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Originally posted by: rishbalafan9
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Dedicating this part to - rishbalafan9 / Naina
(No time to proofread as ever... so excuse the mistakes)
Part - 18
Rk sat on the soft bench in front of the huge white shiny piano as his fingers played on the right keys emitting soft music from it. He had kept the lid of the piano closed so that the music won't be so loud. He didn't want to disturb Madhu and Ruhi's sleep who were sleeping upstairs in their room. Rk couldn't sleep after what had happened two hours ago.
"Rk.."
"Hmm?"
"I want to ask you something?" Madhu whispered hesitantly. Rk wondered what it could be. He hoped she wasn't going to ask anything complicated.
"Ask me, Madhu. You know you can ask me anything so don't hesitate." He encouraged her though he prayed it was not about wanting him to stay away from her or their daughter. He can't do that. He just can't. When finally he had realized the meaning of true love and found happiness he wasn't going to let anything snatch it away from him.
"Okay." She took a deep breath. He waited for her to ask with baited breath. His fingers started shaking so he fists them tightly. "Can you..." she paused.
"Yes" he nodded to go ahead.
"Can you dance with me? Now?" she asked in a rushed tone. He looked at her wide eyed. Shocked!
Was he hallucinating? Did he get it right? Did she ask him to dance with her? No it can't be! It was next to impossible!
"Rk!" she snapped. He shook his head in disbelief.
"You won't?" she sighed sadly mistaking his head shake as he wasn't willing to dance with her.
"No. No." Rk shrieked. Ruhi's sleep got disturbed and she started crying sitting up on her daddy's stomach and hitting her daddy's chest for disturbing her beauty sleep.
"Oh. Oh. I am sorry. I am sorry. Sleep darling." Rk pulled Ruhi back to him and patted her back lulling her to sleep. Once she calmed out and went back to sleep Rk gently leaned up on the bed and faced Madhu.
"You serious?" Rk asked.
"It's been so long since I have dance. More than two years." She whispered and looked down at her daughter. Even since she was conceived with his child she hadn't danced. "Now, I feel like dancing. I need a partner so will you?" she asked.
"Of course, I will." Rk said with a gentle smile. He wanted to do a summersault. He never ever even in his dream thought this day would come where he will be holding his Madhu in his arms and dance with her.
"Next week our dance school will be starting so before that I need to get myself ready. Just like a warm up."
"Yeah, right."
"So shall we?" she asked jumping out of the bed. Rk looked down at Ruhi who was lying on his torso.
"Put her on the bed and surround her with pillows so that she won't fall off the bed." Madhu instructed. Rk nodded and slowly sat up on the bed holding Ruhi's head with one hand and bum with other, he gently twisted his body and slowly placed Ruhi on the fluffy bed. As soon as she hit the bed she woke up and started crying.
"I'm here. I'm here only darling." Rk kissed Ruhi's head and caressed her hair. Ruhi snuggled closer to her daddy's chest and throwing her arm around his neck and leg around his stomach she clung tightly against him.
Rk sighed and looked at Madhu.
Madhu smiled sweetly.
"Madhu, I guess she will cry again if we leave her alone in this room."
"Let's take her to the dancing hall with us." Madhu suggested. Rk looked at her doubtfully. "What if she wants to sleep on me there too and won't let me go?" Rk asked.
"Let's try. At least if we take her with us and she starts crying we will be nearer to her to soothe her right?"
"Guess it's not a bad idea." Rk agreed and gently scooped Ruhi in his arms and kissed her head.
"Only when you are around her she is demanding to sleep on top of you otherwise she silently sleeps beside me on the bed."
"You know my well built body is more comfortable to sleep than any other comfy beds" he said grinning.
"Yes, I know" Madhu muttered softly. She loved to snuggle close to him and sleep placing her head on his head chest. His even breathing, the slow up and down will lull her to peaceful slumber. She missed those days! The days which will never come again!
