Namaskaram 🙏

Date of Update: 30.03.2023

Happy Sri Rama Navami 

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"He Loves Me!" she whispers shocked which is audible to Sanskar in phone.

He sighed as he heard her but cuts the call.

Ragini looked at the phone as the call got cut. She suddenly felt suffocating. She got up from the place and went into the balcony leaving the food there. She sat there in the swing she had arranged for herself and started taking deep breathes. All the moments with him kept running in front of her eyes, his voice kept ringing in her ears, she felt her world rotating with everything running in her brain. She tried taking more deep breathes. After struggling for so much time she felt herself back to normal breathing. She kept her hand on her chest that felt heavy. She felt her cheeks wet. And when she touched her cheeks she realised she is crying. Almost after more than six months she has seen those tears. She didn't like it.

"No! No! This shouldn't be happening! No!" she spoke to herself shaking her head vigorously.

She wiped off her tears aggressively.

"No Ragini! You are not crying. Not again! You are not giving in. You are not going to cry. That's all!" she spoke to herself.

She took deep breathes for few more times before she looked above into the sky. It's a new moon day with no moon and no stars. It's all dark.

"It's a dark night Ragini. Just like your life. There is no place for Love in your life. And you aren't going to think about what happened few minutes ago. Just forget it." Ragini spoke to herself.

She got up from the swing went to the dining table and had her food acting and lying to herself that nothing has happened few minutes ago. She kept reminding herself that she had heard nothing. She completed her food with difficulty and laid on her bed. She kept staring the ceiling blankly. Even her brain is not responding. It's just blank for now. Don't know when she slept but she slept due to physical and mental exhaustion.

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"I am so sorry Zoya. I am really not feeling well. Otherwise I wouldn't skip the work especially on the day of event." Ragini spoke the next morning to Zoya in phone.

"Arey Ragini calm down. Why are you explaining these all? This is the first ever leave you have asked me of all these months of your joining. I wouldn't even think a second to grant it. It's okay! Take rest!" Zoya spoke back in phone.

Ragini sighed.

"And about work... It's okay! Sanskar is there, your whole team is there. Don't worry they will manage. I will just inform them." Zoya continued.

"Thank You Zoya!" Ragini spoke back.

"Take Care!" Zoya spoke smiling before cutting the call.

Ragini sighed in relief as she laid on the bed back. She looked at the phone that beeped like every other day with his message. She sighed and dialled his number.

"Zoya was saying you are not coming?" Sanskar spoke as soon as he took the call.

"Yeah!" she spoke.

"Should I come?" he asked concerned.

"No Sanskar! You are needed there. I will be fine." She said.

"But you never took leave on your periods too all these months. Why today?" He asked concerned as he knows it must be for the previous night.

She sighed.

"Because today I have fever also!" she thought not to tell him but this guy will not leave her.

Sanskar's worry grew.

"You took medicine?" He asked worried.

"Yes!" she replied.

"I will come as soon as the event gets over." Sanskar says.

"Not to hurry. I will come tomorrow. We can meet." Ragini spoke.

"Okay! I will come in the evening. Take Care. Bye!" he said and cut the call before she could speak further and deny him to come there again.

Ragini sighed and also a smile came on her lips. She shook her head as she remembered last night and laid on the bed again. Due to fever and weakness she fell asleep. She woke up when she heard calling bell. She sighed and walked towards the door and opened weakly. She looked at him and moved inside leaving the door for him to close.

"She is the one doctor!" she heard him and turned to see a doctor with him.

She held her head giving a 'Seriously!' look to him. He moved towards her and made her sit on the couch while doctor already started checking her. She was glaring him while he ignored her glare.

"Now she doesn't have temperature. When did you take medicine Miss.?" Doctor asked.

"Morning 8.00 doctor!" She replied.

"It's five thirty now. It's a good sign since you don't have temperature even after more than six hours. Don't worry. If you get temperature again take the tablet again and visit the hospital tomorrow. If no temperature no need to worry!" Doctor said.

Ragini nodded. Sanskar guided doctor outside the house and came back. He saw Ragini laying on bed again and moved towards kitchen. He served the food he got for her and moved towards her room again.

"Get up Ragini. Have food!" he said.

"I will be fine now. Doctor just said right. No need of food and medicines only!" she spoke angrily.

"Huh!" he looked confused.

"For god sake it's just fever for few hours. You got a doctor. Seriously Sanskar!" she huffed sitting on the bed.

"I was worried!" he reasoned sitting beside her.

She pulled the plate from him and had her food ignoring him as she is really very hungry. She had food in the morning. She was sleeping from then whole day. Sanskar stared her lovingly while she concentrated on her food.

