QUEST OF POWER

CHAPTER 13

After getting discharged from the hospital Kabir bought Aru home. While entering the house, he almost felt dizzy and stumbled but two pairs of arms immediately steadied him, "What is this bhaiyu, we were helping na why do you want to do everything by yourself", Shrey scolded him to which he grumbled and turned towards Kabir as if asking him to save him from Shrey, which Kabir understood but decided against it "Yes Aru, Shrey is right you have to be careful baccha otherwise now you would have fallen", seeing his bhaiya not taking his side he grumbled while Shrey had a smug smile on his face.

They entered his bedroom and helped him lie down, the gashes were itching him from a long time so bought his hand to rub on it but Kabir saw this and quickly swatted his hand and glared at him, "Aru you can't rub them with your hands they will get worse", he explained but Aru whined, "But bhaiya they are itching badly and hurting too" "I know baccha, okay let me put a cream on them then you will feel relief" "No bhaiya that will burn a lot I don't want to apply anything on it", hearing this both Kabir and Shrey felt bad but they didn't had any option. Kabir turned towards Shrey, "Beta go and bring the cream from the bag which I forgot in the living room", Shrey left to do his bidding and immediately came back.

Shrey helped him sit up and Kabir took a generous amount of and began applying it, as soon as it touched his skin he hissed so Shrey started blowing on it. Both of them glanced at each other and smiled at his thoughtful gesture, "You don't have to do this baccha I'm fine", Aru tried stopping him but Shrey continued doing it, "You keep quiet bhaiyu and let me do this I know you are feeling good with it", that was true he actually felt good when the affected area was blown while applying cream but even more with Shrey's care and love for him.

After a while they heard a grumbling sound from Shrey who laughed sheepishly, "Oh I'm hungry bhaiya, It's quite late and also bhaiyu needs something liquid for his throat so I will make Tomato soup for now", he said and was going but Kabir stopped him, "Wait Shrey let me also come to help you", he said then went inside to wash his hands and here outside both Shrey and Aru glanced at each other in pure horror, thinking of ways to avoid this, "Bhaiyu pl'ease stop bhaiya from helping me I will be forever grateful to you", Shrey whispered in Aru's ears, Aru was equally tensed, "Shr-ey even I'm tens-ed for myself baccha, i fe-ar that if I ate any-thing made by bhai-ya, I will lose my vo-ice for fore-ver", "Bhaiya what if I get food poisoning", they both were whispering to each other, when Kabir came back from washroom he saw them and asked, "What are you whispering to each other? Do tell me also", he said then sat beside them but of them just gave him their nervous smiles and shook their head.

Later sometime Aru thought of something, "Okay I will go and prepare the soup you both wait here", saying this he got up and almost swayed if not for Kabir he would have already kissed the ground while Shrey helped Kabir in making Aru lie down on bed. "What were you thinking Aarav Rathore are you out of your mind or you forgot it at the hospital?", Aru winced hearing the taunt, Kabir was really furious watching the stunt his little brother pulled. "Seriously bhaiyu you can't even stand on your own without dancing left right and you want to make soup I think bhaiya is right, you might have kept your brain at hospital otherwise my usually high-wisdom brother wouldn't do such things", Shrey scolded but there was also concern and care for his brother's well-being.

Shrey then turned towards Kabir and said, "Bhaiya please you stay with bhaiyu, I don't trust him with himself anymore, I will prepare the soup and will bring it here. we will have it here itself", he said to which Kabir nodded hesitatingly because he wanted to help his little brother but after seeing Aru's stunt he remained. But what he didn't noticed was the winning expression of his brothers as if they achieved something real by stopping him from entering the kitchen, well they did though.