SOULMATES
Where am I supposed to go?
"What's up, baby? Why haven't you slept, hm?"
Laksh touched Ragini's cheek and stroked her. Ragini buried her head in Laksh's arms.
"Hm.. What's up?"
Laksh stroked Ragini's hair and kissed her slowly.
"Laksh.. I'm afraid of losing you"
Laksh was aghast, he immediately pulled Ragini's chin to look at her face.
"What's up, baby? Why are you suddenly saying something like that"
"I'm afraid of Laksh.. I'm afraid you'll leave me"
Laksh smiled, he kissed Ragini's forehead.
"Do you doubt my love, hm? Even I'm willing to go to jail for life for your happiness, Ragini"
Ragini shook her head, she shut Laksh's mouth. She hugged her husband's body again.
"I'm just afraid of Laksh if you're gonna leave me"
Laksh stroked Ragini's hair and kissed her.
"I told you.. I'll never leave you, my dear"
"Laksh"
Laksh kissed Ragini's lips and made Ragini stop talking.
"Stay quiet and sleep, I'm already very sleepy. Let's close your eyes"
Laksh hugged Ragini's body tightly.
Ragini was still staring at the face of her husband who had fallen asleep.
"I'm just afraid that one day you'll leave me Laksh" he said slowly.
"Sleep Ragini"
Ragini began to close her eyes even though the canned letter this afternoon plagued her mind continuously.
***
Ragini opened her eyes slowly as the sunlight began to tease her deep sleep through the curtains. Ragini's hand touched her bedside, she opened her eyes quickly and turned her head when she could not find Laksh beside her.
He immediately got out of his bed and looked for Laksh around his room. His eyes were wailing and his heart was pounding.
"Laksh.. Laksh.. Laksh"
He kept shouting for Laksh's whereabouts. The bathroom door opened and Laksh came out with his hand still holding a towel to wipe his wet head.
"LAKSH" Ragini shouted and immediately hugged Laksh tightly.
"Hey baby, what's wrong with you? What else is going on with you? Why are you starting again, hm?"
Ragini shook her head quickly, she further tightened her embrace with Laksh.
"What's the matter, honey, hm?"
Laksh stroked Ragini's hair.
"Don't leave me, I beg you" he said slowly.
Laksh smiles. He becomes very confused with Ragini's attitude which seems very spoiled and afraid of losing her lately.
"It seems that my wife now loves me so much" he said.
"Laksh.. Promise me whatever happens you'll never leave me"
Laksh nodded.
"I can leave you dear, you are my soul mate, I can be incomplete if not with you"
Ragini smiled.
"I love you so much, Laksh.. Love you so much"
"I love you more, baby"
Laksh kisses Ragini's hair. She was really happy because her Ragini was now getting more and more afraid of losing her.
***
"Mothers.. I want to see Dad"
The boy was annoyed at being ignored, he then shook his mother's arm.
"Mothers.. I want to see dad" he whined again.
"Mothers.. I have a father, right?"
The woman put her cigarette in the ashtray and stared intently at the eight-year-old son. He held the little boy's arm.
"Of course you have a father, son. Your father didn't you tell me his name, do you remember?"
The boy nodded.
"Laksh Maheswari"
"Good"
"But mother.. I want to meet him in person, why has he never met me? Said his mother was my father?"
The woman just smiled.
"Maybe he's busy, son. Now you go back to playing there, I want to be alone"
With a gloomy face the little boy ran away from his mother.
The woman looks at a picture of herself with Laksh.
"Laksh.. I'll come back to your life with Sidd. I will destroy your marriage to that fool Aanchal because he has taken you from me, wait for my vengeance Aanchal. And you're Laksh, I'm gonna ruin your life like you did when you left me and prefer that stupid woman"
The woman smiled cynically by smoking her cigarette back.
***
"You're this.. Just wear a tie is not right, here I trim"
Ragini approached Laksh and tidied the tie Laksh was wearing. Laksh only smiled when he saw his wife, he pulled Ragini's waist. Ragini struggled to let go.
"Take off Laksh"
But Laksh increasingly pulled Ragini's body and brought her face closer.
"Laksh.. What do you want?"
Ragini tries to struggle, but Laksh's power is stronger.
He drew his face closer to kiss Ragini's lips.
Ragini closed her eyes. Laksh drew his face closer to Ragini's.
GECK.. GECK.. GECK..
"Sister Laksh.. Come.. Our client is about to arrive" shouted Tanya from outside the room.
Laksh and Ragini exchanged lyrics, Laksh put on an expression sulking Ragini just chuckled.
GECK.. GECK.. GECK..
"Sister Laksh.. Come.. Come.. Laksh"
"Yes bawel" cried Laksh.
Ragini held back her smile.
"Look at me tonight I'll pounce on you" he whispered.
Laksh then pinched Ragini's nose.
"LAKSH"
He smiled and just walked away.
"God protect our marriage, I love God so much"
Ragini kept staring at her husband's back slowly away.
To be continued...
