CHAPTER 3:
Annu: kitne dino ke baad mil rahe ho? meri yaad bhi aati hain kya aapko?
trio were surprised...annu freed taani from her hug and examined her from head to toe..
Annu:yeh kya hua? your cheek,what happened
Taani kept her palm on her cheek,it was were swayam slapped her, his four fingers were visible...
Taani: kuch nahi...yeh bata kaise hain sab,tune kuch ya nahi?
annu: aap topic ko change kar rahe ho...phir agar aap bata na nahi chate toh,its ok...meine kuch nahi khaya,socha aap ke saath
lunch karoongi..
Taani: nahi annu(kept her palm on her cheek)not today...plz understand,bhai khabie bhi aa sakte hain agar vo mujhe yahan dekhenge
toh bohot akward ho jayega...look, i have brought something for you...garama garam aloo parathe...
Annu: no di(pouting)you can't do this ..itne dinno ke baad mil rahe hai...no excuses
with this annu started pulling taani's hand...
Taani: par...
suddenly
Swayam: taani...
both of them turned their head to his direction and saw swyam standing their,fuming in anger...he went upto them..
he looked at taani and saw yesterday's slap's mark on her face, raised his hand to touch it but stopped it in the midway...
he then turned towards annu...
Swayam: chalo,ghar chalte hain...aur yeh mere friends hain Rey and this is Sharon...
Annu: can i come later? plz i want to spend time with di...plz
Swayam:(his voice was brimming with anger) nahi..strangers se baath hi nahi karna chaiye...
Taani stared at Swayam, she knew he was angry with her but it was hurting her badly
Annu: mein APNI DI ke saath jane ki baath kar rahi hun...aur mujhe aapki orders manne ki koi jaroorath nahi hain..(pulling taani's hand)
chalo di...
Swayam: no yo...
cutting him in between,
Taani:(freeing her hands) annu,dekh bhai ke saath ja...mujhe kahin jaana hain..phir kabhie milenge, i promise(gave her a quick hug)ghar ja ab..
Annu made a sad face: khatti...
then went to swayam, swayam was about to take her bag..
Annu: its ok i can manage, thank you...
Swayam stared at her and started walking towards the car.. sharon followed him
here rey and taani were standing there having an eyelock...rey then came back to his senses and broke the eyelock
and started walking to join his FRIENDS...
Taani: REY...
Rey stopped.her voice brought tears to his eyes all he wanted was to hug her and forget everything..he wanted his life back...
but pulling himself together he started walking...
Taani: reyyy...
Rey stopeed and turned around to face her..it was torturing him
Rey: what the he...
Taani: i love you..
Rey's eye widened...
Rey: look here, if this is some plan then..
Taani: i love you..
with this she turned and joined the crowd..leaving rey in a emotional turmoil...
then Rey's phone started to ring...it was swayam..he cancelled the call and went to the car
the journey was short..no one talked..soon they reached the flat. trio led annu to flat.
inside the house:
Swayam: tum jaake fresh ho kar aao...your lunch will be ready by then...
Annu: thank you,but i'm not hungry...
Swayam: but tumne hi toh kaha tha..that you were hungry...
Annu: agar mein hungry hun toh mere paas aalo ke parathe hain...where is my room?
Swayam: but..
Annu: where is my room?
Swayam: there,you can use the guest room...
Annu: and which is di's room?
Swayam pointed at taani's room..annu went there leaving her phone behind...
after few minutes it started ringing
'Anni di calling'...swayam took the call
Taani:(before he could say anything) mera ek kaam karegi? woh...
Swayam: mein uska bhai bol raha hun...
Aaani: bhai annu kahan hain...
Swayam: dekho miss, i don't know who you are? whoever you are don't call my sister again...
before he could say anything else annu came and snatched the phone
Annu: di i will call you lated,bye
Annu: dekhiye, aap mere bhai hain..but that doesn't give you the right to touch my things..
so better stay away from my personal things.
she stressed the word personal,and turned and left for her room..reahing the door again turned to face Swayam..
Annu: and from me
and closed the door with bang... may be it was an end of a brother-sister relation...
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