After school ended at 12:30 he left the school with heavy heart knowing very well what is waiting for him at his home
He then went to Sunshine cafe where he works After his school and changed into the uniform mainly the apron above clothes as he worked inside the cafe where no one can see him as he belongs to a elite family where his eldest brother is a famous businessman, second oldest is the underworld king and last but not the least his Ansh bhai is just perfect in everything he does he plays under 19 cricket for national team so he specifically cannot be seen working in a cafe as it will cause unnecessary rumours and create problem for his brothers plus no one really knows about his job and his brothers not really care where he went after school so to earn some pocket money, as he doesn't feel comfortable with asking his brothers for money for his personal expenses mostly for his art supplies as he loves doing art it is the only thing he can do for himself without feeling burdened about the results, he don't have many hobbies but he loves to dance and drew as it's the only way for him to express his emotions.
He worked in the cafe till 5 After that he reached his home .
Ashvik 's POV
I just reached home after my part time job I just hope my brothers are not home by now I am praying to every god that exist that bhaiya will be busy with work or any meeting but It seems that luck is not in my side as after entering I came across a fuming Armaan bhaiya at the living room, " In my office room now, Ashvik Goenka" Armaan bhaiya screamed at me making my heart do a roller coaster ride as I very well know for a fact that what's going to happen after reaching there .
I was just looking down not able to look at bhaiya as I cannot take his disappointed and angry look with me I dare not to look at him now as I won't be able to control my tears as I hate that look of Armaan bhai ,
"So Ashvik 89% really do you think you can survive like this in this house with such low marks , first of all you didn't do your work on time this morning you did your work last minute like some lousy person then this, tell me Ashvik what do you deserve for being such a brat "
Armaan bhaiya said bringing me back from my thoughts.
End of Ashvik's Pov
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"Punish... punishment bh.bhaiya"
Said Ashvik while stuttering
" So tell me Ashvik do you deserve this punishment or not "
Asked Armaan
" I.I do bhaiyaa "
"You remember the rules right"
Armaan said growling as Ashvik was addressing him as bhaiya not sir ,
"Ye...yess sirr"
Said Ashvik
"Then use it dammit "
Said Armaan banging his hand in the table making Ashvik flinch,"So Ashvik , bring my cane from the drawer and stand in front of me now " Ashvik bring the cane and gave it to him and stand in front of Armaan, "Now I am going to give 25 hits per hand and you have to count if you stop then we will re-start the count, understand?"
"Ye..ye..yess sir"
Armaan:- "And stop stuttering like that I hate it when you act like a weakling "
Ashvik :- Jii bhai
Ashvik said mentally scolding himself for stuttering and angering his brother more
Armaan:- Bring your right hand infront.Ashvik did as told to , Count now said Armaan hitting the boy with his whole strength
Hit ..ahh..one ,hit.. oii ..two.,hit ..three...ahhh it hurts ahh , ................hit ah ..twe.twenty ..., he hit him on his hand for 25 times
And by the end of punishment Ashvik 's hand was totally swollen and blood was oozing out from some places because of force and condition of cane was not much better it looked like the cane was going to break at any moment and it does while Armaan was hitting him on his left hand the cane broke into two pieces on the 23rd hit not able to take more pressure but Armaan didn't soften or waver he took out another cane ignoring the pleas of the boy whimpering in pain and begging for his brother to stop as he can't take the pain anymore but he didn't waver ignoring his pleas he completed his punishment,then he took out a gel from his drawer and applied in Ashvik's both hands "Ahh..ahhh..sir..sirrr remove it please.. please it..it hurts pls ahh.. ahh ...si..sirr ..it .. hu ..hurt ....hurts please."
Ashvik begged Armaan to remove the intense burning gel from his hand but Armaan told him to shut up and kneel down as remaining punishment at the corner of the office while he worked ignoring the sniffing and crying sound of his younger brother.
After 1:30 hour Armaan was done with his work he glanced at at Ashvik who looked like he might faint at any moment because of all the pain in his hand and continuos crying but at this point he was unable to feel any pain in his legs they were completely numb from kneeling and Ashvik's skipping breakfast and lunch was not helping much in this condition but he was holding on as if he won't complete his punishment properly then "they" will just increase the time and punishment which he doesn't want, after some time Armaan instructed Ashvik to go to his room and complete his homework and studies .
