Love that heals

Ashutosh:

In the midnight, I woke Rudrani up.

"What?" She said in sleep.

"Happy Birthday, Rudrani," I said and she opened her eyes. I stood before her with a cake in my hands but she threw away the cake. I thought she was angry with me.

Her face showed fear and sadness but there is no single sign of happiness. She pushed me away all of a sudden. I don't think it's anger at me. Why is she panicked? "Rudrani, are you okay?" I asked as I didn't understand what happened to her. She looked around as if she was examining the surroundings.

I stood blank having no clue of the reason behind her behaviour. She started crying aloud and my heart slipped a bit. Mom and dad were out of station. Artika too left to her place understanding my love for Rudrani. I didn't understand how to stop her crying.

"Rudrani, what happened?" I said slowly thinking a way to calm her.

She was not listening to me and crying continuously. I tried many times to go to her but she was crying more when I tried to touch her.

I left the room and called mom. I told her everything that happened.

"Ashu, in my room you will find the medicine which works as a tranquilizer. Inject it to her. Let her sleep first. Take care of her and we will return by tomorrow afternoon. Don't ask her anything until I return. I will talk to her," mom said. Mom messaged the name of the medicine and I came to the room with the medicine but the scene shocked me.

"Rudrani, are you mad?" I said and snatched the knife from her hand.

She cut her wrist twice and her hand was bleeding. She tried to free herself from my grip but I didn't leave her. I injected the medicine to her and she slowly fell unconscious. I made her sleep on the bed and sat on the chair near her. I caressed her hairs. I cleaned the scars which she made to her wrist and wrapped with a bandage.

What happened to my love? Rudrani is very strong and I never saw her this panicked until now. I think I know only a little about Rudrani. May be there is much more to know about her.

In the morning, I cleaned the floor and removed cake on the floor. She woke up and looked at me.

"Ashu," she called me.

Ashu??? After the fight, today she called me as Ashu. I felt happy and went to her.

"Good morning my love, what do you want from me early in the morning? Do you want any morning kiss or hug?" I asked trying to make her forget what was happened in the last night. "What happened to my hand?" Rudrani asked showing me the bandage.

"Last night you fell from the bed. Your hand was injured due to that," I lied to her.

"What? I am not a kid to fell down. Did you push me down?" She asked.

"No darling, why will I do such things?"

What is she asking?

"Why didn't I wake up when I fell down? How am I on the bed again?"

"You fell unconscious after falling down. I made you sleep on the bed."

"Okay but I feel so drowsy," she said and saw a syringe on the table.

"What is this?" She asked and saw the medicine bottle on the table beside the syringe.

"Did you give this tranquilizer to me? Why did you inject it to me? Did you do anything to me? Did you touch me? Did you hurt me yesterday?" Rudrani asked seriously.

I cupped her face.

"Sweety, I am not an idiot who force a girl. I love your heart and I am not in a hurry to make you all mine when you are unconscious. Relax and get fresh up. I will bring breakfast," I said wiping sweat on her face. I turned to go but stopped as Rudrani held my hand.

"Ashu, what is today's date?"

I didn't reply. I was thinking how to divert her and mom came just then.

"Ashu," mom called and we both looked at mom.

Mom signalled me to leave and I left the room. Mom went to Rudrani and closed the door. After one hour, mom opened the door.

"Mom, what happened to her?"

"She is fine now but being fine forever depends on you," mom said.

"What?"

"Ashu, you need to know more about Rudrani. I feel you married her without knowing about her anything and I hope that won't spoil the life of you both. Stay away from her for sometime. Shift your stuff to another room," mom said.

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I was shocked. I planned many surprises for her on the birthday and already I gave up all plans after seeing her reaction yesterday. Now, if I stay away from her, how can I convince her?

"No mom, I can't stay away from her," I said.

"If you really want her to be happy, stay away from her. Give her some space and don't worry, I will take care of her," mom said.

I nodded though I didn't want to stay away from her. I shifted my luggage to another room.

"Mom, do you think it's good idea to leave her alone in the room? Yesterday she tried to kill herself," I said.

"I will stay with Rudrani," mom said.

In the afternoon, I went to talk to mom but stopped listening to mom's conversation.

"Why didn't you say this to our Ashu?" Dad asked.

"How can I say this to him? Though Ashu is not only our son but also Rudrani's husband. What if Ashu decides to leave Rudrani knowing her past? Even Rudrani didn't remember that incident when she is concious. When I hypnotized Rudrani, she said this to me. If I reveal to Ashu and if Ashu starts to hate her, Rudrani becomes helpless to convince Ashu," mom said.

Why will I leave Rudrani? Why will I hate her? Does she have any past love? Even though, it's not a problem.

"Why did you ask Ashu to stay away from Rudrani?"

"I didn't want to any bond to develop between them unless Ashu is ready to accept her with her past. If Rudrani loves our Ashu and if Ashu avoids her knowing the truth, Rudrani can never become normal. So, I want him to stay away from Rudrani till I explain everything to Ashu and convince him," mom said.