Naina's POV
The doorbell rang and I knew it was Ranveer as I called him to pick me up and mom wanted to tell him about his dad.
I opened the door and he gave me a bouquet of pink roses and I smiled.
Then he looked at mom and ran towards mom.
"Mom your eyes are swollen. You cried?" he asked.
"No..I just."
"Ranveer first take a seat," I said cutting mom off and we sat on sofa.
"Ranveer I want to tell you something," mom said.
"What?"
"He has cancer. He is dying," mom told him.
"Okay so what can we do? Let's leave Naina. Mom take care of yourself and don't think about someone who never thought about us. Naina I will be waiting for you in the car," he said and left and I was shocked to see his reaction.
"Naina I know him. He needs you. Please take care of him," mom said.
"I know but please take care of yourself? Why don't you come and stay with us?" I asked.
"Naina I am fine and thank you for being with me today and don't worry I am fine and I will not sit and cry. I did it in front of you and now I will not do that again. Now I will make rice and some curry and have dinner, you go and take care of my son," she said.
"Mom I am your daughter. Right?" I asked and she nodded in a yes.
"Then please don't say 'thank you' again and again."
"I am happy Ranveer chose the right woman," she said and kissed me on the forehead.
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We both had our dinner and went to our room. I changed in my night suit and he was there lying half naked, only in his pants. I slept beside him and he pulled me in his arms.
"Ranveer please say something. You have to talk. You can't just shut your feelings," I said and suddenly he was on top of me.
I closed my eyes as he kissed my eyes and then he looked in my eyes and started opening the buttons of my shirt and then his lips touched mine.
No.
I can't let him do this when he is only using me as an excuse to get rid of his thoughts and emotions.
"Ranver...I..please.." I tried to said and he looked at me realized that I did not want him to go further and he moved back to his place and I buttoned up my shirt.
I went towards him and placed my hand on his chest but he did not say anything.
"Ranveer I don't want our first time when you are emotionally unstable," I told him but he did not say anything.
"Naina what can you do for me?" he asked as he turned towards me and our eyes met.
"Anything," I replied without even thinking.
"So let's have sex," he said and my eyes widened.
"Okay," I said and laid straight and closed my eyes but after few seconds also when I didn't feel him I opened my eyes to see him looking at me.
"As I said I will never have you without your permission. I wanted to see that atleast you love me enough to do anything for me," he said and I stroked his cheek.
"I can do anything for you Ranveer."
"I know you can do anything for me but he never thought about my feelings, he never thought about anything other than himself. I was so scared for the first time I saw him hitting mom with a belt and I wanted to go and stop him but I was so shocked that I was not able to form a word. I don't know why that was happening but that day he changed from my dad to monster," he said and I snuggled closer to him leaving no space between us.
"Everyday I used to go to school but could not concentrate on my studies thinking about what will dad do in the night and if mom get serious I cannot take her to the hospital. Can you imagine a small boy thinking about all this rather than playing video games," he continued and I did not realize I was crying.
"Hey! Don't cry. I am fine. Look," he said wiping my tears.
"I never talked with anyone in school as my mom's bruises and dad standing with a belt in his hand always occupied my thoughts. He used to hit her everyday Naina and I couldn't stop him. I am a failure as a son as I could not save my mom from that monster," he said and I pulled him in my arms.
"Ranveer you are not a failure. You were just seven years old boy and it's not your fault. It's his fault," I said as we broke our hug and I got up and sat and asked him to lay his head on my lap.
"Why Naina? Why? Didn't he feel bad even for a seconds looking at mom covered in bruises? He never thought about what's going in my mind?" he asked as he laid his head on my lap and I started caressing his hair.
"I don't know Ranveer. I really don't know."
"Mom divorced him but still those scenes didn't go out of my mind," he said and I was feeling very sad for him.
"I should not feel anything even if he dies but I don't know why I am feeling sad?" he asked.
"You are feeling sad because you are a good person. Let's go tomorrow and meet him," I suggested.
"What?" he shouted and got up.
"You need a closure Ranveer."
"No," he shouted and once again laid his head on my lap.
"Ranveer," I called once again while stroking his hair.
"Don't talk about him. I am feeling so relaxed as you are stroking my hair and I don't want to talk about him," he said and I didn't say anything and continued stroking his hair.
"Naina?" he called.
"Yes?"
"Before I met you I had everything... company, house, car, cook, everything... but still I was not feeling happy. I felt something was missing but after I started living with you I realized what was missing. You were missing from my life," he said and I was just staring at him.
He held my hand and stared into my eyes.
"You are the most precious jewel I have," he said and then after few seconds a tear drop fell on his cheek.
He sat and cupped my cheek.
"Why are you crying?" he asked as he got up and wiped my tears.
I hugged him and mumbled a 'sorry.'
"Why are you sorry?" he asked.
Because I was going to betray you.
"Nothing," I said instead of saying what was in my mind and hugged him again.
"Nobody has loved me this much and I don't want to loose you," I mumbled in his hug.
I don't know why I was saying all this.
"You will never loose me," he said breaking our hug.
"Ranveer let's go and meet your dad tomorrow please. Maybe after today you will never get a chance to know what was going in his mind," I suggested one more time.
"Okay. Just because I love you," he said and we slept in each others arms.
Now I was so habitual in sleeping with him that I could not imagine sleeping without him.
I never knew how he entered my heart and made a place in my heart but now I never want to be without him.
He had suffered so much in such a young age. My heart clenches every time I imagine seven year old Ranveer suffering all this.
Maybe tomorrow he will find out what was going in his dad's head.
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Next day when we were going into the ward to meet his dad when we heard some voices and peeked in the room and was shocked to see who was there.
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