We Too Had A Love Story

Insecurities

SANJANA KUMAR

I felt a ray of light falling on my face and I woke up.I opened my eyes and saw Virat's heavanly face so close to me,I felt his breathe that time.He looked just perfect, his hair,all on his forehead,his nose red due to cold,his mouth a bit open.He looked like a child.I just stared at him for a while and realized that we were in the same bed,in the same blanket. We just slept together? I questioned my self and blushed onto the thought. I leaned forward and covered the sunlight falling on Virat's face and just stared at him.And he woke up.His eyes were still puffy but better than yesterday.He still smelled great at that time.He looked and smiled at me.

'Good morning beautiful' He said as he scrolled his hands through my hair that kept coming on his face.

'Are you photoshoped?' I asked.

'What?' He said and broke into a laugh.

'Yeah,I mean you just woke up and look at you.You look perfect' I said.

He laughed and pulled me towards him.My nose touching his.

'I always thought you faked those 'good morning' pictures on Twitter' I said.

He laughed and said,' you look perfect too'.

And my phone rang.

'Always a bad timing' I said and picked up the call.
Virat went to the washroom.

It was from Neha.

'Hey Neha' I said.

'Hey babe,where are you?' She asked.

'Umm...I'm out.What's the matter?' I asked.

'Actually I was thinking of going for shopping today,you toh know so many ceremonies.How about I pick you up at 1?' She asked.

'Yeah..umm..that sounds perfect' I told her.

I had an evening shift today and wanted to stay with Virat.But I didn't wanted to say a no to Neha.

The clock struck 11 then and Virat came out of the shower.His face was shining.He made me go 'OMG' every time I saw him.

'So what are the plans today?' He asked coming towards me.

His voice sounded better,much better than yesterday.

'Neha just called, she wants to go to shopping today' I said taking a step towards him.

'So you don't wanna go?' He asked as he placed his hand on my waist.

'I do..but I want to stay here with you' I said putting my arms around his neck.He pulled me further.

'Then stay' He wisphered near my ear and kissed my cheek.

I went weak each time he touched me.If he didn't held me,I would've fell every time.

I just smiled. And from nowhere his dog rushed in.Virat kneeled down and the dog started licking his face.

And also if Bruno came home that meant the whole family must be here.Oh my god,what do we do now? I mean we were to tell them someday but this was not the right time.

'Everybody's home Virat!' I exclaimed.

'So?' He asked.

'So,where do I go?' I asked.

'We'll go down and you meet them' He suggested.

'No Virat.it doesnt look good..and..' I was talking as I heard his brother's voice and I rushed to the washroom.I sticked to the door and try to overhear their conversation. And after sometime I heard nothing.I came out and saw there was no one.I went to the washroom to wash my face. It had a very unique tap attached to it,very different to what I had in my apartment. It was very fancy.I was not able to open it.And all of a sudden it opened and the water was splashing on me.I somehow maganed to close it but by then my jacket was completely wet.I  couldn't go out of the room but I needed to change.I decided to take a bath then.

VIRAT KOHLI

I managed to take my brother out of the room.He was the only one to come home,every one else stayed at his in-laws place.He came here to see me and drop Bruno then went for his job.

I went to my room and saw Sanjana coming out of my washroom wearing my hoodie,her hair wet.

'Stop staring,I had nothing to wear' She said and sat on the bed.

'What happened to your jacket?' I asked.

'It got wet courtesy your very fancy tap' She said and wore her sneakers.

I just laughed.

'Where's your brother?' She asked nervously.

'He's gone' I replied.

'Thank god' she said.

'Why are you so scared? We need to tell them soon' I said sitting next to her.

'Yeah we do but not now' she said very casually.

'Then when?' I asked.

'I don't know but not now,not like this' She said and talked as if she didn't wanted to talk about this topic.

'What's wrong now?' I asked her.

'Can we just leave this topic for sometime' She said and stood up.

'No,we can't' I said.

'Virat,try and understand we need to be sure about this thing first' She said.

'What? You love me,I love you what else do you need?' I asked standing up.

'You're not getting me' she said. And that point I really didn't.

'Don't you want to marry me?' I asked her.

'Of course I do but it's too early' She replied.Her voice suggested that she didn't had any more plea.
But I wanted to talk to her about this.

'I'm not saying that let's get married today.I just want that let's get it started by telling my family' He said.

'Virat,I don't want to talk about this.I've gotta go' She yelled and went away in no time slamming the door hard.

I was really surprised by her reaction then.I had seen her first time like this.
I was not in a hurry but we needed to tell our close ones.We were serious about each other.But then the way she talked, it felt weird. She was good at explaining herself always but this time she didn't made sense.She sounded unsure,scared but scared of what,I thought.

THIRD PERSON

Sanjana was finally home.She had a long day.She went for shopping with Neha and then went to her office and came home.
She sat in her balcony,a lot of emotions arosed inside her that time.The thought of meeting Virat's family as his girlfriend made her anxious.Not that she didn't wanted to.But there was an insecurity somewhere inside her that what if everything went wrong,what if she hurt Virat,what if she ended up not loving him,what if she is not able to carry their relationship forward.She was a confident women but sometimes her heart sinked with thoughts like this.
She felt sorry for talking to Virat like that and called him,'I'm sorry' She said.

'It's okay' he replied.

'I hope you understand' she said,her voice very low.

'I do and you don't worry.Everything is fine' He said.

She wanted to tell him how she felt but couldn't find the right words to say,something kept her from not talking to him about the storm that took place inside her.

'So let's go out tomorrow for lunch' He said trying to cheer her up.

'Yes,tomorrow sounds perfect' She said.

'Okay then see you' He said.

'Yeah bye' she said disconnected the phone.

She sat in the balcony itself looking at the sky,finding some answers.She was sad about the fact she behaved today.She needed to put her insecurities at rest and needed to believe in their love.And he needed to put them at rest and prove to her that their love was the strongest thing.She was fire and he was the same; the moment they got together,it had to be a war.