Here's the third chapter. I intended to write a 3 shot originally but this could go on for another 2 chapters.
A word to my friend ShalZ123 : I know I am late in updating this. Sorry.
If you do like it , please don't forget to hit the like button and comment.
Chapter -3
Seated in the cab and on her way back home, She felt much lighter , like a weight has been lifted off her chest . She asked the driver to turn down the volume of the radio so that she can think more clearly. A strange sense of excitement is what she felt now , the kind that comes with the knowledge that this time around she was going to make her moves. She has seen Raman pining for her and now it was her turn to make him feel special. Her mind started racing with a 100 different plans that she could put into action, but all of it required her to whisk him away from home or office for a few hours. And her track record in planning such surprises wasn't that great. There was not much of a record actually.She had planned a surprise for him on their anniversary and that turned out to be a disaster. The only time he probably was surprised was when she had danced with him at Shagun's Sangeet ceremony. He on the other hand wasn't all that bad at surprising her. He had once booked an entire restaurant for her to confess his feelings but ofcourse that never happened as work came calling. He had managed to get her out of bed in the middle of the night on their anniversary for that beautiful surprise that awaited her at the clinic and just a couple of days back did he not make her confess her feelings inside a cupboard? But that one special moment that she would always cherish was when he had stopped the car in the middle of nowhere on a rainy night and pulled her out for a dance , that which she proudly calls as her Kuch Kuch Hota Hai moment. And what the hell has she been doing all this while? She felt pathetic about herself and felt terrible for him. This was going to be tougher that she thought. But then she recalled her Akka's words " Kuch bada kar ne ki zaroorat nahi hai , start by doing simple things. " It struck her then that springing a few surprises on him was not actually the need of the hour. She needed to change her behaviour towards him.She needed to seize those seemingly ordinary moments and turn them into something special for him. And there was no way she could plan that , she just needed to follow her heart .
The song playing on the radio caught her attention now and she asked the driver to turn up the volume.
"Jab bhi zara tum ne chua
Zindagi halki si gudgudi kar gayi..
Chalki hui thi pehle se mein
Thodi si aur bhi bhar gayi
Gudgudi kar gayi"
Sunidhi Chauhan crooned..
She sat back and closed her eyes allowing the music to take over her senses. The song fuelled the emotions surging inside her and before she knew it , she had pulled out her phone and dialled his number. Time was close to 5 in the evening and he usually does not get back from work before 7 but the thought of waiting for another 2 hours was quite painful. His gruff voice at the other end of the line pulled her out of her thoughts.
"Kya hai ?" He sounded pissed with the world and more so with her. She imagined the scowl on his face and smiled to herself. She knew that she only had herself to blame for it. After all she had willingly given away their private sanctum to his relatives and then had unknowingly thwarted his brilliant plan to get their room back.
"Raman aap office main ho ?"
"Nahi..Jungal main. Kya chahiye jaldi bolo ? Waise bhi Romi hai ghar par..tumhe jo bhi chahiye woh le aayega.aur kuch? " he sounded eager to cut the call but she wasn't going to give up so easily.
"Toh phir main Romi ko boldu ki woh aap ko office se ghar le aaye ?" She asked him innocently , but smiling fully .
"Madrasan kya bol..." he stopped short of completing the sentence and there was a brief pause before he spoke again.
"Do you want me to come home now?" She was surprised by the sudden change in the tone of his voice. He still sounded serious but not a tinge of annoyance or anger.
"Yes Raman , if you are done with your work." was all she said.
"I am leaving in 15 mins. Bye" . He disconnected without waiting for her response. She smiled as her cab pulled into the Parking of their Society.
