After sharing a sweet moment in an unattended road, we headed back home. Ma ji told us that Dev is already asleep in her room and she insisted on spending the night with her grandson.

This was the first time I am going to sleep with Dev between Raj ji and me. I didn't know how to react to that. Raj ji just smiled at me assuringly and Ma ji said that if he wakes up, she'd bring him to us.

Okay, that was pretty convincing!

After a light dinner, Raj ji and me headed back to our room, getting to spend more private moments as the night was still young.

This time, I was forward with the reaction. My husband was busy trying to clear up Dev's toys from our bed while I just walked quickly to him and almost fell on him in an attempt to hug him.

He was once again, taken by surprise, but ended up laughing at me. I felt, a little embarrassed and hid my face on his chest.

"You don't have to feel embarrassed about it Pavi, I found it cute!"

I didn't dare lift my head. Note that I was still lying on him.

"Hey, the woman who:

-Screwed my case in front of my mother
-Baby-ed me in front of the whole family
-Kissed me in a no-man allowed road

is embarrassed because of a failed attempt to hug her husband?"

God, he makes fair points!

I lifted my head to look at him and pouted. He smiled and pecked my lips.

"I am so proud of you, you know?"

"And me, you!", I said urgently.

His hair was messy, with all the travelling, he's definitely acing the panda look! His eyes didn't want to leave mine was deeply speaking the language of love. His breaths were fastened, and his lips wanted yearned to kiss me.

We hadn't been together since Dev's birth and this time somehow felt like compensating for all of it.

Please don't take me wrong, I certainly have no complaints over it, well, you know what I mean right?!

We engaged ourselves in a passionate kiss that turned out to be a hungry one, craving for each other. Raj ji tried to minimize even the tiniest gap existing between us with his strong hands and fervent kisses. I for once never let my hands leave his highly maintained hair, God I missed meddling with it.

"Are you sure about this?", Raj ji asked me, to know whether I was  okay with it.

Suddenly, I felt a surge of consciousness within and eased myself from his grip. Post Dev's birth, my body was not the same and I had my inhibitions. He looked worried and asked,

"Pavi, is everything okay?"

I slowly loosened my clothes to show him the start of my stitches.

Raj ji sighed at me, slid my clothes a level down to completely expose the C-Section cut.

This was the first time he was seeing it, mind you. Tears welled his eyes. He looked baffled.

"Baby?", he choked.

"You had to go through it all by yourself... I feel so guilty for it.", he mumbled.

"Hey no, come here!", I called him to lay next to me so I could look at his face while I deliver the next few words.

"Look, this is for our Dev, okay? You don't have to feel guilty or sad for it. It's a part of mother's duty to deliver the child safely. If you hadn't gone that day, you'd not have achieved the dream that we wanted to gain together.

I just feel a bit conscious for the fact that I don't know whether you still find me attractive! My body has undergone certain changes-"

"What, are you out of your mind?", he stopped me in between.

"You think I am that kind of a man who'd really you know-

Oh well, I am out of words now!

Okay, now you listen to me, I love you, the way you are and to see you this strong and beautiful and amazing, my heart is just filling with immeasurable love. I wish I could kiss your pain away. The scar makes you even more beautiful to me.

I cannot even breathe without you, okay?

So the scar and your body changes are least of my problems!"

I didn't know how to react to those words. Both of us felt pretty emotional and now didn't shy away to express it to one another. We held eachother's hands and shed a few tears. We really got through this, didn't we?

I think this was the moment that hit both of us with the truth of our achievements. If we look back, the journey was one heck of a ride. The night was still young, and we had new fond love to eachother to keep us awake through it. I gently wiped his tears and looked into those beautiful eyes of his.

"Pavi-", he breathed.

"Hmm?", I whispered back.

"I love you."

"Yeah, I know."

He smirked at me playfully.

"Do you, now?", he asked, still maintaining his husky voice.

"Maybe, maybe not!", I dodged along.

"Really?"

"You can prove it to me. I am not going anywhere."

That's it, it triggered his ego and woke up his spirits. Raj ji knew how to love his woman. He was passionate, considerate, gentle, willing and God, makes you feel his love.

Recoiling from breathlessnes after sharing an amazing time together I was almost about to reach his lips for an after-kiss.

But a sharp and a shrill cry refrained us.

That was my son!

I quickly dressed up and waited until Raj ji put on his pajama pants.

I opened the door to take him from Ma ji. He must be hungry!

So, this is how life's going to be, with little epiphanies conquering the night, isn't it?

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A/N:

A triple update today! Yay!

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