I was sleeping peacefully, but then i felt manik's arm moving from under my head and then his warmth and the manly smell of his body, was gone. I flapped my arms in sleep and thankfully caught hold of his hand and pulled him back to me. I know he must be smiling at my craziness. As he lay down , i squinted my eyes open "where were you going leaving me alone in bed?" i complained and snuggled more into him. My naked body rubbed against his under the sheet and he held me tightly "jaan , i was just going to the washroom" he explained. "no need to go to the washroom, just sleep , ok" i scolded him mindlessly. He chuckled "am i not allowed to pee , even?" he spoke cutely pecking the top of my head. I bit my tongue at my own thoughtlessness "sorry, you can go but come back to me" i ordered and i knew he must be smiling again. "all the roads of my life lead to you only, i have nowhere to go, trust me" he spoke seriously and i raised my head to look in his eyes. I pecked his chin "go and come back soon". He smiled and went to the washroom. I used the time and quickly wore the lingerie from last night and manik's shirt. I went to the mirror while buttoning the shirt and suddenly my eyes caught sight of a mark a little up from my left br***t. I focussed on the mirror to get the better view of the mark. I rubbed my finger over it gently. I deduced that it was a love bite which manik might have given yesterday night. I smiled remembering the moments from last night and blood rushed to my cheek. I caught sight of manik's figure behind me , in the mirror. His eyes zoomed on the finger i had placed on my chest and then he saw the mark. He quickly walked up to me and turned me to face him "shit , i did that! Is it hurting ? wait i will bring an ointment" and he rushed out of the room without waiting for my reply.
He came back with an ointment and gently applied it on the mark. As his fingers touched , i felt current all over my body. I held his shoulders for support. "it will be fine, soon, don't worry" he assured me and i chuckled.
he looked up "what ? why are you laughing?"
"nothing, you are so cute!" i pulled his cheek.
He smiled finally "and you are so sexy" he spoke dramatically and put his hands under my shirt to reach the desired spot. I pulled his hand out
"i am hungry!" i stated loudly
"i am satisfying your hunger na.." he replied smirking and again put his hands under my shirt . i again pulled his hand out. He pouted.
"manik! I am hungry here yaar!" i spoke pointing to my tummy.
"i know" he announced.
"i will cook" i informed
"why? I will order food na?" he suggested
"no..i have learnt some basics from maa, i will cook today, but i hope everything is there in the kitchen" i spoke and started moving to the kitchen. He followed me. I checked and found everything of necessity was there. "mom must have asked to stuff the kitchen" manik said when i gave him an amazed look. I took out wheat flour to make dough "manik i won't be able to make anything special, if you want you can order for yourself, but i want to cook for myself" i informed him.
"i will eat whatever you will eat, in fact i will help you" he spoke wearing the apron.
"no manik...plzz..you have never done all this, if maa comes to know that i made you work, she will be very angry...i will do it myself na.." i tried to stop him.
"mom will never be angry for this! In fact she will be happy, so let's just get down to work" he replied and i sighed. "just tell me, what i have to do" he asked
"ummm ok cut onions" i replied adding water to my dough.
After a while
"o god what is this?" i spoke as the dough was all sloppy and sticky . i think i added extra water. Manik turned to me with tear strewn eyes and sniffing, he was looking super cute!
"i think you should add more flour to it" he suggested and i added flour to the sloppy dough.
After a lot of efforts , i managed to knead a perfect dough but its quantity seemed like i had to make chapattis for 40 people! But can't help it now. I washed my hands and got down to make vegetable. Manik was helping in estimating the amount of various spices to be put in the vegetable.
"manik ye acha ni bana to...?" i asked sceptical about my cooking skills.
"arey q ni acha banega..of course banega..itna mehnat kiya hai tumne.." he tried to inject some positivity.
I smiled gratefully at him " acha now you go freshen up, till that time i will make the chapattis"
"no...why..? i will help you in making chapattis!!" he stated firmly
"arey i will do it na...tum jao fresh ho jao"
"no, no no!" he replied
"theek h, " i gave up.
I rolled the chapattis while he baked them. Although the shape of the chapatti did not come out perfect round but nevertheless, it was still a chapatti!!
After the chapatti was made, i pushed him to go and get freshen up. He obliged this time. I quickly made juice and placed the dishes on table.
I went to the room after that and found that he was in shower , so i decided to take shower in other room.
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When i came out to the dining space, i found manik talking on phone.
He turned to face me while still on phone and mouthed "mom" informing me who was on the phone. I nodded and sat down on the table.
When he finished talking he handed the phone to me. I started talking to maa and manik pulled me to sit on his lap. I was wearing a tee and shorts.
Manik tried to gain access to my shoulders , so he pulled the tee but failed. I was getting distracted while on the call, so i smacked him to behave, but he paid no heed, and left that struggle to focus on something easier, so he started fondling. I tried to get up from his lap but he didn't let me so i cut short the conversation with maa and hung up.
