SaiRat story Ruhani Ishq

Part 8

Part 8

Virat woke up in the morning. He rubbed his eyes. He saw he was covered in blanket. He also noticed his sherwani was kept neatly folded on the chair, his shoes and watch was kept on its place. He remembered how last night Sai took care of him even after his callous treatment. Though he had said sorry and she forgave him also but still he felt ashamed of himself. He decided he will ask for her forgiveness once more. He stood up from the bed when he noticed a mattress lying on the floor. He felt more guilty thinking that Sai slept on floor because of him.

"Poor girl must be afraid of me after what I did to her" he thought. He was lost in his thoughts when Sai's voice again captivated him in its dulcet tone.

Oh Kanha ab toh murli ki, madhur suna do taan

Main hoon teri prem deewani mujhko tu pehchaan

madhur suna do taan

sagar se bhi gehri mere prem ki gehraai

lok laaj kul ki maryada taj kar main to aai

meri preeti se oh nirmohi, ab na bano anjaan

madhur suna do taan

Oh Kanha ab toh murli ki, madhur suna do taan

He followed the sweet sound and reached the living area of the house where a temple was located in the corner. He saw Sai was praying. She had her eyes closed. He remembered their meeting in the Radha Krishna temple where she was praying just like this. He just closed his eyes and got lost in the soulful prayer. He could feel her devotion coming from within, it was not like she was doing it just as a tradition. She was a true devotee. Suddenly he opened his eyes as he realized just like her bhakti is true, her love for him is also true and deep. She has put him on such a high pedestal that he is afraid he is not worthy of it. 

Sai ended her prayer and Virat opened his eyes. He looked at her, she was wearing light pink color saree with golden border. Her hair were wet. She was not wearing any jewelry or accessory. It looked like she directly came to temple first to complete her pooja. Sai turned around. She found Virat in front of her just staring at her blankly. She came near him and wished him good morning which brought him out of his trance.

She gestured with her eyes to take aarti. Virat didn't understand.

"Aarti le lijiye" Sai said holding plate close to him. Virat took the blessings.

Sai noticed Ashwini and Ninad came into the room. She went towards them and touched their feet. "Our mornings are now going to be blessed like this listening to your melodious voice. Seems like our dream is fulfilled."  Ashwini commented as she blessed Sai. 

Virat looked at his parents. They really adored Sai a lot. No wonder they too were heart broken when he brought Pakhi with him. It was still shocking to him that how come everyone knew about Sai's feelings  for him but only he was unaware of it. He gave up thinking after sometime and  went into the room to get ready for the day.