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.

Karan kept the night lamp on and went out to the lounge. He quickly took his phone and dialled Wahi.

"Haan bol saale....is she fine?" Wahi asked him.

"Dude you won't believe what happened...." He said in excitement.

"Shiiii tune aise haal mein kiss wiss kar diya?" Wahi said making a face.

"Nahi re bewakoof....dirty mind....she confessed....tu pehele bol party khatam nuh?free hai tu?" He asked impatiently.

"Yeah yeah....jaldi bol....ruk mai rithvik ko bulata hoon yehi so raha hai...." He kicked rithvik and rithvik got up getting startled.

"Kya hai bey?" He asked angrily.

"Kundrra on phone...." Wahi put it on speaker. "Teja confessed to him...."

"Hain kya?" Rithvik asked in shock.

"Abbey chup raho gadho....meri baat sun....she confessed that she loves me....she said she wants to hurt me so that i go away from her because use lagta hai mai waise bhi chala jaunga...." He said in one breath.

"Kya?" Wahi asked scratching his head. "Yeh kaisa tongue twister hai?"

"Abbey yaar...." Karan slapped his head and told them everything.

"Abbey yeh kaisi gadhi hai bhai...." Wahi said in shock.

"Sun....3 din ladki in....mere paas dhaasu idea hai...." Rithvik said smiling evilly.

"Kya?" Karan asked frowning.

"Kal pretend kar that she has already hurt you while becoming drunk....pretend to be heartbroken....ki terese dukh bardasht nahi ho raha hai....usse dur rahe....sacrifice mode on kar....baaki mai aur Wahi dekh lenge...." Rithvik said happily.

"Abbey oh hello....ise pata chala toh kacchhaa chaba jayegi....mai iss mein nahi hoon...." Wahi said getting scared.

"Exactly....tortoise chhak ke maregi mujhe...." He said looking at a tortoise paper weight on his centre table and imagined Teja hitting him with it.

"Chup reh....everything is fair in love and war and yeh toh dono hai...." Rithvik said smiling happily. "So plan on okay?"

*****

Teja opened her eyes to terrible headache and looked around. It was an unknown place. She immediately sat up and saw a picture of Karan on the side table and realised that it was his room.

What the fuck.

She could already feel her heartbeat going up and immediately got up and walked out of the room. She looked around to see him sitting at the balcony looking at the sky.

She is up. She is up. Sunny chalu kar.

"How did i come here?" She asked him gulping her saliva. She had no clue what all she had done.

Yes yes. Just what i wanted. She doesn't remember. Yes yes.

Karan looked back at her and got up with a blank face.

"You were drunk so i brought you here....ghar leke jaata toh uncle aunty ko kya bolta samajh nahi aaya....don't worry i slept in the other room...." He said not looking at her. "Your tea is in the flask....have it if you are comfortable...."

Teja frowned.

Why is he behaving like this?

"No thanks....i'll leave...." She looked around a took her bag and booked a cab and Karan kept quiet.

He is actually letting me go by a cab?like what happened to him in one night?

She couldn't think straight. Karan was behaving weird. And she had no idea why.

"Bye....and thank you...." She said looking at him.

"Bye...." He said politely.

She frowned in confusion but went out of the house.

He closed the door and sighed.

First part executed. She didn't remember anything. So all good! Over and out! He pinged in the group which had him , Wahi and Rithvik. A group named 'Mission Jhansi Ki Raani'.

Roger that! Both wahi and Rithvik pinged separately in the group.

*****

Teja went to the studio. The marketing team had planned a promotional event of the cast making Ganapati sculpture because Ganesh Chaturthi was round the corner.

She went in and looked around. Karan had not yet come. She went to meet Wahi and Rithvik and they didn't talk to her , just wished her a good morning formally.

Teja frowned and sat in a chair.

Kal tak sab thik tha. Aaj sab ko ho kya gaya hai?

Karan came and directly went and took a cup of coffee for himself and sat alone.

"Listen we are pairing everyone up....Kundraa Teja....tum dono saath mein...." The creative head informed them. "Rithvik is heading this....he obviously is the best...."

"Sun....can you swap us?let Teja do with someone else...." Karan told him making Teja shocked.

Karan?karan doesn't want to work with me?kal tak jo banda koi mauka nahi chorta tha to be near me?what the hell is happening?

Teja's mind was clouded. She was too confused to think straight. She quickly went to Wahi and Rithvik.

