It's 1 o clock at night.Mahir is in his study.
He had been working. He just now finished all his work, and stood up tiredly, walked out to his room. But inbetween while walking he heard some video game sounds from game room! Shaking his head in disbelief! He opened the game room door, startling vihan, who was soo engrossed with his video game! vihan's eyes widened, but quickly he made a cute puppy face to melt mahir!

"Why are you here NOW?" Mahir asked sternly! Making himself strong for not to give in for that look!

"Bhaiya abhi aaya hu mai...wo...neend...nhi.......aap...mat...avo..pls ..no..." Vihan stood up quickly and ran back when mahir came close! It was a LIE! Vihan came here once he was done with dinner!

"Idhar aa vihan" vihan shook his head!
Who will voluntarily go and get whacked?
Not he!

"Mai dubara nhi bolunga vihan" Vihan took baby steps towards him, once he reached mahir whacked him not so gently. For lying!

"Dare u lie again vihan" Vihan nodded with pout!

"It's 1 at night vihu, pagal ho gya hai tu? Aur kitna der khelna hai tujhe?haan......" Vihan hugged him in between his scolding itself!

"Bhaiya, Mai bhi wohi bol rha hu, it's 1 at night, abhi bhi aapko daantna hai mujhe. Daanto nhi na" vihan said cutely looking at him.

Mahir pulled him back from the hug, with gripping his ear, tightly, making vihan hiss.

"Agar aap daant padne Wale kaam nhi karte toh Mai bhi daanta nhi beta, chl bahut hogya, go to Bed! NOW! " vihan pulled Mahir's hand from his ear, after lots of try, but mahir only left the hold!

"Bhaiya...pls...na ek aur...pls" vihan tried and the look on his face made mahir to give in, almost. But mahir remained Stern!

"Vihan I said Go to Bed right now! Kal college hai, aapko yaad bhi hai beta? Turn it off and GO!" Mahir said in a ordering tone, to which vihan made a upset face!

" Atleast ye game toh finish karne dijiye na...u disturbed me in the middle bhaiya...plsss...pls...pls...pls...pls..pls..pls...pls.." And continued with his pleading!

"Maar Khana hai tujhe" vihan didn't give any attention to his warning tone and continued with his pleading until mahir gave IN!

"Finish this and Go to bed! If I see u again at late night here, U can kiss good bye to all ur video games for 2 months!" Mahir left with the warning, making vihan mumble, hitler!

"Vihan, i swear, i will ground u with no privileges" Mahir said, coming back from washroom after getting freshened up.

Vihan came to Mahir's room after finishing that game and took his phone out!
🙂 And that was the sight mahir witnessed when he came back!

"Kya yaar aapko bhaiya, aagya hu na Mai"
Vihan said in annoyed voice and continued with his mobile!

"Are u serious vihan? Tu mobile leke baitha hai itni raat ko....." Vihan stopped him in middle.

"Haan toh mujhe neend nhi aa rhi hai"
Mahir took vihan's phone suddenly and kept it aside, vihan didn't even know when he came near him!

"Bhaiya" vihan shut his mouth when he saw that Stern glare at him!

"Kuch bolna hai" vihan shook his head meekly. His tone itself made the work done!!!

"Kya problem hai tujhe haan? Raat ki itni baj rha hai aur tu video games khel rha hai, mobile phone pe Lage hai? Hua kya hai tuje vihan?" Vihan hugged his waist as mahir is standing beside him, and snuggled in his embrace, and mahir carressed his head gently.

"Kya hua vihu"

Vihan said still hugging him, " I slept for more than 5 hours in afternoon bhaiya, ab neend nhi aa rhi hai toh kya karu? Aur aap bhi kaam kar rhe the, toh mujhe bore ho raha tha. Isiliye game khelne gya mai"
Mahir kissed his forehead pulling him back from the hug.

"Lekin aap toh aise hi daantne lag gye mujhe, jao meko nhi karni aapse baat!"
Vihan huffed and sat straightly with his hands fold.

