Kartik's POV
She was trying to wake up but I pulled her back and engulfed her in a hug. I knew she might not remember anything from last night so I started teasing her with illogical answers. She got really irritated and left saying she will find out herself. Of course what she said yesterday means a lot to me infact means world to me but I didn't want her to remember such special thing as some drunk conversation. I wanted it to be special so I didn't tell her what happened yesterday.
It's 12th August, her birthday. I've planned something for her birthday so as per my plan I am going to say everything today with special surprise.

Sara's POV
"Oh my god! How can someone be so irritating" I stumped my feet and got into my room. "Can't he just say what happened yesterday, such a dramebaaz. Bass nakhre dekhana ata hata aur dikhayega hi na, maza jo ata hai mujhe pareshaan karne main" I murmured and went to get freshen up. It's my birthday, so I got all ready as my friend had prepared something for me. My whole team and my friends were gonna celebrate at night also but right now she wanted to give me some surprise. I went downstairs and got into a cab. We went to all those places where we used to roam around during our college days. We lived our life like a college student. Lastly we went to a fun faire and returned back to our hotel. It was almost 10pm. I got all ready for the party as we were going to The Standard Grill. Although I was really irritated and disturbed about what might have happened last night but I didn't forget to invite kartik in fact his whole team. I was eagerly waiting for kartik. I shouldn't admit but I was behaving like 2019 wali Sara who was waiting for her kartik to wish her. It's been more than hour but kartik was nowhere to be seen. Celebration was almost over. I wanted to call him and ask where he was or if he was coming or not but I didn't wanted to sound desperate so I kept quite.
12:15am , 13th August it is. Neither did he wished me through text nor did he came to the restaurant. I was lying on my bed with thousands of thoughts, after all overthinking is my favorite hobby. "I might have done something last night that's why he didn't came". I thought to myself. Although I didn't knew what happened that night but I was sure he didn't came because of what happened that night. I kept staring at the ceiling. " Did I tell him my feelings?" "Did I tell him that I still love him?"-"Yes I might have confessed my feelings to him  so he is maintaining distance with me. And why wouldn't he maintain distance right ,after all he just sees me as a friend now and now that I've said I love him, he's distancing himself or might be he's dating someone else and he doesn't wants to be around someone who loves him." I stood up and sat down with my eyes filled with tears. "He should not be affecting me" I tried convincing myself  but with no time I was there crying like a maniac.I scrunched my face on a pillow and kept crying.
Why the fuck does he affects me so muchhh!!!
Why do I love him!!
I was sitting on my bed crying when I heard a very familiar and low voice calling my name. I immediately looked up to find kartik standing in the door with a box and some flowers in his hands. I thought I was dreaming or imagining things so I kept looking at him like he was a ghost. He started taking small steps towards me while my eyes were swollen, red and still full of tears. Suddenly he dropped everything he had in his hands and ran towards me. He pulled me for a very tight hug "Sara, why are you crying? Kya hua, kisine kuch kaha kya, yese kyu roh rahi hain, sara mujhe bhaut tension horahi hai, please batayege"
He kept asking why I was crying, Although he was the reason why I was crying but when he held me in his arms I couldn't control my tears and I started sobbing. He started calming me down instead of asking reasons. It took me minutes to realize it was kartik, I pushed him away and stood up on the bed asking why he was here. He was giving confused look as if he had done nothing. I again asked him why he was here in loud voice.
"Sara shaant hoja, itne jor se bolegi toh baki room ke log jag jayenge" he came towards me.
"Ok fine tum jao yahaan se main apne aap shaat hojaungi" I said indicating him to not come near me
" Tu naraaz hai kya mujhse? Yese kyu baat karr rahi hai?"
" Nahi nahi bilkul nahi why would I be upset with you. Hum toh abhi mile hai na, tumhe toh pata hi nahi hoga main kaun Hu, mera birthday kabh hai toh naraaz kyu hoongi main.
"Sara please let me explain, Maine jaanbujhke nahi kiya kuch bhi" he again came towards
"Of course!! Mr. Aaryan has explanation for everything. I don't know if I confessed my feeling for you yesterday and even if I did ek wish toh karr hi sakte the na ya phir girlfriend ne mana kiya" I screamed at him.
"Sara shaant hoja pleaseee sari hotel ko jagayegi kya. Aur kaun girlfriend, kya bolrahi hai. Mujhe explain toh karne de"
"I don't want any explanation. Kartik just leave" I said in loud voice.
"Chup ek dum chup. Bass bhaut hogaya, kabse kuch bolne ki koshish karr raha hu." He pulled me towards him and kept his hands on my mouth.

