Part 8

Part 8

Virat woke up in the morning. He rubbed his eyes. He saw he was covered in blanket. He also noticed his sherwani was kept neatly folded on the chair, his shoes and watch was kept on its place. He remembered how last night Sai took care of him even after his callous treatment. Though he had said sorry and she forgave him also but still he felt ashamed of himself. He decided he will ask for her forgiveness once more. He stood up from the bed when he noticed a mattress lying on the floor. He felt more guilty thinking that Sai slept on floor because of him.

"Poor girl must be afraid of me after what I did to her" he thought. He was lost in his thoughts when Sai's voice again captivated him in its dulcet tone.

Oh Kanha ab toh murli ki, madhur suna do taan

Main hoon teri prem deewani mujhko tu pehchaan

madhur suna do taan

sagar se bhi gehri mere prem ki gehraai

lok laaj kul ki maryada taj kar main to aai

meri preeti se oh nirmohi, ab na bano anjaan

madhur suna do taan

Oh Kanha ab toh murli ki, madhur suna do taan

He followed the sweet sound and reached the living area of the house where a temple was located in the corner. He saw Sai was praying. She had her eyes closed. He remembered their meeting in the Radha Krishna temple where she was praying just like this. He just closed his eyes and got lost in the soulful prayer. He could feel her devotion coming from within, it was not like she was doing it just as a tradition. She was a true devotee. Suddenly he opened his eyes as he realized just like her bhakti is true, her love for him is also true and deep. She has put him on such a high pedestal that he is afraid he is not worthy of it.

Sai ended her prayer and Virat opened his eyes. He looked at her, she was wearing light pink color saree with golden border. Her hair were wet. She was not wearing any jewelry or accessory. It looked like she directly came to temple first to complete her pooja. Sai turned around. She found Virat in front of her just staring at her blankly. She came near him and wished him good morning which brought him out of his trance.

She gestured with her eyes to take aarti. Virat didn't understand.

"Aarti le lijiye" Sai said holding plate close to him. Virat took the blessings.

Sai noticed Ashwini and Ninad came into the room. She went towards them and touched their feet. "Our mornings are now going to be blessed like this listening to your melodious voice. Seems like our dream is fulfilled."  Ashwini commented as she blessed Sai.

Virat looked at his parents. They really adored Sai a lot. No wonder they too were heart broken when he brought Pakhi with him. It was still shocking to him that how come everyone knew about Sai's feelings  for him but only he was unaware of it. He gave up thinking after sometime and  went into the room to get ready for the day.

Virat came out of the bathroom and was about to search for clothes to wear when he noticed a pair of his favorite jeans and casual shirt was kept on the bed and bed was also clean and blanket folded, the extra mattress on the floor was also not there anymore. He wore his clothes. He decided to go in kitchen to ask his mother for coffee when Sai entered in the room with a tray. She handed him the coffee mug and herself sat in front of dressing table to get ready. Virat took a sip of coffee and closed his eyes in content. It was exactly made according to his taste, strong, less sweet, less froth.

"She is behaving so normally from the very next day of their marriage, doing all the chores of the house and also helping him out in getting his day started like a wife is supposed to be and here I am still struggling to accept that I am married to her." Virat thought as he continued to sip his coffee.

"And how does she knows each and every thing about me?" He wondered again while relishing the coffee perfectly made as per his taste.

He looked at Sai who was getting ready. She lined her eyes with kohl and put bindi on her forehead then she put kumkum in her mang and wore her wedding chain. If it would be any other time and she would be any other girl then till now he certainly would have shouted on her. He didn't like all that cliché Indian symbols of marriage one bit as he found it orthodox. But don't know why they all looked beautiful on Sai.

"Thanks for the coffee." Virat said to start a conversation. Sai just smiled at him.

"How do you know how I like my coffee?" asked Virat.

"I know everything about you. Your likes, dislikes, preferences, hobbies etc." Sai replied as she continued drying her hair.

"But how...we never interacted much?" Virat asked curiously.

"You never interacted much with me but I was always around you, observing and noticing then somethings I got to know from aai." Sai replied as she remembered how she used to admire him always from afar and tried knowing smallest details about him.

"If you loved me this much then why you never told me?" asked Virat as he finished his coffee.

"I tried but couldn't. Either I used to feel shy and nervous or I didn't get right moment for that as you always used to be very busy with friends whenever you came here.  Then with the passage of time I thought that it was not even necessary. Like, my aai baba knew about it, your parents knew about it, I thought its very obvious, you kinda knew about it too." Sai said as she got lost in thoughts. Right now her emotions were clearly visible on her face. She was saddened by the fact that love of her life never knew about her feelings.

