TejRan : A Little Beyond Forever

Part-48

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.

He read the articles and chuckled.

He did back off whatever might be his reason. There was no lie there. But still it hurt.

He didn't even bother replying to Omi and went to the washroom. He freshened up and got ready to go for the promotion. He would meet her again and after this and after what had happened last night it would be awkward.

He took his wallet and phone and again found innumerable notifications.

He quickly scanned the notifications and he could derive that Teja had given a public statement regarding it. He didn't waste a second and opened twitter and saw the screenshot of one of her post circulating. He didn't check the screenshot and instead went to instagram and opened her account. The first post was a statement issued by her 9 minutes back.

The articles and reports circulating on the internet has no truth to it. Karan is one of the genuine and honest person i had met during the shoot along with the entire cast. He has always treated me with utmost respect and we have a great bond of friendship till date which i intend on keeping life long. Kindly refrain from believing anything written against him concerning me. That will be the last thing he would do to me.
Tejasswi Prakash.

He finished reading her post and closed his eyes.

Why did this girl have to publish this statement?why would she lie?

If anything at all , her statement had made him even guilty. The world kept accusing of things he never did and this girl keeps defending even after him doing bad to her. But his intentions were never wrong. He let her go for her own good.

He sighed and drove to the venue for promotions.

Teja was there giving her interviews casually and it irked him. How can she be so nonchalant.

He sat in the stool with Ritwik and Wahi as they were about to shoot a fun segment and as rhe camera was getting ready , Ankush came upto him.

"Karan i have spoken to everyone....nobody will ask any uncomfortable questions...." He said genuinely.

He smiled bitterly at him. First leak the news and then comfort.

"The marketing team did it....i did not...." He said reading his trail of thoughts. "Everyone could guess something was there and then a probable fallout because the last few days you didn't speak to each other...." He said honestly. "I would never do something like that especially when it concerns Teja...." Ankush said and looked back at Teja lovingly.

Karan gritted his teeth and tried to keep calm.

"Do you like her?" Ritwik asked out of curiosity.

"No....i love her...." Ankush said honestly and Karan clutched his coffee mug tightly.

"Anyway....see you...." Ankush turned and left.

"Mujhse nahi ho raha hai aur...." Karan whispered making Wahi and Ritwik look at him.

Karan was almost on the verge of breaking down. His entire body was shaking.

"You wanted this kundrra...." Ritwik said sympathetically.

"I did not want this...." Karan said immediately. "Why the hell is she doing this?who asked her to give the statements?who asked her to defend me?"

"She did that because she is a nice person...." Wahi said seriously.

"Why are you upset that she defended you?" Ritwik asked in confusion.

"I will tell you Ritwik....because he thought Teja will become bitter in life....she will become like how he is....he wanted her to be tough and strong and bitter towards everyone....especially towards him....but she is not like that....yes she might be indifferent....but not bitter....and as long as she is not bitter how will he justify himself?if teja defends him then how will he justify leaving her?" Wahi said looking at Karan who looked away immediately. He knew that Wahi was right.

"Do you love her?" Ritwik asked him seriously.

He nodded.

"Then fucking get her you fool...." Wahi said in irritation.

Karan looked at Teja and licked his dry lips.

"Ankush...." He muttered and Wahi face palmed.

"He loves her....not the other way round...." Ritwik said rolling his eyes.

"How do you know?" Karan looked at the two boys.

"Chor yaar isko samjhake koi fayda nahi....yeh wohi karega jo ise karna hai aur khudko justify karne ke liye kuch bhi logic chalega ise...." Wahi said in frustration.

"Tune suna nahi kya kaha Teja ne?she doesn't believe in love....why?because of you idiot....get her back...." Ritwik snapped at him.

"She won't come back...." He said looking at her.

"I agree...." Wahi said casually and took his phone out. "This i agree....i don't think she is coming back...."

"Why?" Karan asked immediately.

Wahi showed him a chat with Teja.

"I asked her why she didn't fight for you....it was a few days after we returned from Europe....and she said she didn't fight because she knew that she was not the one for you....she knew she was just your sanity....and that your forever will be with someone else....she always knew it....she was not that important for you that she could change you....she couldn't....she couldn't pull you out of your mess because she was not that important...." Wahi said and Karan went through the chat.

"What the bloody hell?she is the most important person for me Wahi....she is....she is...." Karan fumbled trying to make sense. He was desperate. Desperate to make them believe that she was important. She is and she always will be.

"But how will you make her believe that?you let her go kundrra....and she thinks you let her go because she was nothing for you....and now she is gone....how will you make her believe?" Wahi chuckled sadly and karan looked at Teja.

She was giving her segment professionally. Without much of jumping and screaming.

And he felt his eyes brimming with tears.