FLAMES: Of Revenge And Love

14. PAGHPHERA

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There are some mention of that in the last part of the chapter, so if it makes you uncomfortable, just skip it.
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Author's POV

" Shall we leave? " Abhimanyu asked his wife who was sitting beside him, looking at her brother sorting some codes on the laptop.
Seeing outside she realized it was already evening, " Hmm. Let me tell maasi. " Aastha was taking a nap in her room. She was almost 60 this year and who knows why, she just keeps getting tired easily.
" Okay. "
Aradhya got up and went to her maasi's room, while rajveer was scratching his head as he couldn't find the solution to the problem his sister had given him.
" Sort the loop first. " Abhimanyu said and as if realizing something rajveer looked at the computer and turned to him. " How did you know? "

" I just knew what she wanted to tell you. " Abhimanyu had noticed a pattern in the few things she taught him today.
" What? "
" Sometimes the simplest of things create the most obstacles. No matter how many time you adjusted it, unless you changed the loop the question would've been back to square one. "
" Oh, okay. " Rajveer corrected the loop and the result was out, similar to what abhimanyu had said.
' Sometimes the problem isn't something big, it's the small mistake you did and thought won't affect you much. '

Seeing the message on the screen, abhimanyu asked, " Does she always teaches you like this? "
"Hmm."
" And what if you don't solve it. "
" She'll give me a hint and the solution would reveal her message. " They remained silent for a while, rajveer closed his laptop, then abhi asked him, " How long have she been doing this? "
" 12 years. " Abhi had learned from aastha that rajveer came to them 15 years ago, that meant she has been teaching him since she was 14. But how could a 14 year old such things and have such complex thought process that she could teach a kid. What has she gone through. These were the things that were going through her mind.

" Jiju. " Rajveer called him calling him back from his own mind.
" Hmm. "
" Do you love her? " The question stunned him, he hadn't thought that rajveer will ask this. But as he had, abhi replied him honestly, " I do. "
A smile formed on rajveer's face and replied while grinning, " Good. Keep my di happy. She deserves it. "

Abhi wanted to ask something but they saw aastha and aradhya coming so he stopped. " You should stay the night. " Aastha said to him and aradhya replied for him, " Maasi I said before coming here, that we'll be back by evening. We're already late. "

Aastha stopped persuading her any further thinking it won't be good if aradhya's in-laws get angry with her over such matters.
" Okay okay but come again soon. Okay? " She said looking at abhimanyu, knowing aradhya wouldn't agree. And that's what happened, aradhya looked at her, " Maasi. " And abhi already agreed, " Of course maasi. "

Aradhya gave abhi a look as if asking what are you doing?
But he just said to maasi, " But before that you'll have to come to ours too. "
" Huh? " Aastha was shocked at his request.
" Yup, my mom would be so happy to meet you. "
" Really jiju? We can come to your house? " Rajveer was too excited at the thought of meeting the family his di was living with. He wanted to see if they treated her right.

" No excuses maasi. You just call me when you're ready and I'll come to get you. "
" It'll be too much of a bother. " Aastha said trying to deny but he was not having it, " It's not. Don't make me feel like a stranger. You'll come right. "
And before could say any further, rajveer chirped from the side, " Don't worry jiju, we'll come. "