34| I love you, Idiot

Started on 24th October 2020.

Completed on 30th October 2020.

Word count : 4000 words

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- D I V Y A -

3 weeks later ~

"Are you sure?" I asked.

"Don't you trust me? I have more experience than you." Maya gawked.

"But it's too silly and cliché."

"That's why it's popular. It's you who came to me asking for an idea."

"There should be better ideas too. And there's no need to kneel down, it's too overrated." I said.

"Madam, then what do you think you could do? Your proposal idea is way too unromantic. Sometimes I wonder if you're asexual!" Maya said.

"If I'm unromantic and asexual, then you're over-romantic, which in a way is not good too. Leaving away our personal talks, help me with my proposal. I don't want it to go waste."

"Really my girl? He's your husband and you're his wife. You both married because you loved each other. And then you're proposing him now? I can't understand your sequence..." She asked being confused. She doesn't know about our wedding and it's situation, so it's obvious for her to be oblivious of her surrounding.

"Stop using your little brain and suggest me some good ideas. Like cutting cakes and all that."

"Really? In such a sexually tensed environment, what you want to do is just eating your cake?" She asked.

"Maya. Please. I really want your help in the matter. Help me or I have other ways too." I said.

"Okay. Then first......" She started explaining her idea.

××

All the days were going great. All thanks to dadi as, because of her we're staying in the same room. And as for our relationship, it's still in its second stage, that is just hugging and kissing.

Why am I sounding too desperate?

Ayaan's cast was now removed and his medications were over too. He was back to his old self, praising himself all the time. Crazy man!

Reaching home, I took my phone out from the pocket and messaged him- 'Try to reach home by evening. As early as possible.'

Informing him was over. Just the decorations were left. I could not decorate whole house as dadi is here, so I decided to execute my plan in the balcony. It has a good view and ofcourse it's spacious too.

After setting all the lights and decorating everything perfectly, I went to check what dadi was doing. And guess what, the TV was on and she was in the process of falling into slumber. Switching off the television I ran back to the room to get dressed as he might come anytime. It was almost seven thirty by then.

Changing into a beautiful dress- as instructed by Maya, I went to do makeup on my own. I've always preferred light natural-look makeup. Trust me, makeup is not my cup of tea. It needs patience which I have, but what I lack are the artistic skills.

After checking all the arrangements for the last time, I sighed and sat on the bed, checking mails and waiting for him. But, life isn't easy. Especially a female's life.

I felt a strange yet known sensation in my lower body, signing that my menses have started. Now I don't know what I'll do. During my periods, sometimes I would lose my senses and shout on anyone. In short I become insane, but rarely. Hope it doesn't happen tonight or I would ruin all the arrangements!

Using the toilet at the right time, I came back and sat comfortably on the bed.

Why didn't he come? It was nine by now but there was no sign of him. How could he be so immature and ignorant? I tried calling him but it was switched off. Who in the world keep their phone switched off?

Maybe he never loved me. Maybe it was just me thinking that our relationship took a step ahead!

It's solely my fault. I shouldn't have thought that he would like me.

It's good that he didn't came or else he would have been laughing by now, saying that it's such a lame thing for me think that he would like me!

Changing my dress, I climbed back on the bed and slept covering myself with the duvet.

×× ××

- A Y A A N -

"Deal is sealed sir. Finally! It took such a long time." Adarsh sighed.

"Yeah finally! What's the schedule *hiccup* for tomorrow? *hiccup* Just clear *hiccup* everything for *hiccup* tomorrow." I said. Oh God! So many hiccups!

Adarsh slided the glass of water to me and drank it in one go. "I think someone is missing you. Maybe Divya mam." He said.

"Divya thinking about me? Interesting. I'll go back. It's already late." I said standing up from my seat.

"Sir wait. Your phone." He stopped me in my track. I took my phone from him and straight way went to my car.

Reaching home on my highest speed, I opened the main door and ran to my room where I saw her sleeping form on the bed. Her head and face was covered by the blanket. Who sleeps like this? How can she breathe while covering her face while sleeping?

Opening my coat, I went towards her and freed her face from the blanket. Dry marks of tears were clearly visible on her cheeks. Was she crying? But why?

Suddenly she opened her eyes and stared at me weirdly. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"It's our room and where do you think I would go? But why were you crying?" I asked palming her face.

"Stop concerning about me!" She yelled.

"I'm your husband. Of course I would concern over everything that's related to you."

"To hell goes your concern. Get out of my room." She shouted.

"It's my room."

"Then I'll go out!!" She said climbing off the bed. Just when she was about step out of the room, I caught her hand and pulled her inside, closing the door.

"Where do you think you are going? It's your room too." I said. "And why were you crying? What happened? Tell me."

