A Frigid Wedlock(completed)✔

chapter 6.

Starting!......yes! It take the ultimate courage n strength to start off with something new n tricky. whenever you go to do some new work or any difficult task, then you know what is the most difficult thing in that? To start that work. Its that point where an individual feels the most uncomfortable, hesitant ,conscious and sometimes scared .But once  we start that work with full courage and enthusiasm, then the way comes out on its own......just like telling the truth is difficult just for the first time. After that the path becomes easy and lying is easy only the first time. Afterwards, troubles, miseries, and difficulties ambuscade you for the rest of the path.

The same was happening with Siddharth . He didn't understand how to proceed with the resolution he has taken to mend their relationship . How to take the first step. How to take the initiative towards Sana. How to give their bond the much needed renovation. Siddharth was trying to bring about a complete change with his small efforts, such as getting up in the morning before her n doing his personal chores all by himself without bothering her much. Asking her about her meals without hesitation, giving her juice n milk from time to time. He took care of Aarav whenever he is home, made Aarav engage with him. So that she can take the required amount of rest. One can't name it as pampering but general care instead, obviously this should be least expected from a married couple especially when one is in the grave need of it. Not much but perhaps this is called giving support to each other in your married life.
These small things bring big changes in a person's life. With the same thought he kept trying in the same direction.

It had been almost a month to that accident but there was not much improvement in the situation.Not much conversation had taken place between the two. Not a lot has changed in this 1 month, but a little bit had changed. Siddharth was trying a lot from his side. On the hand Sana's initiation was still nil. She mostly talk to him in monosyllabic tone. Not much affected with his presence n vicinity around her. But one thing was bothering Sana these days and that was his changed demeanor of Siddharth . Not complete or any prominent one but somewhere it was becoming a fact. Him taking care of her like this. She had started feeling weird somewhere. Not used to all these things.
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One morning, Sana was sleeping till late but Siddharth got up early. Today he took leave from office.
"aap kab utthe.... Aur muje kyu ni utaya? Aab late ho jayega sab. Aapka breakfast bhi. " she blabbered nonchalanty in her own zone. Stumbling upon her slipper but was soon caught hold by him.

"relax relax.... Koi late ni ho raha hai. Aaj Saturday hai Aarav ki chhutti hai n maine leave li hai. So don't panic! "He said holding her in his arms to keep her balance intact.

"oh! Aapne leave li hai!..... Theek hai main fresh ho ke aati hoon. "once again she felt strange. His taking such a leave and such a possibility seemed strange to her, she wanted to ask him about such  beneficence but later yanked that particulars thought away. Maybe he took it for some other work of his own, she thought and not considering it necessary, she started her other work.
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In the afternoon

Sana aaj doctor ke paas jana hai so ready ho jana ek gante bad ka appointment hai. "he said keeping his wallet inside his pocket.

"doc ke paas? But kis baat ke liye? " she asked feeding Aarav curd rice.

"check up ke liye! Ek baar doctor ko dikhana padega na. Maine appointment leli hai. Be ready" he said looking at her for a moment and then looked away immediately.

"theek hai. " she replied nonchalantly, and get back to what she was doing. She sabotaged the need to ask the reason behind it with some other thinkable stuffs. She was too much going with the flow that often a person gets lost on the path of his life like this.

"Aarav beta aram se. Eat slowly n pair nhi hilate khate waqt. Bad manner! " she said in a sharp tone, in a typical Indian mother tone.
"aur ni kana... Ummm... " arav muttered making faces showing his cute little palm to her. Started shaking his legs even more. Just to irritate his mother.