Vani - Snippets

Parda (1)

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Maine poocha tumse? Tum toh yeh bhi nahi maanti ke tumaare dil mein mere liye feelings hai. Bani opened her mouth to explain again but Veer just shook his head and laid down on his side of the bed. Veeranshu...parda...maine...maine nahi hataaya...she tried to lie to him again, however, he just put his arm on his face and sighed. Light band kardo...main kaafi takha hua hoon. Goodnight. Bani frowned and took baby steps towards her side and laid down. For the next five minutes or so she kept turning her head hoping to catch him still awake, but he appeared to be sound asleep. Yeh toh sach mein so gaya...aur yeh muje bhataa bhi nahi raha keh iske saath kya hua tha...Bani frowned and closed her eyes to try to sleep as well.

The next morning Bani woke up in an empty bed. She looked around the room and called out for her husband. Veeranshu? Tum bathroom mein ho kya? She asked as her eyes searched the room for a clue. Veer? She called again as she slowly opened the door to the bathroom. When she looked around the bathroom and the bedroom panic began to set in. She opened the closet door and stepped back in shock once she saw Shakura's clothes still scattered about and how he had raided her sarees just the day before demanding that she wear a particular one for him. Veer? Veer...nuy...nuy...Bani ran back to the bedroom door to go find her husband. She felt the tears welling up in her eyes and images of Shakura's sinister smile and his disgusting fingers on her flooded her memory. Bani ran down the stairs, past the family as they sat around the dinner table, and out to where Veer usually spends his mornings. In the backyard doing his morning workout. Veeranshu! Bani yelled out for him but there was still no sight. She saw that his workout gear was untouched and he wasn't sitting at the table drinking his coffee as he usually would be right now. Veer...tum...tum kahaan ho? She cried and then stepped back when she felt a familiar warmth behind her. The man put his hand gently on her shoulder and whispered Gharwali? Kya bhaat hai? Right away Bani turned around and her eyes opened wide in shock. She saw Veer standing there with his tank top and shorts on, and a towel swung on his shoulder. Bani? Sweetheart...tum...tum khaamb kyun rahi ho? Aur aise baahar daurr ke kyun aayi? Veer asked while wiping her cheeks and blowing cool air on her hot forehead. Bani sobbed and rubbed his chest to make sure that he was actually standing there in front of her. Veeranshu...maine...maine socha...tum...tum...she could barely get a word out without having to stop to catch her breath. Seeing her red cheeks and sweat forming between her brows, Veer gently led her to the table and made her sit down.

Shhh...gharwali...main sunn raha hoon. Shaanti se bhaat karro...lo...pehle paani peeo. Bani frowned and pushed away his water bottle but Veer glared at her and insisted. Bass. Maine kahaan na? Kuch aur matth sunno lekin atleast yeh bhaat ko maanlo. Mera paani peeo. He brought the opening of his bottle to her mouth and rubbed the back of her head as she took small sips. As she drank the water she continued looking up at his face and rubbed his arms to assure herself he wasn't going anywhere. After he was satisfied that she had drank enough, Veer put his bottle down and caressed her cheek. Abh batao. Kya bhaat hai sweetheart? Bani tried to not cry and looked at him with worry again. Veeranshu...jabh main uthi...toh tum nahi the...muje...muje lagga ke tum firse...firse ghayaab hogaye...aur uss Shakura ke kapde bhi vahi parre hue the...aur jaise usne- Veer smiled at her and wiped the water from her lips. Sweetheart kitni cute ho tum. Pehle muje tumaare mu saaf karne do. Bani scrunched her eyebrows and pushed his hand away feeling slightly annoyed. Chup karro...meri bhaat toh sunno...meri saree bhi vahi pe khilaari hui thi...sarees...sare lehnge aur suits...sabh mere joh casual aur western kapde hai...undwears...bras...sabh kuch. Right then Veer gripped Bani's arm and his loving gaze was replaced with an angry one. Ek minute...kya? Voh...voh tumaare kapde fohltha tha? Sarees...aur...your undergarments too? Bani looked down and nodded. Ha...aur...aur voh...Veer lifted Bani's chin and now she could see the veins popping out of his neck. Aur? Kya? Aur kya karta tha voh gutter ka khooda? Bani shook her head. She regretted even bringing Shakura up in the first place. The last thing she wanted was for Veer to waste his energy on him, especially after he had clearly been through so much physically. Veeranshu...voh choddho. Tum...tum apna workout karro...main Vinod kaaka ko kehdungi ke tumein omlette banaaye. She tried to get up to leave, but Veer held her shoulders and slightly shook them. Batao. Abhi ke abhi. Kya kiya usne? I said tell me damnit!