Episode #2:- (needed a guardian angel)

Mansion:-

Ath come here right now, Swathi scolded ath who was crawling around the hall ignoring his mother's rants as he was habitual of that thing (such a smart kid he is I'm telling you guys). He while crawling came towards the sitting area; he stood while gripping the center table with little effort, as he was just eight months old but active more according to his age and starts slapping his hands on the glass while blabbering in his baby voice.

You naughty kid, swathi said while grabbing him and starts tickling him who just giggled loudly. Hey, champ! Karan said while entering the mansion and Ath who heard his chachu's voice starts jumping in his mother's lap.

Swathi while chuckling left him on floor, and he with the speed of light crawled towards Karan who grabbed him and throws him in the air. Mansion filled with ath's loud giggles.

Karan took ath with him, and sat down on the couch and start shaking his leg on which ath was sitting. Swathi went and brought a glass of water for Karan. Karan grabbed the glass and gulped it down on seeing him drinking water ath also stood on his lap to drink water.

Karan made him drink water in which mostly he thrown on his own, and then Karan's shirt. Swathi gave napkin to Karan who first wipes ath's shirts then his.

You know today I met one girl in mall, swathi said to karan who was now making spikes of ath's hairs, while he was busy in sucking his thumb. After hearing swathi, karan doesn't know why but he just recalls about swara. (Karan went to university in afternoon that's why both karan and swathi met swara on same day.)

You know bhabs! Today I also met one girl in university, she was just like a little bird even I called her birdie. Don't know why but I felt sudden sense of protection towards her, but before I can talk with her further bell rang, that's why I have to leave from there. However, at off time I tried to search her but...

You never talked about any girl like this karan? Swathi asked being amused.

Don't know bhabs, but there was something in that girl for which I felt that I have to protect her from the evil eyes of this world. I so wish to get sister like her but I can't I know, karan said sadly in the end.

Swathi understood that, because he always wanted a sister, a younger one whom he can pamper and spoil at a same time. For changing his mood, swathi turned his attention towards ath who was now chewing his shirt button due to which Karan's shirt was full of ath's saliva

Champ, why are you always behind me? Karan complained to ath who didn't pay any heed to karan and remains busy in chewing his shirt button like some tether (tooth soothing tool). Karan made his shirt free from his clutches and gave him to swathi, but on his this action ath starts crying and hides his face in his mother's neck indicating that now he is angry on karan.

Swathi and Karan chuckled on seeing his antics.

Evening Time:-

Sanskar was driving his car he was lost in his thought, it was evening time and he was returning from Mumbai because he was having a business meeting there, as it was not so far from Pune and already their mansion was in the outskirts of city that's why it takes little less time to reach Mumbai from Pune.

For long journey Rishi always said him to take driver with him but Sanskar never listened to him, as he wants to drive always alone when he have to go out of city by road. Guards were following behind him.

He reached near mansion, when suddenly, he remembered something, and he turned his car towards the main city. Guards without asking anything just followed him.

Sanskar reached near one mall and came out. He locked his car with auto lock button and went inside the mall. He went to one toy shop and bought one normal size teddy bear for ath because he was very fond of teddy bears. He was coming out while looking at his cell phone, when he bumped into someone.

Sanskar without looking towards the person said a mere "sorry" and left from there. He came outside the mall and that time only he realized that he didn't said proper sorry to the person. Because that time he was reading one important mail.

He was going to sit in his car when he felt a light tap on his shoulder. He turned around and found one girl standing there while showing him something, the girl was none other than swara and she was the only one with whom he bumped in the mall. Sanskar look towards her hand and found his wallet on it.

Sanskar's sight went to her face and that time he noticed that how much beautiful she was, he never felt anything for anyone but after seeing her face, first time he felt sudden yet unknown peace. He grabs the wallet from her hand.

He slowly said, "thank you."

Swara didn't say anything she just left from there. Sanskar was seeing her retreating figure and that time he just remember her eyes which he noticed while thanking her, her eyes were having something hidden in it maybe, "Pain"? Today Sanskar met someone else, who was also broken but yet pretending to be okay.

Sanskar felt an urge to follow her; he even took a few steps towards her but, that time only his cell phone start ringing. He took the call; it was Rishi who was asking him that where is he.

Sanskar left immediately. On the other side swara came back to the shop and sat down near her counter/table of craft pieces.

