Dev Malhotra's Pob

"Dev, say Aashu that I thanked her" Sameer said making me frown. 

"Huh?" I asked him. 

"Hey, she brought me a watch. She asked Zarah to give it to me. How caring she is! I have such a sweet sister" he said excitingly. I scoffed hearing his excited voice. Aashu brought him a watch? But why she didn't give me anything? Did she forget give it to me? 

"Hey Dev, Are you there?" he asked me. I hummed in response. 

"Why are you sound so grumpy? My sister didn't brought anything for you?" he teased me. Instead of replying to him I cut his call. 

"Deb bhai" Anu came into my room with her bright smile. 

"Why are you here? Because of your stunt Aashu is now mad at me. Now what else you have to do now?" I asked her crossing my arms over my chest. 

"Awww. It's okay my babhi is a sweet person. She can't be mad at you for so long. Actually before I came here to show this but seeing you two being lovey dovey I forgot why I came here. Now see this" she said showing me her sling pink bag and a red knee length dress. 

"It's nice" I said patting her head. 

"Only nice?" she asked me with her raising eyebrows. 

"It's beautiful" I said with a chuckle. 

"Neha bhabi brought this sling bag for me and Aasha bhabi brought this dress for me. Perks of having two bhabis" she said giggling making me frown. 

"Aashu brought this" I asked her. 

"Yeah. Actually she brought gifts for everyone in our family. Okay I will show this to Varyn bhai" saying this she left. I pressed my temple in frustration. So she brought gifts for everyone except me. She forgot about me, has? How can she? Is she didn't buy anything for me, then I will punish her by kissing her hundred times tonight. I opened my laptop to do some work. When I finished the works it's already dinner time.

I went downstairs to have dinner. Everyone was at dinning table except Aasha, dad and chachu. When she saw me she looked away from me. I sighed looking at her. Actually i should be the one who should angry at her for not buying me anything. During the whole dinner she was avoiding my gaze.

After finishing dinner everyone retirrd to their room. Aashu also went to her room. I smirked and walked towards her room. Opening her door slowly i went inside and i locked the door. Her scent filled my nostrils. I looked around. Then i noticed the balcony door is opened. As usual she is admiring the moon. I went towards without making any noise. I was about to hug her from her behind but she turned towards me.

"What are you doing here,  Dev?" she said asked me with her extra sweet voice. I cleared my throat.

"Aashu, i…. " before i could say anything she stopped me. 

"I already said na don't come to my room and i won't come to your room. Do you know how embarrassing it was for me in front of Anu? She kept teasing me about it what happened in your room" she said with her angry pout. I controled my desire to kiss her pouted lips. 

"Its all your mistake" i said folding my arms against my chest. Her eeys went wide when i said that. 

"How is it my mistake, ha?" she asked me with a frown. 

"Why you didn't lock the door after you coming inside my room? You know very well that i won't keep my hands to myself when i am with you. Then why you didn't lock the door, haa? Whenever i come to your room, i always lock the door. Even now also see, i locked the door. So its all your mistake. But its okay i forgive you. So the next time when you come to my room, don't forget to lock the door. Even if you forget then i will remind you, okay?" i said looking at her. She opened and closed her mouth cutely. 

"Dev, are you bullying me now, ha? So its all my mistake now? Now i understand why everyone calls you as a cunning businessman in the business circle. I Just came to your room to give you, your coffee out of concern. Who thought that you will do things like that? You're really something" she said trying to move away from me angrily. I caught her wrist and pressed her to the wall. She looked at me with her wide eyes in shock. 

"Its all my mistake. I won't do this mistake again, okay? Next time i will make sure that the room door is closed before doing something romantic with you" i said huskily kissing the corner of her lips. 

"You're such a shameless man. Always thinking about romance, romance and romance only" she said with a chuckle. I glared at her playfully.

"Yeah i am a shameless man. But only with you" i said pressing my lips on hers soft one cupping the back of her head. She wrapped her arms around my neck. I kissed her like there is no tomorrow. She tastes like honey. I groaned when she ran her fingers in my hair, tugging it gently. She moaned when i tugged her lower lip gently. I only left her when i felt her out of breath. She is panting heavily with her eyes shut. I buried my face in the crook of her neck placing soft kisses. She tried to push me away by my shoulder. Then i looked at her face. Her blushing face only made me chuckle. I tucked her hair behind her ear.

"I am angry on you" i said looking into her eyes. Her eeys is moistened because of our intense kiss. She frowned looking at me.

"Huh? Why? What did i do?" she asked me innocently. I wrapped my arms around her slim waist crushing her soft body on my hard one. 

"Devv" she gasped in shock.

"You brought gifts for everyone except me. Why you didn't buy anything for me?" i asked her pulling her more towards me. Biting her lips she looked at me with a playful smile. 

"What can i buy for you? You have everything, na. Thats why i didn't buy you anything" she said blinking her eyes innocently. 

"Aashu, you really didn't buy anything for me?" i asked her sternly. At first i thought she must have forgot to give me my gift. But now its looks like she really didn't buy anything for me. 

