Lockdown

Video call

SOHIT POV

Thank God for the fact that my sister knew her before I did! Otherwise, I wouldn't even have known why the hell she was so angry. I'd really have been clueless about everything if she hadn't said
" Is that how you ask someone to marry you, bhai!? Where is the ring?! And the flowers!? And the speech and the candles! Yaar bhai! You are not romantic at all! Did you at least go on one of your knees and ask her?!" YEAH. If she hadn't opened her mouth I wouldn't have gotten any action that day.

And I don't think that she would have let me live if I hadn't done at least that much. The speech you ask me? I just said whatever was in my mind at that moment and I guess it worked because she was in tears. She didn't want to acknowledge it though...

But what happened after she agreed was sweet to say the least. Because she didn't open her mouth and said anything harsh na. That was mostly because I had my lips over hers and kept her mouth shut but still... I'm sure that she enjoyed it as much as me. A hundred percent.

But that black tongue of hers!

" You have to call my dad at 6!" Just had to remind me of that... I was still going to die. Whether she was in a good mood or not. Because, she told her parents and now, they wanted to talk to me! I mean, she has talked to my parents plenty of times because they knew each other from beforehand but me?! I was meeting (or calling) hers for the first time! And it did not look like she was going to help me at all.

No, instead, when I started the call, she was smirking, as if waiting for me to be scolded hard. Like, she was just waiting since ages for me to be degraded and shouted at! Why was it so fun for her?! It wasn't like I was her brother or anything!

But whatever. I didn't have a choice. She was pregnant, because of me. I don't want to admit it but, she was already pregnant when she... Forced me into coming in her so. Yeah. It was my issue. My fertility is just so very high...
Why is this thing so flattering to think about?!

Whatever!

I called her parents. It was a video call on my laptop because she just wanted them to see my innocently scared face. And what do I find after the screen connects to the call? I find her entire family there. Like, her parents were there. But her siblings and grandparents were there too! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

DID SHE WANT ME TO DIE THAT BAD?! Because by looking at her face, I was clear of one thing. That she was going to burst out laughing soon enough.

And then it began. The interrogation...
" So... What's your name?" Her grandmother asked me in an annoyed tone... I guess?
" Sohit,"
" Age?"
" 29. I'm 29,"
" Height," what the hell was up with those questions?
" 6'5,"
" Weight,"
" I didn't check,"
" Yeah. Whatever. You don't look fat. What work do you do?" That old lady squinted her eyes hard me at and I just gulped.
" I'm a software developer," couldn't say that I was in between jobs... Especially not after getting her pregnant. It would just sound so gosh darn wrong!
" Salary?" Uh... Yeah. Salary? I wasn't earning anything at the moment. So, I don't know how that was going to work.
" Dadi! He earns enough. He's a software developer na..." Yeah. So not funny. But I guess I was grateful because she saved my ass, practically speaking.
" Ha... What's your caste?" And just when I thought that we were in the 21st century. Did caste fucking matter at that point?! Because her granddaughter was pregnant with my child! She didn't have the option to be choosy!!
" Ma! It doesn't matter anymore. Pari is pregnant," thankfully her mother had some sense in her. But the moment she said that, everyone scowled. Literally everyone except her. Even her younger daughter. I just don't get it!
" Fine! Not like what I say ever happens in this house,"
" Ma,"
" Tu chup! Ek toh these two twins! Both did the same thing. One got a Christian pregnant and the other got pregnant by a South Indian!!! Now do what you want!" Yeah... Now I remember! Of course. Her brother was getfinv married too! No wait. He's her twin. I practically forgot that for a second there... They are twins. Is that one reason why she got pregnant early? Because he was having a kid too?! Yaar. This is just complicated and annoying.
" Dadi..."
" Aye. Tu chup re. Ek toh, you were the one who stole my gehene and left!"
" Dadi. Leave it na,"
" Bas. This one girl I have," Pari had a sour look over her face as her sister smirked at her.
" Out of all the three of you, she's the only good one here!" She was scowling like a wolf now. Had grabbed my hand and was practically pinching the fuck out of it as she glared at her sister through the screen. Do sisters really have such rivalry in every household?!??! I hope not. But she and her sister were on a different level altogether.

" Ma, leave it na. Besides, I don't think it's Pari's fault here. I mean, who allowed her to stay with a man, alone for such a long time?!" Her father cut in and I could clearly see why she was being teased as Papa ki Pari by her friends. Also, I definitely noticed how I was referred to as a man. Yeah... He hated me. Just great!
" Pch," and he was glaring at his wife, " Leave it. What's done is done now! We can't change anything. Sohit beta, when are you marrying her now?" And that old woman seemed like the only person who actually liked me in the entire family. I could swear...
" Soon, aunty,"
" Arre. No no. You call me mom, mumma, ma. Something like that. Not aunty," yeah. I could feel the glare coming at me through the screen. Her father, and her brother wanted to rip me into pieces... Thankfully for me, her mom was on the call...

Sigh.