Till The End Of Time

5.

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.

A knock on the door startled him and he sat up straight .

" Come in " He said and the door of his vanity opened to reveal Teja . Her eyes scanned the room and then finally settled on him and the lunch that was kept on the table

" wrong timing Teja ! " she wondered to herself and he looked at her expectantly

" I .. ummm.. " The courage she had wavered in front of him .Taking a deep breathe she remembered what exactly she was here for .

" I need to talk to you " She said confidently loking into his eyes now .

" I don't want to .. lunch time ho- "

" I said I want to talk now , Karan " She emphasised and he sighed

" fine " He gestured her to take a seat but she remained on her spot standing .

" Do you know what love is Karan ?" she asked instead of sitting and he frowned at her random question

" You are here to talk about this ? Do you have so much free time ? " he asked , his heart raced fast at the thought of love. The person he loved asking him what love is ! For him , the definition of love was her. But he couldn't say that to her ofcourse .

" Do not interrupt me until I say i am done. You have a problem listening to others , but just don't interrupt or i'll -

" Or what ? You will throw water at me ? " he scoffed and she twisted her lips

" I can do a lot of things Karan ... You underestimate me " She said pointedly not taking a seat opposite to him.

" How can I underestimate you tejasswi ?  Ofcourse , i know you can do a lot .... Who else would know except me "He scoffed and mumbled the last line to himself .

" You said you loved me .... i...i have been waiting to hear that from you since so much time ...but  you said you hate me now... And you know the best part ? I don't even know why .." She looked up to meet his eyes . He was about to say something when she showed him her palm telling him not to interrupt

" You said you hated me now.... And I listened .. i acept that....i loved you Karan. " Her eyes turned glassy while he stared at her expressionless , internally freaking out thinking where this was going .

" I have loved you since so long  that I felt sick  waiting for you to give me any hints you loved me back .. but then one day you just disappear.. I.. don't understand what happened that made you hate me so much ... That made the love turn into hate ...i don't understand " She sniffed , her tearful eyes haunting him unknowingly

" Trust me .. I tried .. i really tried to understand .... Kya kuch nahi kha tumne mujhe ...  treated me like shit .. and insulted me ... And i..." she paused gulping looking at him

" And i am still unable to hate you .. to turn the love into hate ..i keep telling my heart to start hating you .. to start treating you like you do to me now... But yeh meri nahi sunta Karan..... " His stomach churned as she mentioned all this. His heart fluttered a bit at her confession.

" .. Mujhe nahi farak padta ki kya hua tha .. Aisa kya hua jo ... Tum mujhse itni nafrat kar baithe ... Chubta hai mujhe everytime I receive an anry glare we cross paths... Hazaro logo ke samne mujhse badtameezi baat karna.. main tumse pyaar zarur karti hu Karan.. lekin bechari nahi hu ..jo galti ki saza mujhe de rahe ho .. woh chup chap dekhti jau ..

I thought a lot Karan .. .. and .. maybe you never loved me the way i loved you ... Itna kamzor pyaar tha jo ek pal me nafrat me badal gaya toh phir woh  pyaar hi nahi na ? " He felt his heart stopping the moment she uttered that . How could she say that ? He loved her more than she could imagine ... Did she not understand the pain incurred from intense love is also intense ? Maybe that's why her betrayal hurt more than anything