Love stories are of varied types!!
Some are short; some are long!
Some are happy; some are tragic!!
Some are short lived; some are evergreen!!!
But this story comes with a difference!!!
Read it at ur pleasure n do not forget to post ur comments!!!
Sruthi was waiting at the Marina Beach. Every now & then, she was looking at her watch. She was getting angry with each passing second. After waiting there for about half an hour, she made a call to Karthik.
Sruthi reached home late that night. As soon as she entered the home, Jayanth stopped her.
In the mean time, Jayanth had reached Karthik’s home and called for him from outside. Hearing someone calling out his name, Karthik came out.
At that time Venkatesh’s Land phone rang. At the other end, it was Sruthi’s father Ramanathan.
Few days later in one of the most famous halls of Chennai, a grand wedding was going on. The entrance of the hall read “Karthik weds Sruthi. Venkatesh’s & Ramanathan’s family welcomes you.”
Nowadays most of the love ends in break up but remember that all the break ups may not end in separation. Beware of Break Ups!
Some are short; some are long!
Some are happy; some are tragic!!
Some are short lived; some are evergreen!!!
But this story comes with a difference!!!
Read it at ur pleasure n do not forget to post ur comments!!!
Sruthi was waiting at the Marina Beach. Every now & then, she was looking at her watch. She was getting angry with each passing second. After waiting there for about half an hour, she made a call to Karthik.
”Karthik, where are you? I have been waiting here for so long. I have something important to talk to you. Can you ever be on time?”
Karthik, “I am sorry dear. I will be there in 15 minutes. “
Hearing this, Sruthi began to lose her temper, “You always do as if you are the busiest man in the world. Even I had some important meeting at my work; still I came to see you. But for you, work is more important than me, right?”
Karthik thought to him, “How many times she is going to ask me the same question? Why the hell did I fall in love with her? It’s all my fate!” and said to Sruthi over phone, “Of course dear, you are more important than anything else to me. But my stupid boss is not leaving me. I will come soon da.”Having said this, he hung up the phone quickly before she could further trash him.
Sruthi, a beautiful Chennai girl, is a software engineer working with Cognizant. Karthik, working with Infosys, also from Chennai, was her senior in college who was madly in love with her and had proposed to her ‘n’ number of times during their college days and finally made her accept his proposal. They were committed for more than five years. Like all lovers, they also used to have lots of quarrels and some ego clashes between them. But some how or the other they would always patch up. But in recent times their quarrels and clashes were increasing and they started feeling that their relationship was heading no where. To put it short, they were actually on the verge of a Break-up.
After almost an hour, Karthik met Sruthi at the beach. Sruthi was mad with anger at Karthik for making her wait for so long.
“Sorry dear. I got a little late.”
“Little late?”, she cried out, “You are late by more than an hour. Don’t you have any sense of time?”
“I told sorry na, why are you fighting for these small issues?”
“What? Is keeping me waiting for an hour a small issue for you?”
Karthik thought to himself, “Oh my god, I am a dead meat today!” and said, “Please dear. Leave that da. Tell me why you called? What is that important matter you wanted to talk?”
“Yeah,I called you today as I was very angry with you for your yesterday’s careless attitude. But as you came so late today I forgot about it. But since you reminded me that now, I am more angry.”
Karthik again thought to himself, “I am my own enemy. I trap myself.” And said to Sruthi, “Oh please Sruthi, make it clear, what is it about yesterday? I don’t know what I did yesterday which made you angry.”
“Oh, so you don’t even know why I am angry?
“Why don’t you say things directly, rather than wasting time talking like this?”
“Oh am I wasting your time? I know. It’s all my fault. I should have never accepted your love. In our college days, you always came behind me, for almost 2 years you were convincing me to accept your love. You spent all your time only with me. But now as I have accepted your love I look cheap to you and that is why you are saying that I am wasting your time. I don’t think that you love me anymore”
Karthik thought “Oh at least now she understood me. Good God.” But said, “No, no, nothing like that. I love you as always. Tell me why you are angry.”
“It’s because of what you did yesterday. I mean, what you did not do yesterday. You didn’t call me up yesterday night and say “Good night”, you didn’t even message me yesterday. That is why I am madly angry with you.”
Now Karthik felt his temper rising , “What! Just because I dint give you a call yesterday, you are mad at me? Whom do you think your are? A Queen? And am I your servant? Is this my duty to call you every day and say good night? Won’t you call me even for a day? Madam, you must know one thing, your mobile is not specially designed just for giving missed calls. Just because I didn’t call you yesterday night you ask me to come and meet you leaving all my work and question me? Oh my God, will you ever change?”
