Mingled As Fated

2: The Agnihotris

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"Hello? Haan maa?" Abhir replied receiving the call as he gazed out of his hotel room in the mountains.

"Beta, jaldi ghar aa jaao, tumhare papa ko heart attack aaya hai kal raat or vo abhi hospital me admitted hai, surgery chal rahi hai unki," his mom cried over the phone making his heart go weak and his eyes were almost painting his vision with tears but he stayed strong.

"Ji maa, aap tension mat lijiye, Atharva vahi hain?" He queried quickly getting up to get ready and pack his stuff while talking with his mother.

"Haan, vo turant wapas aa gaya tha but ab tum bhi jaldi aa jaao please," she cried as Abhir tried to console his mom when his younger brother took over the call.

"Bhaiya, aap tension mat lo, mai yahi hu. Or please aap araam se gaadi chalana kyuki mujhe pata hai ki ab aap kitni reckless drive krke aaoge yaha tak to please bhaiya, papa already hospital me hai mai nahi chahta ki aap bhi-"

"Ae chhote, tu chinta mat kar or maa ko dekh, 4 ghante lagenge mujhe, aata hu. Bas tab tak dekh lena sab or mujhe Har minute ki Khabar chahiye," he cuts off his brother to assure him and hung up as he took his pitthoo bag and asked his PA to take up the rest of his luggage in another car and he left off.

But was he going to listen to his brother about not driving recklessly? Absolutely not!

[He's not that driver who Vaanya met, relax, no cliché. He's somewhere else]

He did tell his brother that he'll be there in 4 hours but not to Atharva's surprise, he was already there in 3 hours 15 minutes.

"Maine kaha tha na ki araam se dri-"

"Papa kaise hain?" Abhir kept a hand on Atharva's shoulder to dodge that topic making him sigh.

"Theek hain, aapke baare me hi puch rahe the just," Atharva told and directed him towards their father's ward.

Looking at his father Abhir was relieved but observing his mother, his heart broke a little. He's a mumma's boy since childhood so even a happy tear in his mother's eyes is intolerable to the lad.

"Abhir," as he opened the door, his mother ran to hug her child and he engulfed her in his muscular arms with red eyes.

In between he made an eye contact with his father who was smiling and being humorous with his facial expressions seeing his wife hugging his son like that, making Abhir chuckle at his father.

"Mai to bahut dar gayi thi," she says running her hand through his hair locks.

"Kyu maa? Theek to hu mai," Abhir smiled kissing her forehead as both of them walked towards his father's bed where he lied down comfortably after his surgery.

"Or aap, Mr. Abhishek Agnihotri, aapko maine hazar baar samjhaya hai ki aapke ab dono bete aapka kaam, aapka business, or aapki biwi sabko sambhal sakte hain to aap kis baat ki itni chinta kar rahe the ki hospital pahunch gaye, hmm?"