"Arey, gussa kyu kar rha hai tu, itni raat ko game khelega toh mujhe gussa ayega na. Acha sorry. Idhar dekh na vihu...bacha pls...."

Mahir tried to sit opposite to him but vihan acted quickly, he pulled his blanket and laid down covering fully himself.

"Vihu, ab bhaiya ko good night bole Bina so jayega tu? Uth bacha sorry na."
Mahir tried to pull the blanket but vihu gripped it as Tightly as he could from inside.

"Acha sorry! Dekh na main kaan pakad ke sorry bolunga...pls...uth vihu" but vihan wasn't ready to listen, a cute pout formed in Mahir's face!

"Pls bacha...." Mahir is keep on trying in pulling that blanket! Mahir smiled while trying as a cute memory of him and lil vihu came to his mind!........

He finally used his full strength and pulled the blanket only to see vihan giggling!

Vihan glared him when he realised that mahir pulled the blanket away.

"Mujhe aapse baat nhi karni!"

"Chodo mujhe bhaiya...chodooooo" he yelled when mahir pulled him up to make him sit.

"I'm sorry!" Mahir asked holding his both ears, but vihan looked away.

"Really sorry bacha!" Vihan didn't even look at him.

"Acha ab se gussa nhi karunga. Baat kar pls"

(Mahir showed his puppy face to melt vihan!)

(Me- 🤣)

"Aapko pata hai, Aaj kal na bahut zyada strict ho te Jaa rhe ho aap!" Vihan said looking at him with a cute glare!

"Aur aapko pata hai, aap kitna naughty hote Jaa rhe ho Aaj kal?" Mahir smiled widely asking him!

"I'm not naughty!" Vihan said with a Serious look!

"And the sky is pink!!!" Mahir said with a surprised tone, sarcastically, and laughed out loud!

"Ughhhh! Aap mujhse baat mat karo, Hitler bhaiya, i don't want to talk to you!!!!!"
Vihan said and moved far from mahir when he came near him.

"Oi...idhar aa..arey...acha...ruk....ruk..." Vihan did the same but stood up and ran away to his room when mahir came more closer to him.

"Pagal bacha" mahir chuckled and went to his room!

"Jao aap yaha se" vihan shouted when mahir opened the door!

"Vihu chila mat, It's midnight!"
Mahir said firmly! And walked to his bed and pushed him gently to other side so that he can lay there. But vihan occupied fully not letting him to even sit beside him.

"Itna gussa mat karna bacha. Bhaiya is sorry na" Mahir pulled his cheeks and got a hard swat from vihan!

"Jao aap yaha se" he said in a normal tone with cute angry expression!

"Itni zor se koi maarta hai, lag rhi hai mujhe" mahir complained as the swat was really hard! But vihan shrugged his shoulders!

"Aap maarte ho, Aur aap toh isse zyada zor se maarte ho, huh!" Vihan said looking at with corner of his eyes.

"Acha ji, chl mujhe mujhe neend aa rhi hai, udhar ho" mahir said with heaving a yawn.

"Aap apne kamre me jao. Mujhe akele Sona hai!" Vihan said spreading his hands and legs widely, so that full bed will be occupied by him.

"Ab kya hogya ki tu itna gussa kar rhe ho?" Mahir asked with a annoyed glare.

"Really bhaiya!  Aap puch rhe ho. Aap na jao yaha se pehle. Mujhe bhi neend aa rhi hai" vihan said and closed his eyes tightly while mahir glared him nd tried to push him other side gently. Soon that transformed into a pillow fight! They both played like this, and started to laugh loudly. The Malhotra Brothers are playing with each other at the time of 2 in midnight!!!!!!

"Acha bas...bas...bas...utne toh de mujhe!"
Mahir took a relief breath and got up to sit straight as vihan, in pillow fight laid mahir down fully and whacked him with the pillow!

"Ab khush? Gussa gya Tera?" Mahir asked, pulling him in his embrace.

"Sorry beta" vihan snuggled in his embrace nodding his head in ok.

While pulling him back from the hug, mahir saw how tiredly he is yawning!

"Neend aa rhi na, chl let's sleep!"

