CHAPTER-71

"You taught me how to feel butterflies over and over again."

RANVEER'S POV

"ish..ika.. do..nt.. cr..y." I tried saying as it is really difficult for me to form words. Everything is paining in me. A small smile graces my lips looking at her, my Ishika, capturing her beauty in the depth of my heart.

She keep on yelling, asking me to keep my eyes open, not to leave her alone, but who will tell her, that even if I will not present physically I will be within her everywhere, wherever she live.

A painful chuckle left my mouth seeing her in this state, I really want to hold her, comfort her, and tell her to stop crying, her tears are creating havoc inside me, but my body is not listening to my commands, like my body become paralyze, nothing left inside my body. I keep on looking at her beautiful face, I don't know how much time do I have left with her, even if I died today, I will be the happiest person as I will die in the arms of my lover, my Ishika.

With much difficulty I lift my right hand and wipe away the tears flowing from her beautiful eyes, I shook my head at her asking her not to cry, as I cup left cheek, and with last glance my eyelids close on there own as everything around me shut down, slipping me in pool of darkness.

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My eyes stir open, everything look so blurry, I close my eyes again, when a screeching voice came from my side making me open my eyes quickly. One man in mask and a white coat walk up to me, I roam my eyes to see where I am, and found myself on hospital bed. I sighed as doctor said something, but only one word came out of my mouth;

"Ishika."

He smiled at me, after checking something he walk out of the room. Soon mom ran inside the room, with dad following her, while I keep looking at the gate in hope she will walk.

They both asked something but all I can say is "Ishika".

Mom and Dad walk out of the room after kissing my forehead, my lids start getting heavy but I keep them open in hope.

Door opens revealing her, she keeps on looking down and all I want her to look at me, because it's really hard for me to remain conscious at this time.

"Ishi....." I whispered in hope she listens to me, and she did. Her face lifted towards me, her feet move towards me and in no second she is standing beside me, close to me.

Her eyes start watering cupping my cheeks, I shook my head at her, and mumbled;

"I love... you... wa.it for.... Me." With this my eyes got closed again but I feel her kissing my forehead, and mumbling back a love you too and soon I slip into darkness.

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"....... You know everything feel empty because you are not here with me Ranveer. I don't know if you even listen to my rant from past one month, but I don't know what else to do. I want you Ranveer. I can't live without you. please get up, your Ishika is not the same without you........" familiar voice rang through my ears but before I can realize whose voice is this, the voice again fade away living me in the pool of darkness.

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".........I know I am not the best at letting you know how much you mean to me, but I want to tell you today that, you are such an amazing man whom I look up to every day. You are the heartbeat and rock of mine without whom I can't even survive....... words can't even truly describe how important you are to me, but I hope you know how much I appreciate you for coming into my life, I know I was angry over you, even we had a fight just a night before all this, which told me that however big is the fight between us, or how much I become mad at you for something, I will never sleep before making a peace between us. You mean so much to me, I love you Ranveer, and HAPPY ANNYVERSARY Ranveer........" the same voice echoed in my surrounding, which I listen after some interval. This voice always sooth my inner wounds. Slowly I can recognize this voice.

I heard the familiar voice as I ran in the direction from where this sound is coming, but before I could reach there, something pulled me back and again I slip into pool of darkness.

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My eyes stir, a painful moan escape my mouth, my body feel so heavy and rigid, it is really hard for me to move my limbs. I open my eyes slowly, looking straight was a ceiling at a good height which can be seen due to low light spreading around me. I turn my head sideways, and saw a mesmerizing view, the person I was missing from so long sleeping beside me, although she looks different but still she look so beautiful. With difficulty I turn my body towards her, and with my left hand I remove the hairs from her face which disturb the beautiful view from my eyes, absorbing it completely.

Looking at her messed up hair lying in every possible direction, her dark long lashes rested on her puffy cheeks, her pointed nose which is inviting me to touch mine with hers, her plump lips which are making a cute pout, vermillion in her partition, and the nuptial chain around her neck, telling me that she is mine, she did waited for me. I don't know how much time have passed till I was asleep, but all I know is that my love has increased for her, and just like how she had waited for me, I will woo her till eternity. Because she is mine. My love. My wife. My Ishika, who didn't leave my side even in my tough times.

I don't know how much time passed when something crossed my head and I smirk looking at her. I know I shouldn't be doing this but the mischievous side wants me to do this. I nod my head after some self-talk and with a deep breath, I call out her name.

"Ishika." She stirs in her sleep but didn't wake up. I again call her few times when her eyes twitch in confusion, she opens her one eye looking here and there as who is calling her, when she finds none, she again closes her eyes holding my hand in her.

Again, I call her and she woke up with a jerk and look in my direction, widening her eyes. She tried cleaning her eyes few times, even she pinch herself hard on her left hand. I look at her with fake confusion.

