"I'm not interested" Ritika exclaimed walking ahead as Sanskar followed her "What do you mean you aren't interested? Ma'am, it's not a shopping spree or a movie show that you are given choice, it's police investigation!" 

"Unless and until it's food panda or mc donalds or any food joint interviewing me in return of free food, I'll pass" as she shut the door over his face Sanskar stomped his legs on the floor clutching onto his head frustrated "I don't get why it's always me manaofying you sisters always, first she took a thousand years to say yes to me and now you- "

"Ten thousand years and I still won't say yes" she spoke from the other side and Sanskar looked like he would cry any moment, "do not make stupid cute faces you donkey, never works on me!"

"Okay fine!" Sanskar suspended his hands up in the air "Do whatever you want to, if they suspect you and put you behind the bars, don't you dare call me for help."

The door slightly opened and she peeped "I won't" his eyes cheerful but then she feigned a smile "cos I know you would come regardless of my calls so, bu-bye!"

And the door shut right over his face, Sanskar lifted his hand up air and acted as if hitting the door frustrated. 

"Where is she?" Ragini asked as Sanskar walked down "See" he pointed besides him where no one was "right here, next to me."

Ragini blinked her eyes twice "Hun?"

"Blind!" he exclaimed and Ragini frowned. Sanskar turned to the officer saying "I'll make sure she comes down at the police station for interrogation, by hook or crook."

The officer nodded and left, Ragini tapped on Sanskar's shoulder and he turned to her side to find no one. As he turned to leave there she stood in front of him, her hands folded over her chest, she huffed.

"Yes Mrs. Maheshwari?"

"How is it that my little sister gets all the pampering and all I get is the stupid attitude?"

"You jealous of your sister?"

Ragini made a puppy face "Kinda" Sanskar couldn't help but smile holding her hand her pulled her closer to him. Ragini flushed as his hands now kept her bound in his embrace "Sanskar!"

Her eyes were wide as he whispered "I love you, Mrs. Maheshwari" her cheeks were red as she tried to keep her face away from him, "Stop it, any one could walk right in."

"No one's home" he replied giving her a mischievous grin, she hit on his chest exclaiming "We are standing right in the middle of the living room."

"Ohh" he wondered "Are you trying to hint me about something?"

"Hun?" she wondered as he took a step back and slightly bent "Sans- " her eyes went wide as she was now in his arms "oh my goodness, you... " she trailed off in loss of words as he walked towards the stairs "I did not at all hint this sinister thing."

"Haww" Sanskar looked into her eyes "picking up my wife and dropping her at her destination is no sin my lord, I'm falsely accused!"

"Are yea?" she frowned at him but he did not budge "if someone walks in or sees us like this, I swear I'll scream help."

"It's okay, I'll just say Miss. Crazy here is out of her med's."

"You calling me crazy?"

"You calling me kidnapper?"

"Did I?" she feigned innocence and he nodded cutely "Yes Mrs. Maheshwari, you so did and you also broke my heart."

"Haww, liar liar pants on fire" she cutely slapped his face and his eyes went wide "Hawww, Devta jese pati pe hath uthaya? Paapi aurath!"

"Such a drama queen, aren't- " as Sanskar took a turn Ragini's eyes caught his "Tarun... "

Tarun smiled slightly and from behind him came Ritika all happy and smiling "I so so wanted to watch the movie and look at you, always knowing it all, even before I say it." Ritika's smile faded as she saw him tensed, she turned to the direction he was looking at and suddenly her eyes lit up.

Ritika's smile turned into laughter as she saw her sister in Sanskar's arms "Aww" she laughed "You guys... " she breathed "you guys are so so cute."

Ritika walked up to them "I love how confident Mr. Donkey was thinking I won't get out of my room, haina?"

"But you did" Sanskar exclaimed his eyes still on Tarun "but not alone, haina?"

Ritika shook her head "you guys it's been days now, you both know he visits me, I'm his doctor, is it a crime to attend to my patient?"

Sanskar let go Ragini and turned his attention to Ritika "was he there when I came to call you downstairs?"

"Does it matter?" Ritika's attitude shocked Ragini as Sasnakr clenched his fists taking a step closer to her "WAS HE THERE?"

"Woah! What's wrong with you?" Ritika exclaimed and Sanskar held onto his head frustrated "What the hell is wrong with you Ritzi?"

Ragini held Sanskar's arm scared of the tense atmosphere, Sanskar could not take it anymore and was on the verge of snapping it out just then Tarun popped in between them "Lower your voice Sanskar, know whom you are speaking to, she might be your bestfriend but she is also a girl."

Sanskar laughed out loudly "Look whose giving me a lesson on how to treat girls!" he clapped "seriously dude, are you even in a place to tell me how I should behave with a girl" he slightly tapped on his own forehead and pointed his hand back at Tarun "like you!"

Ragini trembled in fear, her hands shaking profusely,

"You don't even know to wipe the freaking floor?" the lady snapped at the little girl as she lay on the wet surface all drenched in water, her little eyes moist and glassy, her hands shaking due to both cold and fear.

"You don't know to cook, you don't know to wash clothes or iron them" the lady harshly poked on her forehead and she lost balance "You know nothing!" the little girl's head hit the floor and she winced in pain "Mumma... "

"That's it, I can't even say two words to this waste of a space and she starts with the water work" she looks up at a direction and yells "what are we keeping this tiny little rat for? To increase my work and decrease my bank balance?"

