Breaking the silence- part 10
“Okay Krishna take care of you, and Mani don’t go on any holiday till we are back.” out of habit Suhani again reminded both of them.
“Ma both of them will be fine, but if you kept advising them I am sure we will leave for station only next day.” Yuvani said sitting beside her.
“Yeah, yeah. You won’t unders- and she was cut midway. “ you won’t understand ,you will understand only when you will become a mum and blah blah.” Yuvani sang the all-time dialogue of suhani.
“Naughty girl !!! Now if you are done, we are getting late Yuvani,” said Sayyam finally igniting the engine.
“okay ma,papa see you soon, bye Yuvani” after biding them bye Krishna closed the main door and Mani asked, “Bhabhi, what to pack for bhaiya’s tiffin?” as they came inside.
“let’s pack his favourite palak paratha and mirch achar.we haven’t cooked it from weeks.” She said recalling when was the last time they ate palak paratha.
“I am coming after taking a bath meanwhile please cut the palak leaves mani ,ma kept them in fridge last night.” She told her.
“Okay Bhabhi.” Said Mani who had already opened the fridge. Sometimes Krishna was amazed of how fast she was.
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“you won’t be uncomfortable na if Mani leaves. Okay when she leaves?” he asked tying his watch .
“I’ll be okay don’t take tension and she leaves at 6. She always leaves after you are home already.” She said handing him his car keys. And he looked up surprised. “you had left in your track pants.”
“oh….so she leaves at 6,so you won’t be uncomfortable” he was occupied somewhere cause he wasn’t listening her she felt it.
“Sayyam, are you even listening what I am saying.” She asked him in a little high pitch to get his attention.
“Actually I was thinking why don’t we ask Mani to stay here in nights too till mom dad come.” He asked turning his attention to her .
“ and why we are doing that?” she kept her hands on her waist he was being impossible on this thing.
“I mean, I can get late. I had been in past few days, we can’t take chance.” He kept his point.
“Now this time you are exaggerating this, I’ll manage Sayyam.” She was irritated now.
“okay okay, ask her to stay with you until I come back.” And it was not a bad offer.
“Anything more my highness, if every condition is fulfilled then you should leave for your office.” She suggested.
“yeah, you are right.” He said as they came out of their room. “Otherwise they would start having second thoughts about this promotion they are giving me.” And she smiled on it.
“Well, you look beautiful even when irritated but I wanted this smile.” He added and in response she blushed.
“Okay see you in evening.” And he was gone.
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“Hey, you should start making more of it and there are many workshops here where they buy these crafts also you will get good price for it.” She was amazed of Mani’s embroidery talent.
“No Bhabhi, it’s only that you have insisted, I am happy with my work also it needs great attention and time.” She sighed.
“Not this way Bhabhi, pierce from the backside and then you have to take a right not the left,” she told as Krishna again took a left when she had to a right.
She never got time to talk with Mani properly but today as they didn’t have much to do she started talking with her and as she got to know Mani knew stitching and embroidery she insisted to tell her any one ,she always wanted to learn those like a wish everyone has and which never gets completed . and now Mani was telling that pattern which she called was seep stitch on this kerchief they have got as they didn’t have anything better to begin .
And they kept learning and teaching till the little flower got completed. she was so happy after taking this small step and she knew she would learn many for sure in coming days.
“okay ,now let me make us both a gingery, spicy, my kind of tea, I hope you would like it,” declared Krishna as they kept the kerchief and needle on the table.
“No no Bhabhi, I am going ,why would you make it?” Mani was quick to move but Krishna stopped her, “you made me learn this,” and Mani smiled on this. “okay I haven’t grasp wholly but I will. Now its my turn to return the favor.” And she turned towards kitchen.
“Okay Bhabhi, but I too will accompany you there.” Mani was too adamant so they went to have her kind of gingery and spicy tea.
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“okay Bhabhi ,as bhaiya has already come and nothing much is there to do so- yeah, yeah Mani I too was going to say that you should leave now.” Krishna said to her.
And as she came locking the door, she found Sayyam already coming towards hall.
“House seems so different with no one here, isn’t it?” Sayyam proclaimed.
“Yeah,” she nodded. “what would you like to take with tea ,besan chilas ? I was thinking to cook that.” she enquired shuffling through the containers of kitchen cupboard.
“yeah, it would be fine.” He said while switching on the tv. And as soon as she heard that familiar tune on tv she knew now for a few hours he wasn’t going to leave the sofa, and she confirmed it by one glimpse, Manchester city was on tv and obviously a football match. Her husband too had this football fever and sighing she kept beating the besan batter.
“so how come you this early.” She asked as the advertisement came.
“actually, I was free and also thought you would be alone so .” he told cheekily and she rolled her eyes on this .
“ma will reach by 1 in night na,” she asked. “yeah” he said again shifting his focus on match and she kept herself busy in checking her phone gallery as her phone was giving her way too many notifications about memory nearly full. “aah, these smart phones!!! , and their notifications.” She thought to herself.
After nearly an hour to complete this task of freeing up memory as she had to open a photo ,see if it was to be kept then sending it to cloud ,she sincerely missed her feature phone, she felt her eyes heavy and keeping her phone on the table she thought to close her eyes for a while so her eyes get a little rest.
