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#11: Why are you giving me such a hard time about this?
"Why are you giving me such a hard time about this? Kunj exasperated, running behind a storming Twinkle. The lady in question barged into their bedroom, shut the door with a slam and began to take of her jewelry hastily and angrily.
"Twinkle." He exhaled, pinching the bridge of his nose, knowing very well the reason behind her fury.
When Twinkle continued ignoring him, he walked up behind her. "Twinkle I'm sorry yaar. Muje aisa nahi karna chahiye tha. But why are you giving me such a hard time about this?"
He feels the heat flare up and the muscles of her back tense up again. The first sign of his doom. "Why am I giving you such a hard time about this?! I am sorry! Main bhool gayi thi ki galti tum karte ho, aur gusse hone ki maafi mujhe maangni padti hai. I am sorry Kunj, mujhe gussa nahi hona chahiye" She bites back rather harshly before pushing his hands that had wound themselves around her waist away. She slipped underneath the covers, turning away from him.
"Twinkle maine sorry bola na? Toh itna gussa kyu? Maaf karde yaar!"
No response.
He tries again.
"Twinkle dekh abhi tu sirf bhaav khaa rahi hai." Kunj says as he approaches the bed and places himself beside her. He hears her sniffling. "Twinkle?"
He places a hand gently down on her shoulder, turning her over to face him. Her tears stricken face horrify him. He never imagined that he would hurt her to this extent. "Twinkle! Tu ro kyu rahi hai?" He questions stupidly but he had to say something and that was the first thing that came out of his mouth.
Twinkle softly sniffles again, wiping the tears of her cheek and pushing her husband away.
"Twinkle I am sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you this bad." He splutters to make it up to her. He quickly jumps over the other side of the bed, so that he can see her face. Twinkle turns away. Kunj sighs and grabs her shoulders, this time bringing her up to sit with him.
Twinkle gives up too.
"That's just it Kunj! You didn't mean to hurt me this bad, but you did mean to hurt me a little right?"
"Nahi Twinkle, I swear mera tujhe hurt karne ka koi irada nahi tha! I just wanted to make-"
"Make me jealous right?" She completes his sentences, freeing her arms from his grip and looking him square in the eyes. The disappointment in her eyes are a blow to his heart. She wasn't just hurt by him. She was disappointed in him. And while you can balm over your wounds, there is no remedy to cure disappointment.
"Last time tumne jo Vandy ke saath liya tha, woh shayad tumhari naadani thi ya shayad nahi, par I made myself very clear ki mujhe tumhare aise harkate bilkul pasand nahi. You don't get to toy with my emotions for your entertainment Kunj!" He can't get himself to meet her eyes. "Par tum aaj, jo woh Cindy ke saath kar rahe who tumne jaan bhuj kar kiya. Mujhe jealous karne ke liye na?"
He feels ashamed of himself. She was right, he did flirt with Cindy just to get a rise out of Twinkle. But what humiliates him further is that she wasn't angry on him for flirting with another lady, she was disappointed in him because he had disregarded her feelings. She had made it very clear to him that she didn't approve of him flirting with other women. And even then, he went ahead and done the exact thing she had asked him not to. Of course she was supposed to be hurt.
"Haan ke na Kunj? Jawab do!" she pushes him to respond.
He mumbles a small yes.
That was the end of any and all discussion for the night, as Twinkle wiped her tears dry and pushed a pillow in his hands. He was couched for the night.
The next day proved to be no more fruitful than the previous night. Twinkle downright refused to acknowledge or even look at him. And it pained him because he deserved it. He was wrong, very wrong. Because he knows she would have easily forgiven him for flirting with Cindy but how can he expect her to forgive him when all he did was done to play with her emotions?
The family got a hint of their rift too. It was Twinkle's cold shoulder towards him and his guilty posture that had let them know. Later, after lunch when Twinkle had retired to their room, Bebe advised Kunj to apologize to Twinkle. He told her he did, but Twinkle was really hurt and he didn't know how to make it up to her.
Communication was key, the wise words of Bebe. Kunj sighed, Bebe was right. He had to talk to her.
He entered their room. Twinkle was sitting on their bed, folding the laundry. "Twinkle I am really sorry." he said, kneeling down in front of her. "Mujhe tere saath aisa nahi karna chahiye tha. Main galat tha."
Hearing the regret and guilt in his voice, she melted. She set out he clothes to the side, and folded her hands down on her lap. She didn't want to meet his eyes. Didn't want to hurt him further by showing him just how upset she was with him.
"Kunj, tum sirf mujhe jealous sabit karne ke liye aisa nahi karna chahiye tha. Yeh toh mere emotions ka mazaak banana hogaya right?" She looks up at him now, "Main jaanti hoon ki main bahut easily jealous ho jati hoon, Kunj. But that is just me, aur main yeh fact badal nahi sakti."
"I know Twinkle; I know that now. And I am sorry. Please mujhe maaf karde."
"Jis din main jealous feel karna bandh kardi na, toh sabse zyada dard tumhe hoga."
She gets up to put the folded clothes in the cupboard, before retreating back to the kitchen.
It wasn't okay yet-things between them weren't all solved.
But they'll get there. He will make sure they get there.
THE END.
This is the end of day 17/50.
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