"Yes I do realise do u r trying to say but.."
"Der is no place of but here.."
"I have no job"
"U will find one..."
"What if I can't. ."
"So what...we stay here as a burden to baba whole life?"
"Baba never saw us as a burden"
"Well but I do..."
"Why?"
"Now u m not answerable to u"
"And from wen did this rule pass"
"From the time u have been going against me"
"Pls I m..."
Der was a knock on the door halting the agreement we two sisters had an umpteenth time for last one week...
Adi stood der with a tie in his hand. ..
"Mom and maa r busy... so mom suggested that maybe you can help" adi said looking. .at me...
My god adi is still so cute. . He never knew how to tie a tie..
When we were kids I used to see mritunjay helping him with that and as we grew up and mritunjay went on time to school and me and adi being always late..this ritual came on my part... no I never minded coz that was the only time for me and adi bonding. .. his stories about the girls...
"Yes adi come in..I will help u "
It was an exchange system ..as soon as adi entered. .nandu stormed out of the room...
"Is everything ok?"
"Yes adi...yes give me the tie"
"Why were u and nandu di fighting then?"
"Its just a sibling fight..like u and mritunjay do sometimes"
I said smiling at the memories of them pulling each other hairs as children. .
"But we never raised our voices. ..bhai never raised his voice over me no matter how much he was pissed by my action. ...well now everything is changed. ."
Adi said the last words with obvious sadness...
"Why...mrityunjay may think u r a good boy now..."
"No I m not a good boy..never was...I was and I m a spoilt brat...doesn't know my responsibility. .never cared whom I hurt...but I always thought I had bhai on my side..he scolding me was a reminder for me that he is der..backing me at each step...but now..he seems to be just aloof.. now he doesn't scold me..never gives a lecture when come late...when I m not properly dressed. ..it seems like he has just stop caring about me...for what all happened in his life..it wasn't my fault. ...was it?"
Anyone can surely tell how much adi is away from his bhai..or I would say vice versa. ...
"Mritunjay was getting a divorced. .it was hard on a person." I wasn't able to speak I was choking again. ...
"But he wanted it..."
"What..mrityunjay wanted the divorce ...?"
"No one told you about bhai and radha..?"
I shook my head in a no...
"Well then I m not the correct person for the narration ..u better ask yug bhai...coz bhai is not going to speak a word.."
The tie was long done which we realised after an awkward silence. ...
"Thanks..."
As adi turned to leave I felt the words slip ...
"Weren't they happy with the marriage? "
"Tara... some part of bhai's life is a black hole. ..."
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