Namaskaram 🙏

Date of Update: 24.06.2023

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Ragini and Laksh are sitting silently in front of each other. They are on terrace of one of the biggest star hotels of Kolkata. Sanskar has planned that meet for them as he knows both of them had to speak out before getting married. It was the next day of the Sangeeth. The next day would be mehendi and the next day is marriage. Sanskar has took the effort of convincing the elders of both the families to let them meet. Swara and Sanskar accompanied them and both of them stayed outside leaving RagLak in the terrace. The terrace was beautifully decorated and it resembled a perfect location for a date but RagLak sat there silently looking down at their own hands. There was only silence since ten minutes. Ragini sighed finally as she knows that only she has to break silence as the man she claim to love will not talk until she does. She has seen that guilt in his eyes. Sanskar has also told her that he spoke to none since last night. He was happy last night but he was also in guilt.

“Laksh!” she said his name.

He looked up at her and immediately looked down not able to meet his eyes with hers. She sighed once again. She stood up, moved her chair close to his chair and sat there. She took his hands into hers. He still didn’t look at her.

“Poor Sanskar!” Ragini commented.

Laksh frowned and looked at her.

“Why is it so?” He asked frowning.

Ragini was controlling herself from smiling.

“See this beautiful set up! Everything would go just waste as you are busy in your guilt trip while I will just sit here until you speak something even if I starve to dea...” Ragini gets interrupted as Laksh kept his finger on her lips stopping her further.

“Please don’t talk about death Ragini. I may not die as soon as I lose you but I would only think of death every second in the grief of losing you.” Laksh spoke with pain in his eyes.

Ragini could only look at him lovingly.

“You don’t know how difficult it was for me when I was seeing you as Bhai’s bride. It was like someone is trying to rip my heart away from me. I felt suffocating every second in my own room. I felt like screaming loudly at bhai that Ragini is mine. I Love You so much Ragini that thinking of losing you would only make me breathless.” Laksh said and his eyes started flowing.

Ragini was about to speak but Laksh shook his head.

“Let me speak today Ragini! Please!” he said.

Ragini nodded but she wiped his tears off. His lips unintentionally stretched a little forming a small smile seeing her love for him. Seeing that small smile Ragini’s lips automatically stretched into small smile. Laksh again held her hands.

“I... I know... (He left a breathe as he is feeling burst of his emotions but he has to speak today. He then again took deep breathe and spoke) I know what all I did was not forgivable. I know a mere Sorry wouldn’t make things that all happened to you because of me, right. I treated you like someone who doesn’t deserve anything. (Ragini was about to shake her head but Laksh speaks) Don’t deny Ragini. The more you deny the guilt I would feel. But every time I have seen you I have always adored you. I am not lying. I swear and I mean it. It was my stupidity that I thought you are not my type. I hurt you! I broke you! Yet you loved me. You kept loving me. Even after insulting your sister in front of everyone all you said was you love me. You trusted me more than anybody in this world. My own parents don’t trust me as much as you do and me... What did I do? Just made you feel like you are some unwanted person in my life. I went behind your sister, I openly went close to her not bothering about the one who has given her whole heart for me. I didn’t even show a minimal respect atleast to you or your feelings. Yet you just forgave me and accepted me. I know I have took ages to realise the mistakes. If it was not Swara going missing on that day I would have become the reason for spoiling three beautiful lives. Even now I had spoilt Swara’s life. From the time I had entered into your life all I did were mistakes, no they shouldn’t be named as mistakes they all are sins.” He stopped as he felt himself hard to breathe again in guilt.

He looked down again while Ragini sat there patiently listening to him. She knows he needs to let it off. Only then he would be back to normal. She loves that Laksh not the one who is tripping in guilt. Laksh once again looked at her and continued.

“I have realised that it’s you who is the one I have fallen but I was all the time ignoring the fact. Along this realisation all the things I did to you hit me back. I realised I only hurt you every time. I never ever respected you and your feelings. All I did was just hurting you. You deserve every pinch of respect in the world. You deserve every bit of love in the world. You are that one kind of woman every man deserve in their life while I am that one kind of man no woman deserve in their life. But I swear I have changed for good. I swear I have understood what Love is. I have understood the value of the one who loves you unconditionally. I swear Ragini I will always try to love you as much as you love me. I swear Ragini I will always respect you and your feelings. I swear Ragini that this Laksh will even die to keep his Ragini happy but will never will hurt her again. I swear!” He said and sat on his knees in front of her joining his palms together while tears flowing from his eyes.