Mahir settled himself in the bed properly, and vihan soon laid himself on his lap and mahir carressed him,resting his head on the headrest of the bed.

"Love you bhaiya....goooooo...d...ni...ght"
Vihan slept quickly as he was tired and mahir placed a kiss on his forehead gently and wished him back in a whispering voice.

"Love you too bacha!"

And when he saw that small smile forming on vihan's lips, he remembered their one of the cute memory.....and as mahir closed his eyes....the memory clouded him...........

(Flashback)

When vihan was 5 year old.

"What was that vihan?" Mahir asked the cute boy who is looking at him with most innocent eyes.

"I'm asking you something?" Mahir asked very Sternly, and the tears flowed down from vihan's eyes.

"Ab Rona shuru mat kar. Bata kyu kiya Aisa?" Mahir asked, picking up the lil boy in his arms, who cried!

"Ro mat bacha" he wiped his tears and asked again, when lil vihan calmed down.

"Sowwy!" Lil vihan said cutely only to get a glare from mahir.Mahir got very worried about knowing what his kid had done. And now his worry turned into anger!

Little vihan became very naughty in school, though his all antics were cute,he crossed a line today, which forced the school to call mahir. Vihan forgot to do his homework and when the teacher just scolded him a lil that too with gentle tone as he was continuously not doing homework,he ran out of the classroom shocking her and vihan just ran near the main gate of school while crying and shouting 'Bhaiya'. If not the watchman, caught him, he would have ran away in the road! And when mahir came, he got to know about some more mischiefs, which lil vihan did. Mahir didn't show any angry until they reach home, he just called him to his room after getting freshened up.

"Kya sorry? Aise kaun bhagta hai vihu? Kuch ho jata toh? Kyu bhaga tu? Aur homeworks kyu nhi kar rhe ho, jab bhi Mai puchta hu toh yahi bolta ho na ki kar dunga kar dunga, yeh kiya tune? Maar Khana hai tujhe?" Mahir gave a whack to him and Lil Vihan cried hiding his face in Mahir's embrace.

Mahir sat with placing the lil boy in his lap. Vihan sniffed cutely.

"Stop crying vihan" Mahir said sternly to which he heard a another loud shrieking voice from vihan.

"Vihan i said stop crying" He raised his voice with another gentle whack that managed to stop vihan's loud cry but he is crying silently now.

"Baat kar rha hu na, why are you crying now?"Vihan pouted looking down.

"Aap guccha kal le ho" lil vihan said, and mahir smiled. He loves when lil vihu speaks like that!

"Aur kya Karu Mai? How dare you to run like that? Haan" Vihan's eyes again pooled up with tears but somehow he managed to stop that after hearing Mahir's warning.

"I will really whack u hard now!" Mahir warned with showing his hand.

"Bhagne ki kya zarurat thi haan bol "
Mahir asked giving him a not so gentle but also a gentle whack for wiggling while sitting on his lap. Lil vihan don't want to listen any more scolding!

"Maaro nhi meko" vihan said cutely glaring at mahir,then sniffed.

"Then answer me without crying"

"Meko daant nhi, leki wo daant rli thi, cho i run" Lil vihan said with cute expressions and pouted sadly.

"Aap galti karoge toh daantenge na aapki teacher. But u should not run like that vihu. This better be the last time. Agar fir se aise kuch hua na vihan, bahut maarunga Mai." Vihan cried loudly and jumped down from his lap startling mahir and ran fastly to the next room where Kabir is doing his assignments.

"Arey...kya...hua...bacha..." Kabir picked him and asked wiping his tears, by saying
Sweet nothings and kissing his forehead!

Mahir who came behind him saw this and walked near them.

"Kya hua isse mahir?" Kabir asked mahir, Vihan cried more and hid more closer in Kabir's embrace at the mention of mahir.

"School se bhagne wale tha ye, they called me. Dekh kitni himmat hai iski"
Mahir said glaring him while Kabir's eyes went wide. But he also murmured some thing to himself making mahir glare at him.