She was not having any thoughts in her mind; she was just setting her already set things on the table. Many customers who came to the book shop came towards her table also and few of them even bought craft pieces. Like this, her day ended and she left to her small home.

Other side:-

Sanskar reached the mansion and the moment he step inside two small hands landed on his leg, a warm smile came on his face because it was none other than ath. Nobody knows why, but from the time, ath start's crawling, whenever, sanskar come inside the mansion ath always was the first one who reaches towards him.

Now also ath while putting his one hand on sanskar's leg was trying hard to stand while gripping his dress pent in his tiny fist. Sanskar without wasting any second picked him up who immediately hides his face in the crook of his neck.

Sanskar gave a soft kiss on the side of his head and walked forward, he found all were sitting in the hall and were talking randomly.

Rishi was the first whose sight went on Sanskar and he got up from his sofa with a smile and came towards him. Sanskar handed teddy to Rishi who he was holding in one hand.

Why you came late? Rishi asked him while taking the teddy from his hand.

I just went to buy a teddy for ath, Sanskar said while patting ath's back who was clinging to him as if his life depends on him.

Sanskar went with both of them and sat down on one sofa. Swathi passed him the cup of tea which she was serving to all. Sanskar never sat on dining table with them, however other times he sometimes sat with them for evening teas.

Ath was sitting on Sanskar's leg and he was trying hard to hold the cup of tea from his hand. Sanskar with a little smile took one spoon and made him drink a little tea while blowing air on it. Ath drank the tea from the spoon, first he made a bad face, but when its taste entered in his mouth, he jumped to drink more.

He was trying to put his finger in the spoon but Sanskar didn't let him do that because one his hand was dirty (as he touched sanskar's shoes) and 2ndly spoon was hot due to tea.

He was busy with ath while all were silently gazing both of them, as it was the only time they can see a little care free sanskar or else all the time he remains in his shell.

Why he can't be like this all the time, Swathi said in a whisper to Rishi who was also busy in gazing Sanskar.

Rishi knows the reason but he can't tell this to swathi, he just kept quiet and sipped his tea.

Rishi's POV

What sanskar faced in his past was such a thing which nobody wants to happen in his or her life. We all are having some past, but we all were having someone in our life but he beards all the things alone. He is the youngest amongst all of us then also, he is our "guardian angel." I don't want anything in my life now; I just want someone who can heal this wounded soul. Rishi prayed silently to God, to send some guardian angel or some angel for this soul who was ripped completely from inside.

His thoughts interrupted when he heard Karan's wince. He looks towards him and found him giving a death glare to ath who was now chewing the spoon from which sanskar was making him drink the tea (he gave him that spoon when it was cold and not having any tea in it)

What happened? Rishi asked swathi who was laughing, she told him the matter.

Karan tried to take ath from sanskar's lap but as he doesn't want to leave sanskar, so he just slapped karan on his hand with the spoon.

Rishi laughs on hearing this because ath and karan always behaves like a "jani dushman" of last birth.

Sanskar smiles a little on seeing this scene, but his that smile never reaches to his eyes. After around 20 minutes, he gave the "now" sleeping ath to swathi and left the hall.

One week later:-

One week has been passed when sanskar met swara, nothing has changed in their lives except that ath is becoming naughty day by day and with this, he was more behind karan for some unknown yet revengeful reasons.

It was an evening time sanskar was coming back from his office; as usual, guards were following him. It was an empty highway; he was going on high speed, suddenly his car's 3 out 4 tyres busted due to nails on the road.

As he was on high speed, with great difficulty he was able to stop his car then also it banged on the tree, but because his car took many turns, that's why it's only his car's backside which hit on the tree. Guards already stopped little far to save their car from any fatal accident. Sanskar came out of his car and look on the road, there were nails everywhere on the road.

He took out his cell phone, and called rishi while guards surrounded him and starts looking around for any danger.

Far from them, one man shown while pointing a gun towards sanskar's he was going to press the trigger, when one hand came and dragged the shooter while putting hand on his mouth. Shooter tried to free himself but he got hit on the back of his head and he fell unconscious.

The person, who attacked shooter, turns around but his face was hidden behind a shawl. He gave a last look towards sanskar's direction and left from there while dragging the shooter's unconscious body silently.

After mere few seconds, in fact not more than of half second, Sanskar's sight went to that spot for a second from where the shooter was going to shoot him. His sight lingered there for few seconds and then he left from there towards the other side as Rishi called him from behind after reaching on the spot.