THE WRONG PERSON

Stay...

I ran away from there. I wanted to go to Vedika's but couldn't. I didn't want to ruin her day. She's getting married and I don't want her to be sad because of my failed love life. I went to the temple. There was nobody. I sat in front of lord Krishna and asked him, "why?" And I sat there for hours untill a voice from behind startled me. It was Kartik. He was pissed. "Where the fuck are you Noor? I've been trying to call you since an hour! Do you even know what happened to me when I couldn't find you anywhere in the hall?" I said, "firstly, it's a temple, so mind your language. And secondly, how did you find me?" Kartik, "Well, Vedika said that you might be here or at your place. She was at your place but you weren't there. Do you know your parents are so tensed right now! You've been here for like three hours." I replied with Hmm.. and got up. He saw the sadness on my face and asked "What happened?" I said "nothing" and began to walk. He held my hand and stopped me. "I asked something Noor. What happened?" He said. I said nothing. He grabbed my face and and looked in my eyes and said, "were you crying?" My eyes were still low. I didn't look at him. I could see his shoes. "Look at me Noor." He ordered. I looked at him. He saw that my eyes were watery. "what happened?" He asked in a heavy voice. "nothing, Kartik. We should go home" i said. I tried to free my hand from Kartik's but his grip on my hand was very tight. He held my hand and a bangle I wore. "ouch, Kartik, it's hurting, let me go!" I said. He let go off my right hand just to grab my left. This time, he grabbed my left hand and not with bangles, so it didn't hurt. I wasn't facing him. He could see my side face. I was still looking at his shoes. He turned me towards him and pulled me closer to him. "I am asking for the last time. Tell me what happened. Who or what made you cry Noor" he said. "I will tell you when it affects you. Does it affect you now? No? Then let me go" I said. We were close. Very close. You wanted to say something in the hall, but an old friend of mine and Krish came, so had to attend him. He wanted to meet Krish and Vedika. "Dhruv. I know." I said. "How do you know him?" He asked. I looked at him with tears in my eyes. "Oh.. Oh shit. He is Dhruv? He is your Dhruv!?" He exclaimed. "He's not mine. And yes, the guy we talked about yesterday is this one. I don't want to look at him anymore. I want him to disappear." I said while still crying. "You're not over him. Are you?" He asked. "I am. Kartik, I am over him. Trust me. But I never loved anyone like that. But when I met you, and saw your eyes, and i... I don't know what am is saying!" I said sobbing.  "Shh..." He said as he put his finger on my lips. "Just, come sit in the car." We both sat in his car. He turned on the AC. It felt good. "now, tell me." He said. "Kartik, I like you. Really... But I'm afraid that you'd abandon me just like Dhruv did. I can't hurt myself again. I know Dhruv didn't do much but it still hurt me. I am very emotional and i barely listen to my mind and I just.. I just don't want to feel that hurt again. I did love him. But he left me. Like i was nothing to him. And after all these years, he came and he looked at me and it remind me of my past. The half love. The love i gave which never reciprocated." I said. Kartik looked at my face. He held my chin with his hands. "Babe... Uhm.. is it okay if I call you that?" I said "yeah" and laughed. He smiled at me and said, "I will never leave you. No matter what. If we go down, then we'd go together. Everything, everywhere, I'll never hurt you Noor." He said. He said that he had something for me and that to see that, i had to come to the back seat. I said okay. We both went there. He brought a bag and gave it to me. "what's this?" I asked. "Look it for yourself" he said and smiled.  I opened the bag. "OH MY GOD!" I said. It was my favourite cheesecake. "who told you that I loved blue berry cheesecake?" I asked. "Oh must be Vedu" I said again. "uhm.. no." He said. He opened his notes app and showed me a list of everything I liked. I was shocked. He told me to have the cake and not ask any further questions. I put the cake behind me and hugged him tight. "thank you so much" I said. "shut up ho ja" he said and laughed. I was about to turn around to take the cake but he turned my face towards him again. "Look at you, you beautiful. How can someone not love you? You are truly beauty with brains my love." He said. I was all red. He came close to me. He pulled me through my waist. His eyes had something. Not something, it was love. I am into right hands. I thought to myself. He was looking at me, admiring me. He pulled me closer. There was barely any space between us. "why is there space between us?" He said. "Because we are sitting in a car and I am not sitting on your lap." I said out loud and "yet" I whispered and smirked. He came closer to me. My heart raced. His eyes was closed. I closed mine and got closer. I held the back of his head. My other hand on his waist. We gradually kissed. His lips were so soft. He was slow moaning and so was i. We kissed for two minutes straight. We were very far from the temple. We were somewhere quiet. He stopped kissing. He looked at me. My lips were redder. "You are turning me on my love" he said. I blushed. "I don't want to kill the mood but it's 9 already. We have to go i guess." You're right. He said. We sat in the front and left. The whole ride, it was beautiful. His hands were on my right thigh. I was smiling, soft Hindi romantic songs were being played on radio, everything was perfect. He dropped me home. The moment I entered my home, everybody was furious. As they should be. I told them that I was at the temple. Nothing else. For obvious reasons. But I gave every detail to Vedika, as i should have. She was screaming. I was still and calm. She asked me, "are you not happy?" I said, "I am the happiest right now Vedu, I am just trying not to get attached. Because if I do, and if he leaves, i would be shattered." "You're right. Take things slow hun, take things slow, he's a nice guy, I know him very well, and he'll not hurt you" Vedu said.
I giggled and said "hurt? I'm okay getting hurt by him. You know how I love. The thing is, I just want him to stay. Just, stay. That's all. I don't want any flowers, any gifts, just him, to stay."
We said bye and ended the call. I started watching reels afterwards. There was one reel, where an old couple was sitting on a beach, and the caption asked "how many times did they have to forgive eachother to be here at this point" and a comment said, "they didn't count. That's the thing." "Oh God, I hope, Kartik is like that. Please don't break my heart again. Please." I said to God. But I guess, God had a different plan.