Promises To Keep

~•Moving in•~

The next morning Annika woke up, still on the bed she tried to open her eyes properly and looked around. The room was empty , there was no trace of her husband. She picked up the phone to check the time and her eyes widened seeing it. It was 10 in the morning.

Quickly getting up she moved to the washroom to get ready. How could she be so careless. It was her first day and she woke up so late. What would her in laws be thinking about her ? Her mind chided her for being so irresponsible.

She came out of the washroom and changed into a chiffon saree since some rituals were still pending. She was drying her hair in front of the mirror when she heard the sound of the door opening. It was shivaay.
He was awestruck seeing her.

Could this woman be more gorgeous

Annika could sense his gaze on her. She cleared her throat to break his chain of thoughts and shivaay looked away rubbing the back of his neck. His wife caught him staring at her that too on the first day.
Wow shivaay how creepy !

Annika was done dressing up. None of them spoke a word for a good twenty minutes when shivaay finally sighed.

"Good morning Annika"

"Good morning"

"What do you prefer. Tea or coffee ?" Shivaay asked her as he moved towards the coffee machine.
It dawned upon Annika how it was her responsibility to ask him that but she was too busy being a scared cat.

"Umm shivaay why are you making it ? I mean it should be my responsibility. Right ?"

"Why Annika ? I mean as much as it's your responsibility to do these things it is equally mine too. So just relax and tell me quickly" he answered her with a smile.

Annika was caught off guard again with his reply. She couldn't help but wonder how on Earth was this particular man so different from all those chauvinist males who left no stone unturned to make their wives do everything.

"Annika you didn't answer"

"Umm shivaay I'll have coffee too." He nodded and prepared two cups of coffee for them. Handing the cup to her he sat on the couch.

"Thank you shivaay"

"Anytime wifey" he winked at her and Annika immediately lowered her gaze to the coffee cup. Shivaay chuckled seeing her reaction. They had their coffee silently. Shivaay noticed how unusually quiet she was. As much as he wanted to ask he knew it was too early. She needed time and he was ready to give her forever if needed.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Annika stood up to open it and found pinki standing there with a huge smile. She hugged Annika and then came forward to hug shivaay.

"I hope I didn't disturb my newly wedded couple" pinki asked a bit teasingly which made shivaay groan a loud "MOM" making pinki chuckle and Annika stood their fidgeting with her fingers.

"Accha accha no need to be so embarrassed. Annika beta it's your pehli rasoi today. Make anything that you want. Come " pinki took Annika with her leaving shivaay in the room.

Soon Annika was done with the ritual
She had made kheer which earned her a lot of praises from everyone. Her husband had apparently asked for a refill thrice since he loved it. Pinki called Annika for her gift and handed her a pair of keys.

Annika was confused seeing them when pinki spoke "Annika beta these are the keys of your new home. You and shivaay will be living there from now on. Don't worry it's just half n hour away from here"

"But aunti.. why separate ?"

"Annika beta Don't worry I'm not throwing you people out of the house" pinki chuckled a bit and further continued " you both need privacy now and need to spend time with each other since you people barely know anything about each other. If you continue living here I know that is not going to happen since you will be obliged to look after the family. Also the apartment is near to both your offices so it will save you time. "