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 went to his room and changed his clothes and looked at Bharat who was already asleep. Meenu had warned him not to talk to her before everyone around was asleep but he was scared. What if she had also slept?that would be bad.

He pouted and paced around the room and checked the time. It was 4 in the morning.

Screw everyone. He is gonna talk now.

With that he went to her room and knocked the door. Meenu must be inside. They were sharing a room.

Teja opened the door and he smiled sheepishly seeing her in a mickey mouse pajama and hairband.

"What?" She frowned seeing him smile.

He quickly shook his head and stopped smiling. Only she could be hot as hell one moment and a cute little lallu the next moment.

"You need anything?" She asked confused.

"Yeah....is it okay if we talk for sometime?" He asked frowning. "It's important...." He added quickly.

"Come...." She went inside the room and he followed.

"Where's meenu?" He asked looking around and then looked at the bathroom door thinking that she might be inside.

"She went to sleep with one of her friends...." She said looking at him.

"Oh...." He muttered and thanked Meenu in mind. She had done it purposely. To give them privacy.

"Umm...." He muttered restlessly not knowing how to begin the conversation.

"Don't worry i'll handle the parents...." She said while fixing the pillows on the bed.

"Hain?" He frowned.

"I mean....i know you will get scolded so don't worry i will handle it....they won't scold me...." She said turning to him.

"Handle what?" He asked in confusion.

She sighed and sat on the bed.

"About cancelling this stupid marriage thing...." She shrugged.

He looked at her for a couple of seconds to register what she had said. Cancel the marriage thing?and in that one moment he knew how much it hurt him to even think that this might be cancelled. And in that one moment he knew that he wanted this to work with her more than anything else. In that one moment he knew that he had fallen.

"Why do you want to?" He asked looking at her with a straight face. He was freaking out from within.

She chuckled.

"You think i am cheater?" He asked directly.

"No never...." She said immediately.

"No you can tell me....i know you think i have a bad reputation...." He said seriously.

She unlocked her phone and googled reputation and showed him the screen.

"What?" He asked confused.

"Read the meaning of reputation....aloud...." She said seriously.

"The beliefs or opinions that ar generally held about someone or something...." He read it and looked at her.

"Your reputation might be bad which i agree i had said....but those are beliefs held by certain people and not me....so no....i don't think you are a bad person...." She said seriously.

He kept looking at her as she spoke. His heart turning heavy for unknown reasons.

"But having said that we are different people....very different....poles apart....i am a simple girl with a simple life despite being an actor which you are not....you have a larger than life approach towards your life which is fine....you are not wrong....just different from me....and i know no matter how much our parents ask us to do this...." She gestured at themselves. "You might agree because of them but this is not something you would want...."

"And who are you to decide that?" He asked seriously.

"I know who you have been with in the past and logically speaking i am nothing like them....this is me....the everyday me...." She pointed at herself in the pajama. "Not your type...."

"And who are you to decide that?" He asked again moving closer to her and she moved back in a reflex.

"Because it concerns me...." She said calmly.

"And you will be okay after breaking this off?" He asked tilting his face to have a closer look at her face because she was looking away.

"Yes i will be...." She said immediately.

"Lie...." He said seriously and she immediately looked at her.

"What do you me...." Before she could complete the sentence he cut her off.

"Why didn't you have dinner?why were you so bothered after seeing me with some other girl?" He asked looking into her eyes.

"Excuse me Mr.Karan Kundrra watch out okay?" She pointed her finger at him. "I was bothered thinking how am i gonna talk to our parents....nothing else....you can do whatever the hell you want to do with anyone for all that i care...." She snapped at him.

"Oh...." He took a few quick strides and in a couple of seconds was standing dangerously close to her.

"Ka....karan the door is open...." She fumbled looking at the door over his shoulder.

He looked back at the door and walked towards it.

"Can i?" He turned back to look at her.

She stared at him blankly.

"Can i close the door?" He asked clearly.

She gulped and nodded. He locked the door and came back to her.

"So you are okay with breaking this off....it didn't bother you right?" He asked huskily moving a strand of hair from her face.

"Ha....haan....why not...." She fumbled and shut her eyes tightly clutching her pajamas.

He smiled amused looking at her. Lallu.

"I was fooling around....and you had the right to come and fight with me....then and there....ask me questions....drag me from there...." He said softly and she opened her eyes and looked at him.

"Samjhi lallu?" He poked her nose making a her frown.

"Don't do this...." She frowned angrily and rubbed her nose.

"Don't you dare talk to our parents....i have said yes because i wanted to....nobody can force Karan Kundrra to do anything....just like you said yes because you wanted to....nobody can force Tejasswi Prakash to do anything unless she wants...." He said huskily.

Damn. Her little secret was out.