The air inside the room suddenly felt heavy to Vidhi. She tried to inhale, only to feel more suffocated. Her head felt light and her eyes drooped down.
"Hey, hey Miss Sengupta... What happened?"
Anirudh pulled her to his chest as he felt her putting her body weight on his.
She was covered with sweat, as in the next moment Anirudh saw Vidhi losing her consciousness completely in his arms.
Anirudh bent down instantly to cradle her unconscious body in his arms, as he walked out of the room.
The temperature wasn't going down and Anirudh sat beside her on her bed, putting wet cloth on her forehead and tending to her fever. Although the compress had worked a little in bringing down her fever, her body was soaked with sweat, and Anirudh thought it would only be better to get her changed before the cold consumes her.
'Desparate times calls for desparate measure!' he remembered the words he had heard somewhere.
Leaving her bedside, he quickly got up to pull out a soft cotton night robe for her.
Vidhi was wearing a plain tshirt and a pair of shorts. Hesitating for a moment, Anirudh slowly sat beside her again and pulled her lying frame up, resting her head in his chest. Vidhi groaned and stirred a little. Anirudh gently held the hem of her t-shirt and pulled it up her head. Vidhi didn't move. He ran his ran along her bare back, wiping the soaked up sweat, he his hands found the back strap of her bra. Taking a deep breath, he snapped it open, freeing her bosoms from its hold. His trembling hands moved forward, wiping the sweat from her breasts as she remained leaned on his body.
This was Bondita... His Bondita, and there was nothing that he hadn't seen of her! But, again, it's been a hundred years, and at that moment, sitting closed to Vidhi's almost naked frame stirred a familiar jolt in Anirudh's heart. He took the robe and slided it across her body as he laid her back on the bed, pulling the pillow underneath her head.
Anirudh's eyes brushed on her naked body, as he swallowed a dry lump. She was still wearing her lounge shorts. Sighing deeply, he pulled the shorts down, gliding it down her long slender legs. He dipped a face towel in water and sponged her legs, moving on her feet and working all the way up her thighs.
She still wore a pink cotton panty.
The clock struck midnight as Anirudh finally felt the temperature is subsiding a little. Unwillingly to leave her alone, he decided to lay down beside her on the bed.
Gentle cool breeze from the window flooded the room, as Anirudh crutched on his elbow, and turned towards Vidhi's sleeping figure. She looked angelic in her sleep, he thought, as always!
Memories from a hundred years hovered over his senses as he remembered how he used to caress her when she would fall sick. She would particularly behave irratic like a small child during her sickness, making Anirudh sit by her bedside all day long.
A small smile escaped his lips as he fondly recalled the lost memories.
His fingers automatically traced a line on. Vidhi's face, gently caressing her in her sleep.
How desperately he had waited for her to return... Return back to his arms once again, to be with him... And this time, perhaps forever!
Unknowingly his face leaned upon hers as his lips found it's way on hers. Her warm soft lips was slightly parted and Anirudh felt that familiar taste... the taste of his wife's lips!
"Barrister Babu..."
Vidhi opened her eyes slowly, as her voice sounded throaty and dreamlike in his ears.
"How are you feeling now?" Anirudh asked tenderly, running his fingers along her cheeks once again.
Vidhi didn't reply. Instead her gaze fixated on his eyes, as an unfathomable expression consumed her demeanor.
"I can't believe it's you!" Vidhi smiled.
"Finally... Barrister Babu... Finally!"
She stretched her arms, wrapping his neck at once, as she pulled him down to her lips. Anirudh was baffled for a moment, but then he felt the familiar taste of her lips on his, and the old style of swirling tongues, the old ways of creating rhythm!
"Bondita!!" Anirudh pulled out from her mouth and gasped.
Vidhi smiled and nodded, earning herself a fierce entrapment in Anirudh's arms.
"I missed this!" Anirudh hushed, buring his face in the crook of her neck.
"Me too, Barrister Babu... It was like a dream... I felt like dreaming all this time, constantly battling with consciousness."
Anirudh smiled and touched her forehead with his lips.
"Bondita, you are burning!" His voice cracked.
"Don't worry... I've never felt this alive, this good in a long long time."
Anirudh heard her words and bent close, placing a gentle touch of his lips to hers. He broke the contact and tried to step away, but she caught him tight in her arms. And, ghe next words from her sent him reeling...
"I want you, now!" He whispered seductively.
This was HIS Bondita, his wife, whom he had missed, whom no one can replace, and for whom he was willing to suffer the curse for an eternity.
Bondita leaned in herself, her lips parting just before making contact, her tongue licking across tight tiers before finally sealing the kiss, her hands pressed firmly to his lower back, pulling him in closer. Anirudh's eyes closed as he let the wave of his long lost passion wash over himself, wrapping his own arms about her, pulling her as close to him as he could.
"I missed you, Bondita." He hummed.
A slight whimper vibrated against his mouth, her own eyes closing as she seemed to melt into him, the kiss taking a very passionate turn. Slowly, Bondita backed up,careful to not break the embrace, guiding him to hover on top of her, slowly aligning himself with her body. His hands now started to wander from just above the swell of her back to the top of her shoulders. Her own hands slipped down over his chest, taking hold of the bottom of his shirt and lifting slowly, her long filed nails raking lightly over the sensitive flesh, instantly pebbling both of his now exposed man nipples.
