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A/N: I know I was supposed to update Junoon but I had to write this OS. I hope you will like it.
PS: It is not proof-read so there can be some errors.
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It was one of those normal days when Omkara stepped into his house expecting his wife, Gauri to be waiting for him with freshly cooked meal prepared by her. This was often their normal routine. Today was her off-day as she wasn't required at the office she works in as a chief-editor. But she was nowhere to be found.
They lived alone in this house, which he had bought, as it was closer to their working places
He dropped his car keys on the kitchen counter and slowly walked up the stairs towards their bedroom.
What he found as he opened his bedroom door, left his mouth agape. His wife was sitting on the bed rifting through some old albums which were strewn all over the bed.
"Gauri?", Omkara called slowly.
"Hmm...Kya hai? Oh! Om, tum kab aye?!"She quickly left what she was doing and ran to greet him with a hug.
"Main to abhi aaya hun, lekin ye tum kya kar rahi ho? I thought tum aaj mere liye kuch special banaogi... jaise ki Manchoorian?" Omkara asked, hugging her back.
"Woh... I am sorry, main kuch bana nahi pai. Mujhe meat ke smell se michmichi feeling aa rahi thi.. so.. lekin tension mat lo, maine khana baahar se order kar diya hai.. Delivery man bas aata hi hoga.." Gauri said, nervously looking at him.
"Michmichi feeling? Gauri, tum thik to ho? Phirse kuch ulta-phulta kha liya hoga na? Kaha tha na maine, zyada Gol-Gappe na khaya karo.. lekin tum meri sunti kab ho!" Omkara asked her worriedly, as he took a good look at her. He felt really guilty that he couldn't take good care of her, since he had to work at the office. Even though he was the owner of his own company, he still had to deal with some meetings. But now that he took a good look at his wife.. She did seem to look a bit squeamish.
"Main bilkul thik hun Om.. Aisa hota hai is waqt.." Gauri said, giving him an odd look.
Even after 3 years of their marriage and 7 years of their courtship, he was still confused with some of the looks she gave.
Jisne bhi kaha hai ki ladkiyon ko samajhna bade hi mushkil ka kaam hai - sahi kaha hai.
Omkara shook his head, looking at her blankly when finally he asked, "Matlab?"
Gauri gave him a hopeless look and answered him, "Matlab ye... Ki main, maa banne wali hun aur tum papa."
Omkara just looked at her with his mouth hanging open. He wanted to say something, but his vocals weren't currently working.
"Kaise?"Omkara finally whispered, finding his voice back.
"Well, kaise ka jawaab to bol nahi sakti... Lekin dikha zaroor sakti hun." Gauri said in a sultry voice, smiling at him amusedly as Omkara flushes red.
"Mera.. wo matlab nahi tha! Hasna band karo! I mean, really? Humne to bas abhi try karna shuru kiya tha! Tumhe kab pata chala?" Omkara asked her with an excited look on his face.
"Aaj main doctor ke paas gayi thi.. Kuch dino se mujhe bohot michmichi feel ho rahi thi.. Aur meri date bhi late hai.. Isliye main direct doctor ke paas check up ke liye chali gayi. Unhone kaha ki main 6 weeks pregnant hun. Tumhe pata hai wo log kaise count karte hai ki main kitne weeks pregnant hun? Meri last date ke pehli din se shuru karte hain. Ajeeb hain na? Jo bhi ho.. We are a couple more weeks closer to meet our baby! Main bohot khush hun!" Gauri squealed and hugged Omkara happily.
Omkara broke off their hug to kiss her on the lips and look into her eyes as he whispered with happy tears in his eyes, "Main bhi."
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After 14 weeks ( Gauri is currently 4 months pregnant)
"Om!" Omkara, who was sleeping, jolted awake hearing his wife's tearful voice. Something was not right. He looked beside his bedlamp at his alarm clock - Subah ke 7 baj rahe hai aur Gauri- Gauri?! Uski awaz to washroom se aayi hai!
He quickly shot up from the bed and ran towards the washroom, his heart in his throat. Why would his wife call him like this at this time? When he pushed the washroom's door open, his heart stopped. He found Gauri curled on the bathroom floor, clutching at her baby bump and sobbing.
"Gauri!" Omkara exclaimed, his voice raspy as he dropped down on the floor beside her. He tried to controll himself from thinking the worst. No! Gauri aur unke bacche ko kuch nahi ho sakta!
"Om, mujhe bohot dard ho raha hai! Please, kuch karo! Om, humare bacche ko to kuch-!" Gauri cried out looking at him desperately.