(No I'm not like this at all. I'm not so immature to not let the other person put their words but right now I was not in my sense, I was really hurt. Most of the time small things doesn't really matters to me but sometimes smallest things makes me question myself. And this was one of those situations.)

I was trying to loosen his hand's grip off my mouth but he held my hands with his other hand. I didn't give up and threatened him to bite his hands.
"Sara be quite and listen to what I'm saying warna.."
"Warna kya?" I murmured under his hands
"I'll kiss you"
I stood there speechless.
"Chuke toh dikhao"I murmured again
"Don't challenge me haan Sara, you know I'll do it with no hesitation"
I again tried to get out of his grip but stopped as he started coming closer to me.
"So indirectly you're challenging me."
He removed his hands off my mouth and left my hands. I tried moving from there but he pulled me back by my waist. His one hand was on my waist while his other hand was playing with strands of my hair. He kept coming close to me while his one hand was still on my waist and other hand cupped my face.
"A single word and I'll show you how I complete my challenge. Be quiet and listen to what I'm saying". He ordered with a very serious face.
He made me sit on the bed and sat beside me holding my hands.
"Sara I didn't do it intentionally. I just wanted to surprise you on your birthday. I didn't missed the celebration intentionally. I had to go back to India urgently due to some serious issues on the set. I called you to tell that I'll not be able to come but you didn't pick up the call only toh kya karta main. Insta main wish karsakta tha ya text bhi karsakta tha lekin I wanted to wish you in person in fact surprise plan kiya tha. I didn't realize ki tu hurt hosakti hai especially after you said that you still love me but I didn't meant to hurt you or make you cry like this, I'm really sorry."
I just sat there numb not not knowing what to say, I was speechless.
"Aur kya kaha tune my girlfriend? Konsi girlfriend, kiski girlfriend. Tune socha bhi kaise ki main kisiko date karr raha hu. Don't you dare say or even think about such things ever again. You've no idea about how much I've tried to move on from you. And here I am, still stuck to where you left me. Still that kartik who loves Sara beyond imagination. You know what the fun part is, I tried moving on from you but ended up falling for you more and more. Eventually, I love you more than I used to. I'm here head over heels for you and you're thinking about my girlfriend and all."

I hugged him like he was some soft toy.
"I-I'm really sorry bhaut boldiya maine. Lekin mujhe pata thodi tha ye sab. I really thought you were distancing yourself from me". I again started crying.
"It's ok sara, stop crying. Me? I will distance myself from you? Soch bhi kaise liya.No, never, not happening in this life. Aur agar tune try kiyana toh mujhse durr janeki toh kheench ke le aaunga" saying this he kissed my forehead.
"But it's your fault only, you should've said me what happened that night. Itna drama karte ho na isilyea ye sab hua".
He gave me are you serious look.
"I love you too" he then replied kissing my forehead again.
That box in his hands was box of cake that was completely smashed on floor. So we ordered cake again and celebrated our new beginning.

