Part 116
The darkness engulfed the atmosphere and the soft curtains were blowing in with the soft wind. The whole earth was sleeping under the velvety comfort. The stars were twingling happily seeing the resting ground.
Radhika moved once in his arms, her eyes still closed. Dev adjusted self to give her more comfort, in his sleep. Soon she moved again, and unknowingly her hand fell on her stomach and she rubbed over it. Soon she opened her eye flaps to fill her eyes with the darkness around. She kept on rubbing her stomach. She turned few more times but was able to hear the growning sound coming from inside her large tummy. Moving slightly away from his side, she slowly lifted his arm and moved it away.
Sliding softly she dangled at the edge of the bed. She turned the bed lamp on and sat few more seconds. Then looking once at Dev's sleepy face, she sighed slightly. Slowly getting up from the bed she walked towards the door.
"where are you going?"
Radhika paused as she heard Dev' s voice
Radhika turning and looking at him "aap uthgaye?"
Dev sitting up, in his sleepy voice: where are you going?
Radhika: vo she paused
Dev: vo kya hei Radhika, Do you need something?
Radhika lowered her gaze and stood there.
Dev getting up form bed , came near her: you ok?
Radhika looking at his face nodded her head in agrement
Dev: then kya huva?
Radhika: I , I.. I am feeling hungry
Dev: what !!!, hungry !!!he looked at the clock, only 2.30AM, he looked at her : Radhika it is only 2.30AM
Radhika as if reasoning herself: it is not me, it is your princess who is hungry.
Dev hiding his smile, lestening to her childish tone: Oh
Radhika: otherwise I don't have any problem
Dev: really, ok, you stay here , I will go get something for her.
Radhika: no,you take rest, I will be fine
Dev in a stern tone: I told you, be here..., I will be right back, ok.
Saying that he walked down and Radhika waited , sitting at the bed side, rubbing over her stomach , thinking she should have only gone..
Radhika took the glass from him and tried to take a sip, but her tongue buds didn't catch the taste of the milk, that she giving the milk glass in his hand quickly, went faster to the washroom and spit it out.
Dev following her: what happened?
Radhika: I don't like the smell, yak
Radhika: I don't like the taste, yak
Dev, tasting a sip: taste is same and then looking at Radhika: tell me, are you really feeling hungry?
Radhika: heina, i feel like the little chicks are walking inside my stomach.
Dev: Don't you dare to call my little one, chick..
Radhika: nahi
Dev dropping his jaw: what?
Radhika: give that to me, I will go down and get myself .
Dev: get myself what?
Radhika: something else
Dev: something else means what?
Radhika: vo tho kuch tho hoga na neeche.
Dev: Ok baba, chalo...
They both went to the kitchen.
Dev: tell me what you are looking for.
Radhika: I don't know, let me check
Radhika started opening the cupboard
Dev: Radhika: who will keep the food in cupboard
Radhika: no I thought to take something to munch on
Dev: munch on!! at this time!!
Radhika: let me check inside the fridge
Dev also accompanied her, her hand strolled on mostly few of those closed lids, and shrinking her lips inwardly, she strightned her body
Dev folding his both hands at chest level, raised his brows questioning
Radhika in a sad affirming words: I am really feeling hungry
Dev: Radhika I agree with you that you are feeling hungry, but you are not finding anything!
Dev: tell me what you want, otherwise how do I know!
Radhika: bethadum
Dev: um bethade
Radhika: I want some spicy golgoppas , and her voice trailed off towards the latter part with drooling mouth ...
Radhika looking at his face, widenign her thristy eyes: golgoppas
Dev repeated: gogop. What?
She repeated the same very softly: gooolgopppaaasss, yummm
Dev: Radhika, at this time of night, who will make golgoppas!!,
Radhika: I don't know but that's what your princess asking for now
Dev moving closer to her: what! noe chicks automatically changed ot my little princess, and My princess is asking for golgoppas, at this time!!!
Radhika rubbed over her stomach and very innocently: ha
Dev touched her stomach and tried to feel his baby, and after few minutes: Radhika, why you are blaming my little one, she is sleeping sound, you are simply saying , right?.
Radhika: no really, you don't know, she was kicking me all this time, i was unable to close my eyes not even for few minutes, you don't know anything.
Dev: now the truth came out.
Radhika: I don't know, but I really feel like eating something spicy
Dev suddenly looking at her : ok, you want something spicy , right?
Radhika: ha, but golgoppasss
Dev: no, let's do some compromise,ok.. I will make something spicy for you now, you go sit on that dining area, just five minutes, your spicy food will be over the table, and about your golgoppas, I will get that for you tomorrow.ok. deal.
Radhika: but what are you going to make?
Dev: secret, but I am making it for my princess, she will listen to papa, and she will taste and eat it without any complaint, now Rahdika madam go and rest ok.
Radhika: I can help you
Dev: no, you listen to me, go sit over there, I will be right there in five minutes to catch you.
Saying that he pushed her towards the dining table and went back to kitchen. Radhika waited for him at the dining table, rubbing her stomach occationally.
