My Baby Brat (Completed)

10. Hello! Hello!

Part - 10

"I Can't Promise To Fix All Your Problems But I Can Promise You Don't Have To Face Them Alone"

Mithra's POV

"Mithra, Karthik called me as he couldn't reach you huh? What happened to your phone" my mom Padmini informs me about Karthik's call. He must have called me to talk with me properly as he was busy with Nisha when I had called him during lunch.

"No charge in my cell so it got switched off" I reply her in a soft voice not even looking at her.

Mom nods & asks me have my tea & snacks

"I don't want anything. I have college work to do" I tell her & walk straight into my room without hearing her say anything. I am upset over Tara's scolding & accusations. I lock my room door behind me so that no one will come in and disturb me & then throw my backpack on the chair beside my bed. Then I put my phone on charging & launched myself on my comfy bed & bury my face in the pillow as I start sobbing. I was holding back my tears for this long since Tara blasted me with her words in canteen. Strangely I didn't get angry on her for getting mad on me. My cell phone rings & I reach for it without getting up from the bed.

"Hello" I say in a meek voice which is surely inaudible to the other end.

"What's wrong Mithu? You sound so low? Are you upset over something?" It's Karthik. My Karthik. I smile & cry at the same time. See, even without me telling anything but just by hearing my one single word 'hello' he comes to know something is wrong with me.

"Are you crying?" Karthik asks surprising me again. I look around the room to find any hidden cameras are fitted in so that he can see me crying?

"Are you seeing me?" I ask.

"Yes... I mean no" he says.

"Yes or No?" I ask him.

"Well, I am seeing our photo on my desk while taking with you otherwise no."

"Hmm..."

"Tell me? What's bothering you, Mithu? Had any fight with Tara?" He asks & I laugh forgetting everything.

"Why are you laughing?" Karthik asks me. I guess shocked with my strange reaction because one minute I was crying & next minute I am laughing like an idiot that I am.

"Karthik... You know what? No one knows me better than you, not even my parents." I tell him & start sobbing down the phone.

"Mithu, baby, stop crying..." I hear him plead.

"Karthik I miss you..." I whisper amidst my tears.

"I miss you too, baby. Tell me what's wrong?" He insists me.

"What's there to tell when you have guessed everything right?" I chuckle. He doesn't reply. We both remain silent for a moment. I take a cleansing breathe getting myself ready to pour down all my problems to him.

"Karthik?" I want to check he is still on line.

"Yes. I am here. Did you calm down?" He asks.

"Yes. I want to ask you something." I tell him.

"You can ask me anything & I will give you that, be it an answer or a thing. You know that right?" He asks.

I know he is referring to the divorce I asked him & he gave me for my happiness. That's what Tara said when I thought I did it for Karthik's happiness.

"Are you happy?" I ask him. He went silent again. So he is not happy.

"Do you hate me?" I ask him not bothering to hear the answer for my previous question because I know he is not happy and I feel terrible after realizing that.