Tejasswi has had a crush on Karan since his first show. Karan found Tejasswi to be weirdly intriguing when they met for the first time at the shoot of Flipkart's Show - Ladies vs Gentlemen.
They have been working in the same industry from the last 1...
Tejasswi was all dressed up, 4 hours before the event and was eagerly waiting for her photographer to arrive soon. She kept checking her phone for a message from her manager, informing about the same, but there was nothing. She was getting impatient with every passing minute. Her nervousness grew a 100 fold when her phone beeped.
Tejasswi had traveled for a work event, without her mom, for the first time. And not just that, she did something she had herself never thought of doing. Her thoughts were interrupted by the door bell of her room. She quickly went to open it.
"Hi. Hello. How are you? Come in.", she welcomed her photographer.
"Hello Teja...I mean Tejasswi Ma'am. Main theek hoon. Aap kaise ho?", he nervously entered her room with all his equipment.
"Arrey Nikhil, don't be nervous, come in. You can call me Teja. I know we haven't worked before, but trust me, I am not a fussy client. And thank you, short notice pe mera shoot adjust karne ke liye.", she gave him a sweet smile.
"Isme thank you ki baat nahi hai. I am sure aapke saath kaam karke mazza aayega.", and he started setting his equipment.
"So Nikhil, maine suna hai tum aur bhi photo shoots karne wale ho aaj. Sab ho gaye ya rehte hai?", asked a curious Tejasswi.
"Teja ji, aapse pehle ek tha, aur ab aapke baad bhai ka hai."
"Bhai? Tumhara koi bhai bhi hai industry mein. That's very nice.", she wanted to ask about him, but couldn't do it directly.
"Arre matlab voh mere real bhai nahi hai, par mujhe chhote bhai ki tarah hi treat karte hai. Karan bhai. Karan Kundrra. Aap toh jaante honge unko?", asked Nikhil and looked at her.
"Oh acha acha. Haan maine suna hai unke baare mein. I think ek baar shoot bhi kia tha humne kuch, par as such kabhi baat nahi hui meri.", replied Tejasswi, trying her best to hide her smile.
"Haan bas unhi ka photo shoot karne jaana hai iske baad. Unki entry thodi late hai, toh maine socha pehle aapko free kardu."
"Yeh acha kia tumne Nikhil. Thank you."
When Tejasswi got to know from her sources that Nikhil was going to travel to Dubai with him, an idea struck her mind. And since she was not traveling with her mother this time, this felt like the perfect opportunity of meeting him, away from the hustle and bustle of their city. She had casually shared Nikhil's profile with her manager and asked him to get in touch for this event. And to her luck, he agreed to do her photo shoot. At least she would have this in common with Karan.
After the shoot was done, she thanked Nikhil and also told him that she'd work with him again, hopefully soon. Tejasswi reached the venue on time, finished her red carpet walk, interviews and all the formalities on time and was seated at her designated seat by her guide from the organizers team.
She had seen his name two seats next to hers and got super nervous. She was going to meet him again, after so long. Tejasswi remembered how she had ignored Karan during their off-camera interaction while shooting for Flipkart's Ladies vs Gentlemen Show and mentally face-palmed herself for letting go of the opportunity of connecting with him then. But this time, she was all prepared and was not going to miss this chance.
Although she made small talk with the people sitting on either side of her, her mind was somewhere else. All she could think of was how she was going to initiate a conversation with him. First impression is the last impression they say, but in her case, her second impression on him should overpower the first one. After all, she didn't even give him any bhav when he tried to interact with her, two years ago. She looked at her phone, the show was about to start and he wasn't here yet.
"Maybe he changed his mind, or maybe he got stuck in traffic. I hope he is okay and reaches here on time.", thought Tejasswi and looked to her right. There he was, standing in all his glory, wearing a brown suit. He was looking as handsome as ever and was talking animatedly to his guide. She saw him shaking hands with the guide and quickly turned her face away, as if she was oblivious to his arrival.
Tejasswi started counting seconds in her mind, hoping to hear her name from him soon, but she heard nothing. To check if he was on his seat or not, she turned her face to the right and saw him staring directly at her. She quickly turned her face away and muttered, "Ganpati Bappa, yeh toh kabse meri taraf hi dekh raha hai. Par kuch bol kyun nahi raha." She took a deep breath, and with a big smile turned to face him.
"Hi Karan, How are you? I am Tejasswi, I hope you remember me? We met at the Flipkart Shoot.", she gave him a sweet smile while extending her hand towards him.
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"Hi Ms. Tejasswi Prakash, How can I forget you..."
A/N - Hi all. Sorry for the cliffhanger :P If you have read my first FF, you already know I love them. Hehe. This one is not proofread but I hope you liked the update. Do let me know in the comments. Thank you :)
