Recap: Keshav and Myra share an intimate moment. Later the family arrive at Keshav and Myra's new home and the family spend a quality time together.

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Naina sat outside the consultation room waiting for Krish who had been in the doctor's room for the past one hour. She was nervous and fidgeting with her fingers waiting for him. 10 minutes later the door opened and Krish walked out with a smile. She engulfed him in a hug and Krish sighed in relief holding her back.

Krish: Thank you for accompanying me.

Naina: We are in this together and I promised to be your side. How do you feel ?

Krish: I will not say that I feel the same as before but I will also not deny that it felt good to have someone listen to me.

Naina: Thats good, you will be fine very soon. Lets go celebrate the first session and lunch on me.

They walked out of the hospital hand in hand and arrived at a restaurant. They sat opposite to each other and placed order.

Krish: You do a lot to me but I haven't done anything to you Naina. Tell me some of your wishes which we might work out now, I mean until I..

Naina: Until you are ready for relationship and fullfil my romantic wishes right ?

Krish choked on the water he was drinking and Naina leaned to him and patted his head.

Naina: Why are you shocked to everything I say ? Forget that, how about we cook together ? Your brother is all set to leave for Delhi day after tomorrow so we shall treat the family with our cooking.

Krish: I m a bad cook but I can help you.

Naina: Done, today's dinner will be our special. I will inform amma so that she will not plan anything in prior. Also I will go to academy tomorrow and let Myra spend the day with her husband. She will miss him a lot once he leave for Delhi.

Krish: I might not be able to help her but you and our parents can take care of her.

Naina: No, none of us can replace or fullfil his place in her life. He will do everything to make sure she is doing good. I have seen him doing everything for her and taking care of her like she is a doll.

Krish: He is always the perfect son, brother and no wonder he is the perfect husband. He is setting bars high for me. 

Naina: I will never compare you to him. Just be yourself and earn a place in everyone's heart.

The food was served and Naina served to Krish's plate and he watched her bewildered.

Krish: Aren't you very sassy then how come you behave all calm and caring wife rather than ordering me around ?

Naina: Oh, don't get any ideas. I m taking care of you because you are recovering but once you are fit and perfect ready for our marriage then I will get all works done by you. You will have to work double for everything I do now.

Krish: Cruel woman, I thought you are being very nice to me.

Naina: What ? Don't you want to be a good husband ?

Krish nodded his head but Naina burst out laughing on seeing him gulp.

Naina: I was kidding Krish, relax. Let us treat each other as equal and share our chores. But now let me take care of you and you focus on your therapy. Don't let me wait for too long.

Krish smiled and they had their food before they returned home.

At the hospital Roshni sat leaning on the grill gate and watched a lady sweeping the long corridor opposite to her cell. She got startled when the warden hit his baton on the gate. He pushed the plate of food through the gap below the gate.

Warden: Have the food quickly and nurse will come with your tablets.

Roshni: Thank you so much Ajay. I m locked and couldn't bite you even if I m intended to do it so you could smile often.

Warden Ajay: Call me warden. Patients are not allowed to call by name.

Roshni: But I m not a patient. Though none of you would agree, what I said is the truth. Please ignore my ranting. I will have the food but can you please wait until i finish ? I m used to have food with my family. I m the only daughter and my parents loved me so much and raised me like a princess.

Roshni ate her food slowly with tears streaming down her cheeks but Ajay ignored her and walked away. 30 minutes later he returned with a nurse and Roshni was talking and smiling with the sweeper lady.

Nurse: Talking with people and smiling with them will heal you quickly Roshni. 

Roshni: Are you sure these tablets won't cause any side effect because you are letting me consume them when I m fit and fine without any problem. How much more should I suffer just because I fell in love with a wrong person ?

Roshni sobbed and the sweeper lady caressed her hair. Roshni sniffed and gulped the tablets given to her. She returned to the mattress and laid facing the wall.

Ajay, nurse and the sweeper lady walked away and Ajay stopped the nurse.

Ajay: She behave very normal since the day she was brought here. What is her problem and why is she being treated specially ?

Nurse: She has a disorder NPD. She will want everyone's attention on her and envy people who receive something more than her. She would think she is the only person who deserved everything best.

Ajay: Why are her parents not allowed to meet her ?

Nurse: I don't know. She is sent here by some higher officer and she is not supposed to meet anyone. Lets stick to our work and not interfere in matters of higher officials.

Sweeper: But she is very calm and different from everything you said. She is missing her parents and cry for them.

Nurse: We don't know exactly what happened to her so we better not judge her just with her looks and talks. 

Ajay and the sweeper nodded their head and carried on with their works.

At Chennai, Keshav picked up Myra from the academy and drove her to the beach. They walked hand in hand and Keshav couldn't avert his eyes from Myra who was dressed in a baby pink saree pinned in single pleat and her open hair and pallu swayed to the breeze. 

Keshav: You look divine and angelic butterfly. Have you planned to kill me with your beauty ?

Myra blushed and they sat on the shore with Myra leaning on Keshav's shoulder and her arm hooked with his as they watched the waves and playing with their fingers.

Myra: Just one more day left for you to leave for Delhi. I will miss you Ketchup.

Keshav kissed her hair and rubbed her knuckles with his thumb.

Keshav: Lets not sulk on that thought and waste the time left. Lets do everything you wish to make memories so tell me what do you want to do.

Myra: Our parents will also wish to spend time with you so lets go home and have dinner with them. Naina and Krish are cooking today for you. For tomorrow lets go to our home and let me cook for you, lets watch movie, cuddle in bed. I want you to be with me the whole day tomorrow.

