1st SS-Love doesn't Lessen , Infact it Deepens ch 45 pg 146 note 148 - Page 35

Aarav and Raman reached the kitchen where aarav stood thinking for a moment when raman said-"kya hua champ? Aise kyun statue bann gaye?"

Aarav confusedly said- "dude are u sure u wanna do this ? as in cook ? really? Soch lo jo karna hai tumhe hi karna hai kyunki main aaj se pehle kitchen mein jab bhi aaya hun ya toh khaane ke liye lene aaya hun ya slab pat baithkar baatein karne ke liye , so jo banana hai tumhe hi banana hai.. so ."

Raman first chuckled hearing aarav's words as he saw his own childhood glimpse in him abt nt going 2 kitchen ever and wondered how much he has changed especially in dis past one year. "oh madrsasan tumne kar hi diya , Mujhe badal hai diya , raavan kumar ko jeena aur pyaar karna sikha hi diya." He said 2 himself. And then replied to aarav- "its ok champ u dnt need to worry , I will cook u just help me ,do as I say .ok."

Aarav said - ok as u wish , I will do as u say.

And the both started cooking and father and son had a gr8 time cooking and bonding in the kitchen. Raman was working very efficiently as if he was a trained cook and aarav was spell bound seeing a man cooking like that. As raman was still a bit in pain , the task of roaming here and there and getting things was up to aarav.

Raman was every minute asking aarav to -" champ get that masala , or get that vegetable" and aarav also did his work well . by the time they finished making up rasam , its smell was so gud and aarav was so excited to cook more that they both decided to cook pulao as planned by ishita for themselves and believe me they did a wonderful job at this one too.

After cooking aarav went on to check on ishita and seeing that she was still sleeping they both decided to get over wid their teeny meeny dinner first as none of them cud each thinking abt d fact that ishita had still not eaten since after noon.

After sometime , they went in the room to wake up ishita for dinner . she was just getting up from her unconscious state when the 2 walked in and they were quickly by her side

Aarav- mom , aap uth gaye , how are u? ab kaisa feel ho raha hai aapko?

Ishita did not knew what had happened to her , last she remembered was she was sleeping and felt a bit cold that's all but now she felt as if she cud nt move her body and felt extremely weak. She murmured- I am fine , Mujhe kya hua hai ? main toh theek hi hun

And started getting up when aarav said- oh mom dnt get up plz doc has advised u to take rest.

Ishita- what doc? Rest? Mujhe kuch nahi hua hai I am fine , oh no I slept like dat , dinner ka kya hoga?

And she started getting up although not able to despite aarav's continous efforts to out her down. As soon as she got up from the bed , due to weakness she almost fell down but raman came forward and held her tightly from the waist thus preventing her from falling. He was angry and pissed off at her now for behaving so childishly even while she was ill. He looked at her wid anger and not wanting to shout at her in front of aarav told her in low but angry tone- " stop it ishita for god sake , u were high on fever and had fainted. Doctor sinha checked on u and said u need proper rest and medication and here u are behaving like a kid trying to get up and cook food when u can't even sit properly due to weekness so plz just leave ur mahaanta thing behind for sometime and sit down , relax and have some food so that u can take ur medicine."

While raman was angry , but what ishita saw in his eyes was much more- her pain , love for her and extreme care for her cud clearly be seen in his eyes and she decided to give up and sat down. raman made her sit properly wid pillow behind her and aarav came in grinning wid rasam and said- hey mom see whats 4 ur food today? Ur favorite rasam , and can u imagine who cooked it? Yes mom he as in dad cooked it. He is so awesome in kitchen , so perfect I learnt a lot from him today."

