Ummeed (Raichand Siblings Saga-Book 1)

10- Brat V/s Cat?

Target for last chapter hasn't been completed. But I myself wasn't very happy with the length of last chapter so I decided to give y'all the benifit of doubt. So for update on next Thursday, the target should be complete. Or I'll update only when the target is completed.

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Vansh and Meher went down and moved towards the lounge. Vansh went and sat between his brothers trying his best to not sulk. He didn't want to sit with Meher atleast not when she was in such an annoying mood.

Meher sat on the opposite couch awkwardly and gave Vansh an annoyed look for leaving her tos sit there all alone. Both Arjun and Rishi frowned at the frowned at the looks that the two were throwing at each other. Generally they always stuck together. What changed?

"Tujhe toh isse laane me itna zyada time lag gaya jitna hame ise Dehradun se laane me nahi laga." Rishi commented.

"Thodi zyada exaggeration ho gayi Bhaiyu. Anyways Mai toh ise kab ka le aata but yahi jhagdili billi ke mood me thi toh mai kya karta." he said and shot her a dirty look.

Meher got offended at this. "Haww! Aapne mujhe- mujhe jhagdili billi bola? Toh aap- aap ha dufffer bandar ho!" she retorted back.

"Oye! Tameez se baat kar,ok! Tujhse 4 saal bada hu mai." Vansh said effectively pulling out the elder brother card, clearly inspired by his Bhaiyu.

"4 saal bade? My foot! Chalo chalo aage badho!"she said sassily.

"Kitni badta-" Vansh started but was cut off by Arjun.

"Enough! Stop fighting. Vanu, you started it. Apologize!" he said sternly.

Vansh sulked but complied. No need angering the lion more than once in a day. Especially when he wanted to record a short after dinner!

"I am sorry, Meher." he said sincerely.

Meher smirked teasingly at him but the smirk wept off the very next moment.

"Meher, Vansh is 4 years older than you. Bickering and Banters are okay but disrespect is not allowed. Say sorry." he said firmly.

Meher understood what he was saying. She knew she was wrong but who cares? She had a goal in her mind and was hell bent on achieving it. "No" she said clearly.

Vansh and Rishi looked at each-other. Their Bhaiya loathed the word especially when he expected them to do something.

A stern look took over Arjun's expressions and Meher just looked away. She didn't know why but she just couldn't look at him when he got angry. A part of her was undoubtedly scared but a bigger part felt guilty for making him mad.

"Care to repeat that, Meher?" he asked crossly. And at that moment Meher just hated the sound of her name. A name she was so proud of. A name that made her feel special. A name given to her by her dead mother. Many have sternly uttered that name but him saying that name in that time made her feel apprehensive about it. Can't he call her something else? Something that sounded more loving? Perhaps a nick name? No! she scolded herself internally. She had to concentrate on being a brat for now. But her resolve weakened when she again glanced at him. She just couldn't get over the look.

Her inner turmoil was disturbed  when Arjun called out her name again. The very next moment:

"Sorry." she said not even looking up at Vansh.

"It's alright." Vansh said with an extra big smile to show their Bhaiya that they were even now.

Arjun hated himself for scaring her into apologizing. He should have gently made her understand. But perhaps he had gotten so used to his brothers obeying him without any questions asked that he had forgotten the process. He needed to start from square one with this one and he was about to take the first step towards it.