"You want me to serve some more?" he asked.

"I am done!" she said getting down the bed and going to kitchen.

He smiled as she went. He sighed in relief seeing her fine. She came back and sat again on the bed.

"Your pain got reduced?" he asked.

"Yup!" she replied not looking at him.

There was silence for few minutes. Sanskar waited for her to ask something while Ragini waited for him to say something. But both of them spoke nothing about anything not even about the previous night.

"How was the event? Was there any problem?" she asked after some time.

"It was good! There was no problem. It went smooth like always." Sanskar spoke.

She nodded.

"Then I will leave. I will order food for you tonight." He said standing up from the bed.

He is scared suddenly that she would get the topic of last night. He is happy that she didn't get that topic nor avoided him for that thing. She nodded and stood up to lock the door.

"I will ask Rudra to check on you. Also... wait... I think it's good if I ask him the favour to be your dinner chef tonight. It's good. I will tell him and he will get that for you. Take rest. And if you aren't well again call me even if it is mid night. I will be here. Don't come to office tomorrow also." He said before moving out of the house.

"Okay for everything you said." She said.

He nodded and left from there.

*****

"Didn't I tell you not to come to office today?" He asked angrily seeing there at office.

"Why are you screaming?" she asked annoyed.

"I am screaming? Ankita did I scream?" he asked looking at the staff named Ankita who is in the neighbouring desk for Ragini's desk.

Ankita smiled and shook her head. Sanskar shrugged his shoulder looking at Ragini.

"I am feeling good. So I came back. Now go do your work!" she said.

He glared her and left from there.

****

Two days later!

"Guys! It's Holi time. Like every year we are going to have an amazing Holi at our office. And as we ourselves are event planners we have no option but plan for ourselves." Zoya spoke showing that they have no option.

Everybody laughed.

"So from today these two days we will also concentrate on planning our Holi event at our office terrace like every other year. I want Ragini and Rithika to look after it." Zoya spoke.

Sanskar frowned. Ragini and Rithika nodded.

"Hello! Why Ragini is teamed with Rithika today?" he asked directly.

Everybody giggled a little. Ragini frowned and looked at him.

"Why shouldn't I get teamed up with someone?" Ragini countered back.

Everybody rolled their eyes and dispersed leaving the couple to argue as they know the argument would only end up Ragini winning. It wasn't any new thing to them. Ragini and Sanskar are good debate champions but it is always Ragini who ends up as the winner.

"Because it's Universal Truth that Ragini and Sanskar are the best team." Sanskar said.

"But that doesn't mean Ragini shouldn't be teamed up with someone else." Ragini said putting her hand on her waist.

"But the best team should always be together to get the best results." Sanskar said.

"You just said that Rithika and me will not get the best results. Just wait and watch Mr. Sanskar Maheshwari you will see what Ragini and Rithika can do!" she said that and left from there flipping her hair.

Sanskar frowned more and barged into AdiYa's cabin.

"If you want to know whether she has started feeling for you then just don't argue regarding this!" Zoya spoke before Sanskar could even ask.

Sanskar looked at Aditya who shrugged his shoulders. Sanskar huffed and left from there.

"How do you think this will work?" Aditya asked looking at Zoya.

"Wait and Watch!" Zoya said.

Aditya glared her which she ignored and pulled him out of the cabin to fulfil her pregnancy cravings.

****

"Ragini once talk to the furniture suppliers. He is not listening to me." Rithika said.

"Rithika that's Sanskar's work. Ask him to do." Ragini said looking after some paper work she is doing.

"Sanskar is in another event Miss. Ragini!" Rithika said rolling her eyes.

Ragini realised what she said and looked above.

"Sorry! I will check on it." Ragini said.

Like this Ragini had used Sanskar's name many times. Since it's Rithika's first event as one of the head planners of the event she had to get guidance from Ragini many times and almost every time Ragini has taken Sanskar's name.

Sanskar who had been always behind Ragini observing her or trying to be close to her smiled every time she had taken his name. He enjoyed the way she had missed him. He knows she wouldn't admit it. Two days he enjoyed her missing him secretly. He loved it a lot. He chuckled seeing how irritated she is whenever she forgot that he isn't in her team.

"So?" Zoya asked patting his shoulder.

He looked at her with smile and side hugged her.

"Thank You!" he said.

"You are welcome Mamu!" Zoya said putting her hand on her belly.

Sanskar smiled and joined his head with hers' staring at Ragini. Zoya smiled seeing her.

"What are you brother and sister planning?" Aditya asked from behind.

