~"There are times when nobody understands us, not even a bit of what we feel inside, all the sadness accumulates inside, and all we get is dejection."
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I remember growing up without my parents. They were always busy in making money. But with passing time I was used to it, and so was Radhika Di. But somehow they had a control on us.
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Radhika Di had called me up and told me that mom dad are going to come back home. But I wasn't willing to leave Saanvi alone in that condition. She was conscious and a bit better but still leaving her like that was something which I didn't want to do. Mom and dad usually used to come after 10, whenever they did, so I thought it would be safe to go somewhat around 9. I didn't want to, but I had to.
But that day, they had come up early and they were quite angry at me for being at the hospital while I should be at home. Dadi and Di knew it because they knew about me and Saanvi's bond. But mom and dad were quite reluctant over it.
The moment I reached home, I found my mom angry. She was screaming about how nobody is taking care of me back home. It was quite funny though how she and dad were never around and still wanted things their way. I knew trouble was on its way.
And when I stepped inside her room, she said, "Here comes Aryan."
I was scolded a lot that day. My parents were not liking my friendship with Saanvi. It came as a shock for me. Shouldn't they be happy seeing their son growing confident from a loner who used to suck big time. But no! Mom wasn't ready to listen.
All I got to hear was,
"She would take advantage of you son, be careful."
"It's your study time, not time to go pass time in some hospital where you might get sick as well."
"If you want to waste time, why don't you go out with Radhika."
"Don't you understand what your priorities are."
"We don't want you to disgrace the name of our family son."
Well at some point mom was right. I was sacrificing my studies but I somehow managed to cover them well on time. And they always used to think Saanvi as someone who was selfish whereas she wasn't. It wasn't even their fault. They had never been around much so they had never seen us and our bonding. So there was no point arguing over that matter.
Moreover, mom and dad were about to leave soon because of our major business portion was being shifted to Delhi. I tried to explain how close we were. She agreed to me somehow, but on the other hand she told Radhika Di to keep an eye on me and my studies. Radhika Di was someone who I adored completely. Even today she is my pillar of support.
With passing days, mom used to come back frequently. She was worried for me. But seeing me doing good, she was relieved.
And after three weeks Saanvi was finally coming back home. She was all fine now. My happiness knew no bounds. I was a different kind of excited. Things were great, having her back home was great.
After some days, mom was back home and I had gone to the mandir with Radhika Di and Dadi. When I came back, I saw Saanvi standing in mom's room and she was saying something to her. I crept near to the door and tried to listen what she was talking about. All I could make out was that mom was telling her how sensitive I was and how I had never had good friends, and knowing about her friendship, mom wanted her not to hurt me, ever. She made her promise that. Saanvi never mentioned about it to me, neither did mom. Neither did any one of them had any idea that I knew. I was happy that mom was understanding me, finally.
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And she was my Saanvi. How could she ever hurt me. That was all I had in my mind and a smile lit up my face.
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