Chapter 3

Dishi

@TunesOfHeart

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RaghVi FS: His Addiction

Chapter-3

Raghav dreaded since night was approaching and the last thing he wanted was to go home because then he would miss her terribly. Each and everything in the RR mansion has some or the other memory of her or them. And remembering them wouldn't help him to feel better but break him to be at home when he knows she wouldn't be there to look after him, to pamper him if needed, to save him from amma's scoldings, to love him, to make him feel home while having her in his arms.

He sighed before continuing his work.

Later at night, when he was still in his office checking out some files Farhaad came to knock some sense into his boss.

"Anna, ab aapko ghar chalna chahiya! Bohot late hogaya hai! Bhabhi aur amma ka kitni baar call aa chuka hai mujhe! " Farhaad said making Raghav furious as he didn't want to go home when his wife wasn't there.

"Lekin Farhaad mai.. " He tried to argue about the same but was interrupted by Farhaad.

"Anna please! Aapne subah se kucch khaya bhi nahi hai! You need to have food and rest! " He told his boss in all honesty.

"Mujhe uske liye ghar nahi jana! I will have something here only. " He replied in a brooding tone.

"But Anna, amma aapka wait kar rahi hai! Unhe bura lagega! " He tried to emotionally blackmail him though it wasn't right but the circumstances forced him to do that.

"Fine but sirf amma ke liye! " Raghav said before sighing in defeat.

"Ji! Chaliye! " Farhaad smiled and then they walked out of the office.

On reaching RR mansion, he found amma indeed waiting for him. He sheepishly looked at her before approaching her.

"Raghav yeh kya hai? Itna der koi lagata hai kya? " She aaked angrily as she spotted him.

"I am sorry Amma! " He said silently.

"Accha chalo khana lagata hai mai! Tum muh haath dho ke aao! " She told him.

"Woh mera man.. " He was about to deny when she interrupted him in between.

"Kucch nahi sunega mai! Chup chaap jo bola woh kar! Ardhamainda? "

He nodded his head before leaving to change and get fresh in guest room because he knew going to bed room will make his situation worse.

Fifteen minutes later, he came back wearing one of his blue night suit and silently had his food before heading towards his study room in an attempt to distract his mind from missing her by doing work.

"Anna aap yaha kya kar rahe hai woh bhi raat ke 2 baje? " Farhaad said as he stood on the ddortway of the study room.

"Kaam Farhaad? " He bluntly replied.

"Lekin Anna ab aapko rest karna chahiye! " Farhaad argued while coming inside his cabin.

"Mujhe nahi karna rest! Tum jao yahan se. " He dismissed him.

"Lekin Anna.. " Farhaad tried to argue again but was interrupted mid way by his boss.

"Kaha na jao! Don't irritate me! " He yelled.

"Ji Anna! " Farhaad said in defeat before going away.

Raghav then again focussed on his screen when his eyes fell on a folder named "Wifey" which got his attention and he quickly opened it to find a video file in it.

He then quickly searched for his headphones in the drawers. Upon finding them, he connected them with his laptop and finally he clicked on the file.

The video started playing...

"Pallavi do something! Yeh video hai, koi photo nahi jo still khada hai tum " He heard his own voice but the screen was showing her cute angry face. A smile automatically appeared on his face as he continued to watch it.

"Pata hai mujhe! Lekin mai koi model nahi hu jo tum mera video shoot kar rahe ho! " She replied looking towards the camera.

"Toh mai bhi koi photographer nahi hai! It's for creating memories which we could cherish later so don't be a spoilsport, wifey! " He heard himself teasing her and her anger went a level up as she looked irritated at the moment.

"Shut up! Camera off karo warna i won't talk to you! " She threatened back while the camera was recording her.

"Lame threats! Even Farhaad knows ki tum mujhse baat kare bina nahi reh sakta! " He heard himself and chuckled as how kiddish he sounds around her. He had never noticed it but now he did and he loved every bit of this change in him.

"Usko kaise pata chala? " She asked looking confused.

"He is a great bhabhi supporter, of course he would know such trivial things about you! " He heard his voice say in casual tone.

"Raghav tum na.. " She took a step forward in his direction to approach him but hearing his reply she got more irritated at him.

"Bohot handsome hai I know! " He heard his voice and saw her blushing but he remembered that he gave a flying kiss to her at that moment which caused her blush and not his arrogant remark.

