Author's POV

Amaira was sitting in the hospital getting the news confirmed.

She was in office when one of her friends joked about her glowing and asked if she was pregnant and realised that she had indeed missed her period.

She was broken out of her thoughts when the doctor came back with her reports and a broad smile on her face.

"Congratulations Mrs. Gupta! You are 4 weeks pregnant."

The doctor informed her making her smile widely. She traced her stomach softly and murmured.

"My baby."

She thanked the doctor and went home taking her reports.

She was waiting for Kushagra to arrive. She didn't know how he was going to react. All this while they had never had any conversation about having a child.

Kushagra came home at around 9 pm. They had their dinner and after sitting with their family for some time they retired to their rooms.

Amaira locked the door making Kushagra smirk. She sauntered to him and he pulled her in his arms.

She round her arms around his neck and kissed his chest.

"Kya baat? Aaj bada pyaar aa rha hai madam ko?"

(What happened? Today you are showing so much love?)

He teased her and she smiled.

"Kush humne kabhi bhi baby ke baare mai baat nhi kari."

(We never talked about baby.)

"Kaun baby?"

(Who baby?)

"Pch! Hamara baby Kush!"

(Our baby Kush!)

He looked at her weirdly.

"Kya baat krni hai?"

(What do you want to talk?)

She bit her lip and asked him.

"Aapko bache chahiye na?"

(You want kids right?)

"Ofcourse chahiye. Bhut saare bache chahiye. Tumhare saath."

(Ofcourse I do. A lot of. With you.)

He said nuzzling his nose into hers and making her smile. Before she could say something he said making her smile fade.

"Lekin we can wait abhi. We got married like only 5 months ago. Abhi I want to explore my wife more."

(But we can wait right now.)

He said naughtily and hugged her while she blinked her eyes excessively to keep her tears at bay.

Kushagra felt her shaking and some wetness on his shoulder. Pulling back he was shocked to see her crying silently.

"Hey! Kya hua?"

(What happened?)

He held her and made her sit on the bed. She hugged him and hid her face in his chest.

"Kya hua? Maira! Look at me. Batao kya hua?"

(What happened? Tell me what happened?)

She looked at him sniffling and he wanted to pinch her cheeks at how cute she looked.

"I am pregnant."

She mumbled and his smile faded as he processed the words.

"Arre toh isme rone wali kya baat hai? You are not happy with the baby?"

(Then what is there to cry?)

He asked cupping her face and she shook her head.

"I am. Lekin aap baby nhi chahte."

(But you don't want a baby.)

She sobbed and he smiled at his innocent wife.

"Maine aisa kab kaha?"

(When did I say that?)

He asked her softly and she looked at him.

"Abhi aapne kaha na ki we can wait-"

(Right now you said that we can wait-)

"Exactly. We can wait not that I don't want a baby. Agar bhagwaan hume ye khushi de raha hai toh who am I to deny it."

(If God is giving us this happiness then who am I to deny.)

"Aap khush hai?"

(You are happy?)

She asked tilting her head and he smiled.

"Ofcourse mai khush hu. Ye hamara baby hai Maira. Our little bean."

(Ofcourse I am. This is our baby Maira.)

He got on his knees in front of her and kissed her stomach softly making her smile.

"I promise to protect you and my baby at all costs."

He murmured kissing her stomach again.

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It had been around four months since they got to know about Amaira's pregnancy. She was in the fifth month of her pregnancy.

Everything was perfect in their lives. The two loved each other a lot and now were going to welcome another soul in the world.

But destiny had other plans. Some terrible plans.

One evening they were returning home from her routine checkup. They were happy that everything was fine.

On the way Amaira saw a chaat corner and she craved for it. She turned to Kushagra and asked very cutely.

"Kush."

She spoke his name in such a manner that he knew what was about to come.

"Jee boliye Kush ki jaan."

(Yes tell me Kush's life.)

He asked smiling and she mumbled pouting.

"Baby ko chaat khaani hai."

(Baby wants to have chaat.)

She said caressing her baby bump.

He smiled and pulled the car to a side and asked her what she will have.

She squealed happily and gave her order. He kissed her head and went out to get her order while she smiled waiting for him in the car.

He came back 10 minutes later with her favourite Sev Puri. She licked her lips and took the plate from him.

She started gobbling up the savouries.

"Share nhi karogi?"

(Won't you share?)

She looked at him and then back at her plate. She repeated the process a few times and then said.

"Do hi toh bache hai. Aap kya krenge khaa kar. Taste bhi nhi aayega."

(There are only two left. What will you do. You won't even enjoy the taste.)

She said and quickly gobbled up the rest and he laughed loudly at her reasons.

She looked at him pouted and he pecked her pout making her smile.

He wiped her face with a tissue and the  buckled her up again.

It was already late so he decided to take a short cut home.

He saw Amaira sleeping keeping her head back and smiled.

His phone pinged indicating a message and he looked at his phone to see if it was important.

As he looked up again his eyes widened seeing a truck coming in their direction at great speed.

It seemed like the truck driver was drunk.

All of it happened in a flash.

The truck collided harshly with their car which rolled over making a complete 360°.

Kushagra's head collided with the window and he held his head.

He saw black in front of his eyes for a moment. When he regained his senses he looked at Amaira who was unconscious and a lot of blood was trickling down her head.

She was all covered in blood and Kushagra panicked.

He unbuckled himself with difficulty and turned to her.

"Maira! Jaan! Wake up. Maira! Look at me. Open your eyes."

She didn't respond. Tears pooled in his eyes. 

'It is all my bloody fault.'

He unbuckled her belt and carefully took her out of the car.

He laid her on the road and was looking for some vehicle to help them.

He somehow called the ambulance.

"Maira! Stay with me please."

He whispered caressing her bump. He pulled her in his arms. That was the last thing he remembered before he lost his consciousness.

Amaira's POV

I wake up with a huge gasp. There are a lot of beeping noises around me.

 I look around me and realise that I am in the hospital. 

I hear the door open and the doctors and nurses come rushing inside along with my family.
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