Anirudh and Bondita had gone out that evening to watch a movie on a projector. The grainy, black and white movie had been quite interesting, and they enjoyed the moonlight and cool winds as they walked back to their farmhouse. 

They were holding hands, enjoying their stroll. 

"The movie was so nice Pati Babu," Bondita gushed. 

It had been a romantic movie. A movie where two lovers had to meet secretly because their love was forbidden. The young man in the movie had been rich, and his marriage was fixed with a high-society girl. 

Except, his eyes had landed on a poor seamstress as he passed by a village one fine day, and he couldn't look away. 

"What was so nice about it?" Anirudh asked her, rubbing her hand gently with his thumb. 

"The romance!" 

"Our romance is nicer," Anirudh teased her. 

Bondita looked at him with a slight blush and said, "Pati Babuuuu our love story is the best! But we've plateaued now because we're already a couple! I mean... only I bring the thrill when I have an affair with Barrister Babu or Shikshak Babu!" 

"Bondita!" Anirudh groaned again, even though somewhere he quite enjoyed her random outbursts like this. 

Somewhere, he did find this wild side of hers hot! 

Now that she was going to become a mother in the true sense, he found that he was seeing her as more of a grown up... well, someone who he didn't have to worry about corrupting anymore!

Bondita just giggled. 

"How the two of them in the movie snuck around in the middle of the night to meet each other!" Bondita gushed, "How romantic!" 

"Like how we used to sneak around when you went to Thakumaa's that summer?" Anirudh asked. 

"Yes, that was thrilling!" Bondita giggled. 

"Your Thakumaa was scary!" Anirudh pouted. 

"Now you're her beloved Mishti Meye, and she loves you more than me!" Bondita retorted. 

Anirudh just chuckled. That time, he had dressed up as Roopa, and he had to meet Bondita secretly because Thakumaa hated him. It was due to a very strange past between his Kaka and Thakumaa. 

They had learned about their first moments of intimacy... and started to explore their relationship in a physical sense that summer in Krishnanagar! All while sneaking around the prying hawk eyes of the Das family! 

Bondita was feeling nostalgic! 

Somewhere, she wished she could live those moments of carefreeness, passion, and thrill all over again! 

--

That day at school, Mallika had walked in on Batuk and Surabhi being romantic again. 

Well, it was her fault! 

She had gotten afraid... 

So she went behind the school, to see if Batuk was there. 

What was she afraid of? 

Afraid of the fact that Batuk was... with Surabhi. 

And she knew that Surabhi was his girlfriend, and that she had no right to interfere! In fact, it was so immature of her to do this! 

But she couldn't help it! It was like she needed to know. She felt a toxic pull in her heart, and a frenzy. Like she needed to just see... if they were together. 

It was so bad, because she invited this pain in her heart. And she invited this sadness and these tears, that she was inevitably going to face!

All because of an idiot that she fell for! And her own stupidity! 

And when she went behind the school, and saw Surabhi pinned to the wall, with Batuk's lips by her ear, whispering seductive things... Mallika wanted to cry. After she saw a few kisses, she couldn't handle it anymore. 

Tears rolled down her cheeks, and she ran from there, feeling like her broken heart was far beyond repair now. 

Why did she do this to herself? Why did she have to look for Batuk? Why did she invite this pain to her own life? 

She hated it! Mallika hated this feeling so much!

"Batuk," Surabhi whispered, as Batuk's hand moved to her waist, his lips grazing her earlobe. "I have to go home." 

"Later," Batuk was whispering seductively. 

Surabhi closed her eyes, as he kissed her earlobe. 

They had never gone past making out in the last nearly year of their relationship! However, the making out had gotten heavier and heavier with time... and slowly, they started to feel each other over their clothes.

Her hand climbed up Batuk's arm, as he dipped his face to her neck and kissed her milky skin. She was a mix of British and Indian, her dad being from England, and her mom from Simla.  

"We shouldn't outside," Surabhi moaned as he started to suck on her neck. "Careful!" 

Thankfully, they hadn't left lovebites on each other yet! But if they did, she was screwed! 

"You don't know how much I'm holding myself back," Batuk groaned against her skin. 

His girlfriend was so gorgeous, that it really was a mission to control himself. 

He lifted his face and looked into her eyes with an intense gaze. Surabhi was breathing so heavily, that she was glad the wall was holding her up as support. 

"Why do you look like this?" Batuk groaned. 

A blush rose on her cheeks, "What are you talking about?" 

"As if you don't know," he teased. "You know how hot you are. That's why you make me go crazy --" 

"Keep your eyes on me then," she teased back. "Don't let them wander." 

"Never baby," he said, feeling the curvature of her hip with one hand, his other hand gently cupping her cheek. 

Surabhi bit down on her lip seductively, and Batuk took that as a sign to close the gap between their mouths. 

He began to kiss her hungrily. 

Surabhi wrapped her arms around him and returned his passionate kisses, pressing her body against his. 

The two of them were really getting wild and wilder for each other! 

"How much longer until I can touch you more?" Batuk murmured against her lips, really wanting to slide his hands under her clothes and feel her. He wanted to unveil her body and drench himself in the beauty of his girlfriend! 

"When I say so," Surabhi teased back.

"You'll really make me go nuts!" 

Her hand moved across to his chest, down slightly, teasing him and tempting him. 

"So you only like me for my beauty?" she murmured, "By the way I make you go crazy?" 

"I love you," Batuk groaned against her lips, and then he pulled away, gazing into her eyes. "I love you because you're strong, you're smart... but that's not all. I feel like I need you Surabhi. I feel like I'd be empty if you weren't here with me." 

Surabhi smiled genuinely and she whispered, "I love you too..." 

