THE WRONG PERSON

Half-Confession?

I cannot believe what Kartik did for me. I am afraid that I will fall for him. I have no guts to fall again after what Dhruv did to me. Dhruv broke me into pieces. Though unintentionally, but he did. Why would he give any commitments if he could not rely on any. Ofcourse i cannot say that he did give commitments but he gave more than that. He gave me a hope. I don't want to suffer again. I need to tell Kartik to stop if he did that for me. "Yes uncle! I'm go..good. How..how are you? You're what? You're coming here? Wow. When?" Kartik spoke to his uncle on phone. "Alright alright. I will pick you up. Bye"  he hung up the call. "Shit!" He said "what happened?" I asked. He looked tensed. Very much tensed. "My uncle is coming here in a week." He said. "So?" I asked. "And I am fucking scared of him." He shouted. "Why? He's your uncle. He's your father's brother Kartik. What is so scary about him?" I asked. "Uhm.. he is in the police" he said. "Okay.. and?" I asked. "And he hates relationships" he said. "So? Are you in one?" I asked. "No Noor but... But... Nevermind I'll do something " he hesitated to say it.
"But what Kartik? Say it"
"See Noor, i know we have been knowing each other from a very short time but I think I have feelings for you. Infact I don't even want to rethink about it but I  have feelings for you. I love you Noor. I really do. I.." he said "Kartik", i stopped him. "Before you say anything, I need to tell you something." I said. "Okay " he said and then, I told him everything about Dhruv. "That bastard. Why would he hurt you? You're such a nice girl. I promise Noor, I will make sure that I won't hurt you. I don't care about your past. I just want you happy with me. If you want you can take your time." He said. "Thank you Kartik. I'll call you max by tomorrow evening" I said. "Okay" he said and we left.
"Vedikaaaaaaa!! Kartik proposed me!" I shouted on call with her. "What the fuck!!!" Please tell me you said yes! Please Noor!" She asked. "No. I did not say yes..." I said. "You asshol-" she was about to complete when I stopped her. "I took a day to think Vedika. You think I have any guts to fall for anyone after what Dhruv did? You know that I loved him. I am over him now but not over the pain he gave me. I can never forgive Dhruv for what he did." I said. "See, i understand what you're going through, but as far as I know Kartik, he is the best person I have ever seen Noor. He will never break your heart. He will heal the thing he never broke. Trust me and give him a chance. It's time to move on from the pain Dhruv gave you. It's time to start a new journey with Kartik. You both are really meant for eachother Noor. You guys even look so pretty together. I really wish you to be happy." She said. "I have to think Vedu. I cannot afford to get hurt again. You know that after he left, my heart was literally aching. If it were not you who got me over him, i would have died. I cannot afford to get hurt again." I said. "I get it babe. You do what your heart tells you." She said and we hung up. I slept at 4 am. I overthought a lot. After writing, overthinking is my hobby.
"Okay. I can do this." I said to myself. Next day, it was Vedika's engagement. She wore pink long lengha and Krish wore pink kurta. They both wore diamond necklace. They looked so much good together! But oh my my! Kartik was looking even more tempting. I saw exactly twenty five girls staring at him. He was in his Dark Blue kurta and white pajama. His hair were perfectly styled and so was his beard. Plus that smile! Oh my God! I'm in love. On the other hand, I wore red blouse with a shade lighter ghaghra. My hair were open. I wore long oxodized earings. I didn't do much make-up, just a light red lipstick and black eyeliner. I could see Kartik continuously staring at me. He did not even blink. 30 minutes later, It was the engagement time. Kartik, Krish, Vedika and I were on the stage. I gave the ring to Vedika and she slided it into Krish's fingers, and Krish did the same when Kartik handed him the ring. We clapped. The engagement went well. It was already 6:00 PM. The ceremony was at 1:00 P.M. We were all tired of dancing and singing. But one thing I noticed was when we were dancing, a group of girls tried to approach Kartik but he was running away from them. When I was dancing, we met a few of my and Vedu's old classmates. They were Raj, Alok, Vandan, Nidhi and Vikas. Nidhi was very busy making out with her girlfriend Neha in the washroom. It was only the boys who were with me. When Kartik saw that there were only boys with me, he directly came towards me, held me by my waist, he pulled me towards him as the song changed to "Ishq wala Love" there was three inches gap between us. He saw Vikas coming towards us , so he pulled me even closer. There was no gap between us. My chest was touching his. I could feel his breath on me. "I'm sorry, but I had to" he said. "I know. I won't stop you" i said. And we danced. He now knows that I too like him. And I think that I should tell him that. Yes. I should, and I will, but after the ceremony.
After the ceremony, I tried to approach him, I was facing him. The main door was at the back, in a way Kartik could see the door and not me. "uhm.. hey, Kartik, I want to talk to you.. like, can we talk right now?"  I said. "Sure!" He said. "I.. uhm.. I think I might..." I was hesitant. Before I could finish my sentence, a very familiar voice disrupted our conversation. "Hey Kartik! It's been so long asshole! Meri Yaad bhi nahi aati kamine?" The male heavy voice from the back said. I saw a huge grin on Kartik's face. He said "oh my God!" He screamed. And ran towards the guy at the door. I turned back to see him. "WHAT THE FUCK!" were the exact words I whispered when i saw that guy. He was hugging Kartik tightly which made me even sad. That guy was Dhruv. "WHY THE FUCK IS DHRUV HERE?" I questioned myself. I was all blank. Zero expressions on my face. Just, all the memories in mind. The bus, the chats, the hug, the bond. Everything. Every damn thing. He saw me too. We saw eachother. Eye contact. Shit. For one whole minute. Constant one minute. He looked blank too. The wide grin Dhruv had after seeing Kartik suddenly disappeared after seeing me. All I saw was a glance of guilt on his face. He was same height as Kartik's. He wore a black kurta with white pajama. He was all grown up now. He had good beard growing. Perfectly shaved. A bit lighter skintone than that of Kartik's. I was sure that if I stayed there for five more seconds, I would cry. I left.