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TALES OF THE RAIN

Tonight was going to be the day she was telling Raman how she felt, how he made her feel. She was telling him how complete she was, tonight she laid her soul bear and whatever came her way she was ready for it. She kept on coming out the balcony to see if there was any sign of him as she anxiously waited for him.

She had decorated the room very well and it looked really appealing as she had put exceptional attention to detail. The room's lighting had been dimed down and she had placed candles on both ends of the table stands. The bed was laid beautifully and she had put red rose petals all over it.

She had laid down a picnic coverlet in the bedroom placing a chilled bottle of wine at the side and a box of Pierre Marcolini Chocolate Hearts and just beside it, lying beautiful, where white Rose petals. It was a setting so simple and yet it said so much once someone walked in.

She had her reservations of course what if he rejected her, what if he came back and his mood was off then what, what if he found it all funny and laughed. All these things made her more fretful but she just wanted to get it over and done with and didn't want to keep it in anymore.

She walked over again to the balcony and could see the sky was clad in grey as the clouds doubled up to each other menacingly. The smell of incoming rain as heavy in the air and she could tell there was a storm coming. Soon there were flashes of light in the sky which appeared to be lightening and this got her a bit uneasy wondering where the hell her husband was...

'Uffo Raman, where are you? Why aren't you here yet? She said looking out at the balcony one last time before she closed it and walked inside.

As she walked to her phone to try and dial his number, it buzzed suddenly startling her a little.

'Hello...'' she said

'Hello is this Mrs. Bhalla...'' said the lady at the other end

'Yes this is she, how may I help you...'' said Ishita

'Well Mam am calling from the Grand Imperial Hotel and it is about your husband...'' said the lady

'Wait what? What is wrong with him?'' said Ishita holding her breath and hoping nothing went wrong, not today. Then she heard the lady respond

'He was having a meeting in one of our conference rooms and collapsed, you need to get here. It was beca...''

As soon as she heard Raman and faint in the same sentence, every sense of understanding ceased to exist and anxiety and worry kicked into overdrive. Whatever the lady said after wards Ishita didn't hear, she just frenetically grabbed her phone and car keys and walked out of the house.

Ishita was worried upon receiving that call from a strange woman saying that Raman had collapsed in a meeting at the Grand Imperial Hotel. she needed to get there as fast as she could.

She didn't quite understand how that was even possible. She always did the best she could to take care of him and he always made sure he is healthy and completely of sound mind before any meeting, so why the hell was he fainting? Was he ill was it serious, what was happening?

And why didn't he tell her about the meeting he was having at this hotel. There were a lot of questions that were running through her mind when all of this happened that all she wanted to do was to make sure that Raman was okay.

Romi who was just walking into the house saw a very distraught Ishita trying to leave the house and could see from her demeanor and the tears in her eyes that something was vehemently wrong

'Bhabi what is wrong?'' asked Romi

'It is Raman, they say that he is..., I need to leave now please...'' she said as she moved ahead to try and open her car

'Wait where are you going? You cannot drive in this state. Here let me take care of that...'' he said taking the car keys from her hand

'I will drive you there...'' He added

Ishita who didn't have the strength in her to argue about this just walked over to Romi's car and sat absolutely scared of what was happening.

Mean while back at the hotel, Shagun making sure her plans were all in order. And today Ishita had to pay for all the humiliation she had managed to cause her.

'What did she say?'' asked Shagun

'She was said she was on her way and she sounded pretty shaken up.'' Said the waitress she had got to call Ishita

'Good, thank you. Here is your money, you remember what you need to do when she gets here and also how she looks like...'' Said Shagun

'Yes yes I remember, I won't spoil your surprise. Thank you for this, I am so sure she will be very happy when she realizes it actually is a surprise get together...'' said the clueless waitress

'Oh yeah it is going to be a very very amazing experience, I for one am going to enjoy it.'' Said Shagun with a devilish smirk on her face

The waitress then wished her good luck and walked off innocently not knowing there were four lives she was potentially going to destroy.

