"Aarohi,come here.Look what I have got for you."cried a seven year old to a six year old who,upon hearing,ran towards the boy.
"What have you got?"asked the girl astonishingly and curiously towards his closed fist.
The boy disclosed a nano symmetrical reddish brown stone,sight of which sparkled in her eyes.
"This is so beautiful."said the girl.
"You keep it."
"But you found it"
"Mom says one should give present whenever one leaves.As I am shifting to City M today,I should give you a present."
"Yeeeeh!thank you."the girl cried exitedly as she took the that stone.
"Sid!My son!" a voice came from the villa behind them."Its time to go.Come fast and bring Aarohi with you.
Before Mrs. Oberoi could finish her instruction to his son,he held Aarohi's hand and moved toward villa.The girl walked obediently behind him.
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In front of Oberoi villa.
"We shall be heading now." said Mrs. Oberoi as she held the hand of seven year old, Sid.
Aarohi, who was standing beside her mother Mrs. Jain,felt a sudden pierce in her heart.Soon tears appeared in her eyes indicating that she was mature enough to understand that a very important person of her life was getting separated from her.As everyone,including Sid,his mother,Aarohi's mother and Sid's 11 year old brother saw tears in her eyes,they were not only shocked by her reaction but also felt the pain,six year old was going through.
The family of three, Sid,his mother,and his brother Jivan, drove to air port leaving behind City S where they were living for all their past life.A few months ago,Sid's father passed away due to cancer,so Mrs. Oberoi decided to shift to City M where she can make her living through her late parent's restaurant which was now being managed by her brother, Jay Goenka.City M was one of the biggest metropolis of the world where not only their countries largest stock exchange was located but also education level was quite high as compared to city S which just a underdeveloped district.Mrs. Oberoi wanted to give her sons best of the best so she took the decision to get back to the city where she spent her life before marriage.Now that there was no man in the family,she have to take care of her children by herself which was no big deal for her at least financially.
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City S
House of Jains,
Aarohi returned to her home.A sad expression could easily be traced on her face.Mrs. Jain tried hard to calm her feelings down, but then she realised that Jains and Oberois were the only one who made their children so close that now its hard to separate them.
Other than Aarohi, one more person was there who was hurt because of loosing his best friend and that was none other than Aarohi's father who could still not able to recover from his best friend's death. He and Mr. Oberoi was best friends since their childhood.Because of their friendship Jains and Oberois lived more like one family.
Aarohi's father knew that he has to stay strong so that he could handle both the families.He promised Mr. Oberoi that he will never let Sid and Jivan feel that they don't have father.
When Oberois reached City M the first thing Sid did was to call Aarohi.At the air port he asked his mother,"mom,lend me your phone,please!"
Mrs. Oberoi understood why he wanted her cell phone so she dialled to Mrs. Jain and asked for Aarohi.Mrs. Jain handed her phone to Aarohi and so Mrs. Oberoi handed her phone to Sid.
"Hello!" Aarohi forced herself to say a word
Sid could feel the pain of her heart.What he said next left everyone around him to widen their eyes.
He said,"Don't worry Aarohi,I will always be there for you."