Back to the current time.

"Ma?" Raksh called his mother who sat on the bed drowned in deep thoughts.

He climbed the bed and laid down hugging her.

"Ma? Rani didi said you and the milk man had a fight? Should I go and scold him for fighting with you?" The five year old said as he made his fist read.

Ragini gave a genuine smile and chuckled, nodding her head in a no,"Bacha I was scolding him for the bad quality of milk, he wasn't." She told Rakhs as he took a sigh.

"Acha? Okay. But Ma remember if you face any problem na? Call me, I will solve it. Forever." Raskh assured his mother as he snuggled close to her.

Ragini smiled looking at her brave five year old son, who was drifting in sleep for the second time in the afternoon.

She too closed her eyes and her face broke into a smile.

She smiled as she knew that the game of snakes and ladder she had played with life, she could still win. It was like, on the board, both life and she were on 94. They needed a six, just a six to win.

Laksh wasn't with her physically but he kept his promise.

He was with her each and every moment in form of Raksh. He was their part, more like Laksh's. His habits, his temper, his protectiveness, his replicate.

Laksh might not have left them completely, he was there with her in this world, still on the bed she left him five years ago. He was breathing but not living. But she knew what God had done, Laksh sended a substitute to keep his promise, to keep in check that his Ragini was well. Was happy.

If not completely she was still contended with the fact that he was alive, and that she had the most caring child. Her child. Their child.

In these five years she had learnt patience, to wait. She learnt that you should be contended with everything you have because life is so unpredictable that you don't know when the thing that once was your life is snatched away from you. Just in a second.

She learnt the art of acknowledging everything she had. Everything. She didn't want to lose anyone else but aha! Has life ever thought twice?

Five years back she had lost the hope to live, she had thought why should she live? For whom? She was alone. All alone.

And then as soon as this thought stroke her mind, the call happened. Maybe it was the way of Laksh to tell her to live , to live for them and to wait, to wait for him.

It was life's turn on the board, and the die showed one. Now life was at 95 and she at 94.

She needed more. She needed a six.

Five years back to the phone call (previous shot)

"What?" She had asked shocked and scared. Was she ready to handle the responsibilty?

She was. She was strong she knew. And she also knew that it was the bonus chance life had given her.

It was Dr. Kiran, who had called. Ragini had gone to her for some symptoms. She could make out that it was clearly pregnancy but she needed confirmation before she told Laksh.

With his accident, she didn't think that of the results and what would she do if they were positive, as they are now, what would she do?

She forgot that there were high chances that she was carrying a part of Laksh, and how foolish was she to even think that she had no family.

She had rushed to the hospital to her Laksh. She wasn't crying this time instead she was smiling.

She sat next to his body, held his hand.

"Laksh, you are going to be a father." She smilingly informed him. It was his right. She chuckled through the tears.

"You remember last to last month when we were talking about children? You were admnant to have a girl while we fought as I wanted a son." She sobbed.

Wiping her tears she continued," but then finally we concluded that first child should be a boy and the second a girl? So that we both were happy."

"Laksh I promise, in your absence I will take care of this baby completely. But that doesn't mean that you aren't going to come back. You have to okay? Remember you promised me a forever, this child can be your substitute but we need you too. We need you. I need you, Laksh."

She had weeped that day her eyes out. She had went as a weak Ragini but the Ragini that came out was strong, determined. She knew what she had to do.

She kept her hand on her stomach and smiled.

I am there for you baby, forever.

Back to the present.

"Ma?" Raksh murmered in his sleep, while Ragini had opened her eyes- now watery.

"Ha baccha?" She asked him curiously, what could it be that he wanted to say in his sleep?

"Ma, I love you." He whispered before drifting in the world of dreams, again.

Ragini beamed at his words, "I love you bachha, forever," she replied to now an asleep Raksh.

She knew she was doing a good job, she was proud that she managed to fight all odds that came her way in bringing up Raksh.

She was alone before Laksh.

Then when he came her life lightened up, illuminated.

And then he went away.

But not before gifting a part of his to her, a sweet lovable real token, which assured her that he will come back. Come back for her and his son, who was now his token of love. A token of promise, a promise for..forever.

She had a hope fire burning always in her heart and she wasn't ready to extinguish that. If Raksh was with her, Laksh was soon going to be too.

Its just patience what she requires, and that what everyone requires.

Patience. Thats it.

Cause like love, life doesn't always win. It is defeated by someone more powerful than life-- love.

And she had love. Her power and strength.

She held on to his promise of forever,

And was ready to hold onto that for ever until Laksh came back.

And then disturbing her and Raksh's sleep, her phone rang.

It was her chance, and she atlast had scored a six.

She had won.

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Heya!!! So finally this three shots are over 😭🌹

Truthfully i loved loved writing this!!❤️

(And for those who couldn't understand the last part..laksh was out of coma.)

See i didnt kill him🙈♥️

Actually the main thing was I wanted this three shots to be completely on Ragini, her emotions, her thoughts and her strength. Thats why in the title i didn't write RagLak instead Only Ragini.

So i hope you all liked it as well?

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After all it is the last day of the YEAR!!

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