"Mr. Maheshwari, your wife's condition is critical but not incurable. Something has impacted her, shocked her. And due to blood loss, her situation got more critical. But she can get alright yet again. Mr. Sanskar, she is being hopeless. She needs hope, faith in her life yet again. You have to be her hope. Her subconscious mind is alert. She can hear you. Her eyes are open to see, to feel but she is not supporting herself. You have to help her, encourage her not to give us. Even if she will respond a bit then it can a big help to her treatment." Sanskar remembered doctor's word standing in front of Swara's room door.

She was shifted to a separate VIP room. It was night already. The hospital corridor was silent as Sanskar came after having a long conversation with Swara's doctor. Few staffs were working.

Sanskar was disheveled totally. His tie was loosely hanging around his neck. The blazer was long forgotten somewhere he doesn't remember. His shirt were crumbled and sleeves were rolled to his forearm. His hair was messy. His eyes were tired still couldn't stop him from shedding tears.
But he has to be strong. For his love, for his Swara. Thinking this, he took a deep breath closing his eyes and wiped his tears. Composing himself, he hold the door knob and twisted it slowly and entered inside.

There she was, his wife, his Swara lying on the bed with her eyes open and looking at the lifeless white ceiling. Her eyes didn't blinked for once. Her forhead was wrapped with bandage. Also, her arm was bandaged. A drip was connected to her. The monitor screen was showing her pulse rate. Her breath was also normal. The oxygen pipe was near her  nose. Sanskar looked at her and goes near her. He sat beside her on the bed and then slowly took her hand in his.

"Why would you do that, Swara?" Sanskar whispered in heavy voice.

Looking at her blank eyes, his heart breaks into million pieces. All the confidence he gathered before coming inside scattered and he felt so powerless. The things were slipping away from his hands once again. But he doesn't want to lose her.

"I always knew my Swara is a strong girl. I know you might be hurt because of my ignorance but you will never try to kill yourself. Then why? Why are you doing this Swara? Why don't you want to live? Whenever I think, you are the only person who knows me more than anyone else, you prove me wrong. Do you think I will live without you? I can stay away  from you Swara for a while if I try my best but a life without is a heart without its beat. I won't be able to live Swara. Don't do this to me again please!! Please wake up. I am done with it. Since last seven months, I am living a soulless life but when you made me realise that, I shouldn't let go this when my life is giving me another chance and I was about to come to you today to get us back together, you again tried to go away Swara. And,.. this time in worst way!! How should I forgive you if you will keep leaving me, keep hurting me? Why don't you understand, I can stand against this world if you are with me but without you, I am nothing? Just kill me for once!! I don't want to die every bit without you." Sanskar said as tears kept falling from his eyes.

"Don't leave me again please. Please stay with me. I will do as you say. I will never ignore you. I am happy even if I am your second priority and you care about that family. I will never get angry on you. I will never complain about anything. Please just forget everything I told you in last one month and hurt you. Let's ju.. just forget everything. I want to start a fresh just the way we were. I will do everything you say. You can give me any punishment but please don't go. I don't want to die. I want to live with you, for you, for our happy life together." Sanskar said with heavy voice.

He held her hand carefully in his both hands and kissed it requesting her to wake up for him.

"Don't lose hope of life, please. You have to live for me. I am with you, Swara. Just don't give up." Sanskar said.

The tears kept falling from his eyes and it fell on her lifeless hand. He squeezed his eyes shut resting his forhead on their joined hand. Then he looked at her.

"Please Swara, don't leave. I love you." He said.

That's when a tear slide from Swara's eyes. Sanskar sees it.

"Swara?... Tears, yo.. you are crying." He said.

"Doc.. Doctor!!" Sanskar shouted.

Leaving her hand, He rushed out of the door and shouted for doctor. He sees nurse and told her to call the doctor and then he again went inside Swara's room.

.....

"Mr. Maheshwari, she is responding." Doctor said after checking up Swara.

