Part 27
Rishabh and Madhu's drive to their home was a silent one. Though Madhu turned to look at him every now and then but he just stared ahead. Even he didnt know what he was thinking. His life and incidents involving Padmini were flashing infront of his eyes. He remembered Radha who always made RK regard Padmini as his second mother. He never had felt anything amiss between the two. And he remembered Padmini wailing for forgiveness, and she hadnt even actually killed them. His heart as if trying to save Padmini for an instant. She was panicked and the best she could think was an escape. She has been regretting it for seven years.
"I beared this pain of Mohan and Radha's death alone.. knowing that I could have saved them but was too coward to act.. I have been drowning in guilt." He remembered her saying.
But then he remembered his mother and his father. What had they wronged? How much ever guilty Padmini may be but she cant bring back what he lost. He cant ever love her the same way again. He cant ever bear to look at her again.
They reached home and RK stormed into the house and straight to his room. Bittuji who had come back last night itself after Madhu was declared safe by the doctor, stood up worriedly seeing him.
Madhu entered the house behind him though her pace was that of a slow defeated person. She was looking at the floor as if lost in a daze.
"Bhabhiji.." Bittuji came to her.
Madhu looked at him as if jerking out.
"Are you okay now..?" He asked worriedly.
"Yes Bittuji I am fine..." she nodded her head she said in a low tone. Then she looked at the stairs in panic realizing RK had gone to their room, she hurried to him.
"Rishu.." she called as she entered the room.
And there she saw him sitting on the couch defeated as he drank from a large bottle.
Madhu rushed to him. "Why do you have to drink this Rishu.. Just vent out your pain.. Dont drown it in alcohol.." she said pleadingly.
RK looked at her in pain. "Why can't I get peace Madhu?" He asked her helplessly.
She couldn't reply except for the tear that fell from her eye hearing him helpless.
"I want my peace back Madhu... I want to be happy.. I am so tired now.. I cant handle anymore of this.." he said in a tired tone.
"Rishu.." she sat beside him on the floor. "Let's start again.." she said as she broke into a sob herself.
RK looked at her for a few seconds and then nodded his head lost again.
Suddenly he remembered something and picked up his phone. "Bittuji.." he said. "Get some proper food and milk up here.." he said hurriedly.
"Chief I am already here.." Bittuji said as he came in with a servant pushing the trolly with paranthas and milk on it.
RK looked at him. "Dont soar too high in the sky if I say that you are the best.." He said .
Bittuji laughed hearing him. "Okay chief."
Madhu looked at the duo confused. "Whats happening suddenly?" She asked getting suddenly off tracked of her emotions.
"You need to really eat something Bhabhiji.. We got you some heavy paranthas here.."
"Rishu.. dont tell me that milk is for me." She said eyeing the huge glass.
"It is baby.. all for you.." he said smiling slightly even through his pain seeing her behaving like a child.
"Rishu.. but I dont have to drink this.. I am fine see..." she argued.
"If you hadnt been so fragile as to fall unconscious, you wouldn't have to drink it.." he said arguing but that made them both again remember the night and the reason of her faint, the harsh truth that was screaming at their faces.
RK looked away and Madhu too sat up on the couch uncomfortably. She took a bite from the parantha silently. Bittuji feeling the awkwardness of the situation decided it best to go away and thus he walked out. RK closed his eyes in pain, but this time the betrayal was too hard for him to handle. He couldn't face it in his senses any way.. he raised the bottle again and brought it to his mouth to take another sip but then he felt Madhu hold his hand.
"Please Madhu.. I cant take it.. Dont stop me today." he said firmly.
"Rishu.. this is not the remedy for the problem.. this is just escapism.. you cant run away from the reality.. it will only create an illusion for you.. not solve your problem.." she tried to explain him.
RK looked at her now. Right in her eyes. "I want that illusion to continue.. Do you know why i said continue? Because, Never ever in my life had I accused her of anything. I always believed Malik killed them because of the things I heard.. I had even hated you when I thought of our friendship because the betrayal of Dad's friendship by Malik made me think that even you have betrayed my friendship. But even then I had never thought that Padmini aunty could be the culprit. She was like a mother for me.. And now I come to know that she was the one behind it.. Why am I being tested so much..? I just want to be at peace now.. I want to be happy too.. I want to have a family.. I want to sleep in peace.. have beautiful dreams instead of the nightmares and screams of my parents.. When I was thinking that everything would get better.. I would bring my culprit to justice.. here I find that he was just protecting me all these years and the one I thought my only gaurdian left now is the one who is my destroyer, Today i am feeling like I am orphaned yet again.." he said laughing sarcastically at his own fate.
Madhu had by now tears falling down her eyes. She left his hand and leaned on the backrest of the couch. Maybe she thought its no use arguing with RK to not drink. She laughed slightly through her tears. RK looked at her confused hearing her laugh. "My parents are alive.. but even then I feel an orphan.." she said looking at the roof.
RK was suddenly shaken hearing her. Yes, he had not thought about her. Not even once had he thought how she was feeling. He forgot the bottle in his hand and looked at her intently waiting for her to continue.
