“Are you mad?” I shouted as the girl continued to hit me. “Yes. I am mad. After all, I have a brother like you! When did you learn mimicking? Not bad, you mimick so well. ” She said. I don’t know why, I can’t bear the thought of me being her brother. ” Mimicking? What nonsense? And Brother? Excuse me, you are mistaken!” I said. “You have done a blunder by leaving me there all alone and now you are saying that I have done a blunder!! You idiot!!” She screeched. Gosh! What’s this? I am trapped. “Hey, look. I don’t have a sister. Do you understand?” I tried my best to make her believe that I am not her brother. She stopped hitting me suddenly. Thank heavens! She realised that I am not her brother. As I was about to get up, she pulled me with force and started to hit me with a stick. “Ouch!! That hurts!!” I yelled. “How dare you say that I am not your sister?” She said as she continued to hit me.
Suddenly she sniffed. She came dangerously close to me and sniffed again. I stood numb. This is the first time a girl is this close to me. She then left me and came in front of me. She switched on her torch and looked at me. I closed my eyes in reflex. “You are not my brother. Sorry! I had hurt you without knowing. I am sorry. I apologise.” She said in a calm and a composed manner. I was surprised. Was this girl the same one who hit me thinking that I was her brother? What a complete changeover!! May be she shows her crazy side only to her brother. When she apologised me, I noticed the disappointment on her face that I am not her brother. She is totally different. I shoved off her thoughts and continued my sight seeing. But, I could not stop thinking about her. Hope she finds her brother.
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“It was nice meeting you, Mr. Malhotra.” She said. Sujithra Suryanarayan. She is beautiful and she is a professional. She handles everything with ease. With the first meeting, she had struck a chord over me. “Come on. Now that we have become friends, call me Virat. Mr. Malhotra is too odd.” I said. She smiled. “Ok Virat. Now, I have to go. You said that you are staying here for a month. So let’s meet soon” She said and she held her hand out to me
I held her hand and shook it gently. She waved bye to me and she got into her car. Woah! She drives her car on her own. I smiled over her saying that “let’s meet soon” Yes. I am eager to meet her soon. Till date, I have many girls as my friends. But I don’t know why, why I feel a sense of camaraderie with her from the first second I saw her. She was immersed in her own thought. And she cried too. I wanted to console her then. But, I couldn’t. I wanted to know the reason behind her tears but I was sceptical to ask. Meeting her today made this day an awesome one. I don’t know why I feel happy. Perhaps, new friendship. Or, may be…… May be… Attraction?? What crap! No. I am over thinking. Virat!! Focus!! Attraction is a distraction. I wanted to concentrate on my business. That’s it. THAT’S IT.
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What did I do? If that was not addu, then where’s he? I sat on the other side of the lake. Where could have he gone?? Tears from my eyes fell on my hand. “Aaru, did you find Aadit??” Gayu and Vishal asked me. I nodded in no. ” Addu, please don’t do this to me. Please!!” I cried. I took my mom’s photo. “Mom! See, this addu is not obeying you.” I said while mom was smiling in that pic. Gayu hugged me.” He always leaves me alone. Not only him. Mom too. First she left me alone with him.
Do you know how we suffered? Addu threw tantrums and it was so difficult for me and kamla bai to manage him. He used to cry loudly at midnight thinking about her. Seeing him cry, I could not control my tears. Then papa arranged a psychiatrist for him. His tantrums grew day by day and he started smoking and drinking earning papa’s rivalry. Papa does not speak to him till now. I am feeling so scared Gayu. What if something happens to him?? What will I do without him?? What will I do all alone??” I shrieked like a maniac. The fear of losing my twin made me loose my senses completely. “Aaru!! Nothing would have happened to him. Don’t panic. We all are here with you” Gayu said. My mind slowly recollected her words. “You will be with me na? Please don’t leave me. Please. I hate being alone. No one stays with me till the last.” I cried. She hugged me and patted my head slowly. “Aa… Aa.. Aaru!!!”
