Chapter 3 🧡

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Karan: *slowly* Preeta

Jhootha jag rain basera
Saancha dard mera.
Mrig trishna sa moh piya
Naata mera tera

Preeta freezes and slowly turns around. They look at each other and share a painful eyelock. A tear escapes Karans eye.

Naina.. jo saanjhe khwab dekhtethe
Naina..bichad ke aajro diye hain yun
Naina.. jo milkeraat jaagte the
Naina.. sehar mein palken meechte hain yun

They unknowingly take a step forward, their eyes full of unshed tears.

Juda huve kadam
Jinhone li thi ye kasam
Milke chalenge hardum
Ab baant'te hain ye gham
Bheege naina.. jo khidkhiyon se jhankte the
Naina.. ghutan mein band ho gaye hai yun

Karan takes another step but Preeta breaks the eyelock, she moves back slowly and turns around, wiping her tears and maintaining a stern expression. Karan also wipes his tears.

Karan: nahi, mein kamzor nahi pad sakta, especially Preeta ke samne, yeh Preeta woh Preeta nahi hai jisse mein jaanta tha, jisse meine jaan se jyada chaha, jisse meine itna pyaar kiya

Tania who was confused, taps on Karan's shoulder

Tania: kya hua papa, aap ro kyu rahe hai?

Karan: nahi woh aankh mein kuch chala gaya tha, ab theek hai

He smiles at her and she smiles back.

On the other hand, Preeta had just reached a bench.

Preeta: yeh mein kya kar rahi thi, Karan ke paas kyu jaa rahi thi, nahi mein aisa nahi kaar sakti, uss Karan ne mujhe jitna dard diya uske baad toh bilkul nahi, mein yaha sirf aur sirf Tania ke liye aai hoon aur kissi ke liye nahi.

Preeta and Karan reach their respective homes, still thinking about each other. They try to stop but are unable to.

Karan was in his room thinking about the first time he had met Preeta.

Flashback,

Karan was at the train station waiting for a train. It was his best friend, Aditya's, wedding. The train arrived and he boarded it.

The train starts and Karan stands near the door, letting the breezes touch his face

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The train starts and Karan stands near the door, letting the breezes touch his face. As he stands, he feels something, a feeling that is unfamiliar to him. He around looks and sees a girl running, he hadn't seen a girl more beautiful.

She was running towards the train with her hand extended out to Karan, while he was lost in her

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She was running towards the train with her hand extended out to Karan, while he was lost in her.

Preeta: *still running* oi, aise kya ghoor rahe ho, haath do

Karan: huh? Haan, haan

He extends his hand, she grabs it. He pulls her in with force and she lands on his chest.

Rom rom tera naam pukaare
Ek huye din rain hamaare
Hum se hum hi chhin gaye
Jab se dekhe nain tihaare
Sajda..

They share a deep eye lock, almost as if looking into each other's souls.

Teri kaali ankhiyon se jind meri jaage
Dhadkan se tej daudu, sapno se aagey
Ab jaan lutt jaaye, ye jahaan chhut jaaye
Sang pyaar rahe, main rahun na rahun
Sajda tera sajda
Din reain karoon na hi chain karoon

The train bumps a little, making them break the eye lock. Preeta pushes him a bit.

Preeta: tum emergency handle nahi pull kar sakte the?

Karan: *confused* tum hi ne toh kaha tha ki haath do...

Preeta: woh mein bhaag rahi thi na, soch nahi payi

Karan: ab yeh bhaagne aur sochne ka kya connection?

Preeta: arey tum nahi samjho ge, bajarbattu kahike

Karan: tumne mujhe kya bulaya

Preeta: Bajjarbattu

Karan: u can't call me bajjarbattu, you kareli

Preeta: haww, mein tumhe kareli lagti hoon?

Karan: arrey nahi nahi Babydoll, tum toh mujhe ek dum.....chuthi fail lagti ho *starts laughing*

Preeta: hey you mr

Karan: The Karan Luthra

Preeta: haan tum jo bhi ho, mujhse na door raho, aur aise ghoor kya rahe ho, maana ki mein Bollywood ki bohut badi fan hoon, lekin iska yeh matlab nahi ki ek ladka ek ladki train pe mile aur janmon ka saath pakka ho Gaya

Karan: *flirting* accha, lekin yeh ho nahi toh sakta hai, ki tum aur mein, ek dusre ke liye banne ho, yeh bhi toh ho sakta hai ki aaj humara milna destiny ka plan ho, kyuki meri jagah toh koi bhi ho sakta tha, aur tumnari jagah bhi koi bhi ho sakti thi, lekin yaha koi aur nahi, hum dono the

Preeta gets lost in his words, wondering if it was true...

Hey guys, that's all for today, thanks for reading and sorry for any mistakes. The story was too sad so I decided to cheer it up a bit with the flashbacks.

Yours truly,
Navneet 🖤

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