its 2 o clock here, and I seriously should sleep but cant help it im an insomniac
well, I just finished it, and am too lazy to edit it so do give it a read
love,
sakshi
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the sick queen
a queen imagination
2 am
"kunjjj" kunj's eyes flew open at the sound of his wife wailing at some 2 o clock at the night, he looked down at the small figure, enclosed in the protective hold of his hands, her nose red, her eyes drowsy and her face wet with tears.
he quickly propped himself up on his elbows and pulled her along as he sat up, crossed legged."kya hua? tu thik hai, fir se head ache ho raha hai? ya fir fever aa raha hai," he panicked at the sight of his wife, now crying in full swing as she leaned forward to lay her head on his shoulder, his arms automatically embracing her, "kunjjj," she sobbed"agar mai mar jaungi, toh tu mughe bhoolo ge toh nahi na ?" . kunj pulled apart "teri himmat kaise hui aisa kuch sochne ki, aisa kuch nahi hoga twinkle, normal sa seasonal fever hai, tu aise bewookufo wali baatein karegi na, toh mai marr jaunga ek din," twinkle wailed even louder at the ending words and started beating him, not working well, as her weak form could do nothing but give fragile hits on his chest. kunj wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her closer, as he showered kisses on her hair, slowly patting her, and said"promise kar, aaj ke baad tu aisa kuch nahi kahegi, EVER." twinkle nodded in his chest, almost asleep. kunj moved back to rest his body against the bed rest as twinkle's breathing evened, and slumber took over.
morning 7 o clock,
kunj patted a sleeping twinkle to sleep as she slept and yawned, his sleep already done and over, as he waited for her to get up. her arms around him tightened as she moved in closed to his body and snuggled into him.
""twinkle puttar? " usha's soft whisper made kunj look up and he placed a finger on his lips, indicating her to keep quite, as he fished out his phone and typed something handing it to usha,
twinkle's not well, let her sleep and please tell everyone to be quite and not disturb her
usha nodded as worry replaced her calm look, she slowly felt twinkle's fever and swallowed, twinkle looked unwell, and she grew more worried as twinkle frowned in her sleep, usha typed something and returned the phone to kunj
she looks sicker than anything kunj, im calling bebe, she might make something to make her feel better, and id tell cherry to call the doc, maybe the doc will know what to do
kunj quicky replies
no no wait, we already went to a doc and another, both of them said it was seasonal and will go away soon, i have the meds and dont worry too much
usha reads it and heaves a sigh of relief, as she patted her sons hair and moved out of the room. kunj pressed a small kiss to twinkle's cheek who smiled slightly.
kunj sighed at the sleeping form of his wife, she looked so weak, his hand that was around her waist tightened as she moved closer and scrunched her eyes, her mouth forming a small o as she yawned nd her body streching, she winced.
she blinked a couple of times at his face until her vision was clear, and she moved in for a hug, no, for a tighter hug, she was already in his arms, keeping theri arms still around each other, they moved a little apart, kunj kissed her forhead "good morning," he whispered, moving a strand of her hair to tuck it behind her ear,"good morning kunj" she breathed into his chest, as he made them sit up, twinkle shivered, "aaj bohot thand hai" her voice quivered, as kunj looked around, no it wasnt cold, it was the fact that she was sick that she felt colder, he gently removed his body from her grasp as twinkle fornwd, made a run for the cupboard and got back with his black hoodie, ssitting on the bed beside her, he made her wear it, it was's kunj's so the hoodie reached a little down her thigh and she smiled at him.
"sunn, tu aaj naha nahi sakti hai, so just a change of clothes okay? " twinkle nodded like a little baby, and kunj pecked her lips, "thats like my girl," he whispered and moved to the cupboard. twinkle said that she wanted his trousers and his shirt and his hoodie and not her own clothes, and kunj gladly agreed, as her got the stuff required and helped her change. the clothes almost dronwed her, but then there she sat, in grey sweat pants, a white full sleeved t shirt, and a black hoodie, sans zip, as kunj tied her hair back in a neat pony tail, and wiped her face with a clean towel after helping her brush. twinkle sat all clean and drowsy on the edge of the bed as kunj made her wear socks and handed her a clean hankerchief as she leaned into him. and slept again.