“I am sorry for everything Ragini. Please forgive me and give one last chance to me. I promise I won’t hurt you this time.” He said crying badly.

Ragini’s eyes are flowing along with his. She also sits on her knees and immediately hugged him. He hugged her back tight and cries in her embrace.

“I Love You Ragini! I Love You A lot!” He says in between his cries.

Ragini just hugs him tight and that was enough for Laksh to understand that she has given him another chance and has accepted his apology. After few minutes both of them calmed down and broke the hug. Ragini cupped Laksh’s face and wiped his face.

“Done?” she asked.

He frowned but nodded. Ragini chuckled seeing his frown. He smiled seeing her chuckle and wiped her face lovingly.

“I forgave you Laksh. All I want is your love and nothing else. And now when I got that I don’t want to see back and think of those days that are done. Just let us leave the past behind and look for our bright future. Always stay beside me and I promise I wouldn’t leave you.” Ragini said smiling.

Laksh smiled and nodded. He hugged her again and she hugged him back.

“I Love You Laksh!” she whispered in his embrace.

He closed his eyes feeling those words and her in his embrace.

“I am hungry!” She said making him break the hug.

“Let’s have food!” he said making her stand along with him.

She nodded and both of them had a good time. He made her smile, laugh and flirted with her to the fullest making her blush till all blood rushed to her cheeks. Finally they are happy!

*****

“Ugh! Ragini why the hell you keep talking yaar? Ask that stupid man to cut the call and let me do the make up properly!” Swara said in frustration while Ragini pouted as Laksh said bye to her as he also has to get ready.

Swara is making Ragini ready for her wedding. Laksh was continuously flirting with Ragini in phone and Ragini was blushing, giggling and talking to him not letting Swara to do her make up properly.

“He cut the call because of you!” Ragini complained.

“After few hours do all the flirting and blabbering in your room. Nobody will disturb. Now just let me concentrate on making you ready. I also have to get ready after that.” Swara said.

Ragini pouted more and let Swara do her work.

“Shona you still didn’t make Ragu ready?” Sharmishta asked entering into the room.

“Only if your Ragu lets me ma. She was continuously talking and blushing because of her husband.” Swara said still concentrating on her make up.

Sharmishta smiled. Ragini couldn’t even pout as Swara is applying lipstick to her.

“How much you have applied!” Ragini said with irritated face.

She was about to remove it grabbing a tissue but Swara hit her hand and snatched the tissue.

“I know what I did. Today it’s my wish not yours. So be quiet!” Swara warned her.

“Ma see na!” Ragini whined.

“Ragu Shona is right. You are looking stunning!” Sharmishta kissed her head.

Ragini smiled. Swara smiled seeing them.

“Swara go get ready now.” Ragini said.

Swara ran from there to get ready making both Ragini and Sharmishta giggle.

“Laadoo!” Dadi called her coming inside.

“Sharmishta Shekhar is calling you. You go.” Dadi said before she looks at Ragini again.

Sharmishta nodded and left.

“Here! Take this. Everything in this belongs to your ma. Janaki always used to say that she will give these jewellery to you.” Dadi said with teary eyes.

Ragini caressed the jewellery with teary eyes and nodded. She immediately wore everything that belongs to her mother removing every other jewellery she wore earlier. Dadi smiled with teary eyes.

“Why did you change everything?” Swara asked as soon as she came inside and saw her.

“Swara these are ma’s!” Ragini said.

Swara smiled and nodded.

****

They took the final phere and Laksh just pulled her into a tight hug making everyone gasp in shock including Ragini.

“Laksh beta marriage rituals are not done yet. You have already started romancing!” Pandit ji said in disbelief.

“Oh pandit ji this is not romancing. This is expressing happiness. We are married finally! You don’t know after how much mess this happened!” Laksh said with tired face.

Ragini is blushing while all laughed hearing him. Soon the other rituals also got over. Before bidaayi there is dinner. So everybody had their dinner.

Laksh and Ragini are sitting in hall while all others are busy with their works. Laksh is just staring Ragini lovingly while Ragini is just looking down not looking at him as he is not removing his eyes from her.

“Laksh shall we play a game?” She asked suddenly looking at him.