With all the remaining strength Ashvik stood fumbling and almost tripping on his way to door because of sitting for so long on his knees but he quickly hold onto the wall for support and dragged himself towards his room helping himself by holding walls so he won't end up falling.
After struggling for 10-15 mins he reached his room and locked the door, and like a switch has been pressed all the strength left his body he slumped down the door and started crying because of all the pain and more because of disappointing his brothers again, he was again blaming himself for not being enough after trying his best, he was asking more like arguing with God that why he is not enough ? Why he has to endure everything ? Why can't he be like his Ansh bhai ? He is everything Ashvik wants to be smart, strong and moreover loved ,loved by his brothers and he have a great father who adored him unlike his , sometimes he feels a pang of jealousy blooming in his chest but he never let it pass to his head as he loves his bhai soo much no matter how much he bully him , but he cannot forget the relation they had before, how his Ansh bhai played with him, hold his hand through nightmares and how he himself used to follow his brother all day and silently slipped and slept beside his brother whenever he felt like it , he couldn't understand what changed why his brother hates him so much now he just wished that he looked at him like before cared about him but who was he kidding he too know that his brother hates him because of an unknown reason he don't even knew or couldn't understand what his fault was in all the things that happened, after some time he dozed off on floor only, because of mental and physical exhaustion of the day .
Sharp at 8pm the house maid came and knocked on the door Ashvik woke up by the voice and he was brought down to have dinner as everyone is having dinner together, he came and sat infront of Ansh who was just looking at him all the time like he was analysing him by watching the way his head hung low or the way his whole face was swollen because of crying he didn't felt good watching him in this condition but he somehow convinced himself that it's fine, he would be fine not realising that physically he will be fine in some time but the damage they were doing to him mentally is not reversible, after some time everyone except Ashvik was talking about their day and work till the time maids came with the food, Abhimanyu, Armaan and Ansh started eating but Ashvik was just looking at his plate because he was unable to eat anything as he was unable to even lift a spoon with his battered hand .
Few minutes passed by then Ansh who was silently watching Ashvik picked up Ashvik's plate and started feeding him ,
To say that Ashvik was shocked will be an understatement because Ansh who made his life a hell in school,who won't let him even have his lunch was feeding him , Ashvik was just looking at Ansh when he said "what? Don't you have to eat are you just going to look at my face, just eat silently I don't want you to get sick and become more of a burden than you already are "
Ashvik came out of his own thoughts and started eating hastily from Ansh's hand feeling happy with a glint of hope that no matter what his brother still loved him or even cared enough to feed him .
Ansh's Pov
I came home after a long cricket practice and went to meet Armaan bhaiya as he would be home by now , i reached there and saw bhaiya punishing Ashvik because of something, it's not new for me because Ashvik is just so clumsy he always end up getting into trouble one way or another, but then also I didn't like it as today I saw Ashvik didn't have his breakfast and lunch and he was beaten by my group too , honestly speaking I had the urge to stop them but for some reason I didn't It's not like I am guilty or what but whenever I saw his face I cannot stop myself from being mean but I can't do anything now as he does make mistakes to get in trouble.
I then went to my room and started studying for 2 hours then I took a nap for a hour as I was tired because of practice then bhaiya came into my room to take me for food, We all went and we were just talking about our day when Abhimanyu bhaiya asked the maid to call Ashvik for food , after sometime Ashvik came and honestly I was just watching him as he was looking like a mess his face was swollen and his hands which he tried to hide was also battered and had cuts maybe because of cane I guess, I was just looking at him when I was brought out of my thoughts when Armaan bhaiya asked me about my day then we were doing small talks till maids brought out food and I again noticed that he was not eating like Seriously he didn't have breakfast, lunch and now dinner too so I started feeding him bites as" I don't want him to be a burden to me not like I care about him but I don't want to him being burden if he get sick"
I saw at first he was hesitant and Armaan bhaiya and Abhimanyu bhaiya was looking at me but I ignored them as I was just feeding him so he can just go back to his room and not make atmosphere bad because of his energy.
After food he went to his room and we all came to our combined room where I was playing games and Abhimanyu bhaiya and Armaan bhaiya was talking about business.
I Was already tired so after few minutes I excused myself and went to my room while going I noticed that the door of Ashvik's room was opened and he was probably studying while massaging his hand I thought to go and give him the ointment but then I didn't went because I don't really care and if he would
want it then he can get it for himself it's not my problem.
To be continued...,
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