CHAPTER 3
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AARU – TEJASSWI PRAKASH
ADDU – DULQUER SALMAN
SUJITHRA – DHRASHTI DHAMI
GAYU – NIKITA DUTTA
VISHAL – KARAN WAHI
SHABBIR – KANWAR DHILLON
AAYUSH – AHAM SHARMA
VIRAT – GURMEET CHOUDARY
SUSHANT – SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT
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“Mahendraaaa baaahubaliiii!!!” A loud scream woke me up from my afternoon slumber. Who’s that now? I don’t have any peace in this house. That interfering cousin of mine, Sujithra, That chatterbox gayatri and that hyperactive Vishal are ruining my peace in addition to Mrs.Suryanarayan’s advice, which I completely detest. I just hate when she acts like she loves and cares for us. I just can’t tolerate that. Aaru is patient enough that she is able to bear all this. She is trying to adapt this atmosphere. And she wants me to adapt too. This aaru has become a mad. Due to the influence of those half mads, I think. I walked downstairs, as the sounds became louder. My guess was right. It is that stupid Vishal. He had yelled like that. What does he think of himself? Rajmata Shivgami? Yuck. He spoilt my beauty sleep man. Sorry, should it be handsome sleep? Never mind. I gave an angry glare at him. Then my eyes caught the sight of something, which just made me fume. Aaru was laughing at his antics. I saw her laughing heartily after ages. May be, the last time she had laughed was before mom’s death. Everyone were looking at her fondly. Though I was happy that she laughed, the thought that someone else made her laugh made me angry. How could Aaru talk to him? Till now, she hasn’t talked like this with any family member of this house. Then what happened today? And that Vishal!! How dare he? I walked swiftly towards her. She saw me and she held my hand immediately. “Addu, look he has gone nuts! He is so funny!! He is such a nice company” She said panting due to her constant laughing. That’s it. How can she praise that idiot? I am her brother and not him. Then, a thing struck me. May be, she is right. Vishal can make her laugh easily unlike me, who always makes her upset. I have so many flaws and more bad habits. I smoke, drink and what not. May be, I am a bad brother. Yes, I am a bad brother. Instead of making her happy in this hard situation, I am making troubles. I hurt her often. These thoughts made my eyes teary. I stood still, unable to react. “Addu!! What happened? Why are you standing still? I am just talking and you aren’t reacting!!” She complained. She shook my shoulders and tears rolled down my cheeks. I deftly left the place. I couldn’t fulfill the promise of mom. She always wanted me to take care of Aaru. “Aaru is so soft natured, sensitive and can get hurt easily like me. Addu, you are like your dad. You should take care of her. Will you? Promise me addu!!” I remember her last words in the hospital. Mom, I failed. I failed to be a good brother. I failed again mom!! I am always a total failure. I cried. I hate to cry, but sometimes crying your heart out makes you feel free. That’s what I did. But I could not get rid of that guilt. Aaru also would have felt the same way I felt, when mom passed away. But, instead of being supportive, I threw tantrums. Even she too was upset with mom’s death. But, she didn’t throw tantrums like me. I feel bad. I feel bad for BEING THE WORST BROTHER.
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“Viraaatttt!!!” Aayush yelled at me. “Kya yaar?! Mujhe sone de!!” I mumbled. “How can you sleep peacefully? We are here for work. Not to sleep and enjoy! Now wake up and get ready. You have to meet someone.” He said in a go. I opened my eyes and shot an angry glare at him. “Whom should I meet?” I asked. “Our client, Mr. Shabbir” I sighed and got up. “If I am going to meet this client, then what are you going to do?” I asked him. “I have an important work” He said shortly. “Yeah, it is important to receive scoldings from her” I told him in a mocking tone. He glared at me now and I laughed. “Beta, when your turn comes na, then watch!!” He said. “Does it mean that you are in love with that Gayatri?! Oh god!!! This is just an awesome news! Abhi mein mummy se batata hun…” As I said, he threw the pillow over me. “What nonsense!! Love and me? No way! And kabardaar, if you are going to tell this to mom, I will kill you!!” He shouted. I laughed heartily. It is s total fun to tease your elder brother. Aayush is my elder brother and Sush is my younger brother. Aayush is fiery and a hot blooded man. Sushant is a total opposite of him. The cool young man. Does not care about anything else. I am the middle man and I literally mean it. I act hot tempered as well as have a cool attitude. I wore my formals and started my car. I have heard about this Shabbir. He is an emerging entrepreneur. I just hope the meeting goes well.