Omkara who was scared shitless himself, couldn't answer her this time. Both of them - Gauri and their child; was his entire world now. To think of losing anyone of them, felt like a stab to his heart. Ya.. Dono hi.. Nahi! Main aise khayalat apne dimag me nahi laa sakta! Gauri ko ab meri zarurat hai!
"Gauri... we need to go to the hospital.." Omkara said tearfully to Gauri, who sobbed harder listening to his words.
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After 1 hour (At the hospital)
I am sorry. Hum aapke bacche ko nahi bacha sake.
The words kept ringing in Omkara's head as he sat beside Gauri who lied on the hospital bed, holding her hand. She had finally cried herself to sleep.
Kitne sapne. Kitne Aans. Sab khatam ho gaya. Sirf ek palak jhapak me. Doctors kehte hai ki aisa hota hai pehli baar. Lekin unke liye to.. Ye ek baar marne se kam nahi tha. Is bacche se dono hi dil laga baithe the. Ab wo 3 nahi.. phirse.. 2 log.. ho gaye..
Omkara stared at Gauri as he ran his hand through her hair and cried soundlessly.
Gauri. Gauri ko main kaise sambhalunga? Wo to toot gayi hai. Puri bikhar gayi hai. Kehti hai ki sab uski galti hai! Kaise samjhau ki isme kisi ki bhi galti nahi thi.. Nahi, main apni Gauri ko bikhar ne nahi de sakta! Hum aage badenge! Aur wo bhi ek saath.
Omkara kissed Gauri's forehead and closed his eyes momentarily as he laid his head down beside her head on the pillow.
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Omkara walked Gauri slowly into their house with his both hands around her shoulders. The doctor had released her with a clean bill of health, but as instructed by the doctor, she wasn't to exert herself too much as it might cause her to weaken. She was to relax for about a month and then, she could return back to living her life as she did before the pregnancy.
Sabkuch pehle ki tarah hona jaise koi aasan cheez hai. Wo log kya samjhenge. Samjhenge to hum - jinpar ye dukh guzarti hain.
He directly took Gauri to their bedroom and sat her on the bed with pillows supporting her back.
"Gauri, please. Mujhse kuch kaho! Please!"
Gauri looked at him with blank eyes.
"Main thodi der akela rehna chahti hun." Gauri whispered. Omkara felt hurt by her rejection but he felt that she needs some time.
Ek maa apne bacche ko khokar kaisi mehsoos karti hai ab mujhe kaise maloom hoga? Gauri ko kuch time dena chahiye.
Omkara took a deep breath as he stood up and kissed her forehead.
"Gauri, please. Tumhe kisi bhi cheez ki zaroorat ho, mujhe please batana. Thik hai?" Omkara said to her in a lower voice.
"Theek hai." Gauri looked at him as she whispered back.
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Silence.
It fell over them as days passed. Gauri had asked for some alone time and Omkara felt that she needed her space. But he was shocked when she said that she wanted to go to her mother's house.
And he let her go. She wasn't speaking to him. Nor did he initiate, as he was scared. Scared of pushing her away.
He did something that he had promised Gauri he wouldn't ever do. He had joined his office just a week after Gauri left for her maayka. His friends had called him for a drink, and as he didn't want to go to an empty house, he took up the offer. One drink led to numerous and resulted in to coming at his house drunk. He couldn't remember how he had reached home.
He felt heartbroken. He had just lost a child and now.. he felt like he was also losing Gauri..
He sobbed as he fell to the floor of his drawing room. He cried. He cried for his unborn child who couldn't live long to see the world, to come into their awaiting arms. He cried for his wife, because he couldn't help her heal, which he thought he could.
He finally cried himself to a fitfull sleep as he continuously whispered, "Gauri, please waapas aa jao."
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Shivaay Singh Oberoi, Omkara's elder brother had been worried sick. Worried since he hadn't received any call from Omkara for about weeks, and that wasn't acceptable. Om had just informed him a couple of months back that Gauri was pregnant and that they would inform the whole family when she would cross 20 weeks of her pregnancy as they didn't want to take any chance.
Shivaay had tried calling Omkara's phone for the past few hours but he couldn't reach him. He even tried to call Gauri's number, but it seems her phone was switched off.
What the hell was happening? Enough is Enough.
Shivaay decided to head to their house and find it for himself what the hell was happening with them.
What he found when he entered Om's house, which was suspiciously not locked, had him stand still.
He quickly ran to Om, who was lying on the floor. When he reached he realized that Om was drunk. He tried to wake him up.
"Om! Please, utho! Ye kya haalat bana ke rakha hai apna? Please get up!" Shivaay tried to wake him up so that he could lift him off the ground.
"Shivaay. Main barbaad ho gaya. Gauri mujhko chod ke chali gayi.."Omkara slurred as he looked at Shivaay blearily.