Time ticked by, and Dev with a smile, showing his mastery over the dish plate, arranging it well, came out from the kitchen with making a background music : tentata, here is spicy paneer bhurji for my little princess.
He chuckled as he saw the sudden flash of light in that room, and he stood shockingly looking at his mom's shocking face..
Suchi: what is going on Dev?!!
Dev suddenly stood like a school boy and then lowered his face, holding the plate safely in his hand.
Suchi looked at the clock and then again: I thought I was just hearing noices, maybe rats!! but when it went non stop, I thought there is something going on more than that.
"what is it Suchi?" soon came Surrender's voice following his wife's path.
Suchi: I told you there is something going on and you said nothing, I may be just feeling, see now..
Surrender trying to his eyes open , looked at Dev's face, who was standing with a hot plate in his hand.
Surrender: Suchi you are right, ye tho bediya chooha nikala, and then looking at Dev :what is it beta!
Dev with broken words: vo, Radhika was feeling hungry , so
Suchi: you made food ,!!! At this time!!!!
Dev: vo, she didn't like the milk, or
Suchi: there is fruits, and there is left overs in fridge , or there is snacks in the cupboard, and then
Dev with broken words: vo, she loved to have something spicy
Suchi controlled her smile: then where is she?
Dev looked at the table, and Suchi and Surrender's eyes also followed his, and found the comfortably sleeping form of Radhika, whose head rested well over her folded arms over the table.
Suchi controlled her laugh, and then looked at pathetic face of Dev ...
Suchi: don't worry beta, wake her up, looks like you took hours to make it
Dev: no mom, actually
Suchi: um um, wake her up , maybe she slept with hungry stomach., you should have called me.
Suchi stood there with folded hands. Dev felt little embarrassed, but then walking near Radhika, placing the food tray on table, he called out softly: Radhika
There was no response, he repeated her name two three times, , he went and shook her slightly along with calling out her name.
Dev: see here is your food, have it
Radhika in sleepy tone: I don't feel like eating, come let's go to bed, I am feeling really sleepy.
Dev:what!
Radhika trying to get up from the dining chair, with her partially open eyes: come na, you may be feeling sleepy too na, oh I can't believe I have to climb all those steps to reach our room, slowly moving in his arms, holding onto his shoulder: I wish if you could just lift me up in your arms, and take me to the room, that is not possoble na, or, i will just sleep here only in that sofa, if you are feeling hungry, come, ok.
She turned to walked towards the sofa, still keeping her lids open slightly to give her the vision, she waddled back and sat on the chair, saying in sleepy tone: or you eat, I will sleep here only and call me when you done ok, I can't walk upto there.
Dev reasoned with Radhika's action : she felt sleepy
Suchi moved her brows and asked Dev to look at the table and his eyes caught the sight of nicely cut half apple..., he looked back at Suchi. Suchi coming near: poor Radhika, she might have felt really hungry and you made her to wait, she ate the apple and look how tired she is. You don't know anything Dev.
Dev: but mom, she told me she wants something spicy
Suchi: um, maybe she might have put some chillies over her apple piece and might have eaten it.
Dev looked at the table with dropped jaw...
Suchi anyway, now take her to your room, she is really tired.
Dev watched his mom picking the plate and walking to the kitchen,
Surrender coming near, very secretly: arre, don't believe these ladies, they will make us fool in this state, they will say I want this and I want that, and when we come with that & this , they will say : no actually I asked for panipuri, not for aloo paratha or golgoppas..
Dev: actually she asked for golgoppas dad, where can I get that, so only I made this and
Surrender: um, this is called pathi dharm, you don't know anything how to handle ladies... your mom tried to give me trouble like this and all. but ..
" but, but what happned?...ha, I am glad atleast there is noone else to hear your lies excpet your son'
Surrender moving his face back from secreting, tried to walk away
Suchi: don't believe your dad, he didn't even know what I went thru, what I carved for.
Dev looked at Surrender, he shrugged his shoulder in disagreement and moved his lips disagreeing her words
Suchi: showing that is not going to change anything now.
Surrender: ok beta, good night, I thought to help your mom, incase if she has to catch that rat, otherwise i won't be able to sleep in this noise , you know..
Dev with a smile : goodnight dad
Suchi: ok, beta, if you need anything, call me next time ok.
Dev: ji mom
Suchi went back to her room too.
Dev sat on next chair watched the sleepy face of Radhika and looked at the time and it was nearing to 4AM. He smiled self thinking "no wonder, so I really took time, but then Radhika, if you had that apple, why you didn't tell me?'
Dev shook her little
Radhika: done, ok let's go to our room
Dev with a smile thought "sounds like I was the one who felt hungry, radhika bhi na...: helped her to take those steps safetly, and the minute she neared the bed, she crawled in , and cuddled self.
Dev just smiled seeing her action, and then laying next to her, he looked at her face, with a smile he placed a soft kiss over her cheek and then wrapped his arms around her, he tried to close his eyes, as he felt himself wide awake.
