Sidd: I am ready to donate blood, either it's 2 bottles of 3.

Avu (shocked): No Siddharth! You will not.

Sidd (looking at her, in determining voice): I will.

Vaishu (helplessly): Siddharth, don't act foolish. You are a BP patient. How can you donate blood?

Doc (understanding the situation, looking at Sidd): Well, if you have any kind of health issue as they mentioned, then think once again. It might affect your health.

Sidd (thinking for a second): No, it won't. I am ready for it.

Avneet paced near him and kept her hand on his shoulder.

Avu (politely): Siddharth.....

Sidd (looking at her with tears in his eyes): Please Avneet, if anything happens to dada, I won't be able to forgive myself. Please!

Avneet pressed her lips, nodding her head slowly.

Sidd glanced at Vaishu, who was looking at him with hope in her eyes. Sidd left with the doctor while Avu moved forward and hugged Vaishu as tears fell from her eyes while Avu rubbed her her arms.

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Sidd was sitting on the hospital bed without blinking his eyes. He was given a cotton bud to hold on to the place on the arm from where the blood was taken out. Abhi's and his childhood laughters echo in his ears. His dada declared him a cheater in front of everyone in the seminar. Everything was going like a storm in his mind. That's when Avneet entered the room where Sidd was asked to sit for some time. She glanced at him to find him lost in his childhood thoughts. She stepped closer to him and sat down in front of him on bed, making him come out of his thoughts. She intertwined her fingers with his and looked at him.

Avu: Don't worry, everything will be fine.

Sidd (nodding his head): I hope so.

Avu shifted herself close to him, and he wrapped his arms around her while she placed her head on his chest, consoling him, wrapping her arm around his torso.

Avu (in a hopeful voice):He will be fine, Sidd. He has to be fine for you.

Sidd (tears in eyes): How stupid I am? There, he doesn't want to see my face, and here I am dying to see him fine.

Avu (whispering): If he loves you, after all this, he would ignore everything and wish to be together as before. I promise!

Sidd (closing his eyes as tears fell from his eyes): I hope so!

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It was 3 hours since blood donation, but there was no latest update regarding Abhi. Vaishu, Sidd, and Avu were sitting on hospital benches, tensed, and waiting for good news. That's when the doctor came out of I.C.U with a smile on his face. Everyone stood up seeing him.

Doc (smiling): Congratulations! He is out of danger now.

Sidd felt relief, as if someone had put his soul back in his body while Vaishu was crying in happiness.

Avu (happily): Can we meet him, doctor?

Doc: Yes, you can, but he is unconscious right now. We will observe him 3 to 4 days more. On improvement, you will have permission to take him home, but for now, don't give him any kind of pressure.

Sidd (concerned): Doctor, I hope there are no chances of memory loss or anything like that.

Doc (patting his shoulder): No, there are no such chances. Don't worry and excuse me, please.

The doctor left. Sidd and Vaishu looked at each other and side hugged each other while crying in happiness. It was such a bug news that I wanted to hear at that time. Their ears waited a lot to hear this news. They broke the hug, and Avneet hugged Vaishu, congratulating her.

Vaishu (wiping her tears): Let's go in and see him.

That's when Sidd's smile left his face, and sadness took place. Vaishu gestured for him to come, but he didn't move from his place. Vaishu and Avneet looked at him while he glanced at them blankly. Vaishu glanced at Avneet, confused.

Sidd (cracky voice): di, we should leave now.

Vaishu (concerned): What do you mean? Where are you leaving for?

Sidd (holding her hands gently): Di, we should leave for the U.S.A. Dada is fine now.

Avneet was looking at him in shock while Vaishu held his hands tightly.

Vaishu (not understanding anything, glaring): What do you mean, Siddharth? Won't you meet your dada? You have come from so far, and you are going within meeting your dada.

Sidd (pressing his lips, calming himself): After whatever happened, I don't think it would be good to meet him. On your insistence, I can see him once when he is unconscious. Please don't expect more than this.

Avneet (arguing): But Siddharth.....

Sidd (cuts her): Avneet, please.

Avneet went quiet, looking at him clueless while Vaishu calmed herself down before speaking.

Vaishu: Siddharth, please think wisely. If your brother made a mistake in the past, don't punish him like this.

Sidd (tears leaking his eyes): If I wanted to punish him, I wouldn't have given him blood.

He moved forward and dragged Avneet's hand while she looked at him.

Sidd (smiling sadly): Let's go and see him before going.

Avneet wanted to object, but he didn't give her a chance and dragged her with him towards his dada's ward while Vaishu stood there, still and her eyes leaking tears. Today, when it was the time for their patch up, Siddharth was going like this all of a sudden. It somewhere hurts Vaishu a lot. She sat down on chair, trying to control her tears, thinking she would again lose her baby bro, who had come here after a long time.

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Siddharth entered the ward, followed by Avneet just to find his dada laying on the hospital bed unconscious with bandage on his hand and head. Drips attached to his hand. Sidd was finding it hard to control his emotions. Avneet, who was behind him, kept her hand on his shoulder, and it was the moment he lost control over himself. He sobbed hard while Avneet hugged him, turning him towards herself. She rubbed her hand over his back to calm him down, but his sobs were becoming more and more violent. How could someone control himself seeing his only family lying on a hospital bed.

Avu (whispering while rubbing his back): Siddharth, calm down! He is fine.

That is when Abhi suddenly started sniffing and moving. Yes, he was gaining his senses back. One brother's cries woke up the second brother from the death bed. Avu's eyes caught him, but she didn't speak or move a bit. She wanted Abhi to call out for his brother instead of her. It would make him more happy, and he might change his mind. Abhi slowly opened his eyes and scanned the room, and the two people hugging each other in the room.  He took almost two minutes to recognize the two people in the room. He recognized Avneet as she was facing him, but Sidd's back was facing his brother. He took an idea that if Avneet is here, the one hugging her might be his brother. In this hope, he whispered something.

Abhi (half eyes opened, husky voice): Ashu!

It froze him on the spot. His  sobs became silent. His brother called out his name. Was he wondering his voice? That's when he again heard his nickname being called. The nickname which his dada gave him.

Abhi (tears fell down, whispering): Ashu, Is that you? please look at me.

Sidd slowly broke the hug, hearing his brother's voice. He didn't know what to do now. Not understanding anything, he turned aside to see his dada already looking at him with so many emotions filled in his eyes. Sidd didn't speak a word. Abhi slowly lifted his hand up and caught his brother's hand, which wasn't on that much dostance. Sidd froze at his brother and held his hand. Abhi slowly kissed his brother's hand as he was weak.

Abhi (crying in pain and guilt, whispering): Ashu, I'm sorry. Please forgive me. Don't leave me alone again, please.

Tears fell from Sidd's eyes and fell on Abhi's hand. Sidd slowly started dragging his hand out of his brother's grip while his brother's muscles tensed. Sidd slowly started taking baby steps backwards and left the room while Abhi was looking at him with tears in his eyes. He closed his eyes, trying to accept it as his punishment.

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To be continued.

What's gonna happen next? Will Sidd and Abhi reunite?

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