"Wish i could record it from my angle too! " He thought.

"Aww biwi tum blush kar raha hai! Wait camera ko reason nahi pata tumhara blush ka. " He said making her confused.

He then walked towards her while pointing the camera on him. And now he could see himself as well wearing some clad black shirt and jeans and mischievous glint hiding in his innocent looking eyes.

"Raghav ab kya nayi nautanki kar rahe ho tum? " She asked and before she could scold him more he stood next to her and kissed her nose with the camera as a witness of their little moment. He cooed at that little scene he saw. Now he wanted to kiss her too.

"Uff! Why did you even play it in the first place, Raghav? Stupid Raghav Rao! " He sighed and looked at the screen yet again to see the camera started tilting a lot but he could hear the sounds of laughter of them.

The thought itself made him chuckle as how they ended up romancing later. He then replayed the video and watched it a lot of times as if his life depended on it.

"I am missing you so much wifey! Day one almost ended, now only 4 days are left! " He uttered to no one in particular but when he heard clapping sound he looked towards the source of it only to find his irritating alter ego yet again sitting at the couch comfortably.

"Tum yaha kya kar raha hai? " He asked rudely.

"Wahi jo tum kar raha hai Raghav! " He said casually while grinning.

"Matlab? " He raised his eyebrows.

"Pallavi ko miss aur kya! "

"Oh! Haa i am missing her too! " Raghav said in a bit low tone.

"Tum usko miss kar raha hai toh call karo na! Woh tumko daatega thodi! " He heard his alter ego say but things weren't that easy, were they?

"Maine uska ek bhi call subah se attend nahi kiya hai! Of course woh mujhe bohot daatega! Tum mujhe galat waqt pe galat advice mat do! Woh kaam Farhaad ka hai toh let it be! " He explained coldly.

"Toh attend karta na call, kyu nahi kiya? " His alter ego pointed out the obvious.

"As if you don't know! " He said out loud before he even know it.

"I know Raghav ki tum agar phone attend karta then all you would have done is asking her to not go and ended up picking a fight with her on that! But she doesn't know that! Tum usko batayega nahi toh usko kaise pata chalega? Dimaag padne ka machine abhi invent nahi hua hai Raghav! " His alter ego teased him and he felt tortured at that very moment.

"Shut up! Mujhe toh believe nahi ho raha ki tum mera part hai! Baatein toh bilkul biwi jaisa karta hai tum! " He pointed out and the words him miss her more.

"Kyuki mai thoda emotional bhi hai aur practical bhi! Waise tum dono ko bacche bilkul mere jaise honge emotional yet practical! So unko sambhalne ka training tumko mil raha hai in advance, so convenient for you! " He teased or replied, Raghav couldn't pinpoint but definitely got angry at that.

"Get lost! Mujhe tumhara bakwaas aur nahi hona! " He hissed angrily.

"Mai toh chala jayega but tum toh Pallavi ko fir bhi miss karega na! You better call her to feel better! "  He adviced.

"Hmm! " Raghav agreed.

"Anna aap kisse baat kar rahe hai? Yaha toh koi nahi hai! " Farhaad said as he stood at the doorway of the study.

"Nahi Farhaad kucch nahi! Mai toh bas aise hi khud se baat kar raha tha! " He told him before signalling him to enter inside.

"Accha! Anna bhabhi ka call aaya tha abhi aur unhone mujhe kaha hai ki aap apne bedroom mei jaake araam kare nahi toh woh apna stay waha increase kardengi!" Farhaad informed as that was what his bhabhi told him in order to make Raghav rest.

"What? No! Abhi jata hai mai room mei! Yeh biwi ko saara methods aata hai apna baat manvaane ka karke! " He said as he ran towards his room.

Farhaad smiled seeing Raghav and messaged Pallavi about the same.

Upon reaching his bedroom, his steps and heart both got heavy as it has most of the memories of them.

The first thing one would see upon entering was the life sized frame of them, hung on the wall behind the bed.

The portrait was a beautiful capture of them with her wearing his favorite colour i.e red saree and him wearing an all black tuxedo. The moment was him kissing her forehead with both their eyes closed as if relishing the moment. And seeing their life sized portrait, he smiled thinking of yet another memory of them.

"Raghav yeh saree kaisi hai? " She asked showing him a pink saree while was lazily lying on bed while doing something on his phone.