"You even brought watch for Sameer" i said clenching my jaw. 

"He is helping you in the Kashyab's case, right? And also he is my bhai, na. I wanted to gift him something. So I brought a watch for him" she said with a shrug. 

"Oh is that so?" i asked her with a smirk. She nodded her head at me innocently while playing with my t-shirt. 

"Its okay you if you didn't buy me anything. But you have to accept your punishment. Now i am going to kiss you hundred times on your lips" i said with a smirk. She looked at me with her mouth and eeys wide open. 

"Wh.. what?" she stuttered gulping at me. 

"Yes. So be a good girl and accept your punishment" i said while decreasing the gap between us. When I was about to kiss her lips she suddenly placed her palms on my mouth and looked at me. 

"I was just playing with you. I brought gift for you also. How can i not buy you a gift?" she said removing her palm from my mouth. I narrowed my eyes at her not believing her words. 

"You don't believe me, right? Let me show you" saying this she walked inside the room. I too followed her. She went towards the couch and picked a small shopping bag. I sat on the edge of the bed waiting for her curiously. She walked towards me and handed me the bag. I pulled her hand making her sit on my lap. 

"So you were playing with me all this time, haa? It's not always good to play with fire, Aashu" I said kissing her neck. She pushed me away from her. 

"I was planning to give it to you surprisingly. When you yourself asked about the gift cutely I just wanted to tease you. Who knows that you will become serious over this small matter" she said with her cute pout. 

"I was just jealous that my girlfriend bought gifts for everyone in my family even for my friend but not me" I said kissing her ears. 

"Okay okay. Now see what's inside this bag. I don't know you will like it or not" she said nervously biting her already swollen lips. I opened the bag only to find a box. I opened the box. Its a cuff links and a tie pin set. It's according to my taste. She knows about my taste too well. I smiled looking at her. I really like it. It's her first gift to me. It's really special to me. 

     (Tie pin and cuff links)

"Do you like it? It's not an expensive and branded one like the cuff links and tie pins which you use regularly. Even if you can't use it, just keep it with yourself, okay?" she said innocently. I placed the box on the bed and looked at her. 

"You're right. It's not a branded and expensive one like my other cufflinks and tie pin sets" I said. Her face turned dull hearing my words. I controlled my chuckle. I pinched her chin making her look into my eyes. 

"But it's special to me. Because you spend your time in choosing this for me. Among my all the cuff links and tie pin set this is the one which is very expensive for me.Tomorrow I will wear this for the office. I will show off it to everyone and Sameer that my girlfriend brought me this cuff links and tie pin for me" I said with a smile. She smiled at me hiding her face in the crook of her neck. 

"You really liked it?" she asked me.

"I love it" I said kissing her hair. Then she asked me about Atharv's matter. I sighed and explained everything to her. She was shocked when I said about my plan to her. I convinced her that everything will go according to our plan. I made her lie on the bed. I left her room only when she fell asleep. When I was walking towards my room I saw my dad going inside his study. I hesitated and went into his study after knocking for three times. 

"Dad" I called him. He is sitting on his chair behind his desk reading some files. 

"I also wanted to talk to you about the Atharv Kashyab. Its you who behind the raid in Atharv Kashyab's property, right? Your plan is good. But be alert" he said looking at me and started to concentrate on the file. 

"Yeah I will be alert" I said looking at him. 

"Mmm. It's late you should go and sleep if there is nothing else" he said. 

"Dad" I called him. He looked at me with a frown. 

"I… I am sorry, Dad" I said looking down. 

"For what?" he asked me. 

"For…. misunderstanding you, for doubting your love for mom, for hurting you in these all years, for not giving you any chance to explain, for being a bad son. I am really sorry for everything" I said controling my tears. I can't even look into his eyes because of my guilt. He came near me and placed his hand on my shoulder. 

"It's okay, Dev. It's okay" he said patting my shoulder. He hugged me while patting my back. We never shared any hugs before. We missed a lot of father and son times just because of my stupid ego and hatred. I too hugged him back. He pulled away from the hug. And placed his hand on my head. Now only I noticed how aged he is. Though he has that intimidating posture, still his face is covered with slight wrinkles. 

"Forget everything what happened in the past. Live your present and future without any regrets" he said with a smile. 

"Aashu said this all to me" I said looking down. 

"I see" he said. We both stayed silent for a few seconds. 

"Don't feel guilty. It's not your mistake. It's just…." 

"Of course it's my mistake. You tried to explain everything to me but I didn't give you any chance. Varun's mom, she never treated me badly. But still I hurted and insulted her badly. I thought you married her because you like her. I never knew that you did that for me. I even don't remember that I was affected badly after mom's death. I don't know that my health was affected" I said looking at his teary red eyes. 

"You were young at that time. You didn't even know what you were doing. Aadhya's death affected your mental and physical health badly. You were just like a walking corpse without talking and showing your emotions. I couldn't able to see you like at that time. That's why I choose to marry Meghna according" he said with a sigh. 

"I am really sorry, Dad" I said cupping his wrinkled palm. 

