CHAPTER 16: overstepping the boundaries

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ASIM'S POV:

It's been one week since we've been married. I'll have to admit that girl is awesome. and that girl is now my wife. ohh how good it feels to call her my wife. but it is not how it's supposed to be. she is my wife but it shouldn't feel good to call her that. the past one week was usual and stress free. she didn't meddle much in my business. just like how i wanted it to be. More than her, i made sure to never cross paths with her. I arrived home late at night when she was asleep and left early in the morning. Our interactions were very fewer. We only spoke whenever i called her regarding her college.

I had promised her parents to allow her to continue her studies and i wholly agree that an individual should never give up on their education no matter what came in their way. That is what i liked about her. She was determined about her studies. She never showed any lack of interest when i contacted her regarding her leave application for all these days and her date of rejoining. She was enthusiastic enough regarding her college and her studies.

Everything was going well until day before yesterday...

FLASHBACK:

It's 1 am right now and i just returned home. I've been returning late due to many reasons and avoiding her is one of them. It's not that she makes me uncomfortable or that i don't like her. it's quite the opposite actually. i feel a magnetic pull towards her. i think it'll be impossible for me to stay away from her if i am anywhere near around her. This girl really has this aura. she makes me feel at peace. And it's been almost forever since i've been at peace. These emotions, they scare me. I don't want to feel any emotion that could make me weak. And all my emotions revolve around her these days.

She's not the sole reason i've been away from home these days. I have a very important collaboration program that i've been working on since one month. It's taking shit load of my time and since its a very important one, i can't take any risks and i myself should check the progress at every step. This deal has made me so occupied that i haven't been taking care of my schedule much. I haven't had enough sleep for a whole week and my meal intakes are getting reduced day by day and i have started to feel weak. not that i care, there are many more important things to be taken care of.

I walked towards my bedroom, now not only mine. The door was partially opened and light was spilling through the crack. is she still up? what is she doing up so late? I slowly opened the door and peeked in. There she was, sitting on the couch with all the books and papers scattered around her. she was biting the back of her pencil and had a slight frown on her face. looks like she's trying to understand something. CUTE.

control asim. you have many other things to handle. with this thought i opened the door completely and entered the room which made her divert her attention towards me. i removed my coat and placed it on the bed and kept my watch on the side table after removing it. That is when i heard her slow melodious voice.

AAYAT: heyy..

ASIM: hmm

AAYAT: do you return back every day at this time.

ASIM: hmm

she looked annoyed. maybe my replies annoyed her. but that was least of my concern. Nevertheless she continued speaking.

AAYAT: did you have dinner?

ASIM: no

AAYAT: freshen up. i'll serve dinner.

ASIM: i am not hungry.

AAYAT: did you have lunch?

ASIM: no.

AAYAT: you'll fall ill at this rate. freshen up and have dinner. please?

she gave me those puppy eyes and asked me in a pleading tone. how could i ever reject her? i simply nodded and entered the bathroom to freshen up. I took a warm relaxing shower, this is the only thing that has been keeping me sane. there's too much stress of work and these weird emotions i feel when i am near her. I need to focus. it is not going to work this way.

I came out of the shower and saw her entering the room with a tray containing food. she placed it on the small table in front of the couch not before clearing the mess she'd made there with all her books. I just watched her every move. damn i need to get a hold of myself.

her voice broke the trance of my thoughts.

AAYAT: you're done? have dinner then.

i just nodded and sat on the couch while she sat beside me maintaining a more than required distance. she buried herself in her books again. not liking the silence, i decided to break it.

ASIM: why are you up so late?

AAYAT: oh.. ughh i'll be back to college in a few days and i have exams approaching shortly. I've missed a lot of syllabus due to the wedding and need to catch up on that. I'll be awake pretty much every night now till my exams end.

i just nodded for a reply.

ASIM: did you have dinner?

AAYAT: ughh no.  ammi had forced me to have fruits in the evening so i didn't feel like eating in the night.

ASIM: you've brought too much for me. have some.

AAYAT: that's ok i am not-

I just glared at her to which she gulped and slowly took one roti with a bit of curry and ate it silently. i just sat there looking at her. she looked adorable.

AAYAT: is there something on my face?

ASIM: huh? no. you should finish eating and continue with your studies. I'll be in the study. I have some work. she nodded slowly looking disappointed. i was disappointed too but that's the whole reason i was leaving the room right now. there was no way i was going to concentrate on work with her around me. And i cannot afford to have distractions.

It was around 4 am when i returned back to the room, she was asleep on the couch in an uncomfortable position and she was shivering. i sighed and placed a pillow below her head and covered her with a spare blanket. I couldn't help but to gaze at her face. she looked heavenly. those soft features and doe eyes. the way her lips formed a pout when she was asleep. i stuck a stray strand of her hair behind her ear. I sighed and stole a one last glance of her and laid down on the bed and tried to sleep.

keyword: tried.

I've never been high on sleeping. atleast not after that night. it still haunts me.

I won't let the past consume me. i have many other things to take care of. too many responsibilities. my wife being the main one.

FLASHBACK ENDS.

Here i am having dinner with her today as well. As she told, she's been awake till i returned from the past three days and surprisingly she wouldn't have had her dinner too.

