Next morning raman got up feeling something viberating beside him. He searched and find his phone ringing. He picked the phone and said -hello, only to hear his mother's voice-puttar, tu thik hai naa. I was calling u yesterday, but u didn't picked my phone toh main bahut worried thi.
Raman smiled in sarcasm and said-really maa, aap mere liye worried the.
Toshiji-why u r asking so puttar, u r my only son, tere liye pareshan nahi houngi toh Kiske liye hongi.
Raman -agar Itni pareshan thi toh bheja hi nahi hota yahan akele. Oh sorry I forgot u send me for honeymoon. Then why u r worried, I have my wife with me, to take care of me and trust me naa, she is doing her job pretty well. Bahut khayal rakhti hai mera, aur jab tak woh mere saath hai, u don't have to worry. Woh mujhe kabhi kuch nahi hone degi. He said making toshiji angry.
Toshiji-aisa kya kar diya usne do din mein that u r go on praising her, like we never did anything for u. Aur pyaar bhi kar rahi hai, care bhi kar rahi hai toh main si badi baat hai, u r also spending so much on her, sarees, jewelleries. Don't think I don't know anything. The card I gave her is mine. She said and bite her tongue realising what she said.
Raman -why u gave her ur card maa. Uske paas apna card nahi hai.mr arora ne Shagun ko credit card nahi diya kya.
Toshiji got startled by his question and said-aise kaise usse apne papa ka card use karne deti. Aakhir woh hamare khandaan ki bahu hai.
Raman -really, then why don't u gave her the sarees and jewelleries u bought for her. And what about my cards. Mere credit cards kyun nahi diye aapne usse. Aapko pata hai iss credit card ki limit kitni kam hai. Arey we r on honeymoon, what if I want to buy something very expensive for her, say a car or any house, to gift her, kaise kharidunga.
Toshiji -whats the need to buy anything for her. She is living in our farmhouse, having car, what's the need to buy new for her.
Raman -arey, yeh kaisa question hai. She is my wife, the raman kumar bhalla's wife. I know main andha ho gaya hoon but mera status toh nahi kam hua hai, I can buy everything in the world for her, so u send my credit cards, my chequebook, her sarees and jewelleries by someone. U don't need to come here as I know, u r very busy in ur social work. He said almost taunting her.
Toshiji got angry but can't do anything. She can't deny raman to send the things giving him a reason to doubt her but little she knows that raman already knows everything.
Toshiji-ok, as u say I will send u everything. But where is Shagun. Meri baat karao usse. I want to ask whether she is loving the place or not.
Raman knows well she wants to scold ishita and he can't let it happen so he said -she is sleeping.
Toshiji -arey Itni der tak koi sota hai, wake her up. I want to talk to her.
Raman -come on maa, we r on honeymoon. Honeymoon par koi fixed time nahi hota sone aur jagne ka. She slept late, so let her sleep.
Toshiji-ok but tell her to talk to me when she wake up.
Raman -sure maa, bye. And yes don't forget to send my things. OK.
Toshiji just hmmed and hung the call. While Raman settled beside ishita and took her in side hug.
He called her name to know, she is sleeping or wake up and when she didn't responded he understood that she is sleeping.
He softly caressed her face and pecked her temple lovingly.
Raman -i know why maa called me, she wanted to scold u, but I will not let anyone hurt my jaan ,my ishita. She is my love and my life too. He said and hugged her again.
After sometime, he thought to surprise ishita and went to kitchen counting the steps.
Raman -i should make something for her, but kya banaun. What if I make some mistake, toh kya hua. I should try at least. Thinking so he walked inside and open the freeze. He took out the milk and poured one cup of milk in the container spilling few milk here and there. Then he searched for sugar but wasn't getting. So he thought to light the burner and keep the milk to boil and then start searching for sugar. He switched on the knob and start searching for lighter but he was not getting it also. He was searching for lighter while kitchen was filling with gas. Raman smelled the gas and thought to turned it off. But to his bad luck he got confused over the direction and couldn't find where the gas stove is. He was searching for anything to help him but wasn't getting anything. He start feeling suffocated and he shouted -ishita.
Ishita got up at once hearing her name and thought who called her. She was thinking when she smelled the gas. She got up at once and ran to the kitchen thinking gas is leaking but got shocked seeing raman inside, coughing badly and trying to find something. Ishita ran inside the kitchen and turned off the the gas. Then she opened all windows in a jiffy and finally went to raman and hugged him tight.
Raman was coughing badly, she took him to their room and make him sit, then went and brought cold water. She cleaned his face with cold water and made him drink water too caressing his back slowly.
After sometime he got normal.
Ishita-what u were doing there. Aapko kuch ho jaata toh.
Raman -i thought to make tea for u but sab gadbad ho gaya, I can't do anything, I just can't do anything. He said almost crying.
Ishita hugged him tight and said-aisa kyun keh rahe hai raman. U will able to everything, trust me. I will train u, but it will take time. U have to be patient, aise kitchen mein jaa kar, u can't experiment raman. U can't risk ur life like this. Agar aapko kuch ho jaata toh, main toh mar hi jaati. Aapki zindagi sabse jyada keemati hai mere liye, even if u r like this, bhale hi aap kuch bhi naa kar paaye raman. I am ready to do everything for u whole life without complaining. But u r not suppose to risk ur life like this, samajh rahen hai aap. She said cupping his face to which he just nod.
Ishita pecked his temple and said-i love u too much raman to let u hurt u in any way. Aap bas achche rahiye, I don't want anything in life. She said and hugged him again making him feel blessed to have her in his life. He too hugged her back and said-i too love u alot.
They stayed in each other's arms for sometime, then ishita broke the hug and said-aap naha kar fresh ho jaiye, till then I make tea and breakfast for us.
Raman -but u said u will do my work, chalo nehlaao mujhe. He said cutely.
Ishita smiled and said-achcha ji, abhi chai banaa rahe the and now u want me to help u to get freshen up. Bilkul nahi, I know ur intentions, u go and freshen up. I will help u in getting ready.
Raman made a baby face and went to the washroom while ishita was going to kitchen wheh something strike her mind.
Ishita -mujhe ishita kisne bulaya tha. Raman ne, but how can he. Woh toh mera naam bhi nahi jaante, jarur mujhse sunne mein galti hui hogi. She thought and went to make food for them.
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