09

Chapter 8

As Diwali is nearing , Shehnaaz started the work of cleaning , dusting the home and the big task was to prepare the sweet items and few snacks which took more than a week time to complete . Shehnaaz with the help of her mother and sister-in-law prepared the home made snacks and sweet dishes like Tillu laddu ( Sesame laddu ) , puran poli ( Sweet stuffing ) which are Sidharth favourite .

The holidays were fully utilised by home chores . Shehnaaz prepared the list of items required , everyone's shopping was done . Shehnaaz brought a saree and gave the blouse for stitching which was a big task . She is not sure if the blouse will be done before festival or not . So for a backup she asked Sidharth to take her for shopping again .

" Mujhe ek dress lena hein aur naye sandal bhi " Shehnaaz said , Sidharth ignored her . He was working from home from last two days as Shehnaaz telling him every night that she is getting exhausted with all the work and doesn't want to wake up early . She was taking tablets to avoid her period as it's the first diwali after marriage she wanted it to be a perfect one and specially didn't want to miss out the pooja & celebration .

( I need a new dress and sandal too )

" Sidharth " Sidharth had enough with her shopping , yesterday she had ordered the accessories worth 15k online including her makeup and the decorative items like lights , diya's worth 5k . The crackers were left .

" Nahi " he quickly denied her , her shopping will never end he thought and was thinking that he needs to manage the down payment of the new vehicle and other expenses .

( No )

" Arey lakin , meri baat tho sunlo Mein kuch keh rahe hu na " Shehnaaz said tried to pull his laptop away from his lap as he sat on their bed to work . Sidharth glared her sharply as he is sending some important mails and she was simply disturbing him .

( But listen to me , I'm telling you something )

Shehnaaz was hurt with his behaviour , nowadays he doesn't have any time for her and always glaring her even yesterday night he behaved rudely with her .

Flashback

" Chapati kyun nahi banayi " he asked seeing the plain rice and dal in the bowl . Since two days she is not putting any efforts to prepare the food and sometimes they are ordering online as she feels tired to cook . Today he specially asked her to prepare chapati .

( Why did you not prepared Chapati ? )

" TV ke samne bait kar order dena jitna asan nahi yaha akar banao phir pata chalega " Shehnaaz said placing the plates and jug .

( It is easy to sit infront of the TV and order , once come into the kitchen and prepare )

Sidharth continued to watch the telivision " Sidharth " Shehnaaz called him while serving others . Without replying to her , he looked at his father saying " Mujhe bhuk nahi hein " and left to their room .

( I'm not hungry )

Shehnaaz too left behind him realising he must have felt bad that she had talked back to him infront his father which was disrespectful .

" Mujhe akela rehna hein jao yaha se " he said in a calmer tone .

( Just leave , I want to stay alone )

" I'm sorry " she said trying to hold his hand but he yanked it from her saying " Koi jarurat nahi hein sorry ki , jao yaha se please " .

( I don't need your sorry , Leave please )

" Sidharth " saying she tried again ignoring his attempts of yanking .

" Meri he galti hein , kuch bolta nahi hu na mere he sar chad ke bait gaye ho tum " Sidharth said .

( It's my fault that I don't say anything to you and now you are sitting on my head )

" Acha tik hein na gussa ho . Maaf mat karo mujhe but khana kha lo " she tried convincing him .

( Okay calm down You are angry on me that's fine but come and eat )

" Mujhe nahi khana jao tum " he said .

( I don't want to eat , you go )

" Sidharth please na sab ke samne tamsha ban raha hein " she said .

( Sidharth please you are creating scene infront of everyone )

" Mein he bekhar hu jao tum sab mahan log baito ek saat , sala life ki band bajade " Shehnaaz didn't understand why he was getting trigged on small things but she let him be with himself . His words hurt her but she masked it with indifference , he needs to be alone so she let him .

( Okay I'm the worst person , you all pure souls go sit with them . Fuck my life )

As she came out everyone looked in her direction she simply sat on her chair and served herself " Vo tode der se kha lenge " she said looking at her own plate . She lost her appetite thinking about him . She was playing with the food and he was tossing on the bed , at night after finishing her work shehnaaz tried talking to him he was not interested so both slept with a distance for the first time .

( He will eat afterwards )

The next morning he realised his mistake and felt sorry so he helped her in chores when Rohan and Rohit left to market and Ashok to his work .

Flashback Ends

Since evening his mood turned down again . Shehnaaz was feeling he was getting irritated by her , what changed between them ? she thought . Does her fear coming true is he taking her for granted as she is available for him everytime , many thoughts were running in her mind but keeping her faith in their bond she concentrated on the upcoming task i.e Diwali .

On other hand Sidharth was little irritated with shehnaaz because of her reckless behaviour , she would say anything to him infront of his younger brother or his father which didn't notice go well with him . He feels insulted and mocked , he tried to ignore it but after a week or so she repeats the same which was disturbing him and her over expenses .

Sometimes she behaves like an nagging wife who have list of complains . He understands she shares her views freely with him but he feels like he is lacking to provide a comfortable life and she is struggling to adjust with the family .

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