Shagun was very pissed with Ishita just because she got to have everything while she ended up with a broken relationship and also a very lonely life. They had thrown her out of the Bhalla house and she wanted to avenge for that humiliation they put her through. This was going to be the day Ishita lost everything.

They were going to pay, Ishita had to pay, and she would get to experience the pain Shagun went through when she got humiliated and ashamed as they threw her out like that. This was going to be her sweet revenge.

She turned to go to her room as she remember dialing Raman's number earlier

Flash Back

'Raman, Raman please help me. Its Shlok he is here, he is trying to get in and he is trying to...'' Said Shagun

'Shagun is that you? What is it now'' said Raman casually

'It is Shlok Raman, he is here and he wants to, please hurry. I think he wants to kill me...'' Said Shagun

'What do you mean... Will you calm down, Why would Shlok want to...'' said Raman but he got interrupted

'Raman please help me. I confronted him about how he treated me and he just went... Please'' Said Shagun sounding frightened

Raman could hear that she was terribly terrified and didn't quite know what to do except just be a god human being and go help her out.

'Oh God Aditya, he will be back from school soon, Please Raman...'' Shagun tried to say something but then screamed and hug up.

End Flash Back

She knew he would come running jus to rescue her, she knew he would come as fast as he could as long as his son was involved.

Raman of course, after his son's name was taken, lost all sense of reason and just had one thing on his mind making sure that Aditya was okay. He had to go make sure his son was safe and that all this drama with the parents had not finally affected him.

He quickly rushed out from the meeting he was attending and hurriedly went out of the building to go to the hotel room Shagun was staying. He tried to call Ishita but her phone was engaged every time he tried which made him even more agitated making the whole situation dreadful.

When he heard Shagun and how petrified she sounded he had this sick feeling in the pit of his stomach and couldn't understand why all this was happening to him and his family, he had a lot of things going on in his mind as he drove like a maniac thinking that Shlok actually had done something to his son.

Shagun had finally managed to make her way to her room with a stupid grin on her face as she was proud of what she had done. She knew how insecure Ishita could be especially when it came to her relationship with Raman and she also knew that the super hero complex Raman had especially every time it came to his son would get him here in a heartbeat.

She then set the room properly and made sure that this trap was laid to perfection and not even Raman was going to get out of it. Everything was in place and all that was remaining were the two guests and then this party would be off to a flying start.

Raman reached the hotel first, anxiously walking in as he asked which room Shagun was staying in. The receptionist directed him and then called Shagun just like she had been instructed to do.

He frantically ran upstairs looking for Shagun's room his body filled with a bundle of nerves as he developed butterflies in his stomach worried to death that something was actually very wrong.

Meanwhile Ishita was crying in the car thinking that something had terribly happened to Raman. She was a doctor and she may have been a dentist but she understood that his fainting may have been because of all sorts of reasons. Her head was telling her not to worry because he was probably fine but her heart just wouldn't listen.

She tried to hold back the tears but they just kept on rolling down her face as she frantically dialed Raman's number over and over again but there was no response. It was either busy and when it got through no one picked up the phone

'What the hell! Why won't anyone pick up the damn phone? Seriously what is the matter with these people...'' she said

'Ishita calm down, he is probably fine and this is all a misunderstanding...'' said Romi who tried to calm her down but to no avail, she just started to cry

Ishita had this feeling of dread creep up from the pit of her stomach as she thought the worst of what could happen to her if anything happened to him. There was a lot she wanted to say, there was a lot she hadn't done there was a lot he didn't know, what if he...

'Oh God Romi, please drive faster please...'' she suddenly said

'Calm down we are almost there...'' said Romi as even he had started to worry for his sister in law

Raman finally made his way to the room a cold wave embalming him as he made his way to the door thinking the worst was going to happen if Shlok had laid his hands on his son. He tried to knock on the door but it was slightly open and when he walked in. He could see Shagun was seated on the floor her head in her arms silently sobbing.