Well it's not that i couldn't have dinner earlier but i wanted to eat with her. It felt good having a company beside me while eating. it felt good HAVING HER company. So i decided to return home without having dinner with hopes that she wouldn't have had her dinner too. and i haven't been disappointed till today.

I was feeling extra weak tonight. I decided to shrug it off and concentrate on my work but my eyes started to blurr. Aayat noticed it and asked me if i was fine with a worried expression and i just told her i was fine and asked her if she could get me a glass of water to which she nodded almost immediately and filled a glass with water and brought it to me. My hands brushed hers when she handed me the glass of water and i felt electricity pass through me. I looked at her face for some reaction but all i could find was a shocked and a worried expression.

AAYAT:  do you have a fever?

ASIM: maybe? it doesn't matter anyway.

AAYAT: are you out of your mind?? you're burning hot! this is not normal!

she exclaimed as she placed her palm on my forehead. i jerked off her hand immediately and she looked hurt. fuck! but that didn't stop her from speaking.

AAYAT: you're having a very bad fever and you need to rest. you can't stay up late anymore.

ASIM: its just a mere fever and it won't affect me.

AAYAT: you need to understand! this is not good-

ASIM: don't try to overstep the boundary. i know what my condition is and i can handle it perfectly. you can focus on yourself. I'll be in my study doing my work.

i said as i tried to get up from the couch but i almost instantly felt weak in my knees and was about to collapse down when she held me tight. her tiny body was too small to handle my weight but that didn't seem to bother her. she used all her strength and brought me to the bed and made me lay down on it. she jolted towards the side table to get out the medicines and handed them to me with a glass of water. i gulped them down without arguing as i knew i was very fucked up and this would be smarter choice. I remember her face when i lashed out at her. she was hurt and it was pretty much evident. fuck i hated it when she was hurt. I didn't mean to hurt her but she was really overstepping the boundaries. That would be bad for both her as well as me. her worried face when she retrieved the glass from me was the last thing i saw before i passed out.

TIME SKIP

next morning.

I woke up with a massive head ache and tried to adjust my eyes to the daylight. that is when i noticed something. AAYAT. she was asleep on the floor beside me. with her head on the side of the bed and i noticed her hand in mine. there was a bowl of water and strips of cloth placed on the side table and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out that she'd been up all night to take care of me.

scenes from last night started to flash in front of my eyes. I was harsh when i spoke to her but yet she chose to take care of me. I shouldn't have done that. But i think its the best. she needs to know that she can't overstep her boundaries. she can't get involved with me. i would destroy her world with mine which was completely dark. I slowly woke up not disturbing her and lifted her up and placed her on the bed. she was a heavy sleeper. good for me. i covered her with the duvet and left to get a shower. all thanks to her i was fine now.

you need to stop it aayat. stop trying to be with me. my mind is getting fucked up.

end pov.

AAYAT POV:

I woke up due to the light from the sun falling on my face. i looked around and found myself lying on the bed covered with a duvet. that is when i realized. ASIM. he was sick last night. he hadn't looked very well ever since he had entered the room last night but i chose to not pester him. I was worried about him the whole time but chose not to show it. He had mentioned it very clearly that he didn't want any kind of attachment and i would be overstepping my boundaries if i pestered him. I was looking at him every now and then and ultimately couldn't help myself but ask if he was doing fine to which he responded positively but it was clearly not the case. he asked for a glass of water and i gave it to him almost immediately. His body was burning hot and i couldn't take it anymore and that is where i messed up. His reply to me was too harsh when all i did was showed my concern towards him. I was hurt. deeply hurt. That was the moment i decided i wouldn't get involved with him no matter what. but when he lost his balance, i couldn't help but to hold him. He was huge! too much for my little body to handle but i somehow managed to make him lie down on the bed and give him medicine. he passed out just after having the medicine and all i did was just stand and stare at him.

I touched his forehead once more and his body almost felt like it was on fire. I quickly rushed towards the washroom and returned with a bowl of water and strips of cloth. I took care of him all night and eventually his body temperature had started to decrease which made me felt relieved. I was busy changing the cloth when i heard him mutter something in his sleep.

ASIM: please.. please don't leave me... please..

AAYAT:  hey hey.. calm down i am not leaving. i am here.

ASIM: please please don't leave me... please... i am sorry.. please.

saying this he just grabbed my hand and started to calm down. i just decided sit there until he was completely calm but his grip didn't look like it would loosen up any time soon. I had no idea when sleep engulfed and i fell asleep there itself.

I sighed when i remembered last night's incident. he looked so vulnerable. I still wonder who he was thinking about when he told not to leave him. was that his g-girlfriend? No, i just won't make baseless assumptions and sabotage my marriage. anyhow he's clearly mentioned that he doesn't want anything to do with me.

I really liked having dinner with him. though it was mostly silent but his presence was enough to make me feel better. i don't know what it is with him but he makes me happy. just by his presence. that's the reason i started staying up late after the first encounter even though i didn't have much to study. I liked spending time with him.

The promise i made with ammi flashed in front of my eyes.

I WON'T GIVE UP ON YOU. MR. ASIM. I WON'T GIVE UP ON US.

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