Chapter 7

Sanaya

"That idiot, rascal flirty devil! I am gonna kill him someday, he thinks himself so smart just because he's rich but I will show him who I am!" I mumbled out my anger while walking back home, parking my cycle in front of my house.

" Sanaya dee, you seemed to be angry," Latika said, finding her sitting outside my house like she was waiting for me.

"I am!" I replied, sitting next to her.

"Why? What happened?"

"Because of that flirty idiot!" I said.

She furrows her eyebrows in confusion, "Who are you talking about?"

"That stupid Sunny! He thinks himself a king of somewhere with that attitude he carries! But I will show him I am no less than him!"

"Sunny...The guy who we met last night?" She asked and I nodded in frustration, "wait, are you saying you met him again?"

"Yes, unfortunately, in the market!"

"Can you tell me what he exactly did?" She asks in a curious tone.

I sought in frustration as I told her everything that happened. "He is such Stupid!" I finished my story.

"Sanaya, I think you overreact for no reason, it wasn't his fault if our village has an electricity problem, and last night he still was ready to pay for those broken crocks anyway even after knowing it's wasn't his mistake and now you scratched his car, instead of apologizing you came back blaming him for nothing." She spoke, shaking her head in annoyance.

I slightly slapped her head, saying, "Now you are taking that flirty devil's side?! I can't believe it!"

"I am not taking anyone's side just saying what I thought! Besides, I found him too cute and nice." She says with a genuine smile.

My lips apart in disbelief, "Cute and nice? My slipper!"

I was about to reply when my mom's voice interrupted us, "Sanaya! If you are back home can you come into the kitchen to help me?"

"Yeah, coming!" I replied and moved to Latika.

I narrowed my eyes and told her, "Whatever you think, I don't care but I hate him for sure!" and went inside the house.

~~~

Sunny

I was going home without doing what dad has ordered me to do, I don't know how he's gonna react neither do I wanna think about it.

Nor, I got any better explanation or excuse to make which he never gonna buy anyway.

"Chote Kunwar sa, you shouldn't need to worry, " Deepak spoke, noticing my silent yet worried face, "Thakur sa won't mind it."

"Mind?" I chuckled, "he is gonna scold me to hell today that too in front of everyone."

"Perhaps, but why did you go to the district magistrate's office out of a sudden?" He asks.

I sighed heavily, "To know why there's no electricity in the rural areas yet especially at night, it can cause dangerous accidents."

He smiled at me through the mirror, "Ain't you did this for that crock girl?"

Rolling my eyes as he said some bad joke, I clarified, "Not, crock girl, she is a crack girl, her brain is cracked up, last night I just wanted to help her even though it wasn't my fault but she refused and now I just wanted a small apology for the mistake she did and end up, she gave me a whole damn lecture for being rich, giving me the tag of a rich guy who steals taxes as well. I couldn't able to take it that's why I went to that stupid collector's office to fix this matter permanently so she won't be able to blame me next time over something where isn't my mistake."

He laughed like I said something funny.

"What made you laugh?" I asked, almost angry.

"That girl hurt your ego by calling you rich and instead of fighting with her, you decided to solve the matter which eventually going to help the entire village like a true prince." He said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Whatever," I mumbled, smiling under my palms which I put on my lips to hide my smile.

We arrived back home in the evening. I took a deep breath before entering but I found no one was home yet, I sighed in relief and decided to go to my room silently when dad's sudden voice behind me, scared the shit out of me but I composed myself soon.

"Hey, dad," I said with a small smile.

"How was your first day?" He asked, sitting over the large white couch with a questioning expression on his face which was craving an answer from me asap.

"It was nice." Is all I replied.

He nodded before cracking in a smile, "Good, and I liked what you did today."

I raised my brow in confusion, "What I did today?" I repeated not understanding his meaning.

"Yes, I went to the collector's office for a meeting today about how to help villagers more and he told me that you already talked to him about the biggest problem, he said he will solve it soon. I am glad you're knowing your responsibility now. I am proud of you."

I grinned at the thought of this might be a dream that dad was praising me for the first time in a while, "Yeah, thanks, dad."

He walks up to me and patted my back, "Keep making me proud." He said and wandered towards his room, leaving me in my small happiness. I put my hand on my chest and sighed.

Sunny boi, your luck saved you but not every time your luck is going to work every time, you have to be careful.

~~~Next morning~~~

I was in the hospital with my heart in my mouth after we have to admit mom because her cancer suddenly got worse over the night, Kaya already informed Karan bro and I am waiting for him in the lobby. As he came, we ran back towards the room where mom is currently laying with an oxygen mask across her face.

I stood there silently, observing how my brother's life getting blackmail by none other than my mom as she was making him marry a girl he has no idea about in the name of her last wish.

I kept rolling my eyes, seeing my brother getting emotionally blackmailed and he can't do anything to save himself from this mess. Thank God, I am not the first son, or else I would have to marry a random girl to keep their so-called promise.

As I quietly rushed outside in an effort not to get myself suffocated here. I was feeling bad for not able to help Karan bro in there but he deserves it since neither did he help me back when I needed him the most. He could have easily saved me from the mess, I am in right now but no, he didn't take the risk of speaking In front of dad in my support.

All I can do is to hope that my future sister-in-law turns to be a nice girl who can handle my bro's crazy moods and bad temper.