"Please can you two tell me what is wrong with you two?and what is wrong with Karan?" She asked seriously.

"Why are you asking now Teja....kal jo karna tha tujhe kar toh diya tune...." Wahi said with a sad smile.

"What have i done?" She frowned in confusion.

"Really?you don't know?you have hurt him way beyond repair Teja...." Rithvik said with disappointment.

"What?maine kab hurt ki?" She asked getting conscious.

Did i actually hurt him?i mean i had planned to hurt him i know.... But maine kar diya sach mein hurt?

"Kal....when you were drunk....You knew how he was so broken....and upar se you hurt him so much that ab use lagta hai ki he is not meant for a relationship..... Kyuki usne aaj tak sabko hurt hi kiya hai.... Tujhe bhi.... He doesn't deserve love in life.... You think yeh sach hai?he is back to square one....wohi jaha pe humne use Europe mein dekha tha....remember the broken and heartless Karan?wohi ban jayega woh wapas...."

What? Teja gulped and licked her dry lips.

"Mera intention kabhi woh nahi tha...." She whispered and her eyes started to turn moist.

Wahi looked at her guiltily and patted her hair.

"Teju....don't do this....i don't know why you have hurt him but agar tujhe lagta hai isse you have done good for him then you have not baby....mat kar aisa...." He pulled her into a hug as she had started to sniff slowly.

Rithvik also looked at her with affection and caressed her hair.

"Time hai Teju....use bol you didn't mean those....that you didn't want to hurt him...." Rithvik said softly.

"But maine bola kya hai?" She asked breaking the hug and wiped her tears.

Rithvik and Wahi looked at each other.

Yeh toh socha hi nahi. The boys gulped.

"That he didn't tell us...." Wahi said covering us. "You think he will ever say those to us knowing him terepe gussa karenge?" He said pretending to be sad.

Teja looked at Karan who was sitting alone.

"He went away from you....because he wanted good for you....woh itna hurt tha khud itna messed up tha ki tujhe nahi involve karna chahta tha...." Wahi said honestly this time. "We both have seen how recklessly he had lived in the past 6 months....as if nothing bound him down....he didn't care about himself....tu same galati mat kar...."

Teju nodded a little knowing they were right and walked back to their table where they would be sculpting.

Ganesh chaturthi saamne hi hai. Bappa will only bring happiness. I don't want to hurt him. Festival hai. He should not be like this. No. I will not let him be like this.

She throught and went to Karan.

"I am sorry...." She said softly and Karan looked at her.

"Start karein sculpting?" He got up from the chair avoiding the topic.

"Karan...." She held his hand. "I intentionally hurt you so that you go away from me....plan tha mera...." She said lowering her eyes.

Karan was shocked beyond wits. She confessed so easily.

"Oh...." He muttered not knowing what to say.

"I am sorry....can we start afresh....we can be friends right?" She asked softly.

He smiled softly and forwarded his hand to her.

"Friends...."

She smiled widely and shook hand with him.

"Mai washroom se aati hoon....then we will start okay?" She said happily and he nodded.

As soon as she left for the washroom he closed his eyes.

Ganpati bappa.... Meri Laddoo aapko bohot maanti hai.... Mai nahi reh paunga uske bina....and woh khud bhi khush nahi hai....i can't see her like this....i know i was wrong....aao mujhe daanto but Laddoo toh aap ki favourite hai nuh? Toh aap help karo nuh meri.... I know I'm lying to her.... But I have no other option.... Maine nahi kiya toh ye khud ko zindagi bhar hurt karegi.... Ulta seedha sochti rehegi jo ki sach bhi nahi hai.... Please meri help kardo....so that we can start with each other afresh.... Mai pakka aapki Laddoo ko bohot khush rakhunga promise.... Please meri help karo....

He prayed silently like a small kid.

"Bhai hum theek toh kar rahe hain na?" Wahi asked looking at Rithvik.

"They love each other....isiliye dono ko milaane ke liye bola gaya jhooth, jhooth nahi hota.... Hum jaante hain na Dono kitna pyaar karte hain ek doosre se? Intentions sahi hai na apne? And most importantly aise Teja apne aap ko bas hurt karti rahegi....Toh bas.... Sahi galat bappa dekh lenge!" Rithvik said smiling happily.

Karan opened his eyes and looked at the washroom.

"Dost toh hum kabhi nahi ho sakte mera Laddoo....tu dekh bas....ab tu sirf hasegi....puri life...." He said smiling softly.