Stirring in her bed, akshara let out a painful sigh feeling a shooting pain coarse through her abdomen, breaking her sleep, as she looked down at herself only to have her eyes widen in horror seeing the bed beneath her soaked
"Abhi.....
ABHIIIII"
She screamed, jerking her husband out of his dreamland......
"What???
What happened????
Is the baby here???"
He questioned, in half sleepy, half panicked state as he picked up the blanket to peek inside as if searching for the baby....
"You idiot....what are you searching for under the duvet....the baby is still in my belly..."
"Ohhh...."
Relaxed at the revelation, he slumped back against the headboard, rubbing his eye leisurely only to receive a powerful smack on his stomach....
"What are you relaxing for ????
Take me to the the hospital....."
"Why???"
Came the stupid question, as his wife glared at him with volcano eyes....
"My water broke...."
"Oh....
OHHHHHH
AHHHHHHH"
He screamed, realising what she said as he immediately jumped out of the bed and rushed towards her side....
"Are you alright???
Are you in pain???"
He questioned, concern written all over his face but his wife clearly wasn't in the state to see it....
"Abhimanyu Birla I swear to god...i will kill you right here and right now if you didn't take me to the hospital this very instant....."
Scared as hell, he immediately rushed out of the room to wake everyone up....
"Neil...arohi WAKE UPPPPP....ITS TIME.......ITS TIMEEEEEE"
"Time???
Kya hum sab marne wale hain???"
Arohi put forward the question, jumping out of the bed in fear.....
"Yes...
what???
NOOO
Akshara....HER WATER BROKE....
NEIL......
Get the car....right now...."
"Yes Bro...."
Neil panicked as he rushed down the stairs only to run back up again....
"What???"
"Forgot the keys..."
He replied sheepishly before making a run to the garage once again.....
"Abhi....where's my maternity bag???"
Came his wife's voice from across the room....
"Its under the bed...
Jhuk kar nikal lo...."
He said out the obvious, clearly forgetting that his wife couldn't bend down with her protruding belly....
"WHATTTTTT"
She screamed in horror......making him realise what a big blunder he had done as he rushed back to their before she could praise him in some not soo sweet words....
Fetching the bag, he rushed down the stairs towards angre
"Chalo neil...."
"Bro bhabhi kahan hain???"
"Oh no...akshara toh uper he reh gye..."
Abhimanyu realised as he rushed upstairs to see his wife shouting in pain hiding herself in sia's embrace
"YOU IDIOT...DID YOU FORGET ME...."
She yelled, making him stumble
"No No No No....
I was just making sure everything was comfortable in the car for you...cone lets go..."
He cooed, clearly not wanting to die hours before his child's birth...as he helped her down the stairs onto the car.....
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"ABHIIIIIIIIIIIII"
Lying on the hospital bed, akshara screamed her lungs out as Abhimanyu immediately rushed inside the labour room....
"You stupid idiot fool...where the hell were you...."
"Sweetheart i was putting on the surgical gown...i cant enter the OT without it...its a sterile place...."
"YOU... DONT TEACH ME THE PRINCIPALS OF THE HOSPITAL......GET THIS BABY OUT OF ME....."
"Yes...you gotta push sweetheart...you can do it ...."
"DONT YOU DARE TELL ME WHAT TO DO.....
I am in this situation because of you only....
I swear to god abhi....once this baby is out....you are not coming anywhere near me ever.....
Better start looking for a good hospital for vasectomy...."
She blurted out making his eyes go wide in horror
"You're joking right???"
"DO I LOOK LIKE IAM JOKING MR ABHIMANYU BIRLA....."
Scared, he looked at the doctor with pleading eyes, begging him to somehow vanish his wife's pain.....
Caressing her hair, he planted a soft kiss at her forehead as he forwarded his hand for her to hold, in a tight grip....
His own skin cold as ice seeing his sweetheart in such a state....as a lone tear tickled down his eyes....
Oh he cant even imagine how much pain she must be going through.....
Honestly he couldn't understand the people who called women weak.....
Look at them....bearing this much pain....just to bring another flesh and blood in this world.....
And this doesn't end here.....
The afterbirth, back pain, constant soreness, sleepless nights, headaches, nausea, incontinence.....all was a battle in itself.....
Indeed women are a great creation of god.....
The one who deserved all the love and respect in this world.......
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"Abhi..."
A sleepy akshara called out for her husband in a meek voice, fluttering her lashes open to have a clear view of the surrounding....
"Our baby????"
She questioned, as he smiled brightly with the baby in his arms as he slowly and carefully handled her to her.....
"Our baby...."
He whispered, plastering a long peck at her forehead...as she looked at their symbol of love with tears scrolling down her cheeks....
"You okay???"
He questioned, several shivers running down his spines as her painful screams echoed in his ears....
"Yaa....all the pain vanished away the moment i held her in my arms...."
She choked out, kissing the baby's small soft hand lovingly....
"Wese...you were joking in the labour room right???"
He joked, trying to lighten the air, as his fingers wiped her tears away.....
"Maybe.."
She teased...making him laugh out as she leaned up a little to peck his lips....which he happily reciprocated....
Only to halt in the way by a shrill cry....
Oh it was only the beginning......
THE END......
