50| Life of 3 weeks

Started writing on 13th January 2021

Completed on 17th January 2021.

Word count : 4147 words

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– A Y A A N –

" .............Sir, what about tomorrow's meeting?"

"Just postpone it."

"We can't. The Australian clients would be leaving by then."

"Then let it be preponed. How about today noon?"

"I'll talk to them."

"The earlier the better." I said and he nodded.

It's Dhruv and Natasha ring ceremony tomorrow and I need to be there. The first reason, I'm groom's brother in law. And second reason, I'm his brother in law, again.

What I mean is— I'm his sister's husband and also his wife's cousin in a way, as dadi married her dadu!

Their relationship was approved by both the families just a week back and now they're getting married following all the rituals.

"Sir, meeting is finalized for noon."

"Hmm..." I hummed while doing my work and he left. Working through all my work till noon, I finally sighed and left for the meeting. Just when the meeting with Australian clients was over in the evening, I looked through all my files and went back to home.

Divya was at home after taking a half day as she was not feeling well. I clearly suggested for me to stay with her, but she denied saying that it would disrupt my meeting.

"Divya!" I shouted while entering but got no response. "Divya!" Walking inside, I sat on the couch and saw a glass filled with drink kept on the table.

Such a caring wife she is!

Here she is not feeling well, but still she kept something to drink for her tired husband!

Picking the glass up, I drank it in a go and spilt it through my mouth in an instant.

What did she keep in the glass?

It was too sour!

Maybe lemon shots!

"You're back?" She asked while carrying a bunch of packet of chips and sat beside me.

"Yes, I am. By the way, what did you keep in the glass?"

"Which glass? Where?"

"On the table." I said and she looked towards empty glass on the table.

"You drank it? I kept it for drinking!" She shouted.

"That's why I drank it. I couldn't eat it right?"

"I mean I kept it for myself! Why did you drink it?"

"I didn't drink it, I spilt it. And why were you drinking that shit?"

"Can't I?" She asked while raising her eyebrow.

"You can, but who drinks squeezed lemon?"

"I. Do you have any problem?"

"Nope. Continue."

"Continue? How will I when you drank my juice?"

"So? What do you want me to do?"

"Take three lemons and squeeze them. Don't mix anything in it." She said without pausing, "Bring it in five minutes."

"Okay, your honour." I said and rolled my eyes. Going to kitchen, I washed my hands and took out lemons. Squeezing them with the squeezer, I took the extract out and poured it in two glasses. I made a glass of lemon water for myself and concentrated lemon juice for her.

Walking towards the living room, I saw her lying on the couch while munching bundle of chips inside her mouth. The couch was filled with packets of chips in every corner, inspite it's large size.

"Here you have your drink." I said while passing the glass to her.

"Hmm... Thanks."

"Where should I sit?"

"Other sofas are empty. Go and sit there." She said. I sighed and sat on the empty couch while drinking juice. Suddenly she started laughing while looking at the TV screen. I looked at the screen too but found nothing funny.

Is this really my Divya who doesn't like watching unnecessary dramas?

Has she gone nuts?

I picked my phone and typed on Google — What does it mean when your wife is being a lazy ass and drinking concentrated lemon juice with chips?

Wait! What was I even typing?

I kept my phone back and went to our room to change into casuals. When I came back I saw her sleeping on the couch with packet of snacks in one hand while the remote in her other one. One of her leg was hanging while slightly touching the rug and the other one was safely landed on the couch.

Sleeping Beauty!

Nope, she's my Sleepy Pig forever!

I went inside the kitchen and decided to cook dinner alone as she was already in her dreamland. I quickly chopped vegetables and cooked them.

Such an intelligent, hot and handsome chef I am!

Just when I was about to flip the chapati, my phone rang. I kept the box aside and picked Shrey's call. "Yes!"

"You know what happened?"

"I'm not a future predictor!"

"Okay, let me tell you. My babies kicked today for the first time. I mean, can you imagine! We felt them kicking from inside. It was so great."

"So what's great in that? Every child would do some movements from inside."

"What's not great? They're my children!"