Madhu opened the dancing hall, she was coming into it for the second time. After the day they moved in and when he surprised her showing her dance school, she hadn't entered in till now. It was dark inside the magnificent hall. Her hand searched for the switch board on the wall beside the door. Rk stood behind her rocking Ruhi.
"We will put her on the couch." Madhu pointed to the couch placed at the farthest corner of the hall. "So that she won't get disturbed with the mild music we play."
"Okay." Rk nodded and took Ruhi to the couch. He slowly lay her down on it and rubbed his palm on her chest. Rk recently found a little secret that if he just places his hand on Ruhi and gently rub her front she goes to deep sleep. She just loved that soothing caress.
When Rk stood up making sure Ruhi was sleeping soundly, he turned to see Madhu gathering her strands of hair and putting it up in a ponytail. Rk walked closer to Madhu and held his hand out. Madhu looking straight in his eyes, she placed her hand and he pulled her closer. Rk with a remote played a gentle tune on the music system and reduced its volume a little so that only they could hear the music and slipped in the remote in his pants pocket. Then he daringly brought up his hand to her face and gently caressed her forehead brushing the loose strand of hair aside and tucking it behind her ear. Her breathe quickened with his soft touch. She closed her eyes momentarily but soon snapped her eyes open when she lost contact with his touch.
"Shall we?" Rk asked huskily positioning her perfectly in his arms.
"Yes" she breathed.
Rk held her by her waist and Madhu had circled her arms around his neck as they swayed their bodies in perfect sync. They slowly moved their legs in unison.
"Oh how I missed being in you arms, Rk" Madhu thought as she looked straight at his eyes.
"Oh how I missed having you in my arms, Madhu" Rk couldn't voice up his inner feelings. He felt ecstatic having his love in his arms and dance with her. They had danced many times in the past but it was sensual. They start dancing but end up tumbling the bed. But now their dance was blissfully beautiful. There was no lust but pure love. They could feel the love in their soft touches. Rk swirled Madhu twice and she came back into his arms but this time her back pressing to his chest as Rk fondled his arms over her. He deeply inhaled her jamine flavored shampoo smell. "She still hadn't changed her shampoo. She still loves jasmine" he thought with a mental chuckle.
Then she rolled out of his arms, still holding his out stretched hand and she rolled back to her position swaying her hips in a wave against his body.
Their steps grew faster when the music went from soothing melody to a fast beat fusion.
Madhu danced with easy grace and Rk just followed her lead and almost matched to keep up with her. Rk held her, swayed with her, swirled her and lifted her at appropriate places.
She let her body free and she danced after a long time without any care for the world. She looked happy and peaceful. She enjoyed dancing... with him. With the man she loved with all her heart once or still she was in love? She didn't want to question her feelings for him because she couldn't come up with an answer yet. She just wanted to enjoy the moment.
"You have still got it." Rk whispered still dancing in unison, emphasizing foot movements.
"What?" she asked.
"Dance. You dance gracefully."
"I didn't learn dance. I live and love dance. I dance with my heart not with my mind to forget!" she said.
She let him go and merrily she ran away from him, she jumped, she lept, she split her legs in the air and perfectly landed on her mid foot and swirled around on her right toe as her left foot was stretched out.
Rk stood in the center of the hall and watched her dancing like no one was watching her. It looked like she was floating in the air as her feet hardly touched her floor.
"Beautiful" Rk muttered gazing her with awe with his unflinching eyes.
"You dance like magic, Madhu" he yelled with a happy grin. She laughed a carefree laugh and came crashing to him and threw her hands around his neck and Rk held her with his one hand at her back and other around her waist and swiftly he dipped her back as they locked their eyes and a moment later the song ended but still they remained in their position without breaking their eye lock.
She breathed hard as looked deep in his eyes. Her raise and fall of her chest could be felt against his chest.
