About 9 years girl was sleeping peacefully when her mother Isha came to wake her up.

Isha: Wake up Ananya. We need to leave

She woke up after few minutes and laid in her mother's lap. Her mother caressed her hair with a smile.

Isha: Wake up baby. We have to go na

She picked her up and left her in washroom and handed the things she needed. Ananya got ready looking like a beautiful girl. She went out in hall. She went and hugged her father Vikrant's legs. He smiled widely and picked her in his arms and kissed her forhead.

Vikrant: Meri princess uth gayi

She hugged him by wrapping her small arms around his neck. A boy bit elder than Ananya came after sometime.

Boy: Morning papa. Morning Ana

Ananya smiled widely at him.

Ana: Morning bhayia

(A/n: Boy is Ananya's elder brother Akshit.)

Vikrant: Morning. To aaj kaha jana hai?

Ana and Akshit: (excitedly) Mamu ke ghar

Vikrant chuckled at them. Isha came with their breakfast.

Isha: Chalo jaldi se thoda sa khalo. Tab nikalte hai

Ana: Ok mumma

They had their breakfast having fun with each other like a happy family. Then left in their car. They reached their uncle's home. Hearing the horn, their aunt, Tisha came and opened the door. Ana and Aksh quickly got out and ran towards her. She happily hugged them both and kissed their cheeks.

Ana: Hello mami

Aunt: Hello bacho. Kaise ho?

Aksh: I am fine mami

Ana: I am also fine

Isha and Vikrant greeted Tisha and went inside. They went inside and met their uncle Rehan. Ana ran to a boy of about Aksh's age. She hugged him.

Ana: Hii Ryan bhayia

(A/n: Ryan is Ana's uncle and aunt's son.)

Ryan happily hugged her back.

Ryan: Hey Ana

He kissed her cheek. Then he met Aksh and took blessings from Vikrant and Isha. Both the families had a very strong bond with each other. Vikrant and Rehan sat down talking about some random things. Tisha went in kitchen to bring some snacks and tea for them. Isha went behind to help her and both were making something and gossiping.

Children started playing with each other. Aksh and Ryan ended up fighting over something. Ryan angrily went to his room. Aksh also went from there. Ana felt sad and went behind Ryan. He was sitting on bed with a frown on his face. Ana went near him to cheer him up. She sat beside him on bed.

Ana: Bhayia jaane do na. Chhodo ye sab. Hum dono khelte hai. Hum dono Aksh bhayia se baat bhi nhi krenge

Ryan: Ana just go from here. I don't want to talk to you

Ana: Bhayia

She said with a pout. Ryan looked at her.

Ryan: Achha okk chalo

Ana excitedly hugged him. Ryan rubbed his hand on her butt. She felt weird but ignored it thinking she might have felt like that only. They played together for sometime. Ryan held her hand in between or kissed her cheek. It was unusual of him and Aksh was also not there. She was not liking it but shrugged off thinking he is her fav brother and he loves her so much that he will never do anything wrong with her.

In evening, they had to leave for home. Ana bid Ryan bye and they left. Everything got normal.

After somedays, they again met. Elders were busy with each other as always leaving children on their own.

Aksh: So what should we play?

Ana: Hide and seek

Aksh: Boring

Ana: Nhi we are playing that

Ryan: Okk. So me and Ana will hide and you have to find us

Ana: Yes. Me and Ryan bhayia will hide. Let's go bhaiya

Ryan held her hand and both left for hiding. Ana was focusing on game but Ryan's focus was somewhere else. They were hiding in one corner of storeroom which was dark. Ryan suddenly kept a hand on his breast making her feel u comfortable. She didn't like it but she thought maybe he kept by mistake because space was less where they were hiding. She felt him pressing it. But before she could say anything, they heard a voice.

Aksh: Caught you both

He couldn't see what was happening because of dark. Ana sighed in relief while Ryan frowned.

Aksh: Let's go now

Rest of the day was normal for others but not Ana. She couldn't get that moment out of her mind. For days, that feeling, his hands on her body she was thinking that. In front of her parents, she used to be fine but whenever she used to be alone that incident used to come in her mind. She wasn't even sure what exactly happened or something actually happened or was it just her overthinking.

Next time when they met, Ana was trying to stay away from him. She was kind kf hiding from him but he held her hand and took her in a room. He cupped her face.

Ryan: What happened Ana? Why are you hiding from me baby?

Ana: Nothing bhayia. I am fine

She said with a nervous smile. He smiled at her and leaned forward and started kissing her. She was just numb trying to process what just happened and how should she react to it. He pulled away in a minute and pecked her lips. She was looking down not able to make an eye contact with him. He took her trembling and kept it on his penis. He pressed her hand over it.

