Naira had told everything to her brother and after reaching she straight went to her room without saying a word to anyone.

On the other side, Kartik got a call from his father.

"Can you come to India?" He closed his eyes sensing the disappointment in his father's voice. Without saying anything, he cut the call and leaned back.

"Naira, Naira, Naira." He threw the vase on ground, and it broke down into several pieces.

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Sitting in a corner, she leaned against the wall, and took a long view of her life.

A short yet long span of her life, changed everything.

6 months.

These months made her cry, made her laugh.

These months mended her, broke her.

Love, a strong feeling. Deeper than ocean, sweeter than sugar, and bitter than the one can't imagine.

6 months, the deal. The deal of ending their relationship.

Guess, God did it purposely because it was the end and she couldn't put full stop at the end of this chapter of her life.

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"I'm ashamed to call you my son."

"I didn't bring you up for this."

"You're a shame to us."

He closed his eyes, the bitter but true words of his family rang in his head.

A bile raised up in his throat.

No, no! He can't, he can't cry, not because of some girl, he can't.

But he did, he cried holding his head in his hands, he did cry.

He cried for her, he cried for himself.

It shouldn't have happened, he shouldn't have let this happen.

It wasn't guilt, it was regret. He could stop it right there but he didn't.

He was at fault, it was all his fault.

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At times, we ask what went wrong?
We ask how it happened?

We always find the bad, the wrong in everything, ignoring the good. Thats what Kartik did, he got signals everytime he hurted Naira, his heart pained but he ignored it.

He had his self built wall around him, and a very unsound quote "I cannot fall in love"

But in reality he could fall in love but he didn't.

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Last chapter awaits, I'll drop it by evening or tomorrow.