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Morning was very bright, as usual Radhika got up and had her shower and jaap and she got surprised to see Dev sleeping still. She went down and had her milk, she saw the plate with paneer bhurji and her forhead tightened
Suchi: goodmorning beta
Suchi's voice brought her back to reality
Suchi: what are you looking at?
Radhika: vo mom, we kept everything back in fridge , right?
Suchi very casually: ha
Radhika: but then how this got left over here, also I didn't see this dish yesterday.
Suchi controlling her smile: is dev still sleeping?
Radhika: ha mom, otherwise he used to wake up with me, I don't know what happned today, he is still sleeping, maybe very tired..
Suchi: ha maybe tired after late night cooking
"late night cooking!!, why?"
Suchi looked at lechu
Suchi: what happened? You wake up early too?
Lechu: no mom, we have special class and I have to finish few of my college work, so.
Suchi: oh, so now you are not giving any work to your bhabhi !
Lechu: mom, I gave her once, that doesn't mean I am making her to do all my work.
Suchi smiled: um
Lechu: but what you were saying mom, why Bro was doing late night cooking!
Suddenly Radhika remembered her waking up, and she looked at Suchi...
Suchi controlling her smile: nothing dear, actually your Bro felt so hungry last night that he woke up in the middle of the night and cooked food,
Lechu: relaly i can't believe it
Radhika felt her heart skipping few beats, she understood the teasing, suddenly she : mom, I will be right back
Suchi controlling her smile: um
Radhika went up to her room, while LEhcu started eating Suchi's head and suchi told her Dev's attempt and Radhika's sleep.
While Radhika went in room, and found Dev still sleeping, she felt so bad, that she wished to wake him up ask what happened? She waited for few more seconds, and then extended her hands to shake him up, but then remembered his words during their earlier time, that lowering her face, she palced a soft kiss over his cheek, he just smiled once and went back to his deep sleep.
Radhika : wake up na
But that didn't wake him up
Radhika placing her arm across his chest, went and placed a soft kiss over his forehead, then to his closed eyelids.
Slightly moving back, she saw his smily lips
Radhika softly: uthiyena
Dev, kept that smile but refused to open his eyes.
Radhika placed again a peck near his lower jaw, and then waited for him to wake up, but it seems like he was more in a mood to enjoy that moment, than opening his eyes.
Radhika taking her arm away, lay on her back next to him , and then tunred to face him. She tried to pull on his cheek, on his jaw and with mumbling: unthiyena, please, tell me what happened yesterday, I can only remember till you left me near that dining table, tell me , please.
There was no change from his side.
She moved her arms and sat on. And mumbled self: how do mom know about it? She is telling as if she saw him cooking, but then why I am not remembering anything!
"that's because by then you were sleeping so sound"
She heard his voice near her ears. She jerked and looked at him with moving her face slightly to face his side profile
Dev: Ha Radhika, when I came wiht the spicy food plate, it was dad and mom who welcomed me, you were already in your deep sleep
Radhika: then why didn't you wake me up?
Dev: ha, now you tell me that,... if I tell everything na, then you won't even go down at all, I am glad it is my dad and mom, so only you escaped.
Radhika: what did I say?
Dev: first you compensate for what what you did yesterday, and then i will say.
Radhika with her fatser heartbeats: tell me clearly, what happened?
Dev seeing her thadap , told her everything
Radhika: did I really told all that!!
Dev: what
Radhika: to lift me up and to bring to room!!
Dev: um, in front of dad and mom, that also clinging over my shoulder, and kissing my cheek and then looking at me with that seduced sleepy eyes.. tell you Radhika, you were looking so sexy, if dad and mom was not there na.. then...
Radhika shyly: chi
Dev: what Chi!
Radika: now how will I face them?
Dev: I tried to wake you up , but it was you who made the scene
Radhika : Please help me na, I can' t believe it, i can't imagine facing dad and mom now.
"Bro, nice paneer bhurji, Bhabhi, please next time, when you ask him na, ask early, so that I can also have it early and go to bed, catch you guys later, has work to complete"
They saw the disappearing face of Lechu from the door side
Dev: she also came to know!
Radhika: what!
Dev: now I don't know what all she will blurt out?
Radhika: but she only knows that you made bhurji right?
Dev getting up from bed: who knows, ask mom
Radhika: no, I am not going down.
Dev controlling his smile: um, let me see how long you will sit here inside this room
Radhika: tell mom that I am not feeling well..
Dev: and dad
Radhika: same
Dev: um, next step will be taking you to hospital for check up
Radhika sitting back on bed with weakening body : then what do I do now?
Dev: now, go down and make a nice coffee for me, and I will be there soon, ok
Radhik: but
Dev lifting her jaw: no but and all, atleast mom and dad see that their bahu is atleast making morning coffee for their son, otherwise they may think I am just a henpeck dear, go...
Radhika: aap bhi na
Dev: ha, mei, now go make coffee, I am coming
Radhika: how will you face them
Dev bringing a smile on face: like this
Radhika: Dev
Dev with a smile gave her a kiss and said: um, now go
Radhika turning back once to see his face, walked out from the room, with fluttery heart...
Indian Mythology
Anupamaa
