A Mischievous Gutsy Girl.

Chapter 48. 'The Mother's Mistake.'

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Continuing from where we left. . .

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At Tej's House 🏘 :
In Tej and Kirti's Bedroom during the night. . .

Tej turns his head to look back at the door and finds Nikita standing while trying to hold in her laughter. He blinks dumbly between the two and asks confusedly tilting his head on his left, "What?"

The woman and the young girl burst out laughing confusing the only man in the house. "Why are you both laughing?" A confused Tej asks blinking at them.

Nikita comes in and pulls her brother's cheeks while still laughing and says looking at her sister-in-law, "Bhabhi, see, I told you, didn't I?"

Kirti snickers high-fiving with her sister-in-law while nodding her head vigorously. Nikita laughs her lungs out.

"Will somebody tell me what's going on here?" Asks an annoyed Tej with a deep frown wiping his wet cheeks.

The two of the most important ladies of his life laugh more seeing him annoyed. Tej narrows his eyes at the duo and says getting up, "I'm leaving! You two laugh!"

Kirti holds his hands and makes him sit back on his previous spot and takes deep breaths sobering up. Nikita still giggles causing Kirti to giggle a bit while Tej was looking at the two with a frown. Before he opens his mouth, Kirti says, "Nikki was worrying for you because you are behaving oddly from past few days. . . . little distant from us. At first we thought it's because Mom-Dad hid about you two from her and you guys had no idea, that's why you must be upset. But then Nikki said, "Bhai is being irritated because she came here for Vihu Bhaiya while she did not even know we two exist. I'm already his Princess and now Nishu is here specially for Bhaiya and Bhai is pissed off feeling completely out of the picture of his own siblings' frame." " Kirti starts laughing again with Nikita saying in between, "I denied that . . .that. . No. . It can't be! But-" Kirti laughs wheezing and says, "she is absolutely right!"

The two ladies laugh together while Tej rolls his eyes feeling warmth rush to his cheeks and says, "That's not true!"

"Oh come on, Bhai! Just look at yourself, you are so jealous of Bhaiya!" Nikita says laughing.

Tej glares at her and says standing up, "That's not my fault, Okay? It's all because of your Vihu Bhaiya! That man never let me play with G when she was a baby because he was a fre*king jealous king! Ari used to run behind either to her Raj Bhai, Jay Bhai (Mrityunjay) or Manav Bhai! Abhi, Ish and Dhawal have always been Varun's favou-" Tej suddenly stops.

Laughter dies and silence spreads in the room.

Nikita and Kirti look at a frozen Tej whose eyes suddenly go too silent. He looks away with a straight face. He shuts his eyes remembering the only person out of the blue who left and never looked back, Ish. And Dhawal ? He shakes his head trying to shrug off the nostalgic images from his head while the two ladies look at each other and then fall silent like a dried water fall.

He looks back at the duo and finds how eerie this sudden silence felt. Ignoring the two previous names, Tej says pointing his right index finger at his sister, "And You!" Nikita looks up at her brother's accusing form and Kirti looks between the siblings as Tej bursts out, "You too would always had to run to your Vihu Bhaiya! And now that Nishu is here," He huffs looking away and says folding his hands, "she is here for her brother! What am I then? A scarecrow?!"