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Siya's POV
What Akash said was right but was I ready to talk to my mother?
I think not.
I was still busy in my thoughts when the doorbell rang.
"I think they're here" I said to Kriti who was sitting on the couch, biting her nails.
"Don't be scared Kriti, I am sure Mohit and Samaira di will understand everything" I said.
"Yeah I know but...I don't know, I am scared" she said.
Going near her, I kissed her forehead and said "don't worry, I am there for you."
She gave me a small smile and I went to the door to open it.
Taking a deep breath, as soon as I opened the door, I was immediately engulfed in a bone crushing hug.
"Awww I missed you so much."
"I missed you too Samaira di" I said and hugged her back.
Breaking the hug she asked "so how's my favorite girl?"
"Now you're here di, I am absolutely fine" I said.
"Awww you're so cute" she said and pinched my cheeks.
"Owww di" I winced and as soon as she left my cheeks, I rubbed it narrowing my eyes at her.
"Hey, don't look at me like that. I've told you many a times I like your chubby cheeks a lot" she said dramatically and I chuckled.
Yeah, she always has a habit of pinching my cheeks, to the extent that it starts paining.
"You know I got to know something recently" I whispered in her ears.
"What?" she whispered back.
"You're obsessed with my cheeks" I whispered and grinned.
She rolled her eyes at me an said "that I am."
"If you're done with your talks baby, can we move, I am really tired" we heard a voice from behind her.
"You know, you should start spending more time in gym" she said dramatically.
"Why?" Mohit asked.
"That's because you get tired so easily" she said.
"I don't think you should complain about it because you know very well how much stamina I have in bed or do you want me to demonstrate you how fit I am?" Mohit said smirking.
"Oh please, I don't want to listen to your private bedroom talks" I said, keeping my hands on my ears and turning around, went to the living room.
I sat on the couch and Kriti was nowhere to be seen.
Where did she go?
Samaira di sat beside me and holding my hands so that it isn't on my ears, said "don't tell you didn't do the deed yet."
I smiled shyly and looked away.
Gasping, she said "oh my god, you did the deed?"
"What? No!! We've decided to take it slow" I said and blushed.
"It's already been I don't know, around four and a half years since you both are committed and you didn't do it, yet?" she asked, shocked.
"Samaira di, out of the four and a half years, we weren't in contact for three and a half years, if you remember" I stated a fact.
"Yeah, but what about the one year you were together?" she asked and I looked down.
"Oh come on Samiara, not everyone is like you to jump on their other half like a madwoman on their wedding night" Mohit said and rolled his eyes.
"It wasn't me, it was you" she said, keeping her hands on her waist.
"Yeah, yeah, it was me who was begging to make love to you and..." Mohit was saying but I cut him off "please Mohit, not you. I don't want to hear your...private talks."
"Okay" he said and raised his hand in mock surrender.
"Where're the two devils?" I asked and they both looked at me.
They both looked at me and then at each other.
"Devils?" they asked in unison.
"Yeah, the devils, of course our boss" I said and rolled my eyes.
"You think we're devil?" I heard Akash's voice from the door.
"Oh my, I am in trouble now" I said under my breath.
"Yes you're" Samaira di said and smirked at me.
"So my dear girlfriend thinks that I am a devil" he said and sat beside me.
"Yes, you're" I said, looking at him.
"That's not fair" he said.
"You know..." I was saying but was cut off by Sid "where's Kriti?"
Asking for her, he entered the living room.
"I am here" she said, coming with glass of water and kept it on the table.
"Hey my baby, how're you" Mohit said and hugged her as soon as she kept the tray on the table.
"I am fine bhaiya" she said, hugging him back.
"I missed you, princess" he said, keeping his chin on her head and kissed her hair.
"I missed you too bhaiya" she said, her voice heavy by now.
When they broke the hug, she had tears in her eyes.
Wiping her tears, Mohit said "I am here for you. You don't have to worry about anything."
"I know, it's just that, I am so happy seeing you" she said and hugged him again.
He was rubbing her back to calm her down.
