Chapter 7
There was silence in the room. Advait was standing in front of abhishek who was looking down scared.
"Koi test nahi hua hai school me right?" Advait broke the silence and asked.
"Hua h." Abhishek replied in one go.
"Achanak kese? Abhi niche to koi test nahi hua tha." Advait glared at him darkly.
Abhishek didn't reply and looked down.
"Go and get your test paper." I ordered him and he ran away from the room and returned with a test paper in his hand.
I forwarded my hand but he didn't hand me the test papers and gave me his puppy eyes instead.
"Give it to me." I raised my voice making him flinch.
He hesitantly gave me the test paper and closed his eyes in fear.
"What the hell is this abhishek?" I shouted.
"I wasn't prepared for the test bhaiya." He whispered.
"I am not talking about your marks." I said "What the hell is this you forged my signature? " I threw the test papers on his face.
I wasn't mad about his marks but I was furious because he broke my trust he forged my signature and on top of that lied to my face.
He didn't reply "Answer me abhishek." I shouted.
"Bhaiya mai dar gya tha aap gussa karoge islie galti se ho gaya so... sorry." He replied scared.
"Aur mai abhi kya kar raha hu abhi to mujhe bhot khushi hori hai right" I whacked him hard on the arm.
He rubbed his arm as tears welled up in his eyes.
He was getting on my nerves now I hate when people make mistakes and start crying at the time of the consequences.
"Bilkul sharam nahi aati na tujhe niche mere muh par kitni asani se jhoot bol raha tha." I said with disappointment.
He was sobbing while looking down without answering anything he shouted in pain when I hit his arm with the switch.
"You broke my trust abhishek, you disappointed me." I said.
He looked up with hurt and guilt filled eyes "don't say that." he mumbled tears flowing down on his cheeks.
I know he got hurt by my words but it is the truth.
I got disappointed by his actions i just hate when my kids lie on my face and he did the same thing even after knowing the consequences of it.
I looked at him and I wasn't in the mood to deal with him i took a deep breath to calm myself and sighed.
"You may leave." I said while walking to the couch.
He looked at me while I started working on my laptop ignoring his presence.
"bhaiya" He whispered.
"I said leave abhishek." I ordered with strictness.
But he stood there not moving from his place tears were continuously flowing down from his eyes on his cheeks.
If he didn't move then surely he will end up getting a good beating from me.
I simply ignored him and focused on my work he stood there for a few minutes.
And then started coming to my side with small steps I didn't look up still ignoring him he got down on his knees and held his both ears.
"Sorry bhaiya please don't ignore me." He choked between his crying.
I hate seeing him like this my anger melted away I sighed and picked him up settling him on my lap.
"Stop crying." I said gently yet with some firmness in my voice.
"I am sorry bhaiya for disappointing you, I am such a disappointment." He said crying bitterly.
My eyes widened slightly as he meant my words in another way and took them to his heart.
"Abhi look at me bachha." I coaxed him but he shook his head hugging me tightly.
"I didn't mean to hurt you I am sorry bhaiya." He cried "please don't be disappointed in me, i'll try to be a good boy...promise."
I caressed his hair "idhar dekho bachha." He looked up with red teary eyes.
"You are not a disappointment you get that, i didn't say that.
...you broke my trust by forging signature moreover you lied to me i got disappointed by your actions you took my words in a wrong way baby you are my kid and I can never ever say anything like this to my child okay. " I softly make him understand.
He nodded his head with watery eyes I wiped off the tears from his face "meri jaan" I whispered and kissed his forehead.
"You are not upset with me right?" He asked looking at me with innocent eyes.
I sighed "I am... I am very upset with you."
He looked down mumbling "I am sorry bhaiya you can punish me however you want but just don't be upset with me."
I smiled looking at his cute expression "ok then go and get that stick." I said pointing at the stick to tease him.
He looked at me with puppy eyes but reluctantly stood up to get the stick and came to me with small steps forwarding the stick in my direction.
His face was covered with guilt and eyes were shut in fear.
I took the stick from him while hiding my smile and placed it on the table.
"Come sit." I said to him he opened his eyes to look at me.
I gestured for him to sit and he sat down beside me looking down "look at me when I'm talking to you hm." I instructed.
"You know that forging someone's signature is a crime right?" I asked directly looking at his eyes.
He meekly nodded his head.
