The next morning, Karan woke up and looked at his sides and all around the room in search of Monami.. but couldn't find her. Thinking that she might have left to her room.. he went to the washroom to freshen up.
By the time he came out, he found his coffee mug at the bedside table and a note placed beside it.

He read the note and sipped on his coffee thinking about yesterday's night. He was still not out of that sad mood and was having a terrible headache due to continuous crying and pressurizing himself last night.

He got ready, left to the deck, went towards her and sat on his chair wishing her morning..

Monami : Hi Karan! Had ur coffee?

Karan : Yess. Thankyou!

Monami smiled a bit and they continued to have their breakfast.

Silence prevailed between them as they continued to have their breakfast. Monami noticed that he was still upset and wasn't speaking anything.. She decided to ask him about his brother thinking he might speak out something and that may relieve his pain and mental stress to a bit..
Monami : "Karan.."

Karan : "Bolo Monami."

Monami : "Karann.. tu..tum apne Bh..Bhai ke baare mai...''

Karan instantly looked up at her from his breakfast plate and cutting her in between.. he replied," No Monami! I don't want to speak anything about that."

Monami : "Par Karan tum ese kab tak apne dard ko chupake rahoge.. Please trust me Karan, share it out once.. you will feel better.I know its not easy, it's difficult and hard.. but once u come out with it you will feel light and relieved. I am with you. Please speak it out Karan.."

Karan (In an irritated tone) : "Monami.. I said NO. Please don't drag this anymore. End the topic here."

Monami : "Karan.. if you don't want to share it with me it's okay. But tum atleast apne family ke saath ya Faizi ke saath toh share karsakte hona. Its not good to hide ur pain Karan. It affects your mental health. Please try to understand!"

That's it Karan had enough of it now. He was already irritated and told her not to pull the topic further and adding to this his headache wasn't getting any better and due to that frustration.. anger overpowered him and he bursted out on Monami.

Karan : "ENOUGH MONAMI!" He shouted on her banging his hand hard on the table, startling Monami by his sudden aggressive behaviour.
"Kab se bole jaa rahe ho.. Bataya na ek baar uss baare main baat nahi karni. Please try to listen to the opposite person's words and understand their perspective as well! Mere bhai ne uss mission mai apna jaan dediya hai.. toh mai unkeliye itna dard toh seh he sakta hu! You don't need to worry about me." He shouted at her and left the table in anger without completing his breakfast.

Monami looked at his retreating figure with tears in her eyes. This was the first time that somebody has shouted on her with that high pitch voice. She didn't expect he would react like this.. but she too felt that fault was on her side as well, she shouldn't have brought up this topic when he was still upset and not in good mood. She felt guilty when realised that he has left without completing his breakfast.

She found him standing at a distance and walked towards him taking baby steps. She stood behind him and held his free hand, apologizing him.., "I'm sorry Karan. I am really very sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Tumhe nahi baat karna uss baare mai, teek hai. Mai phir kabhi nahi puchungi tumhe. Please tum mere upar ka gussa khaana par mat nikalna. Go have your breakfast. I am leaving."

Saying this she turned to go but he held her wrist and went infront of her. She immediately turned her face away to the other side to hide her tears from him. But he cupped her face and made her look at him.

Seeing her in tears, his heart ached and he instantly pressed her head to his chest and rested his other arm on her waist, engulfing her in a warm hug and bringing her closer to himself.

Karan : "Monami.. I am sorry. I was out of my senses. I was really in a very bad mood and suffering from a terrible headache. Because of that I couldn't control myself and lost my cool on you. I am sorry."

Monami : "It's okay Karan. You don't need to apologise. I understand."

Karan wiped her tears and took her to the table by holding her hand, made her drink water and continued to have their breakfast together.
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In the conference room

It was noon time the passengers were gathered in the conference room as the head had to announce something important.
After waiting for a good few minutes finally the head made his way to the dias and spoke., "All my dear passengers.. as you know that this voyage of ours is going to be a 2 month long travel, as estimated by our captain we are finally reaching out first port tomorrow - Port Redi. The place is famous for Durga maa temple and mela held over there during this time of the year. The ship would be taking its port of call at the harbour till evening. So tomorrow morning 9'0 clock till evening 6 pm the time is all yours. I hope u have a great day tomorrow and enjoy it. Thank you! "

The people got excited and started making their plans to make the best time at their first stop of the voyage.
Whereas Monami and Karan decided to go around together.
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In Karan's room

Karan was selecting his outfit for the next day.., when he got confused what to wear among the orange and pink kurta., as he and Monami decided to visit the temple first and then go around and enjoy the mela. He wanted to ask Monami and clear his confusion so he went to her room. Finding the door unlocked he went inside to find Monami dancing and whirling on her bed with wet hairs and music on..

Monami : "Karannn! Come.. let's dance." She said still dancing on the bed..

Karan : Monami, What are you doing? Come down! First dry ur hair or you'll catch cold.

Monami : "Noo! I am not gonna come down.. Jab bhi mai head bath karti hu toh ese he music on karke bed pe dance karti hu..
Listening to some good music.. singing it out loud and swaying to those tunes.. its therapeutic.
Come, you too try it ! " Saying this she pulled him onto the bed.

Monami wrapped her arms around his neck and started enjoying the music, moving rhythmically to the musical tunes. While Karan was just standing still, adoring her cuteness.

Monami saw that he was standing still and asked him to dance, to which he snaked his arms around her waist and matched her dance moves slowly & steadily.. synchronising their movements to the playing music. They sang out the songs loud together and danced to the melodies, pop, romantic, hip-hop and high beat music..

When they got tired they rested on the bed beside each other, panting and gasping for some air to normalise their breaths.., they looked at each other and bursted out into laughter as they remembered those fun-filled moments.
Karan turned towards Monami while laughing and was lost in her beautiful smile. She looked angelic. Monami noticed him staring at her with smile.. and she shifted herself closer to him, into his arms and rested her head on his chest right above his heart feeling his heartbeat.

Monami spoke to him,"Pata hai Karan tumhare dhadkan tumse kya keh rahi hai..?"

Karan : "Kya keh rahi hai Monami?"

Monami : "Keh rahi hai ki hamesha ese he haste raho, esa he khush raho aur kabhi bhi apne chehre se yeh smile hatana mat.., kyunki smile karte huye ye strict commando bohot cute dikhta hai..!" She said pulling his cheeks and resting back again on his chest.

Karan : Achaa..! Toh mera yeh dil aapse yeh bhi kehna chahti hai ki iss hasi, iss khushi aur iss smile ki wajah tum ho Monami. This happiness of my heart is because of you.. and lies with you. You being my comfort zone and my happy place..

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* To be continued in Part 8 *

Thankyou for reading!!
~Happysoul.