The insufferable truth
The context around my OS; Gauri and Omkara have been married for a year, they are not content in this marriage it is simply being forced by their family, Swetlana is very much in the picture and now is Omkara "mistress" as he would rather her stay with him than his father and a character named Aditya will be mentioned, he will never be physically seen in this OS. The characters are more realistic than what is shown in the show, but hopefully there essence remains.
Part 1:
Gauri Sharma took another puff of the cigarette, if life had brought any sort of improvement it was this. Her cigarette standard had improved by miles, from that ghastly beedi she used to drink with her friends in Bariely. She now puffed on her expensive Marlboro. If any of those girls that hung around Om saw her do her daily routine, I think shock would the understatement of the year. They would be surprised that girls from small towns do such immoral things, well Gauris advice to them was wait till they heard about Chitras sex life. Gauri could accuse her pati parmeshwar' a lot of things but at least she could not accuse him of being a classist. He with integrity viewed that all women were capable of whoring around.
Suddenly a buzzing sound, shook her away from her thoughts and Gauri realised her phone was ringing. Seeing, Adis name automatically made her pick it and she replied with a forced upbeat persona that she used with mostly everyone.
"Hi, I didn't think you would call me so late, clearly I'm affecting you that much Adi", Gauri replied with a flirtatious tone that she knew he would reciprocate.
"You wish were so lucky, I just called to ask if you had looked at the Verma files and filled up the paperwork for the next date" he enquired. The Verma case was something that was on Gauris mind these day, she identified with this woman's plight. Being denied your consent and feeling that no one would understand what you felt was something she was very familiar with. Esha Verma after years of abuse had decided to leave her husband and took their daughter with them. Now her husband was demanding custody, which Gauri and Adi would not allow.
"Yeah, yeah I am on it and I think I found what we need to win it, I'll just email it to you" Gauri replied earnestly. No matter how Gauri felt about her situation whenever it came to the legal system she would always shift into her lawyer demeanour and be fired up as if she was fighting the case now.
"Okay, awesome sent it ASAP please, how's the husband by the way" Adi inquired hoping for a different response.
"Oh he's great just yesterday he told me loved me and then we walked off into the sunset" Gauri replied with sarcasm.
"Gosh, Gauri why don't you just leave him, honestly what's the point of staying in a marriage like that" Adi asked sadly.
"I think the word your looking for is loveless, I am not leaving the bas***d till he divorces me personally don't think he's man enough to do it" Gauri replied honestly.
"You always ignore the topic like this" Adi replied but clearly knew the conversation wasn't going anywhere.
"You just want me to leave him so you can seduce me, but trust me the sex would be way better if you did it with a married woman, the stakes would be way higher" Gauri stated hilariously knowing that it would prompt a shocked reaction.
"God women, do you not get tired talking about this garbage, well you keep thinking this crap I need to go have an early day tomorrow and I will see you at court at 12 for the hearing, you go get some sleep" Adi stated seriously.
Gauri wished him goodnight and began pondering on her own thoughts. Sleep, Adi told her to get some sleep, she was at stage in her life where she could no longer sleep. Because when she closed her eyes it was only the demons of her past which would cloud it.
Unknown to Gauri someone had been listening to her conversation and was considering using this information to incite someone else. Swetlana knew that Omkara was only with her so he could keep her away from his father and he made sure she economically satisfied but deep down it bugged her that he did get excited by her. Swetlana thought she knew men but Omkara always stumped her by his rejections. It belittled her beauty and the sexual prowess that she assumed she had. It worked on other men, so why was Omkara so different. It was Gauri, she knew him enough that he felt something for her but this new information could oppress those feelings from coming out.
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Omkara worked on his new statue, it was the only thing that would distract him these days. His last confrontation and odd conclusion with Gauri was still plaguing his mind. It did not help that it occurred in front of his entire family. Their pitiful eyes always clouded his mind, the only person who was possibly his father who now watched these fights with a grin as if he was having the time of his life. She constantly undermined him in front of them which he did not appreciate at all.
