I'll never let things go wrong...
I'll never let you be alone...
Baby, I am right here...

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You are my precious treasure
and,
Treasures are meant to be protected inside a cage...

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I'll hold you when things go wrong
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
Baby, I am right here....

Music never thrilled him...
Lyrics never seemed understanding...
His life was tedious and boring untill his eyes fell on her...
It was a enlightening moment, to be precise a turning point of his life...

He smiled like a fool reminiscing the day he saw her... She is magical who turned the cold arrogant heir of Shekhavats into a grinning idiot... Her thoughts were enough to turn him into a clown...

" Naina...."
Uttering the name of his soul's owner, he inhaled deeply...only to be gifted in turn by a burning stomach twitching smell...

" Fuck...."
He smacked his head and hurriedly took out the burnt toast with bare hands, again to hiss in pain...

" Ek kaam bhi tumse dhang se nahi hota.. "
He scolded himself and prepared another loaf of bread to murder...

" Sir.... May I??..."
A maid proposed in a low tone, carefully standing just outside the entrance of the kitchen

" Out..."
He yelled in a stern voice not at all bothering to turn his face... His tone was enough to scare anyone...

The maid took her leave without wasting another second as she didn't wished to get fired..

But you'll never be alone
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
I'll be with you from dusk till dawn
Baby, I am right here

Turning the volume high on his headphone, he prepared his eyes and hands ready to pickup the roasted bread safely this time...

After successfully completing the task he called his savior Naveen...

" Upma?... Recipe bol..."

Without a hiii or hello....atleast a good Morning for poor sleepless Naveen's sake... Rajveer started his call...

Naveen - " protection use kiya???..."
He asked in a sleepy tone..tossing on bed, without opening his eyes...

Rajveer - " Yes.."
His voice sounded plain,
" Its personal. Jitna poocha he uthna bol..."
He warned not wanting to reveal much about his late night activities

Instead of another round of RJ speech by Naveen he heard a spit of laughter

Naveen - " abee Saale, Protection matlab tera kitchen shield... phehna poocha! Naki tera...."
Again a series of laughter poured water on Rajveer's face...

Rajveer - " Pehna he..."
He answered wearing a face shield to prevent himself from the disasters awaiting for him in kitchen...

Naveen - " toh sun... phehle ek kadayi le..."

He explained everything step by step...pausing whenever he felt his dear friend had a doubt... though Rajveer never felt it necessary to put his thoughts into words...

After 45 minutes..

Naveen - " Kitchen slabs clean kardi tune?.. Yaad he na..."
He reminded his Yaar the important rule of kitchen

Rajveer - " Naina ko ganda kitchen pasand nahi he..."
He completed the sentence with a small curve on his lips...

Naveen - " Ab hasna band kar aur nikal mere sher..."
He took a flip and raised his blanket

Rajveer - " Okay.."
He was about to cut the call

Naveen - " thanks toh bolde... "
He shouted and heard a dead tone at the end

" Huh! Anyways Good night Naveen...." he wished himself and snuggled inside the blanket....

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Balancing a tray full of food in one hand, and a bunch of fresh white roses in another, he opened the door with one foot....the room was pitch dark, filled with soft snore...

He walked towards that sound, hopping on the bed with excitement... with few petals of rose... his naughty thoughts awakened at the mere sight of her peaceful face.
He placed one on her nose, and clicked a pic holding back the breeze of emotions surging inside his heart... Beautiful, the word appeared on the billboard of his head...
Slowly adjusting himself beside her, he blew it with love... and watched how it landed on her right eye, tickling her... he clearly wanted more...
She raised her hand to remove the irritating thing but her hand got kissed damply by her husband...

Her sleep wasnot at all disturbed by his hopeless love. He continued to play with her skin with his feather touches and noted down in bold letters that his wife's body reacted to it, positively... the food felt ignored as usual and he sensed it. Putting a comma to his morning booster dose he whispered near her ear,
" LOVE YOU..." which instantly brought her to the real world...

Naina opened her eyes with thud, struggling to get out of his hands,
" Aap?...."

Rajveer kept his chin on her shoulder, inhaling her scent,
" Ha..."

She remained silent, feeling pain her all over her body... How could she forget this everytime ? Not that he behaves roughly with her during the night, but her selfishness demands more from him. It remains always her desire to crave for one more round... how can not she? Her husband is a synonym of gentleman in bed. He reads her untold fetish.. He undresses her every layer urging to spill what she wants from her... He stops everytime he hears a word, 'No' from her...though it never came in these 6 years of their marriage.

