Chapter 6ii
Jeevika POV
I dropped the phone from the hospital, it crashed on the floor with a loud bang. Virenji was just staring at me. "Vvviren ji, Mannu!," that is about all I could say. "Mrs. Vadhera your sister is injured, she has been hospitalized," I heard nothing after that sentence, I responded to nothing after that sentence, I felt like my life was snatched away from me. Virenji picked up the phone. I could still hear the hospital lady speaking. She was saying something about Mannu being injured and that she had no other emergency contact listed except me. I heard Virenji call Virat and immediately took the phone away from him, I knew Virat was my only hope. She hadn't told me but I could see it in her face, she was falling in love with him.
"Virat, Virat Mannu is in the hospital, can you please go. We will meet you there," I blurted out desperately, I needed to see my sister, I needed to know that she was going to be ok.
Virat POV
My car came to a screeching halt, just like my entire world had when bhabhi told me that she was hospitalized. God, could anything get any worse, why can't the poor girl have some happiness in her life, why her I thought as I rushed to the hospital. I hadn't ate since she left but that was the least of my worries, all I wanted was to see that she was ok, she was alive and moving, more importantly I needed her to tell me she would stay with me and never leave me. I froze at the hospital window. The girl in the hospital bed had blood marks all over her face, her legs were covered in stiches up to her knees and she had IV tubes connected to her, it was my wife, my Manvi. My eyes water up, why didn't I find her sooner I cursed at myself as I walked towards the visitor door to go in and see her.
Manvi POV
I woke up in the hospital connected to an IV pump. I looked down and felt a sharp pain in my legs again reminding me of what happened a couple hours back. I stared out the window and to my horror he was back. I felt so helpless. I tried running from him and he just kept coming back to me, he wasn't going to leave me. My heart stopped as I saw him come in, what was he going to do now? My brain was pounding with millions of questions as he walked over to me. There was a long silence in the room until he finally spoke, "are you ok?" the concern that masked his voice melted me completely, my eyes watered up as my face streamed with uncontrollable tears. "shh, Manvi stop crying its ok, I am here now, I am not leaving, even if you ask me to" he said firmly, I felt him take him in his arms and I let him. I was too weak to protest and I liked the feeling, it felt like heaven, after what I went through I needed this protection, I needed this care. I would let him take care of me tonight, at least until I felt strong enough to be independent again, that wasn't so bad right? I realized how much I had missed him. I unknowingly cuddled closer to him, I could almost hear his heartbeats. I wanted to stop time and make this moment last forever, but I knew that wasn't possible and even if it was, I wouldn't let it happen, tomorrow I would have to be independent again, I would have to leave him. My heart became heavy at the thought making me feel weaker, and I slowly gave into my heart and let myself melt in his embrace. I felt his soft hands caressing my head and almost immediately relaxed. I woke up in the night to see Di and Jiju asleep on the couch and Virat still on the chair next to me just staring at me. "Virat, what are you still doing here, please go," I said with tears in my eyes. I felt his hand on my shoulder and shivered as he turned me around. "Manvi, you don't have to do this, you have been through so much, stop pretending like you are still strong, you are extremely weak now Manvi. What good is going to do to run away from all of us if you will just get hurt, you know you almost lost your baby." I immediately clutched my stomach, I know he was right, but I couldn't even think about losing the baby, it really was the one happiness that I had left, the sole reason I still wanted to live. I felt Virat's hand on my stomach. "The baby is still there Manvi but you need to take better care of yourself. All you want is for me to continue my career, to not ruin my life for you right? Let's go back to Rishikesh then, I will start the internship, but you have to stay with me, with Bhai and Bhabhi, you can't keep running away from us and hiding things from us ok." I sighed, he was right. "Mannu," I heard Di whisper as she got up from her sleep. "Mannu, are you ok," she said caressing my stiches. She didn't even give me a chance to answer and flung her arms around me crying. "Mannu, please don't ever do this again, you have no idea how scared I was," she barely spoke, I could tell how worried she was, she sounded like she was finally breathing after months. "Mannu, Virat is right, we can go back to Rishikesh if you want but please don't leave us. Tujhe mummy papa ki kasam, you have to stay with me," she said firmly as she wiped her tears. I couldn't say no now, I had already ruined Di's life, at least I could spare Virat. "Ok thik hai di, but one condition, I will stay with you in my old apartment, if Virat wants he can stay with Jiju in his but I will not stay with him in his apartment, I want him to live his own life like he would if I wasn't burdening him. I saw Virat's face stiffen as I said burden, I knew how sad I was making him, but it was for the best, I couldn't force him to keep compromising for me. Di smiled, "that is fine Mannu, just please don't do this again," she said looking at me one last time before she kissed me good night and told me to go back to sleep. I stared at Virat for a good five minutes and saw he had no intention of sleeping. I scooted over on the hospital bed making room for him. He smiled at me and I felt his arms snake around my waist to keep me from falling. I caressed his hair as he fell asleep hugging me, "Virat I love you, I am really falling in love with you, I am sorry I have to stay away from you but it is for the best, I will miss you Virat, I know you will be next door to me, but I will miss all of this" I whispered softly making sure that he wouldn't hear and fell asleep hugging him close to me, I felt so protected, so loved again.
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