“Anything for you my lady!” he flirts kissing the back of her palm.

Ragini controls her shy. 

“Okay! You turn your face that side.” She says.

Laksh looks confused but still turns to the other side.

“Statue!” Ragini says.

Laksh stays statue. Ragini giggles. She bends and looks at him who is ‘mumming' with his sealed lips. Ragini laughs seeing him like that. She slowly takes her hand towards his nose and pokes. He glares her. Ragini laughs more. She suddenly gets an idea and slowly takes her hand to his waist. She suddenly starts tickling him and he breaks the statue bursting out into laughter after trying hard to control his laughter for thirty seconds.

“Rag.... hahahahaha... ini.... stop! Rag... hahahahaha....” Laksh speaks in between his laughter.

But Ragini continues to tickle him. Laksh tries his hard and gets hold of her hands, pulls her towards and hugs her tight blocking her hands in between him and her.

“You became naughty!” Laksh said shaking his head.

Ragini giggles. He smiles and kisses her forehead. Shekhar who is seeing them from far smiles with teary eyes. The smile and happiness he saw on his daughter’s face it gave him peace. He wiped his tears that left his eyes and moved towards them.

“Ragini beta!” He called before reaching them.

That made both of them to move away and Ragini immediately stood up.

“Ha... haan Papa!” Ragini responded.

Laksh also stood looking at Shekhar. Shekhar smiled. He forwarded a file to Ragini. Ragini looked confused but took them.

“Beta these are the papers of the property which Janaki got from your nanaji. She had written a will immediately after your birth stating that the property belongs to you from the day you get married. The property was under rent all these years and every penny that has been received as rent has been deposited in a bank account. Pass book regarding that account is also in this file. Your mother wanted this and I did her job.” Shekhar explained.

Ragini’s eyes turned teary. She caressed the file lovingly and kissed it.

“This is the gift ma left for me. Thank You ma!” Ragini whispered.

Her mother didn’t leave a chance to show how much she loves her. Every time she needed her she was with her though not physically. Shekhar caressed her hair making her look at him. He wiped her tears and kissed her forehead.

“This is from your ma!” he said indicating the kiss.

Ragini smiled nodding. Laksh side hugged her joining his head with hers. Shekhar looked at Laksh and Laksh assured him with eyes. Shekhar left from there.

“You miss her today a lot right?” Laksh asked.

“A Lot is also a little Laksh!” Ragini said caressing the file.

Laksh caresses her hair.

“This is not property Laksh. This is my mother’s love and care. She had thought so much in advance for me but left me so early.” Ragini said caressing the file.

Laksh just let her say everything so that she could feel better. He just kept her head on his chest and kept caressing her hair. Ragini closed her eyes and stood there in his embrace for few minutes. When she felt she is okay she broke the hug and looked at him.

“I Love You Laksh!” Ragini said smiling and staring him lovingly.

“I Love You More Bacha!” he said and kissed her forehead lovingly.

Suddenly Sanskar popped in between by placing his hands on either of their shoulders.

“Hello Lady and not so gentle man!” Sanskar said.

Laksh shook his head while Ragini smiled at him.

“Bhai move!” Laksh said.

Sanskar shrugged and moved away from them. Laksh immediately stood in front of Ragini hiding her from him.

“Stay away from my wife!” Laksh said frowning and showing his forefinger to Sanskar.

Sanskar looked at him with open mouth and hands on his waist. Ragini is giggling silently behind Laksh. Sanskar held Laksh’s hand and pulled him away from Ragini. He stood beside Ragini and side hugged her.

“We are besties forever. Nobody can break our friendship, not even you. Understood?” Sanskar asked showing his forefinger to Laksh.

Ragini smiled hearing him and looked at Laksh.

“Understood!” Laksh said holding Sanskar’s forefinger with his forefinger smiling. 

Ragini smiled while Sanskar chuckled at his brother’s over action.

“Ragini on this occasion I want to promise you that I, Sanskar Maheshwari will be available for you every second. You can come to me for even a tiny problem and I promise I will solve it even if it takes my life!” Sanskar said sincerely about how he is ready to keep his friendship.

“Sanskar! You are my only best friend. I have seen always that genuinity in your friendship. I have trusted you seeing that genuinity and I know you will always stay for me. Thank You and I promise I would do the same for you!” Ragini promised him.

