[sorry cause by now it has been a half a month of me almost not posting the chapter, but still why are you people not commenting!! Please do it if you like the chapter. Enjoy!!]
Rudransh's POV
I opened the door, and to my surprise it was Arjun. He uninvitedly came into the chamber without my permission, and went to the living room of our room; sitting on the sofa with his legs on the front table.
"*Gasp* bhabhi tabh ki so Rahi hai, !!?" He questioned
{Bhabhi has been sleeping since then!!?}
"Hmm" I hummed not wanting to use my precious voice.
"Okay!!" I was about to close the door, after reaching there when I heard Arjun, yelling a little. This idiot will surely tear off my hearing sense and will wake Anvi up.
"Oi darwaza kyu bhand kar raha hai!?" He asked and I got a little flashback of our door fight that day. It was actually horrible, she may not have shown it but she was upset about that fight, of us fighting on such a little thing; but I too was not on blame (acchaa*side eye*) ohk I was a little, (*again a side eye*) ohk, but wait she too was at the fault. She should've closed the door nah, (woh band bhi nahi karti nah, toh bhi koi nahi aata)
PERIOD!!! author, you speak too much but before I could ask him any question, the door was slammed open.
{Oi why are you closing the door!!?}
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It was Kiaan, dadu, Feri, Sara and Saransh. Kiaan was the first one to come inside, but due to the loud noise, Anvi stirred into her sleep. She had always been a light sleeper and due to that reason I always put noise cancellation buds in her ears before letting her sleep, whenever I have a meeting online at home.
I glared at him, while he just shrugged off my glare. He went to the couch in the room, adjoining Arjun and took a cushion, hugging it. And asked,
"Arrey Bhai, aap udhar kyu khade ho!!? Aap'ka hi room hai, kya sharma rahe ho!" I clenched my jaw at the audacity of this brother of mine.
{Arrey Bhai, why are you standing there!!? It's your room only, why are you being shy!}
"No Rudransh you cannot harm him, he's your own sibling. Anvi will divorce you if you do anything to him. Leave him, Rudransh! Calm down! "
Anvi stirred into her sleep. I quickly went to the bed and sat beside her, pat her to get into her slumber again. All of them were settled on the couches by now, placed in the front of the bed. Gasps were the only thing heard in the room, making me look at them being annoying but to my surprise they were looking at me like they saw a mosquito with the horn of a rhino, holding a corn.
Author's POV
"What!!" Rudransh asked, to which all of them shook their heads as no.
"Dadu, Bhai ko kisi ne kidnap kar'liya hai kya!!" Sara whispered, being astonished to see her stone cold brother be this soft to someone else.
{Dadu, has someone kidnapped Bhai!!}
"Satya'nash, launda hamara badal gaya hai!!" Arjun spoke, while half laughing.
{Oh god, our boy has changed!!}
"Bhai ke ander kisi'ki aatma bhar gai hai-" that was when Rudransh yelled being surprised of their choice of sentence.
{Some ghost had possessed bhai-}
"Arrey enough, kya bol rahe ho!!" He widen his eyes knowing how loud his yell was. Now surely Ishanvi will wake up, and to his fortunately unfortunate stars, she had waken up by now. He gave her a smile, showcasing his dimples to which Ishanvi just rubbed her nose cutely making everyone in the room go aww; including Rudransh.
{Arrey enough, what the hell are you speaking!!}
"Such a whipped man he is!!"
"He is the same man who was yelling at us just a moment ago."
"They are cute!!" Saying this, Saransh clicked a photo of his Bhai and bhabhi.
"Koi kaam hai tum logo ko!!?" He asked while eyeing the young ones.
{Do you guys have any work!!?}
"Aapko lagta hai ki hume koi kaam hoga!!huh!!"Kiaan replied, on the behalf of them.
{You think we have any work to do!!huh!!}
"Toh kyu aaye ho!!"
