I am back to the place i belong. This is my solitude, where i am close to my family, where i can be vulnerable and i don't have to cover it,where i can be the real me, the 13 year old boy who has lost his world in a day. If not of my nani, i would been in streets not knowing what to do and where to go with a sister who has gone numb with all those accusations hurled on her. But Nani came as a saviour who took them under her wings. I remember coming here to Nani in holidays, but never in his wildest dreams i dreamt that i would be coming here to live that too without my mother. That day stepping inside the same house where i literally spent half of his childhood would become a job to be done. Every step that i took that day towards Shantivan kept reminding me that this was not my rightful place that i will be here at someone's mercy .But with every passing day, they made me realise that now i was not their grandson or their nephew but their son, just like Akash. Mama and Mami were such a sweetheart that they never differentiated between me and Akash. And Akash was such a supportive brother i could ever ask for. Initially i was worried that i was snatching the love that was meant for Akash but then i realised that i wasn't snatching something from him rather i was creating mine. Now after 5 years of that incident, i feel that this is my home, that mama-mami are my parents even though i didn't tell them and i think i would probably never but i am really grateful that they showered me with their love. Now this is the place where i am i, this is the place which made me what i am today, this place have helped me to shape my future. Mama has shown me the dreams of bright future. I am so grateful to them for everything.
But even after all these, i am afraid . I am afraid to let people know what they meant to me. There is a fear that if i tell them then they too would leave me like mom and dad did. And in that fear only i have lost my best friend Khushi. Yes, i have never told her this but she was my best friend. She was the best thing that happened to me in last two years but due to my this fear i have lost her and i don't know when will i be able to meet her. I know she lives here in Lucknow because of her truth or dare game but i don't know exactly where and even if i knew i don't have courage to meet her. I just hope wherever she is, she remains happy as i remember her friends are here in lucknow, i just hope...
Mami: Arnav Bitwa... Come soon, Anjali bitiya too has returned from temple.
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Coming to Di, Di has recovered with all the love and care she received from the family. He was always there to take care of his di, at every step. Now his Di is a well known interior designer in Lucknow.
Anjali: Chotte? Aapaagye?( "chotte" a nickname for little ones. You have returned?)
Arnav: Ji Di, abhithorederpahle hi. Aapkaiseho?(yes di, just now. How are you?)
Anjali: ham bilkultheek h chotte. Tumhepta h, aajhumneekbhut hi pyaarilarkidekhi, bilkulparijesi, par uskeaankho me kuchdardsathajohmpehchanniipaaye...(i am alright chotte. you know today i met with a very cute girl, just like angel, but her eyes have some pain which i couldn't recognise.)
Arnav: Who was the girl di?
Anjali: I don't know. She helped me in temple. She was such a sweetheart.
Aman: SWEETHEART.... ARE YOU ALL TALKING ABOUT ME?HAAYEHAAYEKITNILAMBIUMARHAIMERI... AAPNEPUKARAAUR HAM CHALEAAYE....(OMG, I HAVE A LONG LIFE... YOU CALLED ME AND HERE I AM..)
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Arnav : Can you ever enter the home silently Aman?
Aman: Never mere bhai never... Ab apne hi ghr me chorokitarahkyaghusna? Hainadi?( Now why to enter in your own home like thief? Right di?)
Anjali: Haabilkul... Tum bhinachotte, kyubechhare Amy to preshaankrterhteho...(yeah right... you too chotte, why you always tease Amy?)
With that she hugged Aman like never before for which he can only roll his eyes. They are like that from childhood, they would always team up against him.... And he may say that he hated it but internally, he always find their gesture cute. Aman was his chuddy buddy. they both have known each other since birth. Arnav's parents and Aman's parents were business partners , and Aman was three months older than him. When he first saw a two day baby Arnav, all he wanted to touch a creature who was just like him, i.e. Arnav. And after that day onwards they were inseparable.
Arnav:HaaHaa.. aap to iss bandar ko hi support krogi. Ptaniiiss bandar nekyajaadukrrkha h aappr, kijb ye aata h tbaapapne sage bhai ko bhibhuljaateho... ( yes yes.. you will only support this monkey... Don't know what magic he had done on you that you forget your own brother in front of him..) {he whined like a child..}
Aman: Bandar kise bola tune?(Whom did you call monkey?)
Arnav: Tujhe bola... bandar bandar Aman is a bandar...(I called you that... monkey... monkey Aman is a monkey...)
And with that started their tom and jerry chase all around the living room of RM....
Nani: ye kyaafratafrimacharkhi h mere ghar me?( what is this nuisance in my house?)
Nani: ohhaccha bandar aaya h to uchalkhud to hoga hi ghr me....(ohh right, a monkey has entered in the house, it ought to jump here and there in house....)
With that everybody started laughing and they shared a group hug.
Both are contended in their lives with a little pain of past. And they are hoping to move on with their lives. But destiny has different plans .
AUTHOR'S NOTE
HELLO PEEPS... SURPRISE UPDATE.... THANKS FOR YOUR PRECIOUS VOTES AND COMMENTS INTHE EARLIER PART. I ALWAYS LOVE THEM AND IT KEEPS MOTIVATING ME TOWRITE MORE ANDMORE FOR YOU SO PLEASE GIVE YOUR LOVE TO THIS CHAPTER AS WELL...
