chapter 25: confronting the identity

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Sid and avu entered the hospital room where sidvnu was sitting on the bed while doctor was talking with her to which she was nodding

Sid- can we take her back doctor?

Doc- yes Mr. Malhotra... She is absolutely fine now.. nurse handover the discharge paper to Mr. And Mrs. Malhotra... Take care.

Sid- thank you doctor

He exited out of the room after a firm handshake

Sinu- btw abhi mein jau kahan? College or hotel?

Sid- Cana- (avu held his hand quickly)

Avu- CAMP (she said covering up) camp sid? Par wo toh over hogaya nah- But ajj keliye hotel... Humare sath... Kal you can join your city life and college again!

Sinu- fine.... Let's go then-

Sid hummed and collected all the essentials and exited out!




Dev- mujhe yaar wahan rehna tha- sidvnu kesi hogi... Atleast usse bye kehkar aana chahiye tha (said sitting beside abhi in the bus)

Abhi- I know par uske parents are already here...

Dev- still- (looked out of the window) na jaaane kyun uske sath ek invisible bond sa ban gaya he-

Abhi patted on his shoulder.. "phone kardena ghar pahaunchke"

Anu- dev: sidvnu discharge hogayi (spoke from the seat beside the partition)

Dev- tumhe kese pata chala?

Anu- yahan thoda network tha- so received her text

Dev- ohh thank God... (Let a sigh out)

Vaish- she is really close with you

Anu- I always felt like a elder sister around her... Jese mere liye manav he wese hin sinu aur meher he... A Lil too strange connection

Vaish- she is a sweet dude...

Anu- for real!



Sinu- ab bolo v? (She said looking at who was looking at avni)

Avni- ek picture dikhaungi... Kya ye tumhare college padhta he?

Sid took out his wallet there was their family photo... A beautiful living room decorated in pastels sid and avu were sitting there while sidvnu was standing behind them hugging them ... He flipped the leather chit and took out a picture.. his eyes blured looking at the picture... He caressed it a bit...

He cleared his throat and wiped the tear forming in the corner of the eyes

Sid- arhmm.. isse... Isse janti ho beta?

Sinu's expression was changing

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Sinu's expression was changing... Her eyes were reflecting curiosity and concern when sid was looking at the picture... When the picture was splashed ... Her eyes wondered to the fact of known... Her eyes widened a bit... Her mouth was bit open for the air... The curiosity was again seen on her face as her eyebrows came closer to each other causing wrinkles between them.

Avni- (placed her hands on her shoulder) sinu?

Sinu- (jerked a bit) han? Mo... Mom- mom he's dev Bhai... D.. dev tyagi... Mere .. mere senior... 2nd year mein padhte he wo.... Dad? You know him? I mean NO... Like you both look like batchmates in this picture... And... And ye picture kafi old lag rahi he... Dad... Kuch toh bolo... Kuch toh clarify karo... Mom?

Avni- shhh (she sat beside sinu wrapping her arms around her... While her own eyes were filled with moisture) shh baccha.. wo- actually

Sid- anahita ki picture he? (He asked still looking blankly at the picture)

Avni hummed in response... She brought her phone and showed a picture of her

Sid- do you know her too? (He again asked blankly)

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Sid- do you know her too? (He again asked blankly)

Sinu- ananya diii??? (Astonished and shocked)

Sid quickly looked up at his daughter who was looking at the picture in astonishment and curiously -

His mind started playing a lot of memories... Laughter was echoing in his ears "siddo"
"dumbo he Tera wala ek no. 1"
"hi myself anahita"
"kya mein tumhe siddo bula sakta hun"
"deva aur sid actual mein inseparable he"
"ye dosti hum nehi todenge"
"jao jao kud jao"
"Mandir chalega iss Saturday"
"Siddo"

"Sid... Siddd? SIDDDDDDD" avni shook him to bring him out of his trance "sid?"

He wiped the tear from his cheeks and got up from the bed... After keeping the picture in the wallet safely..

Sid- mein fresh hoke aata hun... Sinu take your medicines and sleep

Sinu- par dad? (He went inside the washroom) Mom? (She was physically present beside her but her mind and eyes were fixed in the picture in her phone screen) (Sinu placed her palms over her shoulder slightly patting her) Mom?

Avni- (sniffed a bit while wiping her tears) that's a long story baccha... For now bass itna Jaan le that... Your chachu- dad ke best friend and my bestfriend - your Massi... Devansh aur anahita- they are- no actually.... Dev and ananya are lookalikes of devansh and anahita (sniffed again) t... That's all (another tear drop fell from her eyes) abhi soo jao ... Kal- kal baat karte he.. good night ..

She turned off the light lamp and walked out of the room towards the balcony... She looked at the bracelet in her wrist

"Happy valentine's day"
"Tu lifeline he meri.. best friend he meri.. partner in crime he.. meri sista he... So banta he right"
"Ye mandir se special puja karke layi hun..."
"Ye humesa tujhe har cheez se protect kare and tujhe happy rakhe"
"Bhagwan kare.. meri umar v tujhe lag jaye"

She broke down in tears remembering her voice her words bringing that bracelet close to her heart as if she will come out of the bracelet and hug her back... Years were continuously flowing down through her cheeks...

Sid's condition was no different the locket lying around his neck locked in his palm showed his desperation meeting his bestfriend... Tears were continuously filling the bucket which was already being filled by continuous flow of water from the tap..

The tears of memory.. of desperation... Of love... Of longing... Longing to meet their life...








After so so so long....
I am sooo sorry for letting you wait this long... Hope you liked this!🤧

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