"Okay. Stop overreacting. I feel like you're the one who's carrying babies instead of your wife."

"I wish I could. She's so tired all the time. And I could do nothing."

"You can't do anything in that instead of taking care of her. And as for your wish, pray that you would become a female in next life." I said. Even I want a child now!

"You're seriously-" He shouted and I cancelled the call. I was not in the mood to hear his call when my food burnt.

Yes, it burnt. Thanks to his call!

Keeping it aside, I took another ball of dough and flattened it under the rolling pin. Making everything, I sighed on my achievements and served everything on the dining table.

"Divya!" I shouted while walking towards her. "Divya, wake up! It's time for dinner."

"Let me sleep..." She said and turned her back to me by turning towards the headrest of couch.

"When will you eat dinner then?"

"Tomorrow! Now go and don't disturb me." She mumbled in her sleep.

I'm your husband!

How could you expect me not to disturb you?

I picked her up and made her sit on the chair. "Wake up! You can sleep after eating dinner. Even children don't behave like this. They listen easily."

"Ofcourse, I'm not a child. And I'm up. See..." She said while stretching her eyes with her fingers.

"Okay, I understood. Now let's eat." I said while sitting opposite to her.

"I don't feel like eating bhindi."

"But you love okra."

"But I don't want to eat it. Mood is an essential factor too. If I don't sense it good, do you think my digestive system can digest it easily?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"Make something else for me. Maybe porridge?" She said and I looked at her with shock. She doesn't even like the smell of porridge, let alone tasting it is another thing.

"Porridge? Are you sure about what you're talking about? It's porridge, not pizza."

"When did I spell pizza? I said porridge. Now go and make it. Till then, I'm sleeping." She said before dozing off over the table. Shooing all the thoughts away, I made porridge for her.

For her!

It's the first time she wanted to eat porridge!

My wife has really became insane!

I went back towards the dining table and served her in a bowl. Just when she took the first spoon inside her mouth, she moaned loudly.

The question is— Why is she acting so strange?

Nowadays, her mood changes instantly. Sometimes she's sad, sometimes above the clouds and sometimes horny!

Even her taste in food is changing.

Wait a minute!

Why do I think that I've heard this before?

But where?

Ofcourse, when Shrey was ranting about his wife's current condition.

But..... She's pregnant and my Divya isn't!

What if she is?

Should I ask her?

Ofcourse, A big Yes...

"Divya, I want to ask you something."

"Hmm..."

What if I ask— Are you pregnant?

No. This idea isn't good!

"What's the last time you had your periods?"

"Around four weeks back. Why?"

"No, nothing." I said and continued eating my dinner. Should I ask her to check? Why do I feel so weird?

Should I check it myself?

Am I mad? It's her body, so she's the one who could check! Even if I check myself, no results would come!

"I'm done." She sighed, "I'm going to sleep."

"Divya!"

"Ayaan! I'm too sleepy. Please let me sleep."

"It's not good to sleep just after eating. Let's watch TV." I said and she nodded. Washing my hands, I sat beside her and took her hands in mine. "Divya, don't you feel something different?"

"What? Are you cheating on me? Even if you're trying, step back."

"What will you do if I ever cheat on you?"

"Just a try and I'll chop your private parts off!" She said.

"Okay, okay, relax. I'm not going to do any of the things you're thinking. I want to talk about something important with you."

"Tell me."

Why am I being shy in asking?

I wasn't shy in making love! Then why now?

No, I'm not shy. It's normal to feel like this.

"Where are you lost? If there's nothing more to say, I'm going back to sleep."

"Actually..... Do you have a pregnancy test kit?"

"Why do you want it? You can't be pregnant." She said and I glared. "For me?"

"Ofcourse, it won't work for me right?"

"Why do you think I would be pregnant?"

"Why should I not think that? You're having mood swings. You feel sleepy and dizziness. Your taste in food has changed. What more reason do you want? Now tell me, do you have testing kit?" I asked and she nodded. "When did you buy it?"

"It was Maya who forced me to buy them when she dragged me for shopping."

"It's good then. Let's go and check."

"Wait a minute mister! How are you so sure that I'm pregnant? What if I'm not?"

