chapter 67

[ Vibha' s p.o.v ]    Who the hell told this idiot that watching horror and crime shows before bed is a stress relief? Did they forget to add that it replaces stress with nightmares? You won't have good night sleep, because you won't have any sleep watching them.      I sat besides her with a pillow on my lap restricting my movements so I don't jump at sudden weird faces popping out of nowhere. I regret the size of screen. Why do you have to enlarge the worse? My one hand rested on the remote fiddling with its cover while the other passed over sofa behind her clutching onto the cover. I sat in the most relaxed pose leaving the fact that I was anything but relaxed.       Aru sat besides me completely engrossed in the story already trying to guess the plot. She wasn't bothered by all the creepy sounds coming out of the speaker or the corpses shown from all angels. Atleast edit out those wounded faces. Why would you show that? My teeth bit into my lips so deep until I could taste the blood from the screen. My eyelids flickered straining to almost close, blurring out most of my vision. I can't stand it.      I looked at Aru, she was almost frozen with chip in her hand and lips slightly parted she's still stuck on that one chip since last 11 minutes . Funny how this girl is afraid of darkness and would start crying if I left her alone with lights off but will sit besides me and watch an entire horror show while I am having a hard time pretending it doesn't bother me . Heck it does! I wouldn't be even able to get up at night to pee now. " Let's just go sleep? It's past midnight?", I nudged her . " Wait - it's almost at the climax now. ", she replied still way too engrossed in it.     And that's why I want to get out of here before they show me few more corpses or a pyscho killer with scars on his face and all blood soaked holding the most unnatural weapon for murder. Worst , the souls of dead that have already started decomposing. " We have morning classes if you forgot. " , I tried again. " You go sleep . "     Thanks to you and your stupid idea of watching a horror show , I can't ! " Come on! " , I urged placing my thumb on the red button. " Dare you turn it off at the main moment and I swear I will flush you down the toilet!" , she threw me a glare and call it side effects of watching this shit but that gave me a whole blackhole in my stomach. " Stop watching already! You are talking like that pyscho!" " Why? Are you scared?" , her voice sounded so low and creepy. Just like that revenge seeking aunty with backside front legs. Was I obivious? She read through me? " What scared? I am just saying you are getting wrong influence."" You sat like a statue throughout and closed your eyes half the time." Why does she know that? " What were you watching? Me or the movie?"Good she doesn't have an answer to that. I don't want to seem a scaredy cat in front of my wife." You can go sleep if you are scared you know?", she mumbled still unbothered about her almost about to die of fear girlfriend.     " Stop it I am not!" , I mumbled tossing the pillow aside which she swapped away and it crashed against the empty steel plate sending it  clattering against the floor making really irritating noise. I was irritated yes! And that's how I justify covering my ears and not that I am afraid of that face swollen woman who's having a war with the door that's not opening and a creature that's crawling towards her at the speed of snail.       I felt a hand reach out to hold me and the next I opened my eyes to the TV screen switched off and lights on. " I am really sorry. I didn't mean to scare you . I just , I didn't know you were this scared of such shows. ", she sounded more panick than I actually was. " Stop it . I am not!" , I snapped lowering my hands when I almost had screamed my lungs out. I wished my voice was inaudible against the plate's but seems she heard. I felt really so embarrassed that I could no longer look up . Not until I felt her side hug me again. " You don't have to pretend in front of me you know?"     Somehow that made me want to just admit it and ask her to hold me like that , forever, to protect me against all those things which ain't even real but the thoughts. I need her to protect me from my own fears. " I am not ." , I mumbled. But I am too stubborn to admit that. She gave me a nod. " Sure you are ' not' .  I guess we should just go to bed now. " , she said getting up to leave. No wait - wait for me. I immediately hurried after her as she went to put off the plates.    " I will wash them.", I declared snatching them from her  . She looked at me confused but picked up the cloth lying on the kitchen counter. Where's she heading? Leaving me alone? No- " Where to-" " I will clean up the table till then ." " No need. I will be done in two minutes. I can-"" Stop treating me like some guest . I can share the work you know?" , she sounded slightly annoyed. " That's called princess treatment darling and I am definitely going to spoil my wife. " , I teased leaning closer hoping she'd back off and just call me some name." Just say you are scared to be alone. " Nobody asked her to flip the tables. Why would she- ? " I am not!" " Sure not. " She was about to leave. No-" Fine.  I am . Stay here only." , that came out hurried. She must have found her little joy in it. " See. That easy. "  She said leaning against the counter picking up the dishes I had washed and wiping them with another cloth and putting them back in place. " Whatever it takes to make you stay ." ,  I added. I am doing this so she doesn't have to work .I am not scared!      I was done with the cleaning and we walked out. I took the cloth from her and did the wiping work. Finally all done. We headed to the bedroom. I flipped on the lights. The bedroom wasn't much big. It just had one wardrobe. One dressing table with mirror and a bed. Good thing it was only one. She walked to the side and brought a mattress spreading it on the floor. Don't tell me this girl already has plans for escaping me. But that's not happening. " What are you doing?"" Making myself a bed."" There's a ready made one here. Why do you want to make one yourself?", I joked pointing at the bed.    " I am definitely not going to make the room owner sleep on floor, I have got some manners atleast." , she replied continuing her work . I had to snatch it from her and fold it back stuffing it in the corner she borrowed it from. " We can share the bed and not like I have weird sleeping habits. I don't roll or kick or snore if you are bothered about that." " I am not. It's just-" " Why ? are you shy to sleep besides me wifey?" , I teased stepping in her face. Her face tensed up making me smirk. " Why ? Are you afraid to sleep alone? ", she fired back but that's still better ." What if I say I am? Will you sleep with me then?"