Darmiyaan || ✓

she - came back

Memories are the most precious gift sometimes, they collect the scattered you in the worst hours and still make you feel empty in another moment.

The room was filled with all those moments, all those memories, of the time when Kairav was a chotu tadpole to his Papa and a big bro to his chotu sister.

When God intervened and took his Naira Mumma away from him which broke him badly, he collected himself not just for him but his father who was more than a broken and shattered soul. He became a mature son and a responsible brother and promised to always protect his sister.

When he found Sirat, a ray came to him from a dark hole as a hope that maybe he will get the love of his mother, more than him, his Akshu will get the love she never got. And it came true, his Sirat Mumma loved them as her own kids and again showered them with happiness but Naira Mumma was always there inside him, and then Aarohi came into their lives.

He felt as if his responsibilities increased a level up, and he was blessed with two precious sisters. He was the happiest until the day when again destiny played its part and took all of it away from them. He has scattered apart, his Naira Mumma, his angel showed him the path and guided him to always protect his sisters against the whole world.

But... today he felt as if he failed in life's game and again destiny won.

His sisters are against each other, how would he protect the one. His Akshu is his heart but his aaru is life and both are precious to him.

His thoughts were evaded as he comes into contact with a huge cartoon box, which fell from the rack on top, and the very next moment, the room resonated with his Mumma's soothing voice.

How beautiful and pure is a mother's voice in this world, the moment he felt like he wants her back now. He missed her so much more than ever.

“Mumma Ki Aankhon Ke Taare,
Kairav Aur Akshu Sabse Pyaare”,

the teddy bear covered with a blue jacket beeped down again and again as if letting Kairav engulf the feeling of divinity for his mother.

He broke down into fits of cry holding the teddy close to his heart as if feeling Naira close to him.

“Mumma, look what happened to your Akshi? She's not waking up mumma. Mumma, please Akshu ko utha do, mujhe uski zaroorat hai. Mein nahi reh paunga uske bina, meri jaan hai wo”,

lost in the thoughts, he picked up the toy and went straight to hospital in the night after getting freshened up and taking the pure water of Ganga Jal, her mum had a special connection with her Ganga Maiya, and that will surely wake her up just as it did on childhood once.

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Aarohi was sitting on the stool beside Akshara, holding her hand when no one was around. Kairav has still not arrived and Abhimanyu was gone for his rounds to his patients.

She caressed her hair lightly, her words were tangled inside her. She knows what she wants is not what she needs in her life.

“Akshu Uth ja, dekh I'm sorry! Main sorry bol rhi huin tujhe, please uth ja yarr! How much more tears you want me to shed? I feel alone yarr, please wake up. You had to be with me, that's all I know. And look, I apologise for what I did, you said it's wrong na, I unregistered my MD course. No one is talking to me Akshu, please uth ja”, she wiped down her tears from the back of her palm and left before Kairav or anyone could notice her, but she failed to see the shadow who saw her talking to her elder sister.

A few moments later, Kairav entered the room when Abhimanyu was monitoring the machine attached to Akshara's body.

He sighed and sat down beside her, he put down the white teddy bear on her left side, and tap on it, silently praying to his Mumma to help and save her daughter.

Another minute, Naira was all there showering her love through her voice note. It was a soul connection between a mother and daughter as if Akshara knew her mother was calling her and asking her to wake up, to be there for her Bhai, to be there for her family who loved her, to go to her baby sister to stop and scold her again and again for doing any wrongs.

Akshara's fingers moved slightly, her eyelids blinked, forehead filling with creases again to which Kairav moved his hand over them. She slowly opened her eyes, hearing her Mumma's soothing voice.

At a moment, she wasn't able to comprehend anything and looked here and again to see if actually Naira was there for her, and not finding, her eyes welled up immediately.

She closed her eyes, dejectedly “Mummaa..”, Kairav caressed her hair and wiped down her eyes taking his baby sister on her fatherly embrace, and went up to brought something light for her to have.

She sat up and her eyes wandered around, looking for a person who was the source of her happiness, her comfort zone, her doctor sahab.

Her wandering eyes found their solace when she saw him near the window with his tear brimmed eyes, red face and tired look. She called him through her eyes, wanting him to be near her for that one moment, if not for a lifetime but at that moment, she needs him close to her.

“Abhi... Yahan aao na please... Abhi”,

It was a moment, when she needs him for physical validation, that he was there to be with her. Even if the world will go wrong, he will be right there beside her.

Abhimanyu looked on to her, as she called him crying silently, and asking her through his eyes to not make it more difficult for him. He felt like he doesn't have any right on her, how and on what purpose he will go to her. To check her as her doctor, maybe but that was already tested by a junior doctor, so what is now his right to go to her and embrace her out of life.

He denied tiredly, asking her to forgive him through his eyes. “Mat karo aesa Akshu, mat banao aur muskil ye mere liye... please”,

He turn around when he felt a soft tap on his shoulder, and looked to saw the same girl, her little sister was standing with a tired face, he looked at her painfully not getting what to do at the moment.

He would not be going to meet Akshara when he's going to marry her little sister over time, that would be wrong but what he didn't understand was, Aarohi was the only person who had read the depth of pain in his eyes for her sister,

“Dr Abhimanyu, you should go. She's calling for you, please go.”, Aarohi said holding another hand, and indicating towards the door where her common girl was lying on the bed.

Abhimanyu looked at her shocked, he looked into her eyes but can't decipher what was going on within them, nevertheless, he stopped thinking anything except his love who was calling for him.

He ran to push open the door to see Akshara was lying with his eyes closed but the tears were flowing down continuously, he smiled brightly looking at her who was back to life and no one other than her mother was thankful at the moment who sent back her daughter to him.

Aarohi stood by the door and saw how happy her sister looked and more than happy was that person whom she is going to marry in a few days, but now her guts, her instincts were telling some other stories.

Would she be happy?

Maybe, this time no.

She returned only to collide with the person, who looked at her with all her grace and love that she can't stop hugging her around,

“bhaiya, this is only right. I'm not the one to be there, it has to be Akshu”,

Kairav smiled looking at this weird but his sister.

Maybe it has Abhimanyu and Akshara, and it has to be Abhira only.

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