adhura pyaar ┃abhira (3.0)

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Abhir watched as Abhimanyu pulled Roohi onto his shoulders and spun her around. He felt an unknown sense of longing and possesiveness. He didn't feel jealous that Roohi also took Abhi's attention and love, because he had assured them that love wasn't measured. Yet he couldn't help when his heart dropped slightly everytime roohi called him poppy by popping the 'p', because the first thing abhir thought of was that she would call him papa. 

It was silly, and he knew he was being silly. 

Roohi herself knew that Abhimanyu wasn't her papa, she had her Neil papa. But for some reason, Abhir didn't want anyone else to call Abhimanyu 'papa', before he did. But everytime hewanted to, he couldn't help but feel guilty. Abhinav had already left to kasauli and abhir feared it had to do with him calling abhimanyu his papa during the accident. 

Akshara watched behind the curtains at the struggle in front of her. 

The one she had caused this. 

She could sense Abhir's internal conflict as he sat watching Roohi and Abhimanyu play. He was still incredibly young to be this confused. She watched as Abhimanyu called him over, abhir would deny wanting to play, but would cave in seconds later to just hold his hand and feel his presence. 

Papa. 

One word.4 letter. yet the impact left a resonating sound in their bodies that would never be forgotten. 

One died to hear it while the other longed to say it. 

She entered stealing  their attention effectively. Abhir still looked a little glum, but he made an effort to smile at his mother. Akshara gestured for Abhir to come closer towards her as she took a seat onto the couch, while Roohi continued to pester Abhimanyu to put more butterfly clips in her hair. 

"i love you abhir" She kissed his head, once he was seated on her lap. Abhir smiled at her, hugging her closer and resting his head on her chest. His eyes moved towards Abhimanyu but he immediately hid his face in her hair once again. "abhir betu, you can share anything with me and Abhimanyu. We're both your parents and we love you so much"

"i know" He said, "but am i allowed to ask you a few questions?"

Abhimanyu overheard and  their eyes met, he gently told Roohi to go check on Shivu. Roohi was all-knowing and understood why so she gave him a bright smile and skipped away under the guise of looking for shivu. 

Abhimanyu sat next to Akshara and Abhir peeked to get a look at his father, he felt rather peaceful with both of them close to him. He was determined to clear his head from all his troubling questions, "The both of you love me right? then why don't you love each other?"

They felt the air sucked out of their lungs as they heard their little son ask this particular question, Abhimanyu instantly looked down, while Akshara glanced towards him before turning to abhir, "Abhir yeh kyu-

"why aren't we a happy family?" He asked louder this time, he had held back from asking but everything from the minute his mumma took him back to docman's house to finding their pictures to their jaipur moments till abhimanyu's surgery only made him grow more curious. 

"Abhir, we are family" Abhimanyu said, inching closer. "All of us care deeply for one another and no matter what kind of name a relationship is given, the certain love defines it"

"Then why didn't you think of this six years ago?" Abhir asked, the question was innocent enough but the both of them were taken aback severely. 

"It's too complicated, betu. You're still young, you won't understand" Akshara rubbed his back but he elbowed her hand away growing frustrated.