{Then why did you come here!!}
"Iski mummy (pointing towards Feri) aur humari dadi shree hume pareshan kar'rahi thi isliye-" Kiaan stopped when he got a smack on the back of his head.
{Her mother and our grandmother, were irritating us, that's why!!}
"Oi I don't even like her!!" Feri too exclaimed not like the way Kiaan spoke. In real, albeit being her daughter; she never liked her mom. For ruining her brother's lives. She always saw Rudransh and Kiaan as her elder siblings, even though they didn't have had any blood relation, she considered them as that. But again a yelp was heard in the room, and it was from Kiaan again.
"Abb kya kiya maine!!?" Kiaan asked being frustrated, getting smacked on the head for the second time.
{Now what did I do!!?}
"Don't forget that she's my wife" Vikram spoke after being offended.
"He too is a whipped man for his wife, how can I forget about this!!" Kiaan muttered and ran a hand through his hair.
"Stop yelling you pupil, if you have none, then leave from here." He quoth being annoyed from their constant yelling.
"Oo Bhai!!! (In Gujarati, daya style), bhabhi kaey saath toh itne softies bante ho, toh hamare saath kyu ye discrimination!!" Kiaan spoke, putting his hand on his heart. And Rudransh stood up from his place, and ran behind him.
{Oi Bhai!!!, with bhabhi you are a softie, then why this discrimination with us!!}
"Tu Aaj gya Kiaan ke bacche!!"
{You're done today, Kiaan!!}
"Pagal kutte ne nahi kata hai ki ruk jaav!!!" Kiaan said and showed his tongue to tease Rudransh, while running through the corridors of Rudransh's chamber. Kiaan's laughter echoed through the silent corridors of the grand wing. Going through the garden, running around the fountain which was placed in the centre of the living room (not of his room), the bodyguards stood there with their eyes slightly widened out.
{A mad dog hasn't bit me, that I'll stop!!!}
They had been getting a little heart attacks every moment. First they saw their cold hearted boss getting married, then their boss being close to someone, it's not like that they weren't happy. They were, more than anyone; Rudransh was like a big brother to them. He never refused to help them, providing security to them and their families whenever they needed it.
But just when he was about to catch him, a maid came and told them to come downstairs for the dinner.
"Just go downstairs now!!" He spoke in a harsh tone.
All of them left except, Vikram (his dadu). He soon spoke,
"You shouldn't have spoken to them in that tone,Rudransh." He said in a no nonsense manner, leaving no room for Rudransh to answer back.
"I'm sorry for that, I just couldn't stop myself. I'm trying, I'm really sorry!!" Rudransh spoke, trying to kill his guilty.
"I know Rudransh that you're trying, I noticed it. But you need to stop ignoring them. They are your family, they need you and you need them. I know after what your parents-" he was saying, but Rudransh cut him off in between.
"They aren't my parents!!please don't take their name!! I respect you dadu, don't make me lose my temper, please for god's sake!!"Rudransh spoke in a harsh and loud tone, making Vikram silent. He knew that he was wrong, bring his parents in between. Rudransh hated his parents with his life, for running his childhood, for making his Anvi cry, for making him distant from his dearest sibling. But it's always said that if god takes away something from you, he will give you something greater than that.
"I'm sorry, baccha. I shouldn't have dragged them in between. I just couldn't control myself, you were being harsh on them even when it was not their fault. I'm sorry, come for dinner and you better lash out on Ishanvi too, she's like my daughter and I won't tolerate it if anything happens to my daughter." He broke the hug, and pointed towards Ishanvi who was now sitting on the bed with the support of the bedrest; and Vikram left the room.
She had woken up, due to loud voices. She made grabby hand towards Rudransh, indicating him to come and hug her. He sighed at his wife's childishness.
Knowing this was the thing which made him into a human being only, the one infront of whom he can be himself. He trusted her with himself, knowing that she will not judge him or leave him, in between. He had never experienced this much comfort, until he was with her.
