Everyone went to sleep after sometime. Ram was checking his phone before sleeping. Vibha was changing her clothes in washroom. She came out and sat on bed.

Vibha: Suniye

Ram: Hnn?

Vibha: Mujhe Ashu ki chinta ho rahi hai

Ram: Kyu kya hua?

Vibha: Aapne nhi dekha aaj kal wo pehle jaisa nhi hai. Usse maine baat ki to usne bola exam hai par pata nhi kyu aese lag raha hai kuch aur baat hai. Aapko nhi laga kya?

Ram: Hnn laga to mujhe bhi

Vibha: To aapko chinta nhi ho rahi?

Ram: Sach poocho to hnn mujhe bhi ajeeb laga aur thodi chinta bhi hui pehle par phir mujhe laga Abhi hai. Wo sambhal lega. Bada hai samajdaar hai. Aur humse koi baat kehne mein chahe Ashu sankoch bhi kare Abhi se kar lega aur wo khud hi sort kar lega. Mujhe uspar bharosa hai. Aur koi badi baat hogi to Abhi khud bata dega

Vibha: Hmm. Aap theek hi keh rahe ho shayad

Ram: Tum bhi chinta matt karo zyada

Vibha: Achha theek hai

Door knocked.

Vibha: Aaja beta khula hai

Abhi came inside and handed glass of milk to Ram and Vibha.

Vibha: Khud bhi pee lena aur Ashu ko bhi pila dena

Abhi: Of course ma. Hamara bhi kitchen mein hai. Mein room mein jaate hue lekar jaaoonga. Good night

Ram: Good night beta

Abhi checked all locks and turned off all lights and gas. He took glasses of milk from kitchen and went in room. He put one on Sid's side table near bed and kept other one on his side. Both of them studied for sometime and the slept.

In Nandra's home

Everyone was in dining room. Tv was on and they were watching some random movie. Avu was not paying much attention to it. She was just sitting there as Aman and Sonia were not liking her behaving oddly and had questioned multiple times. Suddenly Sonia spoke.

Sonia: Jai Muskan

Jai: Jii ma?

Sonia: Tum dono ke exams aane wale hai na? Chalo jaoo aur jaakar padai karo. Bohot tv dekh lia

Jai: Maa pad lenge na. Thodi der dekh lene do tv

Sonia: Tu to baat nhi kar Jai. Tera to waise bhi bass last year hai na. Ek baar exams aur dene hai bass tujhe. Fir to chahe jitna marzi tv dekh mujhe kya? Abhi jaakar padai karo

Jai: Maa kya yrr aap har time padai padai karte rehte ho

Sonia: Beta agar nhi na achhe marks aaye to kaam nhi milega. Fir shaadi bhi nhi hogi teri. Kon ladki dega tujhe tu bata

Jai: (mumbling) Maine to doondli. Aap aaj hnn karo shaadi aaj ho jaegi

Sonia: Kuch kaha?

Jai: Nhi kuch bhi to nhi

Sonia: To jaoo dono

Jai sighed and both went to their rooms and sat for studying. Aman and Sonia watched tv for sometime. Movie got over and Aman went to check all locks and electric appliances if everything is off or not. Sonia boiled milk for everyone. She went to Jai's room.

Sonia: Jai tera doodh

Jai: Maa mujhe nhi peena

Sonia: Tu fir shuru ho gya. Doodh nhi peeyega to beta takat kaise aayegi? Padega kaise? Pee isse chup chap

Jai whinned.

Jai: Maa

Sonia glared him. He gulped and drank the milk. Sonia was standing there to watch him finish the whole glass. Then she went in Avu's room but she already slept with hee books open kept beside her. Sonia sighed and covered her with a blanket and kissed her forhead. She picked up her books and closed them and kept on side. She switched off the lights and went out.
She kept Avu's glass in fridge and went to her room.

Next morning

In college

Abhi: To Ashu kya socha?

Sid: Aapne jo bhi bola I thought about it bhai. Aapki feelings wali baat to pata nhi mujhe. But I think I should try to apologize her once. Maybe really ye burden kam ho jayega

Abhi nodded.

Abhi: Go for it

Sid: Agar fir maaf nhi kia to?

Abhi: Dekh Ashu maaf karna nhi karna to uski marzi. Tu maafi to maang hi sakta hai na. Tujhe itna bura lag raha hai to ek baar fir maang le

Sid: Okk bhai. If you say so

Abhi went towards his department. Sid alse left. He saw Avu and was thinking to talk to her or not. He gathered some courage and went to her.

To be continued

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