"manik , lets eat first na..." i asked, managing to speak with lot of difficulty.
"hmmm" was his response "and after that , we will continue this...ok?" he asked naughtily
"no..we will go for scuba diving!!" i spoke enthusiastically almost like a kid! And he shook his head in disbelieve. "nandini, we are on honeymoon yaar...next time aenge toh ye scuba diving or snorkelling karenge! I promise!" he tried to convince me to get what he wanted.
"no no no...plzz manik plzz na..raat ko tum jo chahoge wo hum karenge , but abhi chalo na plzz" i requested
"raat ko!! I am not a fool ..ok...mujhe pata hai, after scuba diving , you will be tired and will sleep" he spoke sadly.
"manik plzz" i made a puppy face. Trying all cute faces!
He huffed "ok fine!"
Then we had our food, wherein i tried to make him happy and succeeded finally. Manik complimented me for the dishes and said that it tasted awesome for a first-timer.
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After resting for a while, we headed to the beach where scuba diving is done. We underwent a 60 minutes training, before we finally got to go underwater.
"manik please arrange for a photographer na..i want some pics of our underwater fun please" i requested to my ever so sweet husband!
"ok that will be done!" he smiled smartly. He made a phone call, while i put on the gears. He came back with a man.
" your genie has fulfilled your wish ma'm" manik said and bowed down in front of me. Other people present there gave me cheeky smiles. While i blushed "manik!!" i chided him.
"what!" he asked adorably holding me by my waist.
"lets go na..jaldi se under the water" i asked him. He gave me naughty smile
"agar itne sare protective gears ni hote na hamare beech mein toh i could have used the opportunity to the fullest while we would be under the water " he whispered in my ear , turning me red.
We were on the island named HAVELOCK. Manik had informed me that , this place is quite famous among honeymooners and where i was standing now was a proof of that, as i saw many newly-wed couples lined up for scuba-diving. They were having their moments and i was having mine with my husband. But the other couples did not fail to notice us as manik was being extra-careful and extra-romantic with me. He helped me in putting on the breathing gear and when we were entering inside , he asked me thousand times, if my breathing devices were working properly or not. he was holding my hand for a long time even underwater. It was only when he was assured that i am comfortable that he left my hand, so that i could enjoy freely. I too , didn't protest, because it felt good, when he took care of me like i was a baby!
The aquatic life was amazing and left me spell-bound. I had so much to see. A variety of aquatic animals swam across us. I was swimming ahead of manik and he was following me. I saw a tortoise coming in my direction and it felt so big and close that i panicked and flapped my arms to signal manik to come to me. He swam quickly to come by my side and held my hand asking through gesture "what?"
I pointed to the tortoise and he helped me swim past it. Of course if we don't disturb them, they won't disturb us.
The photographer was clicking our pics randomly but i wanted a special pic, so i asked manik through gesture to pose in a certain way and he obeyed. We made a heart shape with our hands.
Swimming among these creatures , i felt like a fish myself. I did somersaults in the water, like i was a mermaid and manik just looked at me with amazement. I swam to reach him and held his shoulders, he held my waist and i twirled him in water along with me.
After these little-little moments of ours, we finally came out of water. As soon as i got rid of the protective gears, i hugged manik tightly "thank you, thank you, thank you so much!! Thank you for bringing me on this island, thank you for giving me my dream honeymoon, thank you for being an awesome husband!! Thank you for everything!" i said excitedly.
He hugged me back tightly!
"nandini if you have forgotten, we are on beach and people are watching us!" he whispered softly in my ear and i suddenly pulled back and smacked my head "sorry!! Then lets go quickly to our abode, i want to thank you properly!" i spoke biting my lips.
"ohooo, is that so..wifey!! then lets go!!" he said and got the SD card from the photographer and paid him and then we left from there. Manik suggested that we can have dinner in a restraunt before heading home. I agreed as after reaching home, we won't be able to concentrate on anything else.
Manik was eating so fast as if he had a train to catch. I held his hand "eat slowly..why are you in so much hurry!!" i asked him, even though i knew the answer.
"You already know the reason" he said and winked. I blushed as the thoughts of our love making crossed my mind. "yes that is the reason" he spoke softly. I was confused "what?"i asked and he gave me a naughty smile "what you were thinking, that is the reason for my hurry" he explained and i gaped at his face "how did you know , what i was thinking?" i asked him. He smirked "so you were thinking that only?? I just made a wild guess" he replied and i felt like hiding my face somewhere on my foolishness.
He chuckled "ok ok relax...even i think about our moments all the time..and i have no qualms about it" he tried to lessen my embarrassment but it increased my blush.
Dinner ended quickly , because of manik's impatience and we left for home.
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Credits to the writer- Manini Mehra