9 am
twinkle shifted in her sleep. then she sat up abrubtly as her eyes flew open, making kunj get more worried than ever,"shit, kunj tumhara collage, coffee, tum change karo mai jake breakfa-" kunj placed his hand on her mouth, as she looked around to see the clock, kunj should have left half an hour ago, but he was sitting right beside her, damn, doomed she was for sure.
"kitna bolegi, tabyat kharab hai, tu rest kar," kunj said as he moved his hand away, to intertwine with her other hand, "maine subah hi rohan ko phone kar diya tha twinkle, mane coolage se do din ki chutti li hai, tu jab tak theek nahi hogi, mai nahi jaunga, okay?" twinkle pursed her lips, letting his words settle in, she opened her mouth to say that it wasnt required when bebe entered, "twinkle puttar?"
twinkle and kunj looked up as bebe sat on the bed, with a sticky smelly substance in a bowl in her hand and twinkle frowned, "kaisi hai ab tu puttar?" bebe asked, her worry filled tone melting twinkle's heart but her with her head frowning and her eyes on that substance, she said"abhi tak toh theek hu bebe, but ab lagta hai band bajegi meri," kunj giggled at bebe's face, not bothering to remove his hand that was wrapped around twinkle's shoulders. bebe pursed her lips and frowned cutely as kunj touvhed his head to twinkle's shoulder and continued laughing. bebe then gave in and smiled at her daughter who had, with kunj's arms around her, leaned in to give bebe a hug,"bebe, sar dukh raha hai, aur gala bhi and pyas lagi hai," as bebe caressed her hair and dropped a kiss onto twinkle's head, she made twinkle sit staright and begun to talk in her motherly tone"tu aaram kar puttar, hum sab hai na tere paas, and tu so ja, thoda suyegi toh sar dard kam hoga, aur let ja toh mai tera sar daba dun" bebe ranted to her favourite daughter in law, and twinkle nodded, as she moved on the bed and bebe moved back, so that twinkle could comfortabley keep her head in the lap of her hubby, when the position was comfortable for all three, bebe started massaging her head.
kunj and twinkle played with their intertwined fingers when suddenly twinkle sneezed, kunj went frantic searching for a mini towel or a hanky, he smiled huge on finding it and then he handed it to twinkle, and bebe smiled it, the scene in front of her eyes was so adorable, kunj crossed legs, his hair still ruffled from sleep, as bebe realised he had spent his morning tending to twinklr, he had absoulutley forgotten about himself; on his lap was a cushion, and on it was cushioned twinkle's head. as bebe sat on the right side of the couple, kunj had moved his left hand to twinkle's and his large hand was captured perfectly between twinkle's small ones. they both played with their fingers till she sneezed, these two were her favourite jodi in the khandan, forget the khandan, in the universe.
twinkle winced after the sneeze and turned her head to face bebe, closing her eyes. she clutched kunj's hand tightly to her chest and curled up in a ball, and the last thing she could feel was kunj moving to grab the blanket to drap it over the sleeping beauty.
11 am
this was a time when the house would be generally full of voices and happiness, this was when the women of the house sat in the veranda talking about stuff that was pointless to others, many a times, chinky and leela and pinnie joined the trio, but unfortunetly the shaan and the star of such meetings was missing today,and the veranda was abandoned, as the queen woke up in the arms of her king.
"kunjjj" kunj smiled, her sleepy voice sounded good too, as he kissed her nose to ask what did she want. twinkle made the cutest face on earth, and with puppy eyes and the smallest voice ever, asked, "tum pehle promise karo ki tum irritate nahi hoge mughse"
kunj laughed as he leaned down to kiss twinkle in a better manner, and then leaning his cool forhead against her warm one asked,"tu mughe irritate thodi na karti hai twinkle, tere maze lene mein maza aata hai, jab tughse irritate hone ki acting karta hu na, toh tughse zyada attention milta hai, ab bol, meri siyappa queen ko kya chahiye?"
twinkle blushed and asked for the "kunj's special" coffee.
it was a routine for the couple, when the evening arrived, the duo would sit on the balcony floor, enjoying the warmth of each ither's bodies against their own, and would have their special coffee. kunj, not only at that time, but thorugh out the day, only drank the coffee taht twinkle made, else he would come up with a nice excuse. twinkle's was his favourite. and twinkle, well, she drank only the kunj special coffee and no other too.
kunj nodded and was about to get up to go to the kitchen when twinkle made a face. he colndt just leave her alone here, she wanted to go too. kunj shook his head and smiled as he noticed twinkle extend her hands, he bent to place his hands under her armpits to jostle her up in his lap, as she tied her legs around his waist like a little four year old. and her arms around his neck, placing her head on his shoulder as she pecked his cheek and kunj started off to the kitchen.
