*Neville Pov*

"What is going on?" I asked Nic frowning, but she just got the creepy grin like yesterday when I told her everything seemed so creepy.

"And you can stop with that look. I just said the word once and you need not show it everyday." I added to which she laughed and moved away from the dining table.

"Oh my god!" I mumbled staring at the food or I should say feast.

"Who the hell..." I stopped my question turning towards her.

"What are they trying to show?" I asked feeling the anger raising inside.

"Love?" she replied like a question making me glare at her.

I turned to leave but stopped in my tracks hearing her next words. I closed my eyes tightly before turning towards her.

"Yes! He prepared your favorite dish and you can open your eyes. It doesn't seemed to be bad in any way other than a few modifications which are needed by this dish." She said and I slowly opened my eyes only too cover my mouth.

"Don't laugh, Nev! He must have worked so hard for it. How much effort he took to make it to you. You must feel so blessed." She said in a dreamy tone.

"Because he is a guy and it is not his work to cook? Then how about all the work I did for each one of them even after knowing not even the part he must have known while preparing this." I asked to which she nodded smiling.

"I know what you are saying is right. I am just wishing that you will be happy again. And it is the right of every best friend to think like that." She said shrugging making me smile at her.

"Ok! I will be leaving then to finish as much report as I can. Otherwise the days within which we will leave will extend even more." She added walking towards the door after taking a bite from some of the food except his.

"As if you will not like it." I mumbled chuckling.

"In that I will not do anything. I will make sure it will not get postponed because I need to be there." She said winking and walked out of the door.

I smiled at the door and walked towards the dining table to see different but in huge quantities.

"Who must have prepared what?" I asked myself before taking a bite of the food he made only to cringe.

"God! What did he think while making this?" I mumbled before taking another bite which continued until I heard a chuckle from my side.

I turned to see Nic grinning at me and I cleared my throat, pushing the plate away before looking everywhere.

"You didn't leave?" I asked her in a casual tone.

"I did, but then returned to give you the letter in which the details of the people who cooked which item is written." She explained, taking out the letter which is below some bowl.

"However, it seems like you need not know as you may not have enough space to have some other food." She added, staring at the plate and I turned to see that it is empty.

"I am just tasting it so that I can scold him regarding his culinary skills." I said to which she laughed before placing the letter in my hand and left.

"Yes! I am leaving for real this time." She shouted when I continued to stare at her even after she was about to close the door.

"I am stupid!" I mumbled slapping my forehead and opened the letter before settling down in a chair.

'We thought of writing the names of the people along with the things they prepared but then decided against it. We should tell you by ourselves right? So, with great help of your friend, we are going to be near you by the time you read this letter. And I love you too.'

I calmly folded the letter with stillness, not giving a sound or movement and then released my breath knowing well I can't escape.

"I am getting late for my work." I simply said to which a few chuckles were thrown to my ears before they all stood near the table.

"You finished mine?" Yash asked grinning.

"No! I threw it in the dust-bin." I replied, to which he laughed.

"You don't know how to lie." He said and I narrowed my eyes at him before turning to look at Mom, his Mom and my Step-Mom looking at me.

"Well?" I asked before glancing at all the men.

And then they started saying who prepared what along with the procedure of preparing it. While all I did was just sitting in my chair and trying to adapt to all the changes in everyone's behavior.

"Tell me one thing." I asked, staring at them.

"You all behaved like someone else all these days and now behaving like someone else. Why is it and what part is the real one?" I asked, to which my step-Dad gave a small smile.

"All I can say is this is what we should have been all the time, but we never dared to until some special person came and showed us the mirrors." He said making me stop my yawn in the middle and I gulped it.

"I am not a special person and I didn't show you all anything. It doesn't even matter how you behave with me or even anyone. I never cared and I never will." I said, getting up and started to move, but Mom stood before me blocking my way.

"Have breakfast, Nev! I made your favorite." She said and I stared at her with shock.

"That... that was my favorite when I was a kid, which I am not anymore." I stated and thought she will back away but she smiled.

"I know! I wish it stayed your favorite throughout your life." She said to which I frowned.

"To which I have to stay a kid forever." I said shaking my head.

"Which is not such a hard job for you." Yash said, placing his hand on my shoulder.

"And I have made this. I know you felt bad for failing in preparing this dish. You need not try it again as I will do it all the time." His Mom said and I closed my eyes hoping all this is a dream.

And then they all started talking again while Yash pulled me to him holding me. I stared at all of them before moving away from his hold.

"What are you guys even doing? I mean, everything is over right? Then what are you all trying to do? You live your lives while I will live mine and simple. I will never change my ways like you all changed yours so easily." I shouted making everyone stand in silence.

"We know that you love pampering which should have been there for you from all of us when you were a kid. We are trying to make it up for you." Mom said, taking a step near to me but I shook my head.

