The day after tomorrow, finally SamaiNa were shifting to their new home, and embarking on an exciting journey, but they had mixed feelings in their hearts. On one side they felt happy and justifiably proud of themselves for fulfilling their long-awaited dream at a young age, but on the other side, they felt a sudden heaviness brimming their chest while remembering with moist eyes all the good and bad times they spent there, made a thousand memories, had night ventures to the terrace, celebrated almost every festival, discovered darkest secrets, learned to be matured with time, and found each other's constant support and trust which was important for a healthy relationship.
Hadn't they met here in this very society, they wouldn't have been living this life full of love and delight.
They both would have been married to different people at different places by now and maybe life then would have been too complicated and tangled up to live.
Sometimes children sacrifice their decade-long love for their parents' prestige in the neighborhood and decide to spend their whole life with someone they cannot fall in love with. But Naina never wanted to compromise with her love life. However, if her father would have refused to accept Sameer she would have chosen to live single rather than tying the knot with a stranger to make her mother and father feel pleased.
Hence, she was immensely grateful to God for not putting her in a precarious situation and making it difficult for her to choose between love and family.
She was thankful to everyone, including this lucky society, for finding her a beautiful life partner with whom she could be transparent, childish, immature, romantic, wild, angry, and most importantly real. She can be herself in front of her understanding husband, she doesn't have to wear curtains of fakeness and needs to hide anything from him. She was given this much freedom to go to him even at midnight and share those unsaid and disturbing feelings, thoughts, and experiences she could not open up with others. She was assured a gazillion times by HIM to never hesitate to reach out to him and seek his help. He will always be there for her like a knight in shining armor, like a shadow behind her trembling self.
"Kya soch rahi ho?" Sameer asked his wife with a calm smile while closing the carbon box.
"Kuch nahi, is society ki bahut yaad aayegi." Naina said mellowly, her eyes turning watery as she gazed at their bedroom where they created unforgettable moments.
"Hmm, mujhe bhi...especially terrace ki, waha toh shayad terrace par bhi lift se jana padega, itna upar aaya hai." Sameer replied to her with a slim smile, lowering his agitated gaze to the floor.
"Kitne jaldi yeh saare saal beet gaye na? Kitne chote the hum, har waqt ladai jhagda karte the, kabhi ek dusre se sahi se baat nahi karte the, aur izzat deni toh aati hi nahi thi. Pata nahin kab kaise pyaar ho gaya aur hum relationship me aa gaye." Naina couldn't help but feel thoroughly amused by thinking about uncountable times she and Sameer had gotten themselves into a wild fight after first meeting, never permitting each other to behave impeccably and like humans.
"Sach me yaar, I mean yeh hua kaise yeh bhi kabhi kabhi samjh nahi aata." Sameer lightly chuckled, equally surprised to realize that two renowned Junglee Billi are now delightfully married.
Is it for real?
Like seriously?
Are they really husband and wife?
Naina let out a hearty chortle as she said tauntingly with playful eyes - "Tumne jitni meri insult ki haina us time pe, believe me, koi aur hota na toh main uske saamne kabhi dekhti bhi nahi, par bhagwan jaane kyu tumhari itni rudeness, badtameeziyon ke saamne bhi mera dil melt ho jata tha aur main phir tumhare saamne aa jati thi, apni beizzati karwane."
