Sun Saiyaan ~ A RagSan Story

Chapter Eighteen

Sun Saiyaan

"Blame is a game that everyone wants to play."

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Chapter 18

"Ragini Akka was forced to marry someone she didn't want to marry?" He questioned, sounding frightened and Ravi looked down whereas Dhruva looked away and started crying, "just like Amma was. . . And you saw how that ended. She died! Now, Ragini Akka is going through the same. . ." He panicked "we need to stop it. We need to bring her. I'll go, I'll go and get her. You guys can't but I can. I'm going to go. . . I. . ." He stopped and stared at the ground after lowering his head, his heart ached and he felt as if he was sinking in anxiety and fear.

His memories with Ragini flashed before his eyes and tears flowed uncontrollably, he clearly remembered the first time he saw Ragini, it felt as if he was witnessing his mother, she reflected Janaki's beauty and had been the prettiest amongst the crowd full of others. His eyes shone the brightest but his smile wasn't genuine because she didn't know who he was. It was when he was 10 years old and Ragini was 15 years old, he met her when he went with his Uncle Dhruva to Kolkata.

"Akka. . ."

"Akka?" She confusingly asked while sat on the steps, eating ice cream with him.

"Akka means older sister."

"Ohh. So that makes me your older sister. What's your name?"

"Raghav." He replied with a tiny smile over his lips and she smiled back at him, "Raghav? My name is Ragini. We're both Rag! What a coincidence, if I ever had a younger brother I would've definitely called him Raghav!"

"You can just see me as your younger brother." He sounded so hopeful and she giggled, "where are your parents?" She asked and his smile faded, "I don't have a father and my mother passed away before I was born."

He watched her expressions change and her smile turn into a frown, "I'm so sorry. . ." She apologised and he shook his head, "do you not have a family?"

"I do, I'm here with my Mama. We came to visit for a business, we'll soon go back."

"Go back, where did you guys come from?"

"We came from a village near Chennai."

"Chennai, that's in South India isn't it? I'll definitely come and visit you one day. Can you teach me few words in your language?"

He nodded his head, "nan. . ."

"Ragini!" Before he could complete, Parvati interrupted him and stood in front of them, frightening Ragini. "What are you doing here? What is all of this? Is this what you do every day after school?"

"Daadima I was just. . ."

"Why are you eating this?" She threw the ice cream out of Ragini's hand, "you're going to get an upset stomach. Come with me. Thank god I came to the temple and saw you otherwise god knows what else you would've been doing!" She grabbed Ragini's hand and started dragging her.

Raghav felt sad and helpless as he watched Ragini being dragged away.

Other times he stayed at a distance, watching her with Dhruva whenever he visited during his school break.