Keshav: Anything my butterfly wishes for. 

Myra: Will you miss me and our family ?

Keshav: I will sure miss our family but you will be missed the most little one. Lets talk over video call every night and I will keep talking until you fall asleep.

Myra: What if you had to take care of work at night ?

Keshav: I m good in multitasking so I will call you and you talk to me while I will keep listening to you. Tell me everything about your day. 

Myra: I can't sleep without you Ketchup. Is there a way you could avoid leaving me ? Like how employees in private office pay their salary to get relieved without serving the notice period.

Keshav: Unfortunately no butterfly. I would have avoided this case and taken something different and worked from Chennai but the case is a sensitive one so I couldn't deny working on it.

Keshav looked around to ensure they were in a secluded place.

Keshav: The case is on a minister from the cabinet. He is a prime suspect in girl child trafficking. There are almost 150 missing cases and sources say that he is involved but no action can be taken on him unless we have evidence. We need to find the entire network. One day we will bring our Laya into this world and I can't be in peace knowing there is criminal out kidnapping so many girl child. In my perspective they are Laya to their parents and I need to do my part to save them.

Myra: You are right Ketchup. He doesn't deserve to be alive. With the evidence will the department be able to save those missing children ?

Keshav: Hopefully. Now forget I said this information and just think about me. Your words and thoughts will push me to get this down.

Myra: My husband is an expert and I can't wait for the day to see you succeed in this assignment.

Keshav: I will because I have named this assignment " Operation Laya "

Myra smiled and ruffled his hair. They returned home and was welcomed by an excellent aroma of briyani. Madan chuckled at the away Myra was sniffing and Keshav pinched her nose. They entered their room to refresh and Keshav pulled her holding her waist.

Keshav: I have been waiting for this moment since I saw you at the academy. Wish I was home in the morning when you got ready but still its not too late. Place your palm on my chest to know what you do to me little one.

Myra: How do I look ?

Keshav: My favourite cotton candy.

Myra kissed his chest before she tiptoed and they shared a kiss.

They refreshed and got changed into simple night clothes and joined the family in the hall.

Naina: Myra, I have cooked your favourite food but I will let you and your hunk eat only if he talk to me else you both will not touch the food.

Archana: She right Keshav, Naina is family now and how long will you treat her as outsider.

Keshav: I never treated her like that.

Naina: Then talk to me brother in law. You are my friend's husband and my husband's brother so I have all right to talk to you. Let me remind you that you need me to take care of your wife when you leave for Delhi.

Myra laughed loud and Keshav glared at her. 

Myra: She is right Ketchup. She has been with me for so many years yet why will you not talk to her ?

Keshav: I never avoided her little one and you know I care for her too.

Myra: Say that to her and she will feel happy. My poor Naina.

Keshav: Naina, I haven't talked to you but you know well that I care for you like I care for Krish. Now will you serve dinner, my little one is hungry and has been sniffing the aroma from the moment we arrived.

Naina: Finally you spoke to me. Thank you brother in law, come on everybody lets have dinner together.

Archana: Our home is all lively with Myra and Naina.

Krish: So you mean me and bro were boring all these years.

Madan: No second thoughts or doubts in that. 

Archana: My wish was to have a daughter and now I have two. We will have lot of fun when Keshav leave for Delhi.

Krish: But I will be in Chennai only.

Archana: Naina will handle you to not interfere in our time together.

Naina: Ofcourse maa, lets include Vasu aunty and plan for the next 3 months. Spa, shopping, movie, lunch, amusement park, temples, dinner and fashion show at home. Appa and Rajan uncle will be the judge.

Krish: What will I do then ?

Naina: You are not allowed home on that day so stay at office and work overtime.

Keshav looked at Myra who was smiling leaning on Naina.

Keshav Mv: Keep this smile etched until I come back to you butterfly. 

Myra: Achu maa how about you feed us today ? Let me bring the food over here and you will feed us all today.

She rushed to the kitchen and carried all the food to the hall. Naina passed a plate and Archana transfered some mushroom briyani to the plate and started feeding one by one. Myra looked at Keshav who was on the verge of shedding tears. Who could think of him other than his butterfly?

Archana stretched the food to feed Keshav and he ate holding her hand in his palms. He closed his eyes and let his mother's love satisfy his years of hunger. Myra was pleased to see him enjoying fed by his mother.

Myra, Naina, Krish and Keshav fed Archana and when they were waiting for her to feed them Archana looked at them in shock.

Myra: What happened maa, come on feed us, we are waiting.

Archana showed the empty casserole and everyone gasped to see they had eaten more than usual.

Myra: Did we so much today ? but I m still hungry. What about you Ketchup ?

Ketchup: I m hungry too.

Archana: I will cook something quick for you all.

Myra: Ketchup you help amma since I m tired and Naina is also tired since she cooked the dinner already.

Ketchup knew her intentions and followed his mother. He started cutting the onions and Archana was cutting the vegetables to cook kichidi.

Archana: Myra and Naina have come to our home as a blessing. They changed Krish and your life upside down. I m so happy to see you smiling and talking with us all. I m sorry Keshav, I failed to see through your pain.

Keshav: Maa, you are the best mother. You loved both of us equally, don't ever doubt your love for us. I m very happy.

Archana hugged Keshav and he reciprocated the hug wiping the tears from the corner of his eyes. Myra who was standing by the threshold clicked their photo and left without disturbing them.

Late at night after second round of dinner and movie, Myra returned to the room first and Keshav stayed a little longer with his father. When Archana and Madan retired to their room, Keshav entered his room and stood in shock holding his chest.

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