The alarm tone pierced through her ears like a grinding machine. Subha turned it off annoyingly and ruffled up to the other side. Before covering herself with the blanket she noticed some paper's lying on the table.

A smile appeared on her face as she took a glance at those papers. " I know  you will do this for me , Parth!", she whispered seeing her project work done and went downstairs quickly without wasting a second.

She entered the kitchen and saw Pritha preparing breakfast.
" Good morning Aunty!", Subha screamed near Pritha's ears back hugging her. Pritha turned back in shock and saw Subha giggling.

" Uff! You scared me dear!", Pritha smiled pulling her cheecks slightly.
" You both bro-sis!!! You know Krish too  used to do these kind of naughty things", Pritha complained smilingly while passing Subha a cup of coffee.

" Hmm..What to do Aunty ! He's my brother though... Nothing can be done", she said with an innocent smile sipping the coffee.

Pritha was heartstrucked at her smile. The same kind of feelings that she felt on the previous day started arising over her. She smiled and started pouring coffee to the other two cups to distract herself from the emotions.

As soon as she filled the cups, Subha tooked the tray out from her, " Let me give them", she exclaimed merrily and went towards Parth's and Nikhil's room.

" Hey Madhav ! What's going wrong with me?", Pritha whispered placing her arm on her heart feeling each  beats.

Nikhil opened the door as soon as he heard knockings and saw Subha standing with coffee.
" Have some coffee Niks!", She said smilingly forwarding the tray towards him. He smiled and took a cup and noticed her eyes wandering towards the room through the half opened door. He suppressed his giggle and continued sipping coffee watching her.

" Where's Parth ?", She asked awkwardly as she saw his suspicious glance over her.

" But why do you need him? I guess Miss Subha Yadav can't even pass a single day without seeing my brother!" He asked teasingly to which she blushed a little.
She shooked her head without any words and showed him the coffee with a smile.

Subha walked into the room as Nikhil opened the door  fully and saw Parth sleeping covering the whole blanket around him. She placed the tray on the table and went near him," Good morning Parth", she wished him removing the blanket from him .

To her surprise he didn't wake up, there was sweatness all over his face and  body. And he was whispering something  in between which was unclear to her.

" What's happening Niks? Why is he doing so?", She asked confusly looking at Nikhil who was standing calmly.

" Hey you! Stay away from him. Don't disturb my brother, he's in his dream world!", Nikhil exclaimed laughingly but saw Subha's worried face.
" Nothing to be scared about it! It's quite normal for me too now seeing him like this. I don't know what's wrong but for the past few years he used to wake up like this on every morning", Nikhil said in a comforting tone to which she hummed.

" You are indeed a dreamer boy!", She whispered and sat near to Parth.
" Parth..wakeup man! It's morning! Don't be a day dreamer", Subha shouted shaking him up but saw him struggling to open his eyes.

" Su....!",he whispered in his sleep as he felt Subha's hand over her head. "I'm here. Now Open your eyes Parth !", She said gently bending down to his face and patted his cheecks slowly.

Parth opened his eyes vigorously jumping up from the bed. " Bhadre..!", He whispered in tears and hugged Subha tightly making her awestruck.
Her heart skipped a beat as he snuggled more into her calling her as bhadre. A known but forgotten feeling  of fondness took over her which was more forceful for her to handle.

Nikhil stood there astonishingly witnessing them. For him it was totally a different experience which was filled with fear and misery. Parth's and Subha's behavioural changes made him a little terrified,
" Maa....!", He cried out loudly making them come back to their sense.

Parth glanced at Subha's moist eyes,
" Those eyes! I can remember, the one which I  kept dreaming about , the one I wanted to see, the one which can provide answer to all my miseries.. It's Subha's ! ", he thought glancing at her.

Before he could ask anything, she stood up to leave, " Have the coffee before it gets cold ", she said looking down and left to her room.

" Are you okay bhai? You both frightened me today! And why where you addressing Subha as Bhadre?", Nikhil asked anxiously at his brother.

" Subha? Bhadre ? Why does I feel like both are related", Parth heaved a sigh.

" What wrong bhai? What are you thinking? Should I call Maa?", Nikhil asked to which Parth shooked his head in a no. 

" Did Bhadre... !..Su..!", Parth clarified making Nikhil giggle.
" What Su & bhadre..!? Two girls?", Nikhil asked teasingly to which Parth gave an annoying glance.

" It's not Su & bhadre..! It's Subha..!?", Parth breathed heavily.

" Subhadra..!", His heart bloomed.

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