Preeta and Karan stopped tired. Preeta glared him. He gave her a teasing smile.

Preeta: Kitne bure ho na tum..

Karan: Tumse thoda kam..

Preeta: Shopping krne aaye the hum..

Karan: Oh wow Preeta Arora..Great Discovery..Mujhe toh pata hi nhi tha..

Preeta(annoying): Toh nhi pata toh pata lagao..Lado mt mujhse..

Karan(widening his eyes): Main ladta hu tumse?

Preeta: Ab mujhse iss baat pr ladoge kii hum mein se ladta kon hai..Dekho bajarbattu..Bas hogya..

Karan: Oh hello..Tum mujhse ladti ho..Mujh jaise itne jyada shareef shaant smjhdar dost ke saath behas krti ho tum..

Preeta started laughing hearing this.

Preeta: Dekho jab tumne shareef bola.. mujhe laga tum pagal hogye ho..Phir tumne shaant bola toh mujhe vishwas hogya tum aadhe nhi pure pagal hogye ho..Aur smjhdar bhi..Ab toh tumhe pagalkhane bhi leke jaugi..Toh woh bolege madam aage jayiye..Hamare pagalo ko in se khatra hai..

Karan(angry): Preeta Arora..tum meri insult krna na band krdo..

Preeta: Tum aina dekhna shuru krdo..Shaant smjhdar aur shareef tum..Arre hatto..ek number ke flirt, khurafati..aur bevkof insan ho tum..

Karan(glaring): Yeh sochti ho tum mere baare mein..

Preeta(giving him a confused look): Tumhe sach mein lagta hai main tumhare baare mein sochti bhi hu..

Karan: Actually na galti meri hai..Puri duniya mein itne log mere deewane hai..Par nhi..Mujhe tumse dosti krni thi..Tumhe jhelna tha..Tum se py..

Karan stopped realising what he was about to say.

Preeta(confused): Kya..

Karan(looking away): Kuch nhi..

Preeta: Btao..

Karan(glaring): Nhi..Abhi meri beizzati ka kota pura thodi hua hoga tumhara..

Preeta: Tumhe bura laga..

Karan(sarcastically): Nhi nhi..Isme bura maan ne wali konsi baat hai..

Preeta: Muh mt banao..Tumhe pata hai na I don't mean it..Tum ache ho..

Karan: Kitna acha hu..Tareef krne ke time pr kaha chale jaate hai tumhari dictionary ke saare shabd..

Preeta(smilingly): Sabse ache ho..Itne ache ho kii tumhare upar main duniya ki koi khushi nhi chunugi..

Karan looked at her. She smiled. He smiled back.

Preeta: Ab karle shopping..Ghar bhi jaana hai..

Karan nodded. Preeta walked away. He looked at her going.

Preeta brought a scarf for Shrishti happily and showed it to him. He smiled seeing her happy.

Preeta: Kaisa hai..Shrishti ko acha lagega na..

Karan: Ha..achi hai tumhari choice..

Preeta: Kya baat hai Karan Luthra..Meri tareef..

Karan: Galatfehmi ki shikaar..Tumhari choice achi hai..Kyunki tumne mujhe choose kiya hai..As your best friend..Toh yeh meri tareef hai..

Preeta: Are you serious?

Karan(teasing her): No I am funny..

Preeta: Uggh..Karan..

Karan(smilingly):Ha..babydoll..

Preeta:Ab chup chap yaha khade rhna..

Karan:Hain?

Preeta: Chup ek dum..

Karan: Ajeeb zabardasti hai..main..

Preeta gave him death glare. He kept his finger on his lips. She smiled.

Preeta: Ab main decide krugi..Tum muh band krke khade rhoge..

Karan was about to say something but stopped seeing her glare. She started putting clothes on him one by one and rejecting or selecting them. Preeta smiled picking up a blue t shirt. It was looking good on him. He smiled.

Preeta: Yeh kaisi hai..

Karan looked here and there. She rolled his eyes.

