Barrister Babu: The Journey Ahead

His Bondita

Bondita. 

His Bondita was back. 

When his eyes opened, and he saw the beautiful woman on the floor beside the sofa, looking at him with tears in her eyes, Anirudh's eyes immediately mirrored the same effect. 

It had been seven years since he saw her. Seven long years. Not a day had gone by where he hadn't thought of her, where he hadn't pictured her. He would wonder how she looked, how she grew. When he dropped Bondita to London, she had been thirteen, a young teenager, but in these seven years she had grown so much.  

She grew beautifully. She was so beautiful that Anirudh could lose himself just by looking at her. 

When he married her and saved her from the practice of Sati, he had vowed to protect her. He remembered the vow clearly -- he was such a shadow that even in darkness, he would never leave her side. He would walk with her through everything, shielding her from any harm that could come her way. 

And looking at Bondita now, Anirudh knew that she had grown into someone so strong, that she didn't need him anymore. She was so strong that she could be her own rakshak babu (protector). She didn't need any man, in this male driven society. 

Bondita always had the strength within her. All Anirudh had done was recognize it and help her. He sent her to school, helped her become a Barrister. He helped her become independent so she wouldn't need to rely on anyone. Not even him. 

"B - Bondita," Anirudh whispered, tears in his eyes. 

Still lying back on the sofa, he reached to touch her cheek, to wipe the tears that were flowing down. 

As soon as he touched her cheek, she broke down crying even more and grabbed on to the hand so tightly, like she would never let go. 

"Pati Babu," she cried. "I'm a Barrister now. I'm Barrister Babu Bondita now." 

Then she immediately dropped her head to his chest. Anirudh smiled and touched her hair, stroking it lovingly. 

Barrister Babu Bondita. That had been their dream, and now it was fulfilled.  

"Bondita," he said to her, "Let me get up." 

"No Pati Babu! I'm not letting you go anywhere," she sobbed. 

Anirudh gently used his hands to lift Bondita's face. She looked up at him from his chest, before getting off him and falling back to the ground, wiping her eyes and sniffling. 

Even though they had annulled their marriage (in the eyes of the law), she still considered Anirudh her Pati Babu, and it made him feel very emotional. 

He got off the sofa and fell to the ground in front of her. He cupped her face with his hands for a moment, glancing into her eyes, and then before anything could register, he pulled her in for a tight hug.

"I missed you Pati Babu," Bondita cried, clutching the back of his shirt as she leaned into the embrace.

"I missed you too Bondita," Anirudh Roy Choudhary whispered, pressing his face into her hair, one of his hands losing themselves in her long strands, and the other one on the small of her back. "I missed you so much." 

She tried to pull him even closer in the hug, hugging him so tightly. 

Bondita was stirring all kinds of emotions in him -- from the sadness of not getting to see her for the last seven years, to happiness of finally getting to see her again. From longing to hope. The tight hug was also bringing about other feelings. Only he knew how long he had waited. 

Finally Bondita broke the hug and looked into his eyes. 

"I can't get close enough," she whispered, eyes still wet. "I can't." 

Anirudh tucked her hair behind her ear, his fingers brushing on her cheek, a smile on his lips. She shivered, and he whispered, "I can't get enough either." 

Then Bondita leaned closer to him, and soon her lips almost touched his.

When she said she couldn't wait any longer, she meant it in every way possible. 

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