Dil tho pagal hai... A NIBIR SHORT STORY - Updated! Chapter-2 Pg 5

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Part One :

Timeline: Two and odd months into the contract marriage

It was 7.30 am and Kabir was awake and lying in the bed waiting for his wife. His recent passtime early in the morning was to secretly admire his wife as she sat in front of the dressing table mirror combing her wet hair. He was sure she knew about his passtime but as usual she had chosen to ignore it.

That was how they worked; they were accidental best friends cum husband and wife with something like romance in the undercurrent. But undercurrent never fully surfaced because of the constant fear of the expiry date of the relationship looming in their minds. They both were afraid to acknowledge that their friendship had sailed way beyond the shores of love a long time ago due to the promise they made to each other initially of never taking this marriage seriously.

But today something was different; usually Nisha would just hide her smile and ignore but today she seemed angry with some other hidden emotion underneath it. Kabir sensed something was wrong and said in his usual humorous tone , "Good morning wifey! Tum subah subah geele baalon mein bahut hot lagthi ho, tumhe pata hai? " Suddenly instead of her reply what he got was the hair brush flung at him angrily which just missed his head which he guessed was the intended target!

He gave shriek of surprise and gaped at his wife.He couldn't understand what had brought this sudden mood change upon her.

She then got up angrily and came towards bed. He stared at her thinking God knows what she was going to throw at him next. But instead, she came closer to his face and for a moment their eyes got locked. But she broke it with an angry huff and went to retrieve the brush which was behind him.

Something sparked in him on her blatant rejection and he caught her hip and pulled her on to him causing her to half fall on him.

He laughed and asked her, " kyun wifey ab bachke kaisi jaogi?" She struggled against him to get up but he tightened his grip slightly and said, "arrey yar mein tumhara pati hoon woh bhi do do bar tumse shaadi kar chuka pati hun, toh kya mujhe tumhe pakadne ka bi haq nahi hai? "

And suddenly she looked at him with some unknown emotion and he lost himself in it. Both were in some sort of trance and unknowingly both of the started to come closer and his face was in the crook of her neck. His lips were almost going to touch her skin when she suddenly pushed him away and ran out of their room.

He really couldnt grasp what had just transpired between them. He just knew what happened was something truly monumental in their relationship and he had messed it up big time.
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