A deal

chp 10

Next morning

Ma: haan daadi m fine Shi mein (making the knot and assuring daadi for the nth time)

Ga: a son shouldn't lie to his mother manu.....u know u can't lie to me (she scolded him for lying to her)

Ma: hmmmm but I will be fine daadi dw (sighing in defeat).... both were silent didn't know what to say.......after few seconds he said

Ma: btw daadi m getting late will talk to u later....... bye daadi luv u (giving her flying kiss)

Manik marched out of room and he found nandini setting dinning table for breakfast......he raised his eyebrow at this unusual site....its been a week after their marraige and he had observed that nandini was never a morning person....but then he chosed to ignore it and started marching towards the kitchen to prepare breakfast for himself but stopped after listening nandini saying

N: breakfast is ready manik (smiling brightly)

Manik thought of sth and then searched for sticky notes  in his pants pocket.....he grabbed ballpoint and started writing sth on notes which confused nandini ........ after writing sth he pasted that note on dining table and went away picking his car keys wallet and an apple for his breakfast..........sadness engulfed nandini as she saw him moving out of apartment without glancing at the breakfast made by her with so much effort.....she moved to read the note

Waise toh i know it doesn't bother u whether m late or early but still m telling u that I will be late....well u can visit soha anytime car and driver will be available......

Nandini was feeling weird bcz she wasn't able to see manik's smiling face and his childish acts that day......she decided to call him and say sorry .......on the other hand bell rang and manik looked at the phone all drained bcz of too much work but after looking at the caller id his frustration increased.....he sighed to calm himself and said

Ma: yeah any problem (scratching the table's corner with ball pen)

N: ummmm manik wo........ (stuttering bcz of nervousness)

Ma: speak up nandini I don't have that much free time (coldly)

N: u r busy???? (Asked a stupid question )

Ma: well they don't pay me to relax in the office and talk to my so called wife..... (rolling his eyes he snapped at her loudly and disconnected the call)

He moved his hand in his hair trying to calm his anger......he knew he was rude to her but he wanted to do it....he wanted her to feel the same pain as he felt.....he only married the girl of his choice and everyone made it a sin.....previous day everyone made him feel like a culprit.....nandini's words hurted him the most and he decided to maintain a distance well that's what She wanted and when he started doing it then nandini was doing foolish things just to talk to him.....and it increased his anger........why people always act like this phle kuch baad mein kuch he thought

At 8 he went to home thinking that he would have to make dinner for himself.....he pushed the door open and threw his tie but soon his eyes found nandini sitting on the dining chair with her head bowed down......manik unknowingly went towards her pushing his anger to make her sleep in a comfortable position.....as soon as he touched her she flinched in sleep and then she took few seconds to open her eyes fully.....she found manik inftont  of her all tired........she stretched her hand yawning and a smile crept on manik's face looking at the cute sight.....he scolded himself for smiling bcz still he was angry at her but it seemed that his heart wasn't in his control.....nandini got up saying

N: wo sorry wait karte karte so gye.....ruko khana leke ati mein

Ma: no it's okay mein kar leta u go and sleep......(in soft tone)

N: but mjhe bhook bhi lge naa(pouting )

Ma: tmne khana nhi Khaya (widening his eyes as it was unusual)

N: I was waiting for u......and manik's eyes Bulger out at her words....she was actually waiting for him but he chose to remain mum

Later they ate their dinner but manik didn't speak with her that much he only answered her with 1 or 2 words...and went towards his room while nandini sat there sadly after missing the chance to say sorry once again

It was Sunday and manik was watching tv leisurely.......in that whole week manik avoided talking to her....they only interacted thru notes they were sticking for eachother.....nandini tried to remove these differences but her words had done much damage which couldn't be fixed in such a short time........she was getting mad bcz of the strange atmosphere.....she was missing the chirpy manik........

She sat besides him making manik glance at her with his eyebrow raised.........then he noticed the distance between them and immediately moved away from her remembering nandini's words that she wanted him to stay away from her.........he gave her the remote and engrossed himself in book.......nandini stared at him and then at remote......she started surfing channels to control her nervousness.......manik was getting uncomfortable so he decided to went to his room but nandini's grip on his hand stopped him from going......

N: plzzz sit here...... I wanna say sth (his eyes pleading him to agree to her)

Manik sat down again maintaining safe distance......he was looking at ground tapping his foot on ground...

N: manik that day I was in stress......i didn't know wth I was speaking and I have realized that I spoke shit that day.......but I didn't mean even 1 word...(gripping his hand in b/w hers)....m sorry I m really very sorry.......... u know soha is very close to me so i got angry and blamed u for everything..........from that day m feeling very guilty plzzz forgive me

Nandini after completing waited for his answer but found him tapping his foot and his gaze on floor ......... after exhaling deep breaths he looked at him smiling painfully

Ma: yhi to tm chahti thi naa ke mein tmhare se dur raho to whi kar rha mein.........(removing her hands from his)

He got up to leave but then turned to her and said

Ma: aur haan apni pasand se shaadi karne koi gunah nhi hota (sarcastically)

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