After few minutes when they broke the hug, Samaira di got off the couch and hugged her.
"How's my favorite girl?" she said, pinching her cheeks when they both broke the hug.
"Oww...bhabhi" she said pouting and we all chuckled.
"Yeah yeah" she said and made her sit on the couch beside her.
"Are you fine?" she asked after a few minutes.
"Yes, I am" she said and looked at Sid who was already looking at her.
Clearing her throat, Samaira di said "I know you both just got together but at least have some manners. Don't ogle at each other in front of your bhaiya and bhabhi."
She blushed and looked down while Sid, rubbed the back of his neck.
"Why don't you both freshen up? Lunch is already prepared, we'll serve you" I said.
"Oh yeah" Mohit and Samaira di got off the couch and went to Kriti's room.
"Now, tell me why did you call us devil?" Akash asked once they were out of sight.
"That's because you both are" Kriti said, narrowing her eyes at them.
"Yes, I agree" I said, crossing my hands over my chest.
"And may we know why do you both think so?" Sid asked.
"That's because you're so strict. You both give us so many assignments to complete and...and you both are no fun" Kriti said and pouted.
Sid looked at Kriti's room once, I don't know why but then he went to her and kissing her pout, he said "if we don't give you assignments how are we going to complete the project?"
"Ugghhh guys, please get a room" Akash said, groaning when he saw them kissing.
"For your kind information my room is occupied by my brother and bhabhi" Kriti said, sitting on Sid's lap.
I was stifling my laughter. Akash's face was worth watching when she sat on Sid's lap.
"Then occupy Siya's room but please, don't do any PDA here" he said.
"No, I won't share my room" I said, shaking my head.
It was so fun, teasing Akash.
"Fine, do what you want" he said and looked away.
"I'll definitely do what I want" Sid said and pecked her lips.
"Guys, I'll seriously go to my flat" he said, groaning again.
"Oh? What about the PDA you used to do with Siya?" Kriti said, teasing him.
"That's...that's different" he said, scratching the back of his neck.
"It's not different. It's the same" Sid said, rolling his eyes.
"Whatever" he said and sat beside me.
Akash's POV
We were as usual bickering around when Mohit and Samaira finally appeared in front of us.
"Let's have lunch, you all must be tired" Siya suggested.
"Yeah, I am so hungry" Samaira said dramatically and Mohit chuckled.
"Of course, let's go" I said and they all proceeded to the dining hall.
"You all make yourselves comfortable, I'll help Siya in the kitchen" I said and we both headed to the kitchen.
Once we were in the kitchen and Siya was arranging food in the serving bowl, I hugged her from behind.
Wrapping my hands around her waist and kissing behind her ear, I asked "hey, you okay?"
She shuddered in my contact but nevertheless said "yeah...I've been fine."
Kissing her neck again, I kept my chin on her shoulder and said "did you talk to your mother?"
I know the time wasn't right but I couldn't stop myself asking it.
Turning in my arms, she said "no, I didn't" and looked down.
Keeping my index finger under her chin, I said "you don't want to talk to her?"
She looked at me and said "it's not like I don't want to Akash, I don't know how do I explain this to you."
Sighing, I said "baby, I know for a fact that you don't like to talk about it and you had differences even before she tortured to br.." gulping, I continued "break up with me, but that doesn't change the fact that she's still your mother."
"I know but...I don't know why my heart doesn't agree to talk to her" she said.
There was silence for few minutes when she attached her forehead to mine and asked "does it make me a bad daughter if I don't feel like talking to her?"
She had tears welled up in her eyes.
Quickly wiping her tears, I said "no baby, it doesn't make you bad daughter. If you are voicing your opinion and she doesn't agree, it's totally natural. It doesn't only happen between you and your mother, it can happen with anybody but that shouldn't affect your relationship with her."
"Even we had and still have a lot of arguments over many things, did your love or care for me lessen?" I asked and she shook her head.
"If it didn't lessen for me, is it right for you to treat her that way?" I asked.
"There's difference Akash. You didn't physically abuse me" she said and looked away, a traitor tear falling off her left eye.
