The Fault In Our Stars

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28. Chaotic Household

"NO!", the boy screams making Avneet huff as she again searches through the pile of clothes in ishaan's closet. She whines as she can't get what she is been looking for.

"But baby I can't f-"

"No! No! No!", the boy cried out stomping his feet on the floor, "Ishaan only wanns blue." He pouts crossing his arms and glaring at his mumma.

Avneet groans at her stubborn son. Her little brat is back. She takes the shirt the Ishaan has thrown onto the
floor and hands it over to the boy.

"Baby, see this one's is blue too.", she says cheerfully trying to reason with the boy who scowls before shaking his head furiously making the smile drop from Avneet's lips as her shoulders slump in defeat.

"But it not have a spiderman.", he complained, "Ishaan jusht want spiderman skiter (sticker) only.", he pouts stubbornly, again throwing the shirt aside.

When Ishaan wants something, he wants it.

I wonder where he gets this trait from?

"Ugh!", Avneet groans again, "Ishaan, your shirt does not matter.", she says dismissively. Finally fed up with his little tantrums as she tries to forcefully make him wear the shirt and the boy just screams trying to dodge away his evil mother's intentions.

Though Avneet was strong, Ishaan was successful in dodging as he runs out of the room just wearing his shorts and a small towel hanging from his head.

"Ishaan! Come back here!", Avneet exlaims as she gets up to run after the boy who runs away squealing.

The sudden shrill voice of the doorbell that resonates through the apartment catches Avneet's attention who huffs and gives up on finding her little brat for now and moves to the door.

Hazel eyes met the chocolate ones as the door is opened. Both just stare at each other for a moment before Avneet blinks and averts her eyes from Siddharth's.

"O-oh Sid. Good m-morning.", Avneet greets finally getting her voice back.

She forces herself to smile, trying hard not to remember all what happened yesterday.

Siddharth nods in acknowledgement, doesn't say a word and the smile on Avneet's face slips.

"Is Ishaan awake yet?", Siddharth asks, looking at anywhere but Avneet. Some of the bitterness he felt for Avneet had faded away when he saw how Avneet took the whole blame of the situation in front of Ishaan. But the anger was still there, and he can't help it.

He remembers everything as soon as he looks at Avneet's face and God help him, he does not wish to live that nightmare again.

Siddharth raises a brow at her, finally turning his attention to her as he notices the lack of response and is met with a dazed expression on younger's face.

Why is she ogling me like that?

His actions finally seem to have snapped Avneet out of her mind as she embarrassedly ducks her head down, a flustered shade of red creeping on her neck upto her ears.

She stutters finally trying to save herself for any further embarrassment.

"Oh umm yeah, come in, please. He is-" And her words are cut of with a sound of something breaking followed by a shrill scream.

And Avneet is reminded of how she had left her son who might have been still running around the house and now has broken something.

She turns to look at Siddharth for a moment before turning and hurrying inside gesturing Siddharth to follow her.