As soon as they took Nandini inside, Manik tried to enter behind them while Cabir and Dhruv held him back. Doctor gave them a glance and left inside. Manik wriggled in their hold.

"Cabir, Dhruvv.. What are you guys doing? Leave me. Let me go inside. Golu.. she's not well. She was scared. Voh dar jayegi akeli. I should be with her. Chodo mujhe." Said Manik with red eyes and tears flowing continuously. Ansh sobbed and immediately left from there while Mukti ran behind him.

Cabir and Dhruv dragged Manik away and made him sit on nearby chair. Cabir sat infront of him. Manik looked at him.

"Manik.. calm down. Aur meri baat suno. Let doctor treat her. She needs rest. She will be fine. Trust me. Nothing will happen to her. Aur hum sab yahi hai. The moment doctor come out treating her, you can go and be with her. No one will say anything. But right now, let them treat her. She needs medicines. She has to be fine, right?" Said Cabir controlling his own tears.

Manik looked at him for a few seconds and engulfed him in a tight hug. Cabir hugged him back.

He knew how madly and crazily his brother in love with Nandini. A scratch on her and he suffers the pain. He goes insane.

"She will be fine, right? Main nahi jee sakta uske bina Cabir. Mujhe uske bina jeena aata hi nahi. Aadat ban chuki hai voh meri. She become my whole world. Please, tell her to be fine. Main.. main hoon uske sath. Haan! Humesha. I'll make everything fine. Everything.. Just ask her to wake up. Please.. please.." Cried Manik while Cabir rubbed his back. Aliya also cried silently looking at her friend's condition while Dhruv kept hand on his shoulder.

"Everything will be fine, Manik. Don't worry. We all are with you. Sab thik hojayega." Said Dhruv to which Manik nodded breaking the hug and wiped his tears.

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Ansh came out of hospital and sat on a bench nearby crying hysterically. Mukti came out and saw him. She sat beside him holding his shoulder. Ansh looked at her once and wiped his tears harshly.

"Everything finished, Mukti. Sab.. sab kuch khatam hogaya. Ek pal mein. My sister whom I love like my baby, is not my own sister. And I.. I never knew it. Everyone hided from me. From Nandi. Why? We had the right to know this truth. And Bhai, he.. he is again leaving us.. he is lying there fighting for his life. Once again, history repeated. Pehle Nandi ne mumma papa ko apne saamne marte dekha hai, aur ab bhai agar.. if something happen to him then she will die this time. She won't be able to bear that. No one can save her. Main bhi nahi. Why mukti? Why always us? Why her? When I thought everything will get fine now, everything got ruined. Sab khatam hogaya. Sab.." Ansh cried hugging Mukti. She rubbed his back.

"Nothing is ruined, Ansh. Kuch khatam nahi hua. Kuch bhi nahi." Ansh looked at her while crying to which she passed him a small smile and wiped his tears.

"You see, bhai saved our Nandu. He is being operated. And I have full belief that nothing will happen to him. He will be fine soon. Dekhna tum. Aur rahi baat us sach ki toh.. tell me one thing, will that truth decrease your love for Nandu? Will you not love her anymore because she's not your real sister? Will you abandon her?" Ansh immediately nodded in no.

"What nonsense, Mukti! This truth doesn't matter at all. She's still my sister, my baby. My Nandi. And no fucking truth can ever lessen my love for her." Said Ansh making Mukti smile.

"That's it. Then why are you crying over it? Whatever happened is a past now. No one can change it. But you can always correct the present and secure your future. You should stay strong enough to support her through this phase of her life. She got to know the biggest truth of her life, Ansh. And the way it came out was not at all good. It must have affected her badly. These all incidents took toll on her. You saw her state. She is broken. She needs you. She needs us. She needs assurance that we are there for her. You are there for her. She's not alone. We are her family. And if you will break like this then who will handle her? And bhai? He's also injured. Who will take care of him ha?" Asked Mukti to which Ansh hugged her.

"Thank you, Mukti. Thank you for being there with me. Thank you for being my strength." Said Ansh breaking the hug. Mukti glared at him.

"Thank you, ah?" Ansh shook his head with a faint smile and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Mukti closed her eyes and smiled.

"I love you."

"I love you too, my cry baby." Said Mukti to which Ansh made bad face. Mukti beat his head playfully.

"Let's go inside." Ansh nodded and both went inside hospital.

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Doctor came out of Nandini's ward while all rushed to him. Ansh and Mukti also reached there.

"What happened? How's she? Is she awake? She's fine right? Nothing to worry na? Why the hell are you quiet speak up damn it!" Shouted Manik getting impatient. Cabir held him.

"Manik, calm down please. Let him speak. Please doctor, tell us how's my sister? She's fine right?" Asked Ansh worriedly. Doctor shook his head.

"She's fine. Due to excess stress and shock, she fainted. She seems in a trauma. You have to be very careful around her. Do not give her any kind of stress. Keep her in happy environment. She is very weak. I have attached an IV to her so that she can gain some energy. For now, she's resting under medicine effect. It is necessary for her to relax. Let her sleep. She will wake up in few hours and then you can take her home. Just be careful." Saying this doctor left while everyone let out a breathe of relief.

