RuBhir OS

As mentioned this story starts from the time Abhimanyu and Abhir are on their way to temple before getting caught in the landslide.

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Abhimanyu ended his video call with Akshara and looked at Abhir, "Are you happy, Junior?"

Abhir - "BZKH, Dadda"

"Bohat zyaada khush hoon (I'm extremely happy)",  Abhimanyu guessed the short form and giggled. 

"Finally my wish for a happy family got fulfilled but.." Abhir paused. "I wish Ruhi would've been here. I told I hate her but I love her a lot, Dadda and miss her.." he sadly stated.

Abhimanyu fondly caressed his hair. A lot had happened in the past month. His Ruhi had lost her Maatashree in an accident and despite his stopping, Akshara had gone ahead and taken the blame upon herself. She moreover had decided to leave the city. He had no choice than to accompany her, at least for his son and the unborn kid. He knew it was almost impossible for Akshara to take care of herself and Abhir alone.

Even though he had accompanied Akshara, he had done everything in his hand to take care of Ruhi. He was in constant touch with Manish. He had appointed a child psychiatrist to help her come out of her trauma. And slowly Ruhi was recovering.

'After marriage, I will convince Akshara to shift back to Udaipur.. I can take better care of Ruhi.." he thought.

His phone started ringing bringing him to the present. It was a video call from Bade Papa. Abhimanyu picked the call, but there was no one. He smiled, "Ruhi?"

"RUHI!!!" Abhir squealed "Tum sau saal jiyogi, hum tumhare bare mein baat kar rahe the.. Samne toh aao (You'll live for a hundred years. We were talking about you.. Come infront)"

"Nahi aaungi.. Main sugga hoon.. ( I won't come as I'm angry)" Ruhi replied.

"Sugga nahi gussa hota hai Ruhi chuhi (It's angry Ruhi)" Abhir giggled.

"Wahi wahi Billa boy... " Ruhi replied coming in-front of the camera.

Abhimanyu was overwhelmed, "Rooh!! How are you? How is your heath?"

Ruhi didn't reply.

Abhimanyu - "You are still angry with me?"

"Aap gande ho.. Bina bataye chale gaye.. Aap mujhse pyaar nahi karte.. (You're bad. You went without informing me.. You don't love me..)" Ruhi angrily stated.

"Main aap se bohat pyaar karta hoon bacha, itna ki agar aap se milta toh aapko chod kar nahi ja pata..  (I love you so much that had I met you I wouldn't have been able to leave you), Abhimanyu fondly replied.

He continued, "Now tell me, are you taking care of your health and listening to Chandrika Aunty (Ruhi's Psychiatrist)?" Ruhi nodded in response.

Abhimanyu smiled, "I knew my princess is a good girl.."

Ruhi - "I miss you Poppy.. Please come back" 

Abhimanyu - "I miss you more bacha.. And I promise, I'll come to meet you in a day or two.."

Ruhi's eyes twinkled in response.

"Ruhi Chuhi, Dadda has brought something for all of us.". Abhir said. He took out a small box from a pouch which had three pendants.

Abhir - "Ruhi, this star pendant is for me, butterfly pendant for you and infinity pendant for our little brother or sister... When I come to Udaipur, I'll give it you.."

Ruhi smiled, "Thank you Poppy.. Ok bye, Billa Boy... I'm getting late for school"

Abhir was trying  to keep the box in Abhimanyu's pant when they saw some commotion happening at a distance and in no time a speeding truck came and crashed with their car.

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Abhir slowly opened his eyes, regaining his consciousness. His head was badly spinning. It took him few minutes to realise he was in a hospital. He slowly got up. His right leg and arm were injured.

He looked around but couldn't find Abhimanyu. He had no clue how he had ended up in the hospital. The last fainting memory he had was Abhimanyu tightly hugging him and protecting him from the crash.

"Dadda!!" he called in a faint voice. Two nurses passing by came and asked, "How are you beta?"

"Where's my Dadda?" Abhir asked. The nurses looked at each other with hesitation.

Nurse - "Do you have any elder's phone number? Your mother's?

Abhir nodded and gave her mother's number. The nurse tried but it was switched off.

Nurse - "Do you have any other number of  your relatives or some elder?"

"You ask Dadda, he'll have.. Where is he?" he anxiously asked.

The nurses whispered among themselves and decided to take him mortuary room. Abhir was feeling an uncanny fear in his heart which kept increasing every millisecond. A doctor was already present at the mortuary examining a body.

"Doctor, we have brought this kid to identify his father..", one of the nurse informed.

Doctor - "He is a small kid, Nurse Priya.. We can't show him dead bodies and ask him to identify.. Please call his mother or some other elder.."

Nurse - "His mother's phone is switched off and he doesn't have anyone else's number.."

The doctor felt pity on the small kid. The sudden gruesome landslide had killed many people and made several kids orphan.  He went to Abhir, "What is the name your father?"

Abhir - "Dr. Abhimanyu Birla.."

The doctor asked the nurse to find if the name was there in the list of people who had died. And if so to bring his belongings.

"Where is Dadda? I want to meet him" Abhir angrily asked with tears in his eyes..

The nurse brought a large envelope. Doctor left and deep sigh gently caressed Abhir's hair. In his worry Abhir didn't even object him as he used to create ruckus if anyone dared to touch his hair.

"I am sorry Beta.. Your father is no more.." the doctor replied. 

Abhir felt a lump in his throat which kept choking him. This was all feeling like a nightmare. They gave him the envelope which had Abhimanyu's ID proof, his spectacles, the chain with Mahadev pendant  and the box which he had kept in Abhimanyu's pocket. Abhir's head again started to spin and before he could react he had a black out.

To be continued...

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Author's Note - Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Do vote and share your thoughts in the comments.. It will be interesting to know what future has in store for Abhir.. Happy Reading!!!

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