"You are the one asking this?" She chuckled sarcastically.

"What happened? Tell me." I asked taking her hands in mine.

"I told you it's nothing. It's your choice if you want to come late or don't come back at all. I'm not questioning you." She said while trying to free her hands from mine.

"What are you saying? What choice are you talking about?" I asked.

"You should have checked your phone for that." She said. I took my phone out from my coat pocket and it was switched off. Switching the phone on, I saw a message and around fifteen calls from Divya. Shit!

"It was switched off." I said.

"I know."

"I'm sorry. I didn't knew about it. Leave it. What were you preparing for evening? In the message you called me urgently." I asked.

"Leave it. It's nothing important."

"Really? For everything you have just one answer- 'leave it'." I shouted.

"See. My head is already aching. Stop shouting or I'll cut your throat." She said and I looked at her with shock. Really? She's ready to kill her husband. I gazed around the room and my attention straightly went to the balcony. Something strange caught my view.

I went there and switched on the lights of balcony. The scene in front of my eyes was mesmerising.

"What's this?" I asked turning back and facing Divya.

"Nothing. Switch the lights off and do whatever you want." She said in a cold tone.

"Were you preparing for a date tonight?" I asked and she nodded. "I'm sorry. I should have checked my phone. I was busy in meeting and left my phone in my room. Once again, I'm sorry." I sighed. Hugging her tightly for like eternity, I heard some faint sobs. "Why are you crying sweetheart?" I asked pulling her back from myself.

"I love you!" As soon as those three magical words left her mouth, she started crying loudly. Is she drunk? Who cries after confessing?

"What did you say?" I asked as I couldn't believe my ears, while she was still busy in crying.

"I said that I love you." She said once more and I couldn't control my happiness. Does she really love me? "See. I knew you would laugh on me. That's why I never wanted to confess." Tears started escaping from her eyes.

"Why are you crying?"

"I know that you won't love me. You don't even like me." She complained with her tear-filled eyes.

"Who told you that I don't like you?"

"I know you don't love me. It's just like, it could never be love." She started crying once again. Lifting her off the floor, I laid her on the bed and sat down beside her, holding her hands.

"Stop this little brain of yours. And listen to me-"

"You have a little brain, not me. Don't you dare call my brain fool." She said.

"Alright. My brain is a fool. Now listen to me first. I love you and only you. I don't have anyone else except you in my life, and will never have someone else. I promise." I said, still having her hands in mine. "You shouldn't have assumed things and cried like this. I won't ever leave you, even if I ever want to."

"You should have seen my message on the first place. You stupid! Loser! Maniac! Moron! Omelette!!" She started hitting my chest and I got a hold of her hands.

"Uff! It pains."

"I am sorry. I'm repeating it for the fifth time- I AM SORRY!" I said and wiped her tears.

"You won't repeat it again?" She said and I chuckled.

"I promise." And said and pecked her lips, surprising her.

"You!" She said but stopped in between when we heard a sound coming out of her stomach.

"Have you eaten?" I asked while she nodded her head in negative. "Let's go. You made so many arrangements. We can't waste your energy." I added and picked her up in the bridal style.

"What are you doing? I can walk on my own."

"But I want to carry you. You can't neglect my wish. I'm your husband and you have obey my every wish."

"In your dreams." She gave me a tight lipped smile.

"Atleast in dreams." I sighed and went towards the balcony. Making her sit on the chair, I joined her and started opening the lids. "Such a good smell it is." I sighed.

"Stop overreacting. It's just food."

"See who's saying. The official lover of food."

"There is no term like that."

"Muuaah!" I threw a flying kiss in her direction and ate my food.

"Seriously? Only a child would do that." She said stirring the dish in her plate.

"Why aren't you eating? Trust me, you make delicious food."

"I don't have an appetite." She said.

"But your stomach was growling few minutes back?"

"But now I don't feel like eating."

"You can't remain hungry. Just eat a bite." I said forwarding a morsel to her mouth. She nodded in negative but ate it when I glared. And that's how I made her eat her food without any complaints.

"Aren't you hungry? Your plate is full." She said when I was wiping her mouth.

"Oh! Don't worry. I'm not going to leave it. I have a good appetite." I said and finished my plate in a go, while she was still staring me. "Don't stare me like this. I'm shy."

"You and shy?" She started laughing.

"Seriously, I am shy." I said while she kept laughing. Taking it as good chance I came near her and pecked on her cheeks, making her shocked once more. "Wait a minute." I said and went inside, leaving her alone in the balcony.

I picked up the pendant which I bought for her months ago and ran towards her.

"What's this?" She asked.

"Check it yourself." I said forwarding the box to her and sat down.

"It's-" She gasped.

"Your gift. For coming back into my life. But this time, as a life partner. How's it?" I said.