She embraces me in no time, although I want to pull her in a tight hug but I can't let go of my act. With that she pressed her smooth lips all over my face, tears flowing down her face. I tried pushing her gently but it seems she is in no mood of leaving. I also want to do the same but ufff.

"STOP....." I yell which come out groggily, she look at me with hurt in her eyes but mostly with confusion.

She again moves towards me trying to hold me; but stop in midway hearing me;

"What are you doing here???? Why are you with in my bed with me????? Where is my family???? And why you look so different?" I asked and her brows twitch in confusion making her look cute with her round face.

"Ran, what happen? Why are you behaving like this? Wait...... you are up!!! Let me call everyone and specially the doctor and you- " she turn to take her phone placed on the bed side table when I again said,

"Miss Sharma what are you doing in my room at this time? - " I stated faking irritation looking at her, she paused in her place, and turn to face me,

"Miss Sharma!!!!"

"Your room."

"Your family!" She mumbled looking at me widening her eyes, her eyes start moistening, making me guilty at whatever I am doing, I avert my eyes from hers and look elsewhere.

"Yes, miss Sharma, what are you doing here in my bed at this time? Ohh you might be came for a night over like always. Mom must have forced you to do so. But still why in my room MISS Sharma?" I emphasized last sentence more seeing her reaction.

"Ran.... You don't remember me. Me your wi-" she didn't complete her sentence as she broke down in tears.

Shit. What have I done.

You duffer, see what had you done.

Now stop this useless act, and go console her.

"Please don't cry. Sweetheart I was just playing. How can I forget about you. you are my love, my world, my everything. Please stop crying. I can't see you like this." I said pulling her in my embrace, as she cries out loudly alerting me.

"how can you do this ran, I am waiting for you from past six months and all you did was a prank after getting up. You are very bad....... But still, I love you. please never do this to me. I would have died right here." She said lifting her head from my chest, looking at me with her broken yet beautiful eyes. I kissed her both eyes, when a series of cough erupt from my throat alarming her, as she made me lie down again on the bed after making me drink a glass of water.

"You stay here, let me go and call everyone, especially doctor. And again, I am telling you do not play any more of your games with me." She said and with a kiss on my forehead she walks out of the room.

Five minutes later, door of my room open and mom and dad come running inside and sat beside me. Mom start crying hugging me, dad also hugged me with moisten eyes, and soon Gautam also came running inside with Ishika behind him. They all asked about my health when Gautam took his leave to fetch the doctor from the main gate, since it was early morning.

"Everything is fine, he is perfectly fine, let him rest for few days but make him walk for at least forty-five minutes daily.... Yeah, and that's it." Doctor said and soon he was out with Gautam. Mom dad also went away after telling us both to take rest.

Ishika started walking towards me but then she walks inside the closet making me confuse at her actions. In few minutes she walk up to me with a box in her hand, she climb the bed holding her swollen stomach and heaved a sigh after settling beside me, she forward the box towards me, I took it with curiosity, and look at her nudging me to open the box.

I open the box and look inside in confusion, since few sonographic pictures were there, I again look at her in confusion, she shook her in distaste and open the side drawer and take out a folder and gave it to me.

I read the contents written in it, and reread them few times, then look at her and her swollen stomach and again the papers in my hand and again at her and her swollen stomach.

"Really?" I asked clearing the doubt, she nodded her head and took my hand and put on her swollen stomach, few tears flow from my eyes unknowingly looking at my Ishika, who has been struggling alone from past six months. I engulf her in a tight hug, not so tightly. With one hand over her stomach we both slip into peaceful sleep after almost six months.

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AUTHOR'S POV

Two months later

"Ran..." Ishika whispered tears cascading down her face, as she opens the door of Ranveer's office, who is working on his laptop. He stood with a jerk hearing her crying and soon find her body attached to him, hands wrapped around his torso, and her lips tightly pressed to his.

"Sweetheart," he rasped, their mouth heating, lips touching as he pressed his forehead with hers, looking at her closed moist eyes.

"Say you are mine. Please. I need you to be clear, please. I need you to say to me that you won't leave me ever again. I have been fucking miserable," her voice quivered, as new set of tears stream down again.

"I am yours. Of course, I am yours. I am sorry I slept for too long. I am sorry that, -" he whispered wiping her tears.

"No, I am sorry. I don't know what come inside me. Just now I was sitting on my chair in my office, designing Gautam's engagement and our baby shower dresses when all of sudden all past memories of yours lying in pool of blood flashed in front of my eyes, and then-" he hushed her with a hard press of lips, her frame heaving with relief.