”Karthik, now you have even started to shout at me”, saying this Sruthi started to cry (as usual).
Karthik, “Now don’t start using your weapon, that too in a public place.”
But Sruthi continued weeping.
Karthik, “I should have never loved you. Rather than loving you I would have loved this girl who is selling flowers in the beach here”, saying this he pointed to some random girl in the beach.
“Hmmm, yes, you could have loved that girl. She is far better than that Sindhu, whom you are currently dating.”
“Sindhu? Which Sindhu? What are you talking about?”
“No need to hide anything Karthik. I know everything about Sindhu.”
”Sruthi, Sindhu is just a new joinee in my team. She is new to Chennai. That is why I had taken her out for a couple of days. Nothing else.”
“Oh if you go out with Sindhu, it is nothing. But even if I talk with anyone of my colleagues you would say, “Dont talk. I am possessive about you. Blah blah blah and all.”
“Now tell me, have you asked me to come all the way here just to fight with me? I am really starting to hate you. I should have never loved you. You know what, I don’t love you anymore.”
“That is enough Karthik. You have told me whatever I wanted to tell you. So today marks the end of everything.”
“Yes. That’s it.”
Karthik & Sruthi together shouted, “So let’s break up”.
So they finally and officially declared their break up to each other and in fact felt very happy about their decision.
“Ok Sruthi. All the best for your career. Be in touch. But at least from now, don’t give me missed calls. Try to call.”
“Hey, enough of teasing me. Ok, I am leaving now. Bye. So what, now you are gonna try for Sindhu?”
“Hmm. Let me see. So how about you?”
“Hmm, At least this time will try to get a good guy.”
“Hey, enough of kidding. Ok. I am going. Hey, before that…, I forgot…, give me a farewell kiss.”
“What?”
“Yeah, it is the last time we are meeting as lovers. So before we leave just give me a kiss.”
“No way.”
“Hey please please. Just one.”
“Ok. But I will give only one and that also only in hand.”
Saying this Sruthi kissed Karthik’s hand and waved him Good bye and both of them parted ways.
Both Sruthi & Karthik heaved a sigh of relief as everything was over. But little did they knew that someone was about to change their fate.
Sruthi reached home late that night. As soon as she entered the home, Jayanth stopped her.
Jayanth,”Hey Sruthi, where have you been?”
“Why are you asking so? I am coming from office as usual.”
“Today your office was shifted to Marina Beach or what?”
Sruthi’s father Ramanathan was seeing Jayanth asking her such questions. Ramanathan was a bank employee and a typical father who loved his daughter more than anyone else in this world. Sruthi’s mother died when she was only 2 years old. So, Sruthi was the whole world to Ramanathan.“Hey Jayanth, what happened? Why are you asking such stupid questions to your sister?”
Jayanth, “Dad, today your beloved daughter had gone to beach. I saw her today at the beach”
Sruthi, “Yeah. I had gone with my friends.”
Jayanth, “Friends or Friend? Or should I say Boy Friend. Dad, I saw her today with a guy.”
Ramanathan, “Sruthi, what is he saying? Jayanth, why are you talking like that? She is my dear daughter. She would never do such a thing.”
Jayanth,”Oh, you believe her that much! That is why she had gone to beach with a guy without our knowledge. Not only that, she is also brave enough to kiss him in public.”
Ramanathan just could not believe what he was hearing. He was feeling as if the whole world stopped for a second and his heart missed a beat.
Ramanathan, “Sruthi…. Sruthi….. Am I hearing it right?”
Sruthi, “Dad… Dad…”
Jayanth, “What Dad..Dad…? Tell us everything.”
As no words were coming from her mouth, as usual Sruthi started to cry.
Jayanth, “You can’t escape like that. I am not going to leave you.”
Saying this Jayanth went to Sruthi’s room and started to search all her stuffs frantically.
After some time Jayanth came out of Sruthi’s room with a bag containing all the gifts, greetings and other stuffs given to her by Karthik.
Jayanth, “Come on Sruthi. Now explain all this. So many gifts and greetings all signed by Karthik which is kept safely hidden in your closet. Who is this Karthik?”
Sruthi used her ‘water weapon’ very strongly and did not open her mouth.
Jayanth was also very determined; he was not ready to spare her.
Immediately Jayanth picked the phone and dialed one of Sruthi’s close friend Ramya.
Ramanathan with a heavy heart was watching everything silently. He was not able to speak anything.
“Hello Ramya. This is Sruthi’s brother Jayanth. Please tell me whether Sruthi is in love with someone called Karthik?”
On the other end Ramya tried to conceal everything and said, “Sorry Jayanth. I don’t know anything about that.”