"But.. but why is she crying? She is in pain. Why don't you give her some pain relief injection!" Sanskar said looking at Swara impatiently and caressing her hair sitting beside her. He didn't leave and kept holding Swara's hand while Doctor was doing their work.

"Mr. Maheshwari, we understand your concern. But Ms. Swara mustn't be crying because of injury pain. She was listening to you. I told you her subconscious mind is alert. It might be emotions that she must be feeling right now." Doctor said.

"You mean she is fine. " Sanskar asked.

"Not yet Mr. Maheshwari but with your support she will be. I can see her responding in just couple of hours. It means that she isn't giving up. You just need to keep pushing her gently and give her strength. With god's grace, we hope she will be out of comma very soon." The doctor said.

Sanskar felt small relief for the first time in last few hours.

"Thank you doctor. Thank you so much. I m with her and always will be." He said emotionally looking at Swara.

Doctor nodded at him with professional smile.

"Thank you Swara. Thanks for listening to me, ofcourse after so long." Sanskar said with teary eyes and chuckled at last.

The doctor was about to leave with nurse when the door open with loud sound. It was Shomi along with Shekhar. Sanskar was sure now, whole family is here. But they are her parents. He can't deny them to meet their daughter.

"Excuse me, how ca.." the nurse tried to say.

"They are her parents." Sanskar said.

"Swara!! " Shomi ran toward her and cried watching her daughter in such condition.
Shekhar also came giving a glare to Sanskar as he didn't inform them. But Sanskar stayed unaffected. How much he wanted to throw them out.

"Swara, my shona. What happened to you? Shona, please wake up beta.!!"

Shomi came to her and caressed her bandaged forhead. Sanskar reluctantly removed his hand from her hair. But suddenly Swara started gasping for breath. Her pulse started dropping.

"Swara!! Swara, what happened?" Sanskar got scared.

"Swara, " Shekhar called her in concern. Shomi got worried for her also.

Doctor, who was about to go out when  he sees Swara's condition and came to her.

"Swara,!!! Doctor, doctor please do something." Sanskar said.

"Please, everyone go out!! Patient condition is getting worse. Her pulse is dropping." Doctor said.
Then he instructed nurse to get a particular injection.

Hearing this Sanskar get scared. But he has to leave.

"But my daughter..." Shomi was saying but nurse told to go out. Sanskar also got up but he felt her hand was clutched by her. Doctor noticed it and told him to be with her. While Shomi and Shekhar went out.

"Swara, please relax. I am here na.  Swara, listen to me please." Sanskar kept repeating it to calm her down holding her hand and with another hand he caressed her hair gently. She was taking heavy breaths.

Doctor gave her a injections. And in couple of minutes, she started getting calm. Sanskar kept lightly massaging her hair saying soothing words in small whispers. Finally after half an hour, she was back to normal. Her purse and breathe rate was normal now.

"Mr. Maheshwari, please come along with me to my cabin. I need to talk to you something really important about your wife." Doctor said.

Sanskar nodded. He sees Swara was relaxed.

"Don't worry, the nurse is here. She will take care of her."

The nurse nodded assuringly. She will middle aged lady.

"Sister, please don't let anyone in for now, till Mr. Maheshwari come. She needs rest." Doctor said.

The nurse nodded.
.....

"Doctor, you said her body won't react or do any moment but she clutched my hand so hard. Is she..." Sanskar was asking when the doctor said.

"That's reflex action when someone try to protect himself/herself. The brain sent signal of danger and she put all strength to not to let you go. Like she was scared and she got stressed." Doctor said.

"She was normal all the while when we both were there. Then suddenly what happened to her? Why did she.. " Sanskar asked.

"You're right. She was alright when you were with him. Infact we both were there. I just checked her few minutes back but suddenly when her parents came, she gets unsteady and hyper." Doctor said thoughtfully.

Listening to this, Sanskar gave this thoughtful nod understanding where doctor was trying to indicate.

