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Two for one...
Much of Amma Appa's things were loaded into the truck by 5 PM on the Sunday, Appa didnt look happy or upbeat
Neighbors came in droves to greet him and wish him good luck and wish amma the best
Appa and Amma hosted a "party" of sorts at Rohini on Thursday
R&B was in Manila until the night before and came in from the airport after the havan was over
His famous (not because he talks about it) swagger and in his unassuming style
He was lost in the crowd of Kanjeevaram and silk veshti
It took him a while to find his wife, in a purple Kanjeevaram with gold Saraswati motifs, and a gold blouse
Nivi wore a purple lehanga and a gold blouse too
Appa told him straight up he was unhappy that he didnt stay overnight at Rohini
R&B countered with "Oh well u werent originally planning to have a pooja and a havan and a party"
Appa hated arguments where he couldnt win, well.. except with Subbu, when he happily let him win
He hated letting R&B win...
"If u let us know in advance about your travel plans we could have arranged the havan around it. You were gone for almost 3 weeks in january" Appa lobbed the ball back to his court
"I usually dont hear about meetings until I am ready to hear a pitch from startups" "thats when I travel" he said unfazed
Ii sensed Appa was talking more than 3 minutes and she rushed to his side, Nivi plastered herself on R&B afraid II was going to extricate her
"Do u want to change?" she asked
"I am fine" he shrugged
Thankfully he wasnt wearing cargo shorts, he was wearing navy pants and a pink shirt, pretty much the tallest guy in the room"
Bala brought him coffee and made small talk
He stayed at Rohini until 3 and took off with his daughter...
Ii returned home after 11 dropped by Bala
He was asleep on the couch on the 2nd floor with his daughter sprawled on him, with the lehanga on with a white sewn cotton vest and no gold blouse
Moving day was Sunday, the first weekend of Feb 2017
She fed her daughter Sunday morning and reached D II at 7 AM to help the movers
Helping load stuff, making multiple trips to Munirka to bring idlis and coffee and food
Ranjan had sent lunch too
sam promised to send dinner to Rohini
Amma was being stoic and brave
Appa was weak and emotional, breaking down multiple times with Janaki Athai
Her husband didnt want to deal with it he didnt even bother to come help
R&B was conspicuous by his absence
Bala was, on the other hand, everywhere
into everything
Or so it seemed like to II
It began nagging her around 8:30 AM, and it needled her clear until Bala rode in the back of the truck
R&B came by around 1 PM to chat with Appa wished him good luck
And chatted with Amma waited until II fed Nivi and readied to leave
Bala was either "busy" or wanted to show he was he couldnt talk much with R&B
"Boss ghar aata hoon yaar main" he promised
R&B shrugged and smiled "We could go grab a beer and play a game of pool at Maurya?" he offered
"I can put her to sleep do u two want to hang?" II asked eagerly
R&B's look told her "not now II"
~~~
He had picked her up when she was unwrapping her saree on Thursday night and made passionate love
"Its a good idea I came back home then?" she whispered hoarsely, as she lay spent beneath him
"U know the rule... if u wear a saree... u come home" he growled in her neck
He had found eyes following her at the event, much married Iyer men gazing appreciatively quite irksome to him
To return from an overseas trip to find his wife being the center of attention at an iyer do
He rolled her over on to his bare chest and held her tight
Appa's accusing glare and his dismissive tone pissed him off
He sensed Appa was always THIS close... THIS close to breaking them up and marrying her off to some "good iyer boy" that would hover around him in a veshti
She wiped lipstick off his bristle on his chin
"u might have forgotten to pack ONE thing u NEVERRR forget...ur razor I believe for the Manila trip" she whispered mocking him
He cupped her curves at the back and pressed her down on his lower body
"Looks like it" he agreed... satiated, pressing her warm scented curves on his firm wiry body
Smelling her bare jasmine scented...achy.. tired skin
"Vidu da" she whispered... not meaning those words a bit
~~~
"U can have her take a nap here, I have a meeting" he said quietly
The movers jostled and pulled stuff
Amma brought him coffee
"No... its very dusty, Akka didnt bring Shubhang either... take her home" she said "Or u can stay I can take her home"
"I dont think there is anything for me to do" he said
II wished he would jump in and take over and "do stuff" like Athim
"Appa might feel better if u are here" she suggested hoping to tempt
"Umm.. I dont think thats true" he said
"She can stay with us in Rohini" Appa said pointedly
"U probably want her to" he said not mincing words
"I will ask u to stay.. but u wont" Appa said bluntly, taking out his frustration of leaving DII all out on R&B
"U are right... I cant" he said meeting Appa's gaze boldly
II felt like someone punched her in her gut
"U can atleast be polite? no?" she asked devastated
"I WAS... II, if I was planning to be rude I wud said " the first son in law is as good as TWO"
that was the last she spoke to him
Athim rode the truck and when they returned to DI and helped NDMC do half the inspection, Appa was going to come back to DII Monday and hand over teh house
II let Athim take the car home at 10 ish, after loading the trunk with remaining belongings as his car was giving trouble
Athim was going to go to Rohini early morning on Monday he said
Akka called saying Kamakshi Athai wanted a ride home to NOIDA so he took off
Athai and Lakshmi Akka and kids were going to give Amma Appa company at night
Forgetting her phone was in the passenger seat of her own car
When R&B called her at 10 ish Bala answered
"Hey, is II around?" he asked politely
"Mujhe gaadi de di usne," Bala cracked a bad joke " Well u dont care, u can give her a new car off the lot" he chuckled
"Umm.. where is she?" R&B asked
"On her way home I guess?" Bala said
R&B hung up with a terse thanks...
