after a long time guys... i hope u didnt forget me...this may be a short and filler chapter, but after a long time i am penning again; kindly bear the mistakes..i guess u all are aware about my reason for absense..from now on i may make regular appearance here...thank you all who showed me their love in my absense too...proof reading

"Di" Arjun mumbled seeing Priya in front of him with various emotions running through him.

"Arjun!" Priya replied with a clear astonished voice. Hearing his name from Priya's mouth, Arjun felt some kind of burden left his heart, a guilt feeling of accusing his sister falsely in past. He took forward his steps to Priya with a smiling face , but halted hearing her next words.

"Arjun, right! The man we met at Paris airport that left his diary there, right little brother." Priya said ruffling Rajiv's hair who nodded his head like as a spring fitted in rubber toys.

"My Di is always right." Rajiv replied holding Priya affectionately. Priya caressed his face adoringly with equal love. It was clearly evident the deepest bond they share as brother and sister, which pricked Arjun. The position which he held once in his sister's heart, lost due to Nandini's evil ploy. Whom he could blame, when he was the sole reason for all of those happenings?

"Except...." Rajiv replied with mischief which caught by Radhika immediately.

"Except what?" Radhika asked suspiciously.

"Except Di's hard work to pull my ears to look like elephant's." Rajiv replied and ran away followed by furious Priya, starting their game of Tom and Jerry chasing again.

"I will return your diary through my little brother. Don't mind, but I opened it without your consent; hence I got to know your name."Priya stopped in mid to reply Arjun monotonous and continued following Rajiv.

Arjun stood dumbfounded, rooting to the ground beneath his foot for all the sudden event happened in front of him. He could do nothing other than being stood as a statue. Why Priya couldn't recognize him or did she act to not know him? The emotional entity he saw in his sister's eyes when she called his name was not fake, but she denied knowing him. That hurt him surely, but he was helpless. One thing he learnt well, that his place in his sister's life was replaced by Rajiv. And he was the one who was responsible for all those happenings. Game of karma and fate returned to him ; with interest.

Radhika stood silently observing Arjun's expressions and his broke down, while Neil was trying to pacify him. Ankush was staring the way Priya left with Rajiv; then turned to saw his sister who was deeply drowned in her thought. He patted her gently to get her back into reality and both proceed to leave park.

"Seems like I am not the only one in the hit list back then." Radhika taunted while crossing them, which Arjun clearly got what actually she meant. About him and his sister. At first he wanted her because he realized his love for her, but now it firmed up more seeing his sister with her. In some corner he felt only Radhika can get him back in terms with his sister, and he couldn't let this chance slip away. She become his need now, his lifeline. But how?

"Chasini....Radhika." Both Arjun and Neil called at once when they saw her leaving.

"How many times should I make you remember that, I am not your friend. Address me properly from next time." Her voice was stern and contained slight monish. The thought which hackled her that Arjun even did something to Priya, for which she was not confirmed but her sense?

"Choti." Ankush tried to intervene when Neil gave him a plead look; but she already walked away being drowned in her thoughts.

"I will try to make her calm. But it's not easy as you know why?" Ankush assured both guys before leaving. He didn't why but he felt empathy for them now. No doubt he was angry on them before; but his perception might have changed little bit hearing Manya's everyday blabbering about how they all guilt for what happened in past and repented.

'Nandini, god knew how many live she destroyed in her so called revenge?'

Ever since Priya returned from that morning encounter, she seemed lost. She even closed herself in her room giving the most favorable excuse that she was not feeling well. Once again she opened the diary and caressed it like her own child. Her gaze fixed on Arjun's photo, " I missed you a lot, my dear brother; but now I love my self respect more than anything. I may forgive you for what happened between us, but how could you lose your ethics, my upbringings that you hell bent on destroying two lives. For that I will never forgive you. Were you that blind in your devotion to Nandini Pandey that you forget everything? Is she that much important to you, you threw me out of your life then become puppet of her hand? Then why you want me now? I don't need your sympathy now. Now I have my family too, I have my little brother too who trust me blindly, what you should do in past rather humiliating me in past."

Her monologue came to halt hearing the constant knock on door. She opened to find Radhika and Rajiv looking at her questioningly. Without jumbling things Rajiv saw Priya with diary which she tried to hide behind her. He smiled faintly while wiping tear stains from Priya's cheek, " I never knew my di can cry and try to hide it from her brother."

"Actually I am ...am..." Priya stammered very first time which was quite unusual for others to witness.

"Di, Arjun is your lost brother. Am I right?" Radhika finally asked, more appropriately she gave the statement which shocked Priya and Rajiv all together.