"I missed seeing you like this." Rk muttered still holding her in the same position. "You look so ethereal."
"I feel light. I feel contented. I feel alive." she whispered softly, her lips quivered up to a beautiful smile.
"I love you" he blurted out. She stiffened in his arms. She turned her gaze away from him and struggled to stand straight but he held her firmly in place.
"Give me a chance, Madhu. Please. I will never make you regret giving me a chance." he pleaded her.
"Rk, stop! I don't want to hear that ever again from you. how many times i have to repeat the same line to you?" she said looking away. He straightened her but didn't let her go.
"Why, Madhu? What should I do to make you forgive me? You tell me, please. I will do anything."
"Forgiving is easy, Rk... in fact I forgave you long back, Rk." she whispered looking at her chest. He looked surprised and smiled a little. "I forgave you the moment you fell in love with our daughter and decided to man up and take your responsibility. I gave you a chance and let you in her life only because I forgave you. You see, it wasn't tough to forgive you because no one is perfect. Niether you nor I. We both are at fault. May be the ratio differs."
"Then? What's stopping you? Have you fallen out of love?" he asked as his heart hammered hard against his rib-cage.
"I couldn't forget, Rk... I couldn't forget the betrayl. The pain. The insult. The yearning. The struggle. I just couldn't forget anything. I tried but everything comes back to me like a nightmare. A horrible nightmare." she flinched and closed her eyes tightly to keep her tears in bay. She hate to cry in front of the man who once ruined her life.
"I'm sorry, Madhu." he whispered looking away. He felt so ashamed to even meet her eyes.
"And to answer your question about love... my love for you is buried deeply and I couldn't bring it up back from that depth." she said impassively.
"But Madhu... you said you forgave me? Isn't it?" he asked for confirmation.
"Yes" she nodded.
"Then don't forget 'Forgiveness leads to Love'... you will dig out the love you buried deep in your heart for me. I will make sure you do that. Oh and I vow you to erase all your hurt and pain and fill with joy and happiness." he said with determination. Madhu blinked her eyes.
"I can't just let you go off my life because you know I am selfish. I want you. I want you to accept me not only as Ruhi's daddy but as your man too. I want you to be my lady. My wife. To hold. To protect. To cherish. And to love." he empasized every word making sure she heard them clearly.
"I will get what I want and trust me, you want that too. You want me too but you are struggling to accept it. And I don't blame you because I did such a thing to make you hate me forever. Take your time. I will wait all my life for you. To hear you say I love you to me."
"I won't" she said stubbornly.
"You will."
"Make me" she smirked challenging him.
"Never ever challenge me! Because Rk never loses any challenge!" He cocked his brow up and smirked back. He was born to win and he will win her. Not only because he was selfish as he said to her but he knew they were meant to be together. They belonged to each other!
"Papa. Mama." they heard Ruhi's baby voice.
"Perfect timing." Rk muttered and turned to her side. She pitter pattered to them. She held her Papa's pants and her momma's leg as she cutely looked up at them with an adorable smile. Rk smiled and combed Ruhi's disheveled hair and set it back properly.
"Papa" she stretched her arms up for him to pick. Rk scooped Ruhi up and soundly kissed her cheek. Ruhi giggled and kissed her Papa soundly on his cheek just like he did. Rk wrapped an arm around Madhu and drew her closer to them and daringly kissed her cheek when Ruhi kissed the other side of her momma's cheek. Madhu's eyes went wide and glared at Rk as she wiped the side he kissed her and gave Ruhi a return kiss.
"Mama, papa...ki kiss..." she pulled her papa's face and showed it to her momma to kiss him as well. If she gets a return kiss then why not her papa? Ruhi innocently wondered.
Rk smirked and turned his face for her to kiss.
"No kiss for bad boy!" Madhu muttered irately.
"Papa bad?" Ruhi asked. Her bottom lip pulled out as she whimpered.
