Amrita put her hand on his mouth urging him to not to say anymore.

"Ammu these things happens. In every family. No matter what happens to anyone, we are there for each other right? So why do you say things like that and hurt me." Ajay's voice choked.

"I am sorry Ajay. I don't know what came over me." She kissed him lightly on his lips.

Ajay kissed her lightly on the forehead again. But Amrita pulled his face down and kissed him again on his lips, hard, her fingers entwined in his soft hair at the back.

Ajay too embraced her in a crushing hug and deepened the kiss further. It was a kiss of belonging, reassurance and so much more.

After sometime, they both slowly made their way down to the living room, where Shyam was sitting with his parents. Amrita immediately moved towards Deepa and sat next to her. Deepa silently gave her a small hug. Ajay sat next to Ganesh Chand who was trying to put on a brave face.

"Aunty please don't lose your courage. You are a fighter; I know that because Shyam is always singing such high praises of you. And you will fight this too." Ajay spoke in a reassuring tone.

Ganesh Chand laid his arm on Ajay's shoulder affectionately.

"You are way more mature than your age, Ajay. Deepa, see how good these kids are... If you don't listen to me, at least listen to them. See how brave they all are and you know why? Because we have full confidence in the treatment. We will just take this as an unwelcome hindrance in our lives, that's all. You will go through your treatment, and be back at our home and then I get to eat all the yummy sweets you make. Look at my tummy! Don't I look like a six month pregnant lady? You need to fulfil all my food cravings." Ganesh Chand chuckled.

Shyam took the cue from his Father

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Shyam took the cue from his Father. Diversion was the best tactic.

"Hey Ammu belated greetings on your birthday. This Idiot didn't even tell me that it was last week. We could have celebrated it nicely together."

Ganesh and Deepa were equally upset that they were not told about Ammu's birthday.

"That's ok Aunty, all of you were not at home that day, so I just..." Ammu didn't know how to continue. It was the day when the whole family went to the hospital for the final set of tests for Deepa. She didn't want to draw attention to that.

Ajay jumped in.

"Don't worry Aunty, I took her out to her favourite Ice cream Den,ordered half a dozen different chocolate Ice creams, and she finished them all without wasting even a drop." Ajay laughed and ducked immediately, as Ammu threw a cushion at him.

"Aunty, if you ever want to see Ammu silent and detached from the rest of the world, all you need to do is put a chocolate ice cream in front of her. She didn't even look at me all that time while eating." Ajay added, still laughing.

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