Swara's POV
"Swara, you're not attending your interview now... " laksh groaned seeing me almost break my skin on my hand by squeezing it.
I forced a smile at him, before following the same.
"my sister is a vegetarian, for your information... "
I scoffed at him, before walking to Aadhya's room, with him as my lead. He let her sleep for a moment and went to her closet to get clothes for her. The little one was so used to him that she didn't care to wake up, even when he nudged her once before walking to her closet.
"can you please get some sandwiches for her. She'd be hungry. I'll wake her and get her dressed up. "
I nodded.
"sweetie.... " I heard him call her before I exit the room.
"umpf... " I breathed out once I was out.
Now, now, this has to go good. Laksh has been really good with me, even after (as I think) knowing everything I did. Maybe not exactly he knows everything. The best thing now, would be that I speak to him before we go there. Maybe then, I'll be able to face Sanskar and those two. I can feel my hands shake, in fear.
I put the bread slices into the toaster while I managed to cut the vegetables. The girl would like it. As far as I have known, she does have a liking for sandwiches.
Finally done with everything, I started to her room. I could feel my head thumping and my legs vibrating. Soon reaching the room I saw Aadhya ready to go, all dressed up waiting for the sandwiches, like she was telling him that her stomach 'growled like a wolf' in hunger. He laughed at her statement. He sat her on his lap, while he took the seat next to the headboard, as he saw me entering.
Laksh's POV
That feeling of losing someone, was never new to me. I lost my dad, my mom, my brother, my sister-in-law who was my best friend. But the pain now wasn't even. Everything wasn't same back then. I had lost them at once. But shruti was not the same case. I was losing her every day and that stung in my heart. My mind always went blank at the thought of losing her for once and for all. But somewhere in my heart, there was a hope that she would come back for me, to stay with me. And that kept me alive.
Now, that she's up, I'm losing my ability to talk to her. I don't know if things which are going on are for real? Or if it is something I'm just imagining. If I lived for the day, then, I would have to face the harsh reality that proves she's not up yet. I was so confused. Blank. Unsure. Not even when I heard her voice, I could believe myself that she was there for me. She was back. Things hurt. Real bad. I almost knocked Ragini out when she tried convincing me with shruti. Poor thing, she didn't show me her annoyance towards me. She was just quiet, holding my hand, sitting next to me. She smiled at me assuring me things were alright. But I could see the pain behind those beautiful eyes. I had never been the one who I was since shruti was knocked out. And she faced my wrath, while I acted well, in front of my brother, not to worry him more.
"my tummy growling like wolf... " Aadhya shook me, bringing me back from the reality.
I laughed at her lifting her to my lap, when I saw Swara enter.
She smiled at me while I returned her with my best one.
"here you go... " she handed the plate with sandwiches, to me.
Her voice told me something, that I couldn't catch.
"laksh, I want to talk to you about shruti. "
My breath hitched. I strained myself to remain cool, not to scare her. I knew there was something that had my brother hate her. Something with her and shruti. But thing was I knew nothing about it. He never told me completely. By what I know, she was the one who lead shruti to the godown. I sat Aadhya on the bed before walking to her.
