akshara excused herself from the sangeet for a few minutes to fix her earring. she climbs up the staircase into the room which she got ready in, and finds another pair that would match the pink saree she was wearing. breathing a sigh of relief, she picks them up and holds it up to the mirror to guage her reflection, after feeling satisfied she fiddles with the end to put them in her ear, but struggles.
"mein help karu?" his voice fills the room, and she turns around in a slight jump. he's standing in front of the window and she places one hand on her hip, while an unimpressed expression plays on her face.
"kuch zyaade hi docman ban rahe ho tum" she teases, knowing that he had climbed up some pipe to make his way into her room through the window.
"aur kaise nahi banti meri akshu ke lie" he answers easily, pulling her by the waist towards him, causing them to spin around and she grasps his shoulders for support.
he stops and twirls her around before stopping her right in front of the mirror, and holds up two of her earrings displaying them next to her ear through the reflection of the mirror. in a swift motion he leans in closer to her ear, and places the earring into her ear. his hot breath fans over her skin and she shivers slightly. once he helps her completely, their eyes meet in the mirror and he compliments her, "sabse sundar"
she smiles and turns around to face him, just as she was about to wrap her hands around his neck and pull him in, a loud banging noise is heard. she jumps slightly and he turns towards the door, panic masking his expression.
"kon hosakta?" he whispers, pulling her towards him anyways. "oh don't tell me it's abhir. you know you've raised you're son in a way that i can't even steal a few moments alone with you, especially during the nights! like you're telling me he needs one of us to go to bed-
"abhi!" she hits him arm, trying to stifle her laughter. "bacha hai"
"akshu!" a voice calls from behind the door, and they recognize it as kairav's voice. abhimanyu groans and hides his face in the crook of her neck while she just sighs, annoyed herself.
"tumara bhai ko kuch kaam nahi hain?" abhi asks, and she nudges him before creating a good amount of distance between them. she walks over and unlocks the door, only to reveal kairav who looks rather confused to see abhimanyu standing there.
"abhimanyu? tum?" he asks, and akshara turns to him and flashes a warning through her eyes.
"richa needed me to ask akshara for something regarding the wedding" he lies smoothly and kairav nods till he looks up again as if he has more doubts.
"but why was the door locked" he asks, more suspicious.
"oh it was an accident, he was already here waiting and i just came in and locked the door without knowing he was here and well we were talking so we didn't get to time to realise the door was locked - you know common wedding problems!" akshara stumbles around for her excuse, and though kairav looks at the two of them for a beat longer he just shrugs.
"alright, but everyone's asking for the two of you" he informs and with one final look, he leaves. they descend the stairs together, and manish ambushes them the minute he can get to them.
akshara makes sure to step away to not draw any suspicion, as the both of them had decided to keep their relationship a secret. the both of them, knew that they were meant to be together and marriage was defintely what they wanted, but they also wanted time together. their families really wanted them to be together again so they knew they had their support, but then pressures would build up, and for the time being what they had right now was only theirs, and they wanted to keep it for a little longer- knowing that once their families found out, they would be married within a week.
"abhimanyu beta, tum humne badi shock diya. you decided to not get married all of a sudden?" manish asks rather curiously, and akshara looks down knowing that she wouldn't be able to control her smile.
"well what can i say, it turns out that there is only one woman i'd want to marry" his hazel eyes drill into hers, and she warns him to not say anything stupid so he covers his prior statement up, "i mean only one woman i've gotten married too, and honestly i think that was enough for me"
it doesn't do the job too effectively as manish is still confused, and mimi is almost jumping with joy, but they drop the matter for now.
***
"sangeet acha tha" akshara wraps her arm around abhimanyu's as they walk down the beach. "richa and rohan looked so happy"
"they did" he responds and presses a kiss to her head. "rohan's dying to get married. he already has honeymoon plans"
akshara notices the slight shift in abhimanyu's expression as he says this and she understands, knowing the feeling too well. the both of them missed out on a honeymoon because they had wrapped themselves in their family matters, which only resulted from the poor communication they shared as a couple, "this time we have to go on one, maybe abroad"
he turns to look at her and scans her before saying, "what have you done to my akshu? here you are talking about our honeymoon without even our wedding"
she giggles and pushes him away before walking ahead and he catches up next to her, she tells him, "it's nice, just us together. but i do want to get married and live our happily ever after"
"i do too" he tells her, "and soon"
"soon?" she asks with twinkling eyes and he affirms it by pulling her in for a short kiss before continuing their stroll.
once they reach birla mansion, they see abhir waiting with a scowl on his face along with harsh, who seems rather tired. however, once abhir sees his parents walking together hand in hand, he exchanges a smile with harsh- all prior anger gone.
"meri betu" akshara lifts abhir up once they meet him, "why haven't you gone to bed yet?"
"how could i without the two of you" abhir responds and abhimanyu nudges akshara's shoulder, and gives her a 'i told you so' look.
"are beta, sometimes you have too. you're growing older right" abhimanyu says, and harsh intervenes to save his grandson.
"we were up playing and i couldn't deny abhir another round of snakes and ladders." harsh says, and akshara smiles, completely alright with the excuse.
"acha chalo mumma ko bye boldo" she presses a kiss to his cheek. abhir had to stay at the birla's for the next two nights due to the custody days.
"wait, why can't we sleep together? please, we all have to wake up early tomorrow anyways" abhir pleads, folding his hands together. abhimanyu and akshara share a look which harsh notices. "please mumma papa, pretty please"
"akshara, you're always welcome" harsh offered, helping abhir's cause and after a couple minutes of back and forth. they finally agreed.
that night abhir slept soundly and surprisingly so did akshara and abhimanyu, even if abhir was sandwhiched between them- because they were together and that was home.
***
a little filler chapter and build up for the next chapter which is the last chapter before the epilogue!
the family will find out about abhira's secret relationship !
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adhura pyaar ┃abhira (3.0)
Romance[COMPLETE] Abhimanyu and Akshara decide to co-parent for the sake of Abhir, but their son grows anxious to learn about the past and what caused his parents to split in the first place. Fic for abhira reunion, Abhinav's exit and Abhir finally learnin...
