YEH DOORIYAN

A Ruined Breakfast

A young girl quietly opened a door and silently walked into the room, careful not to make a sound and stood smirking near a boy who was sleeping on his bed. Suddenly, she put both her hands on his shoulder and screamed "BOOOO!!!!". The sleeping boy woke up startled and in a frenzy, rolled down the bed due to surprise before screaming angrily, "MEETHI! Yeh koi tareeka hota hai uthane ka?"

Yes, the girl is none other than Tripti Srivastav, lovingly called Meethi by her family members and the boy is none other than her elder brother, Achintya Srivastav and this is just a normal morning in Srivastav household.

"Haan, toh aur kya karti? Maa hazar baar aakar utha chuki hain tumhe par tum ho ki uth te hi nahi. Jaldi taiyaar ho jao aur neeche breakfast table par aao. Baba ka gussa saatwe asmaan par chadh raha hai. Aur late kiya toh bina nashte ke hi office jaana parega tumhe." Meethi retorted back though with a hint of concern in her voice. The tension between her brother and her baba was no secret to her and she knew her baba would certainly make good on his threat of not allowing Achintya to have breakfast if he was late.

Achintya immediately sobered up hearing this and said "Acha, tum neeche chalo, mein abhi change kar ke aaya." and hurriedly rushed to his bathroom to freshen up.

30 MINS LATER

Achintya walked to the dining table, dressed in his formals, ready for work, keeping his head down trying to avoid eye contact with his father who was seated at the head of the table. But as soon as Amar noticed him walking towards a chair, he cleared his throat and said, "Toh shehzaade ji uth hi gaye finally. Neend puri ho gayi aapki? yah kuch aur der intezaar kar lein hum sab aapke liye? Na time ka khayal hain, na kaam ki chinta hai. Office ja kar bhi kaam toh kuch karte nahin ho, kam se kam time se pohonch toh jaya karo."

Achintya stiffened at the reprimand before silently taking a seat. Shashi notices this and immediately tries to diffuse the tension by saying, " Achha, Achha, baatein baad mein ab sab nashta kartein hain. Aaj mein ne Princess ka favourite nashta banaya hai - Paneer Parathe."

"Yay" screamed a young girl from her chair. She is none other than the baby of the household, Aparajita Srivastav, lovingly called princess or pari by everyone.

With this everyone started having their breakfast. Suddenly Meethi broke the silence by saying, "Baba, woh jo free medical camp humara college organize kar raha hai aas pass ke rural areas mein, usme mein bhi volunteer kar rahi hoon lekin yahan se kisi bhi bus mein tickets available nahin hain location tak pohonch ne ke liye, toh mein kya aap ke saath ja sakti hun jab aap car se niklein ge toh?"

Amar thought for a second and said, " Beta, le jane ko toh mein le jata tumhein bhi apne saath lekin meri kuch meetings aur surgeries scheduled hain yahan pe toh mein ek do din late jaunga wahan. tum mere saath chalogi toh tumhare bhi ek do din miss ho jayenge and tum itne acche learning experience ko miss kar dogi. Ek kaam karo, tumhein Sunday ko nikalna hai na camp wali jagah ke liye? Achintya ko le jaao, woh tumhe car se chod aayega, Sunday ko is ki bhi chutti hi hai, kuch toh kaam karega."

Achintya looked at Amar for a second before hesitatingly saying, " Baba lekin Sunday ko Shashank aur Ravi ne mujhe music concert mein jaane ke liye bulaaya hain. Unhone toh tickets bhi do mahine pehle hi book kar lein hain uske liye. Meethi kya driver ke saath nahin jaa sakti?"

Meethi suddenly remembered about the music concert. Her brother had been looking foward to this concert for months as his favourite singer and role model Abhimaan Aryan was going to be performing in it.She had forgotten it was going to be this sunday only. She immediately tried to fix the situation by saying , "Koi baat nahi bhaiya, mein chali jaungi driver ke saath, it's alri..."