Acceptance heals everything

Part 6: Why?

Rohit's room when he heard the doorbell,

He heard voices, but were they? No, They can't come in here. He had been hiding from them for a year, He didn't need this right now. What are they doing here? Why are they here?

He saw from the window of his room. There was Virat standing with support of the car. He didn't want to look at him but he couldn't help himself, he was seeing him after a year.

"Why was he alone?", Rohit thought.

Before he could think more, Ritika came in the room.

"I just denied them from entering the house Ro, Jassi and Rishabh were crying", Ritika said feeling sad about it.

Rohit stated turning his face that he was not interested in them, as he did not recognize them.

Ritika stepped closer to him, "Ohh.. you don't care, you don't know? You don't know Virat.."

"Ritsyy", Rohit exclaimed in a little loud voice that he would ever use with Ritika.

Before Ritika could say something as she was hardly affected with that, she saw Sammy at the door who whispered, "Dada"

Before any of them could stop her, she ran out.

Ritika said after a moment, "Oh no, the door is open." She looked at Rohit, who was startled and nervous at that.

Rohit looked out, Sammy was already in a hug by Virat.

"Ro, I have no choice but to call them in", Ritika said, cupping his face in her hands.

Rohit gave a sigh and said, "Don't give them the keys or anything, just close the door for me, please", and held her hand, which was resting on his cheek, in a quiet voice.

"Okay, just one thing! You won't be able to avoid them for long", Ritika said, kissed his forehead and left the room.

Rohit rested his head on the headboard. He could not help but look outside.

He saw Ritika talking to Virat, he noticed difference in Virat, a lot apparently.

Before he could think more on that, there was a knock on his door.

"Rohit, it's me Virat"

For a split second, Rohit was dumbfounded, numb when he heard that voice again after all these years. He couldn't even hold it in as tears streamed down his cheeks. He knew that if they came to him again, he'd start to feel weak, but he did his best to send him away.

"I don't know who you are Virat, leave me alone", he said robotically.

He could hear the steps fade away, he was gone.

But after sometime he could again hear something. Were they fighting?

"I don't care about anything. It's not about us, its about him and only him" he heard Virat saying it so firmly that anyone would agree.

As Rohit listened to this, he felt like a complete jerk. He wanted to shout and thrash at the world around him, but he could not. He just wept uncontrollably as he heard his friend's voice.

"Ro", Ritika called after an hour.

"What happened?" Rohit asked her as she entered in the room looking little disturbed.

She narrated what all Virat asked and how she responded to it.

"No way, they can't know anything. Tell them to leave from here", Rohit said emotionally yet firmly.

"But Rohit, they can help you", Ritika said softly.

Rohit again denied to which Ritika left the room so that he can atleast think on it. He heard a voice, his big brother's voice.

"Ro, please let me in kiddo"

"Mahi bhai", he whispered with tears.

Before he could say anything back, he heard Jaddu's voice.

"It's enough bhai, I cannot take this anymore", Jaddu said trying to push the door.

Virat came running hearing that voice, he sent Rishabh to Sammy, Ritika so that they dont hear this.

"Are you mad? What are you doing? For godsake stop this nonsense" Rohit heard Virat yelling.

But Jaddu didn't listen instead he just pushed Virat away not even looking what he did. Now after seeing everything Ash helped Jaddu apologizing to Virat as Ash wanted to know everything and make everything okay. He was tired of this fights.

"Can't you see, you are gonna drift him away with this actions" said Virat helplessly.

"Mahi bhai do something", said Virat to which Mahi just kept his hand on his shoulder, "it is high time Cheeku, we need answers"

"Even you", Virat said moving his hand off the shoulder.

Rohit was breathing heavily, trying to make himself ready for what is gonna come now and composed himself somehow which he was failing at. The more he heard the voices and sounds of door getting thrashed, the more his panic was increasing.

"Please stop this" he heard Virat's voice but he knew Jaddu or anyone was not gonna listen to him.

Finally the door was opened, Virat was still outside not even daring to enter the room.

"Rohit", Mahi whispered seeing him.

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