The scene that greeted her when she entered the house was pretty much the same as how it was when she had left for her Akka's place. But thankfully the neighbours and friends have left leaving only the family members. With the addition of Adi and Ruhi now , the noise level was close to alarming. She wondered how she was going to have a quiet moment with her Raavan Kumar in the middle of all this. Seeing her at the door Toshi came forward and enquired whether everything was fine.She assured Toshi that everything was indeed fine now. Before they asked her to join in the fun she quietly made her way upstairs to her bedroom to freshen up which thankfully was not occupied at the moment. 15 mins later when she came down there was still no sign of him and she grew impatient with each passing second. She will have to find some way to lighten up his mood if he was still pissed.She tried to make small talk with everyone to kill time , but her eyes kept darting to the front door.
Just then surprising everybody , her Amma and Appa walked in with a basket full of something .Madhavi proudly announced that she has got an assortment of South India snacks for the entire family and she also offered to make filter coffee to go with the food. For a change Toshi expressed her gratitude without any snide remarks about South Indian food as she was tired from running around all day. While sorting through the food, Madhavi realized that she had left a dabba full of her special chutney at home. She asked Ishita to get it for her and handed over the house key to her.
She stepped out of her Amma's place with the dabba in one hand and was just turning the key in the lock and that's when she saw him enter the lobby . He looked exhausted and her heart went out to him. He came and stood in front of her, started to say something but paused when she held his face with her free hand. "Kya hua? Why do you look so tired? ".
He looked at her curiously and then answered "Starting afresh comes with its own set of problems" . His taut facial muscles relaxed under her touch. She noticed the beads of perspiration on his forehead and wiped it off with the back of her hand. The scowl on his face turned into a smile "Kya hua Madrasan ? Mujhe aise kyun bulaya office se ?" he asked her raising an eyebrow. She did not bother to answer but turned around and unlocked the door to her Amma's place and motioned him to step inside.
"Humara ghar woh hai" he pointed to the adjacent door.
"Mujhe pata hai Raman. Aap andar toh chalo" .
Once inside she turned to him and pointed to the dabba. "I need to hand this over to Amma . Amma and Appa both are at our place. Sab saath baith ke coffee pee rahe hai..I will be back in a minute.Stay here." Saying this she rushed out and he watched her leave in disbelief. She handed over the dabba and quickly surveyed the scene to understand how long her Amma and Appa are likely to stay there. Coffee was just getting ready and Simmi was eager to show her engagement sari and jewellery to her Amma. Her Appa seemed to be engrossed in conversation with Papa ji and he usually takes a very long time to finish his coffee. All the others including the kids were hogging away to glory and were not likely to barge into her Amma's place. Satisfied, she picked up her phone and walked outside saying she needed to make an important call and it was too noisy in there.
When she stepped back in , she found him standing at the same spot just behind the door. She closed the door and hugged him tightly .He was taken aback for a second but his arms went around her instinctively and he crushed her body to his breathing in her scent.
"Yeh sach main ho raha hai..ya main sapna dekh raha hoon?" He teased her.
She pinched his forearm hard and he yelped in pain "Ouch! Kya kar rahi ho Madrasan?" He let go of her and started rubbing the spot where she pinched him. "Bas..yakeen dila rahi thi aapko ki yeh sach main ho raha hai." She answered him smiling. She brought his hand to her lips and kissed the spot where she pinched, making him smile. He cupped her face and teased her again "Aj subha jab main office ke liya nikla..tab toh tu changi bhali thi..matlab sab ki seva kar rahi thi aur mujhe ignore kar rahi thi..ab bohat pyaar aaraha hai mujh par ?" Her face fell instantly .
"Can you just shut up and hold me tight ?" She lashed at him.He hugged her tight immediately but was baffled at her angry retort. No she sounded more hurt to him. But it was so commonplace for him to tease her like that . And there was nothing wrong in what he said because off late she had time for the entire world but him. He held his tounge now because there was something about the way she said it and his heart had melted instantly. It would probably take an entire life time for him to understand what goes on in that mind of hers. That thought made him smile.
He stroked her head gently , pulled back a little and asked her "Baat kya hai Ishita?".
She didn't know how to respond to that . She herself didn't know why she reacted like that.
