Chapter 12 :"Together "

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One Week Later .


Arun was driving back home after yet another appointment that didn't pan out as he hoped , he was so sure that this would be the trip that would help their son and instead another week was gone with no results .


And yet he was glad to be back home ,it been just few days but he was already missing his son . As he stepped inside his house ,his feet marched straight to his son room and seeing him sleeping peacefully brought a smile to his face until his eyes found Gauri seated in the couch looking worn out .


" Are you fine Gauri ,didn't sleep well last night ?" he asked her, even when the answer had been pretty evident before him , he knew leaving her alone hadn't been ideal and yet she insisted Rahul and her would be fine once she calmed down after her break down that he believed her .


Gauri took the news in stride and asked him to look after Rahul for awhile so she can take a nap , he was more than happy to pitch in considering he missed his son .


" I am fine Arun ,what did the doctors say, " she asked instead ,he should have told her in phone but wanted to deliver the not so good news in person in case she took it harder .



Two hours later Rahul woke up and Arun heart constricted a little as he saw his son crying in silence ,there were tears in his eyes but not a sound ,Arun knew it and seen it often the only evidence their son was upset would be his body reactions like arms that would flay and legs that would kick up in the air to show his dissatisfaction.


It broke Arun heart that yet another trip had come up with no solution to his son inability to speak , the doctors were more than ready to advise him on how to deal with a child who can't speak rather than how to make him speak .


While he changed his son diaper with all the experience he learned from taking care of his daughter ,Rahul still remained upset and continued to cry in silence that he decided to wake up Gauri instead .


During her last few months if pregnancy, Gauri mother stayed with her in the same room which was in a way to prevent Gauri from harming herself when she get one of her nightmares . Because when the nightmares do occur Gauri was similiar to her son , she would be restless and Gauri mother was worried that she may accidentally harm the baby when she wasn't fully aware of her surroundings .


And after Rahul was born,Gauri mother stayed in the room next to her with that it never crossed Arun mind about her nightmares . Until he saw her suffering from one as he walked inside her room .


While she woke up immediately hearing his voice and took over the care of Rahul ,he was worried about her . How did she sleep with Rahul in the room ,does her nightmare wakes up their son as well he didn't know but he felt like he should have known how she is coping with it rather than believing that she was managing on her own .


They didn't get time to talk about it until few hours later when Rahul felt asleep and Gauri decided to cook dinner for both of them , he walked into the kitchen and noticed she was too tired to even hold the spatula in her hand yet she stood resolute in her decision to cook .


" Are you having nightmares often ?" He asked her, when they were seated to dine while Rahul cradle was placed with in their eye sight .


" No ,only rarely , " she answered back, while he understood it was the truth ,he was worried she wasn't telling him everything.


" Let Rahul sleep with me tonight, " he spoke up ,looking at her tired face and deciding that she needs some peaceful night of sleep .


" Rahul will need food when he wakes up and you can't be able to provide that, " she answered back, which has been the reason he hasn't offered for it until today

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