"See, you made her cry." Rk acused her. "Take your word back and say I am good and stop her cry." Rk said.
"Ruhi, don't cry honey. Papa is not bad." Not good as well. She muttered that under her breath but Rk heard it and pouted cutely.
"Papa...good?" Ruhi asked her momma. Madhu nodded her silently.
Ruhi grinned and tightly hugged her papa and shouted "My Papa!"
"My Angel!" Rk said back kissed Ruhi's temple.
"Now, one family dance." Rk announced and held Ruhi in one hand and pulled Madhu in other. Madhu struggled to get out of his hold. "Please" he pleaded. "For Ruhi!" he used his weapon. Madhu looked at her baby girl who seemed so happy and excited. Madhu smiled at Ruhi and slipped her hand around his waist and had her other hand at Ruhi's back. They three swayed together happily. Ruhi hung one of her hand around her Papa's neck and other around her Momma's as she swung between them. Then Rk twisted Ruhi and settled her head on his chest and gently tucked Madhu too. In a daze she leaned her head on his chest too as both mother and daughter looked at each other with contented smile. They felt safe in his arms. Rk leaned down and kissed Ruhi's head and then kissed Madhu's head making her clutch his shirt tightly. She loved his kiss but she couldn't accept it and kiss him back so she controlled herself by fisting her fingers tight holding his shirt.
"Ruhi baby, come. Lets go to bed."
"Nah nah nah" she shook her head. She wasn't feeling sleepy. How will she? She had slept peacefully for hours and now she won't let her parents sleep.
"Momma is so tired. Come darling." Madhu pleaded. Ruhi pouted but then went into her momma's arms. Rk sighed when they pulled away from him. He just wished to keep them there in his arms forever. Rk stood in the hall watching them walk towards the elevator to go to their house. "My girls!" Rk smiled.
Rk continued to play the piano as his mind played the scene again and again. He couldn't take his mind off her mesmerizing dance. Unconsciously a smile formed on his face knowing the fact she had forgiven him and that gave him new hope and spirit to make her forget their not-so-worth-remembering past too. He will revive her love back for him too.
"Papa" Rk jerked and paused his fingers on the keys halting the music in the air hearing Ruhi's voice. What she is doing here? Didn't I put her to sleep beside her momma?
"Papa" she called little louder this time. Rk turned his body to side to see Ruhi standing near the sliding board. Rk had attached a detachable zig-zag sliding board next to the glass staircase. He didn't want his baby girl to sneak out from her room like now and climb down the glass steps. Her legs were small and she find it hard to step down. He feared she might fall missing a step or slipping on the step. He couldn't take chances with his precious girl so designed a sliding board and trainned Ruhi to get down through it and strictly ordered not to use the steps. Ruhi was more willing to oblige to her Papa as she loved to slide down. It was so fun to her. But the only draw back in the new arrangment was... Rk had to climb up the stairs carrying Ruhi everytime she slides down. She will pester him to take her up again and again so she can play in her long slide instead of using the small slide board in her play room.
"Come, here, darling" Rk gestured Ruhi to come closer and Ruhi came running with her wobbly legs. Ruhi slowly with the help of her hands and legs she climbed up the stage where the paino was placed.
"Papa... wo..." Ruhi pointed to the piano and asked 'what' with her hand.
"This is Piano. It gives music." Rk said picking up Ruhi and placing her between his legs on the bench.
"mooshiq?" she cutely frowned.
"Here, I will show you." he said and took her little hands in his and placed them on the keys and pressed it.
"Ohhieee" Ruhi shrilled in glee hearing a sound when she pressed the keys.
"Papa... gain... gain" she wanted to press the keys again. Rk let her try freely without his help. Ruhi couldn't press the keys with her forefinger so she put force on all her fingers and brought a loud sound from it.
