Bittersweet

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Sathya was waiting at the gate of her house, she is edgy and excited to see her husband after two straight months. No video chats will be equal to one tight hug, and no hot and dirty conversation will be equal to a passionate kiss. Now Sathya needed all these things. At one side she is feeling this way but on the other side, she is anxious to tell him the fact that she is pregnant. She didn't say this in the phone thinking they would eventually going to meet in just two days but now she is afraid of so many reasons such as, for hiding it two days, his initial reaction, his decision about this child and aftermath.

For the past two days, she couldn't sleep properly and be eagerly waiting to reveal this to him. Half an hour before when she called he told that he is coming in the cab. At any moment he would be here.

When she was in her thoughts she saw her neighbor holding her new-born kid and smiled at her. Sathya smiled back, she looked at the kid in a delight. In just eight months she will also be going to hold a beautiful creature like this made her heart to pound and she'd Goosebumps too, is that woman nature or something, because once Sathya had mixed feelings about having kids but when the moment she found that she is pregnant her mind is entirely changed. A nameless affection started so deep in her. She wondered whether it's a boy or girl, how the kid will look like and so on.

Suddenly the car horn sound got her attention, it stopped just before her house. Raghu got down having a smile on his face. He paid for the cab and looked at Sathya carrying his luggage. He was cleanly shaved and looked so handsome than ever. He is wearing a black t-shirt pairing it with a half white slacks. He took a few steps forward and stood just a few inches away from Sathya. She is speechless when Raghu hugged her tightly in there itself. Everyone stopped their activity and looked at them with a smile.

Sathya hugged him back forgetting the eyes around her. Then when she realized it she pushed him and looked down.

"Let's go in," she told and walked inside taking his trolley bag.

Raghu with a smile followed her, once they were inside the house Raghu locked the door behind. He didn't wait for a single moment and hugged her from behind. He roughly turned her to face him and slammed his lips on hers holding her tightly against his torso. Once she is out of her breath Raghu left her lips and started kissing all over her face. He is rough in love and desire, and Sathya can't able to react or to stop him.

When they started to lose the balance and were about to fall on the floor, Sathya got her balance pushing him away, "Stop it," she shouted at him in anguish.

Raghu was confused by that, he thought she would be yearning for him and they will do something crazy.
"What happened?" he questioned and came near to her.

"Nothing, we are about to fall, so I felt afraid," she gulped.

"Afraid? Why you have to be afraid when you are having me?" he told and hugged her.

He sat on the couch and asked her to sit beside him, the evening breeze slowly getting into the house making it more vibrant. "Now you are comfortable?" he asked and she nodded her head lightly.

"Then let me touch you," he dangerously came closer to her pressing his hand on her belly.

"No, don't press me there," Sathya took his hand off instantly and that made Raghu stop and look at her with skepticism.

"Why is that hurts?" he asked gently placing his hand on stomach.

She nodded in no, "I am pregnant," she confessed without hiding it any further.

His face nearly showed the surprise, he doesn't know what to say and it is so unexpected. He looked down at the belly and took his hand. But one thing he isn't completely happy to hear it.