His Solace ✅

6. The Past

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#MaNan: Pleasure and Punishment

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She was adorned in a red bridal lehenga. Her eyes were glassy and red.  Nandini turned around to look at her father who had tears in his eyes. She kept looking at him and then finally said, "Take care, Dad." She tried to smile but immediate broke into tears.

Manik wrapped his arms around her. While holding her gently, he made his way to the car waiting for them. Nandini looked back one last time to capture the scene in her mind. Her dad was crying. Her Bade Papa and Badi Maa were also emotional. Even that Aryaman had tears in his eyes. Mukti was crying on Abhimanyu's shoulder. Her Rajesh Kaka was also crying in a corner.

"Nandini, don't cry. Your makeup is getting ruined and you have started to resemble a witch." Manik tried to make her laugh and he succeeded in it when a teary-eyed Nandini began to smile all of a sudden.

He opened the back seat door for her and helped her with her lehenga while she got inside. Then he sat beside her on the back seat and the car sped away to their home.

Nandini put her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Do you feel tired?" He asked while patting her head.

She hummed in response.

"Means we won't be consummating tonight?" His straight forward question left her astounded, not for the first time though. Her eyes immediately jolted up in disbelief and she stared at him as if he was an alien.

"Why are you staring at me like this?" He asked in confusion. C'mon, everyone have sex on their wedding night. What's so surprising in it?

"Because you leave no chance to shock me. And no, we are not consummating tonight." She shook her head.

Manik made a pouty face and looked away from her. Nandini just ignored his dramatics and put her head against his shoulder again.

Soon they reached the apartment. Manik helped her get out of the car. He unlocked the main door and welcomed her in.

"Now you must be disappointed at this boring welcome by now you very well know that I am a weirdo. Those stupid wedding rituals make no sense to me. Though consummation is a reasonable practice but then it needs to be consensual which isn't the case for us. So I'll wait for your consent and then very soon our baby would be in your womb. And then after a year-" His rant was cut off by his wife of an hour.

"Can I come in, Mr. Husband?" She asked with sugar-coated sarcasm.

He bit his tongue before grinning, "Sorry, sorry, I drifted off in my rant. Mrs. Nandini Manik Agnihotri, welcome to our home."

And she stepped inside her new home with a bright smile on her face.

"Mani, I can't believe this. Few months ago, we were mere strangers and now we're married." She rejoiced.

"We're each other's reality now." Manik remarked with a smile.

"I want to dance with you." She requested forwarding her hands for him to hold them.

"Your wish is my command, wifey." And he put his palm on her waist while his other hand entwined with hers. Nandini put her free hand on his chest.

They began waltzing at a slow pace without any music. The only music they could hear was their heartbeats and Nandini's jiggling jewellery. They kept looking into each other's eyes forgetting their surroundings. The moment felt like heaven and they didn't want it to end.