Mayur FF - It so happened...Part 36 Page143 - Page 61

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It was the fourth day to their marriage, Mayank nd Nupur were now trying to get used to the idea of having each other beside themselves, always. The adjustments and the efforts, though wanting it to be effortless, were supposed to settle them in each other's company now forever, it was certainly not supposed to be short span thing and they realized that slowly the formalities, however little, and also the consciousness of behaving in a particular way with each other were also soon to diminish.

Though they were not at all strangers, but had been quite behaving like one. Like the fact that Nupur couldn't bear the coldness of the air-conditioner but she had been ignoring to ask Mayank to lower its temperature or, as she may like it, turn it off completely.

Like the way Mayank had been behaving unknown too, when Nupur used to get up in the morning almost in his arms, just for the fact that Nupur would feel conscious and also his smirk and teasing about it may hurt her again. However, he had absolutely no complains about it, it felt good, he realized, looking at her face every morning so close without her trying to show any peculiar expression to him, but still doing so and be just calm beside him while sleeping. She had a certain thing about that expression that made him smile. He wondered how natural smile had come to him without any particular reason. May be there was something about her natural smile that shared itself with him too. She was also, he had noticed, so full of life that life did seem lively around him, he actually tried to think and analyse when the last dull moment he had had since their marriage was?

Like how Nupur found herself in embarrasement every morning to find herself in his strong pair of arms. He plainly just looked at her as she got up hurriedly every day, without saying anything. His that look which didn't say anything annoyed her. She wanted him to react on this, say something. What, she didn't know, but well she did want his reaction...she wondered if that meant nothing to him, because it had started to mean something to her. Afterall that was the only time she felt they were having lesser barriers between them, and she felt less distant from him. She did try to blabber hard as she usually did but Mayank's silent keeping behavior made her shut too sometimes. Why didn't he reply as much as she wanted him to, talk as much she wanted to listen to, she wanted to know what made Mayank Sharma what he was?

It was almost sleep time when Nupur saw Mayank walk over to turn on the Air Conditioner, as she had noticed was his custom when she promptly spoke, "Mayank please A.C. mat ON karna!"

Mayank turned confused a bit with his brows furrowed as he asked, "Kya?" She loved it when he gave reactions to her, however small, like even furrowing of his brows or an half convinced amused smile, even his rubbing his hands over his temples before he tried to explain something to her when he realized on her own she wouldn't.

As he started walking towards her when she didn't answer his query, she had to check her expression because she felt like she had held her breath for a minute second, hoping that it was just a minute second, she wondered what was happening suddenly to her, because it was the same Mayank and when he could be so relaxed and calm around her then ever she should stop being such a fan of his, because lately she was being a fan of his for all the reasons she didn't know. In addition, her heart kept ditching her and she feared it might announce its presence to Mayank some day. She wondered why so, because he had been around earlier too so now why this sudden change?

So as he walked up to her and stood in front of her folding his hands across his chest, waiting for her answer, she racked her brains to search for the thought that had caused her to stop him from turning on the A.C. She managed to sieze it just in time, "Mujhe thand lagti hai!"

Mayank furrowed his brows again and asked, "Fever hai kya?" as he was about to check her temperature she replied back, "Nahi..."

Mayank's worry was gone in a second as he looked at her perplexed when she burst out in a way that clearly said that she was just getting the matter over with once and for all, "Mujhe roz thand lagti hai Mayank"

Mayank asked back, "Roz?" She hated it when he did that, just a word or two, when would he talk his heart out to her? Was it necessary that he spoke to her only when spokn to?

Nupur replied back, "Haan roz thand lagti hai aur mera blanket itna thin hai ki mujhe phir bhi thand lagti hai..mujhe aadat nahi hai A.C. ki..."

Mayank replied back, "Oh!!!" He realized that he must have missed so much of her adjustments like this. She still wasn't accepting it all as her own home may be. He needed to notice things more carefully than he had been, because probably she may speak out every word in the world but still must be missing the things that were necessary.

He finally spoke out like that to her after long, "Waise toh hamesha bolti rehti ho, par kam ki baat ko side-track kar diya?"

She pressed her lips when he continued, "Matlab You want a thick blanket na? Ma se maang kar le aao ya phir main le aaun?" and he started to walk past her when she held his hands and startled he looked back at her and she explained, "Ma toh so gayi hogi!"

She corrected her, "Nahi Nupur Ma itni jaldi nahi soti...abhi kal hi toh tum unse der raat tak baatein kar rahi thi...umm...bhool gayi, right?" However he tried, that sarcastic tone came back to him, he wondered how long could he keep that away anyways?

Nupur didn't want to say that it wouldn't look good asking for another blanket from Shilpa Sharma, she would suggest they shared the blanket of Mayank which was quite thick, the reason Mayank didn't feel cold ever and always wanted the temperature to be set as low as possible while Nupur froze under hers. Now Nupur didn't know what to answer to Mayank since, they conveniently ignored such topics of discussions between them. She replied back, "Mayank nahi jaane do, main chala lungi"

Mayank always tried to understand but he hardly got Nupur's way of thinking. One moment she wanted one thing and the other moment she wanted another. How did her mind actually work to make her so complicated, no wonder she forgot to pay heed to the obvious things around her, he smirked in mind as he thought that.

