Daya was coming out from the campus...Aditya was exiting the campus with Rahul .. They were having a light chit chat about daily things.. Abhijeet had informed them about his project with Vir through messaging.. They both were walking out when Daya came there and approached him ..

Daya came running from behind and held Aditya's hand saying : Adi ?.. (Aditya turned at him and found him huffing so patted his back and spoke..)

Aditya : Kya hua haan? .. Itne daud ke kyun aa rahe ho?

Daya till then made himself okay and stood straight answering him as : Yaar tumse kuch kaam tha .. Abhi aaj Vir ke saath project karne gaya hai na issliye please kya tum mujhe football mein guide karoge .. Bas kuch hi din bache hai na issliye .. Please .. (He looked at Aditya with hope in his eyes who nodded with a confused smile ...)

Aditya in confusion : Of course yes par Abhijeet ne mujhe bataya nahi ki mujhe tumhe sikhana hai .. Usne toh bas yahi bataya ki vo Vir ke saath hai .. (Daya looked at him silently and then downed his head .. Aditya got more confused on his such reaction.. Rahul gave a questioning look to Aditya who shook his head while Daya replied taking a deep breathe ..)

Daya in smile looked up : Aadhe ghante mein ground par milte hai okay? .. (Aditya nodded getting nothing from such strange behaviour while knowing how he was feeling at that time Daya shook his head and may his way towards his room to wear the football jersey..After his departure anger started taking place on Rahul's face who asked Aditya impatiently..)

Rahul in anger : Yaar iss Abhijeet ki problem kya hai? .. Kyun aise behave karta rehta hai khudke hi bhai ke saath .. (Aditya signalled him to decrease his voice as they were still outside .. Rahul jerked his head in complete irritation and continued..) Mai Daya ko jaanta hun achese .. Kitna acha ladka hai .. Kitni care karta hai uski magar nahi .. Use toh bilkul fikar hi nahi hai ..

Aditya this time got angry but still maintained his calm tone and spoke : Kya jaante ho tum Jeet ke baremein? .. Kya malum hai tumhe inke past ke baaremein? ..

Rahul in irritation : Mujhe nahi janna inka kal kyunki I know .. saari galti Abhijeet ki hi hogi ..

Aditya in silent tone : Aisa nahi hai .. (Rahul looked at him as he had already assumed such a reply but got confused when heard) Jitna inke baaremein mai jaanta hun (he looked at Rahul) Sage bhaiyon se bhi zyaada pyaar karte the ek dusre se ..

Rahul jerked his head : Fir aisa kya hua ki itne jhagadne lage ek dusre se?.. (He looked Aditya who was looking elsewhere.. A sarcastic smile covered his lips as he added ) Tumhe shayad malum hai par batana nahi hai .. Haina?..

Aditya moved his head down and asked : Kisiko batauge toh nahi ?..

Rahul sternly : Tumhe chodke kisiko batae hai maine kabhi apne secrets? .. (Aditya bit his lips and started ..)

Aditya signalling him to sit on the nearby bench : Char saal pehle .. (he said with a sad smile) Hum teeno Mumbai mein the .. Tab vahan par state level selection ke liye shooting competitions thi .. (with a proud smile ) Jeet ko shooting ka bahot shauk tha .. Bahot se prizes bhi jeeta tha vo school mein .. magar..(with a pause) Uss waqt uncle ne Daya ko bhi uss competition mein part lene ko kaha tha aur Jeet ne bhi bahot zid ki ke Daya nahi aya toh vo bhi nahi khelega..

The boy entered inside his house and straightly made his way towards couch .. He sat on it with a jump .. Anyone could easily notice through his grumpy face that he was angry ..

Behind him an elderly man and a teen aged boy looking bigger than the previous one entered the house .. Both shook their heads in disappointment as the little one was looking much angry on them ... They shared a look and the man signalled the boy to start the conversation .. Boy nodded and was going to speak when heard ..

" Mai tumhari koi baat nahi manne vaala .. Mai nahi aaunga matlab bikul hi nahi aaunga samjhe ?.." And he turned his head on other side ..

" Dekho, agar tum nahi aae na toh mai bhi nahi jaunga.. Aur tumhara bhi toh nishana itna acha hai.." A teen aged boy said this to another one who was sitting there looking a bit in thoughts ..