"What if you are?"

"Then it's a bet. The one who loses will sleep on the couch." She said.

"That's not fair."

"Everything is fair in a bet. I'll go and check. If the result is positive, you win. And if the result is negative, I will win. The loser will not get the bed tonight." She said and I nodded.

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– D I V Y A –

Pregnancy testing kit?

Is he for real?

Dizziness and mood swings are so common symptoms.

How could he be so sure that it's pregnancy?

I mean, if I was pregnant, I would have felt it from inside.

I sighed and went inside the washroom with the testing kit. Going through all the steps, I waited for a few minutes and saw a single red line on the stick.

I told him right!

Throwing the stick in dustbin, I washed my hands and went out, only to see him pacing around the room. Just when he saw me, he ran to me and asked, "What's the result?"

"Negative. I told you."

"Where is the stick? I want to see it."

"I threw it."

"It's in dustbin right? I'll go and check it." He said and ran towards the bathroom. Was he going to pick it out from dustbin?

"Ayaan wait!" I shouted and ran behind him. As I entered inside, I saw him looking inside the dustbin. "What does double line mean?"

"Double lines? There was a single line right-" I walked towards the dustbin and saw two red lines on the stick. But that time, it was one!

We looked at each other with shock. "It means positive right?" He asked and I nodded. "Positive? Which means you're pregnant?" He asked with a grin.

"Let me check it again. I have another kit too." I said and dragged him out of bathroom. Taking a new stick, I went through all the steps and waited for a little longer this time. I closed my eyes and flickered them open, only to see two red lines on the stick. All my sleep was now gone.

I am pregnant?

Ofcourse yes!

Taking the stick in my hand I again walked out and saw him sitting on the bed. I walked towards him and he looked up. "It's positive right?" He asked and I nodded. "We're going to be parents?" I nodded again. We both grinned and hugged each other tightly. "That's the best news of this year! Thank you so much." He kissed my forehead and I smiled.

"But it's not only because of me, you're equally important too."

"Thank God! Finally I got credit in something. Or I thought that you were the one who made this child asexually." He said and I slapped his chest, "Again, domestic violence. You know, I need to file a police complaint against you. I mean you've crossed your limits in violence. Atleast have some shame. You're going to become a mother." He said and I glared. "Are we really going to be parents?" He asked again and I nodded. "I'm so happy!"

"Wait a minute Ayaan! We shouldn't jump to conclusions. Let's go to my gynec first. Sometimes, these test results could come false."

"Divya."

"Hmm....."

"If you're pregnant, are you ready to bear our child?"

"Why do you think I won't? It's not only yours but my blood too. Why would I not bear our child?" I said and he smiled.

"Let's go to hospital."

"Now?"

"Hmm... I want to confirm if we're going to be parents. If it's yes, then I want to see our child."

"But it's ten now. Don't you think it's too late?" I asked.

"Late? Whole city is awake all the night."

"But hospitals aren't."

"Let's go." He said and picked me off my feet. "Before you say something, let me tell you. If I don't know the perfect result, I won't be able to sleep at night. So please respond with me." He said and I nodded. When we reached hospital, we went to the gynaecology department and went through all the tests.

"Ayaan, I'm nervous." I said while he caressed my back.

"Why?"

"What why? I'm nervous for the results."

"You weren't even this nervous when we made love for the first time!"

"You want me to beat you?"

"No. Let's wait for the results." He said and we sat back on the chair to calm down. After some time my reports came and we went inside to meet the doctor.

"What do you think the results might be?" My doctor asked.

"I don't know."

"A guess?"

"I don't like guessing games. Are you telling us or not?" He said.

"Okay! So..... It's positive. You are pregnant!" She smiled and I looked at him. We both grinned and embraced each other tightly. "It's hospital guys. Please stop your public affection." She said and we pulled back. "Your child is three weeks old."

"Three weeks? Can we see it?" Ayaan asked.

"I don't think so, it would be difficult to figure out." She said.

"But we want to see it."

"Okay, as you wish. Don't complain afterwards that you aren't able to see anything." She said and he nodded.

