Chapter 36

Vidhi's POV





" You were going to tell me about your feelings that day??" He asked but he looked shocked.



" Yes, I was so excited, I did all the arrangements on my own but you scolded me in midnight and were so rude when I came with Bhai and bhabhi. I almost felt that I was not welcomed. I cried so much that day. " I said



" Oh, God !!! I am so sorry... Your sweet gestures and efforts were driving me crazy. I could not sleep a wink on my birthday after you called me. Just the thought that you called to wish me at that hour made my heart go wild. But I didn't want to give any hope to myself that we could be together. I was shocked to see you with them because I thought you would not come after what I did. I thought you didn't feel the same way for me. And all your efforts were a part of the apology. Then I got conscious that you took so many pains to make my day special. "



" Why did you refuse to take those gifts? Do you know I handpicked each one of them after looking at hundreds of options? "



" I am sorry for that as well... But I am not very fond of gifts and you got me so many that I got conscious that what would Vikram Ji and Sandhya think about us. It was not proper for you to give me so many expensive gifts. So I asked you to take them back. "



" How could I take them back?? They were for you. I was so hurt with your behaviour, that I wanted to throw them in the trash bin but could not as my emotions were attached to them.



" Thank you so much. Please forgive me for my behaviour. U was scared of what I was feeling for you. They all were so good, each one of them. I am using them. "



" You are ??? You took them with you?? " I was so happy to hear that. I smiled at him.



" How could I throw them?? The love of my life got me those gift for my birthday. They were very precious to me. So when you all left I picked it up. I was just very conscious earlier of what your brother might think about me... Us... " He said and I hugged him again. He tightened his arms around me.



Vidhi's POV

One more thing was bothering me... So I asked him.

" Whom did you celebrate your birthday with?? Friends?? Special friends?? More special then bhabhi and me? You spoilt my whole plan... "

" Not more special then both of you. But yes, special. I had gone to old-age home just before I came to meet all of you and I went to an orphanage just after meeting you. I always spend some time on my birthday at an orphanage as well as an old-age home. "

" Seriously?? "

" Yes "

" Is that why you were wearing a kurta with jeans on your birthday??

" What is wrong with that?? I am a very simple person Vidhi, moreover, I didn't want to look any different from them. I would feel very small if I do that. I wanted to be a part of them and not show off or make them feel that I had gone to do some charity or that we belonged to different worlds. "

" I am sorry for judging you that day. I was a bit shocked to see you in such a simple outfit on your birthday."

" Please don't say that, Vidhi. I love you. There is so much disparity between people. We should be thankful to God that we were born in such good and loving families with a silver spoon in our mouth. God gave us everything, but there are people out there who are not so fortunate. There are old people who did everything for their kids, sacrificed their whole life to meet both ends. They raised their kids to be capable enough to live their life well but those kids discarded the parents like some unwanted furniture. They live in old-age homes without any hope waiting for the last meal of their lives. I can't bring their children to them. But Sandy and I go once in a month there to share their joys and sorrows. "

" Really?? Incredible... And orphanage? "

" Same way... We go there and take lots of food, gifts, sweets, toys, books and clothes. They wait for us as kids wait for Santa clause. There is nothing so beautiful as compared to that happiness when you see that smile on their faces. So I celebrate my birthday with them. Vidhi we can have everything we want. But there are people who don't have anything, why can't we share a few things with them? "