"Words beta." I asked for a verbal answer.
"Ji bhaiya." He muttered.
"Aur ye janne ke baad bhi kiya ha?" I asked "aur mere muh par jhoot bolne ki himmat kaha se ayi abhi?" I added making him gulp.
"I am sorry bhaiya, mai dar gaya tha bas islie sign copy kar liya aur aapse jhoot bol diya, I swear it will not be repeated" He said pinching his throat.
"Mai fir se repeat karne ka chance hi nahi dunga, itni maar padegi na aaj tujhe ki next time se ye idea bhi dimag me nahi ayega." I said to threaten him.
He gulped loudly and nodded slowly accepting the consequences of his actions. His expression was enough to tell me that he was guilty of his actions.
He looked up at me as I started "I'm not going to beat you but you are grounded for a month and it means no going out, no tv, no phone, no games or any other electronics your all electronics will be with me for a month." He gave me a nod accepting his punishment.
"That was for forging my signature and now for lying you'll write 100 times that 'I won't ever lie to bhaiya' and also you'll write an apology letter to your teacher because you lied to him and it was totally disrespectful to him and you'll write all these things while kneeling down. " I firmly listed out his punishments.
He again looked at me with puppy eyes but I glared at him in return so he just gave a nod.
I hugged him "Now the most important topic." I said as he looked up while hugging me keeping his chin on my chest
"do you have any difficulty in accountancy?" I gently asked.
He sighed and looked away tightening his grip on me "tell me bachhe how will I help you if you don't tell me the problem hm." I encouraged him to open up.
"I don't like accountancy." He said, his voice came out muffled.
I narrowed my eyes and parted him from the hug "you don't like?" I asked and he nodded.
I sighed "it's not the excuse beta just because you don't like a subject you'll stop studying it? Things didn't work that way." I made him understand.
"Bhaiya but I just hate accountancy i don't feel like studying it." He whined.
"But you'll have to whether you like it or not." I firmly said.
"Will you help me?" He asked innocently.
"Of course I will but I wasn't a commerce student so I'll find a good tutor for you." I told him.
He stood up shouting loudly "bhaiya no tutor please i don't like strangers teaching me."
"Stop shouting." I strictly told him and he muttered an apology.
"I wasn't asking you I was informing you that i'll find a tutor for you, no more discussion on that topic." I ordered him.
He looked down with a huffed face, i internally chuckled looking at his expression "Now go, come with your study material and start doing your punishment."
He nodded and went away i sighed heavily then I got up and told adi and ayu to also come with their books.
They both came with their books aditya settled down in front of me and arush sat beside me.
Abhishek entered the room and knelt down in front of the table without even letting me repeat I chuckled at his obedience.
"Bhaiya maine apna homework already kar liya hai." Aditya informed me.
"Ok beta then take out your maths book." I instructed him.
Arush start doing his homework while aditya started solving his maths problems.
After 15 minutes abhishek started shuffling on his place his legs were hurting "bhaiya my legs are hurting a lot please may I just stand up?" He pleaded.
"It's your punishment and punishment meant to hurt. Keep kneeling and continue writing." Advait sternly replied.
Abhishek again started writing but after some time he again requested advait.
Advait was calm but abhishek was testing his patience by asking the same question again and again.
He scolded him and strictly told him to keep the position until he told him to get up.
Meanwhile Aditya was trying to solve his sums but failed he again tried but got wrong answer he get frustrated and muttered "fuck" keeping his pen down but advait heard it.
"Aditya! What did you just say?" Advait shouted.
Aditya got altered while Abhishek and Arush were clueless as they didn't heard anything.
Advait got up picked the switch from the table and whacked aditya's arm with it
He hissed in pain.
"Kya bola tumne abhi?" Advait dangerously asked, Aditya looked down.
"You know it is a bad word right?" He further asked as he was already frustrated from Abhishek so aditya became the victim of his anger.
Aditya gulped but nodded his head, Advait again hit him hard with the stick.
Abhishek felt bad for him while Arush was enjoying the scene.
"Kaha se sikh rahe ho ye sab?" Advait scolded him.
"Sorry." Aditya whispered.
"Sorry? You intentionally cursed and when I caught you, you are saying sorry ha?" Advait said harshly.
Aditya looked down without answering "hands forward and palms out. " Advait ordered.