If rasam was not enough to surprise her , dis fact abt rkb cooking for her shocked her but pleasantly. She had the rasam and was amazed by its perfect taste. It was the best rasam she ever had , even better than her amma becoz this had sooo much more love probably. " so raavan kumar was practicing madras food for one year 2 impress me, gud." She said to herself and giggled which did not went unnoticed by raman and he smiled seeing his ishita giggling because of him. Ishita ate rest of her rasam in silence and at the end told raman poiletely

" thanks a lot raman for the rasam , it was really gud , thanks." And raman just smiled like a gentleman saying " u r most welcome. Any time. ur wish is my command." This surprised ishita as she thought why was raman saying like dis in front of aarav and aarav aware of the fact that his mom doesn't know that he and raman were partners in crime chuckled very lightly at his father's filmy dialogue. After feeding ishita , raman helped ishita in freshening up and made her lie down on the bed.

Needless to say the ambiance inside the washroom when raman had helped ishita wash her face and brush up for the night was completely full of desire and love. When raman's fingers touched ishu's face , all she cud do was shiver in desire and then trying to pull herself back almost fell down feeling the dizzy due 2 weekness.

Raman picked her up in his strong arms while he took her to the bed. He made her lie down while aarav set the pillow under her head properly. After some 10 minutes , raman made her hald sit and take medicine while aarav covered her blaket. Ishita was so happy to see the most important 2 men of her life taking care of her like true gentlemen. She felt blissful and her eyes had tears of happiness seeing aarav so responsible and mature behaving like a good boy literally.

After about half an hour Aarav and ishu had slept while raman had gone to check whether the house was locked properly or not and whether everything in kitchen was fine. When he returned to the room , he saw ishita shivering badly. He panicked and checked her temperature and was shocked when the thermometer said 102 degrees. He was thankful that aarav had slept by now otherwise he wud have been sad again.

He went to the kitchen and brought a chilled ice cube tray and cold water mixed in a bowl. He picked out 2 gents hankeys and one hand towel and set down to put wet stripes of water on ishita's head till her fever comes down. before that he made ishita sit up slightly and take a tablet which wud provide her relief earlier . she was almost unconscious due to fever and was murmuring something he cud not understand. He made her lie down flat and started his ice water treatment and when the droplets of water trickled down from her forehead , he immediately took the towel and wiped those drops before they cud trouble her.

While he kept water stripes on her forehead ,his mind went back to all those memories of their beautiful 1 year of married life. Although they had not had best of times as a couple but still each and every moment of their was to be cherished. It was special in its own way.

Dhoondh hi loge Mujhe tum har jagah ab toh,

Mujhko khabar hai

Ho gaya hun tera jab se main hawa mein hun

Tera asar hai

Tere paas hoon, ehsaas mein, main yaad mein teri

Tera thikaana bann gaya ab saans mein meri

Kaun mera , mera kya tu laage

Kyun tu baandhe mann se mann ke dhaage

Bas chale na kyun mera , tere aage

After 2 hours her fever came down and raman heaved a sigh of relief. A tear escaped his eye as he thought abt how much ishu must have gone through in dis past one year . he then sid between ishu and aarav and hed aarav from one side and ishita from the other. Aarav cuddled up to raman and after sometime ishu too came into consciousness and seeing herself , raman and aarav like a happy family cuddled together she felt blissful . she wanted to be in raman's arms forever like dis and all their happy and sad moments ran like a movie in front of her eyes.

Chod kar na tu kahin bhi door ab jaana

Tujhko kasam hai

Saath rehna jo bhi hai tu jhoot ya sach hai

Ya bharam hai

Apna banana ka jatan kar hi sake ab toh

Baiyan pakad kar aaj chal main dun bata sabko

Kaun mera mera kya tu laage,

kyun tu baandhe mann se mann ke dhaage

bas chale na kyun mera , tere aage.

And remembering all that , ishu did the thing which raman wud never have expected her to do then , she cuddled up , hugged raman and slept peacefully for the whole night.

Next morning wud surely bring some new twist to this story or rather I shld say next evening nt morning as it wud take some time for the bombs to blast, right?

so, the last line was enough to keep u guys hooked up for next chap, something big cmng up in next day which will take the story where it has to.😉

waiting 4 ur reviews eagerly.

Love❤️

Shivangi