Gehraiyaan - A ShiVi SS

Epilogue - Part 2A

Since Epilogue 2 and 3 were getting too long to post, I have split them as parts A and B, so now you'll get to read Epilogue 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B.

I wanted to maintain the emotions so that you can notice the details, and not want it to be one big chunk of text, so here you go! 

Enjoy! 

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Few weeks later

Raavi sat down on the floor, massaging Suman's aching legs, her sadness evident on her face.

"Kya hua, Raavi beta? Udaas lag rahi hai."

"Kuch nahi, Maa." Raavi sighed, laying her head on Suman's lap.

"Udaas nahi hai toh itni gumsum kyu hai? Kuch hua hai?" Suman patted her head.

"Woh..." She sat up and looked at Suman, "Janu ne abhi tak mujhe Mumma nahi bulaya, na woh Papa bol rahi hai. Aap sab ko toh kitni aasani se Dadi, Chachu bolti hai. Hume bulane ke liye woh bas haath pakadti hai, ya poke karti hai."

Suman nodded her head, caressing Raavi's hair, "Tu chinta mat kar. Choti si bacchi hai, buddhe Dadi-Nani ke saath badi hui hai, isliye asaan hai uske liye." She explained and Raavi looked on.

"Usne kabhi kisi ko Maa Papa nahi bulaya hai, aadat nahi hai bacchi ko. Isliye mushkil padta hoga." Suman patted Raavi's cheek, "Par tu ten-sun mat le. Usse tem dede thoda, hai na?"

Raavi nodded, understanding her child's point of view, just as Janhavi stomped in with a frown, Sarita Bhabhi and her son, Chintu following.

"Kya hua, Bhabhi? Gusse mein lag rahe ho." Raavi asked, noticing the evident anger on Sarita's face, ruffling Janu's hair, "Aye Chintu! Ye chot kaise aayi tujhe?"

The older boy, around 10-11 years, looked visibly beaten up with a black eye and bruises around his face.

"Chot kaise aayi?!" Sarita fumed, holding her son, "Apni beti se pooch ye chot kaise aayi!"

Raavi didn't appreciate the tone she was talking in, which had diverted Shiva's attention from the presentation he had been making, joining them in the aangan.

"Bhabhi, aaramse baat bhi kiya jaa sakta hai. Bewajah meri beti pe chillane ki koi zaroorat nahi." Shiva reprimanded, as Raavi sat down at Janhavi's level.

"Janu, kya hua, bacche?" She asked gently, checking her for injuries, "Aapko ye chot kaise aaye? Chintu ko bhi itni chot kaise aayi?"

"Maine maara usko." Janhavi claimed, taking Shiva and Raavi aback in utter shock and surprise.

They looked back at Chintu, who clearly looked like he got into a fight, and then back at Janu, their tiny little baby girl. How on earth did she manage to beat up a much larger boy who was at least 7 years older to her?

"Why, darling?" Shiva asked, checking her arms and legs for injuries, "We don't beat people like.....like this na? See, his full face is blue."

Janu frowned, "He was saying bad things about Raavi Mumma, so I BEAT him!"

Raavi snapped her head back so fast, she was afraid she'd wake up with a sprain the next day. "Kya kaha aapne?"

"I BEAT him!"

"Uske pehle kya kaha?" Raavi whispered, unsure if she had heard it right. "Mumma kaha aapne?"

Janhavi blinked twice, before nodding her head. "Haa. Aap mere mumma hi toh ho!"