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"Who the fuck is this?" Nilay shouts after pushing the unknown person's butt off his face. 

He thought he was at his best friend's home, sleeping but he doesn't remember being in a strip club and being choked by that. Needless to say, The butt really jolted him up. 

Kairav lands on his hand on the floor, causing pressure on his cut. He groans in pain. He looks up at Nilay with tearful eyes.

"What…. What are you doing here, kid?" Nilay asks, not really understanding why the kid is crying. 

"Bad…..you are a bad ghost!" Kairav accuses, crying softly.

"What?" Nilay's brain is still asleep as it seems. 

"My previous AB negative blood." He keeps chanting while crying. 

Nilay stays here, being dumbfounded as he keeps watching the boy crying his heart out, a little amount of blood pouring out of his finger. It's just a tiny amount. Nilay wouldn't even see it if he didn't pay attention to his finger. However, Nilay has an idea why the kid is behaving this way.

"You are drunk as shit, kid." Nilay says, rolling his eyes. 

"Shit drinks?" The boy asks, being genuinely curious, so curious that he stops crying for a few seconds. 

"Yeah. A little shit named Kairav seems to have a lot of alcohol." Nilay replies. 

However, Kairav isn't happy with the answer so he starts crying again, holding his injured finger. 

"I will sue you, ghostie! You will have to pay me a million dollars for my blood." He cries out. 

"Oh no! I don't have a million dollars." 

"I will sell your kidneys, heart…. And your penis? Is it big enough? Will people buy it?" 

Vikram enters the hall room with a first aid kit in hand at that time. 

"What's happening here?" Vikram asks immediately, noticing Kairav on the floor crying while Nilay is laughing his ass off. 

"Your secretary is hilarious, man." Nilay says in between his laughter. 

"I f-feel pain." Kairav innocently says like a child, showing his bloody finger to Vikram. 

Vikram doesn't want to admit it but it melts his heart. The way Kairav is talking with pouty lips is making the boy look like an innocent creature. He almost looks like Veer after one of his episodes, just as vulnerable as him. 

"Stop laughing, you fucking idiot." He rebukes his best friend before kneeling in front of the kid, setting the first aid kit aside. 

Vikram doesn't like the way Nilay is laughing his ass off while the boy is crying. Call it a brother's protective nature. He doesn't know why he feels like that though. The person who sent him the letter can be Kairav. The sender used "K" to identify themselves. But he does have the heart to question Kairav right now. 

Vikram wipes his tears away with his bare hands, gently asking him to stop crying. He is exhausted, ready to collapse any moment. The cut has started to hurt. He should have gone to a doctor. However, it's because of him the kid is in this situation. He gotta make sure he is ok. 

"Aww, isn't it adorable? Should I grab my camera and capture this adorable moment?" Nilay teases. 

"What did you do to him?" Vikram asks instead. 

"What would you do when someone's butt lands on your face when you are just trying to sleep?" Nilay questions back, throwing his hands in the air for a dramatic effect. 

Vikram face palms. He should have known that Kairav would do something like this. He finds himself laughing a little bit. This boy has the power of annoying anyone. However, he fixes his attention on the small cut on Kairav's finger. 

Vikram takes Kairav's finger and applies some  with the help of a cotton ball. Kairav winches at the stinging sensation but he lets Vikram do the work.

"What about bondage?" Kairav innocently asks while pointing at white bandage.

Nilay chokes on air while Vikram coughs.

"It's a bandage and yeah, I'm gonna put it on your cut now." He answers the boy who nods his head happily. 

"He is really a kid, isn't he?" Nilay asks while laughing, " But why did you bring him here?" 

Vikram helps the boy sit on the couch. 

"Where should I leave him then? He knows everything. Gotta make sure he doesn't open his mouth when he gets sober." 

"Is Veer alright?" Nilay asks, remembering the whole incident. 

That fucker wanted to provoke Veer to make the situation worse that before. It was already hard to bring Veer out of that state. Now, it's gonna take a lot more effort.

"He will be." Vikram says. 

He doesn't let it show but Nilay knows he is worried sick for his brother. Vikram can do anything for his brother. Nilay has a feeling they will catch the culprit soon.

