Part 10: Meri Zindagi, Teri Hui

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He stirs in his sleep and lets out a small groan as soon as Keerti keeps her hand on his forehead. It was almost like he could feel the presence of someone close to his heart, someone who loved him selflessly, someone whom he loved a lot. Kartik twitches his eyes in pain and groans softly. Keerti worriedly withdraws her hand from his forehead and places it on his chest to check his breathing, which was fine. She caresses his cheek and calls out his name very softly.

Keerti: Kartik...

Kartik (involuntarily stirs and tightens the hold of his right hand that was in Keerti's hand): Naira... Naira (he calls out her name in a low voice, almost a whisper)

Keerti cannot understand what his baby brother was mumbling in his sleep and so she comes closer to Kartik's face. She hears him say "Naira".

Keerti: Naira aajayegi Kartik.... Pehle tu uth to sahi. Dekh main Keerti, main hoon yahan tere paas. Tu bas ab jaldi se uth ja.

Kartik (realising the presence of his elder sister even in his delirium): Keerti

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Kartik (realising the presence of his elder sister even in his delirium): Keerti... Naira kahan hai?

Keerti: Naira aa rahi hai.

Kartik: Naira... Meri Naira... Sh.....Sherni..

Keerti: Main kaise janungi teri Naira ko? Tune usse mujhe kabhi milaya hi nahi. Chal ab uthja, woh aayegi toh aise sota rahega kya.

Kartik (trying to speak while the memories of the trip kept on playing in his mind): Z...zurich.......Ee..Exhi...bition.....

Keerti (realising he is putting stress on himself by talking to her): Haan, Shaurya uncle ne bataya mujhe. Acha bas ab tu aaram kar. Baki ki baatein hum tere jaagne ke baad krenge. So ja.

Keerti tries to take her hand out of Kartik's grip and that's when she feels him tightening the grip. She looks at him and sees panick on his face. Scared that she might lose him, she tries to reach the call bell to summon a doctor but his grip was too strong to let her go. She tries to calm him while he keeps on mumbling broken words.

Keerti: Kartik, sab thik hai. Main hoon tere saath. Kuch nhi hoga.

Kartik: Barf.. Titlis... Naira....Naman.... Naitik Sir.... Mam... (Almost shouting, scaring the life out of Keerti) Naira... Gun... Khoon... Nahi..(Kartik fidgets in his sleep and clutches the bedsheets with his left hand and tightens his grip of his right hand that was holding Keerti's hand) Nahi.. Na.... NAIRA...

Kartik shouts her name and abruptly wakes up, panic written all on his face while Keerti looks at him with tearful eyes. He too looks at his sister who immediately keeps her free hand on his cheek and gives him an assuring smile. However, the panic on his face gets immediately replaced by pain, immense pain and he loses his grip on her hand. He takes his right hand to left shoulder and clutches it tightly and falls back on the bed as if gravity had lost its control on his body. He groans in pain and the left side of his hospital uniform gets soaked in blood. Keerti panicks seeing him like this and rushes out, screaming for a doctor. Shaurya who was on a call came rushing towards Keerti and she informed him that Kartik was bleeding.

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