"Arey biwi tum kucch bhi pehnega, sab accha lagega tumpe! " He said not even looking at her

"Raghav mazaak mat karo aur idhar dekh ke batao! " She angrily warned him making him sigh and look at her direction.

"Hmm fine! Yeh pink accha nahi hai! " He said.

"Toh yeh black? " She asked showing him another one from the closet.

"Nope!"

"Green? "

"Tum patta lagega, no!" He said chuckling a bit.

"Accha yellow? "

"Nahi biwi! "

"Yeh blue waali? "

"No! "

"Ab toh yeh red wali saree bachi hai! " She said in a defeated tone.

"This is perfect yeh wala pehnega tum!  Mere black tuxedo ke saath it would match perfectly! " He told her while standing up.

"Pakka na? Mazaak mat banwa dena photographer ke saamne! " She warned him getting nervous about the photoshoot.

"Biwi, kisika itna himmat hi nahi hai ki woh Raghav Rao ka biwi ka mazaak banaye karke! So you just relax! It would go awesome and we will finally get our picture together for our bedroom and living area as well! " He told her while standing close to her.

"Okay then! Kapde select hogaye ab kya karna tha? " She asked trying to think of her next coming task.

"Romance! " He replied as he coged her in his arms.

"Huh? " She uttered as she got confused a bit.

"Ab romance ka time hai! So don't waste it in talking and let's do the action! " He said before claiming her lips in a heart scorching kiss.

He smiled weakly while remembering that and now it was like enough torture for him. So he finally took out his phone to call her because right now all he wanted was to hear her voice and a bit of her attention.
 

"Hello Raghav? " He heard her voice after a few rings. And it felt so soothing to his heart that defining it would never be enough.

"Hello? Awaaz nahi aarahi hai kya? Hello ? hello? " She said again and he realized that he hadn't said anything yet.

"Uhm  Biwi awaaz aa raha hai.. " He told her while stuttering a bit. It was like he was talking to her for the first time, over a phone conversation.

"Accha mujhe laga awaaz nahi aarahi tumhe! " She replied back softly.

"Uhh tum kya kar raha tha? " He asked the obvious.

"Waise toh so rahi thi but tumhara phone aya toh uth ke balcony mei aagayi taaki aayi ko disturb na ho! " She told him as the cold breeze of summer hit her face.

"Maine disturb kiya? I am so sorry woh mujhe.. " He tried to apologize when she interrupted him before he could complete his sentence.

"Mujhe pata hai tumhe neend nahi aarahi hogi theek waise hi jaise mujhe nahi aarahi thi! " She said truthfully.

"Lekin tumne toh abhi kaha ki.. " He started to repeat her earlier statement before she cut his words short in between.

"Tumhe tease kar rahi thi! Buddhu! " She chucked making him smile.

"Agar mai wahaan hota tab deta tumko jawaab ki mai buddhu hai ya kucch aur! " He too teased her making her blush.

"Tum blush kar raha hai! Damn i want to see that blush on your face right now! " He excitedly told her.

"Raghav! " She warned him.

"Accha accha sorry! Ab nahi tease karega mai! " He said in surrender.

"Good! Ab batao subah se kya kiya tumne? " She asked him while comfortably sitting on the floor of the balcony as she knew the talk would be longer.

"Mujhe miss karne ke alaava! " She added making him slightly blush at that.

"I am sorry Pallavi woh maine tumhara phone nahi uthaya subah se! " He apologized remembering his doing.

"I know kyu nahi uthaya phone tumne! You were trying to act strong and your wife is proud of you for that! " She said making him surprised a bit.

"Tumko.. Kaise pata? " He asked out loud.

"Arey! Tumhari biwi hu mujhe nahi pata hoga toh kise pata hoga? Hmm? "

"Of course! Tumko pata hoga but ek cheez hai jo tumko nahi pata hai! " He said while walking towards the wwindow of the room.

"Kya? " She asked curiously

"That i am missing you terribly! " He said in a low tone making her heart melt at both his voice and words.

"Me too Raghav! Bas 5 din ki baat hai uske baad mai tumhare paas! " She replied trying to cheer him up.

"Haa! I can't wait for these days to end! " He said before sighing heavily.

"Anyway tumne mujhe abhi tak nahi bataya ki tum kya kar rahe the subah se? Kahi Mr. Raghav Rao apni biwi se kucch chhupa toh nahi rahe hai? " She said trying to change his sad mood.

