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CHAPTER 4

Kiara and Vijay on Koffee With Karan above.

raconteur

(n.) a skilled or amusing storyteller

Being the producer who helped catapult Vijay and Kiara into stardom, Karan Johar's talk show, 'Koffee With Karan', was one of the very few they usually attended to promote any newly released works. His show was notorious for its scandalous nature, often hosting various celebrity guests and encroaching salacious topics to push the limits of their personal boundaries. This afternoon focused on presenting their jodi and promoting the upcoming release of Enlightenment. Dressed in an oversized fuchsia pink suit and matching chunky trainers, Karan removed his square-framed glasses and hooked them to the front of his shirt before smoothing over his perfectly quaffed hair and demanding a last minute touch up on his makeup.

He flamboyantly introduced this afternoon's show and his guests, "I have with us today, the young, the restless, and the always sexy, Vijay Kapoor and Kiara Mathew."

Vijay looked impressed, "Did you just make that up?"

"Yes, I did. Anything wrong in what I said?"

"No. I'm sexy, she's restless and we're both young."

Karan chuckled, "Are you saying Kiara isn't sexy?"

Vijay gave him a flat stare, "I could say she's every guy's wet dream but sexual harassment isn't exactly my thing."

Kiara groaned, shoving Vijay as he diverged to another topic, "Honestly, I feel like a loser beside her. When she steps out, the fans go wild and I hear them quoting her movies and stuff."

She covered her cheeks shyly, "Don't be modest! You had girls chasing after you and going crazy."

Karan picked up his coffee mug and took a sip after slyly interjecting, "He doesn't have girls chasing after him. From what I hear, he only has one girl."

She frowned, "Who?"

"You."

"Me?"

"No?"

"I'm chasing him?"

Vijay rolled up the sleeves of his shirt as he pointed at her heels, "She can hardly walk in those, let alone chase after me."

Karan proceeded to discuss Kiara and Vijay's on-screen chemistry, touching on their friendship and their pre-shooting rituals before finally exhausting the topic of their relationship.

They began discussing the different characters they've played in previous films as Vijay commented, "I feel like I'm quite filmy."

Kiara nodded as Karan disagreed, "No, you're not filmy."

Vijay leaned back, turning to look at her, "Karan's going to start bitching."

Karan subtly rolled his eyes, "You're like an energiser."

"But I'm so controlled now!"

"For now maybe, but do your batteries ever run out?"

"Never."

She giggled and Vijay shot her a look, "Don't laugh at me, sweetheart."

"I'm not! I'm laughing at how amazing Karan is."