Say You're Mine (Lovestruck In Bangalore #1)

Chapter 19

I VIKRAM I

Varun gave me the wake up call I needed. I shouldn't have kissed her, not that I regret any of it. I want to feel bad about kissing her but I don't. I've been wanting to do that for a long time.

And even though it pissed me off when he said it, he is right. I am just flirting with her. It's not like I'm trying to be in a relationship with her. And as soon as the wedding is over, we'll go our seperate ways.

The chances of us seeing each other again is very low. Unless, Karthi and Shraddha has a kid or something, we'll probably never cross paths again.

So I should stay away or she'll get the wrong idea.

I mean, I'll get the wrong idea.

So it's decided. I'll stay away from Meera, starting now.

As soon as we enter the backyard, my eyes search the crowd for Meera, without my permission. She's talking with Remya, her cousin, near the stage. Varun and I make our way towards Rudra and some dudes in the back.

For the rest of the event,my eyes keep flinging towards Meera. And even though I tell myself to stop, it's no use. I'm not the one in control anymore, it seems. The few times that our eyes met, she was always the first to look away. Even while dancing, my body seemed to gravitate towards her. If it wasn't for Varun, I'd have probably done something stupid.

Soon, people start to leave. The ones staying at the house move to the beach. Some one has built a campfire again. They'll probably celebrate till tomorrow. But I'm a little tired. Varun tries to take me to the beach but I resist. He finally gave up and asked Rudra to have a few beers with him. They left after a few moments. So I grab a bottle of beer from the cooler and head towards the room.

I sit on the bed and take a swig of beer before opening instagram. I suddenly get this idea and search for Meera in shraddha's following. I find her account within a second but it's private. She has about 100 posts. I debate over sending her a follow request but then I remember what Varun said.

I exit instagram before switching off my phone. Then I place it in the nightstand along with my watch. I take a few more swigs of beer before placing the bottle too, on the nightstand.

Next I take a bath and hit the bed. Before long, I'm dead to the world. But that damned kiss haunts me still.

*

I wake up to someone shaking me from my sleep. Opening me eyes, I'm met with the sight of Karthi walking around the room. Varun is on the bed in his pajamas and he was the one who woke me up. Rudra is sitting on the small cushion chair and he has his brows drawn together, listening to Karthi.

I try to clear my brain, taking in the tense atmosphere.

"Karthik, just calm down. Okay, take a breath. You've got this", Rudra says and suddenly I'm wide awake.

"What's going on?", I ask to no one in particular.

Karthi turns to me and suddenly he's next to me.
"I don't know, man. I don't know if this is the right thing to do. What if I'm making a mistake? ", he asks.

"Okay, back up. What brought this on?", I ask him. I'm sure it's just wedding jitters or some thing. He's been excited about marrying Shraddha for the last few years. There's no way he wants to back out now.

"I don't know. I just feel like ... I don't know, man. I don't know what I'm doing", he says. He just said 'I don't know' three times in a row. He's losing it. For sure.

"I'll tell you what you're doing. You're about to marry  your girlfriend of eight years. And if you don't get your shit together, we're gonna have some serious problems", I tell him. I'm a second away from punching him to wake him up. He's turning into one of those main characters in a romance novel. Not that I read romance novels. Its my... Grandma who reads it. Yes, my grandma.