'Shagun...'' he called out her name holding his breath not sure he actually wanted to see her face

Shagun then looked up and she had a bruise on her face, it was like someone had smacked her around and punched her. She was crying tears rolling down her face and she looked scared stiff as she called out Raman's name

'Rama... Raman I am so glad you are here...'' she said her voice breaking

Raman looked at her and got worried for her, she looked absolutely horrible. Looked like she had been crying for so long and the bruises on her face were so evident that it even scared Raman himself.

He looked at her and walked around searching the room for Aditya who was not there because the truth of the matter was Shagun was lying and she had actually sent Aditya to the Bhallas that day to surprise her grandparents just before the Raman got there. He then suddenly heard Shagun say

'Aditya isn't here. He hasn't come back yet...''

Raman let out a sigh of relief as he finally managed to breathe knowing his son was okay. He then turned to Shagun who had begun to cry frantically all of a sudden and he felt bad. He walked over to where she was and helped her get up sitting her on the bed.

'It is okay, he is gone. What happened...'' said Raman

'He... he came... And then he... Then I... but the...'' She tried to speak but Raman couldn't make out what she was saying

'Calm down Shagun and get hold of yourself'' He said

'I am sorry but I am...'' Shagun said before she started sobbing again as she grabbed Raman holding him out of fear

Raman felt bad for Shagun, I mean yes she had her faults but no one deserved this. He slowly put his arms around her holding her close as he tried to comfort her. Shagun rested her head on his shoulder his back facing the door while she was looking right at it.

She smiled as she saw her phone light blinking and understood knowing Ishita was now in the building think to herself, 'This is going to be so much fun...''

Romi rode to the parking lot and Ishita rushed out as she strode quickly to the front door of the hotel with rain drops starting to drizzle. She walked in telling the receptionist

'Where is my Husband. My name is Ishita Kumar Bhalla...''

'Am sorry Madam I am not sure...'' but before the receptionist could finish the waitress Shagun had hired showed up

'Oh hey madam sorry, uhh your husband is in our presidential suite room number 506 on the fifth floor...'' she answered smilingly

'Wait a minute, what do you mean presidential suite?'' said Ishita who was taken aback by the lady's answer

'There is a get together there Mam. I didn't know there were more guests because it was meant to be a party of...'' said the waitress hesitantly

'What are you saying?'' said Ishita completely confused

The receptionist and the waitress both looked at each other and no one was answering

'Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on here? Where the hell is my husband?'' she yelled

'Ishita calm down...'' said Romi trying to drag Ishita away from the front desk as she was creating a scene

'Look can we just get a copy to the key to the suite. This is his wife, you really do not want to piss her off right now trust me...'' Romi added

The waitress smilingly gave Ishita a copy of Shagun's key and directed her where she was to find the room. Ishita made her way to the lift that was going on the fifth floor and for the first time since the whole thing began she started to have doubts that maybe this was more than what actually met the eye.

Romi who was walking behind her felt sorry for her, she was in such a poor state and Raman was here God knows doing what. Then it hit him, maybe he actually wasn't here for a meeting

'Oh Shit I have to warn Raman...'' said Romi to himself

He then backtracked a bit from Ishita and started dialing Raman's number. Ishita had made her way to the room and it was slightly open. She called out but no one came so she decided to just walk in.

When Shagun heard someone walk in she held Raman tighter pretending to be completely scared. Raman was obliviant to the fact that someone had actually walked in the room and was heading to where they were because he was so caught up in trying to make a very 'terrified'' Shagun calm down

When Shagun heard Ishita's footsteps she slowly pulled out of the hug and rested her head on the nape of Raman's neck enjoying the feel on his skin on hers and before Raman could even process what exactly was happening, Shagun looked up to him and planted her lips on his and in this moment Ishita walked in.

