Ummeed (Raichand Siblings Saga-Book 1)

33- Family & Anticipation

As Rishi stepped into the living room, he was met by yet another overdramatic wailing scene. He had witnessed enough of them in the last 36 hours to bother anymore. But well for the sake of formality, he went towards Vansh and quietly whispered to him,

"Ab kis baat pe ro rhi hai? Chinti ne kaata ya macchar ne?"

Vansh irritated- "Pagal ho gayi hai."

He said it loud enough for her to hear. Meher glared dangerously at him and hurled the remote kept on the table towards him.

Rishi caught the remote before it could break his brother's nose and glared at her. Damn! The girl was getting injurious now!

Rishi calmly- "You don't throw things at others, Meher. Why are you crying,again?"

Meher looked away and mumbled cutely- "I and dadu have the same mother."

Rishi looked thoroughly confused at that and looked at Vansh who just rolled his eyes.

Rishi- "So you are crying over it?"

Meher nodded sadly and Rishi couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Meher- "I can't call him son of a bisch now."

Rishi's eyes widened in disbelief. Had she completely lost it? He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

He sat next to her and caressed her hair. Meher gave him a side eyed glance.

Rishi with a smile-"Missy, you are extremely lucky."

Meher frowned and gave him a questioning look.

Rishi over calmly- "Agar meri jagah abhi tune yeh baat Bhaiya se boli hoti toh tu abhi hume iss Ghar me dikhti hi nahi."

Meher confused- "To kaha hoti?"

Rishi angrily- "Garden me! Situps kar Rahi hoti! Dumbo!"

Meher flinched at the sudden change in his demeanor and crossed her arms over her chest.

She looked at him with a pout.

Rishi- "Beta tu sambhal ja! Bhaiya ne already tujhe yeh cursing ke liye warn kiya hai! Agar phir se unhone sun liya na toh I am telling you Vanu aur mujhe bohot experience hai iska!"

Meher gulped. She really needed to watch her tongue!

Rishi sighed. That was enough scaring her for the day.

"Accha ek good news hai." he told them.

Vansh- "Kya?"

Rishi- "Rohit uncle 1 din ke liye Nagpur jaa rahe hai."

Meher giggled- "Woh aapko itna overwork karate hai ki unka out of city jaana aapko good news lagta hai?"

Rishi- "While I won't entirely deny it but well you must listen to the entire reason first."

Vansh who had quite a hunch about what was coming next gave him a bored look.

Vansh- "Aru is coming?"

Recently, Aru had become of a bone of contention between him and Meher. He didn't like her spending her lunch breaks with him. So in a bid to make her stop, he had been teasing her endlessly about Aru but no such luck!

Meher's eyes twinkled at that and she looked at Rishi for confirmation. "Really?" she asked excited.

Before Rishi could react, Vansh took over.

"Of course! Ab sadak pe toh chod nahi sakte usse."

Meher- "Aap kyun bol rhe ho? Maine Bhaiyu se pucha na!"