Bride of Shubman | Ishman

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Present

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Moonlight was falling on the room. Inside the room, we can only hear Ishan's little sniffling and sobbing voice.

Shubman looking at him with soft gaze
"You can't..?

Sorry, you don't want to do it.... Right?"

Ishan still having tears in his eyes, removes his little hand while not looking into his husband eyes "...i'm sorry.

"I am happy,

I'm happy, but I can't do it."

Shubman calls him out while looking at his sad face "Ishan"

Ishan thinking about what Abhishek's wife has told him and also thinking about this situation.

'After all, what is the purpose of this act?'

Ishan curls his toes and gets his knees near while hugging himself

"... I have always wanted to meet you.

I have thought about how happy I will be, if I could meet you, become your wife and spend every day with you as the shubman's wife."

Shubman looks at him little suprise while listening to him speaking.

" and that's all I have been thinking for a long time."

Ishan looks down with little frown and pout on his small face before continuing

"Even if you and I become a married couple in the just a ritual between the village head family and holy bride's family.

It's a formality. We are not a real couple. Our hearts are connected. And also,"

Shubman feels broken from inside hearing ishan speaking his insecurity and heart out.

"After all....

I am a Man."

Shubman stares at him wide eyes, while looking at ishan's sad face .

"I can't even give you a child."

Ishan looks down more tears running down from his eyes "Then, what is all of this?"

"Why should we do any of these?"

Ishan clenches his eyes tight while tears flowing on his cheek without stopping.

"If we are only a fake couple, this...

Is meaningless."

Ishan where is his face in his hand when is speaking his heart out.

"Even though I know that telling won't change anything."

Shubman stares at ishan with his wide eyes while thinking about what ishan spoke.

'I would be lying if I said I wasn't surprised that Ishan Harboured such a thoughts.

He moves his hand to touch Ishan arms "...ishan"

Ishan flinches with sudden touch. but he still don't look up and keep buring his face.

'If I really care about Ishan,

I should just free him from this custom and from me.'

He withdraws his hand while looking at ishan and clenches his fist.

'He will be happier if he leaves me, forgets about me, and gets married to someone with whom he can raise a happy family.'

He starts imagining Ishan with other person with blurry face.

'I'll do as my father says, and marry a girl and have a child....'

'....i understand that it will be better For Ishan if I do that.'

He clenches his jaw with little anger while thinking about ishan with someone else holding his hand. Leaving away from him.

He grabs ishan and hugs him tightly while thinking about eveything while ishan eyes gets wide with sudden hug from his husband.

'But......

Can I give someone else?'

Shubman releases, Ishan from his hold and looks at him wiping tears from his cheeks and eyes. Ishan just keeps-looking at him surprised face.

He goes near ishan and attaches there forehead while looking into his eyes.

"Don't cry."

Ishan clenches his hold in shubman's shirt.

'Can I allow that to happen? Ishan with someone else.?'

"....That's impossible. I can't stop my tears."

Shubman chuckles while hearing that "..i know."

He grabs ishan cheeks while rubbing his fingers on them lightly.

"...sorry."

" why are you apologising, Ishan?"

"Its's nothing."

Shubman stares  at his face while thinking more about the situation.

"..ishan"

He sighs "no, let's go to sleep now"

Ishan looks at him before replying and nodding his head "..yeah."

'Ishan is always cheerful, always positive in every situation and always smiling.'

Then lays on the bed. Ishan sleeps while crying have exhaust him. But for shubman, sleep is nowhere to be found. He turns and looks st ishan's beautiful face, remembering the words which he said to him just a while ago while crying.

{I have thought about how happy I will be, if I could meet you, become your wife and spend every day with you as the shubman's wife.}

He gets up and leans near Ishan and hold his hand while looking at Ishan's face, which still have little.

"...ngh" he groans while speaking holding his hands tightly.

"Shubman"

Ishan calls out shubman in his sleep. Which surprises shubman.

"Ishan.."

'How can we be a true couple?'

He stares at his face and leans forward and kisses his forehead.

He moves little closer to ishan & tries to sleep while holding his hand tightly.