adhura pyaar ┃abhira (3.0)

what could have been

a/n: long chapter! not edited so sorry for the mistakes :*)

He sits there, looking at the carpet concentrating all his mind power into memorizing the intricate designs. His attention is disrupted as Roohi jumps in front of him. "Poppy!"

He blinks before shaking his head and plastering on a smile, "yes my rooh"

"you still have to help me with my arts and craft homework" She whines, and pulls on his hand urging him to get up. He follows suit and lifts her up into his arms. "and then i have a surprise for you! you're allowed to braid my hair!"

He chuckles at her, Roohi always knew how to brighten up his mood. "Acha. And who exactly is that fun for?"

"You of course Poppy, because you're constantly dying to braid my hair" She replies, heavy on the scarcasm. She giggles and he taps his forehead against hers, before she pouts and says, "But you have to try and do it just as well as Akshara maussi does, alright?"

He internally groans, Akshara was following him around everywhere. He helps Roohi finish off her project and she keeps coloring in a few pieces of paper, while he's braiding her hair a comb between his lips. 

Akshara comes in right that moment, and smiles at the sight in front of her. Her heart filled with warmth, as Roohi slightly scolded Abhimanyu while he just struggled to braid but soon enough he got the hang of it and braided her hair rather quickly. 

"Sorry Rooh, no fishtail braid for you, just a regular one" He frowns and she sighs, but he pulls her closer to him and tickles her. "But meri princess looks gorgeous in any type of hairstyle so no worries"

Akshara clears her throat while taking a step forward. Abhimanyu stands up in an instant, his eyes meeting hers and she can see his nervousness. Meanwhile Roohi runs towards her and hugs her. Akshara hugs her back and content smile making itself onto her face, she and roohi had been growing closer and she soon began taking up her heart. 

After they break away, Roohi chatters away, "My poppy can't do those pretty braids that you can, he only does one braid or two braids. You have to teach him!"

Abhimanyu clears his throat, causing Roohi to turn back and hand him a glass of water on the table causing a giggle to escape Akshara's lips and Abhimanyu to give Roohi an unimpressed look, "Nautanki bas kar meri princess aur apne bag pack karo, jao"

Akshara watches and she feels a sense of longing, as she watches Abhimanyu with Roohi. Recently she had been doing a lot of reflecting on her life, and at times she lets herself imagine what it would be like if it was them and their twins. 

Roohi huffs but follows his instructions leaving the two of them alone, Akshara feels nervous the reason still unknown to her but she desperetely wants him to say something. They hadn't talked since she had told him about the divorce, and it annoyed her for some odd reason. 

"I decided not to sell the Jaipur house" He says after a pregnant pause and she blinks in surprise. This wasn't exactly what she expected him to say but she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief at the news. 

"That's... but why?" She asks curious, and he realizes he didn't plan this conversation out pretty well as he has nothing to say. 

"It's a good investment after all, and I like the house so maybe in the future we can give it to abhir to keep" He declares, "Plus i'm not losing much from keeping it either"

"Good" Akshara smiles, and gestures towards the door. They had a school meeting to attend and later they were going to stop by at the hospital. 

She was hoping that he would bring up the divorce topic by the end of their day.