Chapter III: Look From Above
‘Are you feeling sleepy?’ Arunabh asked Rini.
‘No. Are you feeling sleepy?’ Rini asked the same question.
‘I want to give equal share of everything of my life, property, comfort, sorrow, happiness; that means anything and everything of my life with you. I rested on your lap for some time, now I want to reciprocate. You put your head on my lap.’ Before she could say something, he pulled her head to his lap and started running his finger through her hair. She looked so beautiful from above; he thought. Her big eyes are like petals of a lotus; her lips are red and soft, her black curly are very much seducing. When Rini closed her eyes, he looked at her beautiful eyebrows. Her colour, compared to him is quite fair and her skin is very smooth.
Despite of her best efforts she could not stop herself from sleeping and she did not know when she fell into deep sleep. Seeing her gone into fast sleep, instead of disturbing her, she ran his finger through her hair more passionately. Looking at her innocent face, he promised to himself, ‘I shall always love this girl and never ever hurt her physically, mentally and emotionally. I shall give her everything I have. I shall share my happiness and pain with her equally. I shall never hide anything from her. I shall never cheat her.’
While sleeping, it appeared her blouse tightened her bosom considerably which gave some discomfort in her breathing. He removed the button of her blouse to ease her breathing. The moment he unbuttoned her blouse she became comfortable in her breathing and her sleep. But that discomforted Arunabh. He could see some portion of her bosom. He could not stop himself from touching that part of her body. It was very soft. He wanted to press it further. But he desisted himself from doing so; he did not want to disturb his lovely wife in her sleep. She looked like a fairy.
He felt a pain on his legs after half an hour or so. He silently put her head on a pillow and sat comfortably on her side. The more he looked at her, he became more and more close to her emotionally. He put his hand on her head and started patting. He lowered his head and intended to kiss her; but he restrained himself from doing so fearing her sleep would be disturbed. Her body fragrance made him wild; but again he did nothing which might disturb her sleep. Finally, he went to the bathroom and took a shower.
When he came out of the bathroom, dawn of the new day arrived silently. He looked at the clock. It was five minutes to five. Normally, his parent gets up at five in the morning. So he had no alternative but to make her awake before others in the family knock at the door.
‘Rini, Rini please get up’ He tried, but in vain. She was in fast sleep. He felt guilty for giving her trouble. He thought for a moment and decided not to disturb her again, no matter what others would think. But to his surprise, she got up and asked, ‘Did I sleep?’
‘Yes, for an hour or so you were sleeping. Now go to the washroom and take a bath so that we can join morning prayer with our family members.’ Arunabh told his wife.
She was about to cry again for sleeping. ‘Shobha Aunty, the lady who dropped me at your, oh sorry, my new home, told me categorically to give my everything to you on the very first day itself. But I did not submit my body and mind to you as I should have submitted as your wife. She said, I should submit my body to you for our future generation. The submission what she referred may be the basis of our happy married life. But what a fool I am, I did not submit my body and soul as I should have. All these happened because of my sleep! It is my fault!’
Though, Arunabh understood what she wanted to convey, he pretended not to understand and asked her, ‘How you are supposed to submit your body to me, I cannot understand. Would you explain?’
At first, she wanted explain; but next moment she realized, Arunabh was teasing her. She kept mum. At this Arunabh told, ‘Do not be upset my darling! You have given me everything. You have already submitted me your soul, mind and body. You have not submitted a part of body which you can submit to me at any time. Whole life is waiting for us for doing all those things. So far happy life is concerned, physical relation is an integral part of a married life. But that is not the only thing which is the foundation of a happy married life.’
She came forward to him and embraced him tightly for some time before going for a bath. While taking shower, she recapitulated all the events of entire night. She felt, she became one of the happiest wives in the world despite of the fact that she could not offer her body fully to her husband on her very first night with her husband. She thanked God for giving the most romantic and honest man as her husband. She promised to God, she would follow her husband blindly wherever he goes without an iota of confusion.
Chapter IV: The Voyage
I met Arunabh and Rini after ten years of their marriage. They still loved and respect each other like on their first night. They were blessed with two adorable sons, one was nine and second one was six at that time. Both were very intelligent like their father and looked like him. But they were also blessed with one quality of their mother, they can cry at the drop of a hat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
About the Author
The author is a Government servant and a man of vivid experiences derived from his official postings across the country, travels across India and numerous visits outside India. He is presently placed at New Delhi. The book is about a fictional story of true love between Arunabh and Rini.
His earlier publications are:
1. Random Thoughts through a Coloured Prism
2. Dilemma of a Young Mind
3. Funny Statistics and Serious Statisticians
4. Melody of Fragrance
5. Akhadya
6. Few Cities through the Lens of Hiranya Borah
7. Guilt: Gift of Winter Spring
8. Beautiful Ghosts
9. Great Fighters: Grace of God
10. All Blurred
11. Putting Kids into Sleep
12 How to Become Unpopular
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