She stood feet planted on the ground not sure how to process what she was seeing of even what to say. She adjusted herself a bit looking away then looking back again and they really were kissing.

She felt like the wind had been sucked out of her stomach as she looked at man she thought would never hurt her and she couldn't take it breaking down a little. She somehow lost balancing and almost fell Romi grabbing her from behind saying

'Bhabi...''

Raman who was still in shock of what Shagun had done suddenly heard Romi's voice and quickly turned around and what he saw was an image that would remain imprinted in his memory forever.

Ishita was sitting on the floor tears rolling down her face with a blank expression as she stared at him. He could tell that she had seen whatever had happened and she was completely misunderstood.

'Ishita please this is not...'' he tried to explain but she instead lifted her hand as if asking him to stop talking before she turned to Romi ad said

'Give me the car keys I want to go home...''

Romi who was caught in the middle of this stood stranded on sure what to do

'Ishita listen to me please Ishita...'' said Raman

'Are you giving them to me or not...'' said Ishita to Romi but Romi just stayed still hoping his brother had a better explanation than the whole it is not what you think speech.

Ishita looked at Romi on last time then ran out of the room leaving a very very dishearten Raman, a shocked Romi and a very very elated Shagun.

'Ishita Ishit ...'' Raman called out as he ran after her but Romi stopped him

'Bhai let her calm down fast plus running around the hotel is going to cause a lot of attention you most definitely do not want.'' Said Romi

Raman knew his brother had a point but he didn't really care because he knew that this was going to be bad, he and his wife had come from so far to get to where they were but that didn't mean they were at a point where they blindly trusted each other. He knew he had to fix whatever was happening. Before he left he turned to Shagun and said

'If I ever see you anywhere near me or my family so help me God. The only calls you are allowed to make to me should be through my lawyer and should be related to Aditya and if Shlok 'shows'' up next time, I hope HE KILLS YOU.'' Before he walked out of the hotel to run after his wife

Shagun stood there stunned at what Raman had said to her, she couldn't actually believe he had said that straight to her face.

'What the hell? Who do you think you are...'' said Shagun

'Whoa slow down their drama queen before you actually get a smacking of a lifetime...'' said Romi laughing at her to her face as he grabbed Shagun and stopped her from going after Raman

Ishita got outside and it had started to pour. She had no car or even money and she really wanted to get the hell away from there. She ran through the pouring Rain going across the street to the caf.

When Raman got outside, he looked around and he couldn't see Ishita. He imagined she had left to go home so he got into his car and followed suit all the while Ishita was watching him from across the street tears streaming down her face as she remembered how she saw them.

Raman drove like a maniac to head back home and try and sort the mess he himself had created for himself. He couldn't believe he had fallen for Shagun again after all the bullshit she had put him through. He had actually fallen for her games AGAIN. He didn't blame Ishita for thinking that way because to be honest if the tables had turned, he probably would have acted worse than Ishita did.

His house was just a 20 minute drive away from the hotel but he managed to get there in 10 minutes. He quickly came out of the car the rain pouring down on his skin as he made his way into the house

'Ishita... Ishita please.. Ishita...'' he called out but no one responded

Everyone had gone next door for a function and when they heard Raman yelling. They all came running back to the house wondering what the hell had happened.

Raman searched the house and finally managed to make his way to the bedroom hoping and praying that she was in there. When he walked in, he was taken aback by what he actually saw.

The room was romantically set, it was really rusty and yet in a very romantic way. The light dimmed and the scented candles that were lying on both ends of the bed. The picnic coverlet that lay on the ground, the chilled wine and the chocolates and then he saw it.

He had to wipe away the tears that were blurring his vision to make sure what he saw was actually what was there. But even after he wiped them, the words that were written beautifully with white colored Rose petals didn't change. It clearly spelt I LOVE YOU RAVAN KUMAR.