"It's beautiful."

"Ofcourse I know. Just like you. Beautiful and has a great meaning behind it." I said and she smiled.

"Thank you. But it's really expensive. Instead, you should have increased my salary." She said and I shook my head in disbelief. I mean really??

"You know after confessing, there's something really important which we should do." I said.

"What?"

"Kiss." I said which instantly made her cheeks glow in the colour of love.

"It's not-" Before she could say anything I locked my lips with hers and carried her to mattress, in the other side of balcony.

"We can't let your arrangements go waste." I whispered and cupped her face, kissing her more passionately. I pulled back to catch breathe and said, "I love you."

"I love you too." She said, pulling me by my collar. I pulled her on my lap and kissed her as if there's no tomorrow. I can't believe that she loves me!

I kissed her forehead, following down to her neck. The way she was moaning my name, I don't think I could stop now. Sliding my hands inside her shirt, I bit her neck and sucked the spot. The way she kept stroking my hairs, it was enough for me to lose my conscience.

Laying her down, I crawled over her and slid her shirt aside. Kissing all through the way I reached her chest and kissed her mole.

"Ayaan. We need to stop." She said.

"What happened?" I asked. Does she regret our relationship?

"I'm on my periods."

"Oh!"

"Don't tell me you don't know what periods are!" She asked.

"Hmm."

"Seriously? What were you doing in class? Only this chapter was the most awaited one. No one missed it." She scolded.

"It's past. I promise I'll learn everything about the topic. Now let's go to sleep." I said changing the topic.

"I'll use the washroom. You can change till then." She pushed me aside while getting up. Quickly changing into pyjamas, I sat on the bed waiting for her. As soon as the door of bathroom opened, she climbed over the bed and stretched her arms wide open, signing me to hug her. Without wasting a single second I went close to her and hugged her tightly.

Sleeping close to the person whom you love, under a single blanket has the best feeling!

××

I woke up at five thirty and saw her sleeping calmly, hugging me tightly. Oh God! For how long I wished her to be with me like this.

Without waking her up, I stood up from the bed and ran inside washroom. After using the toilet, I reached the study room and searched everything about periods.

After around two hours, I sighed and stood up, leaving back to my room only to find that she was still sleeping.

"Divya! Wake up." I said close to her ears.

"Let me sleep." She whined.

"Your choice. It's already ten." I lied and she woke instantly.

"Why didn't you wake me up earlier? See it's ten..." She said but stopped in between when her gaze went towards the clock. "Really? Such a liar you are!" She shouted and ran to the bathroom, in half sleep. Sighing, I sat on the bed and rested my head on the bedrest. After bathing and dressing up, I went down and saw Divya and dadi already eating.

"Dadi, do you want to come with us?" I asked while eating my breakfast.

"No. I don't feel like traveling. You both can enjoy." Dadi winked.

"Why are you saying like this as if we're going on a date? It's my friend's engagement."

"Okay. Then also I don't want to go. You and Divya can attend the function." She said and I nodded.

××

"Divya! How much time do you want? By this speed, we'll get extremely late." I shouted. It was almost twenty minutes since she was dressing up.

"Just a minute." She shouted from the wardrobe.

"Okay. I'm standing here with the watch. Let's count how much time you take." I said. Just when the minute was over she came out struggling in her dress.

"What are you doing? Help me. I'm not able to close the hooks." She whined. I went near her to help her but she looked too tempting to be left. Was she planning to seduce me in this backless dress? Closing the hook, I leaned forward and nuzzled my nose in her neck.

"If you dress like this, what do you expect me to do?" I whispered in her ears while my fingers kept playing at her back, touching her deliberately.

"It's your friend's engagement. We can't be late. You said that." She said.

"We aren't the groom and bride. Even if we reach late, the celebration won't stop." I said and turned her towards me.

"Wait!" She exclaimed before I slammed my lips on hers, pulling her into a long sloppy kiss while my arms held her back.

"Sorry." I said pulling back from her.

"Huh?"

"Your...... lipstick. It's..... smudged." I said.

"What? That's why I was stopping you. You Idiot. It would take a lot of time to fix it." She shouted and ran back to fix her makeup. I looked in the mirror and saw the same condition with myself, her lipcolor was all over my lips. "Let's go. It's settled." She said.

"But my isn't." I said.

"What?" She asked and I showed her my face. "Really? You could have fixed it by now. What were you doing?" She shouted. Mood swings!

"Help me." I asked for her help while she shook her head. Taking a wet tissue she came near me and started wiping my lips. Taking it as a good chance I pulled her tightly to my chest.

"If you want me to chop your lips off, then I won't mind. You've already caused a mess and I really don't have a mood to fix my makeup once more." She glared.

