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.

All the rituals were completed since morning and it was the time for the pheras and shaadi in the evening.

Karan came down wearing a blue sherwani and looked around immediately for her. She was not there. He made a face and went and stood near the mandap.

The panditji had started the ritual and he looked at the bride and groom. He pouted and looked around again.

Where the hell was this girl. Can she ever be on time?

"Hi...." He looked to his right to find her standing while looking at the bride and groom.

"Late as usual...." He said raising his brows and she ignored him.

"How am i looking?" She asked cutely.

"Chudail...." He muttered and looked ahead.

Only he knew how beautiful she looked. The royal blue lehenga and no jewellery except the stud and straight open hair made her look like beyond beautiful. His heart had skipped a bit. But did she have to know it?clearly not.

"But you look good...." She said like a kid.

He smiled softly and looked at her.

"Your eyes look beautiful wih kajal...." He said softly.

"You were not supposed to say that...." She smirked. "I look like chudail right?"

"Yeah you do...." He shrugged. "Just that your eyes are beautiful...."

"You infuriate me to another level i am not even joking...." She let out a heavy sigh and looked ahead.

"Same...." He held her shoulder with his right hand from the side and pulled her to himself.

"What are you doing?everyone can see us...." She looked at him frowning.

"So?they think we are dating...." He shrugged and looked ahead.

"What is your problem in life?first you do stupid things on instagram making everyone think we have something going on....and then you do this in front of everyone...." She made a face and looked ahead.

"Deal with it...." He muttered non chalantly.

*****

They were sitting in the lawn after the rituals were done , waiting for their friends to come so that they could go for dinner.

"I am hungry....where the hell are these idiots?where is Pra?" She said whining like a kid.

"Give him some space man....don't behave like a typical elder sister...." He said in irritation and continued to do something on his phone.

"Karan...." They heard a voice and they both looked up to see a guy standing there.

"Ankit...." Karan smiled widely and got up and hugged him tightly. "Bro long time....kaisa hai?"

"Mast....tu bol...." He said smiling widely.

"I am good....meet Teja...." He looked back and pointed at Teja whose face had no emotions seeing him.

"Ofcourse Teja....i know her...." Ankit smiled and waved at Teja.

Karan nodded because it made sense. Even Ankit's father was a good friend of his and Teja's father so it was normal for them to know each other.

Teja smiled a bit.

"Karan....i will just grab dinner....you come whenever you are free...." She said looking at him and was about to turn when she stumbled and twisted her ankle.

"Shit...." She muttered bending a little.

"What happened?" Karan immediately held her as a reflex.

"Nothing just...." She flinched in pain.

"Bola tha slipper aur choti chaddi pehen lein...." He whispered in her ear and she gave him an angry look.

"Are you okay?" Ankit asked.

"Yeah...." She muttered without looking at him and held Karan's shoulder for support.

"Ankit i'll catch up with you in sometime...." Karan told him and picked her up in his arms.

"What are you doing?" She frowned and whispered.

"Shut up Ms.Wrong Parking...." He muttered and walked away.

"Karan i am fine....put me down...." She said softly as he walked passed the pool.

He looked at her and made her sit on one of the benches at the poolside. It was empty since it was at the back side of the lawn.

"I can see that...." He said seriously and bend down on his knees and held her ankle.

"Karan what are you doi...." Before she could complete he cut her off.

"Shhhh...." He said looking into her eyes. "Let me...." He said huskily.

She gulped and didn't say anything further.

He opened her shoes and caressed her ankle.

"It is a bit swollen...." He said softly.

She stared at him in a trance.

He pressed the swell a bit and she flinched.

"Wait...." He ran out and came back in a jiffy with an ice pack.

He knelt down in front of her again and started to dab and press it on her feet.

"Why do you keep falling?" He asked looking at her. "At airport also you hurt yourself...."

"Ahh...." She flinched as he pressed it more.

"Sorry...." He said softly and caressed there. "Better?"

She nodded softly.

"You behaved weirdly in front of Ankit....is there something you want to share?" He asked slowly. "Completely fine if you don't want to...."

She stared at him for a couple of seconds.

"I don't like him...." She said honestly.

"Why?" He asked softly.

"He is your friend and i don't want to say anything that will spoil your friendship with him....i mean i don't know whether it will affect you or not but still i don't want to take any chance...." She said bitterly.

"Teja....tell me....doesn't matter if he is my friend or not....if you are not comfortable and you have a valid reason , you will have me beside you...." He said ever so sincerely.

"Papa and his father are friends so i knew him....i was in school....he used to get me story books and write poems on the first page of each book....i kept looking forward to those....the poems...." She closed her eyes and struggled to control her tears. "It made me fall....i thought he was a beautiful person....someone who would write those would be so beautiful as a human...." She gulped.

Karan kept looking at her quietly. His heart had started to beat faster and suddenly his hands and feet felt numb.

"I fell....my first time....my first love....and then i realised he was not the person i thought he was....i saw him with other girls....i kept ignoring everything because of those freaking poems....i refused to believe that someone who could write those would be a bad human...." By this time tears had started to pour down her cheeks.

"And then i realised that i was wrong....everything was a farce and my heart was broken....i could never trust anyone properly after that....you remember why our fight started Karan?because i ignored you during our shoot?ladies vs gentleman?i started ignoring everyone....i started guarding myself from everyone because of this one person....he....he....years passed but that trauma....i got into a relationship later but i couldn't be fully myself because of that one guy....the way he broke me....the way i trusted him....his poems...." She gritted her teeth.

Karan gulped and licked his dry lips.

Teja looked at him , he was quiet.

"I will come using the washroom...." She said slowly and walked away slowly bare feet , limping a little bit.

Karan wanted to go with her but his body has given in.

She went to the washroom and splashed some water on her face and looked into the mirror.

"You asked me what love is , i look at you and smile....you asked me what my smile means , nothing i replied...." She recited a part of a poem bitterly looking at the reflection in the mirror.

"You asked me what love is , i look at you and smile....you asked me what my smile means , nothing i replied...." Karan muttered looking at the still water of the swimming pool.