"Aakhir bhai kiska hai, himmat toh hoga hi" listening this, mahir asked him with raising his eyebrows.

"Kuch bola tune Thakkur!" Kabir glared him and changed the topic!

"Tune rulaya na bache ko" vihan came out from the embrace and nodded his head in yes and then again snuggled closer to his embrace.

"Pagal hai kya tu. Pyaar se samjha na. Bacha hai" before mahir could answer him or Kabir could continue, vihan mumbled to Kabir in a meek voice.

"Bhaiya ne maara" Mahir looked away as Kabir shifted his stern eyes to him.

"Are u mad Malhotra? Maara kyu usse?"
He whacked him hard and mahir hissed.

"Galti hai uski, pyar se kuch bhi baat nhi sunta ye. Aur Tu kya mujhe mujhe maar rhe ho?" He complained.

"Fir bhi bacha hai wo. Can't u handle him gently"

"Oh hello! I just gave him gentle whacks, wo natak kar rha hai, tu kyu saath de rha hai pagal" vihan shook his head in no in Kabir's embrace.

But when Kabir raised his hand again, vihan caught that cutely and glared him.

"Bhaiya ko mat maro" they both Chuckled looking at how cutely he is holding Kabir's big hand with his tiny hands.

"Acha nhi maar rha hu, aur ap batao, kyu bhaga aise? U shouldn't have done that vihu" Vihan nodded sadly and Kabir hugged him.

"Aage se mat karna bacha"

"Okie buddy!"

"Dekha, samjh gya na wo!" Kabir asked mahir while he just asked him to look back at lil vihan who is giggling silently in Kabir's lap, through his eyes.

"Acha chal bahut hogya drama, lunch karte hai chl." Vihan held Kabir tightly while mahir hold his tiny hands.

"Chal na kya hua" mahir asked and vihan replied to Kabir.

"I won'th talk to him" Kabir laughed loudly while mahir sighed.

"Vihan baad me gussa kar le, ab chl lunch karte hai."

"NOoooooooo" he shouted and started to run in that whole room giggling while mahir chased him behind, making Kabir laugh out loud!

"Tujhe badi hasi aa rhi hai, pakad na usse" Mahir said as vihan is not leaving any chance for him to catch him.

"Arey, tu pakad na. Woh bacha hai tu pakad nhi sakta?" Kabir teased him while mahir continued with chasing Little vihan as now he ran out of the room, but not before giving Kabir a annoyed glare!

" Vihu bhag mat bacha...ruk...."
Lil Vihan finally stopped after he himself got tired. And mahir too reached to him.

Lil vihan shouted when mahir picked him up.

"Chodo....chodo...chodo mujhe....chodo..."
Vihan wiggled hitting mahir with his tiny hands. And mahir sighed

"Vihu, chup!" Vihan stopped immediately and looked away.

"Lunch kar pehle fir jitna gussa kar na karle, jitna khelna hai khel. But first eat your lunch!"

Mahir placed vihan in his chair and went to serve the lunch in a plate. He came back only to get shocked. Vihan isn't there!
Mahir kept the plate aside.

"Vihu...vihu...idhar avo" he knows very well, that vihan would have hide somewhere, he just don't want to eat.

"Vihan bacha pls... stop playing hide and seek, come here bacha."

Mahir heard giggles behind the curtain, he walked there and pulled the lil boy out by his tiny hand.

"Heheehe" he gave a cute look with hehe smile.

"Kaha tha na pehle lunch kar."

"But I'm angryyy!"
Vihan said and ran to Mahir's room.

"Uff! Iska kuch nhi ho sakta"
He too ran there.

"Vihu bacha baat sun na" He tried to pull the blanket away from him. But vihan held it close as much tight as he could.
But mahir pulled it, still vihan again pulls that to himself.

"Acha bhaiya is very sorry. Ab se bilkul gussa nhi karunga Mera chota sa bacha pe, pls...na...idhar dekh"

"No u whacked me" vihan replied and sat far from him when mahir pulled the blanket fully and tried to sit beside him.