Still looking at her for and answer, he stood just the way he was standing for a while, while range of expressions passed through her face and she walked towards the bed when Mayank called out, "Abhi toh tumhe thand lag rahi thi, toh ab kya hua?"

Nupur replied back, "Ab thand chali gayi, mere mood ke saath who bhi badal gaya" while Nupur made a mocking-enough statement on herself, Mayank could just watch her in dis-believe, however he later went away to turn it ON and slipped inside his blanket.

Sometime later, he noticed something he hadn't noticed previously, Nupur shivered a little.

When he saw her in the mornings, he had always found the A.C. off and he couldn't recognize Nupur's shivering while at it. Now as he did, he wondered what he should do now, since by now his Ma would have really slept to go and ask for a blanket for Nupur. Thinking for a while and wishing that she wouldn't get offended, he covered her with his own blanket, sharing it with her. Ignoring how he felt to move closer to her after it, he turned the other side and drifted to sleep.

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This morning was more than unusual for Nupur, for she got this mushy feeling inside her when she found out that she was under his blanket. He had already woken up which reminded her that she had woken up late, but the point was had he done that for her or had she herself slipped in his blanket. It was strange, today she hadn't woken up early in the morning due to shivering when feeling cold to turn off the air-conditioner but it was off already. Feeling strange and happy to find her in his blanket, she unwantingly sat up straight, stretching herself up, she got down off the bed to get ready.

When she went out all ready, she saw Mayank was all ready for going to the office, having his break-fast. Shilpa Sharma had managed all the morning work and Nupur felt embarrassed at being so late today. But the point was, she didn't know that Mayank was supposed to go the office already, was his holiday over?

When she said a faint,"Good Morning" to Shilpa Sharma feeling out of place all of a sudden somehow, she was greeted by a whole-hearted smile and a wish when she heard Shilpa Sharma say, "Dekho Mayank office jaa raha hai! Maine kaha usse ki itni jaldi kyun, abhi toh tum dono ko honeymoon pe bhi jaana baaki hai"

Nupur felt more embarrassed than she had thought she might ever on hearing that word and looked at Mayank as he replied to Shilpa Sharma casually, "Ma, maine aapko uska answer de diya hai naa?"

Nupur looked at him in anticipation. What was the answer to that, she needed to know too, right? Wasn't it her honeymoon too, with him? And there she felt a crunch in her stomach! What was happening to her cool attitude regarding all these typical things?

But damn, he didn't answer that to her. She just looked at Shilpa Sharma when she said, "Ab tum hi kuch kaho Nupur"

Was she kidding, Nupur thought, what was she supposed to say?

Mayank looked at Nupur and said so honestly that Nupur felt the crunch in her stomach go deep, whatever his answer, "Nupur, we are well-to-do, but iss shadi mein Ma ne itna dil kholkar money spend kiya hai ki ab mera budget khatam ho chuka hai...do You mind agar yeh postpone ho jaaye toh?"

Nupur could just look at Mayank, she wanted to ask him randomly if he had put the blanket over her? But that was certainly not the time for it. Had he forgotten it or had he not done it as he seemed oblivious to it now?

Shilpa Sharma replied inspite of Nupur, "Ek hi toh beta hai mera, abhi nahi kharch karti toh kab karti? Dekho Nupur bilkul iski baat mat maan na, yeh bahut kanjoos hai aur tumhe bhi kanjoos bana dega"

Nupur looked from one face to another, thinking if she was supposed to be a part of this conversation and actually say something? Had Mayank actually said so casually about it and asked for her opinion? Was she in this sphere of time actually? No, she realized, he had not asked for her opinion but declared his own! But then, whatever it was, she wanted to agree to him. Later she realized she was no one to blame Mayank anymore for replying less, she had been shifting into his silent zone too lately while she kept awing at him for no reason at all while she felt Shilpa Sharma nudge at her elbow to reply to Mayank. She could just muster words which she heard herself say, "Nahi...Ummm...Ma, mujhe bhi office join karna hai kal se" when she had no idea how she had come up with this lame excuse when she was, tomorrow going to cancel on her holidays a bit and return back to work earlier than she was supposed to.

Mayank wanted to know if she had easily understood the situation, (because he never wanted to crunch his monthly budget, he considered his responsibilities as his priority), and had agreed to postpone it or did she really need to join the office?

He realized he needed to clarify all to Nupur, afterall she was his responsibilty too from now on and she too was supposed to get all that she deserved though he felt that she must be understanding since she always managed to listen to him patiently and didn't argued much making a fuss.

Shilpa Sharma cross-verified, being in the same office that she was in, "Nupur tumhari toh lambi Chutti sanction ho gayi thi naa?"

Nupur nodded negatively and said, "Haan, par phir cancel kar di thi" she heard herself lying to keep up with her earlier stupid reply when Mayank , not even realizing, said just "Bye Ma!" and left.

Nupur was angry now, why not a bye to her too? She sighed on her over-flooding expectations suddenly and started helping Shilpa Sharma, while slowly coming out of her pro-found silence zone.