PART 26
MN House
It was almost beyond 10 in the morning that Nupur woke up. She got up to find Mayank sleeping soundly next to her, his arm still on her waist. A blush spread over her face as she remembered last night and she bent to give him a soft kiss on his cheeks. Catching sight of her dishevelled hair and dress in the mirror, her blush deepened . Removing his arm from her waist, she adjusted the blanket over him and went to freshnen up.
Her heart was light. She looked around her tying her hair up and suddenly remembered her dreams about her marriage . nothing was what she thought it would be. She had always thought of a romantic place, somewhere on a honeymoon post wedding, with candles all around, she in a beautiful saree and mayank with her. Well, mayank was with her by her side and i guess it made up for no candles, old house , second hand furniture and yesterday she hadn't even dressed up well. She was in a normal salwar!! Nothing was making her feel low , she only blushed harder thinking of mayank .
she quickly finished her wash and made tea for both of them. She tried waking him up with a kiss and when he didn't get up, shook him roughly. When he still refused to leave his pillow which he held tightly, she screamed in his ear , her washed wet hair falling over his face, forcing him to jump up on the bed wide awake. And glowered at her.
"tumhara chai. Abhi garam hai. jaldi nahin piya tho, tandi peeni padegi." She said casually.
He took the tea cup from her and both of them drank.
"time kya hai?"
"11 "
"kya??? Mujhe 10 baje kuch papers shukla sir ko dene the. Sab tumhari wajah se...tumne mujhe utaya kyun nahin" he complained.
She stood up with both the cups in her hand and getting irritated
"tumne mujhe bataya tha kya? Aur waise bhi, tum Sunday ko kaam kyun kar rahe ho? Kal raat ko tho bohot kuch keh rahe the..."
He held her free hand and tugged at it,"sorry . mujhe Monday ko dena tha papers.confuse hogaya. Woh last night itna lamba tha, itna kuch hua ki mujhe laga aaj Monday hain. " he added starting to smile again.
" in one way, bohot short hi tha. " he added thoughtfully," waise main kya keh raha tha nupur kal raat ko?" he asked her pretending innocence.
Nupur who had already started blushing, said," chodo mayank , " and pulling herself free went inside. she heard mayank making the bed and decided to make something to eat before he came back.
The phone rang after a while . nupur went to answer it, and not finding it spent a good amount of time searching for it. Finally finding it on the chair outside, she brought it back, seeing samrats number flashing in missed call . she went into the kitchen to find mayank near the stove , making the paratha that she had left incomplete.
She walked without noise and held him from behind, her arms from under his shoulders and placing her head on his shoulder, kissed his cheek.
"kya ban raha hai?" she asked softly, her voice almost touching his cheeks.
"abhi tak tho paratha bana raha tha. Lekin sab chodke kuch aur kaam karne ka chances hain. " he replied hitting her head with his from the side
Nupur laughed..."idea achha hi hai but mujhe bhook lagi hai."
Mayank turned swiftly and put his arms around her waist.
"mayank...tumhara haath mein ata hai. chodo mujhe. Mera nahana bhi hogay aaj.
When he didn't reply and neither did he let her go," BY GOD Mayank,chodo mujhe..." she struggled.
he let her off , nupur after checking if there was any ata on her dress, looked up to fight with him," BY GOD mayank. Tum bhi kabhi kabhi... kya hua?" he was staring at her with an expression that she didn't understand." Tum mujhe aise kyun dekh rahe ho? Mere mooh pe kuch laga hai kya?"
he didn't answer,
"mayank...woh jal jaayega." Nupur saved the paratha from getting burnt and turned off the stove.
"ab bolo kya hai?"
"tumhare mooh se itne din ke baad BY GOD sunke achha laga. Nupur, tum kabhi sad mat raho. ...bas tum jaise aaj ho, waise hi raho."
touched by his words, tears filled nupurs eyes, but she said , "tum utne se pehle hi mujhe daant rahe the, tho main kaise teek rahoongi . tumne mujhe good morning tak nahin bola."
Mayank kissed her on the lips and then wiped her eyes , saying," yeh lo tumhara good morning."
"ab 12 hain. Tho after noon hogaya hain."
He grinned and kissed her again . "Waise, tum acchi lag rahi ho. Actually jaise shaadi ke din lag rahi thi, waisi lag rahi ho- bas, yeh gaalpe kuch hai ..."
her blush deepened as she realised he was talking about her blush. His arms tightening around her waist, he blew on the hair which was falling all over her face and shoulders now. He put his head on her shoulder , resting it in the mass of hair and kissed her neck through it. Nupur felt her heart jump into her throat and could only repeat his name.
After a while of romancing , they broke apart and he said, "abhi ke liye kuch baaki hain ya kuch khaale."
flushed , nupur said "mayank, tum actually petu ho. Uday bhaiyya ki tarah.." picking up everything and took it out of the kitchen.
Main uday ki tarah hoon . isko shayad apne ghar ki bohot yaad aarahi hain. Main uday ki tarah!!!! And he followed her to argue with her on that.
The day went in alternately arguing and romancing.