Preeta(slapping her forehead): Bol skte ho tum..Par faltu ke nakhre kiye na toh dekhna..Itne nakhre toh Shrishti nhi krti kapde khareedne mein..

Karan: I am The Karan Luthra..Mera swag hi wakhra hai..Aur yeh final hai..Tumhe pasand hai na..Bas..

Preeta smiled. Karan winked at her. Both purchased some stuff for their family.

Preeta: Ab chale..Kuch rh toh gya ni..

Karan: Jii nhi..Abhi ruko..

Karan held her hand and took her with him to an outlet.

Karan: Chalo..Pasand karo..

Preeta smiled and started seeing earrings. She knew that he kept in mind that she was quite fond of them but what she didn't know was that he was also quite fond of her earrings, they add smile to her face and content to his heart, beautifying life indeed.

Preeta(showing him): Yeh wala..

Karan: Mujhse kyu puch rhi ho..Tumhe pehan ne hai..

Preeta: Saari shopping saath mein kii hai..Tab yeh logic kaha tha..

Karan: Nhi yeh wala nhi..Woh try karo..

Preeta picked up the pair he pointed at and wore them. She looked at herself in mirror.

Preeta(smilingly): Ache lag rhe hai..

Karan:Wait yeh bhi dikhao..

Karan pushed her hair back and removed her earring. Preeta looked at him. He made her wear another one.

Karan: See this is also good..

Preeta didn't look at mirror and kept looking at him. He tapped her shoulder.

Karan: Kaha kho gyi ab..Bolo konsa jyada pasand hai..

Preeta:Dono ache hai..Tum batao tumhe konsa jyada acha lag rha hai..

Karan: Dono hi bahut ache lag rhe hai..Ek kaam karo..Dono lelo..aur kuch pasand krna hai toh dekhlo..Main bhai ki watch leke aata hu upar hi rh gayi..

Preeta nodded. Karan left. She smiled to herself and started looking around for other things in the shop.

Karan:Thank you..Billing is done..

Manager: Yes sir and we have changed the glass..after you noticed the crack..Sorry for the trouble..

Karan: No it's okay..Thank you..

He went to the first floor and moved towards the shop where he left her but saw a huge crowd in that direction.

Karan(confused): Kya ho rha hai yaha..

He walked a bit closer and heard people screaming fire and his first thought was where was she? Where was Preeta?

Karan(looking around for her): Babydoll kaha hai..

Karan began pushing his way past all the people very forcefully. Ignoring the calls from staff members and people around, he practically ran into the shop. It was all so bad. Flames everywhere.

The bright decorations of the shop was all now a heap of ashes and dust but thanking stars, the fire wasn't heavily spread at that moment.

Karan(shouting): Babydoll..

He saw a lot of girls struggling. He told them the way so that they could out being careful. Karan was struggling to breathe. Heaving and coughing, he went to the other side to look for her and there she was, about to get unconscious.

Karan(shouting): Babydoll..

Preeta with her eyes half open looked at him. He ran towards her. She was about to close her eyes. He lifted her by her shoulders and patted her cheek.

Karan(concerned): Babydoll aankhen kholo..Kuch nhi hoga..

Preeta opened her eyes a bit but was heavily coughing. He picked her up in his arms and pulled her close enough so that she doesn't pass out. He was trying to figure out his way to escape out and went out. He came out and gently made her sit against a wall.

Karan(concerned): Babydoll..

People gathered around them. One of them gave her water. He sprinkled it on her face and patted her cheek.

Karan(in tears): Babydoll..Aankhen kholo na..

Preeta coughed a bit. Karan looked at her. She opened her eyes a bit. He smiled in tears.

Preeta(lowly): Bajarbattu..Pagal ho kya..sun skti hu main..itna chilla kyu rhe the..

He pulled her towards him and hugged her as tightly as she could.

Karan(in tears): Jaan nikal gyi thi abhi meri..Chillau bhi na..

Preeta(lowly): Aag mein fasi main..thi..Jaan tumhari kse..

Karan(in tears): chup kro tum..bolo mt..Pehle saans lo..Lambi saans..Paani pio..

