TejRan : A Little Beyond Forever

Part-54

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 sat in his car as Parvez drove him to his house. He went upstairs , unlocked the door and went inside. He closed the door and opened his shoes and sat on the couch. And that was it for him. He covered his face with his hands and started to sob uncontrollably.

Soon his sobs turned louder as he started gasping for his breath.

"I am sorry laddoo...." He whispered. "I am so sorry....for everything that i did....but trust me i was not happy....i went away from you to protect you because i thought i will ruin you....and....and....trust me i was not happy....i died every single day....i had nothing to look ahead....i had no need to come back home and take care of myself...."

He took in a deep breath and wiped his face and then fresh tears started to run down his cheeks.

"This hurts so much....so freaking nuch...." He took in deep breathes and heard the door bell.

He quickly wiped his tears and frowned.

"Ab kaun?" He got up and opened the door to see Ritwik and Wahi standing there.

They didn't even say anything to Karan and went in the house and settled themselves on the couch.

"Kya ho gaya?" Karan closed the door and came back to the lounge.

"Nothing...." Ritwik shrugged. "We just thought venue se tera ghar paas mein hai toh yehi so jaate hai...."

"Haan humare ghar pohuchne mein bohut time lagta...." Wahi said stretching.

"Saale mujhe pata hai kyun aaye ho...." Karan chuckled a little and sat on the couch. "You guys didn't want to leave me alone after what happened there....but trust me i am fine....mujhe kuch nahi hua...."

"Haan toh?is there anything wrong in that?we don't want you to be alone....so hum aa gaye tujhe company dene....and zyaada ban mat....we know how much fine you are...." Wahi said rolling his eyes.

"Thanks...." He smiled looking at them.

As much as he hated to admit it , but he needed friends. He needed friends more than anyone. He needed love and affection and especially this night he was broken. If they hadn't come he wouldn't have been sane at all. May be he would have broken a few things around the loving room to channelise his anger or may be have drank heavily.

"Chal bey thanks...." Wahi rolled his eyes and went to the kitchen and came out with three bottles of beer and the three sat on the floor. Over the last six months they have gotten really close and often chilled and stayed at each other's places.

Karan went half way down through the beer and looked at the wall ahead blankly.

"Woh maan jayegi...." Wahi said looking at him.

"I know...." Karan said chuckling. "That's not the point....the point is she would have never done this to me....the Teja i knew would have never said it to me....she knew it would have hurt me and she did it intentionally to hurt me....woh aisa nahi thi....mai aisa tha but woh nahi thi aisa...." His voice cracked at the end.

"Gussa hai yaar...." Ritwik said keeping his hand on his thigh.

"I know....banta bhi hai uss ka gussa hona...." Karan gulped down the rest of the beer. "She can hurt me....jitna chahe....if that lessens her pain....and i will keep trying....i will keep trying jab tak mai completely drained nahi ho jaata....she deserves this try from my end....and i deserve what she is doing to me...."

Wahi looked at Ritwik as they saw tears rolling down Karan's cheeks.

"Chal so jaate hai....kal wapas se meetings hai for promotions...." Wahi got up and pulled him up.

Ritwik and Karan went to his bed room and slept off as the affect of alcohol from the party and beer was hitting and Wahi went to the guestroom and slept.

*****

Teja rubbed her temple as she sat through the meeting. The cast had a meeting with the production people about how they were planning to promote it in different and innovative ways and how they are gonna group the cast.

Her head hurt. She had made sure to sit away from Karan in the other end of the room.

They had a small break and she got up and went outside and went to the coffee vending machine.

Just what i need. She rolled her eyes at herself. She has lost count of the number of cups of coffee she had since morning.

She started to pour coffee in a cup when she felt his hand touching her arm.

She looked back and glared at him.

"Sorry...." He said innocently. "I just wanted the coffee cup...."

She ignored him and stopped the tap of coffee.

"What happened laddoo?this is your 3rd cup in an hour....didn't you sleep last night?" He whispered huskily in her ear making her close her eyes instantly.

"What happened?were you thinking about me throughout the night?our moments from the party?" He whispered softly.

He smiled softly seeing her chest going up and down due to her uneven breathing.

"Coffee pee lein laddoo....thandi ho jayegi...." He said loudly after moving back from her.

She opened her eyes instantly and looked at him in confusion.

He gestured at the cup of coffee in her hand and she looked at her hand.

"Pee lein....thandi ho jayegi....fir sar dard kam nahi hoga...." He shrugged casually and started to fill his cup.

Teja gritted her teeth and glared at him and walked away to the meeting room.

He closed the tap and stood leaning on the wall and looked at her while sipping the coffee.

"Laddoo kahi ki...." He chuckled and walked back to the meeting room.