Confused 💞

61.

"Happy Birthday Love ( red heart )"
Karan's phone popped with this message and without wasting a second he called her.

"Happy Birthdayyyy" Teja shouted.

"Thank you." Karan chuckled seeing her excitement. "You were not even a percent excited at your own birthday and look at you now. "

"So it's given na. Birthdays are for your loved ones to celebrate. It's our celebration, we will celebrate YOU today. "

"Okay" Karan said awkwardly.

"Did you cut the cake ". Teja asked.

"Yes I did. And I even got your message. And I love you...a lot. "

"Credits to Rutu . He asked me to send a message, so I did. Glad you liked it. "

"I loved it. "

"Okay bye. I am still at work. I will call you tomorrow. "

"Bye, and take care. Drive safely. "

"Yeah, bye, love you."

"Love you." Karan replied back but he was not sure that Teja heard it cause she already cut the call.

So he dropped her a message.
"You should atleast wait for my reply before hanging up ( annoyed emoji ). "

The message remained unseen for the next few hours as Teja was actually busy.

When she got free , she saw his message and replied back.
This time it remained unseen from the other side as Karan was already asleep.
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The next morning as Karan woke up , his phone buzzed with notifications .
The whole world was wishing him but the first chat he opened was with Teja as he had her chat pinned.

" 'Love you' that's what you said. I might have not heard it , but I know it."  He smiled reading her message.

"You just take me for granted ( crying emoji )" He replied back.

Then he got back to his daily schedule. Got ready, had breakfast and went for the training.

As he was returning back to his room one of the hotel staff stopped him.

"Sir we have received some bouquets and cakes from your fans . Should I keep them in your room. "

"He looked at the bouquets and picked one of them. You can distribute the rest ." He said.

"Sir that bouquet is along with this parcel ." She said and handed over the parcel to him.

"Thank you." Karan said and left.

He opened the parcel and saw an envelope and a box , which he knew, had a watch. The one that he was waiting for since long.

The parcel was sent by Teja .

Before opening the watch he tore the envelope and found a letter in it.
A hand written letter.

" Tere hi hum hain......Kya yeh Pyaar kam hai..
Haan hi tere naam hum hain.......Arz hai kiya...
Hai meri aadat, Rooh ka Saaz gham hai....
Tere hi toh saath man hai.....Maane na jiya..

I am listening to this song while I write this letter , and it reminds me more of you.

I have known you for the past ten years and every year without fail I used to wish you on your birthday.

But this year it's different, cause I know, this year my message won't go unanswered.
It won't be unread like all my previous birthday wishes.

Not your fault, I know.

I was just a fan , like a million others .
Even the way I loved you back then was different than the way I do now.

You my man are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You will never understand how much your mere presence around me makes me feel all golden.

You know during this past years, thinking that it was impossible to ever meet you, I used to comfort myself by saying one shayri.

'Hasrat hi rahe behtar hai.... Chand agar hasil ho jaaye to Chand kaha rehta hai ...'

Sach hai. Kyuki jab Chand haasil ho jata hai to voh apki duniya ban jata hai.

You are my whole damn world Karan .

I will always pray that you get all the happiness that you truly deserve.
Wish you a very happy birthday.

PS : I love you ❤️ "

Karan choked on his own breathe as it was all too overwhelming.
He reread it two more times and then neatly folded it and kept it aside.

He then moved to the watch and it was exactly what he wanted.

"Seriously, is this what you think ( angry emoji )"  Karan received Teja's reply.

"No .
Just read your letter." He messaged back.

She called immediately, "Did you get the watch . Do you like it ." She bombarded him with her questions.

" Do you even know how hard was it to get this watch arranged. I literally had to ask Yash for help and he used his UK contacts and got it for you. I was so stressed thinking that it will not reach you on time. You liked it right?"

"Teju" he said softly to stop her babble.

"Hmm."

"Thank you." He said , his voice hoarse as he tried to control his emotions.

"For the watch right? You liked it ?"

Karan chuckled. It was of no use to try to tell her what he was thankful for.

It was not the watch , it was Teja herself.
But he kept his feelings to himself as he knew words would fail to describe them .

"Yes. Thank you for the watch Too." He said.

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I know.... it's getting way too cheesy and the story isn't moving forward but this is the most I can do right now.

I hope that you guys will understand.

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