Same time, Dhruv saw doctor coming out of operation theatre.

"Guys, see operation got over. Look, doctors are here." Said Dhruv grabbing everyone's attention. Ansh rushed to them followed by others.

"Doctor.. my brother.."

"Congratulations, Mr. Ansh. The operation was successful. Your brother is out of danger. We have removed the bullet from his shoulder. He lost pretty amount of blood so weakness will be there. Total bed rest for couple of weeks. Other than that, there's no worry. We will shift him in a ward soon then you can meet him. Take care." Ansh thanked doctor and smiled with teary eyes. Manik kept hand on his shoulder while he hugged him happily. Everyone smiled that finally everything is fine. But is it really?

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Manik was sitting beside Nandini holding her hand in his. He was staring her continuously. Sometimes pecking her forehead, her knuckles, her cheeks. She was still unconscious. It's been 3 hours now.

"You like to trouble me, right? Issliye aise behave kar rahi ho. You wanna tease me, irritate me then do. But not like this. Just wake up and do whatever you want to. I won't complain. It's been so long I heard your voice. Please golu, uth jao na. Apne Mani ke liye. Please." He said caressing her cheek softly. His tears fell seeing her no response. He sniffed.

"Achcha you know, Abhi bhai is out of danger. He's all fine. I told you right? Everything will be fine. See! Now that everything is fine you also have to get fine jaldi jaldi na? Your bhaiyu and bhai both are worried for you. And your birji! That idiot is feeling guilty that because of his carelessness you got kidnapped. Now you only get up and knock some senses in him. Oyy, uth na golu. Aur kitna ru..rulvayegi haan?" Manik choked saying this. He felt hand on his shoulder and saw Aliya and Mukti. He blinked his eyes to hide the tears.

"She will be fine, Manik. Don't worry. Doctor said na, she needs rest. Let her sleep." Said Aliya to which Manik nodded. Mukti ruffled his hairs. Manik glared at her.

"Kya soorat bana rakhi hai. Nandini uthegi toh dekhkar dar jayegi bechari. Ye kaun bhoot baitha hai mere paas. Sunn, ghar ja. Get fresh up and come. We are here till then. Cabir bhi hai. Take Ansh with you too. We will be here." Manik immediately nodded in no.

"No ways. I'm not going anywhere leaving her. What if she wakes up and need something. What if she gets scared. No! I'm fine here. I won't go." Said Manik like a stubborn kid. Mukti rolled her eyes and dragged him away. Aliya giggled.

"Arey.. Mukti yaar. Kya kar rahi ho? Listen she-"

"Get the hell out of here Manik Malhotra. Don't you dare to say no. You guys are hell tired from yesterday. Look at your faces. Go and have a shower. You will feel better. We are here and we will immediately call you as soon as she BLINK her eyes. Happy? Now out." Manik glared at her feeling her sarcasm and tried to protest.

"Arey but-"

"Gooooo.." Mukti pushed him out of room and he looked at her faking anger.

"Take care of my golu. Don't move away from here till I come back and call me immediately if ANYTHING happens. Understood?" Mukti sighed and nodded giving him tight smile before closing the door on his face. Manik shook his head and left to call Ansh.

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Abhi opened his eyes slowly and hissed in pain a bit. He looked beside and saw Ansh looking at him with teary eyes.

"Ansh.." he whispered his name slowly. Ansh sniffed.

"Baat nei karunga mai apse. Bahot gussa hu. You are very smart. Made a good plan to get rid of me and Nandi. You think we will let you go this easily? No ways. We are gonna trouble you whole life. And you have to bear us. Always. You don't have any option." Said Ansh crying like kid. Abhi chuckled.

"And I thought my Ansh grown up. But he's the same 8 year old cry baby who used to cry when teacher used to scold his bhai because of his mischief. Kab bada hoga tu ha?" Asked Abhi forwarding his another hand to him. Ansh looked at him crying and hugged him immediately taking care of his wound. Abhi rubbed his back slowly.

"Bada hona bhi nei hai. Aap ho na bade. I am happy being small. You only handle everything." Abhi laughed lightly and hit his head a little. Ansh pouted breaking the hug.

"You scared me. Aisa kaun karta hai? I thought.. I would loose you too. Like.. mumma and.." Ansh choked while crying and Abhi's tears also fell.

"I promised mumma papa to always protect you both. I kept my promise. I couldn't let anything happen to doll. Now don't cry like baby. I'm fine see." Said Abhi wiping his tears. Ansh sniffed and nodded smiling a bit. Suddenly Abhi's face paled.

"Ansh, doll? Where's she? How's she? Is she okay? Why are you silent say something?" Asked Abhi getting panicked. Ansh's face fell.

"She's absolutely fine and resting, bhai. Don't worry." Said Manik entering in his ward. Manik smiled at him which he returned.

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