Laksh smiled adoring their friendship. Sanskar hugged Ragini controlling his tears. Ragini hugged him back. Laksh hugged both of them together.

‘I can’t tell you that I was acting mad Ragini because you are one of those best friends one can get and I can’t risk to lose you. Forgive me for that one mistake of mine.’ Sanskar thought in his mind and wiped the tears that flew from his eyes.

They broke the hug and Laksh kissed Ragini’s cheek making Ragini blush and Sanskar laugh at them.

“Chalo guys it’s time we take this amazing girl home finally!” Sanskar said.

RagLak smiled and nodded.

****

“Ahhhhhh!” A huge scream is heard.

Ragini immediately ran towards the washroom hearing the scream.

“Laksh!” she called worried.

Laksh immediately hid behind her. They just entered their room. Ragini got changed into a comfortable dress while Laksh went to freshen up. That’s when Ragini heard a huge scream of Laksh.

“Ragini save me! That Lizard! It will eat me up. Save your handsome husband! Please!” Laksh said hugging Ragini tight from behind with his hands around her waist.

Ragini stood there froze because of his sudden tight hug but hearing him she could only burst out into laughter.

“Ragini yaar why are you laughing when we are here in huge danger? Can’t you see how that lizard is plotting to have us as it’s meal?” Laksh asked scared and hugging her tight.

Ragini controlled her laugh.

“Laksh leave me. I will just shoo it away.” Ragini said.

“Arey no Ragini. We just got married. How can you already plan to leave me? No! Wait let’s go out and call someone else. They will shoo it away.” Laksh said.

Ragini laughed more shaking her head.

“Laksh! It’s just a small lizard. If you don’t leave me now it will escape then you will have to encounter this deadliest creature again tomorrow.” Ragini said with wide eyes acting like him.

Laksh moved away from her still scared.

“Ragini careful!” he said.

Ragini laughed. She then looked around finding something so that she can shoo the lizard away. Finally finding a mop there she used it to shoo it away.

“Wow! You should get the bravest person in the world award my bacha!” Laksh hugged her tight.

Ragini chuckled in his embrace.

“Freshen up and come now!” Ragini said shuffling his hair making Laksh smile like a kid.

*****

“Laksh, Ravith wake up!” Ragini’s voice is heard.

Laksh moved a little and pulled his little boy more into his embrace. Both father and son are sleeping peacefully with a cute smile on their face.

“Papa loves twinnie more Mumma!” Pouted Lavisha.

“Ahaan! Then what are all those days when he hugged you and slept pushing away twinnie towards mumma, you both teaming up and finishing his ice cream and all!” Ragini asked combing Lavisha’s hair.

Lavisha giggled making Ragini shake her head in disbelief.

“Now go wake them!” Ragini said kissing her cheek as she finished combing her hair.

Ragini went to help the women in kitchen while Lavisha ran to her father and twinnie.

“Papa, twinnie wake up!” she continuously shook them for which they woke up.

“Haye! My bacha is in a mission to make papa’s day beautiful by waking him with her beautiful smile.” Laksh said taking Lavisha into his embrace while Ravith glared her.

“Always disturbing!” he murmured and ran out of the room towards his mumma.

“Mumma!” Ravith ran to her and she took him into her arms.

“Here comes the Mumma’s boy!” commented Kusum, Sanskar’s wife.

Ravith giggled in his mother’s embrace while Ragini kept caressing his hair.

“Baby go and freshen up. Breakfast is almost ready.” Ragini said.

“I am katti with papa and Lav. She disturbed my sleep and papa is praising her.” Ravith said irritated.

“Aww... Then let’s go and have a bubble bath with Chote Bade Papa!” Sanskar who came along with his daughter in his arms spoke.

Ravith looked at him and then at Ragini. Ragini chuckled and nodded for which he grinned widely.

“What happened to Aarvi?” He asked seeing her pale face who just hid her face in her mother’s chest as soon as her mother took her into her arms.

“She is sick Rav. She has fever!” Sanskar said taking him into his embrace.

“Then how will she play with Swaroop when we go to mausi’s house?” Ravith asked pouting.

Sanskar smiled and kissed his forehead lovingly.

“She will have medicine once she has her breakfast. Choti badi ma will feed her. Then she will get fine soon. Then she will play with everyone there. Okay?” Sanskar said and asked.

Ravith nodded cutely. Sanskar smiled.

