Confused 💞

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Karan left for Australia the next day, and so did Teja for Mumbai.

Karan felt better. He was motivated and was ready to work hard.

The critics were not stopping from giving their opinion on him which were only  negative, which made Karan work harder.

But he was a human himself and his body could not take the strain of continuous and long hours of training.

Teja was unaware of it . Though she could see that Karan was tired all the time wherever they used to talk, but she never pointed it out , thinking that this is how cricketers train.

She could see him regaining his confidence. She wanted to be a person who would support him rather than be an obstruction.

On one such day when she called him , very atypically he wasn't picking up the call.

After calling him a few more times, he picked up the call.

"Hi Teja" Someone said from the other side.

"Hi..." Teja said. "Ruturaj, is Karan training ?"

"Umm... actually he is with the doctor." He said with hesitation.

"Why ? What's wrong."

"He fainted while training. "

"Is he not following his diet, or is it something else. Was he having headache earlier." She asked with worry.

"No , it's just that he is training way too lot. He is always on the ground or in the gym. He is not resting enough. I guess that is the only reason. "

"And he has been doing it since when."

"Since the day he joined training. The coach did ask him to relax a bit , but he didn't listen. "

Teja sighed.

"Don't worry Teju , he is fine now. "

"Hmm, okay. Ruturaj will you please call me when you meet him."

"Done. "

Teja cut the call, and to say that her mind stopped working will not be a lie.

She sat for a few minutes in silence not knowing how to feel.
She was at the hospital herself, she worked there and it was about time of her shift.

She filled a cup of coffee for herself and started working.

An hour later she got call from Karan. She excused herself from her patients and answered the call quickly.

"I am fine" Karan said as soon as she picked up the call.

"Good. So what's your future plan now 15 hrs of training or 18 . I think you should cut your sleeping hours to 5 , so that you can even use that time to train.
And most importantly do all of it while fasting, it will be more effective." She said with sarcasm dripping from her tone.

"I am sorry.."

Teja interrupted him and said "Is Ruturaj around."

"Yes."

"Give him your phone. "

"I will not. I am talking to you."

"Karan I have my patients waiting, I need to talk to him . Please give him the phone." She said sternly.

Karan passed his phone.

"Rutu, what did the doctor say?" She asked.

Ruturaj gave her the details and passed the phone back.

Karan was about to talk to her but Teja already cut the call.

Karan stared blankly at his phone. "She is angry, right?" He asked Ruturaj.

"Clearly" he replied.
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Karan called Teja a few times more but she answered none.

Finally he dropped her a message, "Are you not going to talk to me now ."

Teja saw his message notification and sighed. She felt stuck.

She very well knew that whatever Karan did was totally wrong. She also knew that, Karan would accept it too. But at the same time she also understood where he came from. She understood his desperation to perform well.

She was lost in her thoughts when her got another call. This time it was not Karan, but Sayli.

"Hi , I hope I didn't disturb you." Sayli said.

"Not at all. I have my break now and I so needed someone to talk to. I am glad you called. "

"Hmm... I thought so. Ruturaj told me that you are angry. "

"Shouldn't I be." She asked.

"You should, you have all the right. "

"But I know what made him do this. I don't know how to talk to him . The past months have been really difficult for him . I don't want to say or do something that hurts him more. "

"You can never hurt him , because your intentions behind it , will always be pure. We know it's been tough for Karan recently but that doesn't mean that he can get away with what he did. "

"Exactly." Teja said agreeing. "I have been thinking about it for so long. I have been feeling  low since the time I got to know about him fainting."

"I can imagine. It's our partners who actually play but it gets equally stressful if not more, for us too. But I guess we signed up for it." Sayli said smiling.

"Yes . We did. And thank you so much for calling Sayli . I needed this so bad."

"My pleasure. And for the next time don't wait for me to call. You can call me whenever you want. "

"Okay. "

" And talk to him soon. He is sulking. "

Teja laughed , "I will" she said.
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"I was busy." Teja replied back to Karan.

"You were not. I know it was your break time." Karan messaged back instantly.

"I am working extra nowadays. You know, learning from the best ( smiling emoji )."

"Now you are going overboard with your taunts ." Karan said being irritated .

"Just the way you did with your training." Teja chuckled while replying.

"Oh God! Stoppppp ittttttttt !!!!"

Teja laughed reading his message and called him.

Karan picked up the call but said nothing.

"Just to remind you, it's you who did a mistake so stop with your tantrums." Teja said.

"And I am sorry for it. What else do you want me to do."

"A promise. Promise me that you will not repeat it ever again. "

"I promise. "

"Okay, so how are you feeling now." She asked.

"Much better as you are back to talking to me." Karan said with a smirk.

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