And when he read them, he felt his legs get jittery and he ended up falling on his knees

'What have I done?'' he whispered

His mother managed to keep the children away taking them to their rooms as his sister walked into the room to figure out what was going on. When she walked in, she was surprised and yet happy at the same time that Ishita had taken the first step but the expression on her brother's face changed her mind.

'Raman what happened...'' Asked Simmi but Raman didn't respond

He just stayed there his knees planted on the floor as his heart was filed with so much regret and anger. She was really hurt, she was really heartbroken. He had never seen her that heartbroken. What if she left him? What if...

And with all that fear suddenly erupting inside him, he rushed to the balcony to see if she had come and alas there she was walking out of Romi's car.

Raman quickly ran downstairs all the way outside which made his parents, his sister and his in laws all walk over to the balcony to see what was going on. The children in their rooms as well walked over to their balcony to see what the commotion was all about.

Once he got outside he just stood still, he stood a few feet from where she was standing and just looked at her sighing with relief as if realizing that she was actually here and hadn't left him. Ishita looked back at him and didn't say a word. She thanked her stars that it was pouring down today because this helped hide the tears that were streaming down her face.

They stood there quiet for a couple of minutes both not sure what to say to the other as they stared at each other. As the Rain fell heavily making both of them completely drenched but they didn't seem to care. Raman finally made the first step and walked over to where Ishita was crushing his body against hers as he embraced her. There were no words said, no mummers being heard except the sound of the rain and the quite surrender of their emotions.

Ishita wanted to hold on to herself until he actually said something when he hugged her but she fell weak in her knees. It surprised her at first, not because he did it but because of the where he had done it. There were people looking at them at the balcony friends, family and also their kids so she wanted to just hang in there and be strong at least until they got inside but then she felt his hand run through her back as he tried to hold her tighter and she fell weak in her knees, breaking down as she hugged him too.

In his arms she felt strong, in his arms she felt safe, in his arms she felt fragile but again felt so gentle. She adjusted her head on his shoulder as she firmly rested it in the nape of his neck sending passionate emotions down his body like an electric current. He extended his arms and went all the way round her as she gently settled her arms under his making a perfect fit almost as if it was a cosmic puzzle that was settled.

They stayed in each other's embrace for a while as the rain fell upon their skins making its way to places none of them had been. In each other's arms they found comfort and meaning and when he finally decided to let go, he first lifted her slightly off the ground as if to feel her body close to his on last time before he let go.

'Don't you ever scare me like that ever again. I thought you had left me. I was so...'' said Raman as his voice suddenly started to break

'Why did you think I was leaving?'' she asked casually

'Because of the hotel and the thing with Shagun...'' he said as he tried to read her emotions but she was terrifyingly calm

'What...'' she asked again

'Why are you this calm? This is freaking me out a little...'' he said

'Romi told me everything, it is fine. I should have known let's just forget it.'' She said as she threw her hands in the air as if it was something light both ignoring the fact that it was pouring down so hard and they were probably going to catch a cold

He looked at her and let out a small laugh because he was here banging his head not sure how he was going to make things okay and she was here calm as a cucumber not worried about a thing.

Ishita could see him relax a little bit a smile creeping up on his face as he let out that soft devilish laugh that brought butterflies to her stomach every single time and she knew he was okay.

'I am so sorry you had to see that, let alone witness that. I should have known.'' He suddenly said

'And I am sorry I went a little crazy for a second there...'' she replied smilingly

'Well as long as you never get to disappear on me like that ever again, then we are all good.'' He said as she smilingly nodded indicating no.