"Don't talk in that tone with me and you know we don't discuss personal issues in front of family" he screamed at her with his brothers trying to control him but was of no avail.
"What tone, huh, what tone? Oh I will use it again and again till I get what I want, I want a divorce" Gauri retaliated with equal ferocity.
"Gauri watch it you know what I am capable of" he warned seriously.
"Oh, the joke of the century you are capable of nothing my dear pati, I will create a ruckus till I get what I want, you think I will stand by and watch you sleep around with that bitch s**tiana" Gauri yelled ferociously.
"Tough luck, I saved you in Barielly I should have left you for dead, it would have served you right" Omkara stated with certainty. Gauri turned to look at him, she recognised those eyes always so bitter and full of hate, clearly his father deprived him of love growing up. But, she knew how to push him and she would because challenging him was her favourite pass time.
"I am not your mother, I will not tolerate my man being with another woman because if that's the case I will also find myself another man and then this marriage will officially become a joke which it already is" Gauri said with a smirk knowing very well that she had done it. Omkara seethed red, his family audibly gasped and Dadi went as white as snow knowing that she was an astute traditionalist in such manners. He had, had it with her. He grabbed her wrist and dragged her to their room. He could see Svetlana and the family trying to stop him but it was of no avail. He has assumed Gauri would protest it, but now knew her well enough that she did this because she loved getting a reaction from him.
"Oh gosh, such man power honestly I am shocked you even had it in you" Gauri stated while she was still holding on to his hand. Omkara noticed that and tried to let go, while Gauri refused to let go.
"What's wrong can't touch a woman for long, you know I really hope Svetlana is giving you some other wise I am doubting your liking if you know what I mean" Gauri said with a daring voice which she used to push his buttons. Omkara tried not to react to her comment, but holding her arm led to that spark, that static which always shook him. He almost wanted to know if she felt it, almost.
"Aww baby is feeling shy, it's okay I'll let your arm go you probably don't want to cheat on s**ttiana" Gauri stated while letting his arm go. Omkara wanted to ignore her, but this time he wouldn't let her walk away unscathed. He grabbed her and spun her around so they were facing face to face. Gauris face reflected initial shock but moved to an indifferent space.
"Oh adopting a different strategy are we, nice" Gauri replied while looking straight into his eyes hoping that she would not want to look down. As looking down would be a sign of weakness and most of all loss.
"Gauri sweetie we have been through this a million times, we don't bring up personal issues in front of the family and you know I will not divorce you till I have Svetlana out of this house" Omkara replied in a candid tone while fully knowing that she was getting timid at their proximity. Shy and Gauri were not two things one would associate but she was shy at times. He would notice in the mornings she would be looking from the bed to the couch where he would be sleeping and she would automatically look somewhere else when he would notice. Or when he would come out of the bathroom, he swears he had seen her cheeks turn rosy red at the sight of his wet hair.
"Uh okay, yeah whatever" Gauri replied trying not lose confidence at this bold persona she had inhabited. But, she was losing fast it as if she had never been this close to him. He was rather beautiful, the hair clearly helped enhance his features.
"You should leave your hair out once in a while" she mentally face palmed herself hoping she that he did not hear that once it came out of her mouth.
"Wait what did you say?" Omkara inquired while trying to get over the initial astonishment of what he thought he heard.
"I mean yeah you are right I am sorry, I overreacted it's just Anika and Soumya started asking me these questions it just riled me up" Gauri stated while trying to focus on anything but his face. Gauri knew that it was more than their questions that riled her up but she would never confess what had actually upset her. He loosened his grip hoping he hadn't hurt her, because that was never his aim and the end of the day no matter what she did he knew he was not capable of such hate.
"What did they say?" Omkara asked while trying to get her too look at him. Gauri ignored him like always. Why isn't she looking at me?