"Why?" Batuk asked with a smirk, feeling incredibly proud to be loved by the most gorgeous girl of Tulsipur! 

"I don't know," Surabhi just said with a grin, "I just do." 

Batuk just pecked her lips again, enjoying these romantic moments with his girlfriend. 

Love without reason! 

That was the most powerful kind of love, after all. 

--

The electricity had gone off in the farmhouse that night, and Anirudh was scrambling to find candles. 

He had already taken one up to their bedroom for Bondita, because she was adamant about her 'light reading' for the day, which he highly suspected wasn't light! 

He was trying to find another candle, just so they could keep other areas of the farmhouse lit, in case Bondita needed to go to the bathroom, or if she was hungry. He couldn't let accidents happen in this state of hers! 

As he was searching for a candle and a matchstick in the living room, he heard footsteps behind him. The footsteps sounded like someone on their tiptoes, as if they were coming to surprise him! 

They were very, very light... hardly audible... otherwise he would have recognized Bondita's footsteps from a mile away!

"Bondita, why are you here in the dark?" Anirudh groaned. Suddenly he could feel a presence behind him. "Bad girl --" 

Before he could shake his head and scold her though, he felt feminine arms wrap around his body from behind. 

Anirudh froze on the spot. 

This wasn't his Bondita. 

He brought his hand up to the hand on his chest and touched it, his heart beating wildly fast. 

No way... 

Was it really... 

Could it really be... 

... Her?

"Anirudh," her familiar voice said, "Didn't you know I was leaving that prison? You didn't come to pick me up!" 

Anirudh started to breathe heavily, feeling panic kick in his system. He tried hard to calm himself down. 

Saudamini held on more tightly and said, "I know you must have to practice your barristery more and upgrade your skills, but you could have appointed a better barrister for my case! But it's okay! I forgive you!" 

Anirudh didn't know how to react. He didn't know whether to scream and make a scene, or kick her out of here and make a scene. 

Either way, a scene would be inevitable. 

"But what crime did I commit Anirudh? Nobody told me..." Mini said with a pout, and all of a sudden, he felt her melt against his back, cuddling into it. 

Her voice took an emotional turn and she whispered, her voice cracking, "Everyone looks at me like I'm a c - criminal Anirudh. W - why? I'm not a criminal. I'm sure - sure of it. I wouldn't c - commit any crime. It was a false case, right?" 

Tears rolled down her cheeks, onto his waistcoat and she whispered, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Anirudh wasn't going to melt. 

No. 

Not after everything she did. 

To his best friend Saurabh. To Bondita. To his family. To him. 

All of a sudden, footsteps started to approach them. 

These footsteps, he recognized... 

He recognized them very well. He recognized them more than he recognized himself.

And that kicked him back to alertness. 

Grabbing Mini's hand, Anirudh twisted it and turned around, glaring at her in the darkness. Then he pulled her to a side room, and closed the door behind them. 

"Anirudh, what are you doing?" Mini gasped. "I just got here! Are you already --" 

Anirudh pushed her against the wall, her back slamming onto it slightly hard, and he pushed his index finger to her lips. 

"Quiet," he hissed to her, darkness in his tone. "Stay quiet. And stay right here. I don't want to hear a sound from you." 

Mini's eyes widened in the dark. 

"Anir --" she tried to speak, but Anirudh pressed his finger harder against her mouth to keep her quiet. 

"If you make a sound, I - will - end - you," Anirudh threatened darkly , his teeth gritting with anger. 

If you scare my Bondita , if you touch my Bondita, if you even look at my Bondita with your evil gaze, I won't leave a hair on your head alive, Anirudh thought in his mind with great intensity. 

Anirudh's tone scared Mini enough, and she nodded slowly. 

"I'll be back to take care of you. Stay put," he growled, and then without another word, he left the room, as Mini started to breathe heavily with shock. 

"... W... what was that?" Mini wondered fearfully, her chest heaving up and down. "When did Anirudh get this... rude? This dark? Towards... me? He always r - respected women, then w - why is he b - being like this with me?" 

Tears rolled down her cheeks and she asked, "What did I do to deserve this Anirudh? What did I do?" 

Just outside the room, Bondita found Anirudh, as she held a lit candle in her hands. 

"Pati Babu! I'm thirsty!" Bondita said. 

Anirudh forced a smile, and said, "I'll bring you water. You go back to the room --" 

Bondita brought her free hand up to her forehead and smacked it. 

"Ohho Pati Babu! You don't get it!" 

"What?" Anirudh asked, frowning. 

The only thing that was on his mind was how to keep Bondita away from the room at the side of the living room!

And how to get to the phone and call Mini's dad to come and pick her up as soon as possible, without Bondita getting a whiff of the vile creature in there! 

Bondita put the candle down in a candle holder on a table beside them. 

Then she loosely wrapped her arms around his neck, and leaned towards him, "I'm thirsty." She repeated it in a seductive tone. 

"Bondita," Anirudh murmured, gulping nervously, his eyes peering over to the side where Mini was behind the door. 

"Moan my name in bed, come on!" Bondita demanded. 

"Go to the --" room, he wanted to say, but Bondita smacked her lips on his and started to kiss him extremely hard, pressing her body against his own.

What a timing to feel turned on! 

His heart was beating extremely fast with anxiety. If Saudamini came out right now, and saw this scene... 

He was afraid... afraid of what she could do to Bondita! 

Bondita started to moan against his lips, "Let's do it here on the sofa. We haven't ever had sex in the living room!"

What a time for her living room fantasies to activate! 

If Saudamini heard the sounds... then what? 

And how could he disappoint his pregnant and super smart wife, who could call his bluff with her mere wits?!

What was Anirudh going to do now?!

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