His Childish Bride

47//💕The Changes

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"Have you been experiencing any nightmares lately?" Samarth asks Varenya.

"Not as much as I used to have. But still, some nights it becomes hard to fall asleep." Varenya replies while Samarth write it down.

"What do you see in those nightmares? Is it the same thing or something new?" Samarth asks making Varenya to think for sometimes. But then she shakes her head in response.

"Every nightmares revolve around that dreadful day." Varenya replies with a sigh.

It's been more than two months since Varenya regained her memories. Although she appears completely fine on the outside, deep inside she is still very scared. She continues to feel uneasy when hearing loud dogs barking, seeing blood, or experiencing nightmares. Thankfully, she hasn’t developed extreme symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) all thanks to the correct treatment she is receiving. While Dr. Bhavya still visits once a week to assess Varenya’s progress, Samarth has taken on the responsibility of providing her with therapy sessions three or four times a week.

On the other hand, Ritika has taken on the responsibility of providing fitness training sessions to Varenya which include self-defense training as well. Although Varenya was trained in Karate since her childhood as her Baba wanted to ensure her safety, but she has lost her fighting spirit. Ritika, who has also trained Jivika, is now helping to rekindle that spirit in Varenya once again.

As for Kavyansh, he has become Varenya's greatest source of strength whenever she feels low or starts to see herself as insignificant. At times, her self-doubt becomes so overwhelming that Kavyansh has to address the situation sternly, which despite his firmness helps to calm her down. Additionally, he has encouraged her to resume her residency program. However, she has responded that she will only consider pursuing her dream after avenging her parents' and father's deaths.

Meanwhile, other members of the family hasn't left a chance to spoil Varenya with whatever she likes to do. Raghuvendra as usual has remained Varenya's favourite Daddu because he is the only one she knows as grandfather. Aaradhya and Radhika being the best mother-in-laws has been making her favourite food everyday, Pratap and Abhinav being the supportive father-in-laws has taken it to themselves to bring every day something new for her while coming back from office, Geetanjali has become the cool aunty aka older bestie of Varenya with whom she can gossip as much as she wants.

Adwait is the annoying older brother to Varenya always finding opportunities to tease her, while Shivansh has become the younger brother whom Varenya loves to tease just to laugh at his sulking. However, Varenya’s relationship with Jivika is now very different. Initially, it was Jivika who looked after Varenya but now their roles have completely reversed. Varenya’s protectiveness toward Jivika is similar to how she feels about Kiyansh, maybe because she has learned about everything Jivika endured at the hands of her Dadi and Bua. Varenya even scolds Shivansh if she catches him teasing Jivika as she cannot tolerate even the slightest sadness on Jivika’s face.

Lastly, Varenya has been receiving video calls from Eklavya aka her Bunny who is currently out of state for further studies. After learning from his mother that Varenya had regained her memory, he wanted to return home immediately. However, Kavyansh convinced him to stay and focus on his studies as that is more important. With no other option, Eklavya now interacts with his Varenya Bhabhi through video calls.

"Are you able to completely trust Meghna Aunty now?" Samarth asks looking at Varenya who lets out a sigh.

"I don't know, Sam. I'm not blaming her for anything but at the same time I feel like things wouldn’t have been so messed up if she had told me everything earlier. She could have told me that she is my biological mother and how my biological father was killed, but she chose to stay silent. I understand that she didn’t want to break my heart, but maybe if she had told me sooner Maa and Baba might still be alive." Varenya answers truthfully because no matter what she isn't able to come to the terms that she has been living with her biological mother all her life yet she doesn't have any idea about it.