Chapter 16

Dante left the place on his bike , but rather than going to his family home he took a turn towards the racing field, and raced with different racers for two hours, suddenly he was feeling very restless so he thought to just check on Ashvik , so he drove to Ashvik’s home , he drove their and parked his Bike directly infront of Ashvik’s room, as Ashvik has shown him earlier by pointing out , when he came to drop him ,

Meanwhile with Ashvik

Ashvik came to his room after dinner , hoping to get Sleep , but he was tossing around in his bed for one hour, so he decided to do something useful,then he switched on the light and started to study or revise the physics portion he studied earlier, he was feeling bored by all the studying but he knew if he mess up this test then he is gone for good this time , so he continued study , when suddenly his phone ringed ,

(.) Incoming call from” Dante✨”

He instantly picked it up ,only to hear a tired but stern voice from the other hand ,

Dante✨: you are not sleeping again na shiv ?

~Shiv❤️: Uhh…woh toh…bas ja raha tha main bas thoda sa revision kar raha tha , but wait how do you know?

Dante✨: Balcony me aao .

Ashvik went to the balcony, only to see Dante leaning on his bike staring at Ashvik intensely, making Ashvik blush like a cute little tomato.

~shiv❤️: why are you here at this time? Don’t you want to sleep? You sound tired you should go and rest .

Ashvik scolded Dante with Worry clearly visible in his tone ,

Dante ✨: hmm , I will , I wanted to check on you , wanted to see if you are fine or not or whether you are sleeping well or not , I couldn’t control myself till morning so I came here to see you. Well , I am going to eat something, then I will sleep,

~Shiv❤️: you didn’t ate anything till now ? It’s 3 Am how can you be so careless?

Dante ✨: I was looking for something to eat from the past hour but couldn’t find anything and we don’t have maids 24/7 , so yeah . I guess I have to search for food now because I cannot cook and Amu and Luca must be sleeping now , maybe I will just sleep.

~Shiv❤️: umm… Can you climb ?

Dante ✨: what ?

~shiv❤️: I asked can you climb up the pipe to my room? I can make something for you, because , Muskuraiye ! aap India me hai yaha itni raat ko sirf trauma milta hai khana nhi .

Dante ✨: you don’t have any problem with me coming inside right now, what if I do something silly ? Hmm after all it’s not been so long we have known each other,

~shiv❤️: You won’t, I trust you. But yeah, no one can know about it okay ! Specially Bhai , you coming or not ?

Dante ✨: Okay ! aate hai hum abhi .

Saying this Dante carefully entered the property, making sure not to get noticed by the guards in the front, he slowly climbed through the window of Ashvik’s room and entered inside with the help of Ashvik .

Ashvik: you sit here only I am coming in sometime, don’t come out okay, normally no one enters my room but if you hear footsteps just enter the bathroom to hide ,

Dante was stunned as Ashvik was so soft spoken and hesitant for doing anything as small as bunking a lecture, and was now sneaking him inside his own room , just because he was hungry.

Dante: okay, wait … What should I do till then ?

Ashvik: umm ..you have to wait…for me.. here.. you can read this book, here , uh what can I make for you ?

Ashvik gave a book to Dante , a physics textbook, which Dante took and Stared at it like it personally offended his entire bloodline,

Dante : Uhh , I think anything is fine , whatever you will make will be more than sufficient for me .

Ashvik: Sweet or Salty ?

Dante : Salty.

Ashvik: okay, I will come in just 15 mins .

Saying this Ashvik left for the kitchen ,

Ashvik’s heart was beating very fast as he has never done something so bold before, his hands were trembling because of nervousness while making food, when suddenly he sensed someone was behind him , he looked back , only to find Armaan staring at him , his whole body went rigid watching Armaan ,

Armaan:(sternly )Why are you not sleeping till now ? And what are you making?

Ashvik:(being scared) ah..I..I.was..studying bhai…and then .I.was hungry so I prepared Pasta for me ..I am sorry Bhai I won’t come again..

Armaan cut him off in middle

Armaan: (softly) okay , make for me too .

Ashvik: ok.. okay bhaiya.

Soon he finished making and served Armaan and took one serving for himself to his room, when Armaan spoke

Armaan: why are you taking it up? eat it here only, or you will Make a mess . Up their.

Ashvik: uhh..bhai.woh..main padhte padhte khalunga so ..

Ashvik was feeling guilty and bad for lying,but the thought of Dante sleeping on empty stomach was too much , so he gulped .. and lied to Armaan

Armaan: fine , do whatever you want just don’t create more mess and clean the kitchen before sleeping,

Ashvik: ji bhai ,

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In the Room ✨🩷

Dante was looking around Ashvik’s room with curiosity, the book long forgotten beside him , he was not feeling well as Ashvik didn’t have much personal stuff which was unusual but he shrugged the thought, as he thought maybe He was not interested ? In such things, he was just looking around for 15 mins feeling bored when something caught his eyes, a paper crumpled, in the corner, he knew he should not interfere with his things and respect Ashvik’s privacy, but curiousity got better of him so he picked up the paper but before he could open it the door rattled and Ashvik came inside, he shoved the paper into his pocket,

Ashvik: here take it , and eat fast but don’t choke ok !