He came near to her and hugged her. They hugged for the entire 2 mins, he left her and then kissed her forehead, giving her, her wake up dose. As soon as they broke the hug, she glared at him.
"I heard what you said to Kiaan and dadu!!" She spoke in a fake angry tone, which was definitely identified by Rudransh. He just rubbed his nape and said cutely,
"Sorryyy, I'm tried to control myself and about dadu, he was the first one to mention them!!!!" He complained, whereas Ishanvi let out a little laugh.
"Aaeey what are you!! Huh a three year old!! Rudra!!" She exclaimed, just to get pulled onto his lap, making her hug him like a koala. He began to tickle her, making her laugh out loud.
He had always wondered how a normal girl managed to get the best out of him, how she had always been magical in his life, how they were just friends who were always fighting to her being his love of his life. Healing someone like him is something everyone tried but failed, but just how easily her smile gave satisfaction to his heart. He always admired her from afar but having her presence around him, always did wonders to him.
He suddenly stopped tickling her and again embraced her. She too hugged him, knowing something must've happened to him. She lovingly creased his hairs and asked,
"Did something happen?" He just shook his head and placed his head in the crook of her neck. She sighed, knowing his habit of hiding his grief from everyone. Just then she felt something wet on her neck, and found her husband silently sobbing like a baby. She smiled looking at him behaving like a baby.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have talked to them in that tone and on top of that, I spoke to dadu rudely evn when I shouldn't!" He spoke in a hushed manner, which came out as nothing but a little whisper. She smiled knowing that this was his old habit. Only she knew how much he cried.
For the world he might be a lethal mafia and a powerful politician, but in her embrace he was just a baby, trying to control himself.
"Rudra, I know you're trying. We saw that, and they weren't hurt. They were just shocked by your sudden yell. Nothing else, now get up and get freshen up, I'm hungry." She patted his back to leave her. He left her but did not leave her hand, upon seeing that Ishanvi asked,
"Ab kya bathroom me bhi saath lekr jaav!!" She asked, to which Rudransh nodded as a reply.
{Now what, should I take you to bathroom too!!}
"Gosh this pervert!!" She muttered and Rudransh immediately stood up and pulled her towards him with her hands on the back.
"Kya bola aapne madam !!"
{What did you just say!!}
"Jyaada hi nahi chhed rahe ho apni biwi, Yaduvanshi ji!!" She sarcastically stretched that jii, to teases him. But inreturn Rudransh pulled her even more closer, leaving no space for even the air to pass through.
{Aren't you flirting with your wife too much, Mr. Yaduvanshi!!}
"Meri hi biwi hai, main toh chhedunga, aapko koi problem!?" He too asked, while touching his nose with hers.
{She's my wife, I will flirt with her, you have any problem!?}
"Nai, mujhe kya problem hogi!!"
{Nope what problem will I have!!}
But now your author is feeling single, so we will stop this here only (eXtrA swEeT smile), Rudransh's phone rang making their romance get disturbed. It was written as eclipse pt.1 aka Kiaan.
"Goshh, you saved his name as eclipse, oh for god's sake. He's your sibling!!" She spoke being surprised with this name.
"So what, he always comes in between us. That's why see like right now." He showed his phone.
"Yea so you'll call him eclipse!! Pick it up, it's the third time he's calling." She laughed out at his name. Ishanvi went to the bathroom whereas Rudransh picked his phone but before he can speak anything, Kiaan spoke.
"Bhai come downstair quickly it's an emergency!!" Kiaan spoke in an urgent manner and quickly cut the call and to the surprise the bathroom door opened, revealing Ishanvi.
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To be continued
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I know just a small sorry wouldn't lessen your anger. Still sorry from the bottom of my heart. I know that I don't have any right to appear out of nowhere like a peek-a-boo!, but still I did.
- 5 july, 2024