Rehaan's pov:

It's funny how things never really turn out the way I thought they would. Reality hit differently from my expectations and unexpected things happened.

I've been in love with the same girl that my brother is now. She was the one I always believed I'd end up with; I was convinced that no matter how many times my brother would screw things up, we'd eventually come back to each other.

But I learned she was running to me because she was running away from someone else the man she now loves. Whenever Bhai would hurt her, she comes to me, but she feels for him immensely. And that's one of the reasons I've always loved her so much; she has an immense capacity for love.

I guess that's why it was so incredibly difficult to see her in love with another man. I believed she would love me for the rest of her life, as I will love her for the rest of mine. But that wasn't isn't the case.

So now I'm closing the door on my love, my crush on her, she will always be my friend, and I'll always support her, she changed my life and taught me more than anything else ever could. When you see the person you love fall in love with someone else, it breaks you. So it does with me too.

There is one positive outcome from this: I shed excess. I let go of the stress and worry of not knowing how things will turn out because now I know the answer. I learned to steer my thoughts away from my crush, my pihu.

The part of me that just died. I now have a partially blank slate. I wanted to be with her, to create a life together. I wanted to start a family. I wanted...and was ready....to be the man, partner, and lover that she had always wanted. But none of that mattered then nor now. Cause in her eyes it's always him, and will be in the future also.

This was not enough until I got breaking news of I'm going to uncle, pihu's pregnancy, my brother got the victory, and I lost.

Pihu's pov:

"Go have your medicine pihu," he ordered me, he came in the morning only as he was not able to sleep without me, the same happened to me also but I didn't tell him.

"Okay, Okay.. I'll eat it," I pleaded in a Silvery voice. I took the medicine and ate it.

"at what time you are going to Pune to meet Tia," I asked him after drinking water.

"don't mention her," he said.

"I'll be fine, you enjoy your trip," I softly said, with a smile.

"I'm not going," he said I was bewildered, " Now you have these fruits," he said and made me eat that.

And then left for the office.

I started working on my sweater, I completed the baby's sweater, and now I'm working on Eeshan's sweater.

My mother-in-law and grandma also called me when they got the news of my pregnancy,

I called Tanvi to tell her and continued knitting.

"Congratulations! Pihu, I'm so happy for you," she excitedly congrats me when I told her.

"Jiju ne lg rha birthday gift pehle se decide karka tha," she giggled.

(I think brother-in-law already delivered what he will give you on your birthday)

"offfo.. Tum bahot bolti ho, Eeshan ne aisa kuch decide nhi kara tha," I blushed while telling her.

(Uff, you talk too much, eeshaan didn't deside anything like this)

"ohooo... Koi sharma rha hai," she was teasing me.

(Someone is blushing)

"You tell me how is life going and when are you going to meet me."

"kya batau yaar, mera boss gaye baill ki tarha toh kaam Kawata hai, Rakshash hai ek dum voh," she sadly said.

( What should I tell you, my boss make me work like an animal, he is a devil)

"Tum sahi keh rhi ho.. Eeshan bhi aisa hi hai, lekin aajkal humko chooti di hai," I said and changed the wool for my sweater.

(You are right, Eeshaan was also like this, but now days he has changed and gave me leave from office)

"koi apne pati ko rakhsas kehta hai pehli baar dekha mene toh," she laughed while I thought he is a beast in bed though.

(I heard first time someone calling her husband devil)

After talking we cut the call, her break time was also over.

Eeshan's pov:

"Sorry I didn't make it," I said to tia.

"Why," she asked displeased.

"so many things have happened to me recently," I told her softly.

"Mehta told me everything, now how is the company," she asked me sadly.

"It's.. You know..na," I lied to her, nothing happened to the company what can I tell her.

"I have asked for a leave, and made all the arrangements for your stay also," she sadly uttered.

"but sadly you won't be coming, do you know I was having weird thoughts about why are you not coming, I was afraid you would tell me, you didn't come because of someone else, I'm sorry.. I'm sorry eeshan," she yelled and cried at me and I was not at all feeling good about this, but I can't leave pihu she is pregnant also, I can't leave her.

"I'm sorry," I said to her.

"eeshan, I'll be coming back, after all, your birthday is also coming, we'll celebrate your birthday together," she excitedly said.

"Okay," I said.

"Tia, I have to tell you something, when you are back," I said lightly.

"Okay then, I'll talk to you later," she cut the call.

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Pihu's pov:

We started following our daily routine, I came back but he is not allowing me to come to the office.

I took out his clothes and went to make his breakfast.

"morning," he said hugged me from behind, and kissed my nape.

"Good morning," I said controlling my heartbeat to not beat so fast.

"what are you doing," he asked me biting my earlobe.

"Making your breakfast," I said and he put his head on my neck's crook.

We then had our breakfast, I gave him his lunchbox, and he smiled at me which gave me thousands of butterflies in my stomach.

I came to my room to compete for my unfinished sweater which was almost done, I completed my sweater, but I saw some wool was left and I can make one more baby sweater why don't I make two, it will help me only if I change the baby clothes, and I decided to make one more.

It was almost evening when I completed my other sweater. I came downstairs and saw my mother-in-law she came to me and, "You want to go shopping," she asked me appealingly and I said yes.

We did a lot of shopping for my baby, for me also, we bought a lot of clothes, baby toys, and mother books. And we came home, without eating anything from outside, as doctor restricted me but why I saw a panipuri stall, and now I want to eat that but I'm not allowed aahh.

It was night and I was waiting for him, I'm missing him, he did call me twice today, but still, I don't know, it was a weird feeling, is this really love.

He and Rehan came back home, and he hugged me and kissed my forehead.

"did you miss me," he pouted.

"I missed you a lot," I said and hugged him.

I saw Rehan was staring at us, which might be weird for him, and I smiled shyly at him.

"You both freshen up and then come downstairs I made butter chicken," I said and was about to go to the kitchen but then hold me in his arms in bridal style.

"Eeshan what are you doing," I slightly pat his chest and was blushing because Rehan was also in front of us.

"I'm going," Rehan said and went from there.

"you only told na, to freshen up so I'm taking you to take a bath," Eeshan said and kissed my nose, and took us to the bathroom.

"So how was your day," he asked while removing his shirt.

"I went shopping, with ma, I'll show you everything we bought today," I said and he opened my hair which was tied in a bun.

We both bathed together, and then had our dinner, he read a baby storybook for our baby, and I felt I'm the happiest person on this planet.

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