Dante: you made it , at this time? thank you shiv . I am really grateful, or else I have to sleep like that only.

Ashvik: ( trying to act strict) you should eat on time na , what were you doing waiting till so late ?

Dante :(while eating) I was racing on my bike with my friends.

Dante didn’t realise what he said, as he was busy eating, but Ashvik froze hearing him , his mind filled with all the negative scenarios, accidents and everything that can happen while racing, his eyes instantly filled with tears ,

Ashvik: (scaredly whispered) Dante ..

Dante: (panicked) what happen? Why are you crying shiv ? Is it hurting somewhere or do you want me gone ? What happened baby?

Ashvik: you race ? But how? you are just 17 na What ..what if you.. get… hurt,what if something bad… happens,it’s it’s not safe (voice trembling barely a whisper) what if someday you go and didn’t come back ?

By now Ashvik’s tears were flowing freely,

Dante hugged and made him understand, gently

Dante : hey , it’s fine breath first, and it’s true that I race but baby, I always keep my safety first, I never take irrational decisions , I promise baby I will be safe . Don’t cry hmm .

Ashvik: pakka ?

Dante: hmm , promise baby. I will be safe for you .

Ashvik: i .. I am not a baby stop calling me that.

Ashvik said sniffing and giggling all at once ,

Dante: of course you are , a cute little baby.

Ashvik didn’t say anything after that, just grumbled and stomped his foot like a small child, earning a laugh from Dante ,

After sometime Dante was done so he left from there, all the way back Dante was in a daze , just thinking about how adorable, kind hearted and pure Ashvik was , he knew he was falling deep for this boy , he knew it was dangerous, too dangerous for someone like him , but he couldn’t help but fall deeper for the cute little bundle .he loved now , when Ashvik was not afraid of him like before, he knew it was progress, but what happened today showed how much he trusts Dante , Dante was proud of the Progress. Now the only thing bothering him was why was he so scared of everything, why something feels off about him , what’s the reason behind his sad eyes he had to find out no matter what ! And he was determined to do so .

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After eating pasta Armaan went to home office as instructed by Abhimanyu and knocked on the door, only to hear a faint come in from inside,

Abhimanyu was working on a merger , when Armaan entered the room ,

Abhimanyu: (strictly) Come and sit here Armaan, we have to talk about something important.

Armaan looked at him for a few seconds before doing so but then too he asked ,

Armaan: It’s about Ashvik isn’t it?

Abhimanyu: yess

Armaan: ( annoyed) what did I do now ?

Abhimanyu: Armaan he is just a kid , do you really think he can endure everything for long huh , the way you treat him do you think he can’t see the difference ? What if he does something stupid,after all he is just a 15 year old right? do you want to bury your own brother, tell me ?

Armaan:(with uncertainty ) he won’t, I know, and I treat him the way he deserves. He is his son after all ( with a dark chuckle) .

Abhimanyu: But what is his fault? Tell me Armaan what did he do wrong to hurt anyone?

Armaan: (Angry) you was not there okay! I was, I saw her suffering, I..I.. cannot.. treat him the same … I hate him ..I hate him the most…he is the reason everything fell apart.. I know what I am doing bhai and please don’t interfere with My Business with Ashvik.

Abhimanyu: ( tired sigh) Okay fine maan calm down, I am just telling you so you don’t regret anything, but yeah don’t do anything you will have to regret forever. And if you become too much then I am going to step in for Ashvik’s safety,As I am not going to bury my brother too .

Armaan: I know what I am doing.

Saying this Armaan stormed out of the home office fuming in anger.
He went to his room and punched the wall a few times, making his hand bleed ,

Armaan: why ..punch……why …punch…
why mumma …punch …why did you leave.. punch.. I hate him…I hate him… so… much… for taking….. Punch..you… punch away from me .(Crying) .

He slowly slid down the wall and started crying loudly and aggressively, he was the most closest to their mother, so when the incident happened it made him completely different person, he used to be a very bubbly and happy kid but after the incident he changed for fisrt few months he didn’t talked to anyone, but after That he became violent, and angry, no one could control him except Abhimanyu.

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To be continued ✨ 🩷

How was the chapter guys ?

This chapter was mostly about Ashvik and Dante , I hope you are liking the love blooming between both of them, I am really confused about how to write love scenes, so you all have to endure it with me guys . If you have anything to say about my work, you can say it humbly, I will read and consider your comments seriously.

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