*bold one is all past*

'No... Don't do this to me. I am sacred of you Reyhaan, leave from here.  No.... No... Don't hit me.' Gauri was mumbling something is sleep. She was probably having some dream, Omkara who lay beside her woke up hearing her faint cries. She was shivering and sweating.

"Gauri... What happened? Gauri... Wake up, you're dreaming, no one is here.... Calm down gauri... Wake up" Omkara stirred her hand in order to wake her up but she was just murmuring something on her own. Reyhaan, omkara heard her saying the name. Who's he? Why she's asking him to not hit her? He was worried.

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Despite having all the psychotherapy sessions on time, not much positive results could be seen. Omkara was worried by gauri's mental health which seemed to be deteriorating day by day .

Omkara was sitting all lost, thinking about how it all started.

Gauri seemed absolutely fine until one day she sat all sweating and scared in midnight. It was  a nightmare though. Everything seemed normal, until gradually he started realising little change in gauri. The way she used to perceive things, think about anything and moreover her increasing nightmares. Was it related to some past?

One day he had already left for office, but when in evening he came back he was shocked to see the sight. Gauri was injured, scared and crying sitting in the corner. Things were broken lying on floor.
"Gauri... What happened... Who did this to you... " He moved closer, while she was shivering mumbling " No don't hit me please... Reyhaan" He heard her say the name for first time. Who's that guy he thought?

He consoled her somehow. Days passed and things didn't seem fine.
Many time he would see her being scared from him only, sometimes she would talk to herself, cry and end up hurting herself  physically too.

"I have too find out what's going on with her. Is it a mental stress or disorder? " He was too engrossed thinking about her until he heard some noises. There she was in the kitchen all scared. "Gauri... " He ran shouting. " Omkara... There was someone... He... He would have come to harm me... I swear he was there. " She hugged him crying.

"Gauri relax.... Calm down.... No one is there see...." He tried best to console her. He was little doubtful if she was having hallucinations? But how and why?

Finally, He decided to visit the doctor, only then he came to know she was suffering with 'Delusional personality disorder '

(It's a mental disorder where a person has illusions of things which don't either exist or are too exaggerated. He hallucinates things, remains angry or low. He may think that he's mistreated or someone is gonna harm him and there are many more illusions in his minds. In gauri's case it was that imaginary Reyhaan who she thinks is gonna harm her.)

"Why did you have to go through all this, gauri... I wish i could have helped you" A lone tear escaped his eye and he sighed.

"But doctor as far as i remember no one in her family has this disease , it can't be genetic. And talking about her past life, there was no such bad experience which could lead to all this" Omkara replied as doctor told him that either gauri's disorder was genetic or due to some past bad experiences.

"Okay i accept, if you say so. But in some cases this disorder also happens due to lack of neurotransmitters substance in mind. It results in such illusions in mind . Or it may be that she was stressing over something too much? " The doctor told him about the disorder in detail.

"You're staying alone here in the city right? " Doctor asked, to which omkara positively nodded.

"Probably something happened in your absence which you don't know or may be she's stressing too much about something. The thing is she's mentally to ill right now. You've to be cautious "
The doctor said handing over her reports to Omkara.

"Mr. Oberoi?" Someone called him making him break his chain of thoughts.

"Yes? Is gauri awake? Is she alright?" Omkara panicked .

"Sir you can meet your wife, she's been shifted in general ward" The person said, Omkara rushed to his Beautiful, he was missing for a while now.

As soon as he entered he saw her sleeping with bandages on her head and hands. The charm of her face was gone yet her glimpse felt the most peaceful thing for him. He sat down beside her holding her hand carefully in his.

"We will conquer this together, I told you right? " He mumbled kissing her knuckles.

"See everything is gonna be fine in a few days. I can't wait to take you back home. Wake up soon beautiful. I promise i won't pluck your roses... Oopss i mean babies"  He said in that sadly cracking voice of him .

He couldn't see her this way, yet what happened was surely something needed. The incident was a big shock and had influenced her mental condition. Probably Reyhaan would go off her mind now? It may not happen in one day, but surely there's a hope she would be better.

A week passed since she was admitted. He would stay with her everytime. She was weak and didn't remember too much about the night. Being under sedatives for longer, Thankfully she haven't got any nightmare or seen Reyhaan after that incident. Her condition was getting better. And moreover Omkara was always by her side to make sure she's not scared of any damn imaginary thing.

A few times she had spoke Reyhaan's name, but  Omkara had tried his level best to chase her fears away.
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"Hey mister didn't you bring a rose to put in my hair? " Gauri weakly smiled and murmured cupping his face. He was asleep sitting beside her.

He woke up lazily, hearing her voice. He thought it was dream but no it wasn't. She was talking to him for real. After many days he heard her voice properly. He looked at her to feel if it was real. His happiness knew no boundaries. "My beautiful, is it you? " He knowingly asked with teary eyes, placing several kisses at her knuckles of both hands and then her forehead. Forehead kisses by your loved one are the purest form of love. They feel uniquely peaceful. Isn't it?  He took her in a bear hug.

"Since when ....my husband started getting emotional .....at tiny things? Wasn't it ......reserved for me? " She hugged him tighter nuzzling into his arms like a baby. She was way too better than earlier.

They didn't talk about her mental condition at that moment, but he would surely be letting her know what happened.

"How are you feeling? You don't know how much i missed annoying you". Omkara said caressing her hair in most loveable manner.

He surely had missed her. No doubt she is the living soul in his whole house. House feels home with her presence. Since when she was admitted  he hadn't seen his house, for being in no mood to feel that sucking loneliness due to her absence. She, her antiques, her laughter keep him alive. How could he even go to the house which felt like dead haunted structure of just four walls?

"I know " She mumbled snuggling into his arms , in her weak yet sweet voice.

She was seen getting better, yet the past incidents still hit omkara a little. He was happy she was recovering. Yet at time he recalls those worst moments of life.

"Reyhaan, leave me.... Please... Go away.... Why are you harming me? Please don't hit me... No reyhaan no..... "

He recalls her scared voice, which still gives him goosebumps out of fear. He also recalls how she would later think Omkara was sick n would tale care of him like anything. Anyways, let Bygones be bygones his heart screamed, focus on her health now.

If it was not for him being strong, god knows how would have things ended up? Her mental condition getting worse everyday was a big jolt. And more than that the consequences were too much to be handled, it was a big hit to his heart where he had seen his delicate flower like wife being hell scared for her life. He had seen her crying, he had seen her fighting for life, when no one was even trying to harm her?

Getting her back was like getting his life back! "His strength was way too enough for both of them to prevent befalling of anyone of them. Indeed they had Conquered it all together.

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Hey peeps!
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