Fauji papa

55 : Trophy

[Might be triggering as it touches some sensitive aspects 🥲.]

[FLASHBACK TO THE NIGHT OF HIS SISTER'S WEDDING]

Faizi didn't have the courage to talk to his parents and they were giving him disgusted looks anyways. He just wanted to meet his sister, greet her and leave from there.

He wanted to finish it quick but his sister cried as soon as she saw him. They met after 3 years! They haven't met after he left for NDA. They were like typical siblings even though they have a big age gap. They used to play and bicker a lot. But everything broke apart when faizi's parents decided to abandon him after he chose NDA over getting into an IIT.

They kept taunting and tormenting him. This escalated when he recieved the joining letter of NDA by post after he applied and gave the exam, interview in secret.

Only his sister and brother knew about it. His brother took him to the exam centre and gave him money for the resources to buy the preparation material. His sister covered up about him and told a lot of lies to their parents to keep his secret.

But the hell broke out when his father saw the joining letter.

"Ye kya hai faizal?" Faizi's dad asks while showing the joining letter to him.

"Wo... papa actually..." faizi gulps

"I want answers and i want them fast!!" Faizi's father yells at him. His mother comes there listening to the commotion.

"Kya hogaya? Kyu chilla rahe ho? Ye ladka phir se padai nahi kar raha? Iski dimaak tho patha nahi itna dull kyu hai! Hamesha padai ke bina sab me man lag jati hai!" Faizi's mother starts without even knowing the context.

"Baat aur bhi badi hai! Dekho ye!" Faizi's father shows the letter to her.

"NDA? Army? Joining letter? Pagal tho nahi hogaya ye!?!" Faizi's mother yells and slaps faizi's face harshly. Everyone's eyes widened in shock. This was the first time someone has been hit in faizi's household. They have been abusive but were never physically abusive.

Faizi covers his cheek which was hit and looks at his mother with misty eyes.

"Aapne maara mujhe?" Faizi asks in disbelief.

"Tho kya phool pehnau??" She yells at him again ready to pounce like an angry bull.

"Ye sab peeche peeche kab se horahi he? Kaise diye exam aur interview? Khair chodo! I don't care! You are not going and it is final! Ye sab dimaak se nikaal lo and prepare for JEE!" Faizi's father again made the decision all my himself just like he has always been.

"Par papa... army is my dream.. please don't steal it from me! JEE nahi hothi papa mujse, mujhe nahi ban na engineer!" Faizal whines

Faizi's father catches faizi by his lapels and roughly pulls him closer.

"Faizal, you don't know me well! Mai utna calm nahi hu, jo tum log dekhe ho. Don't make me lose my cool!"

"Ye faaltu cheeze par time waste band karo and focus on what's important! Consider this your last warning." With this faizi's dad took the joining letter, tore it up into pieces and left after throwing the pieces on faizal's face.

But he persisted and persisted while not giving in. He took the help of his siblings and practically begged his parents every single day. He finally entered NDA and never set foot in that house again until now. Even his parents didn't contact him. He was invited to the marriage only because of his sister's insistence that she will not marry if faizi is not present.