" Haan beta.. Aapke Abhi bhi toh participate karne vaale hai na uss mein.. Aur main chahta hun ki mere dono beton mein se hi koi jeete.." A little elderly man spoke this keeping his hands on heads of his both sons .. Though the man and the elder boy were looking at the small bird to know about his opinion who said silently , "But Dad, Abhi, aap dono samjho na".. On his such answer the person named 'Abhi' got a little angry..

" Thik hai.. Toh tu nahi chalega..Alright .. Mai bhi nahi jaa raha" The two looked at him in shocked who continued.." And that's final".. Saying so he was going to move upstairs when Daya held his hand immediately .." Yaar aise toh na kaho.. Acha mai chalunga.. Ab theek hai".. Daya said with a sweet smile on which Abhijeet his hairs with love and patted his back " Bahot"..

ACP sir then said with a smile "Theek hai fir .. Practice shuru karlo .. Mai nahi chahta ki mere bete piche chuth jae .."

Daya with a sweet smile " Aapko lagta hai ki aapke jaabaz, sher putar , bahadur , atii sundar , handsome, ouch!" He exclaimed as Abhijeet slapped his head slightly to make him quite while Daya looked down in shyness realising his mistake but the father of the two sons made them shocked by breaking the silence with his loud laughter ..

Rahul interrupted the talks saying : Toh kya Abhijeet nahi chahta tha ki Daya participate kare ?.. (A voice rose from behind which said ..)

Voice : Ulta use toh uske chote bhai ko jeet te dekhna tha par (stressing the word) Immandari se .. (They both turned their back to find who was it .. They got extremely shocked finding Daya there .. They sprung up from their seats and looked at each other in fear which said ' Did he heard everything?')

Rahul looked at him and asked composing himself: Daya tum..tum yahan ..kaise?..(Aditya nodded in agreement with the question..)

Daya in smile : Kya yaar Adi .. Abhi tak yahi par baithe ho .. Niche aaraha tha tab tum dono ko dekha aise.. Issliye aaya tumhe bulane .. Chalo na ..( And he moved ahead while Rahul pulled Aditya a bit behind..)

Rahul in curiosity: Yaar aage kya hua ?

Aditya shook his head in disappointment and said in a whispering tone : Yaar tu chup kar .. Pehle hi use sab pata chal chuka hai.. Aur kyun badhana chahta hai?.. (Rahul held his ears in order to say sorry and moved Aditya who had already started to leave ..)

Here Daya closed his eyes for a second while walking to hide his teary eyes .. He rubbed them slightly as he remembered ..

Daya was pacing in his room to and fro .. It was the night before the competition .. He was not nervous but a thing was worrying him .. He looked at the wall clock which stroke 10:30 pm .. Making up his mind he made his way towards his brother's room ..

The door was opened so he didn't needed to knock .. He entered inside and saw Abhijeet pacing in the room as well but excitement was seen on his face .. Abhijeet noticed someone present inside so moved his head towards the door and found Daya standing there .. He gave him a smiling look and .." Yaar tu vahan kyun khada hai .. Andar aajana .."

Daya nodded in a smile and sat on the bed " Tum jaag kyun rahe ho Abhi?" .. Abhijeet frowned a bit on his such question but said " Tum bhi toh jaag rahe ho na?"..A reply came to him as "Meri baat alag hai"..

Abhijeet shook his head in disappointment and said " Kal kya hoga ye soch soch kar mujhe nind hi nahi aarahi.. Mera sabse bada sapna kal pura hone jaa raha hai.. My God (excited) I am sooooo happy.. Lekin..lekin dar bhi lag raha hai.. Sab thikse ho jaega na?".. He asked looking down .. Daya gave a surprised look to him saying " Wah Mr. Aap toh abhise darne lage .. Aap tension na lijiye mai hun aapko harane ke liye".. A pillow came on his face making him shocked and a reply came back which said " Don't worry , Kal dekh lenge.. Ab niklo tum yahan se "..

He pushed Daya out of the room, making Daya frown who whispered " Khadoos Boss".. Then the door got closed with a bang and Daya entered his room .. He jumped on his bed to sleep when a phone call disturbed him ...