I laid down on the bed and she pulled my shirt a little up. Applying a cool gel over my tummy, she did all her machinery work and switched it on. After a few minutes she finally sighed and looked towards us. "Can you see that little dot on the screen. That's your child."

We looked towards the screen and I wasn't able to see anything. Ofcourse, it's just the third week! Our child is in it's initial stage of growing up.

I felt him holding my hand tightly. "I am not able to see."

"I told you. How can you see a child in just three weeks. Atleast wait for few more weeks."

"Hmm..." He hummed and looked towards me. "Get up. We need to go back too, it's already late."

"And you remember this now?"

"Fine!" He said and looked towards the doctor, "I want to ask you something."

"Yes, I'm all ears."

"Is she fine? Is our child fine?" He asked and she nodded. "Then, there's nothing wrong in continuing our sexual life right?" He asked. I pinched his hand and he shouted.

"Yes. Both of them are fine. You can do whatever you want to." She smiled. We left the hospital after paying the bills and he started driving.

"Divya!"

"Hmm..."

"Do you want to eat something?"

"Why?"

"What why? You're pregnant right? It's pretty common to feel hungry."

"So? It isn't necessary to feel hungry all the time?"

"Okay." He said and I slept on my seat. After some time I felt myself being lifted up in air. I opened my eyes and saw myself in his arms while he was walking inside.

"I can walk."

"I won't let you." He said and made me lie on the bed.

"Huh?"

"Now that you're carrying a life inside you, I won't let you do anything. I'll wrap you up with a thick quilt and will hug you all the day." He said and I smiled. He was about to leave when I stopped him. "I'm just going to bathroom. I'll come in a minute." He said and I nodded.

Just after few minutes I felt the mattress dipping beside me. He hugged me from back and settled his head in the crook of my neck. "I love you."

"I love you too." I said and felt his hand going inside my shirt and touching my bare waist. "What happened?"

"Everything is so good right?"

"Hmm. What are you thinking?"

"Nothing. Just about you and me, us. You are my first crush, my first love, my first kiss, my first time and my first wife!" He said and I elbowed him. "I'm joking. Relax. You know, it feels so good thinking about our family. You, me and our child." He said and I turned towards him.

"What did you feel after knowing that I'm pregnant?"

"It's not only you who's pregnant. It's us."

"Hmm... But you didn't answer my question."

"When I came to know that we're going to be parents, I had only one thought in my mind."

"What?"

"To mate with you senselessly. Knowing that you're carrying my child, I can't help but think to make love to you." He said in his husky voice.

"Then what's stopping you?" I asked before pecking his lips.

"We could have but you're feeling sleepy. You should sleep." He said and I hugged him tightly while keeping my head on his chest.

"Good night."

"Good night." He said and caressed my waist, "Good night to you baby." He said and I chuckled. "Why are you laughing?"

"Our baby can't listen these things now. Even the foetus isn't formed. There are no ears."

"Oh! You don't need to laugh. I was not a medical student."

"Neither was I. But these are basic things. That's why I told you to study."

"We are not going back on that topic."

"Okay... What do you think our baby would be? A boy or a girl?"

"A boy." He said and I raised my brow. "What?"

"How are you so sure that it'll be a boy? What if it's a girl?" I asked but he said nothing, "Answer me. Don't you want a daughter?"

"I..."

"Tell me. Why don't you want a daughter? Don't tell me that you have that old mentality. It's-"

"It's not that I don't want a daughter. Not only me but everyone in our family wish for a girl. But..."

"But what?"

"Have you ever seen any of my bua or any paternal cousin? No right? It's due to our genes. It's been seven generations since a girl was born in our family."

"Seven generations?"

"Hmm... That's the reason why dadi and mom didn't try to have second child. Our older generations have already tried but nothing happened. Even my cousins, none of them have a daughter."

"Don't degrade your mood. Both son and daughter are equal. Both are gift of God. Even you are your parent's son. Aren't you a gift? Or is it that you were born from sewer?" I asked and he chuckled. "And as for a daughter, anything can happen. As you said, it's been seven generations since a girl was born, which directly means that there is still chance." I said and he nodded.

