Chapter 299 - They were her savior.

Madhu reached out and touched his ears with slightly shivering hands as soon as they both got into his car.

Bhagya really did not take it easy on him… whole of his ear was a pretty deep shade of red by now.

"Hisssssss." Akash exclaimed dramatically when he felt Madhu's finger brush over his ears every so slightly.

Madhu's eyes somehow welled up all over again as soon as she heard him exclaim in pain. She took back her hand quickly as she apologized fl.u.s.tered, "I'm sorry… I'm sorry. I did not mean to hurt you…"

That is when Akash noticed something wrong with her voice and actually turned to look at her and saw her crying all over again. He just shook his head helplessly after a minute and wiped her tears with his thumbs and said softly, "You know, I even let my mom do that to me because I wanted to make you stop crying… but you are making it all go to waste by crying as soon as you come out!!" He was clearly teasing her to get her distracted but then Madhu was way too far gone by them.

Her sob broke as she heard him.

"Sorry… sorry. I did not mean to cry and get you scolded by your mom… I just did not know… I was just!! I just couldn't control myself. I did not mean to cry now too… but just looking at your ears… I don't know! It just… hic!"

Akash had enough of it as he swiftly lifted her off her seat and let her sit on his lap stranding him.

"You are going to be the death of me, baby!!" He mumbled helplessly for the nth time today before crashing his lips to hers. She instantly stopped talking and froze in place for a second surprise.

Akash actually kept the kiss very light! But he still tasted the salt from her tear as he pulled away.

"If I had known this would work, I would have done it back in my room itself!" Akash mumbled regretfully.

Madhu did not reply. She just sat there blankly…

Akash put his hands over her cheeks and let her look at him and said in a serious voice, "Hey, baby. Did you see what happened back there? Do you know what that meant?"

Madhu shook her head obliviously. She actually did not understand anything that happened there…

But Akash did not really pause much as he answered her with the same seriousness as before…

"What just happened may be small… but it also means you are going to have a family with or without me, Madhu. It means you are going to have elders even if we do not work out… not that I am going to ever let anything happen to us… because I am not! But even if you have doubt about it, I need you not to pull away from my family even before knowing them because you are scared!!"

Akash ran his hands over her soft hair before continuing, "I brought you here to show you that you will not be alone even if you do not have me!! So, do not be so scared around me, okay?" His eyes looked at her earnestly as he explained patiently.

He knew this was not something she was going to be able to understand just like and suddenly gain a sense of security but then at least he wanted her to take one step forward instead of being so scared.

It took Madhu a minute to sink in everything Akash said. But when it did sink in, the fading tears reappeared. But this time she buried her face against his neck as she let her sobs out.

When she was really really young… when she hadn't known what it meant by adopted parents, she often wondered why every time her brother cried, her mother made so much fuss.

She often wondered why nobody ever noticed her red eyes… why she was alone when she cried. Why nobody comes to comfort her and give her candy when she fell…?

But then when she grew up, she understood… not just the difference in treatment, she also understood she was asking for too much.

Because it was an absolute fact that her parents saved her. With her personality, she did not know how she would have survived in a place like an orphanage… even if she did, it wouldn't have been so smooth sailing as she had grown up with her parents. They were her savior.

And her parents never mistreated her or nobody even scolded her or called her names… As far as she knew, they treated her fairly enough. They just never had an interest in her… they just never loved her. But then, seeing as her own biological parents never did, what right did she have to expect something like that from someone who picked her up?

So, she slowly learned what she can ask for and what she cannot ask for… she understood and accepted it without complaint too.

But somehow seeing Bhagya today… somehow it just brought her back to the person who had once asked tough questions… who had wanted more for herself.

Madhu bit on her lips pretty hard trying to sort her thought process and gain some control over her emotions.

Akash just held her tightly… He figured out by now that she was thinking about something more than what just happened there inside his home… Whatever it was, it was better for her to let it out now.

After a lot of hiccups and bloody lips, Madhu pulled away calming down.

"You okay now?" Akash asked running his fingers over her bloody lips. She was still chewing on them which he actually pulled at and released them from their seems.

Madhu nodded her head not trusting her voice.

"Do you want to go home now?" Akash asked.

Madhu shook her head…

"Can I crash at your place? I cannot exactly go back like this!" She mumbled,

They might not care enough to comfort her but her parents would still ask her what had happened and she did not really have that kind of energy to come up with anything to answer them and for now, she did not want them to think badly of her… or to be more precise she did not want to think badly of her ever.

But then, that was not going to happen… as soon as they know she was in a relationship, all the goodwill she had earned so far is going to go in a puff. She knew… but she wanted to gather enough courage before facing that situation… and that was defiantly not today.