Where Have You Been All My Life

29|To Get Enough

Raman ruffled his hair, exasperated by his own behavior. He wanted to be the calm and loving one. More like a patient husband not to make, her feel detached from him. However, he has done just the opposite. He did not feel like blaming himself because he was feeling pity on his own situation where he could find no solace in someone. Moreover, the one who always soothes his worries is the one making his existence itself a question.

Ishita on the other hand, has headed her home and banged with Shagun on her way. "Dhekh ke chal nahi sakti kya?" She vented out all her frustration on Shagun and slammed the door on her face while Shagun looked on clueless of Ishita's behavior. It was she who bumped with her and the culprit scolded her like she is some shit!

"Ishita...Jaan...suno toh..." Raman came running behind her and paused when saw Shagun on his way.

He gestured her to move and she huffed stepping aside. Opening the door quickly, he peeped in and closed it behind him slowly as he watched his in-law's anxious stares. Shagun fumed looking at the closed door for a while but then that turned to a smirk. She could see things falling apart between Raman and Ishita before she could move her next card.

"Aagir...yeh achcha hi toh hua...!" She giggled evilly. "I can't imagine what will happen if I do what I want...!" She sighed in mock curiosity. "I'm sure...Ishita will leave Raman!"

On the other side, Raman stood mute and froze for few seconds, in front of amma, appa and a tensed Mihika whom Ishita has just threw out of her bedroom saying she wants privacy. Mihika was on the verge of bursting out at Raman, as she could not keep up her composure when it comes to her akka. Before anyone could attack him with questions, he decided to explain, so that they would not interfere when he would be in his mission to cajole his sulking biwi.

"Woh...mein...*cough*" Raman stammered in front of his in-laws while they looked on confused. "Erm...appa...amma... She's angry on me." He finally blurted out and strode to Ishita's bedroom, without groping their reaction.

The door was ajar, as if she is expecting him. She was in the bed, cuddled herself like a ball in the dim light. A warm smile decked up his lips when he realized that this impossible woman is making him feel light by her antics. He was not feeling bored, annoyed, or angry like he used to feel on Shagun's such characters. Then it could only be on money but here...it is all about love.

"Hey..." He hugged her from behind but she shrugged his hands off and moved away. "Ishita...I'm sorry yaar...Talk to me..."

Glaring him, she moved away only to see him coming closer without any reserve. He was irritating her when she was seriously angry on him. He never had shouted at her like that and it really did mean he was in tension. He was hiding some things from her and she so badly wanted to know that. However, she knew, nothing is going to work as he is hell bend on confining things and vent out his worries through anger and silence.

"Ishita...I was just...so tensed regarding something baby...You know I love you. Then why are you so...insecure...?" He turned her around and looked at her sad face. "This is not what I want to see..." He caressed her curled down lips.

"You're hiding things from me..." She grumbled.

"I can't see you hurt..." He sighed and hugged her tight. "Ishita...if that would hurt you so badly, I don't think you should know it. I don't want to see you hurt, please..."