kartik asked incredously.

"When will we meet your family Kartik? I mean, tumne obviously mere parivaar se mile ho. Par you've never agreed to take me to meet yours" "As if you were willing to in the first place" Kartik muttered, trying to deflect.

"Baath woh nahi hai. I mean, haan, tumne unke baare mein thoda buri baath hi kahi hai ab tak but... I want to meet them" Aman said softly as he took a seat beside him. "No" Kartik said defiantly as he kept the laptop aside.

"Par kyon?" "I told you. Nafrat karte hain hum jaise logon se. He will never accept us. Dar hai ki woh tumhe bhi kuch karenge. And I can't see you get hurt, especially if it is my dad going to do it. So no means no Aman" Kartik said with finality.

"But what if he has changed? Koi bhi badal saktha hai Kartik? And what if... shaayad yeh bhi ho saktha hai ki woh tumhe nafrat nahi karte the. Yeh bhi ho saktha hai ki woh darthe the tumhare liye aur us dar mein aisa kar diya?" Aman asked logically.

"Nahi yaar. Woh mujse nafrat karte the. Yeh dar ke wajah se nahi hai. I am sure of that, 100%" Kartik said with a pout, completely not convinced with Aman's reasoning.

"Ok, aisa dekh. Mere papa pade likhe the, right? Tumne kaha ki he'll understand our relationship? Par kya hua? He wanted to throw you out, "bad influence" ko nikalna chahte the. Aur uske liye woh kya nahi kiya? Nakli kriyakaram, meri shaadi fix ki, tumhe maara... but when we still confronted him after that, usne kya bola? Society se dar, yeh dar ki un logon hume accept nahi karenge. Yeh dar ki unki reputation aur izzat bhaad mein jaayega, because he didn't understand the nature of our relationship kyon ki example nahi thi, right?" Aman asked and Kartik nodded.

"Ab soch, this is just a speculation, sach hai ya nahi, mujhe patha nahi. Tumhare baap lohar the, aur tumne kaha ki woh unpad the. Agar mere pade likhe baap ko dar ho sakthi hai, tumhare baap ko kyon nahi hogi wohi dar? In fact, it probably with be tenfold kyon ki society waisa hai. He didn't want you to be isolated, he didn't want you to be ridiculed because of that. Reputation aur izzat ke baath chhod. He didn't want your life to be spoiled because you are different. Yeh bhi ho sakthi thi na?" Aman asked softly and Kartik pondered over it a bit before nodding again.

"What actually brought up the topic though?" Kartik asked suspiciously. "Well... tumhare papa ne Devika ko phone karke tumhare ata pata pooch rahe the it seems. And she was gracious enough to give me his number too" Aman said smugly as he held up his phone and Kartik's jaw dropped open when he saw his dad's number on the contacts list.

"Bol rahe the ki tumhare saath ek baar baath karni hai. And was sorry for not contacting you before it seems. Devika ne wahi boli. So, you want to talk?"

A/N: Me is not trying to justify Kartik's dad's actions here. But this is just another pov I wanted to explore. I mean, according to me it is also a fair pov. Hope you all like it! All comments and criticisms accepted and appreciated! Prompts are welcome!

Thank you all for reading!!!!!!!

Rasnak signing off :) ;)

UPDATED ON 30 JULY 2020