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What happened to this addu? Why did he behave weird? Shit. I had laughed at Vishal. Now, I know what’s the reason. He is angry that I talked to vishal. But, I can’t help laughing that time. Vishal is a totally different and a warm person. After having lunch, Addu just like a kumbhkarn went to sleep. Since, I am not used to sleeping at noon, I decided to roam around the garden. As I was walking in the garden, I heard a noise. “Shall we play something? Since we all are together after a year, we’ll play something. How about hide and seek?” Hearing this, I could not control my laughter. How could someone be so childish? I looked who it was. It was vishal. Sujithra, gayatri and Shabbir were also there. I silently watched them from a distance. As soon as he said this, “Are you mad? We are not kids to play all these” Shabbir said. “But bro, We will play na, Please!! It will be more fun!!” Gayu squealed. All the three then looked at Sujithra. “Shabbu, let’s play!! Come on!!” Sujithra said and Vishal and gayatri squealed. They didn’t notice me. That’s what I wanted. I have never played like these. Addu and I had no paternal cousins, only maternal. When we were in Mumbai, during Diwali times, we used to ask mom to call our cousins here to celebrate with us like other families. That time she convinced us easily by saying excuses. Later on, when we grew up, we slowly came to know the reality and we didn’t want to bond with our cousins and didn’t even wanted to meet them. But fate played an entirely different game. And here we are, with our cousins, as fate would have it. I am finding it really hard to avoid my over friendly cousins. It may seem that I hate my cousins and my nani… Sorry, Mrs.Suryanarayan. But, deep inside my heart, there are loads of love for my cousins. Because, I know that they didn’t commit any mistake. But, Mrs.Suryanarayan, I can’t forgive her for her deeds. “Vishal! Turn left, turn right!” Every one were screaming. There he was, Vishal, with sujithra’s duppatta tied around his eyes, searching for his cousins. I watched them. I don’t know why, I felt happy seeing them happy. I smiled. I looked at my watch, it showed 3:30 p.m. Time to go to Addu. I stood and I was about to move when I was lifted up high in air. I gasped. “Mahenndraaa Baaahubaliiii!!!” Vishal screamed as he lifted me up. As I heard this, I squealed in laughter. He suddenly put me down. Perhaps he recognized me. He removed the duppata from his eyes. I continued laughing. Tears formed in my eyes due to laughing hard. I totally forgot my surroundings, as I laughed hard. Suddenly, I realized that I was laughing way too loud. I stopped laughing. Those 4 were looking at me fondly and smiled. I smiled in return. Then I saw addu standing. Immediately, I told him everything, unable to control my excitement. But now, My addu is angry with me for this. Shit! How did I act foolishly like this? I followed him. He actually went out of the house. Where he would have gone? My heart thumped loudly in fear. I started to search him on the roads. But he was not to be found. Mom!! Please help me!! Please be with him!!
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“Suji! What’s happening??” Shabbir asked me. I am feeling the same. I am so happy that Aaru laughed for the first time here. She looked so pure and innocent. How I wish she should laugh like this forever!! And Aadit! What’s wrong with him? May be, he is unhappy that his twin has started to bond with us. I looked at Shubha maasi’s photo sadly. Aadit has left the house angrily and poor Aaru has gone behind him. Vishal and Gayu also have gone to help her. I just hope everything becomes fine soon. “Suji, come on! We have a meeting with Mr. Malhotra. Don’t worry, he’ll be back” He said. I hope so.
We were at our farmhouse, waiting for Mr. Malhotra. He hadn’t come yet. Actually the meeting was supposed to be at the morning. Later, he himself said that he would like to have the meeting at evening. But for now, I am not able to concentrate on work. I am hell worried about him. Because, I know that this time Aadit’s face was reflecting a dangerous anger along with distress and pain. I don’t know what’s wrong with him. When, finally my plan was working, by making Aaru slowly bond with us, this happened. I placed my hand on my cheek and stared into the sky. I am the eldest child of Suryanarayan family. I still remember, when I was 8 yrs old, Shubha maasi came here with the newborn twins. Though Gayu was born that time and she was 3, I felt an immediate attraction to these twins. Shubha maasi was looked with disgust by my family members and Dadi. At thag time, I didn’t know the reason. Shubha maasi lovingly kissed me and Gayu on our cheeks and told us, “Princesses, you have a younger brother and a sister” My eyes twinkled in joy seeing those two cute cupcakes sleeping. I slowly touched Aaru and she opened her eyes immediately and looked at me with a cute smile. I was totally enchanted by her smile. She is the same Aaru, so pure and angelic. And I remember, when I was caressing Aaru’s hair, Aadit immediately patted my hand was struggling to take my hand off from Aaru. “See Suji, how possessive he is!!” Maasi told me smilingly. I felt tears wetting my cheeks as I became nostalgic. Now, I understood. Aadit is possessive of Aaru. That’s the reason for his behaviour. As I was engulfed in these thoughts, I didn’t notice a manly figure sitting beside me. “Excuse me! May I know when can I meet Mr. Shabbir?” A deep voice brought me to reality. I looked at him. A tall, well-built man in his mid twenties was sitting beside me. “Are you Mr. Malhotra?” I asked him. He nodded. I could sense that his eyes were looking peculiar at me. I felt some harmonal changes inside me as everytime he looked at me liked that. “Nice meeting you, Mr. Malhotra. I am Sujithra Suryanarayan. I am the AMD of Suryanarayan Fabrics.” I introduced myself. He held my hand gently and shook it. ” I am Virat Malhotra. MD of Malhotra industries.” He said. I smiled and he too smiled back. “Come, let’s go. Shabbir must be waiting for us” I told him and we went inside. Little did I know that this will change my life.
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“This idiot addu!! Where the hell did he go? I hate him!! How can he leave me and go? After I find him, I will beat him black and blue” I heard a girl’s voice. She was angry, I think. She is searching for her boyfriend perhaps. I am in my usual hangout place in this picturesque town, The lake side. Aayush has gone along with Vikram uncle and Virat has gone to attend a meeting. Here I am, spending quality time with my supercool girlfriend, My book. “Aadit Scindia!! You are so stubborn right? You are so selfish that you left me alone; Your twin alone!! How dare you? I know that you are here somewhere. I have found this. I know you are here. Baahar aao! You better come by yourself. If I found you, then your punishment will be worser!” That girl shouted again. A smile crept over my lips as I heard her words. She sounds so innocent. I didn’t turn back to see that girl. So that boy is her twin. I could sense the fear in her voice, but at the same time, she is bold enough to search for her twin in this pitch dark. I continued watching the beautiful sky when suddenly two delicate hands wrapped me. ” You fool! I found you!! How can you do like this?” That girl yelled and started to hit me while I sat confused by the happenings.
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