Although he had left for college, Omkara's mind was still wandering over the strange behavior of Rudra, he definitely had not skipped school for the cricket match, but then why has he to always behave like a girl, not discussing the problem and expecting the other person to understand. He certainly wanted Om to know his problems and do something about that, but didn't want to tell him the problem. He was missing Shivaaye like anything, how did that guy understand what his brothers felt and wanted without a word, why couldn't he ever reach to that level of love.
This is infact all Shivaaye's fault he has made Rudra used to getting what he needs before saying"Hi Omkara. Congrats"., Om heard a voice from behind, "Dheeraj", Om smiled, "Why are you congratulating me?". "What do you mean by why congratulations?", Dheeraj retorted, "You have got this prestigious scholarship for pursuing your dual degree of Masters and Doctoral at the London Arts School with full tuition fee waiver and living expenses stipend. Isn't this a reason to congratulate?" "What!", replied Om with a big smile on his face.
How stupid of me, engrossed in thoughts of Rudra, I didn't even check my mailbox"I seriously didn't know about this. Thankyou so much Dheeraj."
Omkara had always known that his family had enough resources to send him to London for pursuing his passion, but he also knew that his dad didn't have the will, and even if for some reason he agreed for the course he would boast about it for life. This scholarship was an escape from all this.
"What you are planning to shift to London?", Shivaaye nearly shouted. "Not shift, this is just a 7-8 years course, I will be back after that", replied Om calmly. "And we definitely have leaves in between so I would also be coming home during those, why are you taking it so negatively?". "Om I understand that arts is your hobby your passion, but do you really need to go to a foreign country to pursue those?", Shivaaye tried to reason. "What kind of a question is that Shivaaye!", asked Omkara, "You know London Arts school is the best in this field. not many get admission and here I am getting a full tution fee waiver, is there even a reason to rethink of the option. "And.. what about... Rudra", Shivaaye cleared his throat before continuing, "You know he is not close to anyone in the house. You are the only person in that house with whom he can speak out his heart...", "And that is the reason you don't want me to pursue my dreams", Om said in a voice which made Shivaaye understand that he had hit the wrong cord, however before he could have continued or explained himself, Om had disconnected his call
"What the hell are you doing with my mobile!" Om heard the voice he hated the most at the entrance of their house. He entered the house to find Tej shouting at Rudra. "Dad, I... I had just taken it to see the games which my friends told are there in the mobiles and...", "And in the meanwhile replied your foolish poem to one of my clients. Do you even know how much embarrassment I had to face because of your stupidity", Tej completed Rudra's statement. On any usual day Om would have left the spot without intervening, but for some strange reason he decided to stay there. "Don't shout at me, I am not scared", Rudra said in a very mechanical tone which startled Tej for a while. "You are not just irresponsible but also very ill mannered", said Tej while putting a hard slap across his face "I am not scared", Rudra repeated further infuriating Tej, however before he could have said something he heard the roaring of Om, "What on the earth are you trying to do Mr. Oberoi. Don't you have the basic courtesy to not hit a small kid".
"Really, and what about him", retorted Tej, "He has made me a laughing stock in front of my clients", "So it was your responsibility to keep your phone safe", Om said & without waiting for any answer held Rudra and headed towards his room. "I am not scared", Rudra said. "I know champ you aren't", said Om with a smile, "But lets go"
Om took Rudra to his room, and made him sit onto the bed. "I am not scared", Rudra repeated. "OK that is enough now", Om said in loud voice, "I have heard this many times, I don't care if you are scared or not". he was getting irritated by the increased noise of his parents fight. While Tej was angry at Jahnavi for not giving his children good upbringing, Jahnavi was accusing Tej for his illicit affairs asking how could the children of such people be good mannered
"I have my O with me, I am not scared at all", Rudra's line forced Om to look at him. He now noticed that all this while Rudra was just mechanically saying that line. And what was that? Was Rudra panting, yes he surely was and that was directly proportional to the pitch of his parents fights. "Rudra", Om reached out to his younger brother in a second, "What happened?" "Nothing will happen to me till my O is with me", said Rudra while simultaneously panting, "Bhaiyya had told me".
His Bhaiyya had told him? But why didnt he tell me the way to cope up with this situation? What is this? And what exactly am I supposed to do?"Rudra", said Om while patting at his back, "Please clam down prince. Take a few deep breaths"
Oh God is he even listening"Yes Rudra, you don't need to be scared", Om continued, "Your O is always with you, just calm down and listen to him, or else he will get angry"
"I told this to papa", Rudra continued, "I will also tell this Reyaan, so what if he is the class monitor, he cant always mock at me and hit me with a ruler" Last line alerted Om,
He is becoming a victim of school bullying, Oh God how couldn't I realize, he comes up with all the excuses to skip schoolFocus Om this isn't the time think all these, calm him down"Don't worry about papa or Reyaan till your O is here" said Om while brushing through his back. "Your bhaiyya was right O would always be by your side, and can never get angry at you', He then kissed the forehead of Om and embraced him. Rudra's breath slowly started becoming normal. Om then took a glass of water and made Rudra drink through it while constantly brushing his back. Finally after all these efforts, he found what he was missing - A smile on Rudra's face
"Thanks for calling Om", Shivaaye's voice was a strange mix of relaxation and restlessness, "I didn't mean to hurt you. I simply wanted to say that..."
"Its Ok Shivaaye. I just called you tell that I am not going to London, not at least till you are back"
Edited by FlauntPessimism - 8 years ago
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