Hi guys , this update that will follow featured in Unloved Prince  titled Her little brother and then as an bonus chapter in Adopted Princess ,so if you read it there,then you may know I am only reposting it here with few changes.   If not go ahead and read a bonus chapter for all of you . The chapter will be from Lavanya perspective

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    Lavanaya Sanskar Maheshwari  woke up as the first ray of sun peeked inside her room  and marched outside her bedroom in haste , As she gently opened her adjoining room and peeped inside. She became very still at the sight that greeted her .

          Her father  was holding her brother in his arms , the pang of envy rushed in for a second before her father noticed her and placed his  finger gently on his lips asking her not to make a sound ; as it may wake her brother .

         She went back to her room without a word as her father asked and kept hoping his father would visit her next to greet her good morning as he always did, she ignored the hurt that he visited her brother first .

         But when he didn't step inside her room next she was disappointed , her father had promised to love them both and she knew he won't lie .

         Yet her heart broke a little that he didn't visit her room , when her mom entered a bit later , she helped her  get ready for school .But Lavanya mind wondered if she was losing her father love.

               The whole day she remained sad that even her best friend Gauri noticed it and asked her about it . And yet Lavanya couldnt explain why she was sad .

      At the end of the day ,Lavanya rushed out of her class room to meet her father but  she was surprised to see her mom instead

             " Where is dad ?" She asked as she got inside the car .

            " He got stuck in a meeting with a client dear , he will come soon " her mom answered yet Lavanya wasn't satisfied .

          Usually she would rush in to greet her brother first  but that day she headed straight to her room , she didn't know her grand mother was visiting until she walked into her room with her little brother in her arms .

 
                 She loved her brother as much as her tiny heart could but with the new found insecurities, she didn't like seeing her brother at the moment when she was feeling down . 

        " Lavanya beta ; will you keep an eye on your brother , I will go help your mom in kitchen " her grandma spoke up and placed him on her bed and left her alone with her brother. 

                   Currently she was playing with a mermaid doll her father brought her ; it was the first gift he brought her after they adopted her from the orphanage .  And she always valued the gift more than the others ones .

                   When his brother reached for the doll in her hand. She instantly drew it back from his reach . She didn't want him to chew it up or break it like all his other toys  .

                      Her mother told her ,little kids tend to break stuff but she didn't remember if she broke anything when she was young  like her brother because all she had to play with was a stuffed doll that she had to share with all her friends .

               At her refusal , his little eyes began to threatened with tears and Lavanya desperately tried to calm him down but his eyes was fixed with the doll in her hand ; she tried giving him all  her other dolls but he was adamant on the mermaid doll .

       " No Yuv, You may break it " she gently spoke to her brother. But even then he started to wail and cry that it brought her grandmother back inside .

           It took her few moments to get a grasp of the situation and she gently plucked the doll out of her hands and gave it to her brother .

       " You got to share your toy with your brother Lavanya dear " with the statement and smile on her face she left leaving Lavanya in tears .

             She missed how her grandma cooked her favourite foods for her , how she was the center of attention to everyone especially her parents .

              When her parents adopted her  two years ago. She was the only child in the whole family and was pampered by her family and  after Yuv was born last year everyone was more interested in the baby then her , she didn't mind she was used to being ignored in the orphanage as well but her heart broke a little that day .

                 Then the sound of crack brought her attention back to her little brother who had managed to break the mermaid doll tail and was busy chewing it on it ; she refused to cry any longer but the tears kept spilling out of her eyes .

             That was when her door opened again and this time her father stepped in.  He saw the broken doll and her tear strained face and she waited for him to pick up Yuvraj and leave the room . Instead he marched towards her and she quickly tried to wipe away her tears .

            " I am so sorry princess " her father words brought in a fresh wave of tears only he understood the importance she had given to the doll

                 When she first learnt that her mom will give birth to Yuv ; she ran away from home with her best friend thinking her parents wouldn't want her anymore now that they will have a child of their own .

                When her father found her.  She clung to him and promised him it okay if he didn't love her but only the new baby, she wants to live with them . As she couldn't imagine living without them .

               He had told her, even if they had 100 more babies ; he will love her always . And she in her childlike mind believed him and told him that she understood and went on to explain she still loves her mermaid doll though she has a new fairy doll .

           From that point onwards the mermaid doll resembled her parents love for her and fairy doll was his parents love for her little brother; hence the unbidden tears when it got broken.

                As her father words reached her.  She ran towards him in search of comfort. His earlier avoidance had stuck a nerve in her heart and the pain intensified with the broken doll .

                 He lifted her up and held her close to his heart as she cried till her tears dried up when her mom entered the room little later , she was worried as well at her tear strained face . That she lifted her little brother and went out leaving the father daughter alone .  She stopped crying only after thoroughly soaking her father coat with her tears .

         And  Through out dinner she sticked close to her father, and refused to relinquish his side and her father often patted her head or smiled at her in reassurance till it was time for bed. 

              She had thought at the age of 8 ,  she  had outgrown the need to hear stories before sleeping but tonight she used the excuse to prolong her father stay with her .

         Only when she ran out of excuse did she allow her father to kiss her forehead , wish her goodnight and leave her room after tucking her in bed .

              She slept soon after that and when she woke up the next day ; she hesitated to rush in to her brother room . She waited in her room till her father stepped in 30 minutes later .

           And she rushed towards him, glad that he chosen to visit her first . In the house only her father and her were early risers as her mom tends to sleep bit late unless she has work 

          " Good Morning Princess " her father voice greeted her and she lifted herself on his arms to kiss his cheek as her way of greeting

          " Don't you wanna see if Yuv is up ?" her father asked a moment later and she nodded her head in answer .

        " Are you angry with Yuv for breaking your doll" he asked little hesitantly as they reached the adjoining room and found her brother slowly waking up in the crib.

        " No ,I know Yuv is little and it not his fault " she said forgivingly as she gazed at her brother from the confines of her father arms .

            " Will you still forgive him princess .  If you found out that he broke your fairy doll as well " her father asked as he pointed her  towards the said fairly doll with broken wings lying near her brother crib  but instead of tears it brought a smile to her face as she gazed at her father

          " Let me down dad.  I want to play with Yuv " she spoke up as  yesterday events were forgotten . And her father did as she commanded , he was about to head out of her brother room when a voice halted in his footsteps. 

       " Princess " those words were the first word spoken by his son and her father turned towards his kids. Lavanya beamed at him as if she conquered the world. 

       " He spoke papa and he called me princess " she spoke up as she giggled in happiness. 

      " Yes he did princess " her father spoke up as he walked towards the crib to see his son ,then he bent down and lifted him up and held him close to his heart  

          " Son , she is your sister and you may call her di but I can only call her princess " he gently teased his son which brought the one year old to laugh while Lavanya was content and no longer felt the envy rush in like yesterday .

        She may be adopted but she was loved not only by her parents but her little brother as well and she promised to herself that day never to feel envious of her brother .

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Nita