"I forgave you long ago, Dev. But you should apologize to the person whom you hurted badly with your words" he said. 

"Yeah I will. Where is she?" I asked him. 

"Bedroom" he said. 

"Okay I will go then" I said. He nodded at me with a smile. I left his study and walked towards his bedroom. After hesitating a lot finally I knocked the door. Varun's mom opened the door with a frown. When she saw me she became nervous. 

"Subash is in his study room" she said with a smile. 

"I… came here… to talk to you" I said looking down. 

"You want to talk with me? Does Aasha need anything?" she asked me with a worried expression on her face. 

"No. She is fine" I said looking here and there. 

"Oh!" she said. 

"Can… I come in?" I asked her. 

"Sorry come inside" she said with a smile. I went inside feeling awkward. She asked me to sit on the couch while she went to pour some after for me. She handed me a glass of water while sitting on the couch away from me. I gulped the whole glass of water. 

"Dev, is everything alright? Why you look so disturbed?" she asked me worriedly. 

"I am sorry" I said looking down. 

"Huh?" she asked me looking confused. 

"You hate me?" I asked her with my bloodshot eyes. She was shocked when I asked this. 

"Why would I hate you, Dev?" she asked me. 

"I treated you very badly. I hurted you with my harsh words. I insulted you every time. So you have all rights to hate me" I said with a sarcastic smile to hide my emotions. 

"I never hated you, Dev. You lost your mother in a very young age. And your father brought another woman in this house. You must felt very terrible at that time. It's not your fault. But I always considered you as my son. I don't hate you, Dev" she said with a smile while her eyes turned glassy. 

"I didn't know that my dad married you because of my health issues and didn't know about that he put a condition to marry you. I… Just thought that he gave my mom's place to you. I just thought that you took her place. My hatred blinded my eyes. I gave you so much pian since you came into this house" I said while a few tear droped from my eyes drenching my cheeks. I quickly wiped my tears. She looked at me shocked and looked down without saying anything. 

"All thanks to Aasha. If it were not for her I would still be in the dark" I said looking at the woman who is crying silently. I sat beside her. Her body is shaking due to her crying. I took her hands in mine. 

"I am sorry. Sorry for hurting you all these years. Ma, can you please forgive me?" I asked while wiping her tears. She looked at me bewildered. 

"Wha… What did you call me?" she asked me with a shocked expression. 

"Ma" I said with a smile. She sobbed hugging me making choke. I too hugged her back. 

"Ma, please don't cry. I already made you cry in the past. I don't want you to cry anymore" I said wiping her tears away. She cupped my face and kissed my forehead. 

"This is happy tears. Do you know how I was longing to hear you call me as Ma? Today you fulfilled my wish, Dev" she said while tears flowing down on her cheeks. 

"I am sorry, Ma. Please forgive me" I said burying my head on her lap. 

"I was never angry on you, Dev. So you don't need to ask any sorry. I am happy that you now accepted me with your whole heart. That's enough for me Dev. That's enough for me" she said caressing my hair. 

"Can I lay my head on your lap for a few minutes?" I asked her. 

"Of course. Just lay comfortably" she said with a smile. I placed my dangling leg on the couch and placed my head comfortably on her lap with my eyes shut. She kept caressing my hair. We didn't talk anything for a few minutes. Suddenly I heard someone opening the door. My dad entered and looked shocked when he saw us. 

"Subash, do you know? Dev called me as Ma" she said with her bright smile. 

"Oh so you and your son are in a same team now, haa?" he asked with a chuckle. 

"Why are you jealous?" I asked him with a smile. 

"Who is jealous, ha? First get up from her lap and go to sleep in your room" he said coming near me. 

"I am laying on my Ma's lap and I am planning to sleep here only" I said with a smirk. 

"You sleep here. We can kick your dad to sleep in the guest room" Ma said with a chuckle. 

"You better leave my room. I want to spend some time with my wife" dad said in his stern tone. 

"You want to spend time with your wife? Then what about me? Just find an auspicious date marriage for me and Aashu. Then I won't disturb you and I will sleep on my wife's lap after marriage" I said with a shrugg. 

"Yeah Subash. We should find an auspicious date for Dev and Aashu's marriage" Ma said excitedly. 

"Okay we can ask to find an auspicious date for an engagement and marriage to our family pandit. First ask your son to finish the matter at the hand" he said. 

"I will" I said confidently. 

"Now leave my room" he said. 

"Why are you keep asking him to go out of this room, Subash?" Ma scolded dad. I stifled a laugh. 

"You mother and son…." he said with pressing his temple. I chuckled looking at him and got up from Ma's lap. 

"Okay good night Ma. Sleep well" I said kissing her forehead. 

"You too sleep well" she said caressing my hair. I smiled at her. 

"Goodnight you too, dad" I said with a smile. He too wished me goodnight and I left their room. When I came to my room I felt relieved. I layed on my bed with a smile. Every thing is now perfect. Just one thing is missing. I sighed and looked beside my empty bed. Soon my Aashu will be here, sleeping in my arms as my wife. I smiled and soon sleep consumed me.