Looking at her from a distance, a thousand moments played in his mind. It was strange how the last 6 months of his life had overtaken the span before she had entered into his bleak life. He didn't even know how the admiration turned into exchange of secret smiles, how a casual touch turned into intimacy and before they knew it they found themselves in love.
He stood up from the couch he was lying on and made his way to the bed where she was shifted a while ago. He couldn't comprehend the feeling he had gone through while she was in intensive care unit until they allocated her a private room, it was fear of seeing his life slipping away from his own bare hands. He sat on the chair beside her bed, held her hands in his and kissed her palm before resting his head on her side of the bed.
She stirred in her slumber and found her left hand trapped, she fluttered her eyes open and found her husband sleeping on a chair, holding her hand. She couldn't help but smile as she ran her other hand over his hair. The first thing he saw was her smiling face when he woke up.
"What are you doing here?" She asked in her thick voice due to sleep and sedatives.
"I couldn't sleep without holding you."
In his response, she scooted over making room for him on the single bed and asked him to join her. He knew it was useless to argue with her so he did as asked and lied down beside her, holding her close as she lied straight facing the ceiling while he faced her, just as she was about to close her eyes again to sleep she felt a drop on her collar bone and she knew it was him, of course.
"I'm sorry." He said.
"For loving me?" She tried to make light of the situation.
"For not taking care of you." He was not in the mood to let her persuade him.
"If you took care of me more than what you already do, I'll end up pulling my hair in boredom Raman." She said turning towards him.
"I got scared." He confessed kissing her forehead.
"I thought you called me jhansi ki Rani for a reason."
"That's for putting up with me, not for fighting for your life."
"But I'm okay now. See." She said meeting his gaze and kept her hand on the side of his face.
"Thank God!" Hee kissed her palm as he said his first prayer in the day.
"Take me home." She requested him.
"As soon as the doctors approve." He promised.
"Raman please, I miss ruhi and the smell of the hospital is really not pleasant."
"I'll bring ruhi tomorrow before she goes to school and also a dozen air freshener. Any thing else you'd like to complain about?"
"Yes, ask my husband to visit me. I'm bored of this gallant man."
"Shut up and sleep ishita."
"That's better!" She smiled as she closed her eyes.
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering if its me you are seeing
Then I kiss your eyes and thank God we're together
And I just wanna stay with you
In this moment forever, forever and ever
-I don't want to miss a thing
-by Aerosmith
Tum Se Tum Tak
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