My heart ached looking at her like that, crying and hurting.
Gulping the lump in my throat and turning her head to mine, I said "can't you forget about it? You've me, your Akash now. Can't you just let it all go?"
I know I am forcing her to do something that she doesn't want but I want her to talk to her mother.
I want her relationship with her mother to become normal. After all, no child can be happy if they don't have their parents support and blessing.
This is what I've always been taught by my mother and aunt.
I want to start the next phase of my life with her only by her parents blessing, only then she'll be at peace and I know it very well or she'll always have this nagging feeling in the back of her mind.
"I'll try to talk to her" she said and looked down.
"That's like my baby" I said and kissed her forehead.
Rubbing my palms, I asked "so what's for lunch today?"
Turning around, she took the serving bowl and said "your favorite, chicken curry, dry fruit rice and of course raita."
"Oh my Siya, I love you baby" I said and kissed her cheek.
She giggled and taking the food in serving bowl, we proceeded to the dining hall.
"Here comes our chef" Samiara said dramatically and we sat down on our respective chairs.
"You know Siya, I can never cook like you" Samaira said.
"You don't have to dear. We have many cooks in our home then why do you've to bother?" Mohit asked, unaffected.
"Yeah, I know. It's just that, I feel like, I can't even cook to survive. You know, if someday all our cooks are on leave, I am sure you and me both would die of hunger" she said and we all laughed and she glared at all of us.
"What? Don't laugh. It's true, I can't even cook maggie. Do you know how frustrating it is?" she said and huffed.
"So what if you or me can't cook? We can always have a candle light dinner in our favorite restaurant. Or better, we can get the food home delivered and enjoy it while chilling" Mohit said, shrugging.
"Samaira, nobody's perfect. You very well know that if not for you, many employees in your company would be jobless. So practically, you're saving many people to prevent dying from hunger" I said.
"Yeah, I agree with Sid. If not for you, we wouldn't have got the recent deals that we cracked together" Mohit said.
We all ate having fun and pulling each other's leg. I was glad even Kriti was comfortable.
Clearing his throat, Mohit asked "so how do you know Sanchit?"
His question was directed to Kriti and her hands stopped in mid air.
Sid squeezed her hand that was rested on the table in assurance. This action didn't go unnoticed by Mohit and I saw his eyes flicker at their joined hands for a moment before it rested on Kriti again but he chose to keep quite.
Giving Sid a small smile, she said "he's my colleague. He reports to Sid."
"Okay, so did you ever feel his behavior odd, when he used to talk to you or something?" was Mohit's next question.
"No, he never made me feel uncomfortable. In fact I never thought he could do something like that" she said.
"Don't take me wrong princess, but I just want to know if you ever, I mean..." he said and trailed off.
"I don't know how to ask you this" he said, running his hands through his hair with a sigh.
"You can ask me anything bhaiya" she said with a small smile.
He looked at Samaira, as if asking her for help.
She gave him a reassuring smile and said "Kriti, we just want to know if he ever gave you like...ideas or something that he wants to approach you or any conversation wherein you told him that you're kind of...available? Don't take me wrong Kriti but...we just wanted to confirm."
Taking a deep breath, she said "no bhabhi, I remember telling him that I am single but I never told him that I was available and moreover, I never did anything that would give him any ideas that I am interested in him."
There was pause for a few minutes when she asked in a low voice "do yo...do you think it's my fault?" and looked down.
"What? No!! Of course not princess. We just wanted to know if he anyways felt that you're kind of available because apparently when a boy comes to know that you're single, they try to woo you. When you say that you never said that you're available, it means he's kind of...psycho. You know people who can't handle rejection and all. It wasn't your fault Kriti, it was all his fault" Samaira said, rubbing her hands to soothe her.
"I am glad bhabhi that you trust me" she said with a genuine smile.
"We know Kriti, you won't do anything that would be morally wrong" Mohit said and reaching to her, kissed her forehead.
Hugging her, he kissed her forehead and said "I'll always be there for you."
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