Ana: Bh...bh..bhayia wh...wh..what a..a..are y...y..you d...d..doing?

She asked in a shaky voice. He was too lost to answer her. Finally he left her. He kissed her cheek.

Ryan: Don't worry Ana. Nothing happened. And don't tell it to anyone

She nodded her head slowly. When she felt a bit normal he held her hand and took her outside. They left after sometime.

Days passed

Ana started getting nightmares of that ridiculous incident. This incident happened in her holidays. After few days, she went to school. She was talking to her friends. All were girls. Bell rang and they started settling on their seats. A boy came near Ana.

Boy: Hi Ana

Ana looked up and her legs started shaking. Incident with Ryan started coming in her mind. Sweat started forming on her forhead.

Boy: Ana are you ok?

Ana: Y..y...yes. What happened?

Boy felt her behavior weird because he and Ana used to talk casually and it wasn't first time they were talking but he shrugged off.

Boy: Wo I needed your notebook. I was having problem in one question from our holiday's homework. Can I see yours?

Ana nodded nervously and took out her notebook and handed him. He took notebook and went back to his seat. As soon as he left, Ana sighed in relief and let out the breath she was holding.

Months passed. Years passed like this.

Whenever they used to meet, he used to kiss her and make her touch his manhood and used to touch her private parts. She started getting scared of him. Whenever her parents used to tell they are meeting her uncle aunt, everything used to come in front of her eyes. She didn't like visiting them anymore. She was terrified from even his name. She started making excuses whenever they had to go to their home. She wasn't even comfortable anymore with boys except her brother. She used to be fine around girls or her parents and brothers but whenever she used to be alone she used to feel scared. Those thoughts, those incidents used to come in front of her eyes. She used to feel his hands on her body.

Ana's P.O.V.

Today again he did same thing. First time it happened, I was too small to even know what exactly happened to me but yest I did feel uncomfortable. But then it started happening too frequently that it started scaring me. It makes me feel too comfortable. I can't even tell mumma papaor bhayia. They love and trust me so much. What if they started hating me? No no I can't tell them. I can't even tell mamu mami. They love me like their own daughter. I don't want anyone to start hating me.

P.O.V. ends

Next day

It was about 5:30 PM. Bell rang alerting Sana. Isha opened the door. Ryan came inside. Yes, he started coming everyday after his tutions with an excuse to help her with her homework. He took Isha's blessings and went to Sana's room and closed the door. She was looking down. He came towards her and started touching her womanhood over her clothes and kissed her breast over her t-shirt. She was standing quietly with her hands fisted and eyes shut tightly. No tears were coming out of her eyes. He made her look up by holding her chin and pressed his lips against her and pressed his lower body more into her making her feel his penis. She just stood their not acting.

That half an hour of the day used to be the most dreadful half an hour of the day for her. She used to feel disgusted, uncomfortable and what not.

One sudden day, Isha saw blood on her clothes and told her about periods. That evening, again Ryan came to her but she didn't want to him know about his periods. He forwarded his hand towards her breast but she held.

Ana: Please bhayia no. Don't do this to me

She pleaded as tears rolled down her eyes.

Ryan: Kyo? Aaj kya hua? Itne saal se to kar rhe hai?

Ana: Nhi bhayia. Please mujhe chhod do. Ye sab matt karo mere saath

She pleaded but he forcefully tried to kiss her but she somehow pushed him and ran to the washroom. He sighed in frustration and left after sometime.

It continued for few more times. He tried to repeat it but she used to somehow get away. So he gave up after few days.

Though the physical abuse stopped but what about that mental and emotional trauma?

She started getting afraid of boys. She was no more comfortable with boys. Whenever she used to be alone those thoughts used to come in her mind. That feeling of hands roaming around the body, that fear remained in her.

THE END

Abuse might stop but trauma won't leave easily. It kills victim everyday from inside.

And it's not fictional. It happens with uncountable children both girls and boys out there. They are facing this every single day. And more than 80% of them are abused by someone really close to them or their family.

And please if you see any child going through this there are many law, agencies, helpline numbers where you can complaint.

You can mail to National Comminssion of Woman. You can complaint under POCSO Act and many more. Information is available on Google. Because it's too difficult for a victim to go and tell their parents/elders themselves. If you know someone, either encounter them to tell someone or complaint against it. You don't know but mental trauma victim is facing is next to the pain of death. So if you can save, please don't step back.

Special thanks to livetothefullest_11 for helping with the plot.

Thanks

-Priya