He jerked his head as he remembered the phone call .. The call which made a distance between him and his brother .. From that day on wards they were no more brothers but kinda strangers once again .. He shook his head with a sad smile and started his practice with help of Aditya ..

On other hand Abhijeet and Vir were on Vir's room .. Abhijeet was busy in writing something on a paper while Vir was busy with the model .. Silence peered all over the room when a distraction was made by the vibration of the cell making both the bodies to jerk at some extent ... Vir cut the call and looked at Abhijeet who just shook his head in disappointment and again started with his work ...

Vir looked at the wall clock and made a face saying : Teen ghanton se yahi kar rahe hai .. Now toh let's leave it ...

Abhijeet still engrossed in his writing answered : Submission date paas aarahi hai aur mai tumhari wajah se khudka mazak nahi banaunga .. (Vir got angry on such answer but maintained his calmness..)

Vir with a smirk : Daya tumhara bhai hai na? .. (Abhijeet looked at him once in irritation but spoke..)

Abhijeet normal voice : Haan hai toh ?..

Vir in smile : Sautela haan?.. (Abhijeet's hands stopped on that word .. Though it is a very old thing that in India, step brothers are always known as enemies of each other .. After all everyone believes in society more than person..But still the one who suffers cannot think about all this in just a minute of answering..)

Abhijeet in anger : Dekho .. Mai yahan yeh sab baate discuss karne nahi aaya hun ok?

Vir surprised : Itna gussa?.. Sirf sautela sunne par?.. Kuch toh baat hogi na jo tumhe itna gussa aata hai uss par?..

Abhijeet in loud tone : Haan hai.. Lekin tumhe kyun batau?.. Kaun lagte ho tum mere? .. Na toh dhang se dost ho na dushman .. Ho kaun fir tum aakhir?..

Vir made a face: Calm down .. Yahan par mat chillao sab aajaenge .. Nahi batana toh mat batao.. Itna ukhad kyun rahe ho..

Abhijeet pointing finger towards him : You better stop interfering into my personal life ..

Vir in anger : Who the hell had told you then to interfere into my personal life?

Abhijeet was going to say something but stopped and again started in a calm voice : See.. Dad ne jo kiya vo unhone kiya .. Maine kuch bhi nahi kaha tha vaisa karne ke liye.. Aur .. (after a pause) Chodo .. Tumhare samajh se bahar hai sab.. Mai jaa raha hun .. (He picked up his stuffs and started to move saying) Agar daant na khaani ho sir se toh please model lete aana .. Bye!.. (And he moved out completely ..)

A boy in rage entered inside his house .. He went near the figure sitting on the couch .. He with fast steps went near that person and asked " Kyun haan?.. Kyun badli tumne guns?.. Imandari se nahi khel sakte the?"..

The sitting one got up and answered in equal anger " Haan nahi khel sakta tha imandari se mai .. Jeetna tha mujhe samjhe tum.. Tumse jeetna tha mujhe"..

" Kyun?... Aise jeetne par tumhe khushi ho rahi hai?.. (softly) Koi toh wajah hogi na yeh sab karne ke piche.. Batana mujhe".. He asked him while keeping his hand on the later's which was jerked away .."Koi wajah nahi thi yeh sab karne ke piche Abhi .. Bas mujhe tumhe harana tha .. Aakhir ho toh mere sautele bhai hi na .. Toh kaise jeetne deta mai tumhe"..

Abhijeet was shocked at his place on that word he used .. Step brothers.. First time he had said something like that to him and that also on this occasion .." Tum mujhe bhai nahi mante haan?".. Daya looked at him in shock on that sudden question but managed to say "Haan nahi manta .. Humesha mai hi nahi samajh sakta ki hume pyaar se rehna chahiye .. Mujhe bhi jalan hoti hai ".. With this he turned ..