1 pm
it was movie time next, they had been watching ddlj and its been an hour, thad had finished their coffee in their balcony as usual. but instead of the usual position, that was twinkle sitting between kunj's legs on the floor, it was twinkle sitting of kunj's lap, as the floor was cold, despite it being summer, and kunj woundt want her to get sick again. kunj carried her inside and then went to the kitchen to keep the cups, when cherry told him, that when he would get sick, he owuld watch a movie everytime. kunj ran upstairs and pulled out from their enormous movie shelf, the cd of ddlj, a movie that binded them together even more. since then they had watched the movie with intervals of twinkle napping, and her nakhre on not eating the stupid meds that seemed too colorful to taste good.
"yaar twninkle, meds hai, ice cream thodi jo tughe flavour choose karne ko milega,"
"nahi nahi nahi, bohot colorful tabs hai kunj, mai nahi khaungi"
"twinkle kunj sarna, i order you too eat this right now"
"kunj sarna, i hereby dismiss your order on being absolutely illogical"
"yaaar twinkle, tu na, humesha aisa hi karti hai, you never listen to me"
"kunj!! dont even say that, mai sometimes tumhari baat maan leti hu"
"and woh baatein humesha woh hoti hai na jo mere liye beneficial ho?"
"uuuhhh, ha ?"
"toh yeh meds kha lo please"
"lekin isme tumhara kya benefit?"
"benefit yeh, ki fir tum thik ho jaogi, toh mai happy ho jaunga, and tumhe happy kunj chahiye ya sad kunj?"
and that did it, twinkle took in the tabs, which, truly , were too colorful. kunj smiled as he played the movie again, and twinkle leaned back into his chest.
3 pm
twinkle napped happily after the movie got over, and kunj patted her to sleep, soon enough twinkle woke from her beauty sleep and bebe got in the room with maya, who leaned in to hug twinkle. some normal talks later, maya took their leave, turns out she had come to meet twinekl when she heard that she was sick. twinekl felt touched and happy. kunj smiled at her happy face.
"fir tabyat kharab kar li na tune?"
the happy duo looked up to see an angry chinky, whose red shirt matched her red angry face. twinkle gulped.
"matlab samajh toh ana hai hi nahi na tughe, " chinky continued, as kunj tried to hide his smile.
"kitni baar samjhaye tughe twinkle ? ki seasons ke change hote waqt tughe careful rehna chahiye, lekin nahi tu toh the twinkle kunj sarna hai na, tu kahan kisi ki sunti hai,"
chinky continued her angry session for quite a while, until twinkle started sneezing horriblly and kunj took to her needs, chinky helping. after that the visitor enquired about twinkle's well being and then soon, no , 1 hour 30 mins is not soon, took thier leave.
5 pm
twinkle decided it was time to go meet the people downstairs, who had given visits at an half hourly basis since the morning. kunj carried her like a little baby again and then they sat in the living room like in every evening chatting with the rest of their family, until kunj felt some wight on his shoulder, realizing that twinkle had fallen asleep. he carried her upstairs and sat beside her sleeping form, patting her and slowly getting drowsy himself.
7pm
twinkle opened her eyes, adjusting them to the light and noticed kunj beside her, his face on her shoulder and his arm lazily draped around her sleeping form. she knew any movement of hers would lead ti him getting up and she knew how busy he had been today, not at all getting rest. so she let him be, she stayed in that position till kunj woke up, admiring his face, his hair, his muscles and him.
8pm
the duo had taken to 21 questions after their naps, as it wouldn't require strength, so even twinkle could play easily.
