"Why would I punish you? Nandini this isn't a jail, it's your house baby"
"But he had said every marriage is like that, a jail" I shake my head at her words
What the hell did he tell her?
"Nandini sweetie what else did he say? I mean what are these punishment?" I ask
"Which one do I tell you?" She asks
"There is more than one?"
"Oh yeah, like tons" she mumbles giggling
this is so fucked up, what the hell is wrong with aman?
"This one day he had came over to my house to meet ma and I but I had the worst cramps" she says with a pout
She does get really bad cramps, the first time she got them I almost called the doctor because of how loud she was crying in my arms, it wasn't until I placed a warm heating pad on her that she fell a sleep.
"So that day I just couldn't get up, I tried, I tried very hard to get up and shower but after showering I couldn't get up, I couldn't even lift a finger. That pissed him off because I didn't come out of the room to say hi to him and he had to come up in my room"
"Did he hurt you?" I ask
"Not this time, he just screamed at me because Mumma had gone out to grab snacks form the store in front of our house"
"What the hell? Why did he scream at you?"
"Because I was not respecting him but hey it's fine whatever" she mumbles like no big deal
"no nandini this is bullshit. How the hell are you so quiet and okay with that shit. You are someone who puts up a fight with me when I says something wrong to cabir"
"thats because I know you would never hurt me, you wouldn't even lay a hand on me or push me out of this house. I know the man you are manik and I know that I could do anything and you would never question my loyalty to you. You don't even care if I walks around in shorts, I literally wore your shirt the other day because it reminds me of you and you kissed my head telling me how nice It looked on me so no I don't think twice before uttering anything to you" she says sitting back
She isn't wrong, I don't care what she does, she could smack me if she wanted and I wouldn't even glare at her.
I sigh a little for even bringing this up right now because I need to get her some medicine and have her sleep for a good 8 to 10 hours so she can get better. Her fever wasn't too high after dinner but I need it to be gone.
"It's okay, I'm sorry for bringing it up. Come here please" I whisper reaching out
She grabs my arms laying down on my chest
"Lets gulp this pill down okay and we can talk about this some other day"
"I don't want this, it's bad" she says shaking her head
"You need to"
"Nope" she mumbles hiding her face in my chest making me smile
"Come on get up, it's only one pill"
"Nooo I am sleeping"
"Nandini bacha it's either medicine or doctor, you get to pick" I mumble
"These are both very very and options and therefore I nullify them both"
"You need to stop watching these weird ass movies with cabir"
"Heheh it was from a show" she mumbles laughing
"Shh get up and eat this"
"No no"
"I will give you a chocolate okay"
"Okay" she says sitting up
I chuckle a bit seeing how she actually she agreed just for chocolate. I had her the pill that she has placing the glass on the table beside her.
she places her hand on mine, palm facing up
"Choco please" she says making me smile
i grab a piece of chocolate for her that she munches on laying back on my chest
"No more, you have" she says putting the chocolate on my lips
"You feeling okay?" I ask covering her with blankets
"Okay" she whispers
I look down a while later to find her a sleep already making me smile. I slid down in bed with her still on my chest turning the lights off, keeping the dim lights on because she will get scared
The best feeling for me is when I come home from work and Nandini runs into my arms and starts blabbering about her day, from the moment I step to the moment she sleeps, I get to hear it all and I love it.
My eyes close kissing her head, she is perfect, she is so tiny and cute, almost like a kid hahah which she always pouts at, like all the time but I am starting to feel things for her and I won't deny I nor will I suppress it.
YOU ARE READING
His Burden
RomanceA little short story on arrange marriage of two individuals, one who was about to get married to someone else and the other was a guest at the wedding, but both of them end up getting married.