"I don't want any making up or anything. You all are wasting your time by coming here and I don't even know why. Wasn't there some promise or something? You guys should have followed it." I said, walking towards the table for my bag.

"It seemed you were more important than that promise." Step Dad said making me laugh at them.

"I am more important than a promise? I am actually some important person? Well, I don't believe that for a second because I never gave any chance to become like that for anyone except three. In those three I took it back from one." I said and waited to see if anyone will say anything else other than just staring at me with shock.

"You all should be like you are. My Mom should be completely scared to even utter a word to be before anyone's presence, but not like how she is behaving now. My Step-Dad should always have an anger or even blank expression, but not the feelings he is showing now. My Aunt should always be hating but not the caring she is showing now. And more importantly my Dad should be taking care of his office instead of being in my presence at all." I said, staring at each one of them and turned away before leaving the house rushing towards the car.

"What about me?" I heard his voice and turned to see him walking near to me.

"What?" I asked him frowning.

"How should I be? I must have changed too, right?" he asked, moving more near to me and I stepped back leaning on the chair the moment he was just a breath space away from me.

"You... you didn't change except a little." I replied, trying to ignore his close proximity.

"Ok! What is that change?" he asked, moving his head and placing it on my neck before hugging me.

"You should give your priority to your family more than me and you should not leave Kiran alone at all." I replied to which he chuckled.

"I am giving my top priority to my family only and that too main part of my family. My future wife and Kiran must be giving priority to her crush which I don't want to disturb." He said and hugged me tighter.

"Ok! Go to work." He said, stepping back and I just stared at him.

"Wh... what?" I asked him, frowning when he clinked his fingers before me.

"Go to the office!" he replied and I nodded before getting inside the car in a daze.

I shook my head coming out of it by the time I reached the office and tried to finish all the work my boss gave trying to forget everything else.

"Not again!" I mumbled, reaching the door and saw the whole family sitting inside with Nic talking with them.

"They are just here to say something." Nic said, shrugging when I glared at her.

"Ok! Just say it." She added, turning towards them before rushing off to her room.

"I was scared to utter even a single word with you because I always thought I was given a great rescue by the marriage of mine with Harsha. I didn't want to make them feel any uncomfort when they actually helped me to be alive. And I also know you will not be spared by the one person who thinks me as guilty more than anyone if I was normal with you. I tried to meet and I wished to cry, telling you how much I love you, but I always knew I didn't deserve your forgiveness or anything else." Mom said staring at me while I stared back with shock.

"And now I don't want to miss any time without being spent with you and I even know all the things I was thinking were not true." She added before she stepped back into her husband's hold.

"And my anger or anything else was not for you. It was my own pain which occurred by thinking that the only person I have ever loved and still love is in love with some other person but had to settle with me for her family. I always gave a blank expression while talking to you but inside I always felt jealous thinking you are the person who born out of love while even a part of that love will never to be said mine. Now, I know she loves me as much as I do and I want to be the part of her first true and forever love which is you and help her in correcting the mistakes." He said before giving me a small smile.

"Please don't tell me she has something to say like this too." I mumbled when Aunt stepped forward.

"My hate towards you was because I couldn't show it towards your Mom. Which was also stupid because no matter what I knew inside that it was not her fault. But I was still an immature no matter how grown and married I was. I took in my Dad's death along with my brother's pain, knowing well the person whom he loves left him. Now, I got a big reality check and I am not saying I like you, but I know Yash's happiness will be found only with you. I am again not saying that I will be back to the old hating self because I don't have a reason to hate you unless you hurt my son." She said shrugging and I couldn't help but smile.

"No need to say anything, Dad. I just knew that you are selling your business. But why?" I asked when Dad opened his mouth.

"The business was supposed to be yours after me, but I know you will never return. What is the use of it for me?" he asked back.

"There is rose and you can't do it for both of them." I replied frowning.

"I don't deserve it to even handle a little part of it. I will ruin it." Rose said, not meeting my eyes.

"But..." I started saying to which her Mom shook her head.

"They both are right. Don't worry about it and don't think that he is here because he is selling. He stopped doing work properly when you left." She said and I stared at each one of them in shock.

"Ok! It is getting late, we will leave, but have the dinner for sure." Mom said, smiling at me and walked near to me along with everyone.

They all left, one after the other while I just stood there, leaning and slowly knelt down on the floor.

"I am so selfish." I mumbled out of nowhere.

"What?" I heard a voice and turned to my side to see Yash sitting beside me.

"I am selfish!" I repeated to which he frowned.

"I always thought everyone behaves with me in some way because they want to do that for me. But I never thought they must be having their own problems and their own lives. I just thought everything is linked to me and with me. How can I be so selfish?" I asked with bewilderment and he sighed, taking me in his arms before pressing a kiss to my forehead.

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ok guys, i dont have anything to say because i kind of think i lost my grip over the story or am i feeling it like myself i dont know...

but will be completing this soon whenever i can get time...

i still want to ask how is it?

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