****

“Papaaaaa!” Lavisha screamed at Laksh staring him cute angrily as he applied cream on her face.

Laksh laughed and ran away from there while Lavisha started chasing him. Following them all the kids ran behind them giggling and chasing Laksh helping Lavisha.

“This man never changes! This man is spoiling all the kids including my Swaroop!” Swara said shaking her head.

“Oh please Swara! Atleast he isn’t becoming boring like you!” Roop Swara’s husband spoke.

All laughed hearing him. Roop saw Swara in Sanskar’s marriage. He is Sanskar’s mausi’s son. He liked her instantly and they got married.

*****

“Mumma!” Ravith called Ragini when all four of them are laying on the bed.

“Hmm!” Ragini responded thinking something deep.

All three of them looked at her concerned. Three of them sat immediately.

“Mumma get up!” Lavisha started pulling her to sit.

Ragini sighed and sat there. Laksh sat beside her while Ravith and Lavisha sat in her lap.

“Mumma you got fever?” Ravith asked checking her forehead.

Ragini looked confused but shook her head.

“Mumma head ache?” Lavisha asked already massaging Ragini’s head.

Ragini took her hand lovingly away from her head and shook her head.

“Then what happened to my Bacha?” Laksh asked taking all three of them into his embrace while RavLav nodded their head.

Ragini smiled and hugged her both the cutie pies.

“Aww my babies and Mr. Husband nothing has happened to me. I was just thinking about to make your favourite yummy pasta tonight. It’s Saturday night after all. That’s all!” Ragini said smiling.

“Pasta!” Both RavLav exclaimed excited.

Ragini nodded. Both of them grinned.

“We will go and tell Aarvi and Anup bhayya about this. We will also call Swaroop to come here.” Ravith said excited.

Ragini laughed and nodded. Both RavLav left from there running. Anup is Aadharsh's and Parineetha’s son. Laksh looked at her still waiting for her to say real reason. Ragini looked at him.

“Bacha I am waiting!” Laksh said impatiently not getting any answer from her.

“For?” Ragini asked.

“For the real reason behind your deep thoughts.” Laksh said irritated and impatient.

Ragini giggled.

“I was just thinking how to revenge you for the prank you played on me in the morning!” Ragini said smiling mischievously.

Laksh frowned while she shrugged. He huffed and also released a sigh of relief. She hugged him tight and kissed his cheek tight.

“Stop over thinking Laksh. There is nothing that bothers me. I think it’s been five years since I was bothered of something.” Ragini said smiling.

“That’s a good thing. Would you mind telling me the secret recipe that keeps you away from all the worries?” Laksh asks hugging her.

“Oh yes! I don’t mind. There is this person in my life who has promised me that he will look after every single worry.” Ragini said.

“Is it? Who is that amazing person?” Laksh asked.

“Sanskar! My best friend!” Ragini said smiling mischievously.

Laksh looked at her with open mouth while Ragini laughed.

“Laksh! It is the person’s name!” Ragini said pulling his cheeks.

Laksh smiled bright.

“But Sanskar too!” Ragini said smiling.

Laksh glares her while Ragini shrugs.

“Fine! Fine!” Laksh says with unamused expression while Ragini looks at him with a raised eyebrow and finally he smiles.

“If Bhai isn’t there I wouldn’t have got the most wonderful, beautiful, bravest and amazing woman in the world as my wife. So I would give him some credit as one of the persons who keeps you away from worries!” Laksh said.

“Thank You for the credit!” they heard Sanskar.

Both of them look at the entrance to see him standing there.

“Here have this maggie!” saying he passed a plate of maggie to them after entering inside the room.

“What’s special?” Ragini asked.

“Aarvi!” he said shrugging.

Ragini chuckled while he left from there smiling.

“So are we having maggie in our style?” Laksh asked.

Ragini shook her head in disbelief. Laksh grinned and took a single long maggie from the plate and took it into his mouth on one side and looked at Ragini. She giggled and took the other side into her mouth. Both of them started slurping from both sides moving close and end up touch each other’s lips with each other. Laksh made it into a kiss making Ragini blush.

“You blush just like how you did when we kissed for the first time!” he says hugging her and kissing her head chuckling.

Ragini giggles.

“I Love You Laksh!” Ragini said pecking his cheek.

“I Love You more bacha!” he kissed her forehead lovingly.

The end!

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Dharani (Dhaరणि)