Author: Khush

The next morning came far too early for my liking. I woke up to my husband, he had taken me and actually put me to sleep. I was too panicky last night. Dadi was yet not convinced as per my knowledge. He told me he and dad would convince her. I was confident they would, but I didn’t want her blackmailed into anything either. Kartik had been ever so considerate last night. After they surprise in our backyard, he had carried me to our bedroom. “There is something I was thinking jaan. Tell me if you like it?” he asked…

Kartik’s POV I somewhere knew what will be dadi’s reaction. She never allowed keerti or Mansi to stand up for themselves. But Naira was keerti or Mansi. She would be borer of her mind if home chores were the only thing that were left for her to do. She knew everything that has to be done in a house, but it wasn’t her. She will do everything required in the home, but that definitely cannot be all she will do. I even wanted her to complete her education, she had a graduate degree in commerce but with her brain, she…

I woke up to an intense head ache. What the hell happened last night? Why is my head hammering? I even felt nauseous. Ok god I was going to puke, I ran to the washroom. It was a retching like feeling. It was horrible, what the hell did I eat yesterday. “Naira, jaan, are you ok?” he asked, I shake my head. I was feeling anything but okay. It felt like everything was going to come out. “Too nauseous.” I replied “Yes. Drink more? Why don’t you? Didn’t you even realise what that drink tasted like?” he asked. I realised…

Kartik’s POV I had my friends gathered, Varun, Paras, Manas. They had all turned up with their wives. We mingled with each other, but it was all too cautious. Any of the women didn’t know the other, they tried mingling, but none of them were fast friends. We guys were having an awkward talk too, firstly because they were present. Because it is a bit weird to discuss your foolishness of college in front of your spouses. Not for me, Naira was well aware of anything major in my life, a crush or two were the only things there were…

Kartik’s POV We were at our last stop, in the city that wasn’t built in a day. The cruise had dropped us here, and went back to its port, waving us good bye. We had developed a healthy relation with the crew of port, they did have the best arrangements. Who am I kidding, it was arranged by dad. It had to have the best arrangements ever. I missed dad, very much. Not that I wasn’t enjoying the honeymoon. But I had already lost so much time with him, due to my foolish misunderstanding that I didn’t want to lose…

In the night, we had our crew lit up a bonfire. It was the day of Holi. The day of victory of good over evil, victory of faith, victory of love. We lit up the bonfire, to signify loss of evil. It had historic importance in Hindu mythology. We were on Skype, celebrating my first Holi with Goenka family. Dadi had taken proper timing from pandit ji to celebrate this festival here in Europe. Turning around the bonfire we did our part of ritual. They were going to do it later, it was only evening then there. After completing our…

“Mamma” I say her running towards me, my sweetest bundle of joy. She was a piece of my heart and Kartik’s princess. She had just woken up and this was her morning ritual, to give everyone a hug. “Good morning, Kaira.” I caught her up in my arms. Asking her for a kiss. She gave me one. “I’m hngwy.” She said. Well she was just like her father, always hungry. But it’s ok, I make enough food for both of them. Just then Kartik came in, “Good morning Princess.” He adored her more than anyone. I could sometimes get jealous…

Our next stop was Barcelona. A city in Spain. We were still going there, but I was jumping in excitement. Here we were going to go to the best fun time place in the world, An amusement park. It had been so long I have been to one of these places, I can trace it far back to when we stayed in Cape Town. That was the last time I had been to an amusement park, and I was denied all the fun rides for being a kid. But there was going to be no one stopping me today. I’ll…

We travelled to the port of our cruise after getting off our flight. It was a long and tiring journey, but yet our excitement wasn’t away. After reaching Queen’s our cruise boat, we met our staff. They would accompany us for the rest of the trip, make food for us, be our travel guides, etc etc. They took us inside, it was beautiful. It had a bedroom, a living area above which there was again a sitting area to enjoy the cruise, it was all in all a beautiful place. Completely white, having multiple French windows, openable everywhere. The paintings…