Abhijeet stood there silently not knowing what to say .. He was wandering if it was his same brother .. Same Daya .. Or someone else in his face .. He then too tried again to find out the exact reason of the thing which he did to win the competition .. " Daya .. (with a pause) Agar koi problem hai toh bata na .. Hum milke solve kar lenge par.. Yun aise .." But he stopped as the one standing in his front started .. "Maine tumse pehle hi kaha tha ki mujhe force na karo .. Mujhe nahi karna participate .. Lekin tumne meri baat nahi maani .."..He turned towards him and added " Aur ab mai tumhari baat nahi manunga.. Maine tumse jo kuch bhi kaha vo sach hai yeh jaan lo.. Mai tumse jalta hun lekin yeh sab karne ke baad ab mai jo chahta hun vo hi karunga"..

He was going to move when Abhijeet held his hand tightly and turned him with a jerk to make him face with himself.. " Matlab kya hai tumhara haan?.. Aaj tak tumne jo chaha vo nahi hua hai kya?".. Daya jerked his hand away in anger ..

" Haan nahi hua maine jo chaha vo kabhi".. Abhijeet spoke, " Daya chup karo ab tum samjhe? .. Yeh natak band kar nahi toh maa ko bata dunga" .. He stopped his talks as saw tears coming out from the eyes of his pal..

"Tum roo kyun rahe ho haan ab?" .. " Kyunki vo maa bhi toh meri hai na jo tumhe mujhse zyada pyaar karti hai.. Tum .." He stopped to calm himself down while Abhijeet was looking at him in surprise ..

He started again after a minute.." You know what.. Just stop minding me .. aur iss waqt please mujhe akela chod do .. Jo ho usse zyada banne ki koshish mat karo.. You don't deserve it"..

" Tum mujhe bata rahe ho ki mai kya deserve karta hun aur kya nahi?".. Daya in calm voice " Haan .. Aur mai tumhe yeh salaa bhi dena chahunga ki please mera picha chod do".. He sighed heavily after that .. Abhijeet was stunned on that .. His mind was revolving around each and every word of his .. He looked at Daya and a painful smile appeared on his lips ..

Abhijeet took a deep breathe which he really needed at this point of moment .. He said , " Okay Daya... Aajse kabhi tumhari zindagi mein interfere nahi karunga.. (in anger) Par tum yeh baat ab achese jaan lena ki mera aur tumhara rishta ab kabhi nahi jud sakta kyunki tumne use apne haathon se toda hai .. Mai humesha intezaar karunga ke tum khud aake mujhe sab sach bataoge .. Ek din mein insaan nahi badal sakta .. " Daya said " Lekin mai badal chuka hun"..

Abhijeet stared at him for some seconds and then picked up his bag saying .." Aur mai bhi".. He moved out with fast steps after that as many tears now formed in his eyes which slowly started to crawl down from his cheeks .. Though his face was much straight to be said something bad has happened ..

Here after his departure Daya also made his way towards his room and jumped on bed, hiding his face in the pillow..

Abhijeet reached on the ground and saw the preparations going on well so thought of sitting there and looking at the boys play .. All the things changed so fast that it was very hard to stop them .. Not that single fight but many more after those lead him to be here .. In another city away from his home ..

From that day onwards not a single time they had talked well .. Even though Daya was quiet many a times, he kept on asking about the reason .. However, that would lead either to fight between both or to get scolding from their parents..

And after so many small fights and exchange of words , Abhijeet had finally decided to leave that place and every memory of that person behind .. That competition really meant a lot for him .. It was no less than one of his biggest dreams .. And of course he couldn't face the disqualification without even knowing what kinda mistake he done .. It was already hard when he got to know that the reason behind was his own brother .. All was becoming such a chaos that he had to leave that place on an immediate basis as he thought it was one of the best options ..

Rahul who was sitting on one of the benches there approached him after finding him sitting alone ..

Rahul : Abhijeet yahan akele kya kar rahe ho?..(Abhijeet looked at him, snapping out from his thoughts as they were really running like a train of memories..)

Abhijeet : Haan .. Nahi yaar vo bas dekh raha tha ki sab kaise khel rahe hai ..

Rahul smile softly and spoke : Ab tum aagae ho toh khud hi jao na khelne .. Adi ko bhi rest mil jaegi .. (Abhijeet looked at him and got up)

Abhijeet in smile : I think you are right .. (He ran inside and shouted at one of his players who was trying to escape from the opponent) Kevin pass the ball .. (Kevin did as per said and all the boys moved their attention towards their captain who kicked the ball into the net without giving goalkeeper a chance to stop it..)

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