Chapter 34
It was the afternoon. Everyone was gathered in the living room after freshening up. Shreya was still sleeping while Tia and Reyansh were still laying on the floor in the guest room oblivious to the world.
Amrinder and Kalyani were busy talking with Raj and Simran.
"Aaj maja aa gaya holi me." Raj said happily.
"Haan bas baad me in ladkiyon ne mood kharab kar diya." Kalyani said, her face was scrunched up in a scowl.
"Bacche hain enjoy hi to kar rahe the." Amrinder said calmly.
"Bhaang pi kar naach rahi thi dono, acche ghar ki ladkiyan ye sab nahi karti." She replied, her tone was judging.
"Wo dono acche ghar se hi hain beeji mai jaanti hoon dono ko bohot achi ladkiyan hain." Simran said, her tone was defensive yet polite.
"Jaane dein na beeji bacche hain." Raj said to end the topic.
"Mujhe kya mai kon hoti hoon unhe kuch bolne wali mere ghar ki bahu beti hoti to kabhi itni himmat nahi hoti sabke saamne aise tamasha karne ki." She said disapprovingly shaking her head.
Amrinder said to change the topic, "Chalo sab lunch kar lete hain."
Everyone nodded and settled at the dining table, Simran frowned looking at Advait.
"Advait, Reyansh kaha hai?" She said as she thought he would be with him.
"I don't know." He shrugged. "Aap log start kariye mai usey le kar aata hoon." He added and stood up.
He tried to remember where he had seen him the last time. Then he remembered that he told him to take Tia to the guest room so he headed straight to the guest room to check on him. But his eyes widened as he looked at the scene in front of him.
Reyansh and Tia laying on the floor. Tia was on above the Reyansh, her face was buried in his neck and Reyansh's lips were curved into a smile even in the sleep.
He made a disgusting face looking at both of his friends in this position.
He crouched down and shook Tia as she was on the top but she was in the deep sleep, she didn't even move from her place.
He tapped Reyansh's cheeks but he was also not moving.
So, he picked up Tia and made her lay down on the bed then he picked up the jar of the water and splashed on his friend's face making him jolted up from his sleep.
"Tsunami tsunami!!" He screamed sitting up on the floor.
He calmed down looked at his surroundings and heaved a sigh of relief but again a scream left of his mouth when his gaze went to the Advait standing at his front with a questionable look on his face.
"Ye kaisa tareeka hai kisi ko uthane ka?" He stood up wiping his face.
"Mera tareeka hai." Advait answered still glaring at him.
Reyansh studied him for a moment before saying, "Kya hai aise ghoor kyu raha hai?"
"Kya kiya tune Tia ke saath?" He questioned giving him a deadly glare.
He thought and said, "Maine kya kiya uske sath? Ye puch usne mere saath kya kiya?" He dramatically said.
Advait whacked the side of his neck, "Ye drama queen banna band kar aur chup chap bata kya kiya tune uske saath." He glared, "Trust me, agar tune uske saath kuch aisa waisa kiya hoga na to mai tera muh tod dunga." He warned, pointing his finger at him.
"Chee kitna ganda sochta hai tu mere baare me, itna sa bharosa nahi hai tujhe apne dost par." Reyansh replied, feigning hurt.
"Ho gaya?" Advait asked deadpan.
"Mai jab enter hua ek dusre ke upar chadhe huye the tum dono to iska matlab mai kya samjhoon." He added.
"To kapde to pehne huye hai na, tere dimag me hi gandagi bhari huyi hai." Reyansh argued.
Advait scoffed at his choice of words, "She kissed me and I fainted uske baad wo mere upar kab kyu kaise chadhi mujhe kuch nahi pata." Reyansh explained.
"She kissed you?" Advait asked unbelievably.
Reyansh grinned and nodded, "Yaha par." He said shyly pointing towards his cheek.
Advait rolled his eyes as his friend was getting overexcited over getting a kiss on his cheek.
"Kahi se jalne ki boo aa rahi hai." Reyansh said fanning his hand in the air.
"Then, get checked your nose." He said flatly.
"No need for it, accept it darling tu jal raha hai." Reyansh snaked his arm on his shoulder.
"Mai kyu jalunga?" He asked in an obvious tone.
"Because you haven't received any kisses from Shreya yet." Reyansh smirked.
"Shut up!" He punched his stomach making him growl in response, "Let's go, Everyone is waiting for you at the lunch table." He added and left the room.
Reyansh looked at Tia and covered her properly with the duvet. He quickly left the room after giving her a small peck on her forehead.
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At night, Advait was sitting in the living room with his grandparents after the dinner. Kalyani was looking angry while Amrinder was tensed.
"Dono bacchiyon ko abhi tak hosh nahi aaya sab theek hai na hum doctor ko bulayein?" Amrinder asked.
"Nahi dadu, unhone bhaang pi hai bas usi ka asar hai thodi der me khud hosh aa jayega." Advait said reassuringly.
Kalyani snapped, "Tumhe kya jarurat thi ye aafat apne gale lene ki jaane dete inhe apne ghar."
"Kaisi baatein kar rahi ho kalyani ladkiyan hai wo aisi halat me apne ghar kaise jaati." Amrinder chided.
"Jab unhe khud ki parwaah nahi hai to hum log kyu karein." She said, her tone was angry. "Par ye humara pota hai na isne duniya bhar ka theka liya hua hai pehle unn teeno ko utha laya..." She added but Advait cut her off in between.
