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Pls. forgive this has been written in a hurry. Haven't really proofread.
A day at the CircuitHouse
"Shiv...you are too much..."Anandi was fuming.
"Darling I'm at least four much..." Shiv teased from the other side of the door.
"Aab hatiye..." she said gingerly entering the room.
"You are sight for my weary eyes..." He said to his wife...currently dripping wet...
"Weary eyes... You were snoring the whole night..." She shrugged away his embrace and continued toweling her hair...
"Sarpanchji is very angry..." Shiv backed off.
"Obviously... You are worse than a kid...See what you have done. First you lie, and then this..." She kept pointing to her wet sari. "I will have to get ready all over again... I am going to be late again...All thanks to you my dear Collectorsaahab. " And she made a wry face at him, as he kept looking at the fully clothed, totally drenched, beautiful vision, his dear wife.
This was not a new thing in the Circuit House these days. Love had blossomed and had left two beings so consumed in its wake that they were totally lost in each other. Anandi's confession had led to the removal of the last hindrance between them.
shiv's happiness knew no bounds to realise that his dearly beloved Anandi loved him, with all her heart. And Anandi, she knew that Shiv would give her the happiness the one she most craved for. Love, true heart felt love. They had both known each others virtues, they were sung from the rooftops. But this... this loveliness imparted onto each, the loveliness from being in love was something they both were experiencing for the first time. Love had painted them in all possible hues and shades, and they couldn't keep their eyes off each other. Wanting to see, to feel...it was an unending quest.
Every morning Anandi awoke early and finished off her cooking. After they had breakfast together they would get in a tizzy to get out the door at a decent time.
But leave it to Shiv to try injecting some romance in their hectic mornings.
Today Anandi was well ahead of time. As she put the finishing touches to her hair she smiled...Today she would not give Gulli a single chance to pull her leg for being late.
"Anandi..."
"Oh no..." She thought . "What now..." She walked towards the bathroom.
"Anandi..."
"Yes tell me...what happened?" She asked nonplussed.
"I think the water's gone." He said.
"But how is that possible? I just heard the shower on just now..." Her mind started going in overdrive. How was she to continue with her day? Thankfully the cooking had been taken care of. But Shiv how would he finish his bath...
"Anandi. Forget it. I'm nearly done. Good there was a bucket of water here. I'll be out in a minute. Can't afford getting late."
Anandi felt the door unbolting.
"Aap bhi na Shiv. " she mumbled and moved back to the dresser.
He was in his bathrobe, spraying water from his wet locks like a spaniel. She squealed when some droplets landed on her. She looked at him in mock anger to see he had missed a big spot on his neck.
She giggled. "You are always in a hurry. This needs some cleaning. Wait let me see if we have some water..." She ran into the bathroom and before she realised it a cold blast of water from the shower hit her as she had tinkered with the taps.
Shiv it seemed was upto his old pranks. He had left the setting on the shower when he got out. And thanks to him she found herself wet head to toe.
"Lagta hain paani aa gaya! " he stood in the doorway looking slyly at the drenched and shivering figure before him. Quickly Anandi shut him out and bolted herself in. She didn't need this at this time of the day.
Currently she got busy changing out of her wet clothes and into drier ones. "Don't even think about it..." She said not even looking up at his advancing footsteps. "I saw you were totally frazzled. Just wanted to help. Think of it as my apology." He continued walking up to her , all naughtiness.
"You want to help. Fine." Shiv couldn't believe his ears.
"You can do one thing for me." He was straining to hear her next words.
"Go and pack the tiffin for the both of us. You'll find everything on the countertop." Suddenly Shiv's face went all slack, like a pinpricked balloon.
"Okay as you wish." And he walked out dragging his feet as he went by. Anandi tried hard to control her laughter.
Her hair had dried off and her sari was nearly pleated when she heard a loud cluttering and a resounding thud from the vicinity of the kitchen. "Shiv...what happened?" She ran out clutching her sari tightly in her hands. As she entered the kitchen she saw that one tiffin lay upturned on the floor, and the sabzi with the pan lay upturned in another corner. And in between these stood her husband with a very sheepish look on his face.
"Aahhh..." Anandi began crying not knowing what to do with this day that had begun on such chaotic notes. She wanted to tear her hair , stomp around. Big tears came to her eyes with the futility of it all.
"Anandi. I'm sorry." "Aahhh.."
" I'm the world's biggest dumbo. I can't do a single thing right. I'm sorry ." He was pleading."Aahh..."
He walked up and took her thrashing arms into his own. She wouldn't stop.
"Anandi. Please. I said I'm sorry." He pulled her into a tight hug to make her stop wailing.
"Be still. Don't act like a child."
"Me a child..."She said in a snotty voice, looking at him with accusing eyes, struggling to get away from his magnetic presence.
"Let me go. You should not waste your time on a ..." All her words died away as she felt her lips crushed into a fiery kiss.
Anandi was shocked with the suddenness of it. Even after all these days she still hadn't gotten used to his ways .
She blushed to remember how it was with them for the first time. Suddenly all thoughts had vanished, it was just the both of them, experiencing the other. They would have been thus...
"Shiv..." he heard a guttural sound coming from her. "Its your cell." She indicated to his cell which was buzzing off.
Shiv tightened his hold on her waist with one hand and picked the phone with the other.
"Okay. I'll be there ASAP." He barked into the phone.
"Saved by Bheem Singh..." Anandi said as she ran inside...
The end
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