"Oh my god! There is ketchup on your body as well." Kairav exclaims suddenly when Vikram takes off the cost. 

Apparently, a big amount of blood looks like ketchup to him but his tiny amount of blood looks like a huge thing. 

"What the- what happened, Vik?" Nilay asks, getting worried. 

"That little fucker stabbed me but it's a little cut ."Vikram answers to which Nilay replies with an eye roll. 

Without saying anything, Nilay grabs the first aid kit from Vikram and starts to treat his injury. 

"This needs stitches, man. Go to the doctor early in the morning tomorrow or else I will have your head for breakfast. Bleeding has stopped, that does mean it won't get any infections." Nilay lectures, Turing to a total serious guy. 

"Can I play with your body too?" Kairav asks suddenly.

Nilay looks at the kid for a long while. 

"Alright. Let's talk about the elephant in the room. What's wrong with the kid?" Nilay seems genuinely concerned. 

"There's an elephant in the room? Woah! Where is it?" He gets excited.

"He thinks Veer was playing with Ketchup over Nora's body." 

Nilay nods his head, not commenting on it further. Things must be tough for Vikram. He loved Nora a lot. She was his long term girlfriend. Her death took a toll on him. However, his love for Veer is greater than anything. He has utter faith in his brother. Veer would never do that. Vikram tried to forget it all but guilt never left his heart. Vikram is one hell of a man. If it was someone else in his place, that person would go insane by now. 

"I sent you the location of Ravi. Any news about him?" Nilay asks, trying to convert the conversation. 

Thankfully, Kairav seems to be sleeping. He doesn't have to fear hearing more nonsense. The boy already knows a lot. 

"Yeah. I found his dead body." Nilay is too shocked to even blink. 

"What the fuck? I thought he was the mastermind? Who killed him?!" 

"Apparently, he was just a bait. The Hunter is still aiming their gun at us." 

Vikram hands Nilay the letter he found in Ravi's home.

"One clue to find that bastard. I think I have seen that handwriting before but I cannot remember now." 

"I don't recognise it." Nilay says after examining the note. 

"But it's definitely someone who knows you and who holds a grudge against you." Vikram nods his head. 

He will have to walk down the memory lane to remember who is so upset with him to do something like this. 

"I wanted to bring Ravi's phone but then I remembered we could get tracked so I threw it away. You have the number, don't you? Can you go through  the call records? Nilay nods much to Vikram's relief.

"Good. Sleep now. I don't think they will do anything for a while as the police are also involved in the case. We will work on it tomorrow." Vikram informs, seeing the dark circles forming under Nilay's eyes. 

"It's already 4 am. I will just focus on the call records. I was actually working on it but I somehow fell asleep." 

"It's alright, Nilay. Go to sleep now."

"Yes, darling. You are being so caring today." Nilay jokes, trying to lighten up his mood a bit. 

"Just go, idiot."

"What about your drunk secretary?"

"I wilĺ take him to a guest room, Don't worry about him." Nilay nods his head and goes towards his room, grabbing his laptop from the couch. 

Vikram takes 2 painkillers before going towards Kairav. There is no way he can carry the boy to a room in this state. He will just have to wake him up. 

"Hey-" Vikram is caught off guard by the sudden hug. 

"Please, bhaiya. Let me sleep." The boy whines, still hugging Vikram. 

Kairav sinks his head on Vikram's shoulder and holds him tight. 

"Bhaiya, I missed you." The boy speaks again. 

Vikram doesn't understand why it's affecting him. The boy must be mistaking him for his brother. Why does it make him feel nostalgic? He remembers how Veer called him bhaiya the first time they met. Even though Vikram was filthy with dirt, Veer hugged him and thanked him for saving him from the stray dog. Veer was so scared that he didn't let Vikram go. All while Vikram was worried he would ruin the boy's shirt. 

It was that day when he saw a Ray of sunshine in his life. From eating from the dumpster, he went to eat in five star hotels with Veer's family. Veer always liked skinship. He always hugged Vikram and told him how much he missed him all day. This boy is making Vikram feel like that again. 

"He needs proper sleep." He mumbles to himself, ignoring his irregular heartbeat. 

Kairav slowly opens his eyes and breaks the hug to look at his brother. His blurry vision and hazy brain tells him that it's indeed his older brother.

