Kavita's Submission [COMPLETED]

Chapter 8

Highly mature and sensitive content ahead. Reader's discretion is advised.

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Third Person's POV

Kavita hesitantly walks inside her room, and notices Sameer angrily flipping the pages of the book that was in his hand.

Even when she closes and locks the door, he does not look up from the book.

She is unsure how to approach him, or even whether to approach him or not.

She knows he is still angry after what happened earlier. She has been thinking about it since it happened, and she feels like she should not have said those things to him.

Agreed she is still sad over what happened two nights back, but she should have talked properly with him rather than running her mouth like that.

She reticently walks towards him and sits on the edge of the bed.

"Sameerji, woh jo maine kaha-"

"Abhi bhi kuch kehna baaki hai?" Sameer interrupts, keeping his book over the bedside table and glaring at her. "Ek tofa kya la diya tujhe, kya yeh lagne laga tujhe ki main teri kuch bhi galat salat baat sunn lunga?"

Kavita shakes her head. "Nahi, Sameerji. Mujhe pata hai mujhse galti hogayi. Woh mera mann thoda ashant tha, toh bas ussi mein woh baat muh se nikal gayi."

"Tera mann ashant tha, toh aaj mujhese jubaan lada liya. Maa ke saath bhi hamesha unchi awaaz mein baat karti hai. Ab kya kal Pitaji se bhi jo mann mein aaye woh kahegi? Hum logon ki koi kadar nahi hai tujhe?"

Kavita lowers her head and does not say anything. She feels pain washing through her when Sameer does not even ask her why she was restless in the first place.

"Maine kabhi bhi Maaji se unchi awaaz mein baat nahi ki hai," she says. "Jabse biha ke aayi hoon, unki kahi huyi har baat maine Maani hai. Aapki bhi toh har baat Maanti hoon main. Aur Pitaji ke saamne toh maine aaj tak koi baat bhi nahi ki hai."

"Kya kaha tune? Mera kaha huwa har baat Maanti hai tu?" Sameer asks her.

"Haan."

"Toh thik hai. Chal abhi bistar se uth aur apne kapde utaar."

Kavita is stunned upon hearing Sameer. "Ji? Aap yeh kya keh rahe hain? Hum baat kar rahe ha-"

"Ab mujhe tujhse koi baat nahi karni," Sameer interjects, not letting her complete. "Bas yeh dekhna hai ki tu kitna sach bol rahi hai."

"Par Sameerji, meri baat toh-"

Sameer again interrupts her. "Par war kuch nahi. Ab mujhe teri koi baat nahi sunni hai. Tune hi abhi kaha ki tu meri har baat Maanti hai. Agar sach mein Maanti hai, toh abhi uth aur nangi ho jaa. Phir mere paas aake meri dhoti khol. Aur agar tuney yeh nahi kiya, toh main samajh jaunga ki tere mann mein mere liye koi izzat nahi hai."

Kavita cannot decide what she should do. She does not want to take off her clothes, and Sameer does not want to listen to her.

When she does not move and keeps sitting on the bed, Sameer loudly sighs and shakes his head.

"Thik hai. Pata chal gaya mujhe ki tere mann mein kya hai. Kal shubhah tere Babuji ko Sandesh bhijwa dunga ki woh yahaan aajayein."

Kavita frowns on hearing that. "Ji, kyun?" She asks, her voice hoarse.

"Jis patni ke mann mein mere liye koi izzat hi nahi, uss patni ko apne paas rakh ke kya karunga? Jab tere Babuji aajayenge, unke saath tu bhi chali jana."

Shocked expression flits through Kavita's face. "Aap yeh kya keh rahe hain, ji?"

"Thik hi toh keh raha hoon."