Shivaay gulped as he took in the words. He decided that Omkara needed to be sober before they had their talk.
Shivaay lifted Om with a grunt and they slowly clambered up the stairs towards Om and Gauri's bedroom. Om was sent to take a hot shower; and then a cup of black coffee was brewed to bring him back to his senses.
Shivaay, after clearing up the mess in the drawing room and locking the door, finally sat across him with his own cup of black coffee at the kitchen counter.
"So. Now tell me the entire story." Shivaay said as he looked over at a hungover Om, while he sipped his coffee.
After 2 hours
Shivaay tried to blink away tears as he hugged his brother. Om and Gauri had gone through so much in this short span of time. And to think that they were dealing with this.. alone..
"Tu sabse bada gadha hai, do you know that? I understand Gauri asked for some space, but this is the time that she needs you. Why did you let her go in the first place? You should have stopped her! Zyada se zyada kya hota? Yehi na- Ki tum log chillate, jhagad te! Apni bhadas to dil se nikaal dete! That would have been the best thing to happen to you guys right now. You shouldn't have kept your feelings bottled up. You have to talk. Got it? And now, go and get your girl! She needs you!" Shivaay stopped speaking as Omkara came to his senses.
Omkara looked up at him and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you, bhai. Aap agar nahi hote to pata nahi.."
"Ok. Enough of this senti talks and now you gotta bring my sister back." Shivaay said cutting him off.
Omkara stood up and smiled widely for the first time, after almost a month. "Yes. I need to bring back my wife."
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Omkara reached Gauri's parents' house and parked outside. Their house resided close to the beach. As he was about to walk into the house, his eyes fell on a figure that stood at the shoreline, watching her feet being submerged by water.
He recognized her. His wife. Gauri. His Gauri. Only a week has passed and he already missed her like hell.
He ran towards the shoreline and when he was about a feet away, he walked slowly towards her.
"Gauri." Omkara whispered, once he stood next to her.
"Om.. Main tumhara hi intezaar kar rahi thi." Gauri whispered back, looking up to him.
Omkara looked at her confusedly.
"Bade bhaiya ne mujhe call kar ke bata diya tha ki tum aa rahe ho. Tumne mujhe jaane kyun diya, Om?! Kya tumhe khayaal hai ki mujhe tumhari kitni zarurat hai? Humare bacche ke khone se.. mujhe laga ki shaayad tum mujhse nafrat karne lage ho.. Is liye tum ne mujhe jaane diya aur mujhe lene tak nahi aaye!" Gauri shouted, crying into his arms as she fell on the sand, pulling him down with het. Omkara kneeled beside her still holding onto her, and hugged her to his chest as they rocked back and forth and finally, letting go off their tears.
"I am sorry, Gauri. Sab meri galti hai. Mujhe laga ki tumhe kuch space chahiye and I was trying to give you that. Tumhe andaaza bhi nahi hoga ki mujhe tumhe akele chodte hue kitna dukh hua. I am sorry. Abse tumhe agar space bhi chahiye to main tumhe nahi dene wala. Ab please, Gauri mere saath ghar chalo. Tumhare bina ghar soona lagta hai. Please." Omkara begged her.
"Chalo." Gauri smiled at him through her tears as she stood and pulled him up along with her.
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After 1 year
"Puri ki puri Gauri ki tarah lagti hai." Anika said as she looked at the newborn baby girl sleeping peacefully in Gauri's arms.
"Bilkul nahi. Om ki tarah lagti hai!" Shivaay bantered back, looking mischieviously at his wife.
"Are aapko kaise pata hoga? Aap to apni beti ko nahi pehchan paye.. apni bhatiji ko kya pehchanenge?" Anika said as she rolled her eyes, which caused everyone to laugh and Shivaay to turn red. In the meanwhile the loud voices had caused the baby to wake, who whimpered softly at being disturbed from her sleep.
Gauri rocked the baby slowly, humming tunes to her as everyone was shushed by Omkara, who stood, watching over his wife and daughter.
As the baby was quieted down, Dadi looked at the new parents with tearful eyes.
Saari khushiyan unke saath rahe.
"Om... Bhabi, aap dono apni beti ka naam kya rakha hai? Kuch socha hai ya hum help kar de?" Rudra asked them playfully.
Gauri and Omkara smiled at each other and looked down at their daughter who was nothing short of a blessing for them.
"Asha Kumari Singh Oberoi" Omkara proudly stated his daughter's name to his full family, who smiled, loving the new member's name.
Gauri and Omkara had selected the name Asha for their beautiful daughter. Because she was the result of their belief in hope - Asha.
The End.
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