"FREEDOM!!" The hall full of students chorused tossing their hats in the air. Everyone clapped and cheered for themselves for surviving the torturous yet fun college life.

Everyone was enjoying themselves with a glass of whatever drink they preferred. But that wasn't the case for our four leads, as they had to maintain their 'dignity' in front of others.

Four people, bored to hell, have nothing to do. Everyone would expect them to sit and suffer together, or at least try to spark a conversation. But that could never be the case for our leads. They were sitting as much as apart as possible, the guys avoided each other like plague the whole day, actually since a long time. The girls? Well, one stayed close to her brother. What do you expect from someone who has no friends and zero interest in making them. The other one had nowhere to go as her brother despised her being anywhere near him. So she just sat on a vacate table which unfortunately happened to be close to the one on which her brother was sitting.

"I'm bored bhai....can't we just go home" grumbled an irked Anushka to her brother who looked like he would love to be anywhere but there.

"Me too....Annu" groaned an equally irritated Rohit.

"Honestly bhai!! Let's move already!!" The girl whined pulling her brother's arm.

"Ana! stop..." Rohit tried to protest but could never turn down his sister, besides he was bored too, so got up with a groan. They left the party and went home.

"You know one is supposed to be present at the party organized for them bhaiya and di" That was the first thing Jass said when he saw his tired siblings who were about to enter the house. The party was organised on their grandmother's order and everyone from their college was invited to it. The lady was desperate to get her grandchildren to make some friends, but guess her plan flopped.

"And one is supposed to be there at one's elder siblings' graduation....you know!" shot back Anushka at the 23 years old who smiled sheepishly at the two. 

"I was there naa!!" protested the youngest of the three

"But you left after sometime naa!!" Rohit said in a sing-song voice just to tease the younger.

"Bhaiya! you too are taking di's side!! That's unfair you know! Two against one" complained Jass pouting at the two.

"I'll take your side" came a deep voice said suddenly startling the three siblings.

"Am I allowed to?" the man asked grinning at the three

"Harry! how come you are here?" asked the youngest happily hugging him as he was meeting his best friend after a month. The two would start fighting in no time' Rohit could bet his whole bank balance on that.

"Did bhai come too?" asked Anushka after hugging him, wanting to meet her one of the favorite bhais of all.

"Yup" Harry said as he engulfed Ro into a hug.

"Bhabhi and Zivu?" The three asked Harry "Just me and bhai" Harry replied.

"Where's he...Let's meet him" Ro said to which the other two agreed

"erm....." Harry awkwardly ran a hand through his curls, not knowing what to say.

"He went to meet uncle" He said nervously clearing his throat. As soon as the three heard the name the smile on their lips faltered a bit.

"Oh!" was the only thing that left Jass' mouth, while Nush tried her best to look happy. Ro was completely a different story staring in the distance. The other three stared at Ro awkwardly not knowing what to do.

No doubt he was elder than them and that's why he always tried to mask his emotions and act firm. But their parent's health had been a sensitive topic for the three, especially for Rohit.

"Bhaiya...?" Jass said shaking Ro back into reality.

"Huh?....oh, what's the problem then!! Let's go and meet both bhai and dad" He said pretending to be happy and excited.

"Yeah...Let's go" Nush agreed

The four entered into the house more like a grand Palace.

As they were heading towards Mr. Sharma's room, a voice stopped them "Where are you four headed to". It was Jemisha, the temporary president of Sharma Industries and sister of Mrs. Sharma.

"To dad's room" answered Rohit as he bowed down to touch her feet, much to everyone's distaste. She made a face on hearing that but smiled when Rohit straightened up and looked at her. Anushka scowled at the exchange. Jass squeezed her hand assuringly to which she gave a thankful nod to Jass.

"Namaste Mrs. Sheikh" Harry said to her polietly and gave her a fake smile. He too wasn't a big fan of the said lady but had to 'behave' nicely as told by his elder brother or he was dead.

"Namaste" she nodded in his direction. If it would have been someone else she would have ignored him/her being the b!tch she was. But, it was Hardik Singh Dhoni, the brother of MS dhoni. One of the biggest business tycoons and also happened to be one of the main person in the Sharma Industries' and Kohli Industries' joint council.

"We shall be going now Auntie" Jass said smiling sweetly at her. He held Anushka's hand and nodded in Harry's direction, who held Rohit's hand having understood the plan.

"See you again Mrs. Sheikh.......I hope never" Harry whispered the last part and the four left from there.

"That was close" Sighed Anushka relieved to be out of her 'sweet' aunt's clutches. Jass and Harry nodded.

"Why do you guys hate her so much" Rohit asked the three. The three stared at him with a look of disbelief, like it was even possible not to hate the said lady.

"You....forget it!" Anushka just waved him off.

"Come...move fast we need to meet dad and bhai" Jass said

"Why is it so far!!" Complained Anushka

"This is called show off darl! Your old ass aunt there loves to waste money" Harry replied with a straight face

"Can't even deny that" Jass said sighing.

A few hours later........ (Just kidding)

"Finally!! We reached!!" Exclaimed Anushka

"This is one hell of a mansion" Harry said "I mean bhai has money too....but he didn't construct some huge ass palace in the name of a house"

"Tell me about it Harry! This woman is too much" Nush huffed thinking about her 'sweet' aunt.

"Can we move inside now" Asked Jass wanting to meet his bhai and dad

"Yeah yeah....can't hear anything about your 'lovely' aunt" Nush said just to get a reaction out of Rohit as the latter was looking sad.

"Ro? Let's go" Harry tried. But the said person didn't move from his place "Erm...I think..I shouldn't go inside" Ro said clearing his throat.

"Bhai...." Nush started only to be interrupted by Ro "I can't see my own father being so scared of me that he can't even see his own son" Ro expressed his feelings

"Bhaiya, Dad would be okay soon. Please don't be sad, let's go and meet them bhaiya" Jass requested his elder brother

"Jass...but"

"No ifs and buts come let's move inside" Jass said

"With a smile at our faces" Harry said looking at Ro and managed to get a smile at Ro's face.

"Fine" He said and the four of them went inside the room.

So this is the first chapter of the story. And I know there could be some confusions. And some questions may arise inside your heads. But, I promise that you'll find the answers to your questions in the coming chapters.

So!! Stay connected and Safe.
💜 Manu (your fantastic author😉).

PS: I am trying something completely new to me. So kindly spare me for any mistakes😅.