Tears of Insecurity

Chapter Twenty

Previously -

Susheela laid her head back on the car seat and smiled. "Thankyou so much chotta haddi. Aaj ka din mujhe apni puri zindagi yaad rahega.", Susheela smiled gratefully as she turned towards him. He glanced at her and returned her a cute smile.

"Thankyou toh mujhe bolna chahiye Susheela ji. Aaj jo aapne decision liya hai mujhe ek chance dene ka usne mera pura din hi bana diya. Aapko jitna time chahiye aap lijiye, main yahi hu. And as promised, we're bestfriends. Toh please mujhse kuch chupana mat aage se, jo bhi man main ho wo bol dijiyega.", Pramod said as looked straight ahead of him.

"Main nahi jaanti ki pyar kar paungi ya nahi, magar itna tai hai ki tum mere liye bohot special ho. Aur zindagi toh ab tumhare saath hi hai.", Susheela said making his grin go wider.
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Garima and Puttu were continuosly bickering back and fourth about Puttu's homework. "Tu yo galat kar raha hai Puttu! Dhyan kaha hai tera aaj kal?", Garima asked frustrated, as she tried for the fourth time to explain him the trigonometry equation.

"But didi I don't know ye kaha kaam aayega?", Puttu said dumping his books by his side. He laid down on his sister's bed and groaned.

"Naa yo toh sahi hai waise. Matlab yo mathematical equations toh zindagi main kabhi kaam nahi aate par karne toh padenge, warna tu fail ho jaayega. Tere bhi final exams hai na parso se, thodi padhai kar le abhi fir teen mahinon ke liye tujhe chutti hi chutti.", Garima said pulling him up in a sitting position. Puttu groaned, but continued to solve the following equations in his notebook.

Garima groaned herself and went back to doing the thing that she hates the most, her studies. After about an hour or so, both were finally done completing their work. Both sighed together and threw away their books, the single sight of their books was giving them a migraine. Puttu opened his social media account and started doing his favourite pastime activity, stalking. He was busy stalking his friends and other people when he came across his Pramod bro's page.

Puttu's eyes went wide as he checked Pramod's stories and posts. He quickly got off from his sleeping position on the bed and started jumping up and down, making Garima look at him as if he's gone mad. Garima pulled him down by his arm, "Naa bhai ke ho gaya? Koi lottery lag gayi hai kya tujhe?", Garima asked, raising her brow in confusion.

"Yes, yes sister, if you see what I see then your eyes go round round and big big!", Puttu exclaimed happily.

"Puttu tu pakka English main fail hone wala hai.", Garima said shaking her head at his funny English.

"Wo chodo na didi, aap yo dekho.", Puttu gave her his phone and showed her Susheela and Pramod's date pictures. As pictured, Garima was now joining Puttu on their bed, both were jumping up and down in excitement.

"Naa yo ke dekh liya bhai! Ab aayega na maza! Aane do Susheela ko, bade maze aane wale hai.", Garima said smirking wickedly, already planning on ways she was going to tease her sister.

Hearing all the commotion upstairs, Kusum went into the twins room with an exasperated look. "Ke kar rahe ho tum dono yaha? Padhne bheja tha na maine tum dono ko upar?", Kusum said putting her hands on her hips.

"Ha ha mummy, humari padhai ho gayi hai.", Garima said controlling all her excitement.

"Toh chalo niche, khana lag gaya hai.", Garima nodded her head and both her and Puttu followed their mother down.

All the Ruhails sat down to have their family dinner, only one chair empty. Kusum was continuously looking at Susheela's empty chair with a sad look in her eyes. Dharampal noticing her sad eyes, asked her, "Ke hua Kusum ji? Itni udaas kyu ho?"