When he looked towards her switching the tv off, he found her already dozed off on the single sofa in the same sitting position and felt guilty that perhaps he ignored her and this football match surely bored her.
So he bent to her and called her in a little voice but she didn’t answer and he thought maybe she was tired and he should let her take a little rest.
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She woke up to the smell of something really mouthwatering and it was seeming the smell was coming right in front of her. she opened her eyes and as she got accustomed to the environment she was suddenly alert about the time when she found some poly bags on the table and that justified the smell, and then she looked for Sayyam and found him coming with two plates and bowls .
“what is the time, sorry I didn’t know when i slept?” she again fumbled .
“hey its alright and its only 9. But I thought now who was going to cook in case you have decided to sleep till morning.” He joked keeping the plates on table. “also I got the chance to return the favor.”
And she looked up suspiciously.
“you packed my favorite palak paratha so I thought to order your favorite ,now go freshen up fast its getting cold.” He nearly pushed her to their room.and she lazily moved to their room.
After she joined him she suggested, “but we could have eaten on the dining table itself.” She was trying to think how they were going to eat, with this low table .
and her worries got answered as he sat crossing his legs on the mat stretched in the whole sofa area and pulled her too. “this way.” He told like it was such a small thing and he was such a small boy sometimes she thought to herself.
Opening the packages she found stuffed karelas, spicy chana dal and those extra buttery missi naans.
“but you don’t like any of these,” she recalled.
“well,mine is here.” and he opened that Chinese House named package and came that saucy smell of fried rice and Manchurian.
“Well, now no need of worrying and let’s just dig in.”he had already started.
“how come you don’t like Manchurian and fried rice Krishna ? aaah ,you don’t know what are you missing,” he relished on his meal.
“well maybe I am missing it but I don’t care.” She too was enjoying her meal. “if asking seriously then those sharp sauces just feel alien to me.” She added.
“Well,some alone time with her husband wasn’t that bad of a idea” she thought staring him lovingly who was today too careless to care anything but his meal.
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he came checking all the doors and locks and found Krishna filling the jug with water. switching off the lights of hall he thought to check the terrace door too, though he was confident it would be closed.
as he climbed up the stairs he found it closed but before he could have turned came a sharp shout from their room, and he heard something colliding with the floor and it clicked in a second it was Krishna who shouted his name and he skidded two steps in one, as he reached the hall he found her running into him and as he reached her,she hugged him tightly shivering.
“please make her out,make her out.” She was mumbling.
Caressing her back and switching on the lights he asked what happened and attempted to go in the room to check what it was . when she clinged much to him, “don’t leave me here.”
But what happened Krishna and why are you so scared.? He asked softly. “actually,- she broke the hug started when suddenly a little black cat came out of their room and Krishna again sticked to him .
“oh so my queen was scared of this madam?” he playfully said and moving towards the cat he mewed to her and suddenly the cat came to him and he scooted it up in his arms and nuzzled into her neck hairs.
“Sayyam leave her ,she will bite you,” said a now hypervaleting Krishna.
“hey beautiful say Hii to my queen,”and he waved her small paws to her . here Krishna was as scared as confused about all this.
“it’s the cat of one of our neighbours, I guess she saw our balcony door opened and entered, I’ll be back in a moment while leaving her to them.” And he moved towards the door.
“by the way you will be fina na for a few minutes.” He teased opening the door. And she nodded closing the door too exhausted to think if he joked or made her fun.
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After locking the door ,he came inside and found she had already wiped the floor and was now changing the bedsheet.
As she found him staring her amusingly she said, “actually she had been sitting on the bed so I changed the sheets.” and he smiled , “no wonder.”
“But your face was worth a watch Krishna,” he started “are you scared of cockroaches, flies and ants too.”and she knew he was making a fun of her.
And she was already irritated of all the chaos so she picked up a pillow and threw it on him, and kept throwing until all the cushion and pillows were already on his side and he caught the last one and started moving to her, he wasn’t laughing anymore rather was smirking evilly.
“I guess you aren’t afraid of me so this much of playfulness.” and she turned away saying , “ why she would be afraid of him,”
When he suddenly opened the clutcher holding her lazy bun and her brown locks fell on her back. She stilled in her movement. He had already enveloped her in his one arm.Siding her hairs to one shoulder he exposed the another one and caressed it with his breath. She shivered and her breaths became raspy when he left small kisses there. And whispered in her ears huskily, “ don’t challenge me queen, you haven’t seen a wild king, he could be very very dangerous.” And unlocked his arm cage.
she turned gradually as heard the door click saying he was in washroom already and blushing hard on his words put all the pillow and cushions on their place neatly.
As she found him beside her, she inched closer to him and he looked up surprised. “ well, we might get nervous but queens aren’t afraid of their kings, rather it’s the kings who keep scaring their queens.” And he stilled in the process as she hugged him, “also I am not afraid of cockroaches,flies,mosquitoes and those lizards too.” She completed with a little but confident voice.
And he smiled on this and hugging her back waited for sleep to envelope them in her lap.
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Hey guys ,part 10 updated. This chapter is so special to me in many things, two persons have many differences, many things one like other not but how at the end of the day they manage living together is a marriage and I love that about marriages,I have tried my best to show it.
Also that “don’t call me baba “scene of the show, that’s my favorite and I have tried giving it my own twist.Hope you like this attempt ,will be waiting for your response. With love Morusya.