Pushpa was almost in tears. But Karthik consoled her as they went back home. As she got consoled, she suddenly opened her mouth and with a deep breath said, “My boyfriend would be proud of you!” Karthik stopped and turned. His face had just one expression written all over it, confusion. He asked her, “You have a boyfriend??”
“Yes, for four years now!”
“I never knew!”
“No one except the two of us knew till a moment ago!”
“You could have told me, I, I... I’m your best friend!”
“Yes, Karthik, you are. But I’m sorry, I just did not trust anyone with this. So I kept it just to myself. I’m planning to tell dad in a day or two. So, I thought I should tell you atleast before that! Rakesh works with me at the IGCAR, and we’ve been in the bio-genetic department together for six years now. He asked me out a couple of years into our friendship, and I was way too charmed by him to not say yes.”
“Oh, well, wonderful! Feeling great for you!”
“Thank you, Karthik, I knew you would!”
He left her home, and didn’t climb the stairs. Rather took the motorcycle, and sped off on a ride. The sky was seeming to give way. Lightning struck, and following the thunders, it rained, albeit for a few minutes, but in real heavy fashion. Flooding of the roads was merely an understatement! He was moving at a pretty quick speed, but his eyes were hardly concentrating on the speed limit. Neither were they on the roads. It was the city’s first rains that day, and no one knew that it was raining on the other side of his helmet too!
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