Lockdown

Extended

PARI POV

" What?" I smiled when he turned to look at me with a rather irritated look. He had been tensed ever since he had that call with my family. Especially after his mother called him in the morning and scolded him for something. I wasn't sure of the reason. But his mood was pretty off... While mine was pretty on.
I don't mean that way!
I only meant that my mood was fluffy and happy. Not like that. And it was definitely not as sore and angry as his.
" You know what today is?"
" I don't have the time right now, Pari. Let's talk later," and ever since he got that call, he had been stuck on his laptop. Typing something all the time! You know, I thought that he was jobless now so he'd at least look at me and stop typing stuff on his laptop and we could more bonding time but no. Instead, he just was too busy typing!
" Pch. Sohit... Look na. It's an important day! And you can do this later too! You don't have any deadline!" I tried holding his hand and pulling him towards me but he just shook his hand out of my grip and glared at me
" I'm busy! Don't you get it!?" Hadn't expected that he'd shout at me for such a small thing but, he did shout at me, hard... And that just downed my mood too. So now, I was sitting next to him sadly with sad eyes that were welling up just because I no longer had any control over them...
" Sorry," and that heartless man! He just scoffed and turned to look back at his laptop. I! His future child's mother was sobbing right next to him because he scolded me but he was much more busy typing stuff. I was so hurt!

So, I sobbed harder. Just to show to him that he hurt me and after a few failed sobs, he finally did look back at me.
" What is it?" He sighed and asked rather softly this time but I just shook my head and wiped my tears. I just wanted to have some more bhaav than I got from him. Was that such a bad thing!? No. Then, my melodrama was not bad either!

" Leave it. You're busy. Keep typing. I'll go. I'm disturbing you," now. Wasn't that the truth? It was. But the tone that I used... I'm pretty sure that he felt so very guilty after hearing that. Because as I stood up, he held my hand back
" Pari... It's not like that,"
" It is like that! You've been behind that laptop for 3 days now. Leave it. I won't disturb now," and I made him explain things to me just because I was crying and used the melodrama card on him. One thing those Indian serials taught me was that tears always worked. No matter what. They always did work.
" You are not disturbing me. I'm just a little frustrated,"
" Why are you frustrated?"
" It's complicated,"
" Then, un-complicate it,"
" Pch..." he frowned. Still, he remained gentle with me this time around.
" I just. I'm jobless,"
" I know that," I frowned at his logic. Was he frustrated because he lost his job? That did make sense... Still...
" You aren't getting it. I'm jobless. And as of now, I have no income. And we have a kid coming," Oh... Wait. Was he thinking about us and our baby? Aww...
" I just want to secure a job before the baby comes. And for that, I need to do this,"
" You're doing this for baby?" I looked at him hopefully and his expression completely changed because he seemed to be melting as he stared at me. And then, he sighed and pulled me in a soft hug
" For whom else would I even do any of this? I need to start a company and secure an income before baby comes in, Pari... That's why I'm so busy na. But leave this topic. You wanted to say something,"
" Hmm... It's the 45th day,"
" What 45th day?"
" The day the lock down ends. Sohit! Did you forget?! The lock down is ending at 12 today and we can go out from tomorrow,"
" Wait. Seriously?" He looked at me in disbelief and I just sighed at his reaction
" Check your laptop for today's date na,"
" One minute... Wait. Seriously. It's the 45th day!? The lockdown ended?!!!? We can go out now?!"
" Exactly! And I was thinking that since you promised me... We could get a better ring but since you are jobless and don't have any money-"
" What do mean by I have no money? I might be jobless but I'm not kangaal!!"
" Ha toh great na. We'll buy a nice, costly ring. Ok?" I smirked at him as I wrapped my arms around his waist and he just raised his eyebrows at me
" Something tells me that my fiance is expensive,"
" Didn't you find that out the day you came here and I asked for 5 times the rent?"
" And 20000 per Maggie packet. Of course I remember it all. You're a cheeky little woman. Ha!" He pinched my nose and I just giggled in his arms.

We were happy for a moment there, in each other's arms. Really living it for the moment when it happened.

What happened?

My phone buzzed and he picked it up. And no, it wasn't some private message that he shouldn't have read or anything like that. It wasn't a call either. Nor was it any notification from any of my apps.

Instead, it was a nation wide message that was sent to ever single SIM that belonged to the country... And you know what it was?

" What is it?"
" The lock down has been extended,"
" Huh,"
" Due to high covid cases... The lock down has been extended inevitably!!!"
" What?!"
" We're stuck here again! And I don't even know for how long this time!!"
" NO! This is wrong! What about my ring now?!"
" You're thinking about your ring?! I'm thinking about how the hell will I make this work from home?!"
" This cannot happen. Sohit! Do something!"
" What can I do?! I'm myself stuck with you again!!!!"
" What the hell do you mean by stuck with me again!?"
" No-nothing bad. Just that a little privacy would be nice...?"
" HMPF! FINE! TAKE ALL THE PRIVACY YOU WANT! I'M LEAVING THIS ROOM!"
" NO! Wait! PARI! I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT!!!"