Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

better together

"Noo....... ", he shrieked and got up from the bed. His erratic heart was beating rapidly against his chest. He was sweating profusely. His shaky hands, very shakily, were trying to switch on the lamp next to his bed.

"Calm down, Ranbir. Calm down", he exhaled and breathed in deeply. Another one of those stupid nightmares. But they weren't stupid. It was his fear. He was scared. To loose.  The most important person in his life. Alia.

Okay, so the situation was that Alia and Ranbir had signed up for their second movie together after their marriage . They were almost completing the shooting and the film altogether. But since the last few days, a particular scene has been taking them a long time.
And why? Well, it was a scene where Alia, Ranbir's lover in the movie as well, has to die and the most heart wrenching thing was that he had to watch her die in front of him. Of course he couldn't. His heart and his mind would keep gripping the fact that his Alia would have to die in front of him and he could do nothing about it. Since then he had started having these nightmares where Alia would also die.
To wrap up some other work, Alia was currently in Guwahati, Assam while he was here in their room in Mumbai. Since that unfortunate day he couldn't sleep a wink and that's why his face was pale, his limbs were hurting because of a sudden lack of rest. He was ill. Alia knew about his turmoil, obviously and was profusely denying her trip to another state but Ranbir being a professional man would never allow a personal emotional element to harbour their work. So he persuaded Alia to go but had requested her managers to return back in two days. It was a week since she had been gone because her work kept getting delayed and as a result they were both apart from each other.

"Ranbir, buddy , you have to calm down. Okay. You are okay. Alia is okay. She is probably in a deep slumber already. She is okay. She is with you. She won't leave you. She has promised you she won't. Don't worry. She won't leave you. She will be right back. Control your emotions", spoke Ranbir trying to erase the negative thoughts out of his mind.

Thinking so he tried to sleep, but unknown to him silent tears were still flowing through his eyes, and praying to God about his wife's wellbeing, he allowed the weariness to overpower him.

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The next morning his mother had came to visit him. But one look at his demeanour showed her that he wasn't well. His nonchalance and his frustrated responses told her that perhaps she had been away for a long time. To be honest,she missed her as well. She was not only her daughter in law, she was her confidante, something that made Alia more special to Neetu than to Ranbir. But brushing away all her thoughts, she hugged Ranbir and prayed that Alia would come back.

Ranbir was sitting on the armchair at their extra large balcony looking at his and Alia's pictures. He had been trying to call her since the morning but her phone was switched off. That irked him more. He was getting more and more restless, since he hadn't heard her voice to help him survive this dreadful day. Having lost his appetite to eat, he spent his entire afternoon watching a single photograph of theirs.

Suddenly, he heard the door knock. But his househelp was opening it . Curious to know who has come to visit at this odd hour, he got up and went towards the sitting room. And the person who greeted his eyes was the one who he was least expecting it to be. His wife, of course.  Standing there with the same enchanting smile, her eyes twinkled with mischief, and her dimple shone brighter than ever.

She closed the distance between them and hugged him tightly. Ranbir wrapped his arms around her petite frame and tried to pull her impossibily close. As if trying to register her presence.

She tried to break the hug to look at his face but he wouldn't allow her.

"Stay like this please", he knew his voice was breaking but he couldn't care less. He also knew that the girl in front of him had seen him at his worst, had held his most vulnerable self, and had provided him whenever he needed it, peace.

"Always", replied Alia knowing very well what her absence had affected him. She could tell. By his tired eyes. She could see the bags under his eyes, she could see with the way he was hugging her, he was trying to gather some strength, she could very well see his clevely hidden tears.
Alia's short but precise reply allowed Ranbir to break down his walls. He fiercely gripped her shirt while she responded equally.

"I am here, right here. I am not leaving. Never ever", consoled Alia knowing exactly what to say. He slowly departed from her shoulder, to see her face. She smiled at him warmly and seeing that a genuine smile appeared on his face.
He kissed her forehead and whispered, " I missed you".
She kissed his forehead and replied, " i missed you more and I love you".
He closed his eyes and smiled, "i love you infinitely more"

Alia," come we will have dinner and then we are going to sleep. Would you care to tell me since when did you not have dinner?"
Ranbir looked at her sheepishly, "umm"
Alia, "okay, leave it. I am going to have dinner because I don't know about you, but i am starving. So would you care to join?"
Ranbir grinned, "of course "

He loved the way the short, lean frame of his wife order the six feet muscular body of his. But love is decietful . It can reduce you to do anything. For the better ofcourse.

They both had dinner and Ranbir's face finally had the spark in his eyes. They laid down on their bed, which Ranbir felt more welcoming and warm the before. He hugged Alia and she kept her head on his chest listening to his heart beating in a peaceful pace.

"Most comfortable place", she said closing her eyes happily

"Most safest place", he replied instantly kissing her forehead and doing what he couldn't for all these days, sleep.

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