Amore Tales (Short Stories)

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"Rudrapratap!" A deep and authoritative voice made everyone shut their banters immediately.

"Yes, Baba Sa." Rudra asked in the same tone.

(Father)

"Now I wouldn't appreciate hearing any other word from anyone present here. Only Rudrapratap will speak." It was none other than Jaiveer Singh Rathore, in a way the city's head.

"Okay." Everyone replied in a chorus.

Who would defy his orders anyway?

"Were you able to find her?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore questioned, getting straight to the point.

"Baba Sa-" Rudra started only to be cut off.

(Father)

"Did you find her?" He asked in a hard voice making everyone present there gulp.

"No." Rudra responded with a sigh.

Rudra's complete family, with his father Jaiveer Singh Rathore being the head of the city Udaipur was seated in the living room of his farmhouse with her family as well. They were basically one.

"You were not able to do this single task I'd given you for your benefit?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore roared, getting up from the armchair pointing an accusing finger at his son, Rudrapratap.

"What was my benefit?" This time it was Rudra's hard voice.

"Tell me what was my benefit so I should've done everything up to the point." Rudra continued.

"You want to know your benefits?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore asked with raised eyebrows directed towards Rudra who nodded his head.

"So tell me who was the one coming to me for a proposal of the marriage to her?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore questioned.

"Uhh-" Rudra hesitated.

"What got you so thinking?" His father mocked.

"I was." Rudra responded immediately in a firm voice.

"Who was the one that came up to me for asking to marry of her with you as under a week as you couldn't wait anymore to take up the business and city?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore questioned again.

"I did." Rudra sighed.

It was absolutey true.

"And who was the one hell bent on getting married without even getting to know each other properly knowing how pressurizing it would've been on her and yourself?" He asked again.

"I was." Rudra replied in a low voice.

"And who was the one who didn't care about her or her feelings?" Jaiveer Singh Rathore questioned.

And everyone looked at him with wide eyes at the oh so random questioned.

"I didn't." Rudra answered without even realizing what question he had asked and what his reply is.

"You accept that? I don't think so." Jaiveer Singh Rathore mocked.

"Baba Sa-" Rudra got cut off by his father.

(Father)

"Let me complete Rudrapratap Singh Rathore." His father warned.

"Tell me do you even know anything about her?" His father continued questioning.

"Of course Baba Sa. She's the eldest daughter of the closest family to ours. Her father is your bestfriend and even both of our grandfathers were the most compatible rulers at that time. She was even my childhood bestfriend." Rudra responded.