Everyone was on the balcony seriously watching whatever was happening. Mihika and Vandu even brought popcorn and knew that as everyone was so busy freaking out, these two crazy love birds were going to work it out. Aditya and Ruhi watched as their parents stood in the rain talking

'Adi bhai why are they standing in the rain? Is the house locked?'' Asked Ruhi innocently

'Hahaha no it is just... forget it.'' Said Aditya who by now was old enough to understand what was happening with his parents

'Come one Naa tell me...'' insisted Ruhi

'They just love the rain...'' answered Aditya just so his sister could drop the matter

'Arre yaar are you two idiots going to kiss or are you going to just keep us waiting all night...'' screamed Mihika as she teased her sister

Ishita looked up and shyly held Raman's hand as she tried to hide behind him. Raman in turn just let out a small laugh as he watched her cheeks go blush red like the color of crimson and he found that all the more sexy as the rain came pouring down her face.

'Well ask and ye shall receive...'' he shouted back as he turned to Ishita

He turned around and pulled her close to him, her body crushing into his. He could feel her breath on his skin as his wet body collided with his. There was no need to be subtle any more all the questions had been answered without actually being asked.

She in a very swift motion grabbed his shirt and closed the gap that remained between them. He looked into her eyes and he could see she had the same desire that he had which developed this quirky smile on his face, the one he knew she loved.

It gave her the feeling as if he knew something that she didn't sending sensational emotions through her body as she felt her heart beat to her chest. He softly caressed her supple cheek as he lifted her chin their noses almost touching. She felt the warmth of his breath brushing the top of her lip and couldn't take it anymore. She moved up half an inch and their lips met with so much love, softly, sweetly, honesty and purely that it brought tears to the people that were watching them from the balcony.

They kissed in the rain not caring about their surroundings as the people on the balcony began to cheer and shouts for the couple. Ishita let out a small laugh as she finally pulled away looking at Raman and reminding him about the watching eyes of their children.

He chuckled and took her hand as he slowly lead her out of the pouring rain and into the verandah of the house giving her a minute to calm herself before she walked into the house and to be honest he needed that time as well. He suddenly turned and looked at her saying

'By the way, the room with the candles...''

'What ...'' she said taken back by the statement

'I just want to say thank you and I LOVE YOU TOO.'' He added leaving Ishita on her way to blushingville as the door swung open to a room full of cheering family members and a bombardment of teasing statements and a very very happy Bhalla Family.

Once they got to the house the teasing continued for a while until Raman said

'Okay okay, can we at least change from all these wet clothes.'' He said dragging Ishita from the living room to their bedroom

He opened the door and Ishita walked in first holding her clothes that were dripping wet but then when she turned around, he had closed the door and was walking towards her with a driven passion. He lifted her by her waist and as if out of instinct she wrapped her legs around his waist putting her hands around her shoulders as he started kissing her.

He slowly walked to the wall putting her down his lips still on hers as his hand travelled from her waist all the way down to her hips feeling the softness of her skin and the wetness of her body from the pouring rain. He could see as she breathed heavily that this was a desire that was mutual.

Ishita felt like her body was on fire with his every touch, his every kiss, his every taste. She slowly moved her hands from his shoulder to his chest feeling his very built body and sexy musk. She tilted her head a little so that he was allowed more access every time he kissed her lower lip.

Raman slowly pulled her lower lip with his teeth as he trailed and started to kiss her cheek, her eyes, the nape of her neck and all they while his hands where moving up slowly up till he felt the fill of her round breasts in his hand.

Ishita couldn't take it and she started to moan as she brought him back and begun to kiss him running her hands through his hair and rubbing her body against hers as she felt his member harden

'PAPA, MAMA... Are you okay...'' Said Ruhi who had been banging on the door for a while

Raman moaned nodding his head as if telling Ishita not to stop but Ishita being Ishita couldn't carry on so she pulled back and came out for air. Raman winched and bit his lower lip saying

'Hhmm My God that was...'' letting out a small sexy chuckle

Ishita just looked at him and licked her lips biting her lower lip as well in the process as she let out a small laugh

'This is so not over...'' He said as he went to the bathroom to compose himself such that is daughter wouldn't get to see him in that state.

Ishita looked at him as he walked off and winced too disappointed at this horrible sense of timing her daughter had

'Haan Ruhi I am coming...'' she said walking over to open the door