Kartik's POV
As I was lost in my thoughts, I got a call from sara. She invited me and my whole team for her birthday celebrations. I called my manager to tell her about the invitation instead she gave me a very shocking news. I had to go back to India due some serious and major issue on the sets. I tried calling Sara to inform her that I would not be able to attend her birthday celebrations but she didn't pick up the call and I got to know that she was out with her friend which means her phone must be in silent. I didn't have much time so I took the first flight to India. The problem was solved and now I was again in the airport to go back to New York and surprise Sara. I booked the first flight and came back to New York. I went back to the hotel as I had not checked out from there. I quickly changed and got freshen up and went  to Sara's room. I had already managed her room's keys through her friend so getting into her room was not a problem. I had planned to surprise her by recreating a very special birthday memory from 2019 and after that I was gonna take her to a very cozy and beautiful cafe that was pre booked by my manager.
I swiped the card to open the door. I had bouquet in one hand and box with cake in other hand. I entered into the room only to be stunned with what I saw. Sara, she was sitting on the bed with her face scrunched on pillow. "Sara?" I called her in a low voice. She immediately looked up, at me. Her eyes were all swollen and red, she was crying. I started taking small steps in disbelief. After realizing, I dropped the box and bouquet on the floor and ran towards her. I pulled her in a hug and asked why she was crying. "Sara, why are you crying? Kya hua, kisine kuch kaha kya, yese kyu roh rahi hain, sara mujhe bhaut tension horahi hai, please batayege" I was constantly asking her but she was just sobbing. I started calming her instead of asking anything as she was sobbing really hard. My eyes were now filled with tears seeing her crying like that. "Shaant Sara, shaant hoja" i tried calming her down while patting her back. Suddenly she pushed me and started asking why I was there in a very loud voice. She again asked me why I was in her room. I tried to calm her down but she was not listening to me at all. I asked her if she was upset with me.
" Nahi nahi bilkul nahi why would I be upset with you. Hum toh abhi mile hai na, tumhe toh pata hi nahi hoga main kaun Hu, mera birthday kabh hai toh naraaz kyu hoongi main." She replied.
Now I know why she was angry with me but I didn't do it intentionally right so I again tried convincing her and asked her to let me explain.
"Of course!! Mr. Aaryan has explanation for everything. I don't know if I confessed my feeling for you yesterday and even if I did ek wish toh karr hi sakte the na ya phir girlfriend ne mana kiya". She said in sarcastically.
"Wait what girlfriend? Ye Kya bolrahi hai"I thought to myself. Now I was hundred percent sure about some misunderstanding. I tried convincing her a lot of times but she was not ready to listen only so I pulled her over me and kept my palm over her mouth warning her to be quiet. "Warna?" She questioned. "I'll kiss you". I replied. She was speechless for some moment but sara being sara warned me saying "chuke toh dikhao". Honestly, I would've kissed her with no hesitation at all, cherry on top- she was even challenging me but at that moment the only thing I wanted to do was calm het down and tell her what happened. "Don't challenge me haan Sara. You know I'll do it with no hesitation" I said hoping to shut Sara but She started moving like I was some kidnapper who has held her mouth. "So indirectly you're challenging me" saying this I left her moth and hands and pulled her by waist and started playing with her hair strands. I was going more and more close to her. I cupped her face while my one hand was still on her waist. "A single word and I'll show you how I complete my challenge. Be quiet and listen to me". And I swear if this time also she'd moved I would have kissed her for real. I said everything to her and she was feeling guilty for her behavior. One thing that I was upset about was her thinking that I had a girlfriend, how dare she even think about that. I was there dying to be with her and she was imagining me with some other girl. But things were all sorted out. We later celebrated our journey to new beginning by cutting the cake.(new one obviously)
I canceled that pre booking as we wanted to spend some time with each other in peace and alone.
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S: "Mujhe bhaut neend aarahi, let's sleep now. Tum bhi jake sojao" saying this she tried getting up from the floor.
K: "Oh hello?What do you mean jake sojao? Main nhi jaraha. I'm sleeping here only." he pulled her back and hugged her.
S: "Oh you wish."saying this she stood up.
K: "Yes I do" he also stood up and said it with full confidence.
Kartik started taking tiny steps towards Sara as she is taking back steps. Kartik pulled her by waist and started creasing her face.
K: "You've no idea about how much I missed this. This feeling of having you in my arms. This feeling of your waist perfectly fitting in my hands. This feeling of closeness with you. And mostly the feeling of loving and being loved by you." saying this he smashed his lips on hers very passionately. She kissed him back with same passion. Her hands over his shoulder, his hands holding her bare waist and one hand cupping her face.Both of them were drooling all over each other, their three years of wait was all paying off. Kartik was sometimes kissing on her lips like some hungry animal and sometimes kissing on her neck like his life depends on them. Publicly he can't resist himself from staring at those lips so right now there is no way he is gonna spare those lips. Kartik scooped Sara while still kissing her and got into the bed. By now they were out of breath, so they ended their kissing session with a forehead kiss. Both of them snuggled in each other's warmth and slept thinking about their new beginning.

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