"Wooowaah" she clapped her hands in glee. She tilted her head up and smiled at her daddy. Rk smiled back with pride hearing his daughter's first concert of playing the grand piano. He leaned down and kissed Ruhi's forehead. "Look, momma will teach you dancing and I will teach you how to play piano and one day you will master in both the arts and make us proud." Rk whispered hugging his little girl. Then he took Ruhi's puny hands in his and played the piano. His fingers contacting with the right keys giving a soothing music to hear.
"Ruhi! Ruhi!" Madhu called out as she ran down the stairs. Rk stopped playing hearing Madhu's voice and looked down at Ruhi who shrunk her small figure even smaller so that her momma won't catch her. "My naughty girl. Hiding from your momma?" Rk asked in a whisper.
"Rk, did you saw Ruhi? She was sleeping beside me on the bed but now she is missing." Panic was evident in her voice. "I thought she would have gone to your room but she wasn't there. Oh God! Where my naughty little girl is hiding?" Madhu wondered as she raked her fingers through her hair.
"Why will she go to my room, Madhu?" Rk asked without turning his body so Madhu could see only his back and the piano.
"To be with you." she answered.
"If I wasn't in my room what she will do?" Rk asked.
"She will go searching for you."
"And if she finds me"
"She will sit with you and do whatever you do." she sighed. It wasn't new to her. Her daughter had got the habit of sneaking from the bed once Madhu fell fast asleep and go to her Papa to play with him or watch cartoon with him or eat ice cream at the midnight. Her momma will never let her do all that but her papa will because she had wrapped him in her little finger and her wish was his command.
"What I am doing now?" Rk asked pressing few keys on the piano.
"Playing piano."
"If you come searching for Ruhi what she usually does?"
"She goes hiding and make me search every nook and corner of the house." Madhu sighed again. Not again Ruhi. I'm tired. Please come out and come with me to bed.
"Okay, now tell me where Ruhi will be? What she will be doing?" Rk quizzed.
"If you weren't in your room then she would have come searching for you... if she had found you then she would have been playing piano with you. If she had heard my voice she would have hidden herself to escape from me." Madhu joined the dots. "Where is Ruhi, Rk?" Madhu asked impatiently.
Clear girl! found out Ruhi is with me just by taking my hints. she wasn't so dumb and made me spell it out loud that her mischievous girl is hiding here with me... Oh goodness! I am saved from facing my daughter's anger for giving away her game and helping her momma to catch her. Rk sighed in relief. yeah, the mighty Rk was scared of his little daughter Ruhi!
"Find out!" Rk said with a shrug.
Madhu marched angrily towards him. "Don't play with me. Where the hell is Ruhi?" Madhu shouted as she pulled his shoulder turning him to face her. Then she heard soft giggles. Ruhi was sitting between Rk's legs making herself a small ball.
"Ruhi. Ruhi. Ruhi. Momma's troublemaker! Come here." Madhu sat next to Rk and picked Ruhi up and placed her on her lap and gently tickled her tummy makin her laugh and wriggle.
"Mama... ma..mama... hahaha... nah.. nah..." Ruhi laughed and tried to push her momma's hands off her.
"Madhu, enough. Let her breath." Rk stopped when he realized his little girl can't take it anymore.
"Oh sorry." Madhu muttered as she stopped tickling. Ruhi sat up and hugged her momma's waist resting her head on her chest as she gasped for breath.
"You know what? She played the piano" Rk said excitedly. "Right baby?" Rk asked ruffling Ruhi hair and quickly he set back her ruffled her properly. He had the habit of combing his hair with his fingers often and he was doing the same with his daughter.
"Oh really? Will you play for momma, my baby?" Madhu asked lovingly. Ruhi nodded excitedly and leaning forward she randomly pressed the keys. Though the sound was noisy it was melodious to her proud parents. Once she stopped playing/pressing the keys both her parents clapped their hands for their little girl's music show and then Rk and Madhu together leaned down and kissed her cheeks on either side.
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