Bursting with Rage

Hearing Dia that she has been to castle made Aadin and Bandai to share glances in confusion and worry when Dia breaks their confusion, "It's being too long. I vaguely remember anything. My father took me there when I was 5."

She took a honey biscuit from the tray and turned back on her heels, "I won’t disturb you anymore. Your rooms are prepared. You guys go freshen up and rest. I’ll go to my brother now. I’ll see you later in evening. Bye guys!"

Dia left the courtyard as fast as she appeared. She rushes outside to leave the mansion.

Butler Chen led the two males to their respective rooms that were in opposite direction to each other in the same hallway.

Aadin enters his room and sits on the floor while leaning on the side of bed. His room was decorated with scented candles that were lit brightly throughout the room. He looks at the candles’ flame. The flame looked warm yet his  mind recalled the voice of his mother. Flashback of his mother in blood came in front of his eyes as his eyes teared up and he tried to gulp all his tears and clenched his chest which was throbbing with pain and anxiety. Leaving the castle for the very first time ever alone, away from his brother and father. In the dark room, his teary eyes , his faded voice, the flames of candles the sunlight coming through, feeling as if he is shackled down, his soul unable to revive back and hold up to the fate’s challenge, his helplessness as screaming as if he was drowning inside the deep river unable to swim up to the top. He looks around the room and sees the window through which sunlight was coming through. He speaks to himself, “You couldn’t save her? You lousy lame prince. Good for nothing. You should have died instead. Why was I even born?” As he burst into tears and started screaming with pain in his chest.

Bandai hearing the noise rushes to Aadin’s room and grips him tightly in his shoulders and patted his back, “Calm down, calm down please sir!” He wipes his tears and grips his face with both hands looking into his eyes. “You are not alone! I am here right alongside you! Get a hold of yourself.” ~ “I want to go back”, Aadin cuts him and grips his shoulders back.  “We will return back soon. Lay down for now”

Bandai helps Aadin drink water and help him get his dress change and put him to sleep. He slept on the couch to keep an eye on Aadin as well as to regain his energy back from the long journey.

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Meanwhile Dia was walking through the tribe’s market buying flowers. Her maid and a guard followed her

around. She visited an old lady’s flower shop, “How are you aunty?”

Old lady's lips curled up after seeing Dia, "Oh my! My! You are here. Some other fancy occassion?"

"Yas! Oppa returned back. So give me something precious today to gift him."

"Ah! Young maiden’s love is sure is so beautiful."

Dia's cheeks turned crimson as she shyly played with her figers, "Don’t say it like that. It’s embarrassing. He doesn’t

like me. I’m just a younger sister to him."

Old Lady chuckles and raises her eyebrows, "Who knows?", she packs a bouquet of Tulips and ties a beautiful pink ribbon around the bouquet, "Dia, here you go for your everlasting love."

"Ommo! Aunty it’s nothing like that.", old lady chuckled while ringing her up for the bouquet. Dia leaves the flower shop and walks through the square and reaches the Kai’s home. A house made of traditional style with stone-made

circular entrance. There is a beautiful lawn with trees and trees. She rushes inside the chamber rooms calling her aunt, “Aunty Shri! Where are you? Oppa?

Shri; general Kai’s mother comes outside from her room, “Oh my darling! Dia you are here. I was wondering why you were not here when Kai returned. Kai is in his room. I’ll get him.” ~ “Okay aunty! Thank you. Oh! Here I brought this bouquet”, she replies back softly. Shri reaches to her and pats her head with her eyes sparkling, “I wish I had a daughter, unlike someone who doesn’t even miss me and knows nothing other than wars, capital and his duties. Daughters are good. They know how to speak and care. Wisteria is lucky but doesn’t bother leaving his daughter alone and going to take care of his daughter. ”

Dia blushes hard, "No aunt Shri you are exaggerating. I'm not that good. Brother Kai is amazing, dutiful and loves you and uncle Kyle so much."

-"Ok ok! You sit here. I'll let your brother know about you."

-"Ok aunt."

Shri enters Kai's room calling Kai who was skimming through so many documents, "Son, Dia is here! She is look...."

"Oh Dia is here." he jumps up and rushes out to meet her. Shri stood there stunn and completes here sentence, "looking for you." She let out gasp in joy, "Don't tell me he likes her. Ommo! That's great!"

Kai rushes to Dia and grabs her hand and takes her outside to the backyard of his villa, to the storeroom. He closes the door and asks her to sit down. Dia shyly look at him, her face turning red out of embarrassment.

"Are you alright. Your face is red. Do you have fever?" he checks her temperature with his hand on her forehead.

"No! I'm fine" she gently removes his hand and steps back, "It's just a hot day."

"That's great then. Lets quickly talk about important things.", Dia hummed and nodded him.

Kai opened the cupboard and started getting some important papers from inside. He gave her a beautiful antique small box with an emerald placed on its top. The box gave off ethereal aura. "This is the most important and sacred possession that king himself hand it over to Dad to keep it as a safe stake". ~ "Why are you showing it to me then?",Dia questions him. "Ah sit down I'll tell you some important things.", Kai face palmed himself.

"Well Dia, Din is the rightful owner of this box. He is an important person to the country's peace and safety. He is my friend and holds power. His life is in danger because of his illness and threats from assassins. Your place is the most safest in this tribe even in the whole country. I want to bear with him for some time being."

Dia spoke in disbelief, "How will I take care of him? I myself need to be taken care of."

"Hahaha you are cute as always. He is not autistic or any disease. Just be friends with him. He will take care of you. Your personality might help him to find his right path. I can only trust you on this. It will be better to hide this from uncle Wisteria as well".

