Note: So sorry for taking so long to write this really short piece. But I keep losing motivation because of the Divek drought and then I got sick. But this I wrote today and it is short but vital for the story( I think :P)
"Divyanka?" he knocked on the door and when she didn't answer it, he tried opening it. The door was not locked and he wondered if it was unlocked the entire time. He went in to see her sleeping form in the bed. Sitting next to her, he looked at her. She looked like she was sleeping peacefully but he knew she wasn't. and he thought he won't prod her now if she went to the lengths of pretending to sleep to avoid him. Though, he doesn't like going to bed with issues unresolved, he thought he would let this one pass. They were both not thinking clearly, and speaking about this when their thoughts are tangled and hazed would only make it more of a mess. So instead, he pretended to go to sleep too, until he fell asleep.
When he woke up in the morning, the bed next to him was empty. Grumbling, he got up and went to get freshened up. When he had gone to the kitchen, the table was set with his breakfast with a note.
Sorry baby, had to run some errands. Have made your favourite breaky with love.
Yours, Biwi no 1.
Putting the note in his wallet, he had the breakfast made by his wife with love and left the house. It was his day off and often times he would lazy around the house watching TV but today he decided to head to the gym to pump up more iron.
He decided against calling his wife because he knew he was still angry with her, so instead he texted letting her know he is headed to the gym.
Finishing up with his workout, he went to the milkshake place near their house which they love, and decided to get two milkshakes for them, believing his wife would be home by now. As he pulled over, he saw her car already parked in her spot. Sighing, he got out and went home. He knew he needed to let everything out on the table before it starts eating him up, which it was already doing. Going home, he could see her anywhere so he went to freshen up.
She heard him come in but she was in the kitchen sorting out her grocery, and when she was done and went out to greet him, he wasn't there. Going back inside, she finished the rest of the sorting. She had hoped he was less furious with her after last night. She knew he needed an explanation but she also knew she was not ready to give one to him. She needed more time to figure this out and she hoped he would be open to letting her have her time, because she knew this would be the biggest step in her life and she had to take this very wisely. She did not want to end up hating anyone, which she was afraid would happen.
After she was done, she went out to the living room and saw him sitting on the sofa watching TV. Joining him, she sat next to him, snuggling into him, hoping he would snuggle back. And he did. He kissed her forehead and asked her how her day was. She told him all about the small delights of her life like shopping for groceries and getting her hair and nails done. Getting up, he went to get the milkshakes and gave one to her.
"It's been quite a while since we drank this," she said, taking it and snuggling back to him. Drinking the shake in silent, they watched TV and she hoped it would remain this was for a while because she enjoyed doing this the most.
"Div, I think we need to discuss about yesterday."
"Do we have to? Let's just stay this way for a while."
"What way? Pretending everything is okay when clearly it is not?"
Sitting straight, she held her head and closed her eyes. "Viv please, I don't want to fight."
"I'm not trying to fight baby, I just want to understand you and you are making it really hard for me to do that," he said, moving closer. "I want to know what is in your mind. Can't we just discuss this like adults?"
"I have to go out now. I don't have time for this. I asked this before and I am asking this again, I just want you to give me some time. And if you can't do that, then I don't know. But I don't appreciate you pressurizing me again and again when I am clearly not ready to discuss this." With that, she got up and left to dress up. She didn't have anywhere to be and she didn't want to be anywhere but snuggled against him, and since he made that impossible, she needed to get away to anywhere.
Staring blankly at her leave to their room, for the second time, he was amazed. Amazed at how swiftly she was able to run from this situation. His wife was never one to run away from problems and this is not even a problem and she was running. He realized prodding her was not going to help, he knew he needed to think of another way of communication. Sitting back, he went back to watching TV, thinking hard at what he could do. He watched as she came out dressed.
"I won't take too long. There is food in the fridge if you get hungry." And she left. She decided she would go to Ekta to discuss more about the webseries, hoping against hope she would be free since this was a spur the moment want-to-get-out-the-house situation.
She hated running away but she needed to prolong this, whatever this is. She knew it won't end nicely and she needed to hold on to the little bit of sanity before it gets insane and insufferable.
To be continued...