"Dadiii" He firmly said making her stop in the mid sentence.
"Mere bacchon ke baare me ek shabd nahi sununga mai." He declared loudly.
"Dekh rahe hain aap unn anaath bacchon ke liye kaise baat kar raha hai ye apne dadi se." She said looking towards Amrinder with hurtful eyes.
Advait stood up and throw the vase on the floor making a crash sound. Amrinder and Kalyani stood up in fear as he was looking very scary at that time. His eyes got red and the vein popped up on his forehead was visible to everyone.
"Advait, Shaant ho jaao beta." Amrinder said trying to calm him down.
"How dare you?" He said in a barely controlled voice, "Aapki himmat kaise huyi mere bacchon ko anaath bolne ki." He shouted fuming in anger.
She got terrified listening to his voice but tried to sound confident, "Maine jo kaha wo sacch hai tumhare chillane se sacch badal nahi jayega."
"Bas karo Kalyani." Amrinder said firmly.
"Isse pehle mujhse kuch aisa ho jaye jiska baad me mujhe pachtava ho inhe yaha se le jaiye." He said to Amrinder in a dangerously calm tone. He was trying hard to control his anger.
Amrinder forcefully took Kalyani to their room and Advait raked his fingers through his hair in anger.
He marched to upstairs and headed to his room.
But Shreya was standing there listening to all the conversation.
She was confused and had a lot of questions in her mind but at that time she was only scared as she was seeing the angry Advait for the first time, she wanted to go and comforted him but his anger left her scared.
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Meanwhile in the Abhishek's room, the three were studying silently as per Advait's instructions. They were focused when a loud voice made them jump on their places.
"Ye to bhaiya ki awaaz thi na?" Arush asked.
Abhishek nodded, "Haan but bhaiya itni jor se kis par chilla rahe hain?"
"Wahi to hum teeno to yahan hai." Aditya said as it was obvious.
Aditya and Arush both looked at Abhishek, he noticed their stares and asked, "What?"
"Aap jao dekh kar aao na." Aditya said.
"M-Mai kyu jau tujhe jyada janne ka shok hai to tu jaa." He denied in fear as no one wanted to witness the angry Advait.
"Aap bade ho aap jao." Aditya retorted and Arush nodded his head in agreement.
"To bada hoon to kya apni bali chadha doon?" He replied in annoyance.
They exchanged an understanding look before standing up front their places, Abhishek slightly opened the door of the room and peeked outside, Aditya throw out his head from under him and Arush followed the lead.
They tried to listen to what they were yelling about but the voice was not clear.
After a minute or two they witnessed the Advait climbing up the stairs while fuming in anger, his legs were taking long strides and anyone could say that he was struggling with his urge to set the house in the fire.
They quickly tucked their heads inside in fear.
"Bhaiya itne gusse me kyun hain?" Arush asked innocently.
"Jaa jakar puch kar aa." Aditya pushed him outside the room, Arush stumbled and quickly crawled inside before Advait could see him.
Abhishek whacked Aditya's head, "Pagal ho gaya hai." He scolded.
"To kya karoon bhai faltu question puch raha hai hum bhi to isi ke saath khade hain hume kya pata bhaiya gusse me kyu hain." Aditya scoffed in irritation.
Arush glared, "Muh se bhi to bol sakte the dhakka kyun diya?"
"Tujhe teri language me samjhana padta hai." Aditya smirked.
They started their usual sibling's banter throwing sarcastic remarks on each other.
"Shut up both of you!" Abhishek said in a slightly raised voice.
They both kept quiet looking away from each other, "Apni ladai band karo aur chalo bhaiya ko dekh kar aate hain." He said.
Aditya quickly plopped down on the sofa saying, "Aapko marne ka shok hai to aap jaiye par meri abhi aisi koi iccha nahi hai." He said in a dismissive tone.
"Same to same." Arush said and sat beside Aditya.
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Advait barged in his room and threw the first thing his eyes were landed on.
Then he picked up the glass and smashed it on the wall yelling loudly.
He was raging, fuming in anger and the urge to destroy something has awakened in him.
His grandmother knew what triggered him the most and she intentionally used that word to get his reactions.
He hated the word 'orphan' just because of her.
She used to call his brothers the orphans and it lingered the doubt on them especially on Abhishek so just to clear his brother's doubt and to build trust in them he had legally adopted his brothers so that they could always feel the sense of security.
But today again his grandmother purposely used that word and it ignited a storm inside him.
He pushed the lamp and it landed on the floor but not before slightly tearing through the skin of his palm and it caused the blood to flow.
He didn't even give it to the attention and kept pushing things on the floor making his room looking like a battle field after the war.
His breathing was high, his chest heaved up and down for the air and finally he settled down on the bed panting heavily burying his head between his hands.
Outside the room, Shreya was standing there with the Abhishek, Aditya and Arush.
They all were looking terrified listening to all the sounds coming from the inside.
They looked at each other in a mix of concern and nervousness, "I think we should give him some alone time. " Aditya said gulping in fear.
"Same to same." Arush added before taking a step back.
Abhishek and Shreya both looked at each other, they both wanted to calm down Advait but also were scared from the anticipation of his outburst.
"Di, please aap jaao na." Abhishek pleaded.
"M-Mai?" She asked in nervousness.
They all nodded their heads. She really wanted to go inside but was afraid of his reaction and also she didn't want to invade in his personal life as it wasn't good. But after seeing their pleading and hopeful gazes she took a deep breath and decided to go inside.
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