15 years ago.
"Beta! Enough of your time with books now. Just go, relax."
"Mumma, I will go after a few minutes don't disturb", Kuhu sighed.
"All day long just books-study-books-study. Am really worried beta. Do you even know how to talk to people, deal with various kinds of persons? The world is full of treacherous minds. You have to be smart." A clear sign of disappointment was seen at the lines of Mrs. Rathore's forehead while she spoke before her only daughter. Wait a minute! She also has a second issue, her mischievous son. But she was determined to fill her daughter with all sorts of qualities not just studies. May be because Kuhu reflected her and Kuhu's every alpha and omega affected her as if its all happening with her own.
Mrs. Kalyani Rathore had hardly finished her words when Kuhu cut her off, closing her book. "Okay am done. What do you want me to do?"Facing her mumma Kuhu gave a deep curvy smile to her. Ignoring her mother's words Kuhu had finished all her study works by now.
"Just go and play with your friends now. See sports relaxes your mind."
"Mumma no please no! I don't like them they are so girly. I mean they play less and boast off about their boyfriends and crushes a lot. And the women in our colony, don't they have any work? As soon as the clock strucks 4' they all gather to speak some ill-imagined stories about others. Even that doesn't satisfy them. Last time Mina aunty had appreciated my jeans for which I thanked her. But what happened yesterday while I was passing by her she comprehended that frocks suit me and I should stop wearing jeans, I am quite grown-up now. Was it really necessary to speak of my apparels? Of course, why shouldn't she? Afterall she doesn't have a well plotted gossip story on me to talk at the gathering. She is a pitiable character mumma,"Kuhu chuckled.
"Dearie I understand that but if you don't mix with different kinds of such Mina aunties and girly girls you will never be able to deal with them. You know now its easy for you. But life is not a fair game always. Ahead in life fate will fetch more of such people but then the test of identifying them would be tougher."
"Oh god I don't understand what you say. Let's go for a walk mumma, You-me-Rohan, what say?" Her dark eyes glinted an excited mood.
Mrs. Rathore was really pissed off at her daughter now. She explained her a vast ocean but Kuhu just grasped a handfull of water but that too slipped off her hands and brain. She just rolled her eyes and exclaimed," okay fine let me finish off my kitchen chores in 15 minutes we will leave."
Yeahyeee! Yeahyeee!! Yeahyeee!!! Kuhu and Rohan gave a high five as if they won a videogame together. Kuhu's life revolved around a very few people but her brother was the beat of her heart. Rohan too reciprocates her love in a very sweet way.
That day Kuhu just ignored her mumma. But she really had to face many double faced ones, some dominating ones, some very controlling by nature and some fake relations in the name of friendships. She would be just naive to the situations in future for which her mother always warned her but she ignored.