HEALING

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"I'm home!"

Abhishek's voice echoes through the house and he furrows his eyebrows at the lack of response to his words.

Usually, he would meet manisha at the lobby of her shared apartment on weekdays, as she would often stay back to grade a few assignments or prepare for the next day. On the days he didn't meet her, he would hear her footsteps as she made her way to greet him, or some sort of noise to prove that she was busy doing something.

But today, there was nothing but silence. Abhishek shrugs it off. She probably just lost track of time.

He makes his way into the living room and places the keys onto the small key holder on the wall.

He begins to remove his jacket but his actions still when he finds her sitting on the couch, a large blanket completely wrapped around her. The TV in front of her was on, but the sound was barely audible and her head was turned away from whatever she had put on to rest against the leather sofa.

Abhishek folds his jacket over his arm as he makes his way over to her.

Abhi:-"Babu tu aj office se jldi aagyi thi kya?" He asks, placing a kiss on the top of her head.

Manisha groan softly as she stir, slowly moving her head up to look at him through squinted eyes. She was going to whine about how he had disturbed her sleep, but decide against it. Complaining needed energy, energy that she currently lacked.

Mani:-"aj ni gyi office. Sick leave le liya tha."

A bead of sweat rolls down her temple and she begin to move out of the warm confinements of her blanket. Abhishek quirks an eyebrow at her, reaching out his hand to place it against her forehead.

Manisha didn't have a fever, but her words came out dry and broken and there was a clear flush to her cheeks.

Abhi:-"tune mujhe btaya kyu nii? Abhi bhi sick feel ho ra hai kya?"

She nod softly and move the blanket to the opposite end of the couch. She cringe at how her top sticks to her body from the sweat coating her skin.

Mani:-"mujhe shubha bss thoda headache hua to Maine jadaa socha nii. But jaise hi tu gya, mujhe suddenly thandi lagne lgi to Maine thermometer se check Kiya to fever dikha rha tha."🥺🥺

Manisha leave out the part where she almost fainted in the bathroom as she changed back into her pyjamas after calling in sick, not wanting to worry her already worried boyfriend.

Abhi:-"tujhe mujhe call karna chahiye tha na, I would've left work in a heartbeat," he says as he presses his lips against her forehead.

She ignore the way her heart flutters at his words, failing to bite back a smile.

Mani:-"areee babu utna jadaa kuch bhi ni tha, don't worry. Or mujhe lgta hai fever chla gya hai. Mai bss yaha couch pe hi soo gyi thi.

Abhi:-"firr bhi. Tune dawai li?"

Mani:-"Yeah, Maine painkiller liya tha headache k wajah se."

Manisha notice how dry her voice is in her throat, wincing at the pain when she try to
swallow.

Abhi:-"Usse kuch help huyi?"

Mani:-"jadaa to nii,but mai thikk hu abhi."

Abhishek places his jacket on the couch and makes his way to the medicine box he had placed in one of the kitchen cabinets, having to look through each one before finding it. He takes two tablets and brings them over to manisha along with a glass of water.

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