"Look Mr. Maheshwari, I don't know about your family problems. That's your personal matter but as much I think, as her doctor I would advice you to keep her away from any kind of stress,. Even if that means her family. She has just started responding and her condition will improve but any kind of stress will be dangerous for her." The doctor said.

Sanskar had a serious reaction on his face and he nodded.

"She needs calmness. She needs to be relaxed and feel light. Talk normally with her, like you guys used to be. Do what she likes, keep her happy. Encourage her. If she feel better with your presence then be around her. And most importantly, keep her away from stress." Doctor said.

"Ok doctor. I will do everything as you said. I won't let her think about anything else to get stressed. I will be her always." Sanskar said genuinely.

Doctor nodded.

"Anyways, for few days she needs to be here at hospital due to her external injuries. After that we can continue the treatment from home also." Doctor said.

Sanskar nodded and said thank you before leaving.
.....

Sanskar was going back to Swara's room when he sees Shomi and Shekhar knocking on the door continuously. While Maheshwari family who was also there, showing their so-called concern for Swara and asking nurse about Swara. They wanted to meet her.

The nurse was standing outside the door not ready to let anyone go inside.

"Please maintain peace. This is hospital and you are disturbing the patient." The nurse tried to say calmly.

"She is my daughter. You can't stop me from meeting my daughter." Shomi said.

"It's all because of Sanskar my daughter is in such condition. She tried to suicide." Shekhar said.

Sanskar gripped his fist tightly in anger. All he could think about was his Swara and here, this so called family is again to destroy small amount of piece that they had just found.

"What's Sanskar's mistake in this? Swara only..." Sujatha tried to say.

"Stop it!!" Sanskar said angrily but not loudly.

"Sanskar, let me meet my daughter." Shomi said.

"Sanskar, I will file case against you. You are only responsible for my daughter's condition. What did you do to her that forced her to take this step?" Shekhar asked angrily and hold his collar.

"Are you disappointed that she is still alive Mr. Gadodia?" Sanskar asked with hard expression leading Shekhar to get angry.

"How dare you!!" Shekhar said angrily.

"Sanskar, what the hell are you talking?" Shomi also said angrily.

"Get lost or I will call hospital security and make you all throw out of this hospital right away. You are trying to disturb my wife who is taking rest right now." Sanskar said with serious expression.

"Bade papa, I respect you and I don't want to say anything to insult you. Please try to understand." Sanskar said to Dp as he is the only person who never said a word to accuse him. But he was disappointed with whatever happened seven months back.

"Okay beta, take care of her." Dp said and patted his shoulder before going.

"Now you all also care to leave before I do something which I will never regret. I know who care for Swara and who don't. So, don't fake your concerns here."  Sanskar said in stern tone.

"But Sanskar beta, atleast let us meet..." Annapurna tried to say when Sanskar showed her hand.

"Enough Badi Maa. I have already said no." Sanskar said.

"Who are you to stop us from meeting my daughter?" Shekhar asked angrily.

"Her rightful husband!! And with all my concerns and rights, I will protect my wife from everything and everyone who will try to give her pain. So, get lost Mr. Shekhar Gadodia with your wife, your own daughter Ragini and her husband along with his family." Sanskar said glaring at him.

"Sanskar beta, please let me meet her once." Shomi said.

"Remember, once I also asked you the same maa but you didn't listen to me. It's not revenge but when it comes to her, I won't care about anyone else or anything else. Leave!!" Sanskar said in straight tone.

Before nodding at the nurse thankfully and entered inside the room before shutting the door behind himself.

He looked at Swara, who was silently lying on the bed. He went to her and sat beside her. Again holding her hand, he started talking to her casually just like doctor instructed.

......

It's been a week now. Swara's external injuries has almost healed. She had finger length bandage on her forehead and her wrist and palm portion was having bandage. All her tests were done. Her condition was improvin slowly. Sanskar's presence and his words encourage her. She showed couple of moments like blinked her eyes one day and then her fingers tapped on his hand. Sometimes, her tears trickled down from her eyes but he was always there to wipe them away from her face. He hardly went to maheshwari mansion since last seven days. He spend his whole day and night beside her. Shifting the couch just along with bed, he always stayed beside her.
In all this, Sanskar never let any family members come to meet her. Only Dp met Swara couple of times and blessed her to get fine soon. His presence didn't affect Swara. She was normal. So, Sanskar didn't deny him.

