OUR THIRTY DATES♡

NO FLOWERS OR PROMISE RING!

The sun brightens up, flushing down the darkness, those shining start going invisible again, a soft breeze flowing and caressing the green leaves of plants, flowers enjoying themselves and blooming out to feel the air.

That fresh air removes those dried leaves fallen on the ground, and a new journey starts, they can become a soil nutrient, just a decorative piece of nature or a small shed for some.

Ashima get out of her bed, pulled her hair in a messy bun, she makes her way to the balkani, facing that beautiful morning, she stood with her hands-on railing,

Rubbing her eyes, ashima observes the environment, with a fresh breeze, and emerging lightness in the sky waking up all the early risers, some insects and small animals coming out of their habitat, and some going in,

The chirping of birds can be heard, a flock in v shape migrating from one place to another, she sees some elderly walking with steel containers to collect milk from a stable while talking to each other,

Few youngsters running around with headphones on, teenage boys going in groups with the kit, ready for a cricket match.

Ashima goes downstairs and sits on the veranda with a prepared tea with snacks and a newspaper, she heard her mother chanting prayers in their small temple,

In a simple cotton saree, wet hairs wrapped in a towel, roaming around the whole house with fire deity and incense stick, she came to ashima and start chanting some mantra and let the stick smoke goes to ashima, and then give her some raisins as a Prashad.

Ashima sees Basu uncle, who was watering all the plants on the lawn, Malini comes and sits beside ashima and starts drinking her tea, Malini sigh looking at kaustav, she told him many times not to do any work in her home, but he never listens.

" when you will accept him?" Ashima asked her mother.

"it's not that easy ashu, we can't be together at this age, "Malini said looking down at her hands.

" he's with us for more than 8 years Mummy, leaving behind his family and son, just occasionally seeing them, he already proves his love for you."

" what will people say? What about your father's side of the family? In old age, you only live for others...some find their peace in spirituality, some in their grandchildren or children but they forget themselves in that.

Change is hard, but it's harder for our society."

"Society! Seriously Mummy, that society and those people didn't even come to support you when you were going through so many difficulties,

You didn't have courage back then but please don't disappoint him this time" ashima said looking at kaustav.

They both didn't say anything and just sat in silence, malini looked at kaustav, a lot of thoughts were running through her mind, and she sighs and just looked at him.

"Forget about me, everything is going well?" Malini asked her daughter, holding her hands.

"Yeah, I don't know about the future but I want this to work."

"It will don't worry, and what I heard about him from you, he sounds nice person but still I want to see him before anything move forward."

"Okay, I'll ask him."

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Aman was sleeping peacefully, but suddenly someone kept shaking him up and calling him up. He opened his eyes slightly only to see two big pairs of green eyes staring at him blankly. He was startled and got up hastily, but before he could react, a small body strangled him on his stomach.