Aashiyaan

PLANNING

It has been a week since Abhir has gone to the Birla house, a week since he stopped being lively like before, a week since he missed his morning toast-jam,a week since he missed his mother's scoldings, a week since he longed for being canoodled by his father. But it is weekend now, he can do all those he yearned to since a week, he felt like his punctured football like life is filled with a whole lot of nitrogen. He woke up early in the mrng and packed his clothes. He knew his mother would for sure make him study atleast for an hr or so even in this weekend and packed environmental science book, he was facing difficulties in.

" Clothes packed, book packed,stationary packed, football packed, uhmmmm looks like I packed everything I need, " Abhir thought to himself fidgeting his eyes around searching for anything that's left and then it hit him that he missed on one of the most important ones.

"Ouija, I forgot to pack papa's sweater. I'll put this back in papa's bag and get another sweater of his, " he thought.

His father's sweater was the only thing that kept him sane in this house. He still couldn't believe how did he even think that he could sleep alone in his own room and kept quarelling with his papa for the same, but now when he had all that of his own dream room, he realised how much his father's warm hug is the only thing he needed to sleep peacefully. He wore this sweater every night to sleep which smelled like his father, but now the smell started to wear off. He wanted to get a new sweater of his papa to survive his next week.

Goenka House

Akshara sat next to a sleeping Abhinav and thought how their life changed, how her every fear about returning back to Udaipur turned to be happening. All fears, all fears but one, that she would lose Abhinav in all this choatic mess Udaipur is. She just couldn't fathom how she would've survived this if not for him. She knew although he is the most vulnerable and emotional person in general, in dire need he can be the strongest to protect his family.
He didn't shed a tear in front of her but gave her courage to deal with the whole mess. He made her realise that it is her time to fight her own struggles, with him always by her side.

A smile creeped onto her face looking at the clock, Abhir is gonna come home today after a week. Wohoooo her heart screamed. She is gonna make the day soo special for themselves not by doing anything extraordinary but just living their normal kasauli type life to restore normalcy in their life for couple of days atleast.

"Abhinavvvvvvv," she shrieked waking him up with a jolt.

Abhinav woke up in haste worried, " What happened, what happened. "

"It's Saturday Abhinav, Abhir will come home today, we will have so muchhhh funnn, I'm excitedddd. "

"Ohoo Akshara!! I know.. But please let me sleep. I wanna play a lot with Nikkiji for the next 2 days and I need some energy for that. Let me sleep peacefully. "

"Areyyy Abhinav!! ", she shrieked again but this time to be pulled by Abhinav into his arms.

She smiled contently thinking of the day to come and slipped into sleep in his arms.

The next morning

Birla House

Abhir came down with his bag wished everyone a good morning with the brightest smile and sat on the dining table and served himself a slice of apple and kiwi.

"Offooo Billa boy, you look very happy"

"I'm Roohi Choohi, I'm gonna go meet my parents after 6 days"