"Vihu bacha I'm sorry ab se nhi maarunga" he held his both ears and asked sorry cutely and lil vihan looked at with the corner of his eyes.

"Sachi Gucha nhi kaloge na aur maaroge bhi nahi na" lil vihan asked in a confirming tone and mahir nodded in assurity and vihan jumped on mahir making him chuckle.

"Mujhe ice cream chaye" mahir agreed making vihan happy!

"I lub you bhaiya" vihan said hugging him tightly and mahir rubbed his back standing up, to go down and have lunch, replied, " I too love u soo much bacha"
And tickled lil vihu who giggled cutely.
Kabir too joined them and the trio went to eat lunch!!!

(End of Flashback)

Vihan isn't changed. He is still that lil vihu.
Still he is standing like a scared kitten in front of mahir. And Mahir is glaring him with folded hands.

"Now don't give me that innocent looks vihan" Vihan pouted and looked down.

"Look at Me" Vihan didn't dare to!

" I said look at me vihaan " Vihan looked up.

"Now tell me, what was that in college?"
Mahir asked calmly, taking slow steps towards him who gulped hard.

"Bhaiya....wo...Mai...main..wo...main...main... actually...." Vihan stopped when he received a whack and yelled.

"Bol rha hu na main" but again yelped as mahir whacked him hard!

"Ab seedha batayega" Vihan nodded.

"I'm sorry bhaiya"

"I didn't ask for apologize vihan, kya kiya tune aj college Mai haa?" Mahir asked pulling his ear in a tight grip making vihan yelp!

"Ouch...bata...ta...hu chodo...ap..oww...bhaiya...ahh..I..slept....at...my....class....hours....acha sorry...sorry..."
Mahir just stopped twisting it, but didn't leave the hold.

"Aur kuch nhi kiya aapne beta?" Vihan shook his head gulping.

"Acha...haan" again he gave a good twist making vihan yelp in pain, few tears dropped down from his eyes!

"Ow...sorry...chodo...pls..." Vihan looked at him with puppy eyes and mahir left the hold.

"I know everything vihan, u better don't lie"

"Wo...main...na........"

As yesterday both the Malhotra Brothers slept very late, today vihan was very sleepy, so he slept in his class hours and when the professor waked him up, vihan said Your lecture was like a lullaby making the whole class laugh out loud. Even though he is a good student, he never miss a chance to do pranks or irritate his professors but at a limit. But today the prof. Got angry on his reply and complained to principal who called mahir. Then mahir got to know about all his pranks and some other mischiefs.

"Count loudly vihan" Mahir ordered him to do 50 sit ups! (This time he won't give in so quickly)

"Pls...bhaiya..."

"Vihan iske baad u have to write a apology letter to your professor. Time waste mat kar. Continue!"

"19.....20.............." He continued.

"Aap bahut bure ho....bahut.....bahut....bahut...bahuuuuuuut"

After completing his all punishments, he started complaining about how mean mahir is.

"Haan ji mai toh bahut bura hu isiliye apko punishment Dene ke baad ice cream khilaya maine, aur ab aapka leg massage bhi kar rha hu right?" Vihan looked away, while mahir continued massaging his leg. He stopped at 35 sit ups but the boy was making him feel like he punished him so badly!

"Lekin fir bhi itna punishment kaun deta hai bhaiya?"

"Aur itna troubles kaun create karta hai bacha?"

Vihan hugged him and mahir pulled him close to his heart!!!

"Class hours me Sona band kar vihu, isiliye bol rha hu raat me jaldi so Jaya kar!"
Vihan nodded.

"Don't play video games at late night vihu, I won't this again! If I see you there again in late night, u will be having a Bed time!
And that is 9 o clock! Baki Teri Marzi!"

Vihan's eyes went wide! Really! Bed time?
He won't take any risk! Huh! Hitler, his bhaiya! He shouted no and snuggled closer in Mahir's embrace making mahir chuckle!!!

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I think this will be the last chapter of this year!!!! Hope u like the last chapter of 2023 of this book!!

Next Chapter will come, Next Year 2024!!!! I'll surely give an update on New Year!

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