Virat kept looking at her through the mirror. She looked like some innocent angel caught up in this big bad world. At times like these when she looks vulnerable, he feels the strong urge to take her in tight embrace and never let go, to hide her from this evil world. He had felt the same when he had gone to meet her and ask her permission to get married to Pakhi. The gravity of the emotions had jolted him thats why he wanted to get married to Pakhi as quickly as possible and go away from Sai soon.  Right now, in this moment, she is doing the same to him.

He kept looking at her without any words. He noticed a water drop had fallen from her wet hairlock to her lower lip. It then traveled to her neck then to her cleavage and got lost there. He was aware of her beauty ever since he first saw her when he came back in Nagpur but for the first time, it dawned upon him that  she is not just a pretty face, she got equally enticing figure to go with it. Suddenly Virat became very aware of his increased heartbeats as he noticed that his wife was sexy as hell.

Virat kept ogling at her but he knew he shouldn't. A conflict was arising within him where he was struggling to fight the temptation to look at his wife while he shouldn't be getting attracted to her this soon. There is a lot to know about her, to understand her, to work on their marriage before he takes that road. This inner conflict started voicing out itself as his two different aspect of personality-

"Stop it you pervert" A voice said inside his head which he believed to be the voice of his good conscience or angel side as some people calls it. He immediately averted his eyes from her.

"Oh how can you not look at that sexy body...just imagine how it would feel." Another voice popped in his head immediately to counter the first voice. This time he believed it must be the voice of his inner demon or devil side as some people calls it.

He looked again towards her with the corner of his eyes. Sai came near him to take his cup when the sounds of her anklets brought him out of his inner battle field.

"Aap ko kuch aur chahiye?" Sai asked as she was about to leave when he remembered he forgot to apologize to her.

"I am sorry for last night. I was feeling very guilty about it when I saw that you slept on the floor...I scared you...right?" Virat genuinely felt bad for his behavior.

"I was not scared of you." Sai replied as she laughed.

Virat looked at her relieved that he has not at least scared her away. He found her laughter was a music to his ears.

"I thought the circumstances in which we got married I didn't know whether you will be comfortable if I sleep on same bed with you." Sai replied honestly.

"Why it is always about me? What about your comfort? No need to do sacrifices for me. From now on I will sleep on the floor and you will sleep comfortably on the bed." Virat declared.

"Ye kya keh rahe hain aap...aap neeche soyenge toh bhi mujhe neend kaise ayegi ? saari raat bechaini hoti rahegi ki aap theek se so pa rahe ya nahi...nahi aisa nahi ho sakta." Sai shook her head in no.

"Dekho aise to main sone ke liye dusre room mein bhi ja sakta hoon lekin aai baba ko pata chala to wo bekar mein hi pareshan honge. Isliye better ye hoga ki main hi neeche so jaun. Try to understand I don't want to give you any trouble." Virat tried to explain.

"Isme takleef kaisi....or phir bhi agar aapko mera zameen par sona achha nahi lagta toh main raat mein sone ke liye dusre room mein chali jaungi aur subah kisike jagne se pehle wapas aa jaungi. lekin aap neeche naih soyenge." Sai gave an idea.

Though it was a practical idea as she was the one who get up first in their house so nobody will know about it. But Virat didn't know why but he didn't find it right. "None of us will go in any other room." He made it clear.

"If you don't mind...I mean if you are not scared of me and trust me enough than we can share the bed." Virat suggested.

Sai smiled again, she guessed the last night's incident has left a deep impact on him. He needs to know that she dosen't hold it against him.  "Forget about last night's incident because I have forgotten it. and I am not scared of you...how could I? you are my husband...and about trust...khud se jyada vishwaas hai mujhe aap par."  Sai replied to ease out his worries as she looked into his eyes.

Virat's heart fluttered at the moment she looked into his eyes. He had to take deep breath to control it. "Ya but still...." Virat tried to argue further but Sai interrupted him, "Main aapka sarmaaya hoon Virat. You have every right over me.....I want you to know this....if that's the thing bothering you." Sai said as looked down shyly. The heart which he had controlled with difficulty danced again listening to her words and he could only nod to her words.

"Achha what are you plans for today?" Sai asked changing the topic.

"Nothing special. I am thinking of going with baba. He is going to office to sign some important papers. We won't be spending much time there as today evening is our reception party." Virat informed.

"Hmm, ok then. I will be going to my parents house to get ready as still much of my belongings are still there." Sai also informed and got busy as Ashwini called her to select jewelry.

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to be continued.....