I am so sorry for the delay guys, my poor laptop is sick these days, few of its keys aren't working properly, so i cudn't update.
Breath of Fresh Air
Chapter 5
Ishita has never been this embarrassed in her entire life, she lied on her bed for hours, trying to think of a way to proceed with Mr Bhalla. But then that man was a married man with a child, he shouldn't have behaved the way he did, she thought. That was not entirely his fault Ishita, he did apologise for the morning episode, maybe he wasn't in his senses then. He didn't do any harm to you post that. It was you who barged into his bathroom, and logically he isn't married now but that doesn't give him the right to kiss you. Remember what toshi aunty had said about him being always in a disturbed state of mind, maybe I should lightly give a hint about Heena, she will definitely help him. Only if the ravan kumar doesn't chop your head off for suggesting so.
After she was done with her self-thoughts, she decided that she would send Ruhi alone to the Bhalla house today and she would visit Mr Bhalla with a fresh mind the next day.
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Raman would be lying if he said that he hasn't been thinking about Ishita all evening. All his thoughts jumbled together and he finally decided that Ishita was important to his Ruhi and hence was important to him. He would keep a safe distance and would only interact with her as Ruhi's father.
The dinner was a silent affair, as he had self-predicted, Ishita didn't join them. But the surprise came post dinner when he noticed Ruhi walking out of the house post dinner "Ruhi itni raat ko kaha ja rahi ho? Neighbours ko raat ko disturb nehi krte beta, subhe mil lena"
Ruhi was disheartened but she didn't want to argue with her father especially when he was being so kind to her. So she silently went to her room.
"arre Raman yeh kya kiya tuney, tujhe nehi pata par Ruhi ko Ishita ke bina sone ki aadat nehi hai"
"toh pehle batana chahiye tha na, theek hai kal se bol dijiyega use ki woh ja sakti hai"
He moved towards his bedroom, stopping at Ruhi's door to see if she was asleep and then walked away.
Ruhi held her breath until she heard a bang that confirmed that her father had entered his room and then slowly opened her eyes. She couldn't sleep without her Ishu aunty and she knew that it was the same for Ishita too.
Half an hour later Ruhi felt the other side of her bed sink, she sighed, turned around and engulfed the person in a bear hug "mujhe laga aap nehi ayengi"
"aise kaise nehi aaungi? Mujhe apne Ruh ke bina neend kaise aati batao?"
"mujhe bhi neend nehi aa rahi thi Ishu aunty"
"mujhe pata hai baccha, chalo ab so jate hai theek hai"
Ishita hummed the usual song that Ruhi sleeps to but after fifteen minutes she realised that Ruhi was stiff and was paying extra attention to her.
"kya hua beta sona nehi hai aaj?"
Ignoring her question Ruhi said "Ishu aunty aap mujhse pyar karti ho na"
Surprised at such a query, "ha beta, boht boht boht zyada, par aap yeh abhi kyu puch rahi ho?"
"Aur papa?"
It took some time for her to understand the situation "ha papa toh aapse aur bhi zyada pyar krte hai, tabhi toh aapko surprise krne k liye papa ne aapke cupboard me kitne saare gifts rakhe hai aapne dekha nehi?"
"Sacchi? Mai abhi dekh ke aaun?"
"ha jao na" she swiched the lights on for Ruhi and hoped that she was right with her intuitions.
"wow!!! Ishita aunty itne saare gifts"
She sighed in relief "dekha kitna pyar karte hai papa aapse, bas woh thode kharoos hai na toh bol nehi paate hai"
Ruhi giggled at the kharoos word "mai papa ko thank you bolu?"
"kal subhe bol dena, abhi papa soye honge na, unhe disturb nehi krte"
Ruhi climbed back to the bed and almost immediately fell asleep with a smile tucked at a corner of her lips.
Ishita looked at the sleeping Ruhi and decided that the long pending talk with Mr Bhalla had to be completed tomorrow. Her personal issues could wait, but if he really loved Ruhi, it was high time his behaviour proves that too. A corner of her heart knew that it was the poker face of Ravan Kumar that prevented him from showering all his love for his family. "Murgan! He badly needs a plastic surgery" she concluded with a pout and then drifted off to sleep.
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Raman was getting late for his office, he rushed to the bathroom only to be stopped on his track by the scene in front of him. There was his Madrasan under the shower in a white cotton saree wet from head to toe. He silently walked toward her; she looked breath-taking in that avatar, his office long forgotten and so was his sanity. He held her by her waist and pulled her towards him, her soft flesh collided into his hard chest, water engulfed them. She was shocked for a second but then with the familiarity of the touch she relaxed. His mouth moved towards her shoulder nibbling the soft flesh there he traced the path upwards towards her lips which she parted willingly. "tring!!tring!!" he heard his phone beep at a distance and cursed it, why couldn't the water just destroy it? He again tried to concentrate on her lips but the noise of his phone grew louder. In an attempt to distance himself from the noise he moved further away from the shower dragging her along and THUD!! "ouch..." he fell. He looked around to see his alarm clock blowing away and there he was lying on his bum on the floor hugging a pillow.
Precap: the morning after and the much awaited talk
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Edited by dochdoe - 10 years ago
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