After spending seven days in hospital, Swara was getting discharged today.

"So My princess you are getting out of this hospital. How are you feeling?" Sanskar asked while packing all the medicines.

"Ofcourse, you will feel nice. After all you never liked hospital right. But again this is your mistake. Now see." Sanskar said.

Then he came and sat beside her. She was sitting with support of bed as he pressed the button to raise the side up. Looking straight at the window in front of her, she was as usual having blank expression.

"Anyways, let's get you ready." Sanskar said taking the comb on from the table.

Her dressing was already done. Also, the dress was changed. She was wearing plane sky blue salwar suit.

Sanskar combed her hair carefully while talking to her. The tied her hair in nice bread. So, that she won't feel irritated with scattered hair.

Then he came in front of her and looked at her.

"Wait, something is missing... Hmm, yeah I got it." Sanskar said.

Then he took out something from his pocket and showed it in front of her eyes.

"See this, your vermillion box. I spotted it today on our dressing table and realised, ma'am is again not applying sindoor. So, here I am. I will do the honour." Sanskar said smilingly.

She blinked and Sanskar smiled watching it.

He opened the sindoor box and taking a pinch of sindoor, he applied to her hairline. The sindoor again fell on her nose. Sanskar sees it and smiled.

He took the mirror from the table and showed it to her.

"See, your husband still love you so much, my beautiful wife." He said.

In couple of seconds, a lone tear trickled from her eye. Sanskar sighed watching this.

"Not again princess." Sanskar said before wiping her tear from her eyes and placing the sindoor box and mirror back on the table.

He cupped her face and leaning toward her, he placed a blissful kiss on her forhead.

"Don't cry, even if it is for happiness." Sanskar whispered.

"I love you Swara." Sanskar said.
....
After few minutes, all the discharge formalities were done. They were all set to go Maheshwari mansion. Sanskar didn't want to take her there but Doctor adviced her that their house or room must have holding beautiful memories and it can help Swara.
Sanskar denied to have any nurse for caretaking of Swara. He said, he will handle everything by himself.

Sanskar looked at Swara's recent report and it was good. Her placed it in medicine bag. That's when the same nurse came inside with a wheelchair.

"Sir, wheelchair. You need to take her to car na?" The nurse said.

The lady was really very sweet and caring.

"That's so nice of you but that won't be needed. I am there for my wife." Sanskar said.

Nurse was confused a bit when Sanskar walked to bed. He bent down a little and placed Swara's one hand around his shoulder then picked her up in his arm with his one arm around her shoulder and another under her knees. Her one hand fell at her side. The nurse smiled and came and gently placed her hand on his shoulder. Sanskar gave a thankful nod. Nurse smiled at them.

"Your wife will be fine very soon sir. God always bless his child. And this girl is already blessed to have a husband like you." The nurse said.

"I am blessed to have her, Sister. I know, she is getting pricy and attitudous right now. But as she is my princess, I am always at her service. Right ma'am?" Sanskar said and lastly raised his eyebrows at Swara smilingly who didn't react. Still he know she heard and it's enough.

"Please help me with medicine and clothes bag, Sister." Sanskar said.

Nurse nodded and she followed them with Medicine bag and small cloth bag.

Walking out, everyone was adoring the beautiful couple and few were blessing them, sending prayers silently to God to make his wife fine soon.
The driver opened the door and took bags from nurse placing them in passenger seat as Sanskar made Swara sit on back seat before sitting beside her and supporting her from back. Then he shut the door and the car went out of hospital zone. Sanskar gently made her lie on back with almost in hugging positions. He kept her close to his chest like she was cocooned to him like a baby and he was gently caressing her hair.
......