Kavin got up from the bed, triggered at the moment, as purvi stood with her arms crossed, while bani enjoyed being the amused spectator to the chaos that was unfolding in front of her, taking bites out of the cake her mother had baked, which came out more delicious with the view it complemented. 

"acha, 17 saal ke baad jaagi hi hai tumhari mamta, mujhe yahi batado tum, aakhri baar kab gayi tum kisi PTM mein? arre woh bhi chodo, bache kaunse school mein padhte hain yeh bhi pata hai tumhe!" exclaimed kavin, as purvi just scoffed at the sheer pettiness of his response. 

"oh really, tum mujhe abhi equm ka birthdate batado bina uska i-card dekhe!" demanded purvi, as they both had these intense glares fixed on each other, meanwhile equm looked around cluelessly, wondering why his name was taken. 

"huh?" responded equm in utter confusion, as purvi and kavin looked at him, completely weirded out. 

"tujhe ho kya gaya hai aaj!" exclaimed kavin as purvi was so annoyed at this point. 

"woh hamesha se hi aisa hai, par tumhe toh woh bhi nahi pata...." retorted purvi, as kavin scoffed. 

"nahi bhai, ab laadla tumhara hai...main kaise kuch keh sakta hoon usse....aur baat rahi iss namone ke paida hone ki woh toh yeh 8 june ko hua tha, ab saal tum khudh i'm assuming calculate kar hi sakti ho...yaa TRP ke number samajhne ke alawaa ab koi maths tumhe aati hi nahi hai?" questioned kavin, as purvi raised her brow at him. 

"nahi itna toh calculate karke bata sakti hoon, ki delivery room mein 6 ghante tum nahi the isse paida karne ke liye!" quipped purvi with another snappy remark, as equm  just walked to the bed and lied down there and even dozed off at this point, not that they both noticed, even bani didn't, who he literally lied down in front of, she was too amused with the argument happening in front of her. 

"maternity leave ke baad ek diaper tak nahi change kiya tha tumne!" reminded kavin, as purvi just rolled her eyes. 

"well, i'm sorry ki mujhe actually kaam karna padh raha tha thanka ke liye, kyunki mere paas koi bhai nahi tha joh meri liye apni multimillion dollar company mein baithe-bithaye job dede!" interjected purvi, as kavin felt a pinch in his heart, a really painful one too. 

"atleast meri naukri meri behen ki ek business deal mein zabardasti ka clause toh nahi tha contract mein!" lashed out kavin with his snide remark too, as purvi had a grueling, beaming stare on her face at this point. 

"you were just jealous....my sister actually respected me, aur mujhe unka kuta banke nahi ghoomna padha unke peeche apna worth prove karne ko! mujhe ek alag jagah job mili, jahan mera caliber dekha gaya aur mujhe promote kia gaya! i didn't waste my life in her shadow." stated purvi, the sheer resentment in her eyes for him, accompanied by his bitterness sufficed, the damage was done. 

purvi walked away from the room, kavin, enraged at not having the last word, as he glared at bani, who was still eating her cake joyfully. 

"khaane ki tameez nahi hai kya tum mein! jao, kitchen mein se plate aur chamach lekar tareeke se khao!" rebuked kavin, as bani scoffed not moving. 

"what's so funny here?" questioned kavin with contempt. 

"it's funny, jasmine ke yahan na hote hue bhi...aap koi bhi choti se choti baat dhoond hi lete hain joh maine ki aur usne nahi...so that you can feel you are better than tayaji..." retaliated bani with her contempt. 

it seemed like he had been hit just rightly so hard with a gut-punch. 

the door opened, a still fairly young kavin, not a day above thirty, entered with a file in his hand, perplexed at finding an empty cabin. 

"uhh bhai?" looked around kavin, all in vain, as dushyant entered from the door in a few moments. 

"oh, hey...." responded dushyant, upon seeing him, quickly walking to his desk to get back to work. 

"yeah, sorry, woh Galgotia's ke saath meeting mein thoda extra time lag gaya...i'm ready now though...we can re-schedule with singhania now."  stated kavin, as dushyant who was already on his laptop, was completely unbothered. 

"that won't be necessary...." replied dushyant, as kavin raised his brow at him. 

"well, you didn't respond to my call, and i talked to singhania, and we both agreed that numbers aren't exactly your speciality...it's marketing and client relations. if it has anything to do with that, you'll be there, but for now, i'm heading the noida project." informed dushyant, bluntly, not a slight hint of guilt or inhibhition, he might as well be reciting math formulas with that cold and indifferent tone. 

"but, real estate mein expansion main manage kar raha tha...singhania ke saath bhi deal maine negotiate ki thi.." reminded kavin, as dushyant let out a light chuckle. 

"come on kavin...i mean, you remember what happened last time..you just are not ready to have independent projects for now.." replied dushyant, as if  he was telling a little child that they cannot have a toy that was promised to them for an A on the report card, because they got one B. kavin, visibly hurt, camouflaged his emotions, with a forced smile, keeping it professional and cordial. 

"whatever you say, you are the boss..." remarked kavin half-heartedly, leaving the room immediately, holding back his tears. 

He thought he should be mad at him, but he was just hurt and betrayed. would the world always be like this for him, where no one believes in him? was it worth it, if he did? 

he couldn't be left with his thoughts for long now, a loud cough by equm, who was lying unconscious on the bed, with his fidgeting arms and legs, had some white colored foam come out of his mouth, as kavin rushed to him in panick. 

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author's note: hey guys, sorry for not updating the light we never saw 2 today, i don't know just had this uncontrollable urge to continue where i left off yesterday, so i thought of just writing a little argument between kavin and purvi, but instead ended up writing the entire chapter, so here it is. don't worry though, promise that the light we never saw 2 would be updated tomorrow.