PART-15
after the fun filled dinner, krishna and lucky were holding their hands and climbing the steps to go to their room.pratigya was climbing behind them leaving gap of few steps in between them.instead of watching her feet she was looking at krishna and lucky while climbing.
pratigya:'...ouch....' unexpectedly her leg twisted and slipped, tumbled two to three steps down.she quickly hold the side wall of the stairs as a support and manage herself to stand.krishna and lucky turned back and looked at her.
krishna:'chalo...'with out caring her he went ahead with lucky.
lucky:'aunty girgaye...😕'
krishna:'wo sambhal layge.bachchi thodi na hai...?😊'he said reluctantly
pratigya:'😡 ...she tried to climb up.but could not.'AAAHHHH...'she yelled with pain.by that time krishna and lucky reached the top.
krishna:'go to your room ....' krishna left lucky's hand.lucky ran towards his room.after sending lucky krishna turned back and looked at pratigya.she was still struggling to claim the steps.he stood looking at her for a second and went down few steps towards her.he extended his hand for her to hold.but she did not.she turned her face away.
krishna:...he shook his shoulder and went back.
pratigya:'OOOUUUCHHH...'she tried ,but cannot step up a single step.
krishna:'kaka...'he called jugnu.
jugnu:'ji saab...😊' he came to his help.he was standing in the hall looking at krishna and pratigya.
krishna:'ma'am saab ki madath karo...'
jugnu:'ji saab...😃'he claimed up the stairs.
pratigya turned back and looked at jugnu kaka.he was looking like a white lizard.from the distance itself she can smell onion and garlic from him, for a fraction of a moment a scene of jugnu carrying pratigya in his arms with a wide grin on his face...climbing the steps flashed in her mind...
pratigya:'eewww...aawweee...'she screamed with pain and disgust.krishna turn back,again neglected her and about to go,pratigya leaned forward and tried to hold him.as the distance between them was more she was able to hold his kurta near his hip, she grabbed it tightly.krishna took a sharp turn and looked at her.pratigya was standing two steps below looking at him with a plead in her eyes.
krishna:😊...with a smile krishna step down and hold her upper arm and supported her to walk.
by holding his shoulder she tried her level best to raise her leg but failed.she did not expect this simple slip can cause such an acute pain in her angle.she raised her face and looked at him with pain.he understood her pain from her expression and slidded his arms from her back around her waist to give her more support to claim.instead of giving support he made her more weak.his warm arm around her waist created storm inside her stomach.krishna was wearing a thin soft white malmal kurta pajama while she was wearing a dark blue satin long night wear.
krishna was stunned to feel roller coaster emotion with him.' muchay kya ho rahai? issa kyun ho raha hai?what is wrong with me? 😕 ' he was confused with countless doubts.she could feel his emotions by his unsteady fingers on her stomach.for both of them it was their first feeling.her satin gown made her slip from his hold.both of them don't want to loose their hold,they gather their energy and reached the top step.that was her last step.she slipped from his unsteady hold and sat down on the floor.
krishna:'utto....'he said controlling his feelings and his physical responsiveness towards her,gave his hand to support her again.she tried again to get up holding his hand, before she could realize she was in his both the arms.he carried her towards her bed room.he hold her more close to him with more care.she want to refuse him but became speechless.
krishna:'thum khati bohuth ho😊....sow dosow kiloki tho hogi...' he mocked her to reduced her embarrassment.
pratigya:'😡....without saying any thing she hold his malmal kurta near his neck tightly.
krishna:'i have very few... countable number of dress.i don't want you to tare my kurta...😊'he smiled looking at her tight hold in between his neck and chest.
pratigya:'😡...'immediately she left her hold and felt that she is going to fall from his arms. quickly she put her hand around his neck for support.
krishna:'this is better...😉 😛' he walked in to her bedroom and placed her on the bed.
krishna:'you can leave my neck...😊' he said with a sarcastic smile looking at pratigya still hanging around his neck as if unwilling to leave.
pratigya:' 😊...AAAHHH....'she took her hands from him ,sat in the middle of the bed and tried to stretch her leg.
