Tejran-a promise

your love

We were back from shooting the song and it got very positive response from our fans I was happy and moreover I was happy as teja was happy. The days went by in daze after that.
Her coming to my set or I surprising her. It was all I expected and more.
It seemed to me that my love for her was growing day by day. It was so palpable that no one could doubt it or not know it if I was in the room with her.
Her parents often teased me and said that “ beta sabke hisse ka pyaar karega kyat u isse”.
“ arrey nhi uncle, aisi bhi baat nhi”
He laughed at that.
We were at teja’s house as we were getting ready for going to style icon awards.
Our whole team was here for styling and hair makeup.
I was ready and my makeup was done . I was looking okay in the tux.
“yaar ,Rahul maam ko bula na aur kitni der.”
“ sir unko time toh lagega na, unka makeup aur sabko on point hona chaiye na” he said giving cheeky reply.
“ acha aur main kaisa bhi chalunga , haan?”
“ nahi nahi…”

“ bas kundri, don’t harass my team member”
Teja voice said.
When I looked towards her I forgot what I was going to say.
“umm kya—” I said a bit late.
“sahab, muh toh band karo” Rahul said.
“ m jutti laani-.”
Rahul hurriedly went out of the room upon hearing this.
I looked back to teja. She was crossing the room , walking towards me.
The red dress made me feel lit on fire.
“ hey handsome” she said touching my nose. “ how am I looking?”

I pulled her towards me so she was in my arms “ like my whole heart manifested in this red dress”
She smiled.
“I wish I could kiss you” I say.
“ wish? Why not?”
“ because then I won’t be able to ..”
Someone cleared their throat.
Teja spranged away a bit as the realization dawned that we were in her house.
It was Rahul.
“ sorry, sorry, sir late ho raha hai”
“chal tu , teri payment ke time pe bhi yahi bolunga dekhna” I said.
When we reached the red carpet it was so good.
We posed together.
The paps started screaming “ maam ka akele”
I moved away though teja was trying to hold my hand subtly.
I smiled at her “ shine on”
The cameras flashed one by one.
I saw her having a moment where her eyes were having something that made me want to reach her.
I went and acted to adjust her hair and dress and whispered.
“kya hua , baby?”
“ she shook her head a little”.
“it’s okay, I am here, two more poses then we’ll go in, okay?”
“okay” she smiled with her eyes.
I went back to stand.
“idhar tv ki shooting thodhi ho rahi hai, isne jake phir faltu ka acting kyu kiya pyar ka” I heard a person say.
I didn’t want to let this affect me but somewhere in my heart it did. I could already imagine one half of insta saying this same thing.
After that point as evening progressed my mood kept worsening.
I have heard such things before but this was the first time that I was affecting me.
We won an award of stylish couple.
Whole evening teja kept glancing at me in between.
I knew that she could tell that I was upset.
Though others couldn’t as I wasn't an actor in name only.

When we sat in car and were going back.
Teja said “ kya baat hai?”

“ kuch nahi”
“ oh please , spit it out now karan”
“ it’s just that – .”
I stopped.
I opened the red carpet video on the youtube channel of viralbhayani .
I opened the comments and gave my phone to her.
“ this”
She read few comments and then scrolled some more .
She sighed and kept the phone.
“ karan-.”
“ I know what you are going to say but I just can’t let it not affect me because it is , it's a first for me. I have never cared before when people have said that I was acting for camera. I have-.”
“shhhh.” She said keeping a finger on my lips.
“ it is not them you are in relationship with, it is me. It matter that I know why you came to me. It matters a whole lot more to me than those negative comment that you pacified me and were there for me as I was starting to get anxious. The love there is for me and I understood it, baaki ka kya karna hai, achaar thodhe hi daalna hai buddhu”
I was struck silent as the words resonated with me.
I should have thought like that.
“ lekin-.”
“ kya lekin, sahab , maam 1 no. baat bole hai” Rahul said from drivers seat.
“Rahul, bas kar yaar”I said “ maaf kar mujhe”
“kyu sir?” he asked innocently.
That made me and teja laugh aloud heartily.