Jayanth, “Ramya, don’t try to save your friend. I know everything. Just tell me.”
“No. I don’t know anything.”
“See Ramya, just tell me the truth or I know that every day you are going out with a guy in a Black Pulsar. If you don’t tell about this Karthik then I will have to tell about that Pulsar guy to your family.”
Hearing this Sruthi thought, “What a brother I have got? He has a whole database of who goes out with whom? Stupid brother!”
So being threatened like this, Ramya had no other go but to tell him everything.
Finally ending the call Jayanth walked to Ramanathan and said, “Dad, that guy’s name is Karthik, working with Infosys. Sruthi and Karthik are in love for the past 5 years it seems. She also said that they share a very deep love for each other. Karthik is staying with his family in Egmore. It seems that he is from a decent family. Also, he is a single child. So what do you say?”
Sruthi thought, “Oh my god, she had said everything! And my brother is talking as if he would get me married to Karthik tomorrow itself. What a night mare!”
Ramanathan, “I don’t have anything to say? My daughter has decided everything for herself. What else I can do rather than to support her? Let’s talk with his family soon.”
Sruthi realized that her tears were leading the whole situation in the wrong direction and now it was high time she told them everything. So she said to Ramanathan, “Dad, Please understand me. You need not talk to Karthik. He does not love me anymore. We….”
Jayanth, “What? Just today you kissed him, but now you are saying that he does not love you. What….”
Sruthi, “Please, hear me first. I don’t love him too. Please…”
Ramanathan, “Please Sruthi. Don’t try to hide anything for my sake. You need not sacrifice your love for me or our family. See all these gifts and cards, you have saved them like a treasure. This shows how deep is your love. Please don’t hide your love for me.”
Sruthi thought, “Oh these gifts and cards… I was about to dispose them but before that my brother, that idiot, fished them up.”
“Dad, please understand. Karthik will not accept me…”
Jayanth, “What? He is in love with you for 5 years, meets you in beach, gets kisses from you but will not marry you. I cannot let this go. I am going to meet him in person”. Saying this Jayanth hurried to Karthik’s home on his bike.
Sruthi called to stop him but in vain.
Ramanathan called Sruthi near him and asked, “Sruthi, Do you love this Karthik so much?”
Sruthi, “Dad… No…”
Ramanathan, “Sruthi please dear. You need not hide your love. I know you love this guy so much. Don’t worry dear, I will talk with the guy’s family and will arrange for your marriage soon.”
Sruthi, “Dad…”
Ramanathan, “Dear, I know, you want to thank me now. No need to thank your dad. I will always fulfill your wishes.”
Realizing that the situation had spiraled out of her control, Sruthi kept her palms over her head and sat in a corner of the room.
In the mean time, Jayanth had reached Karthik’s home and called for him from outside. Hearing someone calling out his name, Karthik came out.
Jayanth, “Are you Karthik?”
Karthik, “Yes, I am. What do you want? What can I do for you?”
“You have already done a lot to my sister. You need not do anything more to me.”
“Which sister? What are you talking about?”
“I am talking about my sister with whom you had a date today in beach.”
“What…”
Hearing the commotion outside, Karthik’s father Venkatesh also came out of the house. Karthik’s mother Kavitha also joined him.
Venkatesh, “Mister, who are you? What are you talking about?”
Jayanth, “Sir, Can you please ask your son where he had gone today?”
Karthik, “Dad, as usual I had gone to office today.”
Jayanth, “What? Is your office in Marina Beach? Are you a bhel puri seller there or what?”
Venkatesh, “Sir, I don’t know who you are, but why are you shouting outside my house and abusing my son? Please go away.”
Jayanth, “Sir, Please ask your son whether I am saying anything false. Ask him, if he had not gone to beach today with my sister and pleaded with her to give him a kiss or not?”
Venkatesh and Kavitha, “What?”
Karthik, “Dad…Dad…”
Venkatesh, “What is all this Karthik?”
Kavitha asked Jayanth, “Is your sister’s name Deepti?”
Jayanth, “No. Her name is Sruthi, Why are you asking so?”
Kavitha, “My son every day in his sleep used to call this name “Deepti” that’s why.”
Karthik, “Mom….”
Both Venkatesh and Jayanth gave Karthik a cold stare.
Venkatesh said to Karthik, “Please come in. Hmm.. What is your name by the way?”
“I am Jayanth”
“Please come in Jayanth. It is not nice to talk such things outside.”
Everyone sat in the drawing room and Jayanth explained everything to Venkatesh.
Jayanth, “So, they have been loving for 5 years but now it seems like he is not ready to marry Sruthi. She is at home, weeping. That is why I was very angry shouted at you. I am sorry sir.”