"Okay. Sorry! I won't kiss my wife if she doesn't want to." I rolled my eyes and she punched my chest. "What?"

"Nothing." She said and moved out of the room.

"Wait for me!"

××

"Hey bro! Best of luck." I said hugging Shrey.

"You don't need to wish me luck. Indeed I have better luck than you. I am gonna have my children earlier than you."

"Children?" I asked.

"There are twins." He winked.

"Seriously?"

"Yes. I mean it's normal right? I am a twin too." He justified.

"Good luck to handle two children at a time!" I said.

"I really need luck this time." He said.

"Huh?"

"See yourself." He directed towards my left. I turned to the direction and saw his sister and Natasha fighting verbally with each other. "Oh God! Both are my sisters. But both are poles apart. Whom should I support?"

"No one. Don't get involved in these things." I said and he nodded.

"Isn't it your function? And here you're busy chatting with your good for nothing friend." Shrey's dadi said coming towards us and left glaring at me. Why did she say this? I am not someone to be hated but to be loved.

"Am I a good for nothing friend?" I asked while he shrugged his shoulders.

"He's my dadi bro! Who knows what's going on in her mind?" Shrey said and I nodded. "I need to leave to my bride or else dadi would eat me brain." He said and left me all alone.

Walking around here and there I heard a female voice, precisely of Shrey's dadi talking cunningly with someone over phone. I hid behind the wall to hear her conversion. I know it's wrong to hear someone else's personal talks but it seemed too worthy to be left off.

"Oh really? I bet you would be enjoying alone at home, my sweet lady." She laughed.

"Oh my ugliest prettiest lady, you don't need to worry about me. I'm all safe and healthy. Care about yourself and your heart disease. I don't think you may be able to take more shocks now." The female voice from the other side of the phone said in the same tone. His dadi had kept her call on speaker, maybe because of her ears.

"What's more shocking than your news?" Shrey's dadi asked.

"Your grandson's to be wife. Mrs Aarti Sehgal."

"That doesn't need your concern. Mrs Avantika Chauhan." Shrey's dadi remarked. "I have more important things to look upon instead of talking with you. I'll keep the call."

Avantika Chauhan- Why did the name sound too familiar? Wait! It's my dadi's name. But why were both the dadi's fighting?

"Yeah. Alright." The voice over the phone said. I turned back and left the place, not to get caught. Coming back to the main venue I saw Divya laughing with Natasha. Thank God! Atleast she has a good mood now. She spent her whole day in the worst mood ever. Blame her mood swings! I walked to them and pulled Divya to me by her waist.

"Huh! Do you want me to leave you both alone?" Natasha asked.

"No." She said.

"Of course yes." I said at the same time and Divya glared at me.

"I want to talk to her. You can have your personal time at home. Let's go." She said to me while dragging Divya away from me. Why do I have a hunch that Natasha would snatch my wife away from me? Such a lame hunch!

After a long time the celebrations got over and I decided to take out leave. I went to Divya but she was still busy in chatting with Natasha. Why do they need to talk about everything going on in this world?

I went near her and picked her up in my arms. "What the-" Before she could say anything I stopped her.

"Shhh. I'm already tired and don't have a mind to wait for a minute more. Let's go." I said nearing my face to her.

"What are you doing? We are in-"

"Sorry to disturb. I think you should really go back Divya. Your husband misses you." Natasha grinned and left us alone.

"So, now you have no one to talk to. Should we go back?" I asked and she nodded.

"You are right. Let's go back. You can leave me. I'll walk." She said.

"No problem. It's my pleasure to help you." I said and moved to the car.

××

While sleeping I felt something moving on here and there on the bed. Opening my eyes I saw Divya tossing around the bed. I switched on the lights and saw a frown on her face.

"Divya. Are you alright?" I asked cupping her face.

"Hmm. It's paining." She said in half sleep.

"What? Where?"

"In my legs and abdomen." She said flickering her sleepy eyes. I got up rubbing my eyes and went down to bring heating pads. As soon as I kept it on her legs she shouted, "What are you doing?"

"Relax. It's just heating pad. It would help. Wait a minute." I said and went to the kitchen.

"Have them." I said.

"What?" She asked opening her eyes.

"Chocolates."

"I can't go to brush twice." She said. I showed her the glass of water and she sighed in relief. Eating the chocolate she moaned loudly and smiled.

"Did it help in your cramps?"

"No. But they taste good." She said while sipping water. I nodded and helped her sleeping back, keeping the heating pads near her legs and abdomen.

*****

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I don't know why but I'm just stuck with the 'Tree of Life' design. It's just like all over my mind since an year. Infact I've drawn it allover my question papers in every exam! Even the examiner thinks what I'm doing. *Sighing*

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