part 32
The next week passed without much ado. Mayank was busy with his office but meanwhile all in to taunt and tease Nupur whenever he was with her. On the other hand Nupur use to sit with Mrs Vasti hours at a time, listening about Mayank.
Strangely she was starting to get over the fear of that night being with Mayank so often and specially sleeping in his arms. The kisses were also there now and then , and she was feeling more comfortable with him physically as the days passed.
Mayank even brought her a diamond ring as a gift and when she asked what occasion was it for , then he very softly pulled her in his arms and replied, "for not flinching everytime I touch u now."
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Mrs Vasti was dreading.. yes that was all she was doing since the month started.. she could finally see some kind of understanding developing in Mayank and Nupur but she had just forgot about the month. At the very start she remembered and with it she was frightened, what if all the efforts went to vain? What if Nupur failed to go through the agony she will be showered with in this month? What if he again looses it all because of his past and his ruthless actions?
She had to think of something but what???
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Nupur had herself cooked the dinner that day as Mrs Vasti seemed to preoccupied to talk or work. Nupur had started liking the woman but the past was definitely haunting. She wondered how Mrs Vasti managed to face Mayank everyday after what happened. But then she herself was learning to forget all about what happened between Mayank and herself. not forget , maybe just accept. If only she would have been a bit careful maybe she would have been saved to see that side of him, however she couldn't leave him blameless when he fell so low. Sighing she got up, the problem was that she knew, to this date he had no idea to what extent he bruised her. she was still new to this emotional and physical wounds even if he had learned to live with them and grow out of them easily.
Done with arranging everything she went to call Mayank only to find his mobile phone switched offā¦ so she went to Mrs Vasti's room.
Nupur: " aap yahan akele bethe hain? Lets have dinner! Mayank ka mobile off hai wo pata nahe kb ayen gay!"
Mrs Vasti: " he will be late tonight and for a few nights to comeā¦ (turning towards her and placing her arms on Nupur's shoulders) beta , abhe tk Mayank tried with u in everything. For a few days maybe it will be only u trying and getting an indifferent response, but u need to understand him."
Nupur: (confused) achnak kya hua? Did Mayank say something to u? kuch hua kya?"
Mrs Vasti: " naeh kuch nahe hua! I don't know whether u need to know all this or not, but this month bring back all the dark memories more forcefully for Mayankā¦ his mother died in this monthā¦"
Nupur felt something heavy drop in the pit of her stomachā¦
Mrs Vasti: " this month u will get to see the worst side of Mayank.. he will have the worst of all those nightmaresā¦ and I fear Nupur.. I fear that will this short understanding developed between u both be able to bear it all?"
It was a question.. a question with pleading and hope to get an affirmative in replyā¦ but Nupur had no answer for her.. she wasn't worried about their relation.. s e was worried about himā¦ no it wasn't love, she instantly discarded that thought because still they were far away form love, but yes her heart did felt connected to him somehow. Maybe it was the holy relation that bond them together, or the way he had behaved with her at times, making her feel specialā¦ and even at times goodā¦
Shaking herself and pulling herself together, she looked Mrs Vasti in the eyes, " where would he be? Wo abhe kahan ho ga?"
Mrs Vasti: " I have no idea! He usually goes toā¦"
Nupur saw the hesitation, " to?"
Mrs vasti: " to the khota"
Nupur: " u mean heā¦"
Mrs Vasti: " nahe he doesn't enter the place.. he just looks at the window of the room that once belonged to his mother. I once found him thereā¦ even before she died.. he use to come there and hide himself behind the big treeā¦ and then go awayā¦"
Nupur had no way to go after him and so she waited everynight since the on slaught of month.. Mayank never came home early for dinner.. it was always after midnight and as soon as he use to fall on bed, he use to go to sleep because of the immense amount of liquor he had consumedā¦ all Nupur could do was, turn to his side and place her arms around himā¦ this was the new way they slept.. he left before she wake up, and although she tried waking up early he sees to leave even more earlyā¦
Mrs Vasti had warned her about his night mares but he never woke upā¦ maybe it was because of the liquor..
The thought that maybe it was because she had him in his arms, never came to Nupurā¦
The days passed this way , and like Mrs Vasti Nupur started dreading the dayā¦ the day of her deathā¦ 8th of that monthā¦
Mrs Vasti: " Nupurā¦"
Nupur was waiting for Mayank that night.. it was already 1 am and he was no where home.. she had tried to stay up the whole previous night hoping to get a chance to talk to him, but in vain.. what surprised her was the agony she went through in those days.. she use to wake up at night at different times and just hug him randomlyā¦ she had all of a sudden started seeing the child she saw in picture and she felt protective of that child.. she wanted to somehow bring that smile back on the face of this manā¦ her husbandā¦
Mrs Vasti: " Nupurā¦"
Nupur: (with a start) "jee Mrs Vasti? Mayank naeh aye ab tk?"
Mrs Vasti: " nahe! Aur mujhe nahe lagat wo aj raat ayega!'
Nupur: " aise kese kr sakta hai wo? Ye uska ghar haina?"
Mrs Vasti: " Nupurā¦"
Nupur: " ok aap rehne den! Mera khayal hai I will have to go after him! U are right!"
Mrs Vatsi: " I never said u need to go after himā¦"
Nupur; " but u said he isn't coming back tonight and I need him to come!"
Mrs Vasti was about to argue but she met the young girl's eyes.. and she saw in them agony, pain and ā¦ loveā¦
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Mayank was standing beside the tree, with a bottle of Champaign in his hand and his coat lying somewhere on the ground.. he could see the window of the room so clearly.. his and his mom's room.. the place where he use to play with her, eat with herā¦ he even slept there most of the time.. his mother often use to go to some other room because she wanted him to feel it was his roomā¦
Tears were flowing down his cheeks but he had longed stopped caring about themā¦ they didn't matter.. besides even if he wiped them off , they would come backā¦ they weren't leaving him any soonā¦ there was a whole night to goā¦ and this night wanst just like any other night.. because that day he felt his mother around him, just out of reach but around him.. ..
