Meant To Be

Chapter 34: Sneak Peak

"Ahhhh," both of them said together. "That could be problem," bhabhi said, looking at me sympathetically. "Grief is what connects people. It's never good when couples start avoiding real conversations between them."

Bhaiya looked me over. "What do you think you did?"

I thought how to phrase this politely. "Made life difficult for a couple of people."

Both of their eyes narrowed.

"How difficult?" Bhabhi asked, suspiciously.

I pursed my lips. "It was justified to their behaviour. But l may have went overboard and probably crossed a line."

Their frowns deepened. They needed to stop doing that.

"Then didn't tell her about it," l added.

They rolled their eyes. Sometimes they behave more like siblings than a married couple

But the point was... Naina knew.

The next day after Naina's sleepover, l had recieved a call from her in afternoon telling me she knew it was me. During the call, she hadn't said anything more, hadn't demanded an explanation, hadn't picked a fight or even given me the silent treatment. She had just sounded so disappointed.

I probably got why she was disappointed too. She may have thought l fought her battle on her behalf. But again, it's not like she didn't know that l wasn't done with the Kashyaps. She knew l was about to do something. She knew l had yet to settle the score with them.

I could apologise to her for maybe going overboard or not telling her what l had planned but not for what l did.

The asshole had told me he would enjoy breaking the woman l loved, so I broke him in return. Every single person feels unbridled anger towards someone who wants to hurt their loved ones. Most can't do shit about it. I could. So, l did. Was it too much by general standards? Maybe. Will l do it again? Of course.

That said if Naina not knowing about it was the issue then we would need to find a middle ground for it. She had to see that l couldn't come to her for every thing l did.

"Have you talked to her about it?" Bhaiya asked breaking me out of my reverie.

"Not yet," l replied. "It's only been a few days since the the change. The first couple of time l had assumed she was distracted with work then she was busy with this Roka but l will talk to her tomorrow. It's a happy occasion today l don't want her to worry about this."

"I thought you had become softer since Naina had entered your life," Bhabi said softly but it made my back stiffen.

Bhaiya turned to bhabhi. "He is softer."

Bhabhi gave him a sour look. "Making someone's life miserable as Veer mildly put it is not going soft."

It wasn't but it didn't negate the ease that my demeanor had experienced because of Naina's presence. Bhaiya too didn't say anything for a few heartbeats. "I think there is a misconception in you women's idea of men going soft," he said finally.

Both bhabhi and l raised our eyebrows at him. "I am not sure what you think love does to us. But if you think that we suddenly go from being mannerless cavemen to civilized teddy bears then that's not how it works in real life."

Bhaiya looked out of my window in a thoughtful daze. "Us men are simple minded creatures. When we fall in love, the change in our demeanor and our emotions are just about you. We become sensitive to you, intense to things regarding you."

He took off his glasses and gestured to me. "For example, ask Veer how much l hate loud and touchy greetings. Your dad on the other hand has this awful habit of heartily hitting people on the back as if they are generators he needs to restart. Normally, l would snap but l love the smile it brings to your face. So, l deal with it."