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21. khichdi aur padwal

A/N VM attached made by me, so do watch it. Ik it's cute.

21. khichdi aur padwal

Neil Birla, when he was ten years old, he had attended the funeral of Arjun Singh Ahuja, the 15 year old teenager who had died by suicide. And he understood nothing, in fact, his parents and family were very hush hush about the word and every time he asked what happened to his Arjun bhaiya, they'd say he died, but not how or not why. He also did not know why his brother, his best friend was so isolated, often he heard him screaming and yelling and breaking things and the other times, he saw Abhimanyu alone and silent.

"Bhaiya, chalo khelte hai,"

Neil, now adamant to get his elder brother to play with him, barged into his brother's room.

"Neil, leave my room." His aloof voice came from the corner of the room, Neil tilted his head, his hands clutching on the game consoles he had brought so they could play like old times. "And did I not tell you to never enter in my room?"

"Bhai, please," He pouted, his cute pouts always worked, that is what Mahima Taiji always told him that he can get away with his cute pout and cute smile, "let's play."

"Neil," Abhimanyu stood up, it was not helping that he was way taller than him, "Jaa yaha se, mujhe akele rehna hai." Neil looked up to match his brother's bloodshot eyes, he did not know that those eyes were red because of tears and guilt.

"Bhai, Arjun bhaiya abh aapke saath nahi khelenge," Neil told him, pointing his angry finger at his older brother, "aur acchi baat hai ki woh abh nahi hai, toh abh aap mere saath khel sakte ho."

Neil did not mean what he said, of course, for him Arjun was someone who spent a lot of time with his brother and they always forgot him but Abhimanyu was now growling and his jaw clenched, before anything, Abhimanyu shook the little kid in his fierce arms and Neil gasped in shock. This was the first time he saw his older brother so angry and scary, and Neil froze, his tears and screams were all buried under his fright and Abhimanyu pushed him away, as hard as he could and broke the consoles.

All Neil saw that time was blood, red warm liquid flowing from his head, and his elder brother smashing the consoles under his feet. Neil was on the floor, he touched his head and looked at the blood, the blackish reddish gruesome color on his hand and then at Abhimanyu who now looked at him, shocked to see what he did.

"NEIL!"

"It's okay bhaiya..." Neil smiled, although it was hurting so much, Abhimanyu quickly took him in his arms, calling out for help, "I'll ask maa for new gaming consoles..." he managed to say, as his eyes gave up, darkness enveloping, "don't you worry...."

"Don't worry?" Abhimanyu asked as he examined the bandage on Neil's foot, "yaar tune bataya kyu nahi?"

Neil sighed, a smile on his face, "bro, you are getting married!" He said, holding Abhimanyu's hand, "and dulhe ka bhai hu, choti moti chot toh lagni hai."

Abhimanyu was not convinced, he shook his head and opened the bandage, wanting to examine the wound himself and after he was satisfied, he dressed it up again with proper ointment, "who dressed the wound?"

"Aarohi,"

"does she know..."

"yes, she knows I have hemophobia..."

"And does she know why?"

Neil rolled his eyes, "no, and why does not matter."

"It does to me," Abhimanyu sighed, sitting besides Neil, "because it was me."