"When you came that night and accused me of betraying you.. and claimed that papa killed Uncle and Aunty.. I believed you are wrong and this is some misunderstanding.. But then when papa himself confessed that he killed them, I was shattered. I was stunned that he could do that.. and I saw that you were right.. I wanted to punish him too and so I decided to come with you.. because I too thought that he deserved punishment and if his punishment was through me I was ready to be that for him. I felt disgusted with myself for being his daughter.. It sometimes stunned me that a man ready to give his life for his friend had killed him with his own hands. we grew up idolizing papa and uncle.. i always built our friendship idolizing his dedication to his friend.. i felt betrayed.. felt i have been fooled.. sometimes i even used to send a silent prayer that it be false and lie.. that he is innocent and not betrayed his friend in the most ugly way.. and today my prayer was granted.. he was indeed innocent.. but see the price i have to pay.. my very own mother is the one who did it.. I hated papa for it but i am still trying to find an answer about how to hate my mother.." she said as her voice shook and twisted into a cry. "I dont know how to hate her.." she looked at him helplessly.
RK looked at her and felt tears threatening his eyes.
"When you had come I had thought that after years finally i would have my friend back.. my mate.. I had missed you so much.. and when I saw you that evening in the party I was on seventh heaven. But you had ignored me like I was nothing to you.. And it had hurt me so much Rishu.. but when you finally acknowledged me, you did all that.. forcing me into a marriage.. behaving like a monster.. I felt betrayed then.. I thought if my best friend did this to me.. No-one can do worse than that.. But I was wrong.. I am feeling shattered today.. because this is the worst betrayal.. by my mother.." she sighed in the end.
Even though she excused RK that he hadn't hurt her that much but he realized that what she must have gone through.. Madhu was always there for him but he had hurt her.. he had betrayed her too.
She closed her eyes in pain as a fresh tear fell from her eye. She was trying to stop herself from breaking into sobs. Just then she felt lips touching her cheek and she realized it was RK. Seeing her venting out her pain for the first time and that tear for which even he was responsible somewhere, he had felt guilty. But more than that, she looked irresistible at that moment. He couldn't stop himself from bending on her and sucking that tear from her cheek. He felt an urge to kiss away all her wounds. Madhu sucked in a deep breath as she felt as if her wounds were balmed. Another tear peeked through her eye and RK again sucked it off. He then kissed her right eye and then the left. Madhu's breaths had now soothened as she kept her eyes closed savouring the feeling. She couldn't understand it then what actually was happening. She opened her eyes slowly when she didnt feel his lips on her. He was looking at her with eyes filled with pain, passion and need. He picked her up in his arms and stood while she kept staring deep in those eyes not wanting to loose any emotion.
He proceeded towards the bed and laid her down while he came on top of her. A tear escaped from RK's eye as the pain of betrayal that both him and Madhu had faced pierced his heart again. The drop fell on Madhu's cheek. She smiled slightly feeling his tear on her face.
"Whenever you will cry, the pain would hurt me.. The tears would be mine.." she said to him slightly.
RK smiled hearing her as he felt that finally he wasn't alone. Today he felt that he had got the companion who would not only be in his happiness but also in his sorrows. He bent down and sucked that tear too. "and whenever you would have tears.. i will kiss them away from you..." he said.
They looked at each other as their breaths now started deepening. Passion started taking over the pain. RK bent down and took her lips in his. Her soft rose like lips felt moulding in his mouth and that drove him crazy. She responded back as she sucked on his lips slightly and kept giving small pecks in between. He sucked her lips as their kiss became stronger though still soft. They both felt it as their only drug for this pain. Their breaths deepening yet making them breathless but they couldn't stop. Madhu kept her eyes closed to savour the feeling but RK looked at her. Trying to study each of her emotion and expression. He could look at her endlessly. She let a moan in his mouth and he realized that she must now be really in need of air so he seperated from her. But Madhu looked at him disappointed. Seeing her from a slight distance RK realized what he was doing. He wasnt sure yet if they should proceed to that. All these recent happenings made him forget what happened last time when Madhu had regretted their closeness. He wasnt angry at her now. Not at all. But he wanted to let her have the time she desired.
He smiled at her, and then started to get off from her. He was about to stand up when Madhu held his hand. He looked at her confused and she had an almost pleading look. "Dont go away today Rishu.. Kiss away all my pains.. I am feeling too weak today..." she said in a low husky voice which showed her need to be with him. Her need to forget her pain and her loss.
"I need you too Madhu.." he said in between his deep breaths.
Madhu pulled him slightly and he fell back on her. "I am all yours Rishu.." she said with passion filled voice and that was enough for RK to loose all that he could have held any longer.
He bent on her again and took her lips in his. This time more authoritative than before as he kissed her strongly, claiming her as his. Madhu closed her eyes as she let out slight moans in between realizing the kind of havoc he was creating to her body. She felt each of her cell coming alive as she sucked back on his lips. He felt like he would go crazy as he kept on pushing himself even more and kissing not only her lips but she felt he was kissing her soul.
After a good while he broke the liplock as he looked at her with passion filled eyes. "You won't be able to get back after this Madhu.. Don't regret it later.." he warned her for the final time.
Her breaths were too violent to let her speak. She stared at him as she tried to let the words leave her mouth. Finally, she decided to take the other road as she held his shirt with both her hands and pulled it open. She raised her head and started kissing his chest madly, showing her want for him. RK moaned feeling her sweet charges. With all the hesitations laid back, they both continued their sweet and sour assaults on each other.. Yes, RK did make her forget her pain as he now gave her a new pain to moan over, which was sweet and hurting at the same time. The room echoed with the sounds of breaths and moans of pleasure. Their play continued as they were making the other one forget all the hurt that they felt, in the last few hours, in the last few months or in the last few years.
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