Venkatesh, “Oh. It is ok. I can understand.”
Then he turned to Karthik and said, “So Karthik. Tell me the truth now. Don’t you love this girl Sruthi?”
Karthik, “Dad….” and eyed Jayanth meekly.
Venkatesh, “Karthik, Don’t be afraid of Jayanth. Tell the truth.”
Karthik, “We don’t love each other any more Dad.”
Jayanth, “What…”
Venkatesh, “Jayanth, please stay cool. Karthik, Did you both meet today at the beach?”
Karthik, “Yes”
Jayanth, “You asked her to give a kiss?”
Karthik, “Huh…. Yes.”
Kavitha, “She kissed you.”
Karthik, “Yes”.
Venkatesh, “But you say you don’t love her. Why are you hiding your love? Karthik, in love you have to be brave, no matter what. Just because the girl’s brother scolds you or questions you, you should not run away like this, you have to stand for the love till the end.”
Jayanth, “Wow! That is superb, sir. You said the right thing. I am not an enemy for love. But I don’t like people who hide the truth or say lies. But what you said is absolutely right sir.”
Venkatesh, “Ha ha. Mine is a love marriage. That is why I support love marriages.”
Jayanth, “Oh that is great sir. Love marriage in your times must have been difficult, Am I right Sir? You must have been brave enough to face such oppositions. Hats off to you. But your son is very timid like this??!!”
Karthik could not take it anymore. He shouted saying, “Please stop this. We don’t love each other. We broke up.”
Venkatesh, “Broke up? Since when?”
Karthik, “Hmmmm...Just today evening.”
Venkatesh, Kavitha and Jayanth, all three exclaim together, “What?”
Venkatesh, “Karthik, Stop this drama. From whatever Jayanth had told, from all the crazy gifts you had given her, from all your after office meetings and dates with her, from the kisses you have pleaded for, it is very obvious how much crazy you are for her. Don’t be afraid of anything. Stand bravely for your love. I will talk to Sruthi’s father and will help you get the love of your life.”
Karthik, “But Dad I don’t….”
Jayanth, “What But?”
Karthik, “Nothing” and then he could not believe his hard luck and kept his palms over his head and sat in a corner of the room.
At that time Venkatesh’s Land phone rang. At the other end, it was Sruthi’s father Ramanathan.
Ramanathan, “Hello Sir, This is Sruthi’s father Ramanathan. Can I speak to Mr. Venkatesh?”
Venkatesh, “Hello Sir. I was about to call you but you have called before that. This is good sign I suppose.”
“Yes sir. I hope my son Jayanth had come there and told you about the love story of our children. Only today I had known about it.”
“Yes Sir. Jayanth is here. He had told everything. From my side, I have no objection. I strongly support love marriages.”
“Sruthi is my only daughter. She grew up without her mom and so I have nurtured her with utmost love and care. For me, her happiness is more important than anything else.”
“I understand sir. My son is also a very good and a nice boy. He will definitely take care of your daughter better than you.”
“That is very nice to hear sir. So I will come and see you in person on some auspicious day and will discuss the rest later. So where do you work sir?”
“I am an LIC agent. Earlier I was working in Coimbatore. I had shifted to Chennai, ten years before. And what about you sir? Where do you work?”
“I am working as an assistant Manager in Indian Overseas Bank in the Adyar Branch. My native place is Coimbatore. Actually, a small village near Coimbatore called Aathur.”
“Oh! That is surprising, I am also from Aathur. Hmmm.. What is your father’s name?”
“My father was Kumar, he was the postmaster there. You must have heard about him.”
“Ramanathan… Dei Ramu… You are postmaster Kumar’s son! I am the maths teacher, Chandran’s son da, Venky da.”
“Dei, Venky? Oh! I am hearing from you after a long time. After I came to Chennai we lost touch. But never had I imagined that you were also settled in Chennai. So, it’s very good to know that our childhood friendship has been renewed again through our children.”
“Yes da. Dei Ramu do you remember, even before we got married we had vowed each other that we will get my son married to your daughter. That vow is gonna come true now.”
“Yes da. Even I am very happy about that.”
Few days later in one of the most famous halls of Chennai, a grand wedding was going on. The entrance of the hall read “Karthik weds Sruthi. Venkatesh’s & Ramanathan’s family welcomes you.”
Inside the hall both the families were standing with the bride and the groom for a group photo. The photographer said “Smile please”. Again he said, “Smile please” but this time even more louder and then realized that no matter how much ever he would shout, they were not going to smile.
The group photo with the entire family smiling broadly except for the bride and the groom!!
