APPLE OF OUR EYES

10. EK SAATH! HAMESHA!!

"I will cook the food and then we will talk to him, together." She offered and Karthik agreed.

Karthik's phone rang and it was Kirti this time. Karthik frowned but answered the call. What they heard made them tense. Kirti told them that they have called in a doctor to give Krish a tetanus shot because the boy got hurt with an iron table that was arranged for the party. She also informed that the doctor will come there next to treat Abhi because he was hurt in a similar fashion.

Karthik thanked her and hung up. Kaira shared a look because they knew this was no good news. Their son hated getting injected and he never made it easy to administer the shot. Over the period of time, Karthik got over his fear for needles but his son inherited it from him. It used to be a little easy when Abhi was a child but now Abhi is a well built 20 year old boy. It's not easy to force him to get the shot either. But they knew they will have to get it done. Karthik had the best chance of containing their child. So, he offered to take care of that while Naira resorted to cooking something for their child.

As the couple walked out, they are met with the sight of their child, standing in that very spot, where his mother instructed him to stay put. His back was facing them but his body language told them that he is crying. 

Their heart melted at that very sight. Because they knew at the back of their mind that their son had already suffered a lot because of his own stupidity.

He let go of the golden opportunity willingly, for which he worked hard for years. Giving up a dream is never easy and Naira knew that more than anyone else. Although her case was different. She was forced to make a compromise and that still bugged her till date. But here, Abhimanyu did that all knowingly and that didn't sit well with Naira.

She never wanted her son to go through something like that. It can cut deep, hurt the confidence and hollow you from within. Only if her son chose to let her in on such a life changing decision, she could have saved him from the heart ache. 

As soon as she got reminded of that fact, her anger resurfaced and she walked silently to the kitchen to do the needful. At the very same time, Abhimanyu turned around, only to find Naira walking away. He wanted to go behind her but he can't. He strongly believed that if he moved away from his place, his mother would get angrier or more hurt and he simply couldn't afford hurting his Mom, not with all his conscience at least.

Naira on the other hand was lost in her thoughts, as she was preparing the ingredients to cook. If her child decided to suffer in silence, lie and hide things from her, he deserved to get punished so that he never dares to repeat such stupidity.

Cooking like always calmed her down and she could see that it wasn't end of the world. Her boy was just 20. He had his whole life to fulfill his dreams especially after the treatment he underwent secretly. Naira was happy that Abhi went on with the treatment even if it's behind their backs. Thanks to that little sensibility from him, He still had a chance at achieving the glory he stupidly relinquished and she will make sure he does that. Naira was determined and that was the only silver lining to this entire fiasco that she could find.

Karthik sighed when he saw his son like that and walked to him "Itni choti baat nahi taalni apni Mom ki?"

Abhimanyu looked down, not having an answer to that. Because he had already done much more than crossing her word. 

He had his reasons, but suddenly, he found them irrelevant.