Both of them moved away from each and side hugged Aditya from either side.

"I don't mind to plan my younger brother's wedding." Zoya said still staring at Ragini.

Aditya looked at Sanskar who is staring Ragini.

"This boy is very much lost in her." Aditya said shaking his head.

"You know Adi she was the girl who had made me realise that I had actually moved on from Kavitha. She was the girl who made me realise that nobody is bad but it's circumstances that portray people that way. She was the one who made me realise that every individual is different from another. She had tried changing herself into someone else to gain her love but ended up failing and understanding that nobody can be changed to someone else and you have to love yourself the way you are. Trust me I wouldn't be this happy today if she wasn't in my life." Sanskar spoke staring at Ragini who is explaining things to Rithika.

AdiYa smiled at Sanskar.

"Believe or not this is the Sanskar whom we saw when Kavitha was around. After Kavitha you were not this but someone else. And I don't want to deny the fact that it's Ragini who had got you back." Aditya said hugging Sanskar.

"Should I be happy for good things that Kavitha had given or curse myself for not able to understand her cunning side?" Sanskar shook his head.

"You should just think about Ragini! Kavitha was your past!" Zoya said hitting Sanskar a little.

"Let my princess come I will team up with her and irritate you more than you irritate me now!" Sanskar said glaring Zoya for hitting him.

Aditya chuckled seeing both of them. They both were showering affection for each other few minutes ago and now back to irritating each other mode.

*****

"Sanskarrrrr!" Ragini rolled 'R' while waving due to the bhaang effect.

Sanskar glared at his staff who had spiked Ragini's drink during the Holi event. He held her before she could fall while she is screaming his name rolling 'R'. He sighed and took her in his arms.

"Take her home!" Aditya said opening the car door.

He rushed towards them as he saw Sanskar carrying Ragini.

"Damn! Look for her bag. May be the keys would be in it." Sanskar cursed looking around controlling his anger on the staff.

"Happy Holi!" he heard Ragini's scream from inside the car.

Aditya had rushed to check for her bag. He came back with her bag and first thing Sanskar did was to search for the keys. He found them and sighed.

"Adi I would come late. How will you go?" Sanskar asked worried for Zoya.

"I will take a cab don't worry." Aditya assured him.

Sanskar nodded sighing. He took the driving seat and started driving. Ragini who is sitting in the back seat bent towards him and looked at him blinking her eyes. He looked at her and felt like laughing seeing her cute act.

"Happy Holiiiiii!" she screamed again but this time in his ear.

He jerked but composed himself shaking his head.

"Ragini go back and sit in your seat." He said strictly.

"Hawwww! You are shouting on me?" she asked pouting and pointing at herself.

Sanskar sighed and concentrated on his driving. Ragini struggled and moved to the front seat.

"Ragini what are you doing?" he asked worried.

"I love sitting here." She said smiling showing all her teeth.

He could only sigh.

Drunk Ragini is tough to handle! He thought.

"Sanskarrrrr!" she screamed again.

"Stop shouting Ragini!" he said giving her a glance.

"You stop the car. I don't want to come with you." She said.

He ignored her.

"Okay I will myself get down. You don't stop!" she said and tried opening the door.

Sanskar has child locked it as soon as he took the driving seat. He shook his head seeing her antics.

"You are so bad!" She said pouting and folding her hands to her chest.

She sat with cute angry face there. He stopped the car as they reached and was quick enough to hold her before she could come out of the car and do something. He just took her into his arms and started walking.

He looked around for watchman.

"Ahh! Finally! Bhayya please help." Sanskar said.

"Sanskar sir! What happened to madam?" Watchman asked concerned.

"Nothing bhayya. She got drunk. I mean bhaang. Someone has given her bhaang mixed drink." He said.

Watchman nodded.

"Sanskarr I am flyinggg.... Seee.... Zooyyyyyyyyyiiiiiiuu!" Ragini made weird sounds while acting like flying stretching her arms.

Sanskar could only chuckle.

"And I am your wings!" he stated chuckling.

Watchman helped him to open Ragini's flat door. Sanskar thanked him and went inside. He placed Ragini on the floor and locked the door. When he turned back he saw Ragini missing. He hits his own head and rushes to find her. He finds her standing on the dining table.

"Ragini get down!" He says holding her hand.

"No I want to fly! Just like a bird. Free bird. With no pain, no fear!" she said moving her arms like flying.

Sanskar looked on.

"Flyyyy!" Ragini swayed her body acting like flying while Sanskar kept staring her.

*****

Thank You for reading.

With Love
Dharani (Dhaరणि)