"We can try more, you know. If we're having son this time, we can try for a girl in second time."

"What if we don't have a girl for second time too?"

"Third time is left. And if that is also for our son, we can try the fourth time." He said and I slapped his chest.

"You're serious or what? I'm your wife, not a baby vending machine." I said and he laughed more.

"I was just teasing you. And wait, I remember someone saying that she doesn't want my care. She'll never have babies with me. She won't ever touch me. Do you remember it too?" He asked.

"Are you making fun of me?"

"No, I am not. I never said that it's you. It may be someone else."

"So you're asking other ladies to bear your child?"

"Maybe!" He said and I kicked him. I didn't saw where I kicked him, but when I came to know I was regretting. Till the time I could do anything, he was already cupping his groin and shouting in pain. "Don't you want to be pregnant once more?"

"I'm sorry. I was angry."

"I was just teasing you and you kicked me like this."

"I'm sorry."

"Alright. I'm alright. It's not paining much. Let's just sleep." He said and I lied far from him, on the other side of bed. "What are you doing there?"

"I'm sorry." I said and he cuddled onto me tightly. "I didn't knew it was-"

"Okay, alright. It was by mistake. And it's my fault that I was teasing you. Now just sleep."

"Hmm... Good night. Hope your pain goes away!" I said and he chuckled.

"Thank you for your wishes and have a nice sleep." He said before I slept off.

××

"Mumma, where is my phone?" I shouted loudly while searching for my phone. We all were here for Dhruv's engagement and everything was rushing too fast. All the guests were already there and I was busy in searching for my phone.

"Check in your room! Where would it get lost?" She said and I nodded while going towards my room. I walked inside my room and saw my phone resting on the side table. Just when I picked it up and was about to turn back, I felt someone clinging onto me from back.

"Why are you ignoring me?"

"When did I ignore you?" I asked and he turned me towards the mirror.

He came from back and hugged me tightly. "Just now. You aren't even giving attention to me." He said while kissing my neck. Why does he always want to make me lose my control?

"Ayaan, you know I have so much work. So many guests are there. I wasn't ignoring you. I just didn't get time to be with you."

"I know..." He said and blew air on my neck while giving open mouth kisses there. I clutched my kurti and closed my eyes tightly.

"Ayaan! There's.... Everyone's out."

"I know. But nobody is going to come inside." He whispered and caressed my waist slowly. "When are we going to tell everyone about our baby?"

"After today's celebrations are over. I really don't want to snatch their spotlight." I said and he hummed. "Let's go out." I said and turned back to face him.

"Not this easily." He said and pulled me by my waist.

"Huh?"

"I'm not going to let you leave me this easily." He said. Picking me up, he started walking and let me stand on my own when I felt myself standing between the wall and him. Bending down, he placed his lips on mine and kissed me softly. He slid his arm around my waist and pulled me more close to him while his fingers brushed my hairs.

Someone came inside and mumbled, "Sorry! I just wanted to call you. I'll go back. Come fast." I pulled back and saw mumma running out. Pushing him back, I rubbed my lips and made myself presentable.

"Look what you always do!"

"And I'm proud of it." He said and I punched his chest. He chuckled and said, "Let's go out." I stopped him and swiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Now. Now we can go out." I said and he smiled before pulling my nose. He hummed and tangled his hands with mine.

"Let's go."

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TIED TOGETHER BY LOVE 💍

Okay, so yesterday I was dreaming about two wild animals running behind me on streets. And the strange thing was, they were running on a pair of legs, instead of all four.

I was about to wake up when I heard my parents talking about four lions and a leopard roaming out on streets; just two or three sectors away from ours.

I was like, was this morning dream kind of true?

I tell you, the place where I live is the greenest place near the capital. I mean, it literally feels good when you drive on streets filled with tall green trees on both the sides.

Well, this whole city was a forest around twenty five years back. So, wild animals roaming around is like strange but known. You can literally imagine a tiger running on highway, cause it has happened!

But it scares the shit out of everyone; even more than corona has done.

Enough of my rants.

How was the chapter?

Hope it was good.

Bye.... Bye....