The Secret

Mehul entered Nitya's room to find his little katze under the duvet, having covered herself completely up to her chin and waiting for him. He walked towards her and sat beside her, asking "Okay, so tell me: which story do you want to listen to?"

"Huh! That's tough." Nitya sighed dramatically and then continued. "Dada, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course, Nikku! You can always ask me whatever you want to."

"Why do you care for me so much?"

Mehul looked at his sister with concern. 'Why was she asking such type of questions at this time? What was going on in that little brain of hers?"

"What happened, Nikku? Why are you asking such a pointless question?"

"Dada, tell me na. You only love me because I am related to you by blood, isn't it so? Otherwise you also might end up hating me!" She completed her sentence with a sigh, her eyes cast downward.

"Nitya Jaikar, sit straight!" Mehul said in a strict tone and she quickly straightened her back and sat up at her brother's commanding voice.

"Now tell me what's going on! Did something happen at the new college? Did somebody say something to you? And why in the world did you come up with this theory? Despite knowing that you literally have a military of your own fans, starting from Surbhi, Siddhant, Samarth, Atharv, Kanan, amd including Naveen and Veer as well. And how can I forget about Aman & Danish , they might not be present here, but they love you just like your own family. Naveen being your senior, not only is he my A+ student, but you can always run to him without hesitation whenever I am not here because he treat you like his little sister . And Veer being your junior, he is really your complete fanboy as you are not just a senior, but also a sister and a mentor for him. But most importantly, Siddhant, for him you are just like his own sister, a best friend, a secret keeper. Have you forgotten how everybody was so jealous of your friendship in your college days, because you both used to be attached to each other like a barnacle on a ship! I know he couldn't make it here but, you will find more friends in Masters, trust me! And don't panic…"

He hadn't even been able to complete his sentence when she whispered softly,"He will get admission in the college...he will make it!"

Mehul listened to what his sister was murmuring and asked with surprise, "What did you just mention? How can you be so sure?"

"I don't know, I just have a feeling that he and Samarth will just get admission in the college."

Mehul's face lit up. "I should really text him, then! It's after a really long time that you have predicted something. I still wonder how your predictions always come true. But wait,I think I should wait till the next list to see if he really makes it or not."

"There will be another list?" Nitya asked, who was shocked with her own statement earlier, and now her brother had unknowingly affirmed that statement by telling her that there would be another merit list for further admissions.

"Of course, don't you know this? Then how were you saying just five minutes ago that his admission will be possible? Anyway! Let's leave this topic here, you need to sleep. The results for the accepted articles for the seminar will be out tomorrow. So lie down, and I will read you a story; or better, should I sing you to sleep?"

"Sing me to sleep!" Nitya replied excitedly, she really loved the voice of both her brothers. They were really great singers, and she always wondered why she couldn't sing as well. She smiled as she remembered the answer to her question.

Mehul found her sister smiling, and assumed that she might have been feeling low because of her friends not making it to the same college. He asked "Nikku, you alright kiddo? You were upset because of Siddhant? Aren't you?"

Nitya's heart missed a beat, wondering how his brother knew everything. But she found out the context of his statement when Mehul continued his statements, trying his best to be reassuring, oblivious to the fact that it was not Siddhant's absence, but in fact his probable presence that was making his sister anxious. "Don't feel low my little katze, he is your friend, and a second brother to me just like Mukul, he is just like our family. It doesn't matter where he gets admission, he will be a part of our lives forever."

Nitya was horrified after this statement, she forgot how to respond; for a second her brain had stopped functioning. She just smiled and turned her face, saying "Dada, you can also go and sleep. I will sleep now, thank you."

"It's okay kiddo, I will leave when you are fully asleep. And don't worry, I don't have any lectures to take tomorrow, as I am the professor; but as a student you sure do have classes, so close your eyes now."

Nitya closed her eyes in order to fake sleeping at first, but she really ended up drifting off to sleep again.

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Ho-jin looked at his hyung, wondering what was the secret that he was going to share with both of them. 'Was it related to dreams? Was he also getting the dreams of the same girl…' Ho-jin was distracted by his thoughts, but he dismissed all his thoughts as he needed to listen to Ji-hun first, and could formulate his theories later. He called Dae Jung, asking him to come as fast as he could.

Dae Jung arrived there in five minutes, huffing and puffing as he had ended up running right from the studio to the room, his mind coming up with various scenarios to spur him on. Imagining that he might have to fight a demon or something bigger that was bothering his best friend and little brother, when he saw both of them sitting quietly, he was relieved momentarily. But that relief was short-lived and was replaced by anger at the fact that he had been worried for nothing!

"Hey Ho-jin, what was that? Why did you call me so urgently when there wasn't any emergency?"

"There is one, as Ji-hun hyung wanted to share a secret with us." Then the two of them proceeded to communicate through their eyes, as if asking each other if they thought that he was going to talk about the last dream. Ho-jin replied in negative, that he didn't know the answer either by shaking his head from left to right and then they both turned to Ji-hun, looking straight in his eyes and demanding an answer.

Ji-hun started "We all know that we will be in Italy in September around Chang Min hyung's birthday and I wanted to plan a surprise party for him. I was thinking of planning one on a cruise; what do you guys think? Will we be able to make it?"

Dae Jung looked at his innocent best friend, who was already going through so much but still thinking about others. He sighed and said "Of course Ji-hun, we can arrange it for sure. You can leave this to me and I will be planning everything, just tell me if you have any specific ideas for the theme."

"I haven't been able to decide yet!" Ji-hun replied.

Dae Jung's reply was interrupted by the loud chime on his phone, indicating that he had received a message from Hyeon.

"I think I need to run for my life again, Hyeon hyung is looking for me in the studio as we need to work on the choreo today. Just text me, or we will discuss it in person at night." He yelled goodbye and he actually started running.

Ho-jin was sitting there with a tense face. He had been expecting that his brother might open up now, but all he got was disappointment. He decided that he really needed to take the initiative now.

"Hyung , I am also having dreams about Noona! So when exactly were you planning to talk to me about this?! "

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