Life is never easy when you daily walk carrying a cyclone of emotions into you. And it becomes more tuff when you are in the battlefield against your own emotions, against your own near and dear once and so it was happening with Anubhav.

He is being much harder and much ruder on himself these days.
He was dealing with the work pressure, simultaneously avoiding Karishma and Haseena, and at the other corner of his heart was his own guilt that was eating him up.

He was feeling more of a zombie than a human these days, walking without any emotion, lifelessly yet is motile.

"Bhaiya?", he was suddenly knocked out of his own world and he looked and found his dear sister standing in his room.

Anubhav: ap yaha?

Karishma: vo...Viyom ji do din se sheher se bahar gaye hai aur Amma ka aaj night duty hai toh Chachi ji ne hume ghar bula liya.

Anubhav: parantu ap humare kaksh mein?

Karishma: vo chachi ne puch rahi thi ki unhone apse apne apna cupboard saaf karne keliye kaha tha, ap ne kar diya?

Anubhav: nahi ..vo...vo karya mein Zara ulhajte reh gaye.

Karishma: koi baat nahi hum kar dete hai.

Anubhav:hum kar lenge.

Karishma: rehene dijiye, mahurat nikalna padega apke liye.

Anubhav kept quiet on her taunt and Continued with his work.

Karishma went to his cupboard and started taking out his things to clean it.
That's when she was a box kept in it she saw her toy revolver into it.

Karishma: ama ye yaha thi?

Anubhav looked at her and got scared when he found the toy revolver in her hand.

Karishma looked at him.

Karishma: toh matalab apne isse chupa rakha tha?

Anubhav: h..hum...hum kuch nahi jante iss baremein, kya hai ye aur humare almaari mein kya kar rahi hai?

Karishma: baniye mat bhaiya. Ye vahi toy revolver hai jo apne hume rakshabandhan par gift ki thi jab hum 10 saal ke the.
Par ye yaha kya kar rahi hai?

Karishma looked at him doubtfully and he pretended to be busy working to avoid her gaze.

Karishma: hum kitna ro rahe the iss gun Keliye phir bhi apne hume nahi di?

Anubhav: are ek mamuli si banduk he toh thi, accha he kiya chupa Diya, uss samay humare 10th ki pareeksha chal rahi thi aur ap hai ki pure Ghar mein uss banduk ko bajate phir rahi thi.
Aur uske baad toh ap badi ho gaiee aur ..ye...ye banduk vahi ki vahi reh gaiee.

Karishma: haa toh banduk he Baja rahe the, konsa taan di thi ap pe?

Both paused when she said so and remembered the scene when she had pointed gun on him, during the Sagaiee track.

Anubhav: taani toh thi, vo bhi asali wali.

Karishma gulped and looked down.

Anubhav: koi baat nahi, apne jo kiya apni ghanist sakhi keliye, apni Maddam Sir keliye kiya.
Uss kshan hume bohot prasannata huee thi ye dekh kar ki jis Karishma Singh aur Haseena Mallik ko ek karne hetu, hume bheja gaya tha, vo prayojan saakar ho raha tha.

Karishma: toh ap hum se uss baat naaraz hai?

Anubhav: rusht nahi hai, bas apna khed vyakt kar rahe hai ki hum apke Bhai ho kar bhi apka vishwas utna prapt na kar sake, isiliye toh apne hum par vishawas nahi kiya, jab ki humne toh apke saath apna adha jeevan vyateet kiya hai.

Karishma: aisa nahi hai bhaiya, bas baat itni si hai ki humne ek dost ka farz toh bakhubhi nibhaya par ek behen ka farz nibhane mein he chuk gaye.

Karishma kept the gun aside and again Continued with her work.

Anubhav too again got engrossed in his work.

Karishma removing his clothes one by one that's when a black thread like thing falled down from one of his shirts.

Both looked at it and remembered the Rakshabandhan of Anubhav's Initial days, when he had just became a raw agent.

Flashback:

Anubhav: Behena thoda jaldi karo hume nikalna hai.

Karishma: are ek min rukenege ap? Jab dekho tab ghode pe sawar rehete hai.

Anubhav quietly sat on a mini version of stool like thing and his handkerchief was covering his head.

Karishma took a plate containing a Diya, the purest vermilion and turmeric and some amount of rice coloured with 'Ashtagandha'.

She applied the teeka on his forehead followed by turmeric and the rice and then tide a beautiful red coloured decorated thread on his right hand.

Anubhav: kya bhet chahiye.

Karishma: (emotionally) mission par jaa rahe hai na ap, bas sahi salamat laut aaiye, iss se zyada hume kuch nahi chahiye.

Anubhav got emotional and smiled at her, while adoring his little sister lovingly.

He kept his hand on her forehead and then playfully slapped her on it but lightly.

Anubhav: itne shub avsar par koi aise tesuae bahata hai kya?

Karishma frowned, Anubhav smiled and whipped her tears.

Karishma then took out a black thread like thing form her pocket.

Karishma: Kandha laiye apna.

Anubhav: kyu? Ap humare kandhe par alag se raakhi baandhne wali hai?

Karishma made a face and glared at him.

Maa: chup chap kandha dikha na, kyu sata raha hai?

Anubhav giggled and rolled his slives and she tide that black thread on his shoulder.

Anubhav: iss se kya hoga?

Karishma: ye Mahakaal ke mandir se laye hai hum, iss se agar mission ke dauraan ap pe aakal Mrityu aaiee bhi toh Mahadev taal denge.

Anubhav: Behena? Ap inn sab mein kab se maan ne lagi?

Karishma: Ama Mahadev par toh hume bohot pehele se bharosa hai.
Yaad rahe ye dhaga kabhi mat nikalna.

Anubhav: Ji Behena ap aadesh kaise taal sakte hai?

Karishma smiled.

Flashback ends.

She picked up the "Raksha sutra" and went to Anubhav.

Karishma: ye dhaga apko isiliye nahi diya tha ki ek mission mein peheno aur phir nikaal ke fek do.

Karishma took his hand and started tying it on him again.

While she was tying they remembered all their Raksha Bandhan, from first to till now.

They remembered how they promised eachother that they will trust eachother no matter what happens, but did they worked upon the promise?

No they didn't.

He never trusted Karishma for telling about Mission Beherupiya atleast for once , on the contrary he misbehaved with her.
She was the same sister who asked his safety even when he asked for her gift, and should have been thankful to her for that and what he did on contrary? He misbehaved with her, he could have even told her for once that he was doing all the things for the sake of mission, but he didn't, how could he forget that she is his little sister and being the elder one he needed to clear the things with her atleast for once.

While she never trusted him when she needed to trust him, not on the professional basis but as a sister.
She is the same sister who always wished for his wellbeing but had kept him on a gun point at last and then not even tried to enquire about his changed behaviour for once.
She also knew the reason behind his absence in his own engagement, and it was none other than his love for his nation, and still she believed that he is a terrorist.

Yes they were 10 on 10 on the professional basis but they failed as brother and sister. They badly failed and they knew it.

But the thing is that only having realisation is not sufficient, they need to correct all the mistakes they had did and they will.

Just wait and watch ❣️

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Precap: A Trip
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I hope I am not being partial and not doing injustice with anyone.