FAMILY BEFORE ANYTHING - 3

CHAPTER - 11 ARYAN SINGHANIA TO THE RESCUE!!

Aryan melted and how. He left his hold on her ear before he pulled her into his embrace, slightly caressing the red ear. "Last time you fainted, you didn't wake up for a month, Akshu. Dar toh lagega na bacha. You can't scare me like this."

"I am sorry." She mumbled, getting relaxed in her bhaiyya's embrace, as he caressed her ear.

Aryan shook his head as he saw his child getting all comfortable and cozy "Akshu"

"Hmmm"

"Akshu!" He tried to pull her out but she didn't let him. "Please Bhaiyya! I missed you! It has been three months. Let me have my fill." 

Aryan smiled and leaned back against the counter "I missed you too bacha. I wish I had you with me. It wouldn't have been this harder."

Akshara's hold tightened "I am proud of you, Bhaiyya. Wherever Mom and Dad are right now, I am sure they are super proud of you, For everything that you are!"

Aryan's eyes watered "You think so?" His voice thick of emotions.

"I know so." She assured him and held him close, until his heartbeat came back to normal.

"But I am sure they wouldn't appreciate you ignoring yourself. You were already doing too much of work. Eating food wouldn't have made much difference. I understand that it hasn't been easy for you. I was completely expecting your weight loss but yeh kuch zyada hi kardiya aapne. Itna tho khayal rakhte na, ki behosh na hojaye aur thoda healthy rahe, in the long run. Mai soch rahi hu, mai bhi aapke sath aajau, for the remaining 3 months."

"Acha! Kyu?"

"Bahut sare reasons hai. 

A - Your vote count will increase and so are your chances of winning from 95% to 100%. 

B - I can take care of you while you can take of your responsibilities.

C - I can take my petty revenge on my husband dearest, for all this silent treatment I am being subjected to. 

Can you believe it? Sirf aur sirf punish karne ke liye chup hai vo iss baar!! Kaha Abhimanyu Birla apne gusse ko control karne ke liye chup hojate the aur ab dekho, gussa jatane ke liye chup reh rahe hai! Though I appreciate the progress, I don't like being at the end of it. 

As if his silence wasn't enough of a punishment and eye-opener, that whole body-guard thing is over the top!! Aisa nahi ki, Biwi ko pyar se samjhao!! Bas chup hojao!! Sahi kehta hai Arav! Abhimanyu Hitler Birla!!" Akshara ranted out, without a care of Aryan's reaction. Right now, all her focus was on how her husband isn't talking to her. It wasn't even on how its all her fault. Her husband's silence, successfully diverted the topic from her carelessness to his dictatorship. Anything else other than that didn't matter. 

Abhimanyu, fortunately or unfortunately, heard every single thing his wifey dearest spoke about him. Before he could confront, Aryan spoke.

Aryan, who initially melted at her distress, realised that his sister, unlike him, isn't taking this in the right spirit and didn't regret her actions completely. He flipped the very next second. He pulled his child out of his embrace, startling her "Are you really sorry for your stupidity, Akshara?" 

"Ofcourse Bhaiyya!" Akshara said but Aryan didn't buy it.

"No you are not. Don't play me now. I am not Abhimanyu to go easy on you." He cut her off sharply. Now he could see it very clearly. His sister is spoilt to an extent by her husband that she has become carefree with herself.

But he touched the wrong chord, when he implied that Abhimanyu is going easy on her. Akshara snapped at him as soon as she heard that "He doesn't!! Didn't you just see what he is putting me through. Who appoints a 24/7 bodyguard Bhaiyya?"