Ruhaniyaat (Segment 132)

His point of view –
I bolt the door and went towards the bed where both my babies lay asleep..
My son was still close to my wife’s chest as if he had fallen asleep eating..
But what broke my heart was that both of them had dry tear marks on their faces
And the reason of those tears was me..
“Love” i gently shook Pie and she rolled over on her back..
I fixed her clothes and carefully picked up my son..
He was still warm that meant that he still had the fever so i give him a cold water sponge bath and dressed him up in lighter clothes..
Next i rumaged through my wife’s purse (for which i might be murdered next morning because i messed things up) for some medicine..
I gave my son his medicine and gently rocked him to sleep..
Cheers to all the parenting videos i saw online.
Now is the time to tame the beast..
“My love..” i gently shake her as i get into the bed with her..
“Go away i don’t want to talk to you..” she says as i pull her closer..
Her body feels unusually warm..
I cross-check by placing my hand on her forhead and she flinches because of its coolness against her hot skin ..
“Love you are warm..you are running a temprature..” i say tightening my hold on her..
“It hurts..” she whines burying her face in my chest.
“What hurts love..?”
“Everything ” and then she sniffs..
“Love please let me take care of you..” i say hopeful

She continues to groan as i gently cover her up in the blanket and run her a warm water bath..
Once i am satisfied that the water is warm enough for my baby i get her to the bathroom..
She settles in the bathtub and looks longingly at me.
I get in and settle myself behind her rubbing her shoulders gently.
“Love talk to me please..” i know she is not angry just upset..
“I thought we had come a long way from hiding things from each other..” she says and i must say that her words sting..
“I was about to tell you tonight..” i explain
“Yea right .. everyone knew except me..even the kids ”
“I am sorry baby..i promise i will fix it ….” i say and kiss her.
She sighs before resting her body completely on mine and thats how i know that i have won this battle for now atleast.
We quickly finish her bath and i let her dress herself up because god knows if i did it then it will never get happen..
I know bhabhi has some ready to eat food ( the things you do for your kids ) with her and that the quickest i can make right now..
“Bhabhi ..” i knock on the door and a shirtless John opens the door..
“Wrong timing bro.” He says and closes the door behind him..
No..not even going there..
“Wo..i wanted some ready to eat from bhabhi .”
“They are in the kitchen dude..” he says like i am supposed to know..
“Oh okay..by the way nice abs dude.” I say and he blushes before returning back into the room..

When i return with some of Pie’s favourite pasta i see her on the bed all bundeled up in blanket looking adorably cute..
I place the food on the side table and get into the blanket with her..
Cuddling her close to my chest i ask her the question that i am dreading the most..” want to talk about it..?”
She totally ignores me and eyes her food.
“Is that for me..?” She asks her voice a little soft..
I guess now she is coming down with a bad throat too..
“Ofcourse love all yours ” i say and handover the plate to her..
“When i saw that boy the other day i saw myself in him..He looked..baby he looked so lost that i had to ..” and then i break ..

Her point of view –
To say i was feeling terrible will be an understatement..
I feel way worse than terrible..
My body is paining and my throat feels sore..
Dex arms’s are comforting as usual and as much as i want to go to sleep in them i know i need to stay up..
I know he wants to explain himself and i let him do so..
“When i saw that boy the other day i saw myself in him..He looked..baby he looked so lost that i had to ..” and thats when i look at him..
He has tears flowing from his eyes..
I don’t say a word and he gets the message to continue..
“I was often sent here when i was a kid and Nana would take care of me…” He says
By this time i have finished my plate and we both are lying down on the bed after those horrible medicines that Dex forced down my throat..
” Baby you know he lost his parents in an accident and i could feel how lonely he was …i don’t know but i have built this sudden connection with him..”
I know how difficult it is for Dex to open about his feelings and the fact that he is baring his soul to me makes me feel so special..
He is in such a vulnerable state right now and it pains me to see him like that .
He looks very much like the lonely kid he is talking about.
“Sweetheart..tell..tell me what you want baby..” i say ruffling his hair..
He has to let it out..
“I ..I want to adopt him love .”
“But baby its a huge responsibility .. are you sure we can do this..?”
“I know one thing for the fact that we can do anything when we both are together..” he says and all my doubts just dissapear..
“So can we go see him tomorrow..?” I question and Dex beams at me..
“You want to meet him.?”
“Ofcourse i want to meet my son.” I say and his eyes widen to the size of saucers..
“So is it a yes ..?”
“Ofcourse love..” i know how much this matters to him and if me meeting that kid makes him happy so be it..
The medicine starts to show its effect now and my eyes begin to droop..
“Come here” he says and pulls me in his arms.
I sigh and as i am about to drift off to sleep Junior wakes up crying..
So much for being a mother ..but whatever it may be i love my son to death..
“Don’t worry my love .i got this..” he whispers in my ear and picks up our son and gets him over to me..
His point of view-
“”Hi love” she says as she greets him and he gives her a big big smile..
“He is so warm” she says looking all worried
“I gave him medicines but he needs to sleep them of.” I explain.
We try to put him to sleep but he isn’t even close to sleeping..
Too much will power for a tiny baby .
“Dex i guess i will try the comfort feeding so that he can sleep.” She says and puts him close to his chest..
“But baby you need to rest too..” i say my worry increasing..
Both my babies are sick..worst feeling ever..
She turns to her side and puts junior on his side too..
He isn’t hungry but still stays close to her chest for comfort..
“Can you hold me baby.?”
“Anything for you my love anything” i say and kiss her head before drifting to sleep