He broke the hug and made her drink water. She smiled a bit. The fire wasn't that big so everyone came out safely, Preeta looked at Karan.

Karan(cupping her face): Thik ho..

Preeta(smilingly): Ha..Tum ho na..

She gently wiped his tears.

Karan(smiling in tears): Thodi der ke liye gayab kya hua..Babydoll tumne toh aag lagadi mere bina..

Preeta: Dekho..Hun na main talented..

Karan giggled a bit. Preeta smiled.

He stood and helped her stand. She stood up. He held her hand.

Karan(angry): Manager kaha hai iss outlet ka..Yeh aag lagi kse..Aur saara staff bahar tamasha dekh rha tha..Iss mall mein koi security hai kii nhi..

Preeta: Karan..shaant..Hua hoga kuch..

Karan(glaring): Tum kuch nhi bologi..

Preeta became silent. Manager came up to Karan trying to explain him but Karan wasn't in a mood of listening.

Karan(angry): Aapke kehne se kya hota hai..Kya mtlb shortcircuit hogya..Itne log the andar..Kisi ko kuch hojaata toh..Meri dost behosh hogyi thi almost..Agar use kuch hojaata toh..

Manager: Sir I know..We're at fault and I am really sorry for that..But thank god, kisi ko kuch nhi hua..Aap ek star hai..Aap aise..

Karan(angry): I don't give a damn..Aapki reputation..izzat..jo bhi..Meri zindagi hai yeh..she is my life..aur waha behosh thi woh..saans nhi le paa rhi thi..And you are telling me sorry...

Preeta: karan..please..

Karan(shouting):Babydoll..maine kaha na bich mein mt bolo..

Preeta got scared. He was actually very angry. Seeing her in that state, he couldn't express his fear, his fear of losing her and that he was letting it out in form of anger. She hugged him. He looked at her.

Preeta: Shaant hojao..Please..Thik hu main..Kuch nhi hua..Kisi ne kuch jaan puch kar nhi kiya hai..Please..Shaant hojao..

Karan: Babydoll..

Preeta: Please..

She broke the hug and looked at him. He calmed down and nodded. She smiled lightly.

Karan: I am sorry..Maine gusse mein kuch jyada hi boldia..Par dhyan rkhiye..Aise haadse dobara na ho..

Manager nodded and apologised to everyone. Preeta held Karan's hand. Both started leaving.

Karan(concerned): Tum pakka thik ho na..Kahin bhi lagi..

Preeta: Nhi Karan main thik hu..Bas achanak se darr gyi..Aur saans nhi aa rhi thi..

Karan: Doctor ke paas chale..

Preeta: Nhi..thik hu main..Vaise ek baat batau..Gussa mt kiya karo..

Karan: Gussa mt kiya karo..Tumhe kya pata mujhe kaisa lag rha tha..Meri jagah tum hoti toh..

Preeta: Phir bhi..

Karan: Babydoll..Tum mera sab kuch ho..Sab kuch..Har baat..Har khushi..sab tumse hai..Tumhe kuch hojata toh...Kehna bahut aasan hai..Gussa mt kiya karo..

Preeta smiled at him.

Preeta: Acha acha..thik hu main.. ab khush ho tum..

Karan: Ha..Aur behosh hone ki jagah thodi himmat krke bhaag aati bahar..Pagal ladki..

Preeta: Tum pagal..Double Duffer Donkey..

Karan:Oh really Miss Mental..Pagal tum ho..

Preeta: Tum ho..

Karan: Tum ho dumbo..Maan jao..

Preeta: Jo gaadi tak pehle pahucha woh decide krega..

Preeta ran towards the car. Karan ran behind her.

Karan:Oh hello..Bhaago mt..

He picked her up in his arms. Preeta looked at him.

Preeta:Ab yeh kya hai..

Karan:Itna sab hua..Bahut nhi hai..Jo ab bhaagna bhi hai tumhe..Chup chap ghar jaake rest krlena..

Preeta slapped her forehead. Karan rolled his eyes and made her sit in car.

Precap

Realization

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