"Why do you always make me blush?" she murmured on his chest.
"Because i love to see you blush when i say something like this" he told her chuckling and pulled her more to him as if there is space left between them and hugged her tightly.
"Madhu"
"Hmm"
"I don't mind staying here like this but everyone must be waiting for us downstairs.If you want we will stay like this " RK told her smiling.
She immediately stepped back and blushed.
"Come , let's go "
When they reached downstairs, Radha came to them smiling. All the relatives must have left to their respective places early morning.
"Rishu, Madhu you both came. I was about to come to your room "
" Good morning Mom" they both wished her.
"Good morning " saying this mom kissed Madhu's forehead.
"How are you feeling, Madhu? Are you comfortable in your room?" asked Radha concerned.
"I'm fine Mom and yes, I'm comfortable"
"If you need anything don't hesitate to ask me , OK?"
"Mom, you forgot your son. I'm also standing here , you were talking to only Madhu" whined RK like a kid.
"Arey, I should see whether my daughter is comfortable in her new house or not right?"
"But that doesn't mean you ignore your son, right?" RK argued back.
" Acha, when did I ignore you, naughty?" Saying that Radha twisted RK's ear while Madhu stood there giggling.
"See dad , Mom got her daughter and now she is ignoring her son " RK complained to Mohan who is coming towards them.
"Ha Rishu, I'm also feeling the same. Yesterday onwards she was paying her attention only to Madhu .This is very bad Radha you wished to make Madhu your daughter in law when you got it, you are ignoring your husband and son. " Mohan complained.
"No, I wasn't ignoring you both. Paying much attention to my daughter doesn't mean that I'm ignoring you, Mohan" reasoned Radha.
"Mom wanted a daughter instead she got me. She used to feel sad sometimes, so dad used to console her saying that she could still get a daughter in the form of daughter in law. When they both came for lunch to your house she saw your photo, liked you and both Mom & dad asked papa for your hand in marriage. You could have seen her excitement when papa informed us that you said yes to this marriage she was on cloud nine. From that day onwards we both used to tease mom saying that she will forget us when you come to this house. That's why we are teasing her " explained RK to Madhu while Radha and Mohan were arguing with each other.
Madhu's POV:
Hearing this I had tears in my eyes remembering the way Radha mom showed affection towards me when I met her last time and the way she took care of me during the wedding, after coming to this house. Indeed I got another mother from this marriage I thought smiling.
I looked up to RK and saw that he was trying hard to control his laughter. Suddenly Mom turned towards him and caught him laughing at her and realized that RK and Dad are teasing her.
"See , Madhu these two always do like this. Making fun of me." said Mom turning towards me.
"Acha mom, you are complaining about us to my wife now." asked RK.
"I'm not complaining to your wife but to my daughter. We both are same team, right Madhu? " Mom said winking at me.
"Ha Mom, right" I told her smiling.
"See Rishu, these two ladies already formed into a team. I think we should keep quite otherwise we won't get proper food if we irritate our wives." Dad said in a serious tone to which me and mom giggled.
" Do you really think so, Dad?"
"Yeah Rishu, it is better to stay calm if we don't want to eat burnt food or salted curries" Dad said in a serious tone.
" Dad, I don't know about your wife but my wife won't make me eat such food even if she is angry on me. " blurted RK. I stood shocked hearing his words.
"Is it ? " both Mom and Dad said in union which made us both look everywhere else other than their faces. After few seconds they both laughed at us.
Luckily to save us from the embarrassment , the servant came and informed Mom that the breakfast is placed on the dining table.
Dad and RK took their seats while I stood with Mom to serve the breakfast.
"Why are you standing, Madhu? Sit" Mom asked me.
"I will serve the food Mom, you please sit." I told her smiling.
"No Madhu, not today. You are the new bride and not allowed to do these works. Go and sit with Rishu, I will serve" Mom convinced me. Sighing, I sat beside RK without arguing.
"Rishu, today you have to take Madhu to her house" told Mom after serving the food.
"Why , Mom?" RK asked her.
"It's is a ritual, actually you have to leave her there and bring her back in the evening but it will take 3 or 4 hours to reach her parent's house. So, you too stay with her and in the evening bring Madhu home." explained Mom.
"OK ,mom" replied RK
"Madhu beta, go and get ready " Mom said turning towards me.
"I'm ready ,mom" I said excitedly as I'm very happy to go to my house.
" I think it would be better if you both start now so that before lunch time you will reach there" said Dad looking at his watch.
We both nodded our heads and continued having breakfast.
Third Person's POV:
After having breakfast, both of them started to Madhu's parents house.
Madhu was sitting in the passenger seat while RK was driving the car. It has been 15 minutes since they started their journey, Madhu was looking outside the window while RK was stealing glances at her for every few minutes.
"Madhu" RK called her.
She hummed and turned towards him.
"Talk something na, I am getting bored"
"What do you want me to talk?"
"Anything, just don't be silent"
"Hmm...." She said tapping her chin with the fore finger.
"I don't know what to speak " Madhu said pouting after few seconds. RK laughed seeing her pout.
"Why are you laughing?" Madhu asked confused.
"Nothing, you look cute when you pout" said RK while pulling her cheek with one hand while his other hand held the steering wheel.
"Ouch...." Screamed Madhu while smacking his hand.
"Sorry sorry" said RK while laughing.
"Madhu, can I ask you something?" Asked Rk after few minutes and Madhu nodded her head for him to continue.
"Why did you cried on that day when you failed in the exam?" asked RK.
"What do you mean why?" She asked him confused.
"At that time I thought that, the job was very important for you and for your family but when I came to know about your family I wondered why you cried over that small exam. As I know that you were not in need of that job or something like that and if you want papa would have easily got a job or you could have worked in his company" he explained.
"Oh that, I always wanted to lead my life like a normal girl. Dady also supported me in every aspect. I studied hard in my school, college and got placed in that company through campus selection and I always wanted to make my parents feel proud of me. That is the first time I faced a failure and I thought I was letting them down that's why I cried that day not because i need that job." Madhu explained to him.
" Oh, that's nice Madhu and I too feel proud of you" he told her smiling.
"How do you know that I cried that day? This question is bugging me since 3 years. Tell me Rishu, i asked you this so many times when we were chatting but you didn't tell me?" she questioned him.
"Oh...do you really want to know?" he asked her uneasily.
"Yes" she replied confidently.
"Do you remember that after knowing your result you came out and talked to your dad on phone?"
"Yeah i remember"
"The place where you talked on Phone is near to smoking zone." he told her scratching his neck.
"What were you doing near smoking zone?" she asked narrowing her eyes.
"What do you think?" he asked her back.
"You smoke?" she asked him shocked.
RK nodded guiltily.
"After finishing the exam I came out to smoke. After finishing my cigarette , when I was returning i saw you crying there and talking to your dad on phone, that's how i came to know that you cried that day." he explained her and Madhu remained silent for few minutes.
"Madhu, sorry. I almost reduced it, now I smoke once in a blue moon"
"I didn't knew that you smoke" she said in a whisper.
" I know you don't like smokers .I will slowly quit it, sweet heart. Please don't be sad" he requested her.
"Promise?" she asked hopefully looking into his eyes.
"Promise" he told her smiling taking her hand into his and took it towards his lips and kissed her palm.
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