Emotionless Neeraj

Next morning Rithika got into the kitchen. Neeraj was washing dishes. She looked at him. "Hey , can you come with me to the market?" she asked him. He looked at her. "Abhishek?" he enquired. "Oh, he didn't wake up. He is really lazy." she smiled and replied. "Alax?" he again asked. "Oh, he has something to do here" she replied. Alax stepped into the kitchen. "Alax, could you please give tea to Abhishek? He slept late yesterday." Rithika requested. "Ok. Sure. But where did he sleep yesterday? I thought he would be coming. I waited for him by lying on the bed. When I woke up , he still didn't come." Alax enquired. "Oh , he slept in my room. I mean , the upper deck of my bed " she replied. Neeraj washed all the dishes and removed his apron. "So are you coming with me?" Rithika confirmed. He stepped outside of the restaurant. Rithika also stepped outside the restaurant and he followed her.

After a few minutes Alax stepped into Rithika's room to give Abhishek tea. Abhishek woke up when Alax kept the tea cup on the table. Abhishek caught Alax's hands and pulled him to the bed. "Hey, what are you doing?" Alax enquired. "I had to ask you a few questions," he replied. "Questions ? About what? About investigation?" Alax doubted. "Investigation? What investigation? If my memory is correct, I forgot about the investigation. I wanted to ask about Neeraj. Can I?" Abhishek asked again. "Oh, yup." Alax agreed. "You are his close friend? You don't feel uncomfortable with his personality? I mean , if we change his rude behaviour , will you like it?" he asked. "What if I don't like it?"

"Then also we will change it." Abhishek replied with a smile on his face. "Actually , he was not like this before. He used to laugh a lot and talk a lot . We were just like you and Rithika. We all went on a vacation. An accident occured when he was on the way to pick me up. He lost his sense of emotions. That's why we all feel like he is rude." Alax explained. "What do you mean?" Abhishek was surprised to hear his answer. "When was the incident? I mean how many years ago?" Abhishek asked again. "It was when he was 20 years old." Alax replied. "We used to compare his brother with him. His brother had a rude personality till 17 years of age. At a certain point his brother felt that being rude is useless. Now his brother has a normal personality." Alax added with a smile on his face. Abhishek was shocked to hear his reply. "What happened? Are you ok?" Alax worried. "I'm ok. Anyway , thank you for the tea." Abhishek replied by hiding his surprised face. Alax stepped out of the room. Rithika and Neeraj returned to the restaurant after purchase. Abhishek rushed to them and caught Rithika's hands. "Hey, what happened?" Rithika was curious. "Do you wanna know the breaking news?" he asked her. "Yup. Of course." she replied. "The one who rejected you was not Neeraj." Abhishek announced. Rithika was surprised and confused. "What do you mean? Then who was it?" she was curious. "It was his brother." he explained everything to her. "Where did you get this information?" she asked. He thought for a while. "Just…, it's from a secret source. Even though it's secret, you can believe this" he replied. "I'll believe you." she said. "Who is his brother?" she enquired. "Nope. No need. Imagine that you don't know this information" she added. "Why?" he was clueless. "You said that his brother is not rude now. Then nothing is there to change in his brother. But Neeraj has no emotions and feelings. There is a lot to change in him." she replied. "And , when Neeraj changes , we will discuss about his brother." she added with a smile on her face. "As your wish" he replied.