"Don't worry brother. My father won't even get a little idea of it.", she agreed on something her Kai brother has asked but her mind was still not satisfied wit what he told her.

Kai thanked her dearly, "I'll pack these documents and these possessions in a bag. Carry them to your home and give them to Din.", he wondered in his heart that, (I hope Aadin will be able to handle it.)

Won't you visit me?, you returned after such a long time, Dia looked at him with her forever puppy eyes. Kai chuckles, "I'll come in evening. I don't want to catch eyes of anyone. How did you come here?"

"I walked here."

"What the... Are you kidding me? You walked all the way here."

"Its much convenient.", she argued back.

-"Aishh!! I'll ask Gurio to send you home. Have this girl ever listened to anyone.", she scolded her, the anger and worry was clearly visible in his words, "Don't go anywhere else with this thing. Go straight home and hand it  over.You can die but don't lose it at any cost."

"Finee!! I wish you had cared about me more instead of that peacock and his friend.", she pouts in annoyance.

Hearing her made Kai to chuckle, "Haha! Why are you calling him peacock?"

"His hair are of weird purple color. Totally absurd!" - "Alright alright! I need to meet some people and work. Go home.", he patted her head and led her back to the front and showed her the way outside

Dia clicked her tongue and rolled her eyes on him, "Tsk! Yeah going."

Dia, her maid and her guard leaves the Kai's home on the carriage back to Wisteria mansion. On her way back, Dia carried the documents and ancient box in a bag, wondering what exactly is inside them. Her thoughts running wild her thoughts getting strange. She wonders that country is in war, Kai returned home suddenly with two men whom he wants to stay undercover, the documents and ancient possessions that king gave to Din. How does Din and Bandai personally know. Are they spies? Are they some assassins? Don't tell me Brother Kai is the one who rebelled the country and joint hands with Moora sovereigns. Means brother Kai is the cause of war. Is he planning a rebellion? Thoughts like these are going overboard. She suddenly screamed, "NO! Its can't be!", she scolded herself with a punch on her forehead, "BRAIN! Can't you just STOP!"

Her maid looked at her with a worried look,  "My lady, are you alright?" - "Huh! uh! yes.", she replies to her with her hand flapping in air along with a chuckle.

After reaching Wisteria mansion. Dia asks butler Chen to see what guests are up to. She takes the bag with her in her room. She wonders that if I won't give him this bag it will be a problem as brother Kai is coming to visit her in evening. If they really are not rebelling then who and why are they here. Things look too weird. Should I directly ask them? What if they will kill me? "No! No! Brother Kai probably won't hurt me but if he is leaving I can't trust those two. But it's my home! Why am I scared , she chuckles and crosses her arms in a sassy way.

-A knock on the room's door is heard, Dia questions, "Yes? What?". Butler Chen speaks, "My lady, Mr. Din is sleeping and Mr. Bandai is reading the paper". On hearing this Dia quickly opens her room's door and asks butler to bring Bandai out, she wonders to herself, "I need to at least try searching something before brother Kai comes."---

"No! I'll go check it out myself." She goes to guest room and knocks on the door. Bandai opens the door and gets confused by looking at Dia."How may I help you?"

"No not really. I should be asking if you need anything."

"Oh, no we are really honored for this hospitality."

"Let's play."

Bandai confusedly asks her away,"Play? What?" he is already tired from the travel and this lady is asking him to play with her. He is going through an emotional breakdown in his mind.

She enters the room quickly, "Sorry for barging into your room! Ooh you two are staying together.", she smirks at them when Bandai realizes her dark thoughts, "Huh! Haha! NO! I really am JUST taking care of Aadin.", Bandai realizes that he took Aadin's name casually in front of Dia, he flusters and quickly speaks, "Din need me to take care of him, so!"

Dia actually didn't hear him but nodded to him, "Oooh okay okays." she goes near Aadin to wake him up, "Hey Mr. Din. Yo peacock. Wake up!" Bandai panics and almost shouted at her, "Don't wake him up. Let him sleep."

Dia questioned back with a poker face, "Why?"

"Umm... he must be tired."

Aadin wakes up, "What is this commotion?", he glares at the two in annoyance.

"O peacock lets play!"

Aadin covers himself with duvet again, "Tsk! Where did Kai stuck me up with.", Bandai calls Aadin with a smirk, "Din! Lets listen to this pretty lady. Real man should never let a lady wait."

"Ohoo ho! you seem to be a sensible person. I like you."\, Dia smiles at him and shrugs her shoulders\, "Okay so I need to question you both to know more about you guys. You guys are going to live with me in my home. I must know what kind of men are going to live with me. A girl should be careful\, *shock* Huh! what if you guys are CREEPS AND PERVERT!! NO!" she covers herself within her arms around\, "You guys are dead then!"\, her glaring eyes met Aadin who was looking at her with her irritated eyes. He shouts at her\, "Yah! Crow! What the hell are you thinking. The one who looks at you as a woman is sick."

She laughed and shrugged her shoulders at him in displease, "You are peacock. Idiots come outside and have super with me. We'll talk there.", she waltz out of the room leaving them in frustration.

Bandai blushes, "She is cute though."

"Yah!! are you crazy? That abnormal woman is sick from head to toe.", Aadin glared at him

"Then on't fall for her, she seems interested in you because you are peacock and she is a crow.", he gasps, "Woah a well-matched couple it would be", he burst in to laughter when Aadin throws pillow on his face. "Yahh!!! Fine I was just kidding", Bandai runs off to his room "Come out for super my lord!"

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