His right hand thumb brushed against the base of her spine, making her shiver in his embrace, a small smile grace his lips seeing his effect on her, as he start rocking her side to side,

"everything is going to be okay now. We found our way back. I have got you back and I am not letting you go ever again." he said hoarsely.

She clung to him, "promise?" she asked cutely making him kissing her pout, as he nod his head,

"I'll make the promise every single day."

A blissful smile bloomed across her face, seeing her Ranveer lips also twitch in beautiful smile.

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One month later

"Ran, whom you want first? A girl or a boy." Ishika asked running her fingers in Ranveer's silky smooth shoulder length hair, who is busy talking to the baby in Ishika's abdomen, kissing here and there in between.

"Why you ask?" he said lying on his stomach looking at her.

"Just like that." She shrugs her shoulder picking a bucket of mint chocolate ice-cream from the side table.

"Although, I will love both equally, but still, I want our first child to be a boy." He said kissing her swollen nine months stomach.

"Why? I thought you want a girl first. You know in most of the fictional book I read, the male lead always want his first child to be a girl." She said eating her ice-cream, and in between giving him a spoonful or two. He chuckles at her statement,

"My dear hot stuff, I am not those your fictional characters. I am Ranveer Kapoor, and I like everything in my different way. Why I want the baby to be a boy, because when we will have our baby girls then he and I will protect his mother that is you and our little future baby girls. So that no one can cross their way." He said flicking her head as she huff at him, narrowing her eyes, hearing him.

"what do you mean by protecting me? I can very well protect myself; you know I am underground boxer, that to a champion. And above all, my girls can very well protect themselves, I will train them to handle every situation, so that they don't have to depend on anyone for anything, then it be their own over protective father or brother or a random person." Ishika stated daring him to deny it.

"I never said that you can't protect yourself, don't take my words in wrong direction babe. Of course I will make our kids strong just like their mother, but it always pain me to see a small scratch on you, so how can I able to see them on our kids. Hm." Ranveer said, pulling Ishika on his lap, and took her lips in a heated kiss, discussion long forgotten.

After sometime, Ranveer feels himself getting wet, as he broke the kiss, looking down at his leg, when Ishika cried due to suddenness of contractions.

He lifts her after wearing t-shirt and lower, and ran out of the room, yelling for his mom. Hearing him yelling everyone ran out of the room, and seeing Ishika in pain, they all ran outside of the house towards their car.

Ranveer made her sit at the back seat with him and his mom sitting from other side. Gautam took the driver seat, while their dad took the front seat, dialing Ishika's gynecologist for emergency.

As soon as they reached the hospital, Ishika was taken away for the delivery, they all tensed hearing her painful yell.

After ten hours of tensed atmosphere and painful moans of Ishika, finally her delivery was done, and soon she slip into unconscious state.

The nurse walk out of the room with a baby securely wrapped inside white clothes, sleeping soundly. The nurse walk up to Ranveer, she handed him the baby with a smile on her face, as everyone look at baby with awe and with water in their eyes.

Ranveer held the baby after much persuasion from his mother. He is scared holding the baby, whereas Gautam was dying to hold the baby in his arm. Seeing his brother not doing anything and continuously looking at the baby, Gautam took the baby from his hold and give it to their dad, who heave a sigh looking at his grandchild.

"Congratulations Mr. Kapoor and family, boy is born." The nurse said.

"Ishika." Ranveer mumbled looking at the nurse, who smile at him,

"She is absolutely fine, just sleeping right now, her body need rest." Nurse said and move away from there leaving a happy family with their new born.

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"Ishu, pandit ji said, "A" is the initial of the name for our little bug." Their mom said, everyone is drinking their evening tea, except Gautam, who is sleeping with his nephew.

"Hm, that's good mom, I was thinking of naming him "Abhimanyu" earlier, and now pandit ji also said the same initial...... How's the name mom?" Ishika asked looking at everyone, who nod their head liking the name.

"Ok then, "Abhimanyu Kapoor" is it." Rahul, their dad, said. Soon they all got busy in preparation for the pooja held in next morning for their new born, as in naming ceremony.

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Ishika walks inside the villa with anger lacing her eyes, she looks here and there, after not finding him in living room, she walk to her in laws room and gave Abhimanyu to his grandmother, who took him happily. She walks out of the room and strode towards his room, and knock hard on the door controlling her nerves.

The door open revealing freshly bathed Gautam, who smile looking at Ishika, but seeing her glaring at him, his brows rose in confusion. Ishika walk inside the room, pushing him aside, and sat down on the sofa chair, and order him to sat beside her.

"Gautam, you are getting married in few days." She said looking at him,

"I know." He replied in confusion, as to why she is reminding him.

"So, did you propose her?" she asked narrowing her eyes at his nonchalant behavior.

"it's an arrange marriage Bhabhi (sister-in-law)." He replied as a matter of fact.

