Rekindling Love

Chapter 14

Kartik's POV

It were only few hours I left her for. I was going to kill Chandu. How dare he? How dare he harm my Naira. By the time I came down, and figured what had happened the deed was done. Naira had been unconcious for few hours now, and Chandu had been taken care of. I still would have to talk to him.

What was he thinking? He thought I would just leave her? Doesn't he know me enough? Hasn't he seen us even before?

But this was for later, Naira was always my priority. I wanted her to wake up and soon, I wanted her to tell me that she was okay. I wanted many more things but what was I to receive? I didn't know? Last time I wanted things it was screwed up royally, was I prepared to screw it up more? I didn't know. Was I prepared to face worse than this, I didn't think so. I was in a mess and the feeling of impending doom shook me until the very core of my existence.

The doctors claimed that she was okay, but they did that last time as well. I again had proved how incompetent I was in saving my own. Why did I care about that bloody client? It's not like we hadn't been facing losses before, nothing bad would have happened in a day. Nothing that we couldn't have had handled. I didn't need to leave her alone in this state. I blamed and cursed myself for umpteenth time. How could I have been so selfish??

Pungi had set me right up. Telling me that she needed me, and not the fuss and baggage I was bringing. How did I expect to know whatever happened? I looked sheepish, but for the time being accepted that she ought to be my priority and not the foolish blames.

"You are lucky Jaan. That you have so many people thinking about you! Pungi, all your friends here, our family back there. Wake up love." I said. Barely controlling the waterworks, barely keeping the guilt out of my voice.

"I'm back love. I won't do this to you ever again. I hope you'll let me come back after leaving you only yesterday." I said. I knew she would be broken seeing me go, thus I didn't even bother to look back. I knew I wouldn't be able to leave if I saw her. I would have waited, thinking back I wished I had seen back, that I had tried to say goodbye.

Chandu told her that I had left her forever, that I wouldn't come back. He fed on her fears, he doubts, and insecurities. I had assured her that I wouldn't leave her, whatever be the circumstances, but somehow she never felt completely secured. That fear of being unwanted had been eating her.

It was then I felt something squeezing my hand. She was stirring, "Try to blink your eyes love. I'll call the doctors."

She blinked, scrunching her eyebrows, and effort visible on her face. "Kartik" she breathed.

"I'm here" I tried to tell her. Ended up only pressing her fingers trying to kill the worst of my worries.

Her eyes were watering, tears brimming them, I thought she was hurting somewhere, "What is it Jaan, where does it hurt?" I asked, trying to locate where was her pain originating from.

She shook her head, trying to purse her lips, trying to keep it in, I was afraid, she never did this. She told me, whatever it was. What was she hiding? What had happened in my absence?

"Tina tell me, whatever it is?" I asked again

"It's nothing Kartik. Just" she sobbed "leave me alone Kartik"

I couldn't. Whatever were her demands, I always gave in, but I couldn't leave her. These were my fears, what if she someday asked this of me? How could I? How can I just leave her? Was I capable of leaving her? I knew not. I knew I didn't have the heart, will or capacity to leave her ever. I didn't think I could function.

"Tina I... did I mess something up? I know I shouldn't have left you alone, but I didn't expect this. Trust me please. I wouldn't have left you alone, if I knew Chandu would do this to you!" She told me

"Kartik stop it. Please. I can't.." she said.

"Jaa..Jaan?" I stammered. That was the best I could do, I was breaking inside, my life was.. I don't know.. what was going on with her? Why was she pushing me away, after telling me she was trying, after telling me she would not give up, after telling me that she will return to me. She was asking me to leave her?

I went to find Chandu. I wanted to find out what had he done, why was she turning her back from me? Why was she not listening? Why did she choose to stay away? I had many questions and he was the only man who I supposed had any answers.

I found him around a few tourists, fooling every person he could find. I could see RED, only red was visible to me, he was the guy who had turned my Naira away from me, he was the guy responsible for her injury, he was the one who made her leave me. He was why my life was a complete mess. It was going on smoothly, she had promised me, only a night before she had promised that she will come back, now she wanted me out.

I ran to him enraged, grabbing his collor I pulled him, "How dare you? How dare you hurt my Naira like that? How dare you?" I yelled. I didn't care about making a scene, I didn't care about anything but the fact that Naira didn't want me anymore, and I couldn't accept her rejection again.

"Kartik leave me. Leave me you swine." He yelled. And pushed me. I staggered and pushed him back again.

I punched him in his gut. And threw another in his chest. When he fell back on to the ground, I gutted him, slapped him again and again. How dare he?

"Kartik leave me you idiot." He shouted. "All you husband wife know is to talk later throw punches first." He yelled. Well he deserved it, plus I was in no mood to listen to him blabbing.

I kept hitting him, he started bleeding from the side of his mouth, it was then he pushed me, with the last of his strength and hurled me aside. "I told her what she needed to hear. That was her biggest fear, you dumb head. I only did it to help you. You would come back I knew that, the world knows that, except her. She fears that you were with her for Naira, she doesn't see that you love her anyway, for whatever she is."

The reality sunk in, he was trying to help me. He was trying to get her back to me sooner, but look where his help got us.

"LEAVE ME ALONE KARTIK" that's what she told me. Her words loud and clear in my ears.

I couldn't comprehend what was to be done. I was numb. I stepped back and left, without turning back again. I didn't know what was to be done, like a blind man I walked an unknown path the destiny had created, trying to grip onto any piece that I found. Trying to grip on a figment of hope, the world had turned EMPTY and DARK.

Authors notes -

Hiya.. don't kill me for a really short update.
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