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"Aur zindagi aage badhte gayi....."
Karthik switched off the television as a smile adorned his face due to the happy ending. He wished to shift from his half sleepy position and then realised Aman, like a koala bear was comfortably snuggled up into him. Karthik looked down lovingly at Aman, the love of his life. He looked so calm and comfortable while he was clinging to him. It appeared from Aman's face that in Karthik's arms was the safest place to be on Earth. Karthik smiled at this look on the face of a peacefully sleeping Aman and was about to position himself beside him when he heard slight noises outside. The noises didn't seem to stop and they were recurring. A bit confused Karthik slowly and gently moved Aman away from him, replaced himself with cushions and went to their balcony to check out. He was mesmerized as he saw slow drizzles beautifully decorating the night.
Rains.
Karthik looked up at the clock.
It was 2 o' clock in the morning.
The rains slowly started to fall more frequently and gradually they increased. Karthik found the heavy rains too tempting to be missed. He quietly tip toed up to the terrace of their apartment and silently started to drench himself in the heavy showers.
Bliss!
That's the only word which could describe Karthik's feelings right now.
He wished if in this moment Aman was here, they both would wrap themselves around each other and how the time could freeze then.
"Karthik, tu phirse baarish mein bheeg raha hain?"
Karthik turned around and saw Aman standing on the terrace with an umbrella and staring at him.
"Aman tu bhi aa ja. Bada mazaa aa raha hain. Kitne din baad....." Karthik smiled as he thought his imagination would now be converted to reality.
"Mere saath mazaa nahin aata ajkal janab ko? Aur waise bhi, yeh mazaa tere sehat ke liye haanikarak ho sakta hain."
Before Karthik could say anything, he found himself being dragged towards the door of the terrace by Aman.
"Aman, bass thodi der aur. Please."
"No means no Karthik. Thand lag jayegi tujhe. Zukham ho jayega. Tab kya hoga?"
Karthik couldn't counter this as he felt love and concern in Aman's voice.
They came down to their apartment and Aman left the wet umbrella at the door. He pulled Karthik to their bedroom and wrapped a towel around him as he went up to their closet to get some fresh dry clothes.
"Itni raat ko kaun baarish mein bheegta hain? Aur janab aapko kya lagta hain? Aap apni jagah pe takiya rakh ke chale jayenge aur mujhe khabar bhi nahin hoga? Mujhe nahin pata tu kab utthke chala gaya, parr jaise hi meri neend khuli, and I couldn't see you, mujhe darr lag gaya. And to make it even worse, Karthik Singh, I called out your name and you didn't even respond." Aman said as he slowly started drying Karthik up.
He chuckled at that.
"Baby, terrace tak teri awaaz pahunchti, toh zaroor respond karta."
"Haan mazaak soojh raha hain na?" Aman said.
"Tujhe dekh ke mazaak kahan, bass pyaar hi soojhta hain, Aman Babu."
Aman blushed.
"Tujhe pata hain na you are so susceptible to catching cold. Phir kyun raat ke do baje baarish mein bheeg raha tha tu?"
"Tune dekha? The rain outside was so tempting. Jo bhi dekhega use hi.... Aah... aah...aah...." Karthik sneezes out loud.
Then another.
And another.
One more!
"Dekha. Sardi pakad bhi li tereko. Ab chal. You should get some sleep. Ab aa jaao."
Aman took hold of Karthik by his wrist and gently made him sit on his bed. He himself then kneeled down to the floor.
"Tujhe zara si bhi takleef mein main nahin dekh sakta, yeh baat tu jaanta hain. Phir kyun bheeg raha tha baarish mein? Abhi agar....."
Aman stopped in between as Karthik sneezes again.
"Kal baat karenge. Abhi so jaa." Aman said tucking Karthik comfortably into the blanket and then climbing up into the bed beside him. Karthik gently shifted towards his husband and placed his head on his chest. Aman put his hands around him and slowly drew circles at Karthik's back.
It took hardly 5 minutes for Karthik to fall asleep at that comforting gesture. Aman smiled looking at him and gently placed a kiss on Kathik's forehead.