"What? No. Never. I have only one brother and that's Rajiv." Priya retorted in defense caressing Rajiv face.

"Then what was that in park and why this tears?" Radhika questioned without any ambiguities. Her eyes and mind could never be so wrong judging things recently.

"His name and appearance just made me remember my brother that's why; nothing else." Priya strongly denied and discarded the cue. Even Radhika preferred not to force Priya seeing her lost state. She only wondered why Priya denied when it's all written over her face.

"I think Di needs rest. Let's get you some sleep di." Rajiv interposed seeing the sudden seriousness in atmosphere. He put Priya on Bed and started ruffling her hair. Priya made faces, when he said, "for a change today I will be your big brother not little one. Now sleep and no sad thoughts please."

"For first time this idiot spoke something right, di." Radhika said while covering Priya with duvet and adjusted Air conditioner temperature later.

Rajiv looked at her with narrowed eyes, "Idiot? I think I am intelligent."

"Yeah, people love to stay in illusion when they lost brain."

"hawww, I did MRI scan just few days ago. As far my report said my brain is still in its skull." He looked at Radhika giving a fake confused expression. " I need to check it again, if my brain got its own pair of hand and leg ; then lost in somewhere after walking out my skull."

"Shut up you idiot." Priya scolded him like usual.

" That's my lioness di, back to form." He crooked a victorious smile. "You look better this way."

"There can be limit of anything, but your stupidity."Priya interjected with fake anger knowing well that he was trying to cheer her mood.

"Thank you for the compliment." He stood up to say those words in 16th century style as if he got a big award from king for his achievement; leading a round of laughter eventually letting Priya forget the morning incident.

Radhika looked at diary and Rajiv who signed her to talk outside.

"What do you think?" Radhika asked directly once they were outside.

"Same as you." The reply came immediately.

"If Di will be happy, I am willingly doing anything for her, even it includes me taking step toward mr Devil Mehera." She said looking at horizon.

"I am with you always, keep it in your mind." Rajiv said staring Radhika unblinking. She raised her brows on his staring; He smiled, "just thinking how someone can not believe you?"

"Past was always there to taught us; now let's move before our plan become a past." Radhika smiled while Rajiv just wondered in his thoughts as they walked out.

The same happened with Arjun who sat like an idol in dining table and played with food. Prerna's failed attempt to snap Arjun out of his thought made her look at his son, who seemed to get infected by Arjun. She pinched Neil hard who jumped up screaming in pain making Arjun too came out of trance.

"What happened?" Arjun asked concerned.

"I think I got a bug bite."Neil chided showing reddened part of his hand to Arjun.

"It's called mom's bite, you idiot." Prerna fumed.

"What?" both screamed at once.

"Now don't shout. I have functional ears unlike you both who were busy in their own thoughts leaving me worry about you both." Prerna told in high pitch knocking table with spoon. "Tell me the matter, now." She ordered at once.

"All right mom." Neil cleared his throat in such dramatic way, that Arjun knew he was going to throw words in air.

"Arjun is in love and nowadays he is hallucinating about Chasini and he wants to marry off as soon as possible. I too support him because he becomes desperate and kissing me every now and then thinking me as chasini; so marry him off mom, with an elder blessing like his sister and spare my dignity which I don't want to lose before marriage that to by a man." Neil said in one breathe with a fake crying posture. Arjun just was too shocked with his blabber he did forget to close his hung upon mouth.

"Really?" Prerna asked in awe.

"Really mom. Your son never lies." Neil rose up his collar less tee showing his dimple.

"But what I heard is completely opposite." Prerna got up picking his son's ear who escaped anyway and running around room being followed by his mother. Seeing their banters Arjun remembered he and his Priya di, how they were so happy and funny until Nandini entered into their life.

"Don't worry Arjun. We will find a way for sure. Or who knows before we find god give us a way." Neil put his hand on Arjun Shoulder in assurance who blinked as if he believed his every word.

Neil got a message from Samaira that she was coming for some urgent project work to his home. He showed that to Arjun. Both shouted at once remembering something, " oh shit, presentation is tomorrow." And ran to their room.

Even before finishing three slides the calling bell buzzed. Neil was typing while blabbed, "This Saminder Singh become extra punctual nowadays, I see. God mercy us."

Arjun was going to open the door, Neil mumbled, " it's quite unlike that Sam stopped bell after one ring, strange." He discarded the thought and busy in what he was doing.

Arjun opened the door and mumbled in mixed emotion of surprise and joy, "you?"