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15. The First Outing

~ Because love is not about accepting each other with their respective flaws, it's also about keeping each other's heaven safe in your embrace and heaven is going to be incomplete without our families....~

" Kabir! Kabir open the damn door", Manik screamed, seeming furious though in reality he was scared. Finding no answer, he put the key in the lock and opened the door only to witness a messy room with an equally messy Kabir, sitting on the floor, hugging his knees.

"Kabir...!", Manik's voice was almost a whisper as he ran down to his baby brother sitting amidst scattered pillows and bedsheets and broken vases and mirrors.
Manik said nothing but hugged him tightly while Kabir tried his best to resist him but failed. Finally giving in to his brother, he let Manik warp his arms around him and sat silently hiding his face.

"What's wrong Kabir ? What happened?", Manik asked again, softly.

" Bhai...", Kabir finally looked up at him and he caressed his baby brother's hairs.

"Now that you have the love of your life and her siblings, you will also ignore me? You will also become busy without me? Like Mom and Dad-", Kabir couldn't finish , his voice nothing above a whisper as he broke down and Manik was taken aback. No matter how hard he tried, the trauma of their past wasn't ready to leave Kabir. He sighed, composing himself to deal with him like the doctor had suggested.

"Kabir, in life we do get new pictures to admire but the love for our that one favorite old picture never decreases. Does it? So why will I ignore you?", He stated softly and Kabir looked  up at him, saying nothing.

" But you said on the phone you will go out with them?", Kabir sulked agian and Manik again laughed at him.

" Dumbo! Did I tell I won't take you?", He asked with a smirk and Kabir gave a embarrassed smile.

"You know You mean more to me than anyone right?", Kabir asked and Manik nodded before throwing a look at his room.

" Just for a petty thing, see how badly you crumbled up your room!", Manik said with fake anger and playfully hit his shoulder. Kabir laughed this time. Manik relaxed immediately at the sound.

" Stop being mom bhai", he retorted and called a servant to clean up everything while they had their dinner. Raj and Nyonika tried their best to act jovial and involve Kabir to tease Manik, who kept shaking his head at their lame attempts.

Post dinner, everyone slept off except Manik. He was standing beside his window, his favorite place thinking about kabir. The insecurities in his body language and the fear in his eyes had shaken up Manik. Of all, he loved his baby brother to death and couldn't bear a scratch on him but he knew, they themselves were responsible for the vulnerability kabir had grown up with.

Kabir was in his MBA final year and was the heartthrob of his college. Known as the joker of his group, he was famous for his witty remarks and shitty jokes. But at times like this, when his insecurities took over him, his anger was difficult to handle. Over time he had grown this way, maybe initially it was a defence mechanism for Kabir to cope up with the situations in the house but overtime it rendered him insecure and angry. Manik knew it wasn't his fault but it was a thing to worry on, definately. He just prayed to let go things smoothly before finally drifting off to sleep on his bean bag itself!

The next morning, an over excited Navya and Rishab woke up Nandini from her dream land and within 1 hour, they were all ready waiting for Manik to come. Padmini was laughing at their excitement and teasing Nandini who was also smiling at her siblings. Few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Navya rushed to open the door to find two dashing and hot men standing with a cheeky smile. Since Navya had not seen Manik, she had no idea who out of them was her jiju.