krishna left her and went out to lucky's room, came back with sprain ointment and crepe bandage from kiran.he came to pratigya and sat beside her on the bed.he tried to hold her leg.she pulled back her leg with hesitation. he again he tried....she moved again.... he tried again....she moved back again....krishna got annoyed.
krishna:'mai thumai rape nahi karne wala...😡'he criticize annoyingly .
pratigya:'kya!!!😲 😡..U.....'
before she could come out of her shock and realize the things krishna pushed her gown up above her ankle. it went up more than necessary.she shrunk her face and bit her lower lip . her both the hands hold the bed spread tightly.
krishna:'😊...he looked at her funny face with a smile.he raised his kurta's sleeve ,quickly and gently applied the ointment on her fair smooth leg,bandaged around her right ankle together with little portion of her foot.he tenderly pressed her foot to fix the bandage and gave the finishing touch up.
pratigya looked at him the way he was bandaging her.his few days stubble face was very close to her knee,as it was about to rub on her knee. she can feel his warm breath on her knee.he was looking down and keenly concentrating in bandaging her.while he was doing so he remember the day arushi trying to help him with hot water bag,a wide smile spread on his face. pratigya dazed at his fair dimple cheek with charming smile. for a nano second she was disillusioned.'am i admiring him?😲...impossible....😲'she was astonished.
krishna:'kissi ne madath ki tho thanks khana chahiye...😊' he brought back to her sense.she looked at the neatly tied bandage and krishna staring and sitting beside her with a smile.
pratigya:'tha...thankkksss...😊' she said mechanically.
krishna:'waise bhi thum ahkal ki tho ho hi kachi, par shakal se wothni buri nahi ho...mere leyeh chalega...😉'he winked at her intentionally.
pratigya:😡 😲
krishna:...thanks for marring me...😉' again he winked at her.
pratigya:'😲...'she sat on the bed speechless.
after bandaging her he prepared him self to sleep,adjusted the pillows and lied on the bed.
pratigya:'😲..... are you going to sleep with me...?😕'she said looking at him.
krishna:'wow...that will be fantastic...😉'he tried to get up.
pratigya:'😡...chee chee...are you crazy?😡....i don't mean that...😡'
krishna:'i don't mind that...😉' he giggled at her.
pratigya:'U...😡...i mean are you going to sleep on the bed...😡'
krishna:'obviously...Do'h!...😛' he went back to sleep.
pratigya:'why don't you lie on the sofa?...'she said looking at the sofa on her left hand side.
krishna:'sofa! 😕...no...it is uncomfortable for me.my body aches if i sleep on it. more over i have the habit of sleeping on the bed..'he pulled up the quilt and covered himself as if he don't want to discuss further in that regard.
pratigya:'don't take my quilt...'she said hastily hiding her anger.
krishna:'omg!...i cannot sleep without covering...'
pratigya:'i too cannot sleep with out covering...'she did not want to give up.
krishna:'that is your problem...' he turned other side.
pratigya:'it is my quilt...'
krishna:'so?...' he turned towards her and raised his eyebrows.
pratigya:'i don't like to share with you...'she said bluntly.
he kept quit for a moment.looked at pratigya continuously for few seconds .
krishna:'fine...'he moved the quilt from him, pushed it towards her,without any anger or tention he turned to the other side showing his back to her and started sleeping.
when he gave the quilt back pratigya slowly pulled it towards her and gathered on her lap.he looked at krishna's back.suddenly a feeling of unhappiness stuck her.'why i am not feeling happy when he gave back the quilt?...😕,why i don't feel it as my victory?'she don't understand herself.
pratigya slowly stretched her leg and lied on the bed.she could not resist herself thinking about him '...to hurt him,to tease him,to degrade him,to disgrace him... was my intention.that is why i married him.but now why i don't get any satisfaction if i try to do so.what ever...it is all because he is acting smart. i am not going to get cheated.i married him to take revenge.i will not leave him...😡'she closed her eyes and tried to sleep.
on the other side krishna closed his eyes and tried to find answers for his doubts.'why i don't like to argue with her.why i am feeling bad when ever i argue with her?😕' he was utterly confused.
