"Dad..."Aditya hears his son's crying voice and wakes abruptly. He quickly opens the door.
"What happen, baby?" Aditya questions while taking his son in his arms.
"mom....mom...mom is going to die" Aarav manages to say while crying.
"What?" Aditya doesn't understand a single word that his boy said to him between his sobbing.
"There is too....too much blood.... on the bed" Aarav tries to tell his father, about the seriousness of this matter.
"Okay" Aditya decided to see himself and goes towards Meera's room. Meera is also awake due to the rushed action of her son. She already sees the blood on the bed and realized that she has periods. She now also understands the reason behind the bloated stomach and pain.
While she is taking the bedsheets, Aditya and Aarav come into the room.
"mom..." Aarav shouts her name, seeing her wake up he gets somewhat relaxed. Meera sees Aarav crying and she quickly goes towards him, while that she throws the bedsheet. Aditya sees the blood and understands what happened.
"What happen to him?" Meera can't help but question Aditya, why he makes Aarav cry so badly.
"He sees the blood on the bed and thinks you are going to die," Aditya said after a pause. Meera froze after listing this, she is quite embarrassed due to this situation.
"I am not going to die Aaru" Meera managed to say.
"Really? then why there is so much blood there?' Aarav questions.
"That is...." Meera now has a red face, she doesn't understand how to explain this to her son and in front of her crush.
"Mom is still tired, I will explain it to you, Meera you should take a rest," Aditya said and leave the room with Aarav who is still worried about her.
Meera doesn't understand if he is angry with her or something else. But she feels ashamed of what happened.
Meera in her previous life quite shy in nature, she studied in an all-girls school and she only has a few men in her life, which are her father who died so early, her introverted brother, and her scum husband, who doesn't spend much time with her.
All the elderly women including her mom and her mother-in-law, tell her to use code words for the period and she never discusses it with anyone else, somehow in her mind, it is quite embarrassing things to mention it in front of men. And now she is in this situation in front of her crush.
Meera wanted to cry loudly, but gather herself, the first thing she does, is to remove the bedsheets and clean the bed, then she goes and completer her morning routine. When she comes out of the bathroom, Aditya is sitting on the chair, might be waiting for her. Looking at him, Meera again remembers the things that happen and her face get worsen.
"Are you feeling okay?" Aditya questions.
"Yes," Meera replied. She won't know where to put her hands and legs, she is quite disappointed in herself. Aditya realized that she is somewhat sad and restless, it might be her PMS acting. He also doesn't know much about these things, but he wanted to make Meera feel more comfortable. He read some information on the internet while sitting here, and understand periods are not easy.
"Is there something which is bothering you?" Aditya questions, listening to his soft voice, Meera can't able to hold her tears, she doesn't understand why she is being so sensitive, but here she is, with all her tears.
"Hey, hey why are you crying?" Aditya question.
"I...I don't know how I bleed on....bed" Meera answered while stammering. It takes two minutes for Aditya to understand what is happening.
"Are you feeling embarrassed due to this?" Aditya questions. On which Meera just nodded her head.
"But why?" Aditya question in confusion.
"You must be thinking I am quite an unclean person" Meera was not able to find a good word to describe her current situation.
"How? I read it somewhere, that this blood is the only blood which comes without violence, this blood is the reason for our creation, so how can it be dirty or unclean?" Aditya questions. Listening to this Meera looks towards him. She is never able to think that a man will talk with her about periods without making it lustful or disgusting.
"You.....don't be like this otherwise...I will fall for you" Meera said the later part of this sentence in a very low voice, but still, Aditya can hear it. But he decided not to tease her in this situation.
"What you say?" Aditya questions.
"You are a gentleman, Thank you" Meera replied. She doesn't know if it is due to hormones or something else but her mood is changing rapidly. She is feeling happy.
"hmmm, drink this, it is ginger tea, mom said it is good for you, there is papaya salad, especially for you, cancel your self-defense class, and take some rest," Aditya replied.
"Is aunty back?" Meera questions with surprise.
"Yes, so don't worry about Aarav" Aditya replied.
"Okay," Meera replied.
"Do you need something?" Aditya questions. On which, Meera looks towards him with a question mark.
"I mean sanitary napkins etc?" Aditya questions.
"you....will you buy it for me?" Meera can't help but question.
"Men don't feel shy while buying condoms then why they will feel shy while buying sanitary napkins?" Aditya questions.
"I need something," Meera said. She won't know why this man is so kind towards her. But she understands that this is his true nature. She now understands why Aarav is so cute. This cuteness, this maturity come from this man.
"Yes, tell me" Aditya questions. He just hopes that he can make her periods less painful.
"Can I hug you please? only for five minutes?" Meera asks pitifully, Aditya get surprised due to this sentence, to be honest, he doesn't like someone coming too near to him, but now he is thinking about being the real husband and wife with her, so of course, he doesn't mind it, still her this request make him little surprise.
"Hehe, I am just kidding" Meera looking at him not responding decided not to be unreasonable. He already helps her a lot then why she is expecting more from him.