Anirudh whimpered under her touch. He might be an epitome of a stud outside, but it was her touch, and her touch only, that could make him go weak in his knees in a moment.
A wicked grin crossed Bondita's face, which he wasn't abe to see as she had stopped removing the shirt, letting it cover his face. She lowered her head to his chest, catching one of those nipples between her teeth and giving it a gentle squeeze. He took a quick breath, inhaling, then letting it slip out slowly. His head tilting back as she moved from one to the other. Her tongue slipping out, caressing the hard flesh, teasing it even harder. A moan slipped from within the shirt, his hands making their way down, both palms slapping hard and squeezing her bottom tightly.
It was a wild moment!
All the bottled up passion started to flow out at once, overpowering the senses of these star-crossed lovers.
The shirt started it's way once more off of his arms and shoulders, those azure orbs catching hers as she continued to tease his flesh.
Two sets of eyes wandered wantingly over the other's body, once more the two of them came together, the kiss hard, passionate, and deep.
"Stop.. stop.. Bondita, stop!" Anirudh broke out from the kiss abruptly.
"You are searing hot... You are burning Bondita."
He touched her neck with the back of her palm.
Bondita took a deep breath to calm herself down.
Anirudh helped her lay down on the pillow gently.
"Try to sleep a little Bondita."
"No... No Barrister Babu, I don't want to... I've been sleeping for a long long time... I'm scared that if I sleep again, I'll lose you." She held his hand firmly, expressing her fear.
"Bondita, your body is unable to take in two consciences..." Anirudh spoke tenderly.
"What's her name?" Bondita asked, her voice laced with tiredness.
"Vidhita."
"Vidhita...!" Bondita repeated. "I see you through her eyes Barrister Babu."
Let let out a sharp sigh.
"So, what happens now? How long is it before she turns of age?"
"45 days" Anirudh replied calmly.
"And then, it's either me or her!"
"No Bondita, it can be you both..." He caressed her forehead lovingly.
"But, you know the deal!"
Bondita smiled feebly at him.
"How is our son Barrister Babu?"
A smile reflected on Anirudh's lips, brightening up his face instantly.
"He is well... He is just like you, Bondita."
"Where is he now?"
"He lives in Mussorie... away from the world." Anirudh paused.
"Our son is famous Bondita, he had made a name for himself!"
Bondita smiled again, bring Anirudh's palms closer to her lips, as she planted a soft kiss on them.
"And, the others? Did you find anyone else?" She asked.
"Sampurna Maa is here, she is still a human, but I had to compel her to forget everything."
"A conflict of conscience!" She murmured.
Anirudh nodded his head.
"And, Chandrajeet!"
Bondita's eyes widened at the name.
"He? What about him?"
"Bondita, after you were gone, he too took his life in the thirst of having an eternity..."
Anirudh sighed.
"But, but Barrister Babu, ours was not a choice!! We didn't have a choice in what we did!!"
He voice became restless for a moment.
"I know, Bondita, but he chose it!" Anirudh continued.
"He is a reborn like you and Sampurna Maa, but, once he turned eighteen, he embraced the darkness willingly and let his former conscious took over him completely." He looked at Bondita's tired flushed face and touched bher forehead once again.
"Now what?" She asked faintly.
"Will he try to compel me? Or how does it work!"
"I won't let him..." Anirudh growled at her words.
"I won't let anyone harm you!... Even if it means..."
Anirudh didn't complete his statement.
"Bondita, he won't be able to compel you, infact no one would be able you."
Bondita chuckled softly.
"You have given me the Sherman's metal?" She touched her neck to check for any pendent, and then she looked at her fingers.
"But, Barrister Babu, I don't see any pendent or ring? Where did you out it?"
She narrowed her eyes quizzically at him as she saw his face curling up into a mysterious smirk.
"I won't tell you!" He winked, lowering his face, and kissing her forehead lovingly.
"Try to sleep Bondita, your body is burning... We don't want to hurt Vidhita, do we!" He continued caressing her hair gently.
"But, Barrister Babu... I don't want to... I don't want to lose you!"
Bondita protested.
Anirudh let out a sigh.
His eyes intensified on hers as he shifted himself on top of her, aligning himself to hover over her.
His hands moved down her body, as he grabbed her soft waist, making her jump at his touch. His fingers untied the tussles, sliding underneath the robe, as they touch her hot bare skin.
"Barrister babu," Bondita moaned softly, giving in to the feeling of his touch.
Anirudh inched closer towards her lips, pressing his lightly on hers, engulfing her senses gradually to give in to his sensation, while his hands unclipped and pulled out the silvery chair from her quivering waist.
Bondita gasped, looking at him hungrily, as he left his touch on her lips and looked straight into her eyes.
Bondita saw his pupils dilated as she felt a slow calmness taking over her senses.
"Bondita, I want you to fall asleep... You would calm down and let Vidhita wake up peacefully." He cupped her face firmly.
"Do you understand?"
"I understand." Bondita murmured, closing her eyes, as she slowly drifted into the land of peaceful sleep once again.