"SO, so what if it's an arrange marriage, that girl is going to live with you, leaving her childhood house. And of all she deserves a dream proposal, arrange or not. Every girl dream that her spouse will at least propose her. You shouldn't snatch her that right from her. I am telling y-" she said making him understand his mistake. He cut off her in between holding her hands in his,

"You tell me what should I do? I have no idea whatsoever be done in this case. I asked her but she never said about this, and now I don't know, how will she be feeling. Please Bhabhi help me." He asked with panic in his voice.

"don't worry, I will help you. you just do what I ask you to, your soon to be wife will come at the right place at right time. Now listen......." They discuss the whole plan for about two hour or so, when their mom call them for dinner and they both went to dining room. What they don't know is that someone already heard their all talks, and went away before they got a clue.

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Ishika phone ring making her pause the meeting with her fellow employees. Her face lit up seeing the name on the screen, she pick the call after giving a break for five minutes to everyone.

"Sweetheart, what are you doing?" Ranveer asked sipping his coffee, looking at the arrangement.

"Nothing, just a meeting. You tell, had your lunch?" she asked.

"yeah, I want you to reach our wood house around 6 in evening, the place has renovated, you just come and check it, if something is left, that can be done at the same time." Ranveer said and cut the call even before she could ask something. She shook her head, and call everyone for the meeting.

After few hours later

"Misha, I am going, do check the designs made by designers and also no meeting for two weeks, unless they are very important." Ishika said packing her bag, and walk to the gate, when Misha stumble on her place and the half-emptied juice glass in her hand spill all over Ishika's dress.

"sorry, I am very sorry Ishika, you change your dress first then go." Misha said giving her a bag contained a beautiful dress. Ishika eyes her in confusion looking at the dress in the bag, but as she is getting late, she didn't mind her and walk to bathroom in her office to change the dress.

Ishika saw time in her wrist watch, 6:12 pm, she parked her car, and walk on the path with her bag towards her wood house, when she saw the path lighted with scented candles, she walks on the path with a little confusion but a small smile on her lips. After taking few more steps she saw her wood house decorated so beautifully, and from the gate, Ranveer came out looking so handsome as ever, with his hair, held back in bun, black three-piece suit, with a bouquet of purple tulips, a beautiful smile gracing his lips. He held her hands in his, mumbling a compliment looking at her, who look ethereal in her off white Anarkali suit and made her follow him where the main decoration was done.

Ishika awe looking at the decorations, she was busy thanking Ranveer for the surprise when Ranveer went on his one knees, he held her hands, placing a chastising kiss in both of her hands, he said;

"sometimes, I wonder how someone like me can deserve someone like you. you know when you announced your wedding all of sudden, the hope in me lost somewhere, I was broke to the point no one can fix me. I tried so many things, did so many things just too came in your eyes, just for you to see me. I did all the monstrous things, become the villain of my own story just to make you mine, but every time I lost it...... But seeing you smiling at others and not me, my heart burns, and I don't know when my love for you become my obsession."

"but you came into my life as an angle who fixed me, loving the real me, who held my pinky finger and pull me back in lightness from the dark life. You look at me leaving all of my flaws, and still living with me after knowing my obsession for you, and what I had done to people just to make you mine. You became my solace, my peace, which I was finding from past ten years. You lit up my whole world just with your smile."

"Mrs. Ishika Ranveer Kapoor will you give me the honor to make you mine again but this time with each and every ritual. Will you marry me, Ishika? This time with no playing tricks, no secrets, only you and me. Because in the end you are the person I want to come home to. You are my home. You are the person with whom I want to share my happiness, sadness, frustration, and success with." He completed; Ishika's eyes teared up hearing him confessing his undying love for her. She pressed her lips with his as the both fell down on the carpet, kissing each other like their life depend on it.

"Yes, I will marry you again." Ishika said joining their heads when they heard clapping and happy cheering and Ishika look at the source and found their family and friends standing there cheering for them.

"I love you." both said in unison and soon they seal the deal with a sweet kiss.

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THE END..

The story might have completed from my end, but their story is for them to continue, and for you people to imagine them living their happily ever after.

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HEY GUYS,

FINALLY THE STORY HAS CAME TO AN END. IT WAS REALLY LONG WAY.  WE ALL HAVE WITNESSED THEIR ROMANCE, THEIR FIGHTS, THEIR UNIQUE LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.

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I KNOW SOME OF YOU WANT ME TO END THE STORY WAY BEFORE AND SOME OF YOU WANT ME TO WRITE FEW MORE CHAPTERS, BUT I DONT FIND ANYTHING IN STRECHING THE STORY UNNECESSARILY. SO YEAH. YOU ALL ARE FREE TO IMAGINE THEM AS YOU WANT.

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