Disclaimer : All the characters written below are imaginary and a work of pure fiction. There is no resemblance to any incident or situation and is written as work of fiction.

The night was long for both of them and the next day was even longer. They had shot across Lucerne and had successfully avoided each other. Their last location was visiting the chocolate factory and Karan chuckled bitterly at himself.

I had thought of getting her all the chocolates she likes. Never mind.

He got chocolates for his family and friends and went back to the bus and sat beside Wahi closing his eyes. They were on their way to Zurich airport which was an hour journey as they had their flight to catch for Milan.

"Hua kya hai?" Wahi asked him with a frown.

"Not now please...." He sighed with his eyes closed and Wahi didn't poke him any further.

They reached the airport , did the formalities and boarded their flight. He sat by the window and looked ahead. Teja was sitting with Vidhi and Nia and he looked out of the window as the flight began to taxi.

"Ab batayega yaa aur time chahiye?" Wahi rolled his eyes.

"I had fever the night before last night....i had taken my ex's name subconsciously because i was not even fully awake and she thinks i am still not over her then why the hell am i doing this with her...." He chuckled bitterly.

"Why did you take her name though?" He asked frowning.

Karan gave him a look and rolled his eyes.

"Tujhe bhi doubt hai mujhpe?" He asked seriously.

"Nahi re....but liya kyun?koi reason toh hoga....i am just curious...." Wahi shrugged.

"She doesn't have anything nice to say about me....which is fine....i mean i am sure even i didn't try to clear myself out in front of her....being the kind of non confrontational person i am....from the time i saw her talk to teja i keep getting this thought what if they talk someday about me and what if teja also feels that she is correct about me....i am sure i won't be able to explain myself to teja as well....it is complicated yaar....i don't know how to put it....i keep getting the same dream and i am certain i saw that in fever as well...." He sighed. "Teja took it in another way...."

"Can you blame her?" Wahi raised his brows.

"No i can't....she should have questioned me right in the morning right?but what did she do instead?she started to ignore me throughout yesterday...." He smiled sadly.

"You are saying you are non confrontational....so how can you expect her to confront you?" Wahi frowned and Karan glared at him.

"She is not me....she is different...." Karan looked out of the window. "And that is what i made her understand when she said that she wanted to give space...."

"How would you have reacted if she would have taken her ex's name in subconscious?" He asked poking Karan.

He stayed quiet.

"You would have been worse....and that is normal yaar Kundrra....koi bhi ladka yaa ladki aise hi react karne wale hai...." He said as a matter of fact.

"I guess you are right...." Karan said smiling sadly. "But i guess this was a sign....i am not understanding....i have weird expectations and since Teja had always been so patient with me i will keep expecting that she would understand....which is wrong....even she has a heart....she can also feel bad....but i know myself....i will expect it from her....because may be she has spoilt me like that....one day she won't understand me and i will lose it....like i lost it last night....so it is better off this way....you please take care of her...."

Wahi closed his eyes. Back to square one. Just like in the initial days he used to think he would end up hurting her.

They reached Milan and went to their hotel.

Teja reached her room , kept her backpack on the couch and laid down on the bed. Exhaustion was taking over.

She chuckled at the thought of the day.

How easy was it for him to stay away from me. The fault was mine. I had started expecting. When i started off it was good. Without any expectations. It should have been like that. How were you even expecting something with him.

She hadn't even realise when she had started to cry silently. She wiped her tears quickly and looked around the empty room. Had it been a couple of days back either she would have been in his room or he would have been here.

You have to stop thinking about him.

She didn't even bother to freshen up or change and just took her sling bag and walked out after locking the door.

The Starbucks reserve was a few minutes walking distance from the hotel and she had to divert her mind somehow. So she decided to visit it.

She walked along the pavement and smiled sadly. If it was a couple of days back he would have been walking with her.

She wiped her tears and increased her pace.

Just check on her once. Karan messaged Wahi.

She is good. Met her downstairs as she was going out. He got his reply.

Going out where? He messaged back quickly.

As if you don't know. She reaches somewhere and immediately goes out to take a tour around. He read the reply and sighed. Wahi was right. She always goes out almost immediately after reaching a new place. She had done it on the first day after they had reached Spain.

He stood by the balcony looking at the city lights. It was almost 8 at night and He just hoped that she would be back soon. Or else he knew himself. He would be freaking out.

It was 11 at night and he had been sitting at the balcony, looking down at the lawn and the entrance. She hadn't been back. It was really late.

Call her once. She is still not back. He messaged Wahi.

How do you know? He got the reply.

I am at the balcony. I would have noticed if she would have returned. He replied back.

As soon as he sent the message he saw Teja entering the hotel lawn and he sighed in relief.

She came back. Still check on her once. He messaged Wahi again to inform him.