"Jab Raghav Rao ka biwi sab jaanta hai then uska himmat ki woh tumse kucch chhupaye? " He asked

"Accha ji! Bohot baate banani aagayi hai tumhe ek din mei! Mujhe topic se distract kar rahe ho? " She asked while smiling at his sweet voice.

"Tumko tumhara pyaara devar ne sab bata diya hoga, right? Toh tum mujhse same story jaanke kya karega? Hmm? " He asked raising his eyebrow.

"Mujhe tumse sunna hai Raghav! Batao jaldi! Lekin usse pehle bed pe leto, left side pe letna! Right side meri hai, okay! " She said to which she heard him groan at her words. But somehow he didn't argue with her and just laid down on his side of the bed.

"Umm mai tumhara side pe let jaaye? I am missing you so much and it has your lavender scent smell too! " He asked staring at her side of the bed which was empty at the moment.

"Ab tum mera side bhi smell karte ho? Oh my god Raghav! Accha let jao lekin sirf isliye kyu ki mai waha nahi hu! " She said.

"Hmm ok! " He said before shifting towards her side of the bed and inhaling her smell from ger pillow.

"Ab apne aap ko duvet se cover karo! Aur sahi se cover karna! " He heard her say and he followed her order.

"Haa karliya! " He told her but didn't do it as he was busy inhaling her lavender scent.

"Raghav jaldi cover karo! Nahi toh mai phone cut kardungi! " She threatened him.

"Accha accha kar raha hai mai! Tum aur tumhara emotional blackmail, biwi! " He muttered over the phone while covering himself with the duvet.

"Hmm karliya! " He said as he comfortably laid on the bed.

"Ab light off karo, haath badhaake! " She said making him groan again at the amount of work she was asking him to do.

"Hmm kardiya! Kitna kaam karaata hai tum mujhse biwi" He huffed while laying down on bed finally.

"Woh toh hai! Aakhir Raghav Rao ki wife hone ka yahi toh fayda hai! " She said while grinning.

"Very funny! Accha ab kya karna hai? " He asked.

"Ab aakhein band karo! "

"Hmm karliya! Ab? " He said as he closed his eyes.

"Aur kucch nahi! Good night, so jao! " She said trying control her laughter.

"Biwi please! " He cribbed opening his eyes again and sitting on the bed again.

"Accha accha mazaak tha! Let jao wapas! " She said after alughing for good few minutes.

"This time i don't want any joke! " He warned her while laying down again.

"Okay Mr. Husband! " He heard her say from the the other end.

"Aakhein band karo jaldi! " She said as she knew his eyes were still wide open.

"Tumko kaise pata ki mara aakhein khula hai karke? Tum dekh sakta hai kya mujhko? " He asked.

"Abhi dekh toh nahi sakti tumko lekin tumhari harkatein samajh sakti hu mai isliye jaldi aakhein band karo! " She told him.

"Hmm karliya! " He closed his eyes.

"Ab tum mujhe batao ki din bhar tumne kya kya kiya? " She aaked him.

"Umm zada kucch nahi sirf kaam kiya, do meetings thi and then profit ke upar ek board meeting kiya. Sab boring tha but i had to do it! It was important! But ek maze ka baat hua! " He said excitedly opening his eyes to tell her about the video.

"Raghav aakhein band rakho aur bolo warna mai phone cut kar dungi! " She said as she knew his habits.

"Accha accha sorry! Phone mat cut karna! " He said softly before closing his eyes

"Haa karliya aakhein band! Ab batau? "

"Hmm! " She approved him to yo continue.

"Maine aaj woh video dekha! " He told her.

"Video? Konsa video? " She asked not knowing what was he talking about.

"Arey wahi video jo maine tumhara banaya tha 2-3 mahine pehle! " He explained.

"Oh woh! Tumne woh save kiya tha? " She asked.

"Haa bilkul! Anything related to you deserves to be saved! " He said proudly making her smile.

"Accha aur kya kiya tumne? "

"Aur toh kucch nahi kiya... But i missed you all day! Mujhe laga jaise tum mere paas nahi hai.... Yeh feeling mujhe bilkul accha nahi lag raha... I love you.. Pallavi.. " And she heard his even breathing on phone indicating that he was asleep.

"Lagta hai so gaya hai! Good night Raghav, have sweet dreams!" She whispered on the phone but didn't ended the call incase he wakes up and searches for her. 
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