The Ardent Embrace: Bhaiya, My Eternal Kinship

Tornado!

[As Aarya left, Vijay felt very disheartened. In his mind he knew that he cared for her, he didn't like to rebuke her all the time. He desired to spend time with his little sister. That drawing, Aarya tried to feel him special but at the end it came out as a disastrous mind by him. As he got back 7 years ago, he grinned her teeth with anger and tried to erase all of her memories.]

[As the next day was Saturday, Aarya had a holiday in her school. She went downstairs. While stepping down, she noticed Vijay was having his breakfast with some oats. He was on his Office Wear, neutral blue shirt with a checkered black waistcoat, paired with checkered black pants. There was a white steel watch on his left hand and also there were 2 files beside his bowl.]

[Aarya wanted to annoy her intentionally, so she quickly ran towards the kitchen. As she rushed like a little mouse, Vijay also glanced at the kitchen side. In the kitchen, she took her breakfast bowl and quickly ran towards the dining table. As she was about to return, Vijay looked into his bowl and silently continued chewing.]

[Then she took a seat on one of the chairs which was exactly opposite to him. As Aarya settled in her chair, she noticed his expression hardened even further. He avoided her gaze, focusing intently on his breakfast as if she were invisible.]

Aarya: (in a playful tone) Bhaiya, don't you think your shoe is not shining more today?

[He didn't reply to her.]

Aarya: Even your hair is not so well combed. Did you forget to apply Hair Gel?? (In a taunting tone)

Vijay: Mind your own business. (Very calmly)

Aarya: Ohhhh.... No... Bhaiya, how can I mind my own business? Don't you know I'm just a little baby girl.

[Vijay looked at her with anger, but she gave him a big smile showing her teeth.]

[In disturbance, he got up leaving his unfinished bowl and walked towards the main door.]

Aarya: (in a teasing scream) Someone is forgetting his files.

[Vijay stopped and came back to take the files and get out from the main door in a hurry.]

[As he left, Ramu Chacha and Aarya both burst in laughter.]

Ramu Chacha: He'll never change, Aarya Beta.

Aarya: Just wait for sometime Chacha, Bhaiya will accept me for sure. (smiled) I noticed his care for me in his eyes.

[Ramu Chacha sighs.]

[The time was 4:30 pm.]

[In 'Rahendran Global Logistics'.]

[Vijay was going through the old files to find some important dealing papers. Suddenly he noticed a paper which became very yellow in color and at the bottom there was a signature of P. Rajendran. Within a second, Vijay went through some voices.]

[7 YEARS BEFORE]

Rajendran: Ok. Now it's enough. Just get ready and I'll drop you in my way to the office.

Vijay: Okay Pa...

[Vijay showed him a big thumbs up.]

[While Vijay in the classroom, suddenly a pion came and told something to the teacher. Then the teacher told him that someone had come to take him to Nursing home as there was some mishap.]

[As Vijay reached the Hospital, there he met his father's close friend Anand Prasad.]

Vijay: Wh.... What happened Anand Uncle? (In a nervous tone)

[PRESENT DAY]

[In Aarya's room.]

[The room felt comfy, with the bed all messy and crayons scattered everywhere. Aarya sat right in the middle, drawing something special for her brother. The crayons are all different colors, some are worn down from lots of use. She drew a bright, sunny day at the park. She and her brother are holding hands, flying kites together under a big, smiling sun. Colorful flowers bloom all around them. A scene full of joy.]

[After she finished her drawing, she decided to hide it in her brother's table.]

Aarya: (in mind) If he noticed this by own, maybe he would be happy.

[Within a second, she jumped from her bed and rushed to go to Vijay's room. As she entered, the paper fell on the floor from her hand.]

Aarya: (to herself) Is this a bedroom!!!!

[The room looked like a tornado just passed through it. Clothes were everywhere, on the bed, floor, and even some hung precariously off the back of the chair, like fallen leaves in autumn, while others formed mountains on the bed, barely leaving space to sleep, mingled with discarded shoes and scattered wrist watch and sunglasses. There were also perfumes and half opened hair gel. The bed is unmade, with sheets hanging haphazardly over the edges. As if they had a fight with each other.]

[Then she looked at his working table. The desk was cluttered with more than just papers; there were pens, notebooks, and a tangled mess of charging cables for his devices. There was an open laptop. Next to it, there was a coffee cup with some leftover coffee in it, its contents long cold, evidence of Vijay's late-night work sessions. Important office papers were scattered across the desk, some crumpled from being hastily tossed aside in moments of frustration.]

Aarya: (in mind) Is this a table or a dustbin?? (In a teasing tone) He called himself 'The Great VIJAY RAJENDRAN', but if anyone looks at these he or she will definitely laugh at him.

[She bravely took on the challenge of cleaning up the chaotic room, she approached each item with determination. She tiptoed through the scattered clothes, gingerly picked them up one by one with a determined expression on her face. Her small hands deftly folded shirts and pants, creating neat piles on the bed. Then she put the watch and sunglasses into their proper boxes.]

[As she looked at the wall clock, the time showed 5:40 pm.]

Aarya: Uhhhh.... noo... (Patting her forehead) I've to hurry otherwise Bhaiya will come back.

[In a hurry, as she reached the desk, she pulled the tangled charging cables. But in her eagerness, she accidentally knocked the coffee cup over, spilling its contents onto the keyboard of the open laptop.]

Aayra: (in a panicking voice) Ohhh noo. What have I done!!

[She gasped as she watched the dark liquid spill onto the keyboard, a puddle formed around the keys.]

[Meanwhile, she heard a sound at the door lock. As she looked at the lock, she noticed it was rotated by someone.]

Aarya: (in mind) Bh.... Bhaiya...

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