SaRaj ~ 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 " 𝑯𝒖𝒔𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅 "

Ch. 36 : Starry night and longing 🩷

That's it. I can't take this any more." I said, irritatedly as I ran my hands through my messy hair.

It was already 12 am and I was in the hotel room, blankly staring at the laptop screen from the past three hours, improvising the presentation wherever needed.

I closed the laptop, frustratedly. Three days had passed by since I hadn't got a chance to even talk with Savi due to my hectic schedule.

Huff it's really annoying. I miss her as I breath and yet I am not able to manage a little bit time for her.

"I shouldn't call her right now. She might be sleeping." I sighed as I looked out of the window.

The starry night was truly beautiful and it only increased my longing to be with her. Unlocking my phone screen, I texted her.

"𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥?"

12:01 am

"𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙮" 12:01 am

A small smile formed on my lips on reading her message.

𝙈𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙚.

"𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮. 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙖𝙙. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮."

12:02 am

"𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚"

12:02 am

I dialed her number but she didn't pick up. I dialed it again and she cut it again. Is she really very angry? What should I do now? I panicked. Walking to and fro around the room I tried calling her god knows how many times but she cut it.

After multiple tries, finally she picked up the call and I heaved the breath that I had unknowingly been holding.

"What is it?" Her voice boomed through my phone speaker and I had to distance my phone from my ears.

"I am really sorry. I was really busy." I tried reasoning.

"Except for the few exchange of messages, you neither picked up my calls nor called me. And now you finally remember that you have a wife." She complained from the other side of the phone.

"Savi I am really sorry. I couldn't even eat properly in this few days. I really miss your cooking." I said as I sat on the bed.

"Rajat how could you be so careless? What if you get sick? You should at least eat properly. Go and eat something right away." She scolded and I couldn't help but smile. She cares.

"I just ate something a few hours ago."

"What do you mean by something? You should have a full set of dinner. Rajat I am warning you if you don't order something right away I am never going talk to you." She huffed in anger and at that moment I really wanted to jump inside the phone and be with her.

"Okay I will order it later. I want to talk to you right now." I said as I stared at the ceiling.

"No order it right now." She said, determined.

"Okay." I said, defeated. I reached for the phone and immediately ordered a full set of dinner.

"Now happy?"

"Yea. And you better finish the whole food." She warned.

"Okay I will."

For a few moment we both went silent. And the silence that prevailed between wasn't the kind of awkward silence, if you know what I mean.

"I miss you." I spoke out after a prolong silence. I could hear her heave a slow breath.

"I miss you too." She said ever so softly from the other side of the phone. "When are you returning?"

"I am coming back tomorrow night." I said as I laid down on the bed. "Why haven't you slept yet?"

"I couldn't sleep without you. Sleeping in your arms has been like a habit now." She said from the other side of the phone and I fell silent for a moment.

"Savi this is not done. Without sleep you might fall sick."

"Even after trying so hard I am not able to fall asleep. Mr Rajat thakkar I think you have become my habit. The mornings seem so plane without you, the nights seem to be long and I miss you every single minute."

And I knew she meant every word she said and it was the same for me. Unknowingly she too had become my habit.

"I miss you." Her voice was low but I heard it and it sounded as if she was crying.

"Savi no crying." That moment I felt so helpless. I really wanted to jump inside the phone and hold her tightly in my arms.

"Savi you know na I hate your tears. If you don't stop crying then I won't eat anything. I will starve to death."

"Rajatt you dare not do that." I heard her sniffing.

"Then you too wipe your tears."

"Okay I won't cry but what should I do? I really really miss you."

"Just hang in there for ten more hours. I promise to compensate for the times we missed."

"Okay." I heard her sniff.

Her POV:

"𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪." I finally let the word that I had been holding since so long slip out of my mouth. I wanted my confession to be special. I really didn't want it to be so plane but the situation demanded this and if this can make him happy then be it this way.

The other side suddenly fell silent. "I know right. And I love you too." His voice reached my ear and I couldn't help but smile.

𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙩.