Rough edges
"Does he have a new teacher?" He asked curiouslySuhasini nodded
"I hate her" Kunal sulked
"Oh yeah?" "Why so?"
"She sucks butt"
:"KUNAAAL"
Suhasini went off on a long rant
Indraneel just checked his email on his phone
This was a daily occurrence
"Indra can you please talk to him?"
:"Me?" He balked
"Tum time see that Naha ate, you can't help with your Dad's doctors appointments, you can't help clean anything more than your freaking room, why are you even here year?"
"Ask your husband"
"I am going to talk to him tonight" Suhasini was unreasonably upset
"I hate this house" Kunal muttered
"To theek hai, tum bhi jao chachu ke saath, it will save me money"
Indraneel chuckled
"Can I?" Kunal begged
"I dont think so"
Suhasini cursed under her breath, something about how a child can live with a man like Indraneel. His errant deviant ways, dating multiple women and not showing any responsibility
His brother started arguing with him when he returned home
"This is not OK dude"
"What did I do? Your wife has a temper problem"
"Are you shitting me right now?"
"No I am not... I asked if Kunal has a new teacher she went off on me"
"No she didnt, you promised you would be home for the teacher you didnt get home"
"Well she told me the mother needed to be home"
"She asked YOU to pick him from the bus stop dude"
"Well we failed an audit so I had to redo a bunch of work"
"Are you showing off how busy you are?"
"No not at all, just stating facts"
"How about you start paying your share around here"
"Happy to... I can even move out"
"Oh you would love that wont you? Dump Dad on my head so you can Tinder night after night?"
"Well he can go with me... he knows what I do, I am not ashamed" Indraneel rocked on the balls of his feet
"Stop it man.... think about what you are doing, Baba will be home tonight"
"I am doing nothing wrong"
"Yaar Suhasini ka soch na?"
"I DO... I am doing my best"
"Being single and uncaring?"
"Are you jealous you got married way too soon?"
"No I am not jealous youve had sex many times with different women" his brother lashed
"Did you want me to stay in therapy for ever because my fiancee dumped me?"
Manas cursed walking out of the room
Shankar Rao Deshmukh returned from Nashik that night after spending a week with his sister
He opened Indraneel's door and peeked, Indraneel was awake
He sat up
"Hey Baba"
"Are you awake?" he whispered in Marathi
"Yep, have you eaten?"
"Your Bhabhi is kind she cooked for me"
"Great"
"How are you?"
"Good"
"How was the week?"
"Good Baba"
"Help Manas and Suha out beta... my request"
"I offered money"
"More than that.... just kind words beta"
Indraneel was quiet
"I pray you find someone soon" Shankar Rao blessed his son
"I am fine Baba"
"No.......... no.... maybe.... yes... yess... but its my wish"
"Maybe I will remain single"
Shankar Rao was driven to tears
"Being single is painful" he told his son, he had recently lost his wife
"I am sorry Baba"
The men sat on Indraneel's bed and stared out the balcony
Shankar Rao patted his back fondly
"Start dropping the kids off at schoolin your new fancy car, you can marry a teacher" he chuckled
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
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