He drove to DII and the lights were out and the door was locked a strange sadness overtook him
The kolam outside the front dor smeared and messed up with all the furniture being dragged over it
He found her at the Sector 12 intersection waving down autos after 10 PM
He stopped near her, she jumped back on the side walk afraid
An auto slid up also
"kidhar madam?" the guy asked
'Malcha Marg?" she asked
"Dabal dengi?" he asked slowly scanning her
"II get in the car" he barked
She realized it was him at that point
"Chalo baitho jitna marji de dena" the autowala salivated
"Get in the f**king car II" he said
"I know the way home da" she said bluntly
He hit hazard, got off and walked around and opened her door
"Thanks... nahi chahiye" he said
"Auto chhodke madam gaadi waale ke saath" the auto waala provoked
Ii sat stiffly...
He drove home quietly...
"can I see ur phone?" he asked after pulling inside the gate
she fished in her purse... and looked up
"thats right... Bala answered" he said softly
Ii looked startled
And quickly gathered her composure...
"happy now? U nailed me?" she asked mockingly
Getting off... tired... grimy and pissed
Much of Amma Appa's things were loaded into the truck by 5 PM on the Sunday, Appa didnt look happy or upbeat
Neighbors came in droves to greet him and wish him good luck and wish amma the best
Appa and Amma hosted a "party" of sorts at Rohini on Thursday
R&B was in Manila until the night before and came in from the airport after the havan was over
His famous (not because he talks about it) swagger and in his unassuming style
He was lost in the crowd of Kanjeevaram and silk veshti
It took him a while to find his wife, in a purple Kanjeevaram with gold Saraswati motifs, and a gold blouse
Nivi wore a purple lehanga and a gold blouse too
Appa told him straight up he was unhappy that he didnt stay overnight at Rohini
R&B countered with "Oh well u werent originally planning to have a pooja and a havan and a party"
Appa hated arguments where he couldnt win, well.. except with Subbu, when he happily let him win
He hated letting R&B win...
"If u let us know in advance about your travel plans we could have arranged the havan around it. You were gone for almost 3 weeks in january" Appa lobbed the ball back to his court
"I usually dont hear about meetings until I am ready to hear a pitch from startups" "thats when I travel" he said unfazed
Ii sensed Appa was talking more than 3 minutes and she rushed to his side, Nivi plastered herself on R&B afraid II was going to extricate her
"Do u want to change?" she asked
"I am fine" he shrugged
Thankfully he wasnt wearing cargo shorts, he was wearing navy pants and a pink shirt, pretty much the tallest guy in the room"
Bala brought him coffee and made small talk
He stayed at Rohini until 3 and took off with his daughter...