"twinkle, " kunj spoke, "my question is , what was the funniest childhood incident that you've ever had?"
at this twinkle laughed out loud, and kunj smiled, hearing his favorite sound was always a pleasure to him,
"maina tumhe mera favourite funny incident batati hu" twinkle adjusted herself more and begun "it was a bright sunny afternoon, and all the elders were asleep, the youngsters never could sleep at that time, not till we were very sleepy, and no, when i say youngsters i do not mean, me and bubbly and chinky, i mean, me and bubbly and chinky and rahul(bubbly's best friend) and kush and adi"
kunj frowned, as the last two names were brand new to him, and twinkle inderstanding his face took to explainging her people first,"kush and adi mere and chinky ke bestttestt friends hai, hum charo ka bff group hai, mai, chinky , kushank khurana and aditya singh" kunj frowned at her previous use of nicknames,"woh dono abhi na army mein hai, isiliye shadi mein nahi aa paye, july begining me aayege, tab mil lena, you'll love them , they are the best people i know, that is apart from you guys." kunj's frown was getting deeper and deeper with the passing moments.
"ha toh back to the story? well, us din hum log-"
"rehne de twinkle, mughe nahi sunni teri story," kunj made a face and turn it away
"kyu" twinkle's face showed confusion,"abhi toh tumne pucha tha"
"ha par ab mood nahi hai"
"arre lekin hua kya?"
"kuch nahi, chod na, tughe kya, tu apne BESTTTEST people se puchna na,"
"arre, unse toh puch hi lungi lekin-"
"ha toh matlab, meri zaroorat hi nahi hai na?"
"kunj kaisi baatein kar rahe ho,"
"kaisi baatein matlab kya?"
"oooh" twinkle's eyes sparkled with mischief
"kya oooh" kunj imitated twinkel flawlessly
"mera pyara sa pati-" she poked her finger in his waist, igniting a giggle,"-jealous ho raha hai?"
"mai koi -twinkle yaar ruk- aagh- jealous nahi hu ,"
"acha bacchu? mughse jhoot ?" twinkle took to tickling him furiously, as he laughed like a mad man"pehle admit it, ki tum jealous ho, fir hi band karungi"
"twinkle yaar" kunj tried to stop laughing, but her fingers just wouldnt stop. suddenly she had a coughing fit, and the happy atmosphere chanhed into a more concern filled one,as kunj rubbed her back and handed her water.
"ha, you were right, mai jealous hua tha," kunj admitted as he played with a strand of twinkle's hair laying on the bed.
"kyu?" twinkle's voice was childlike, but coarse, coughing all day hadnt done wonders it seems,"tumhe kisi aur bande se jealous hone ki kya zaroorat hai?"
kunj looked at her like a baby,"woh tere favourite log hai na, and mai toh tughe bohot irritate karta hu na, isiliye"
"awww, mera pyara sa baby," twinkle pushed her self up to place a reassuing kiss on his lips and the continued after laying back again"kunj, woh mere favourite logo ki list mein 2nd spot pe tie maarte hai, maa and bebe and mummie ji ke saath, tumhe pata hai, ki first kaun hai?"
"ishan?" twinkle shook her head"mahi !" another shake"haaa! chinky" nope,"papaji?" shake shake shake,he laughed"cherry bhaiya?" twinkle laughed as she smaked his arm lightly, "nahi buddhu, TUM" kunj looked in her eyes, which shouted that she wasnt lying, "tum mere liye sabse important ho kunj, nobody else matters as much as you do, i love you like i've never loved anyone before, tumhare liye toh mai haste haste jaan bhi dedungi and bura bhi nahi lagega,"
kunj shushed her,"kuch bhi mat bol, mai tughe aisa kuch karne hi nahi dunga"
"toh fir never be jealous of anybody again, ever? okay ?"
kunj nodded slowly and hugged her softly, smiling into her hair "waise twinkle?"
"hmm?"
"i love you too,"
"i know"
and then beautiful laughter filled the room.
10 pm
twinkle closed her eyes, as kunj patter her to sleep, hugging her close to his body. twinkle smiled, how weird it was, in winter's kunj's body was warm, the exact temperature that twinkle required, and when she needed, it was cool enough, like right now.
the day had been eventful, she and kunj got loads of time for each other and also , she came to witness a newer cuter side of kunj, the jealous type, every moment with him is her favorite, and she was surprised that he didn't know that. but probably ? no, definitely, she should fall sick sooner, she loved her sick day, she smiled widely as kunj's pressed is lips to her forehead, and murmured a good night, and twinkle did the same, as he tightened his arms around him, both drifting off to the world of dreams.
the end