"Nothing" She said and rested her head on his collar bone . He chose not to probe and continued to hold her , happy to have her in his arms. She lifted her head up after a few seconds and removed her hands from his waist. "Chalo..ghar chalte hai..waise bhi main jab yahan aarahi thi..tab Mummy jee aapke bare mein pooch rahi thi..aur Amma aur Appa kabhi bhi wapas aa sakte hai.." Sayin this she turned to the door.
He turned her around and pinned her to the door "Main kya pagal hoon jo itna accha maukha jaane doon haath se?" He asked her with a mischevious glint in his eyes.
She smiled , a slow blush spreading on her face. She had anticipated this , had actually wanted this when she had asked him to step inside the house. She feigned ignorance and asked him "What do you mean ?".
"Accha ? tumhe nahi pata ?" He asked her ,bringing his face close to hers, almost touching her lips. She felt his hot breath on her lips and closed her eyes , parting her lips, all ready to receive him.
It took him all his self-control but he paused and pulled back. She opend her eyes when she heard him speak. "Actually you know what ..Ma se kuch zaroori baat karna tha mujhe..woh pooch rahi thi mere bare main right ?" . She nodded her head , disappointment writ large over her face which he did not fail to notice. He reached for the knob on the door but turned to look at her when he felt her hand firmly gripping his wrist. She gripped his other hand as well and brought both his hands around her waist not breaking eye contact with him.
Only she knew that her heart was thundering inside her chest and she had gripped his arms tightly only to stop her own hands from shaking.
"Kya?" he asked her and she knew he was making this difficult for her.
She was toungue tied and reluctant to voice out what she wanted.
"Say it Ishita!" His voice turned hoarse with desire suddenly. "Say that you want me to kiss you !" He felt his controls slipping now. She remained silent but her eyes trailed down to his lips and she swallowed hard looking away.His lips were on hers the next instant. He kissed her long and hard ,all his pent up desires coming to the fore and his hands squeezed her waist. She felt herself drowing and nothing could have prepared her for the sensations that rushed through her. Slowly she started responding back to him , her hands going around him and rubbing his back.They broke apart reluctantly to catch their breath and that's when he saw her wonderfully flushed face and her swollen lips. He kissed her again slowly sucking on her lower lip not wanting to stop. She kissed him back again more passionately her hands holding his face till they ran out of breath again and had to part . He couldn't take his eyes off her and she was unable to meet his gaze. He whispered in her ears "Meri sherni madrasan !" . She blushed and tried to push him away. He hugged her tightly kissing the top of her head repeatedly.
"Bahar chalte hai Raman ..I don't want Amma Appa to walk in on us like this..please ?" She lifted her head and asked him.
"Ishita ..I don't care where we are sleeping tonight but I want you with me .Do you understand that?"
"Kaise Raman? Aap pls aaj ki raat Adi ke room main so jayiye...kal kuch sochte hai.."she tried to make him understand. He tightened his grip on her waist and touched his forehead to hers "No..ab mujh se nahi hota..I...I want you sooo bad now !" his voice turned husky again. Her jitters came back again unnerving her .
"Raman ..pls abhi bahar chalo..we still have time ..we will talk about it" she pleaded and he agreed reluctantly, letting her go. They stepped out and she tried to lock the door, her fingers not cooperating with her fully. It amused him to see her nervous like that. He took the key from her , locked it and handed it back to her smiling . They stepped inside Bhalla house now and he was immediately surrounded by his kids . Amma came forward greeting him and offered him a sweet saying its home made and special. He took one reluctantly not wanting to disappoint Amma.
"Ishu..tum ne try kiya? " she offered to Ishita now.
"No Amma. I don't want to spoil the taste in my mouth" Saying this she walked away but not before turning to smile and wink at Raman ,leaving him open mouthed and her Amma a little confused.
Thanks for reading!
To be contd.
Members Lounge
CID
7