✿ Care ✿

Nataliya blinked her eyes nervously, facing him who was holding her hot water bottle and a pack of chocolate in his hands.

"Come" He tried to ease her and patted the place beside her, gesturing her to sit down.

She silently sat down beside him being embarrassed.

"Eat" He opened the chocolate bar and handed her a few pieces of it.

"Are you having pain?" He asked worriedly.

"Yes" She mumbled.

He touched her forehead with the back of his hands. He felt her skin hotter than usual. His hands moved down and touched the side of her neck. It was also hot.

He went to the lounge and grabbed the medical aid box and came back into the room holding a pack of panadol extra. He handed her the tablets and her water bottle from the bedside. She gulped the medicine silently.

"Come" He took her hand and made her stand. Her gaze was fixed on her hand he was holding. Her already racing heart became more excited. She feared she might skip a beat and end up in the emergency department because of his constant care and soft words.

"Where?" She asked looking away.

"My bedroom. You can't sleep here" He pointed at the bed without a mattress.

Nataliya walked behind her with widened eyes, racing heart and hand joined with his.

"Sleep" He made her sit on his bed.

"Where will you sleep?" She asked nervously, looking at his face.

"In the lounge" He bit his lower lip to kill his smile.

"I will also spoil your bed" She told him embarrassingly.

"I don't care. You need rest at the moment. So stop thinking too much and lie down" He gently laid her down and covered her with his blanket before placing the hot water bottle on her belly.

She was getting more embarrassed at his every gentle behavior.

"Give me my mobile phone. I will put an alarm to change my pad or I will land in a mess again" She said sadly, turning towards his side.

Kaif sat down on his knees beside the bed, facing her. He put his one hand on her head and caressed her hair.

"Why are you getting so much worried and embarrassed. It's alright. It's not in your control. It's natural. Don't be embarrassed of it" He asked her softly.

"It's not alright to bleed like a freaking tap water" She snapped at him, and her eyes watered in nano seconds.

"I know it's not normal but it's happening because of your condition. Nevertheless, it's part of your life. That's why I ask you to at least try a bit to adopt healthier life style because that's the only way you can get rid of it" He tried to make her understand.

"All you have is to blame me" She pushed his hand away.

"I am not blaming you. I am just asking you to change your habits" He defended.

"I try but-nothing changes. What can I do now if my stupid body doesn't want me to live peacefully" She said helplessly.

"We will talk about it in detail later. Right now you just need to sleep" He tugged her into the blanket and went to grab her mobile phone.

She put her mobile phone on the side table after putting the alarm. She watched him going out in the lounge. He turned off the tube light and laid down on the sofa without turning on the fan.

Inside his bedroom, Nataliya opened her eyes to fall asleep but the scent coming out of the blanket and his pillow was getting over her head.

It was familiar but kinda different from the scent around him. It intensifies on his body.

Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes once again. Her eyes snapped opened at the alarm she rose up from the bed like a spring. She switched on the lights and saw the bed, fortunately it wasn't stained.

She walked back to her room and changed. The outside world was still dark. It was going to be morning in a few minutes. She was about to go back to his room when her eyes found his sleeping figure.

He was lying uncomfortably on the sofa. His feet were hanging down and he was sleeping in the light because of her. She sat on the table beside the sofa and stared at his face.

She smiled to herself watching his face. He wasn't frowning in his sleep as she used to joke with her class fellows. He looked calm and different.

She was about to leave when her slippers entangled with his and she fell on his sleeping figure.

"What happened" He woke up instantly and held her arms before she could move away.

"I just fell" for you. She muttered and didn't utter the last words she thought. He let her go out of his hold.

"And what exactly are you doing here?" He asked sleepily.

"I-I.." She couldn't make up a lame excuse to be there at this time. She sat beside him silently with blush creeping on her cheeks.

"If you wanted to sleep with me you could have just asked me earlier to join you in my bed" He said huskily, staring at her already flustered face.

"Why would I want that. Kuch bhi" She slapped his arm before getting up.

And to her surprise, she heard a soft laugh. She watched him happily ignoring her own distress, he looked so peaceful when he laughed. This house has heard his soft chuckles after ages.

"Keep dreaming" She teased him and rushed inside the room. Hiding herself under the blanket she remembered his chuckles.

Janab hain to bohat charming, She smiled to herself.

(Mister is indeed very charming)

Her next alarm rang when he was getting ready for the university. She was surprised to see him getting ready, standing in front of the dressing table. She then realized it was his own room she was the intruder.

"How are you feeling now?" He asked turning towards her.

"Better" She said getting up from the bed. She released a sigh of relief after watching the bedsheets.

He sensed her worries as she watched the bed and moreover he was also worried about her condition.

She was diagnosed with PCOS two years ago when Shabnam was alive. Kaif obviously wasn't involved at that time but after Shabnam passed away and he was left her only relation, he came to know about her condition and slowly with each passing month he realized the difficulties of this condition.

Her menstrual cycle was highly irregular. She wasn't used to bleed every month. Sometimes she just had spotting for so many days between her periods and sometimes her periods doesn't stop on her own. He had taken her to a gynecologist whom she hated because she asked her to lose weight. She had also been on medicines but nothing was going well for longer time.

Nataliya Haider disliked every person who asked her to lose some kilos. And Kaif believed he was on top of her list.

"I have prepared sandwichs for you. Go freshen up I will warm a cup of milk for you. Get rest after having breakfast" He said busily putting the watch around his wrist.

"Okay" She muttered meekly. It was so different to be in the same room.

"I have cooked vegetable pulao for today. Yogurt is in the refrigerator and I have also fried kababs for you. Just heat them up before eating" She was eating her breakfast in the kitchen when he instructed her before leaving for university.

She just nodded her head. For the first time she was realizing how much effort he put to make her life easy and comfortable. Who even does that.

Most of the husbands she heard about seemed to be a different breed and he was completely different, so selfless when it came to her.

He was about to leave when she held his hand in her both hands. It was happening for the first time that she was touching him.

"Thank you" She passed him a soft smile.

Kaif looked at her for a few seconds. She looked so innocent and pure. He nodded at her. Then he leaned down at her and pressed his lips at her head. His lips lingered on her hair for a few seconds.

Moving back he saw her face who was looking down. He lightly patted her cheeks before leaving the house.

It was the first moment they ever had.

OMG🥹🙈

The ice is melting. They are getting closer slowly🦋

Kaif knows how to take care of her in every way. He is just a complete package of love and care🎀✨

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