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Chapter 52
Because Love should always be confessed and not hidden.
Karthik’s POV.
We get into Naksh’s car and he drives as fast as he can, but the traffic slows him down. I am still not sure what’s going on, so I call on the number Virat called me from. He picks up, talks normally and asks us to reach as soon as possible. He sounds normal and it’s strange. The pieces don’t fit at all.
I want to ask him if Anushka is really alive but I don’t. I am totally confused. We tell each other that everything is going to be just fine, though we are really scared.
No one is talking in the car, but Naira notices the distance between Keerti and Naksh.
“This car brings some strange memories back, doesn’t it ?!!” Naira asks. We all nod.
“Is there something wrong between the two of you ?!!” She asks further looking at Keerti and Naksh.
“Who ?!! Us ?!! No !! Nothing.” Keerti answers.
“They haven’t been talking for the last three months. Naksh has been calling her but she doesn’t pick up his calls. So, Naksh thinks why bother ?!! He doesn’t call her at all now.” I blurt out.
“Thank you.” Naksh says.
“Why don’t you pick up his calls ?!!” Naira asks Keerti.
“We have nothing to talk about.” Keerti says.
“He doesn’t call you to talk to you, Keerti. Naksh calls you to tell you that you’re the only thing he ever thinks about. He has wanted to tell you that for the last three months. He has not been able to concentrate on anything because you’re not there in his life and he misses you like crazy. Basically, he loves you and he can’t do without you.” I say.
“Karthik !!” Naksh says, shocked.
“I warned you. Either you tell her or I will.” I say with a shrug of shoulders.
“B … but Naksh never said that to me.” Keerti says, her voice faltering.
“Because she never gave me a chance.” Naksh says.
“A chance ?!! The moment we reached Delhi, I told him that we don’t have a future together and he had nothing to say. He said he liked me and the decision was mine to make. How could it be my decision ?!! It was about us. And he never said anything. He was least interested.” Keerti says.
“I thought you didn’t want to be with me ?!!” Naksh says.
“Why would I not ?!! I love you. I always have.” Keerti answers.
“I love you too, Keerti. But why did you say that we shouldn’t be together ?!!” Naksh asks.
“You weren’t serious about me. Any time I said something like I love you, you never noticed it. You would just shrug and talk about something else. I thought I was one of those many girls that Karthik told me whom you date and forget. I didn’t want to be one of them.” Keerti admits.
“You were special. You are special.” Naksh says.
And I have to tell you that this is a day of shocks. As if Virat and Anushka supposedly being alive wasn’t enough, Naksh has tears in his eyes. For a girl. So does Keerti.
They tell each other how much they love each other and how painful the last three months have been. It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to destroy your chance at true love, and how getting it to last forever is even easier. People just don’t see it.
Naira holds my hand and says, “You are the best thing.”
I smile at her and say, “I love you.”
With that out of the way, and an hour still to go to reach the place where Virat has asked us to come, the mystery just keeps building up. No one has anything to say.
Finally, we reach the address.
“Seems like this is it ?!!” I say.
We get down from the car outside a one-storey house, decent-looking and well maintained. Keerti rings the bell and we wait. Naksh and Keerti are holding hands. So are me and Naira.
“This is so screwed up.” Naksh says.
I am kind of scared about what we will have to see now. A little later, we see a door opening.
Virat !!
We see him walking towards us. He looks good. And really not dead. He is smiling as he walks up to us. We are almost shocked to see him all right. It even scares me a little.
Has he gone completely mad ?!! Is that why he is smiling so much ?!! The note said he was a living corpse. But he looks better than how he had looked when we had met in Mumbai.
Somehow, seeing him in person feels like someone just lifted a boulder off my chest. He doesn’t look crazy. He looks just fine. He looks Normal.
“Hey !!” Virat says and smiles at us.
“Hey, long time.” I say. I can’t believe we’re making small talk.
“Virat, are you okay ?!!” Naira asks.
“Never better.” he says and flashes a charming smile.
“Why don’t you guys come in ?!!” He asks and moves aside from the door to let us in.
We nod and he makes us sit in the drawing room. It’s a well-decorated house with pink curtains, blue sofas, aromatic candles, and is lined with photo frames and flower vases. Just like I had imagined Anushka’s house to be.
“Coffee ?!!” he asks.
We shake our heads but he orders the maid to get coffee for all of us.
“Then what the hell was the note all about ?!!” Keerti asks, exasperated.
Virat starts to grin a little.
“You better stop f**king around, Virat. You had us scared.” Naira says.
“I am sorry for that.” He says, sheepishly.
“We are still waiting for an explanation.” Naksh says.
“Okay When Alia passed away, I did try to kill myself. So what you read in the note did happen.” Virat says.
His eyes look sad when he takes his sister’s name. But there is a kind of happiness on his face too.
“You did ?!! So the note is real ?!!” Naira asks.
“Yes. I took the first injection.” Virat admits.
“And ?!!” I ask him further.
“I passed out before I could take the second.” he says, embarrassed and relieved at the same time.
“Then ?!!” we echo.
“So, I didn’t die. I woke up many hours later, coughing and bleeding. It was horrible. A few neighbours got me admitted in a nearby hospital. I was there for a week before I was discharged.” he says.
I am glad he is alive, though somewhere I had wished that the Alia part was a lie too, but it is not.
“Then why did you send me the note ?!!” I ask.
“I just thought I should send you that. I didn’t want to scare you guys. I called you up to say that I had couriered something and explain what had happened. I called you a few times and couldn’t reach you. So I thought, since I was anyway coming to Delhi, I would personally tell you guys. There was already so much on my mind.” Virat says.
“Don’t ever do that again !! It was stupid. And scary.” Naira says.
“I know.” Virat admits.
“And Anushka ?!! She is dead, right ?!!” Keerti asks. She is growing impatient by the minute.
“She is not.” Virat says and smiles.
“She is not ?!!” Naira and me ask at the same time.
Precap : Because True Love always wins.
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Another Chapter down the line. Only one more to go. Hope you all liked this one.
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