"Hello, its common courtesy to look at the person you talk to" he asked sincerely. Gauri looked at him and thought if she should tell him what the girls were talking about.
"Do you really want to know? It's really girly stuff that you boys don't want to hear." Gauri replied with hopes he would drop the topic. Omkara looked further intrigued now and demanded at knowing at what they were saying.
"Oh come on" he stated while he was now sitting on the couch while she was still standing.
"Just remember you asked for this, they were discussing their respective sex lives and were asking me how mine was" Gauri answered straight forwardly in hopes of seeing his reaction.
"Oh, yeah I don't want to talk about that" Omkara stated like Gauri knew he would. He always ran away from such conversations. She knew he would do that, Gauri decided to go to the kitchen to get some water.
"Wait, so what did you say?" Omkara asked cautiously.
"Well you know I said you should be asking the person who is getting it, s**ttiana meri saut" Gauri replied with further eagerness to see how he would deal with this admission. Omkara was stumped for a minute but felt like he wanted to clear the assumptions about his relationship with Swetlana.
"I don't sleep with her you know" Omkara admitted honestly. Gauri walked back into the room towards the couch.
"What type of dummy do you take me for, you leave the room at night every week, I know you guys are not playing chess" Gauri stated with a clear tone of envy. That reaction did not go unseen by Omkara, what concerned him was why would she care as she had been the one asking for the divorce. Unless she was only creating a scene because she wanted more out of this relationship.
"First of all I am not sleeping with her, secondly why are you so concerned?" Omkara asked in hopes of getting a reaction out of her. He knew there was something more in this outburst, but as soon as he would get close to the topic she would ignore it.
"I don't care, why should I? But it is irritating to hear about how they are achieving great marriages and here we not only have a loveless marriage but also devoid of any intimacy" Gauri stated angrily while raising her hand to stop him from replying as she was not finished yet.
"Then your dadi always infuriating me with suggestions about what a wife should do for her pati parmeshwar, maybe she should give you some god-damn advice on how to be a faithful husband" Gauri carried on while Omkara looked at her with surprise. She had called his dadi, which was a first because when she first got married she had downrightly refused to call his family members what a wife usually addressed them as. Excited by the fact that he had gotten what he needed, she did care about their relationship. He was happy about that fact and now felt determined to do something about this new found resolve. Gauri finally looked at him after her outburst and caught him smirking silently.
"So what nothing, you have nothing to say" Gauri said irritatingly while trying to block him from leaving the room.
"I am going to the kitchen; do you want some coffee?" Omkara inquired while still retaining that smirk on his face.
"Wait what... coffee you are ending this conversation with coffee" Gauri asked shockingly at his sudden change of attitude.
"Two spoons of sugar right, I noticed you put two" Omkara said while turning to face her and then continued to exit the room. He noticed how much sugar she put in her coffee, what is happening here.
"Yeah two" Gauri replied with a far calmer tone then she had started the day with. Omkara looked at her one final time, finally being able to decode the surprise on her face. He had to find out more, if she felt something that he would occasionally feel about her when she would act like a normal human being.
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Gauri walked into her room and noticed Omkara was rapidly working away on his new project. Jhanvi Aunty had asked Omkara to her room as she needed help with some financial matter.
"Omkara Jhanvi aunty is calling you" Gauri said nonchalantly while walking towards her wardrobe in the need of getting out her jacket. Omkara walked towards the wardrobe while she was still looking for her jacket. Now, stumped by their close proximity, Gauri stepped back as she usually did.
"Well what is it, Aunty is waiting for you go she needs something" she suggested again and slowly moving away as she had found her jacket. He knew it was now or never, and just blurted out what he wanted to ask.
"Would you go on a date with me?" Omkara asked while feigning confidence.
"Wait, what did you just say" Gauri stated while she did a swift turn to face him after she double questioned what she heard.
To be continued...
Hi everyone I have planned a part two and will hopefully write it soon. I hope you like this and comment as well.
Thank you
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