Twisted Love

Chapter 7(A)

They both started remembering the past..

Two years before (1st year of college) :

The four (Kaira, Natasha, Kunal ) were just friends back then.. like normal friends.. and knew very less about each other since it's just been few months the college started..

That day Naira, Natasha and Kunal were sitting in the canteen and gossiping away.. but Kartik wasn't still there..

Natasha : Yaar aaj Kartik nahi aayega kya.. it's so late now.. umm.. usse call kare kya?? Naira tumhare paas to uska no. hoga na.. group project ke liye tha na..

Naira : Haan.. wait dekhti hu.. (scrolling her phone) haan hai..

She calls him..

Kartik (feebly) : Hello!

Naira : Haan Kartik.. main Naira bol rahi hu.. tum kaha ho yaar.. hum sab wait kar rahe they.. tum aaj nahi aane vaale Kya??

Kartik : Nahi Naira woh.. main nahi aa sakta..

Naira : Kartik!! Kartik kya hua hai tumhe..?? Why are you sounding so low?? Sab thik hai na..??

Kartik (almost crying) : Nahi woh.. woh dadi ko hospital le aaya hu.. unki tabiyat bahut kharab ho rahi thi..

Naira : Oh god!! Kya bol rahe ho Kartik?? Kya hua hai unhe?? Kaunse hospital mein ho tum??

Kartik : City hospital..

Naira : Tumhare saath koi hai na?? Tum wahan akele to nahi ho na??

Kartik : Mere saath.. nahi.. main akela hi hu yahan.. no one is here..

Naira : Oh!! Accha dekho tum bilkul tension mat lo haan.. sab thik hoga haan..

Kartik : Thanks..

He hunged the phone.. he wasn't really in a mood to talk any further.. he was devastated.. his dadi was his jaan.. or maybe more than that..

Naira : Yaar mujhe jana chahiye..

Kunal : Where??

Naira : His grandma is in hospital.. he was sounding so low.. aur upar se he is all alone there.. I should go..

Natasha : Why only you?? Hum sabko jaana chahiye..

Kunal : I think humein bheed nahi badhana chahiye.. after all that's a hospital.. let Naira go.. agar kuch bhi zarurat ho to she will call us..

Naira : Ok done.. main chalti hu haan.. I will keep updating you guys..

She reached the hospital..

Naira (to receptionist) : Excuse me!! Woh umm.. Kartik .. no no sorry.. (to herself) uski daadi ka naam..

Receptionist : Aap Kartik Goenka ki baat kar rahe hai?? Jinki grandmom admitted hai..??

Naira : Ji ji.. wohi.. woh kahan milenge??

Receptionist : Ji Kartik ji bass Abhi form fill up karke gaye hai.. to mujhe laga hi aap unke acquaintance honge..

She gave her the direction and Naira reached there.. she saw Kartik sitting outside the ICU, head hung low, clutching his hairs with his hands..

She went near.. sat beside.. and called him softly..

Naira : Kartik..

He looked up in astonishingly..

His eyes full of tears..

Kartik : Naira..

Naira kept staring at him..

Kartik : Tum yahan..

Naira : Haan woh tumhari fikar ho rahi thi.. tumhe akela chorna thik nahi laga.. woh Natasha Aur Kunal bhi tension kar rahe hai..

Kartik : Hmm.. thank you..

Naira : Kartik umm.. woh tumhare mumma papa kahan hai??

He looked towards other side..

Kartik : They don't stay here.. khabar di hai.. woh aa jaayenge kabhi bhi..

Naira : Oh accah.. kahan rahte hai woh??

Kartik : US..

Naira : Oh.. waise Kartik yeh sab kab hua?? Yeh hospital n all??

Kartik : Raat ko she started breathing heavily.. midnight.. pahle maine doctor ko phone kia tha.. but itne raat ko no one was available.. I brought her here.. aur aate hi (he started crying) aate hi innlogo ne ICU mein le lia.. matlab she is serious.. Naira Naira main.. (his voice choked)

Naira put her one hand on his shoulder and other on his hand..

Kartik : Naira bahut bure khayal aa rahe hai.. unke.. unke bina..

Naiar : Nahi Kartik Aisa nahi bolte.. haan.. shh.. chup ho jaao pls..

She started roaming her hands on his hair..

He was finding a place to cry on.. and he found one.. he hugged her.. as tight as possible.. his hands engulfing her.. and he cried.. he cried like a baby..

Naira kept on caressing his back and hairs while hugging.. she went on telling him to be positive..

After sometime they were just sitting.. when the doctor came out and informed her condition is still serious.. this crushed Kartik more..

The whole morning went on like this.. Natasha and Kunal too talked with Kartik over the phone.. Naira informed her parents about the situation so that they don't worry about her whereabouts..

It was almost night.. 8 pm or so.. when a doctor came running into the ICU on calling upon a nurse..

As Kartik saw this he got more scared..

Kartik : Naira yeh aise bhaag ke kyun aaye Naira.. sab thik to hai na.. Naira please kuch bolo na..

Naira : Haan Kartik.. sa...

Before she could finish the doctor came out.. it was not even a minute or so he entered the ICU.. and he came out this soon..

Both of them looked at the doctor... with fear stricken face..

Doctor : I am sorry Mr. Kartik.. hum unhe bacha nahi paaye.. we really tried hard.. but we couldn't..

Kartik's world came crashing down.. he kept looking at his face palely.. not even blinking once..

A tear drop escaped Naira's eyes.. she found it hard to control.. she kept her hand on her mouth.. though she has never seen his dadi but she got somehow attached within just few hours listening to her and her stories from Kartik.. she wanted to cry badly.. but she knew at this moment Kartik needs her.. she has to take care of him first..

---------------------------------------------------------

Do give your reviews..

Apologies for any mistake..

--Adhira