He was about to go and get himself another bottle when he saw an arm place a new bottle infornt of his eyesā¦
Turning around he saw her.. how could it be so? She couldn't be here! She didn't knew how to find him here.. however seeing her today wasn't a big deal.. he had seen her since the start of the month.. just like his mother, she was around him tooā¦
"do u need this bottle or are u done here yet?"
this was newā¦ his imagination didn't speak to him.. was he losing it completely or was it real?
Mayank took the bottle from her hand and drank form it, " mrs Vasti should pack her bags by tommorow morning."
Nupur: " by the speed u are drinking, u wont even remember who u are by tommorow morning."
Mayank: " sorry to disappoint u Nupur but I m not in a funny mood!"
Nupur: " I never said u were. Anyways, which was ur room?"
Mayank was taken a back , " what?"
Nupur; " ur room?" nupur said looking at the windows of the Khotaā¦
Mayank: " the one right infront.. with green windowsā¦ my room.. my and my ā¦"
Nupur: " mom's.. I knowā¦ d u want to see it form inside or shall we leave?"
Mayank: " neither! I don't want to see it and I don't want to leave!"
Nupur; " that's a pity cause I never gave u a third option."
she held onto his arm and almost dragged him towards the car.
Mayank: (trying to stay on his feet and not to puke) " what on earth do u think u are doing?"
Nupur; " taking u home!"
Maynk: " but my home was that place u are trying to take me away form! Or are u too shocked to see the real home of ur husband?"
Nupur stopped and turned towards him,. " if u are done, shall we leave? U r too heavy for me to pick u up!"
Mayank: " that wanst the answer.."
Nupur: " this is not ur real home.. this is the place u spent time with ur mom ā¦ this wasn't a real home for ur mom than how could it be a real home for u?"
She again started moving towards the car and made him sit on the back seat of the car in which she had arrived with the driverā¦
Nupru got inside with him and asked the driver to take the shortest route to their home..
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Once inside Nupur made Mayank lie on the bed and after taking off his shoes, socks and still half way dangling tie, she was about to move away when he pulled her with all the strength he could muster, so that she fell on himā¦
Mayank: "where are u going?"
Nupur: " I m not going anywhereā¦"
She shifted so that instead of on him, she lied beside him ad took the blanket over themā¦
Nupur: " do u want to talk or sleep?"
Mayank: neitherā¦"
Nupr: " yet again sorry I didn't give u any other optionā¦"
Mayank: " I cant sleep tonight.. they will come back.."
Nupur: " who?'
Mayank: " night mares!"
Nupr: " so lets talk then!"
Mayank: " u don't like my type of talk!"
Nupur: " lets talk about ur mother!"
Mayank: " my mom? (with a dazed expression) she was very beautiful.. and she use to make me eat form her hands, and hug me whenever I use to get good marks.. we even went out at times and she us eto buy me gol gappay and gola.. and ā¦"
Nupur saw the tears again coming and she slowly placed her fingers on his face wiping them and unconsciously caressing his cheekā¦
Mayank: " she never use to leave me alone except for when.. u knowā¦ she had to go sleep with menā¦"
His face contorted with rage and angerā¦"
Nupur: (pulling him closer) " she did all that for u mayank.. she loved uā¦"
Mayank: " I know all that! but that doenst lessen the pain or the angerā¦"
Nupur: " Mayank, it was a bad idea! Can u think of some other thing ? something we can do apart form sleeping and talking?"
Mayank looked up at her, " yes we canā¦"
With this he placed his arm around her waist and pulled her closer, burying his face in her neck and leaving traces of kissesā¦
Nupur moaned but tried to move a bit away, " we are again at a dead end.. I don't wantā¦"
Mayank: " are u sure?"
Myaank looked up at her again and she was lost in his eyes.. for the first time she didn't know what she wanted except that anything that would remove that pain from his face was welcomedā¦.
Mayank was caressing her cheek, " u don't feel frightened of me do u? I wont hurt u this timeā¦"
Nupur trusted himā¦ there was no conflict between the ever present two voices inside herā¦ they were silent .. they trusted himā¦
Nupur: (taking a deep breath and leaning closer) " I trust u Mayankā¦"
He saw the trust in her eye sand bent down to place his lips on hersā¦ it was a deep, passionate kiss because she kissed him back with equal passion and needā¦
Mayank let his hands roam her body , pulling her closing, moulding her body to hisā¦ they both moaned and groaned form the pleasure they gotā¦ Mayank was drunk but Nupur was loosing her sensing too, because of the way Mayank was seducing her,.. this time it was just the need to have herā¦ it was to make sure they both have each otherā¦
baby i can come by and pick you up
we'll make love into the night, it's never enough
oh babe i know what you like
and i would make love to you forever and ever
into the night (forever and ever we'll make love into the night)
He slowly started taking off his shirt and hers soon followedā¦ soon Nupur could feel the air blowing on her hot, fiery skin, and that was before he started kissing every part of her bodyā¦
i'll make you understand that i'm the only one
who can handle your body right
and i'ma show you tonight
Mayank shifted above her and kissed her lips deeplyā¦
And soon he processed herā¦ soul, body and even heartā¦.
Because this time, what they shared was mutualā¦ first the pain of Mayank and then the pleasureā¦ they shared it togetherā¦
baby i can come by and pick you up
we'll make love into the night, it's never enough
oh babe i know what you like
and i would make love to you forever and ever
into the night (forever and ever we'll make love into the night)
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