"Bhaiya, I'm hungry. My tummy needs some food." Kairav pouts. 

Vikram now remembers that Kairav was asking for food before.

"Bhaiya." 

"Alright, stay here. I'm bringing something." Kairav flashes him a bright smile. 

"You are the best brother in the world!" 

Vikram smiles a little at that. Though he knows the kid is mistaking him for his brother, it feels somewhat good. He really misses Veer and his little tantrums. This boy is bringing back memories. 

Vikram hits up a frozen pizza, cuts it into 6 pieces and brings it to the boy. 

"Dig in quickly, I'm tired." Vikram says, taking a seat beside Kairav. 

Kairav takes a piece and takes it near Vikram's mouth. 

"Have the first bite, bhaiya." Vikram weirdly looks at the kid. 

He is really something else. Alcohol really brings out every color of his. From a whining kid, he is now acting like a sweet little responsible brother. 

"Nope. I'm not caring about you. I just want to know if it's salty enough. You never put enough salt." Kairav laughs, almost shoving the pizza in Vikram's mouth. 

Vikram takes a bite. He is famished. He was so busy with things that he forgot to eat anything. Now that he has taken a bite, his hunger has skyrocketed. So, he takes another bite, then another one. 

Kairav feeds him another piece. And then another.

Seeing that the boy isn't eating anything, he takes a piece and feeds him. Kairav smiles brightly and eats his piece.

"I ate so much good food today, bhaiya. I wish I could bring something for you." Kairav says, melting Vikram's heart. 

He must have a healthy relationship with his older brother to be caring so much about him even though he is drunk. Kairav can be sweet too. That's something unexpected.

"I know that jerk boss of mine wouldn't let me." 

Nevermind. This is what he expects from the boy. 

"Bhaiya, it hurts so much. Kiss the boo boo away." Vikram can't be any more surprised with his mood swings. 

"What?" 

"Ghostie hurt me. Kiss it like you used to when I was a kid." 

"You are still a kid." Vikram says, rolling his eyes. 

"Kiss it then." The boy whines. 

Vikram knows the boy won't stop until he does what the boy wants. So, he gently kisses the bandaged finger. 

"Happy now?" 

"Yessssssss." Vikram smiles at his enthusiasm. 

"Let's go now. You gotta sleep." 

Thankfully the boy listens to him for once and walks behind him. When they finally reach a guest room, Kairav jumps into the bed. 

"No ghostie here. Good." He giggles to himself. 

The boy's clothes reek of alcohol. So, Vikram brings one of his pajama sets and changes the boy in that. It looks so much bigger on him that it makes him look adorable. It's like a child wearing his father's clothes. 

"Bhaiya?" 

"Hmm?" Vikram replies without thinking. 

"Don't you love me anymore?" The boy is gonna start his crying fit once again. 

"What?" 

"I know you kiss my forehead everyday when I'm asleep. Aren't you gonna do that today?" 

"You don't have any sense right now. You will totally regret talking like this to me when you get sobered up, kid. Trust me." Vikram warns him.

"But you won't kiss my sense. You will kiss my forehead." Kairav argues. 

Vikram huffs before kissing his forehead gently. 

"Sleep now." Vikram is about to leave but Kairav holds his wrist.

"Sleep with me please, bhaiya." Kairav requests,looking at Vikram with an irresistible puppy eyes look. 

"I can't. You need to sleep so close your eyes." Vikram informs. 

"Please, bhaiya. I'm scared. That vase will bite my hand again. My precious blood." 

Oh no. Vikram doesn't want him to start his drama about his precious blood again. He is already tired so he gives in. 

"Alright. Just let me get freshen up." 

Kairav lets him go and covers himself with a soft blanket. Soon, Vikram joins him as promised. Kairav snuggles closer, throwing his leg on Vikram's body. Vikram gently pushes the leg away. His wound is still raw. Kairav can put pressure on it any time. 

So, Kairav brings his hands and hugs him in his sleep. 

"Love you, bhaiya." The kid whispers before drifting off to sleep.  

A/N: Alright, this chapter is kind of cute but writing cute things make me cringe.

Hope it's not too much cringe, lol.

Thank you for reading, guys ^-^