Pulling a break to these thoughts, a delicious aroma of food attracted her attention

Naina - " aapne upma banaya??..."
She asked with glinting eyes...

Rajveer nodded and placed a plateful of upma with authentic filter coffee...

Naina - " Aapne coffee bhi banaya??..."
She asked again...this time something else was peeking out in her words

Rajveer - " Clean he..."
He answered knowing what her actual question was...

Naina sighed thanking her stars, and searched the tray for a certain thing,
" Aapka toast kaha he??..."

Rajveer - " Rihaan..."
He mentioned the Mumma's boy name with a pinch of irritation....

Naina - " Oh God! Woh utha nahi? Uske school ka time hogaya... aap hatiye... "
She pushed him aside and dashed towards the door not even caring about her husband romancing with an hour old breakfast

Without a single word, Rajveer carried the food to kitchen and polished the Mumma's boy's shoes not even getting noticed....

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Rihaan - " Eww....
Mumma Nooo...."
He shook his head, as soon as his gaze landed on colorful Upma... his legs were messily folded on the chair, and he was wiggling like a stubborn kitten in his Mumma's embrace

Naina - " bus do spoon Rihan... fir Chocolate milk bhi peena he na??...."
She cooed her baby by tempting him

Rihaan - " Mumma...I hate Upma."
He whined slightly pushing the plate away...

But stopped as he heard someone approaching the dining table...Noise of the stiff shoes, were enough to tell who was there... he corrected his body posture and sat straightly...

Naina smiled cunningly and stuffed a spoonful of upma in his mouth,
" Good Boy..."

Rihaan closed his mouth hardly swallowing the food... and hurried a wish,
" Good Morning Dada..."
His voice was meek...

Rajveer - " Good Morning Rihaan...."
He sharply eyed at his son's plate which was almost untouched

Naina - " Rajveer, aaj driver chutti pe he toh aap Rihan toh school drop kardenge?...."
She asked placing another spoonful of her favourite upma in Rihaans mouth

Rajveer nodded, concentrating on his food...

Naina felt a tug on her dupatta...and she bent to Rihan's level...

" Mumma...aap bhi aavona.. Main aapko apne new friends se bhi miladunga... "
He whispered but still Rajveer's attentive ears were able to catch them

Rajveer - " Naina kahii nahi jaayegi... I will drop you.."
He ordered harshly clashing the fork with plates..

Rihaan tightly fisted Naina's dupatta in his tiny hands leaning more towards her...

Naina - " Aaj nahi Baby... Mujhe aapke favorite pastry bhi bake karna he na?...."
She distracted his mind towards other things...

Rajveer - " Rihaan... Quick..."
He tapped his feet frequently getting impatient...

Taking this as opportunity, Rihaan instantly hopped down from the chair and drank whole glass of milk

Naina - " Rihaan....dheere...."

Rihaan - " Mumma, mera English note book..." saying this he ran towards his room side eying at Naina whose hands were busy with spoonful of upma

Naina - " Bilkul aap hi pe gaya he..."
She mumbled forgetting how sharp her husband's ears were....

Rajveer pulled her to him,
" Mera hi beta he na..."
He kissed her somewhat puffed cheeks

Naina - " Mera bhi toh he..."
She saw how Rajveer's plate was full of french toast...He too hates upma...but she likes the fact that he cooks it for her... It's the only thing that he cooks right, otherwise you can't name the disaster he creates in kitchen...

Rihaan - " I'm ready...."
His voice was heard announcing its the time for departure

Naina kissed Rihan's head,
" Be a Good boy. Achche se padhna. And..."

Rihaan - " Koyi shararat nahii..."
He giggled completing his Mumma's words and again ran towards the car

Finally, Naina turned to Rajveer knowing what is coming next...

Rajveer hugged, snuggling his hand inside the kurti, softly caressing her waist,
" Be a good girl. And behave. Mera calls ko answer karna aur messages ka jawab dena. Agar kahin jaana he toh batadena main apna saara kaam chodke aajaunga.. Kuch bhi karna toh mujhe batake karna... be careful...
I love you Naina... I'm gonna miss you..."
He kissed her lips and walked out with a heavy heart....

Not before checking his phone to see whether the CCTV cameras installed in every corner of his home are working correctly....
He locked the main gate and back gate...
Afterall He needs to protect his precious treasure...

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Dearest Readers,

I hope you find this chapter lil interesting.
Do tell me how you felt after reading this so that I write the next one with a smile.

Aapki,
Nandu 💙