"Raghav! Come here" Sharadha called Raghav, who was doing some office work in his room.

"What maa?" He asked as he came to the hall. He was looking bit tired as he was working the whole day. Due to the pandemic, he was working from home and the work load was very high to manage. Still, he tried to cope up with it.

"Yazhini has sent her picture da! She is looking gorgeous in the saree" Sharadha exclaimed happily.

"Show me show me!" He literally snatched the mobile from his mother's hand in excitement.

"She is looking very beautiful maa" Raghav replied as he got emotional. His little sister has grown up now and getting ready for marriage.

His mother caressed his hair gently, acknowledging his comment.

Raghav was in two minds when he heard the news that Yazhini has got a marriage proposal. One side, he was feeling guilty for not being there with her as a moral support and on the other hand, he could not hurt his mother too. He sighed and looked at his mom, who was admiring Yazhini.

"Did he call you?" Sharadha asked him in a low whisper.

Raghav understood who that "he" denotes.

"No maa.. mama did not call me till now. But yesterday he told that, the groom's family are coming in the evening. So only after they left, he would call me. Sharadha just nodded her head in response.

"Maa... I... I gave my word to Yazhini..." He started telling her slowly.

"On what?" She asked him with a frown.

"That... Before her marriage I'll make everything right between you and mama..." He said looking down. Sensing that his mom had not replied anything, he looked at her. She was looking at the blank wall in front lost in thoughts.

"Maa" before he could complete, she interrupted.

"Please Raghav. Please don't talk about it again. Go and continue her work. And I'll call Yazhini and know what happened there later. " she told him sternly and walked away.

Raghav sat there not knowing how to convince his mother further. Just then he got reminded that he had left his work halfway and went to complete it.

After an hour, Yazhini called Raghav. He was impatiently waiting for her call with his mobile in his hand. The moment it blinked with her name, he attended it.

"Hello Yazhini?" Raghav's voice expressed his anxiety.

"Hi Anna, are you busy?" Yazhini asked him calmly.

"No da, I was waiting for your call only" he replied.

"Oh okay Anna. Just now the guests had left, that's why I couldn't call you earlier." She explained her situation to him.

"It's okay da... Everything went on well right?" Raghav asked her not able to withstand his curiosity anymore.

Yazhini took a deep breath before answering him and it built his curiosity even more. "Everything is fine Anna..His name is Aravind.  I spoke with him, seems like a nice guy. We did not have a detailed conversation, but it felt good to talk to him. He is also working in an IT company and his office is nearer to yours it seems. His parents were also nice to me. And about his family, he has two younger sisters, one has got married last year and his younger sister is doing her under graduation. Both of them had come here."

"What have you decided?"

"Hmmm... I don't know what to decide exactly. I like him but I am not able to decide immediately. I have my own fears and I should feel comfortable with him, which cannot happen in just a meeting. I told this to Appa also."

"What did he say?" Raghav asked her with his heart slamming against his chest.

"He asked me to take time and decide. He said that he will not force me to agree to this proposal. " Yazhini replied.

Raghav felt relieved after hearing it.

"Anna... I want you to meet him."

"Why da?"

"You know me better than I know myself. I'm sure that your choice will be the apt for me. So that's why I'm asking you to meet him. I trust you anna, you will always do only the best for me." she explained reason.

"Hmm... Will see da" he replied thoughtfully.

"Appa will call you after sometime anna, he is little busy now. "

"Okay da no problem. Did you call amma? Or I should tell her?" Raghav asked her.

"I called her first and told her about what had happened shortly. " Yazhini replied.

"Raghav, come let's have dinner!" Sharadha called him from the kitchen.

"You go anna. It's already late. We'll talk later." Yazhini told him quickly.

"Okay Yazhini, take care. Don't stress yourself by overthinking." he advised

"Sure anna! And when you are here to care for me why should I stress myself?" She told him with a smile.

"That's true! Bye da." Raghav replied and ended the call.

He walked towards the dining hall and saw his mom who had already served the dinner and waiting for him.

"Yazhini called me pa" Sharadha informed Raghav.

"Yes ma, I just now spoke to her. " He replied.

"Okay pa, I wanted to tell you something..."

"Tell me maa" he asked curiously.

"I heard from Yazhini that the guy seems like a good guy, and his family is also nice. I know that her father would have inquired well before choosing the guy. But I don't want to believe in him blindly. Yazhini is your sister. I want you to personally go and meet him in person to know about him. Don't trust on anyone else, you do it on your own. I don't want to risk Yazhini's life. "Sharadha told him softly.

"Don't worry maa... I'll take care of it. She deserves the best and she should get only the best things in life. I'll make sure that she is happy in her life." Raghav expressed his unconditional love for his sister.

"That's true pa. She deserves only the best and that's why she has got you as her brother" Sharadha told with a contented smile.

After dinner, Raghav walked to his room and saw three missed calls from Yazhini. He called back but the number was busy. He started become restless without knowing for what she had called him. She called him again in five minutes and he attended it immediately.

"Hello Yazhini? What happened da?" He asked her in a worried tone.

"Anna why are you sounding worried?" She asked casually.

"You had called me thrice na that's why..."

"Haha no need to get worried n all. The reason why I called is that, I saw your update in the app about publishing the sequel of Gunpoint. I was just curious to know when you will post it.."

"Oh about that.. I'm not sure about the date, but I will try to update within next week or so. Have to complete my project now, then I will concentrate on updating it" he explained his schedule shortly.

"Okay anna! Just remember that, I will be the first one to read it, so please inform me before updating" Yazhini warned him in a cute tone.

"Have I ever updated without informing you?" He asked her back.

"Hihi! You haven't and I know you won't do that. I'm just telling you again." she giggled.

"Okay da! It's getting late, let's talk later. Good night da!"

To be continued

Next chapter : Knock knock

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