Abhimanyu and Akshara reached the hospital hand in hand. "Abhi, I am thinking of starting my therapy sessions again. I miss coming to the hospital", said Akshu with a pout.
Abhi pulled their intertwined hands near his lips and pecked her hand. "Not now, Akshu. Abhi, you need maximum rest. It would be best if you didn't take any stress right now. You don't need to exert yourself", said Abhi.
"But Abhi. I want to do it", said Akshu with puppy eyes.
"Akshu, you cannot convince me with these looks. So, stop giving me those puppy eyes. Please Akshu, for our babies", said Abhi. Akshu nodded.
"Okay", said Akshu. Abhi smiled and they reached the doctor's cabin. After greetings, the doctor asked Akshara to change into the gown.
"Abhi, yeh tumhare hospital gowns bahut hi bekar hote hai. No fashion sense at all", grumbled Akshara while Abhi closed the ties at the back of the gown.
"Shhh! dheere bolo Akshu. Inn hospital gowns ka design tumhare papa ne select kiya tha", said Abhi mockingly.
"Ohhh!" exclaimed Akshara.
"Yes, ab chalo doctor is waiting for us", said Abhi. They reached the cabin. The doctor pulls the ultrasound machine in the front.
"Akshara, this will little cold", said the doctor referring to the gel. She put the cold gel on Akshara's stomach and Akshara shivered a little. Abhi held her hand to calm her down. The doctor starts moving the probe on Akshara's stomach. She flicked some switches on the machine and the picture came on screen.
Abhi gasps looking at the screen. "There we are. There are little Birlas", announced doctor. The doctor stops and points to the monitor, she freezes the frame and Abhira can see their babies. The babies look like small lemons.
"Abhi.......our..ba..b.ie.s", stuttered Akshara. Tears were streaming down from her eyes. Abhi also has tears in his eyes.
"Yes, Akshu our babies", said Abhi and kissed her lips. They are so happy right now.
"Would you like to hear the heartbeats of your babies", asked the doctor. Abhira nodded. They are too overwhelmed to say anything right now.
The doctor turned up the button and the 'lub dub, lub dub, lub dub' sound started buzzing in the room.
"Is that, is that, is that....", stuttered Abhi. He can't speak. He is smiling from ear to ear but huge tears running down his face.
"The heartbeat....the heartbeat. Is that our babies heartbeat?" asked Abhi. He looks down and sees Akshara crying and laughing at the same time.
"Yes, Dr Birla, this is your babies heartbeats. This is Baby A and this is Baby B", replied the doctor and pointed to the screen showing two blurbs.
"Abhi..our babies", said Akshu. Abhi nodded and kept kissing his wife. Akshu wiped his eyes. "This is the coolest thing I have ever seen", said Akshu. Abhi agreed with this statement. Being a doctor, he had seen so many hearts, done so many surgeries, and brought so many patients back from death but this experience tops everything. Up until this moment he had just thought of Akshara as pregnant but hearing babies heartbeats made it much more realistic.
The doctor tells the nurse to give them a few pictures to keep and starts to grab some tissue paper to wipe the gel off of Akshu's stomach.
"Wait, I want to see it some more", said Abhi. The doctor rolled her eyes at Abhi.
"Dr. Birla, I have made the film and I am sure you can see it anytime you want", said the doctor. Abhi nodded with a pout. Akshu smiled and gave a peck to him.
"My cute hubby", said Akshara.
"Akshu, call me handsome not cute. I am not cute", said Abhi with a pout. Akshu laughed loudly.
Akshara went to change into her clothes. Abhi helped her change her clothes. They came back to the doctor's cabin.
"Akshara, you remember Abhay?" asked the doctor.
"Yes, of course. The small boy who was admitted here 5 months back", replied Akshara happily. That boy is the little ray of sunshine. He was suffering from jaundice at that time. He was Akshara's regular music therapy patient during that time.
"He is here right now. Aap use mil kr kyun nhi ati hai. Tab tak mai Dr Birla ko apki diet chart or medicines ke bare mai bta deti hoon", said the doctor.
"Abhi mai jaoon", asked Akshara excitedly.
"Akshu, das minute ruko. Doctor ke sath baat krke hum dono sath chalte hai", said Abhi.
"Dr Birla, aap Akshara ko jane dijiye. Warna woh patient chala jayega. He really wants to meet Akshara, woh kab se unke bare mai pooch rha hai", said the doctor.
"But Akshu, tum akeli poore hospital mai kha ghoomti rahogi. Just wait for some time. We will go together", said Abhi.
"Dr Birla, nurse unke sath chali jayegi. She knows where that patient is, so you don't need to worry. Aur waise bhi ultimately apko hi Akshara ka diet plan yaad rakhna hai, so I don't think she needs to be here for this conversation", said the doctor.
Abhi looked at the doctor sceptically. Why is she insisting on talking with Abhi alone? Something is going on, he needs to know that now.
"Okay, Akshu tum nurse ke sath jaooo. I will see you soon. Do you have your phone with you?" asked Abhi. Akshara happily showed her phone to him.
"Bye, Abhi. Thank you doctor", said Akshu. She kissed his cheek and went out with the nurse.
"Dr. Birla I want to talk something urgent with you regarding Akshara", said the doctor. Abhi nodded. What the doctor told him next swept the floor away from his feet. Tears were streaming down his face. He cannot believe, what the doctor is saying to him. No, this is not possible. How will Abhi tell this to Akshara? No, she will not know this. It will completely break her.
"Dr. Birla I know this will be tough for you, but please give it a thought", said the doctor.
Abhi didn't say anything. He had no words to say to her. He took Akshara's reports from her and got out of that room. He moves aimlessly in the corridor when he sees Akshara with that small boy in a room. She is smiling ear to ear. She is laughing and enjoying while playing some board games with the boy.
How will he tell Akshara this news? It will completely break her. He went to his cabin, closed the door and cried his heart out. No, this can't be true.
"Maa, I need you today. Please come back and guide me. Please", whispered Abhi looking at the picture of Manjari and Akshara he had on his desk.
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N Guys, I am going on a short break. See you soon guys.
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