I heard a cracky voice. I looked up. There he was. My twin. I slowly went towards him and dragged him along with me. “Aaru! What are you doing?” Vishal screamed. I paid no heed to his words and dragged him along with me to the lake side. “Aaru…” He said. But before he could complete, I pushed him into the lake. “Aaru!! What did you do??” Vishal and Gayu screamed. Aadit looked at me as he swam towards the shore. I slowly walked towards home. Little did I know that two orbs were watching this high voltage incidents.
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“Gayu, make her eat beta. It is afternoon now and till now, she didn’t eat anything. From yesterday night, she hasn’t had anything.” Paati said to me. “I know Paati. She is refusing to eat anything. Don’t worry paati, I will make her eat.” I assured her and walked towards her room. This aadit has completely lost it. He didn’t realise how bad he had hurt her. But he is not at fault. When aaru pushed him into the lake, I was shocked. But, Aadit smiled. These two are…. I don’t kbow what to say. While she left the place in complete anger, he smiled like an idiot. When Vishy and I confronted him, he said he will say it to us later. We both were shocked to the core because he talked to us normally.
Oh god! Yesterday was a day full of surprises. If it were not for the twins’ fight, we cousins would have been together. Wait, how stupid I am? It is because of their fight, they talked to us. I just hope that things should fall in place. I knocked the door of their room. No response. “Aaru!! Aadit!!!” I shouted. No response. I knocked again. I called Aaru. Her phone was switched off. I called Aadit and he didn’t pick the phone up. I tried again but in vain. What are twins up to? Then I received a message from Vishal. “They are with me. Don’t worry” I sighed. What’s happening?? I don’t know. I decided to take a stroll to calm my mind. I wore my head phones and walked out. Listening music calms your tensed mind. I hummed as I walked. “Tu mera boyfriend!! Main teri girlfriend! Ab na karoongi na na na….”
I hummed as I walked past a white sedan. “Are you my girlfriend then?” I heard a shout which I heard beyond the music. Which donkey is that?? I removed my headphones and I looked around. The owner of that voice was him!! I always feel excited when I see him. I controlled my excitement and walked towards him. “Don’t you have any other work other than this?” I asked him with fake anger. He smiled. “Are you nuts?? I am scolding you and you are smiling!!” I asked him. “Sorry, it’s that… Please don’t sing on the road. You sing so bad that if you sing this song, guys would be like “Na na na…” He said and laughed at me. I glared at him. “How dare you tease me? If I sing that bad. Then what do you think of yourself? Arjit singh?” I asked him angrily. He smiled at me. I don’t know the reason of his smile. I wore back my head phones and started to move when he held my hand. ” My singing is not that bad” he said in a husky voice and I stood numb. “See you! Bye!” He said and left in his car.
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“Aaru, you wait here. We both will be back.” Vishal said as he took Aadit with him. I don’t know what’s vishal going to do. I didn’t speak to him till now. Obviously I was angry. Whatever he did was an act of stupidity. I don’t know why did he go like that. But I know that he did wrong by doing like that. I sat on the lake side. This place is beautiful. But I am in no mood to enjoy this. I felt embarrassed when I cried on Gayu’s shoulders yesterday night. But, sharing with them made my mind free. When she said that she would be with me always, I felt happy. “Psssttt” a sound broke my trance. I turned. There was a guy, in his mid twenties, sitting with a book. I think, a thorn would have pierced his leg.
Suddenly, it struck me. Was this the same guy, who I hit yesterday? I should apologise him properly. Yesterday, I couldn’t apologise to him in a proper manner. “Hello. Are you ok? Sorry for yesterday’s happenings. I thought you were my brother” I said. He looked at me with a calm expression. “Did you find your brother?” He asked me. I nodded. “What made you realize all of a sudden that I am not your brother?” He asked me. Oops. Now how would I answer? “Woh…. I suddenly noticed the smell of your cologne, and I sniffed it again to ensure it. Then I came to know that it was not you, because my brother uses a nasty one.” I blabbered and I heard a roaring laughter. It was that guy who was laughing. While he laughs, he looks nice. I kept staring at him unaware of my surroundings.
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