Ii returned home after 11 dropped by Bala
He was asleep on the couch on the 2nd floor with his daughter sprawled on him, with the lehanga on with a white sewn cotton vest and no gold blouse
Moving day was Sunday, the first weekend of Feb 2017
She fed her daughter Sunday morning and reached D II at 7 AM to help the movers
Helping load stuff, making multiple trips to Munirka to bring idlis and coffee and food
Ranjan had sent lunch too
sam promised to send dinner to Rohini
Amma was being stoic and brave
Appa was weak and emotional, breaking down multiple times with Janaki Athai
Her husband didnt want to deal with it he didnt even bother to come help
R&B was conspicuous by his absence
Bala was, on the other hand, everywhere
into everything
Or so it seemed like to II
It began nagging her around 8:30 AM, and it needled her clear until Bala rode in the back of the truck
R&B came by around 1 PM to chat with Appa wished him good luck
And chatted with Amma waited until II fed Nivi and readied to leave
Bala was either "busy" or wanted to show he was he couldnt talk much with R&B
"Boss ghar aata hoon yaar main" he promised
R&B shrugged and smiled "We could go grab a beer and play a game of pool at Maurya?" he offered
"I can put her to sleep do u two want to hang?" II asked eagerly
R&B's look told her "not now II"
~~~
He had picked her up when she was unwrapping her saree on Thursday night and made passionate love
"Its a good idea I came back home then?" she whispered hoarsely, as she lay spent beneath him
"U know the rule... if u wear a saree... u come home" he growled in her neck
He had found eyes following her at the event, much married Iyer men gazing appreciatively quite irksome to him
To return from an overseas trip to find his wife being the center of attention at an iyer do
He rolled her over on to his bare chest and held her tight
Appa's accusing glare and his dismissive tone pissed him off
He sensed Appa was always THIS close... THIS close to breaking them up and marrying her off to some "good iyer boy" that would hover around him in a veshti
She wiped lipstick off his bristle on his chin
"u might have forgotten to pack ONE thing u NEVERRR forget...ur razor I believe for the Manila trip" she whispered mocking him
He cupped her curves at the back and pressed her down on his lower body
"Looks like it" he agreed... satiated, pressing her warm scented curves on his firm wiry body
Smelling her bare jasmine scented...achy.. tired skin
"Vidu da" she whispered... not meaning those words a bit
~~~
"U can have her take a nap here, I have a meeting" he said quietly
The movers jostled and pulled stuff
Amma brought him coffee
"No... its very dusty, Akka didnt bring Shubhang either... take her home" she said "Or u can stay I can take her home"
"I dont think there is anything for me to do" he said
II wished he would jump in and take over and "do stuff" like Athim
"Appa might feel better if u are here" she suggested hoping to tempt
"Umm.. I dont think thats true" he said
"She can stay with us in Rohini" Appa said pointedly
"U probably want her to" he said not mincing words
"I will ask u to stay.. but u wont" Appa said bluntly, taking out his frustration of leaving DII all out on R&B
"U are right... I cant" he said meeting Appa's gaze boldly
II felt like someone punched her in her gut
"U can atleast be polite? no?" she asked devastated
"I WAS... II, if I was planning to be rude I wud said " the first son in law is as good as TWO"
that was the last she spoke to him
Athim rode the truck and when they returned to DI and helped NDMC do half the inspection, Appa was going to come back to DII Monday and hand over teh house
II let Athim take the car home at 10 ish, after loading the trunk with remaining belongings as his car was giving trouble
Athim was going to go to Rohini early morning on Monday he said
Akka called saying Kamakshi Athai wanted a ride home to NOIDA so he took off
Athai and Lakshmi Akka and kids were going to give Amma Appa company at night
Forgetting her phone was in the passenger seat of her own car
When R&B called her at 10 ish Bala answered
"Hey, is II around?" he asked politely
"Mujhe gaadi de di usne," Bala cracked a bad joke " Well u dont care, u can give her a new car off the lot" he chuckled
"Umm.. where is she?" R&B asked
"On her way home I guess?" Bala said
R&B hung up with a terse thanks...
He drove to DII and the lights were out and the door was locked a strange sadness overtook him
The kolam outside the front dor smeared and messed up with all the furniture being dragged over it
He found her at the Sector 12 intersection waving down autos after 10 PM
He stopped near her, she jumped back on the side walk afraid
An auto slid up also
"kidhar madam?" the guy asked
'Malcha Marg?" she asked
"Dabal dengi?" he asked slowly scanning her
"II get in the car" he barked
She realized it was him at that point
"Chalo baitho jitna marji de dena" the autowala salivated
"Get in the f**king car II" he said
"I know the way home da" she said bluntly
He hit hazard, got off and walked around and opened her door
"Thanks... nahi chahiye" he said
"Auto chhodke madam gaadi waale ke saath" the auto waala provoked
Ii sat stiffly...
He drove home quietly...
"can I see ur phone?" he asked after pulling inside the gate
she fished in her purse... and looked up
"thats right... Bala answered" he said softly
Ii looked startled
And quickly gathered her composure...
"happy now? U nailed me?" she asked mockingly
Getting off... tired... grimy and pissed
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