The little girl hiccuped and the lady lifted her hand up yelling "Shut up! Just SHUT UP!"

Ragini was brought out of her trance as Ritika held her arm tightly "Sanskar!" she snapped and Sanskar turned to them, his anger vanished the instant his eyes caught Ragini's.

Ragini was ice cold and trembling as Ritika took her along with her "have you stopped taking your meds? How many times do I have to scold you for being so careless about yourself?"

Sanskar rushed to open Ragini's room's door and Ritika gave him a glare "Thank you!" she looked back at Ragini as they walked upto her bed "Sit!"

Ragini sat down and Ritika rushed to the night stand and grabbed the water bottle, Sanskar stood at a distance, his eyes just staring at Ragini, regret and guilt clearly visible over his face.

"Here" Ritika made Ragini drink the water "I'm so done with you, let Dadi come I'll make her take your class, when she'll roam around you 24*7 then you'll know."

Ragini's lips slowly curved up as Ritika scolded her cutely, Tarun now stood next to Sanskar "I was just taking her out for a movie, in all this drama Ragini is not the only one who has gone through a lot."

"Do not speak to me" Sanskar uttered and Tarun sighed "I've changed, in fact I was never the bad guy, everyone knows this, even Ragini does."

"Don't you dare take her name with your filthy mouth!"

Tarun just shook his head turning to leave "You are in a bubble my friend, when that bursts you'll know who was really at fault."

Even though he left, his words never did, they were the best of friends and one day he of all people would do that, Sanskar shook his head, it was un believable but indeed the truth. May he say what ever he wishes to, nothing will change, he had broken every bit of Ragini's heart exactly when she had literally just joined the pieces herself.

Her already broken heart that she had mended herself was ripped apart and hammered into so many pieces, that no one thought it could be ever... 

His thoughts were interrupted by her laughter, Ragini was laughing out so loud, her heart felt full of love and everything that he had always wanted for her. Sanskar's lips curved up as she laughed more, making Ritika frown. 

"You both deserve a good punishment" Ritika exclaimed grabbing her cellphone "I'll make sure neither of you have that romance anymore."

"Hun?" Ragini and Sanskar exclaimed together as she walked towards the door "Oye!" Ragini exclaimed but she was gone.

"Cliffhanger de gyi" Ragini bit her lower lip cutely as Sanskar walked upto her "Hey there" he exclaimed kneeling down in front of her "I'm- " Ragini kept her finger on his lips interrupting "don't be, it's okay, it's okay to vent it out. I'm just sorry you had to compromise your emotions because of me."

Sanskar just gazed at her as she spoke "I'm always the one who makes you not express it, I'm so done being that girl in your life, like I want you to live life and be the way you are, I love you" his eyes lit up at those words "I love you and my love is not suppose to bind you or like I don't know Sanskar... " she trailed off.

Sanskar laid his head on her lap, his eyes closed peacefully, they never needed words to express, even the slightest of their actions were enough for the other one to know. Her hand caressed his hair lovingly, "I love you Mr. Maheshwari, I really do" and his lips curved up.

Tarun was on his cellphone when someone tapped on his back, as he turned around "Planning to watch the movie all alone?" Ritika gave him a look and he sighed in relief.

"Hey" he exclaimed and Ritika feigned a smile "You really thought I would let you escape? Like ever?"

"I- "

"Ahaan!" Ritika shook her head "this plan is ours and you are bound to be by my side like forever!"

"This is so not fair to her Ritika, she's your sister."

"So what? She should have thought that before doing all that Tarun, but did she?"

Tarun took a step back from her "you are not in your senses, I said it last time, I'm saying it again, you'll regret doing this Ritzi."

"Did your regret of what you did to her in the past, like help you? Did it change anything?"

Tarun gave her a look and she smirked "It did not right? You did it and now are you happy after it all?"

"I'm not, exactly that's why- "

"Don't preach something you yourself could not do Tarun, just be here with me like you have always been. You have always made my sister's life hell then why back off now?"

"Because... " he trailed off as Ritika now stood just an inch apart from him, her arms now around his neck as she queried "because?"

Lakshya stormed into the house as Swara came out of the kitchen "Laksh- " he walked upstairs without even looking at her. 

Lakshya threw his bag over the bed and it hit a vase in it's way, as the vase fell down and crashed into pieces, Shashank woke up and started crying in his cradle.

Lakshya breathed heavily, something within him went off at that moment as anger took in "SWARA!" 

Swara was standing at the door, her eyes moist and trembling in fear as Lakshya turned to her he snapped "Swara!"

Swara jumped up in her place "What's wrong with you? Are you blind? Can't you see he's crying?"

Swara did not move an inch as Shashank cried even louder, the baby's cries did not bug her at all, what scared her was his anger. She gulped in Lakshya brushed his hair frustrated, "What the hell! Are you deaf?"

Lakshya turned to the baby who was crying endlessly, his anger now calmed down a bit as he saw Shashank all teary and red "Hey... " he exclaimed walking upto the cradle he bent down and picked up Shashank in his arms "shh... " 

He held Shashank closer to his heart, the little baby cried a little but then Lakshya's heart beat calmed him too. As the two boys found solace in each others arms, a tear slid down Swara's eye, her fist clenched so tightly, a drop of blood escaped her grip and fell on the floor.