Aditya looked up giving his best puppy eyes to Advait but he didn't budge off.
Advait hardened his glare and it was a sign for him to not to test his patience.
Aditya forwarded his hands nervously and a sharp hit landed on his palm it stings like hell. He immediately started rubbing his palm.
"Don't move your hand. Stay still." Advait firmly ordered.
This time he forwarded his left palm and the same hard hit landed on his palm his eyes started getting glossy but he didn't cry. He wasn't sensitive while abhishek and arush were like delicate petals.
Abhishek closed his eyes in pain as he knows how this switch stings so bad but arush doesn't keep his mouth shut "isey kehte hai daane daane par likha hai khane wale ka naam." He made a remark.
Advait shot him a sharp glare "wo ye stick abhi bhai ke liye aayi thi na aur padi adi bhai ko to islie bola maine." Arush whispered meekly sensing advait's temper.
Aditya gave him a death glare while abhishek just palmed his face.
Advait turned his attention back to aditya "listen here, if I ever caught you cursing again then no one will be worse than me." He warned him dangerously.
"Sorry bhaiya for cursing..... around you." Aditya replied and whispered the last part under his breath.
Advait didn't hear him and sat back on his place. Abhishek looked at aditya with sympathy but aditya smirked in response.
Advait saw the exchange but thought not to say anything he knows about Aditya's stubborn nature very well and it made him more strict towards him.
Aditya about to sit down but Advait told him to study while standing. Aditya wasn't much affected by scoldings or punishment as it was his daily routine because of his bratiness.
After one hour, the dinner was ready they had their dinner and settled on a couch in the living room for the movie night because tomorrow was sunday so they all decided to enjoy the saturday night.
Abhishek, Aditya and Arush decided the movie meanwhile Advait went to call Reyansh he picked up the call after few rings.
Reyansh "ha bol bhai?"
Advait "tu wo tutor ke liye bol raha tha na mujhe unka number send kar maine abhi se baat karli hai."
Reyansh "okay wait... done kar diya send."
Advait "ok thanks!"
Reyansh chuckled "welcome darling!!"
Advait grimaced as if Reyansh could see his expression from the phone.
"chal muh mat sada aur phone rakh." Reyansh said laughing loudly.
"Hm bye." Advait said and hung up the call.
He came back to the living room where his brothers were fighting over the movie.
He sighed tiredly looking at them and cleared his throat to know them about his arrival.
They all sat straight as soon as they heard his throat cleaning voice, advait chuckled looking at them.
"Hogyi movie decide?" He asked and sat beside abhishek.
"Ji bhaiya hum cartoon movie dekhenge." Arush said happily.
"Maine bola na hum avengers dekhenge." Aditya said irritated from arguing.
"Cartoon movie." Arush said standing up on the sofa.
"Avengers." Aditya said also standing up beside him on the sofa.
"Cartoon"
"Avengers"
"Cartoon"
"Avengers"
"Cartoon"
"Avengers"
"Cart....
" ENOUGH BOTH OF YOU." Advait shouted making them shut their mouths.
"niche utro dono." He ordered them, they both get down sulking.
"Kya laga rakha hai ye, dono me se kisi ki movie nahi chalegi." He said.
They both pouted and sat down sadly, advait turned to abhishek "abhi which movie do you want to watch?" Advait asked so that they could decide on something.
"Kabhi khushi kabhi gham." Abhishek replied grinning ear to ear and all three palmed their foreheads.
"What?" Abhishek asked getting offended.
"Nothing...nice choice. " Aditya taunted.
"Let's watch a horror movie." Advait suggested.
Their eyes glinted with excitement they all agreed and started watching the movie.
Advait put abhishek's feet on his lap and started massaging them as he knew his legs were hurting because he was kneeling for hours.
Time passed they all were still engrossed in the movie and arush started getting scared, Aditya held him tight in his embrace to provide comfort.
Advait chuckled looking at them because they were fighting a few minutes before and now clinging to each other.
Soon the movie ended, abhishek and arush slept on the couch, advait gently picked them and settled them in their beds one by one. Then at last he picked aditya in his arms and took him with him in his room.
He tucked him in the bed and settled beside him, aditya snuggled in his chest "good night bhaiya." he said in sleepy voice.
"good night beta." Advait replied kissing his forehead.
Soon they slept in the cocoon of the warmth and comfort.