Long time No see

His pov

I smiled seeing how cutely she was holding my T-shirt so she didn't get lost again. She thinks that I didn't know notice but when it comes to her I notice every fucking thing. I knew she was going to lose her way so I followed her and I was right even I also remember the time when we were young, sometimes she used to lose her way in her own house so after a few minutes if she didn't find, the whole house creates a ruckus about where she goes, everybody started blaming each other, panicking as if like the whole house is on fire just because of her. Then some maid or family member found her and brought her back, her face was red, and she looked all scared, crying. If anyone thinks about this memory, they will probably laugh, and they still do, but I remember her face, how scared she was, she already gets scared so easily plus her imagination has always been wild which didn't help & her ability to get lost in her own house is cherry on top.

We reached the dining room, Shiv and my father had already taken their seats, and Ana strolling behind me withdrew her hands from my T-shirt as we reached the table.
I took my seat opposite Shiv, besides my father, Ana went to Mom taking the plates from her hand
"Auntie go & sit, I'll bring the dishes " her soft voice came
"No, my daughter you go & sit, today I will serve you, "Mom said
"How can I sit & eat while you're doing all this work? Also, you made all these dishes and I'm only serving it what makes the difference & you called me your daughter right while treating me like a guest ?" She pouted
God if the whole family was not here, then I'll probably kiss her pout away. Everyone is right, after her arrival everything feels like fresh air. She is always been like that, it's my bad that I failed to see it.
"You both come & sit, the maids will serve the food "My father's stern voice shut both of them & they obeyed
Shiv laughed at the scene that was unfolding and both my father and Shiv hi-fi each other at which I smiled and he fist-bumped me. Ana hit his brother and cutely said
"You're so mean " at which he laughed and squeezed her cheeks and said
"& you're so cute " at which she smiled and he patted her head
Sometimes I feel jealous of Shiv, the way she is smiling at her brother, she never smiled at me. "You idiot, she used to smile at you too but that time you used to get irritated by her smile, you used to shout at her for smiling too widely " my subconscious mind taunted me. I was looking at her, feeling my gaze, she looked up and after a few seconds of eye contact, she moved her eyes away.
"Ahaan are you ready to lose the game tomorrow ?" Shiv asked
I smirked "Let's see who will lose or who will win"
Shiv & I play golf every Saturday whenever I come to India or when he comes abroad. It's like some habit to play golf every weekend. We both are golfer.
"You're one conceited jerk " he jokes, he knows, I always beat him in the game.
I looked at Ana she was barely eating anything
"Sanu, did you not like the curry ? " my mother asked worriedly while looking at her plate, her plate looked like she barely touched anything. I looked at the dishes and understood why she was not eating
"Mom, she hates peas " I blatantly said as every dish mom made contains peas. Now everyone's attention is on me. Mom is worried as she puts peas in every dish, Shiv is looking at me confused as if thinking how did I know that? And I don't know why Dad has this subtle grin on his face. Ana is glaring at me
Mom looked at Ana to confirm if I was wrong or right at which she nodded, she looked a little embarrassed
"It's ok darling, I didn't know, next time I'll make it without peas" Mom eased her worries
"Eat this, this doesn't contain peas" My mom passed a dish to Ana, She smiled at my mom and dug in.
"Ahaan, how did you know about Sanjana hating peas? " Shiv voiced out his question. God why did he have to always open his mouth and ask such questions
"I noticed, " I said looking at Ana, she looked at me, her cheeks naturally getting red. After realising that she was blushing, she instantly turned away and started eating her food. She is looking like a kitten munching on her food. Shiv is still looking confused, god why he is such an idiot?

After this awkward silence, my father broke this silence
"Shiv, Ahaan why don't you take Sanjana with you at golf club?" My father suggested
Both and Shiv looked at each other
"Nooooo" we both said at the same time making it sound like a shout. A sudden scream made Ana jump from her seat.
"Relax both of you, no need to shout" my mom's stern voice came
Ana scowled at both of us,
"What," Shiv said looking at her scowl
"Nothing, you idiot, " Ana said hitting him on his arms
"What did I do now ?" He asked again
Indeed, he is an idiot.
Ana shakes her head saying Iska kuch nhi ho sakta.

Next day
At golf club

"Can I ask you something?" Shiv said taking his golf bat, I nodded
"Why did you say no when your father asked to take Sanjana with us "
" I said no because she probably got bored with us "It was half true and half lie, I said no as in this club, so many horny, rich men came to play & I don't want Ana to come into their eyes.
"Why did you say no? " I asked Shiv as he never says no to Ana
"Can you see that guy?, " he said pointing at one guy who had his glasses on, his little pot belly was showing through his tight T-shirt. He was looking like a jerk to me
"Yes, what about him?" I asked
"When Ana came to India last year, me, Ana, Kavya and Roy our cousin, we all went for balling together, and we met this guy, he is Harsh, Roy's friend " he looked at me for some reaction as I never liked Roy, he is in all bad stuff and whenever he meets, he has always been too touchy with his sisters, I even saw him hugging Ana way to tightly which I didn't like & Shiv knew that I'm not fond of him.
"Continue Shiv" I do not like where it is going
"So that time, Harsh was also there, he came for balling with his asshole friends. Roy introduced us to Harsh and after one look at Ana, he was all head over heels for her. As usual, Ana smiled at him and he started thinking Ana liked him" Shiv scoffed and I am controlling my anger right now " After this small conversation we all went home because of some emergency. The next day, Roy called me and said that Harsh was asking for Ana's number, Roy also told me that Harsh had been arrested for sexual assault but because his father was rich, he was out after 2 days and not many knew about this. I strictly told Roy not to give her number to him and he said that he already told him to back off but he also thought to give me this information. I said no because this guy also comes to play golf every weekend and I don't want him to meet Ana ." He glared at the guy. Here I was controlling the urge to beat him up but I decided to calm down and now my man will handle this guy, now I will see, how will he dare to come near Ana.
I glared at that guy even harder, Shiv put his hands on my shoulder and said
"Relax I know you want to beat the shit out of him but there's no need, I handle the matter," Shiv said but he was looking sad
"Why this expression?" I asked
He smiled sadly and said, " I failed as a brother, I thought I was good at protecting my sisters but now I think I'm such a failure."
"Why are saying that? You're a very good brother & I know that " I tried to comfort him. He shook his head no & continued
"You know Kavya, Mehak and even Pihu all are strong but Sanjana is different, from the start she always needed extra care, attention and protection. Sometimes I used to feel jealous of her but from time to time I understood, that she was fragile. I was even shocked how Uncle Auntie even agreed to send her abroad for studies. But I think it was best for Sanjana, now she got more open and now she has become strong but I wish I was there when she ...." He looked at me and stopped talking
"She what ?" I asked want to know what he was talking about
"Nothing, look it's your turn" he turned things around but I was still stuck with the last sentence he was about to say. When did she need him the most? What happened to her? & why he is calling himself a bad brother when he was always there for her? So many questions are whirling in my head but there are no answers.