A LITTLE BETTER🤍

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E V A R A

A woman wearing a yellow saree was waiting for me, I sat across from her and greeted her with a smile.

"Parag Bhaisa keh rahe hai school bheje hum baccho ko, kya fayda jab padhai nahi hoti?" She asked directly.

"Ab tak nahi hoti thhi par ab hogi, pakka hogi" I said and she smiled.

"Sab yeh hi bolte hai Rani Sa Hukum, mane tasalli chahiye" She said and I found her questions interesting.

Nevan stepped forward to probably say something but I signalled him to stop.

"Hum yahi hai Baisa aur aap bhi yahi hai, humare khaatir ek baar bas baccho ko bhejiye padhne" I said and she finally nodded.

"Par humare paas paise..." She was about to continue when I spoke.

"Khaana bana leti hai aap?" I asked and she nodded with a smile.

"Bohot acha banati hu, shauk hai mujhe khaana banane ka" She expressed her joy and I immediately called Tara.

"Ji Rani Sa Hukum, kya hua?"

"Inhe Rasoi aati hai, kaam chahiye. Parag Ji se kahiye inhe Rasoi Ghar dikha de aur sari formalities poori kar de" I said and Tara stood like a stone.

"Kya hua?" I asked.

"Fo...formi, kya?" She was confused.

I picked up a sticky note, wrote the message on it and handed it to her.

"De dena, woh samajh jayenge" I said and she gave a nod.

"Bohot bohot aabhar Rani Sa" The lady said as she was about to touch my feet but I stopped her.

"Farz hai humara" I said before turning towards Nevan.

"Pakka tujhe koi Jaadu tona nahi aata?" Nevan asked making me chuckle.

"Rukogi ya nahi?" He questioned suddenly.

"I have made a lot of promises to the people over here, ofcourse I'll have to stay" I said.

We stood there looking into each other's eyes when a loud noise was heard.

"Bhaisaaaaaaaaaa" Radhya cried.

We rushed towards the living room.
Yagna was covered in sand, Rudrika was the one holding a damn bucket full of sand and Vedarth was lying on the floor as he slipped. Radhya was shocked by the scene infront of her and well....We all were shocked.

"What happened Rudrika?" I asked.

"Inn dono ne humari chocolate cake kha li" Rudrika whined.

Vedarth was laughing badly as Radhya kicked him to shut up.

"Calm down everyone! I'll buy you more chocolate cakes" Nevan said and was about to leave.

Suddenly I was pulled down on the floor and the sand stuck on me as well.

"Vedddd......Kya kiya yeh?" I screamed gaining everyone's attention.

Nevan chuckled lightly and smacked his brother's head.

"Kyu satata hai tu meri biwi ko? Agli baar kiya na toh chaped padegi ek" Nevan warned as he easily carried me in his arms.

The kids teased us and I hid my face in his neck, we reached the corridors and Nevan acted like he would drop me.

"NEVAN!"

"Nahi giregi, darpok" He taunted.

I felt embarrassed until I realised that no one was looking at us, not a single staff member. Everyone's head was bowed down a little!

"They won't look at us?" I questioned.

"They won't! A King is having his time with his Queen without caring about the surroundings, the people around should respect our privacy" He explained and I couldn't stop myself from blushing.

He climbed the stairs to our room while I looked at his face.

"Agar mai chali jau toh?" I asked in an unsure tone.

"I said the choice is yours, you decide" He said making me sit on the bathroom sink as I needed to change the clothes.

"Chali gayi toh kya karoge yeh puch rahi hu" I explained and he gave me an intense look.

"Intezaar karunga, aur kya? Ladkiya nahi ghumata mai, biwi hai mere paas" He spoke and I immediately grabbed his collar.

"Thoda hak jata ke nahi bol sakte ki mai nahi jaane dunga, kya Raja banoge tum? Rokoge nahi toh mai nahi rukne wali" I teased and he suddenly pulled me closer.

His fingers pressed around my waist and his other hand caressed my cheek.

"Yeh toh bolne ke liye thha sirf, tu ek kadam rakh ke dikha Canada ki flight mein, airport pe taala lagwa dunga" He said making me smile.

"Aur?"

"Tujhe Ghar laake baandh dunga mere saath, phir peeche peeche ghumti rehna" He spoke and I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Aur?" Our noses almost touched.

"Aage sunn nahi payegi tu, bohot ashleel baatein hai" His voice was low but it was making me go all mad.

"Sacchi besharam ho tum" I pushed him out of the bathroom and started changing my clothes.

My gaze stopped onto the scars, will he ever like them? What if...He thinks I am ugly?

"Nevan" I called and he answered from the other side.

"Bol"

"Have you seen my scars?" I asked.

"Most of them" He replied.

"Do you think I am ugly?" I asked and the lock ticked, he opened the door with a key and got in.

I was naked but did he care? No.
His eyes were fixated on my face and nowhere else.

"Dhyan se dekha nahi hai, par dekh bhi lu na toh koi zyada fark nahi padega. Mujhe tujhse matlab hai, teri kisi cheez se nahi" He said wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Sharam karlo zara si" I said as his grip tightened around my waist.

"Tune koshish ki khudko cover karne ki? Nahi na! Phir mai bhi kyu sharam karu?" He asked with a smirk.

Suddenly someone knocked on the bathroom door and my eyes widened.

"Nevan!" It was Papa.

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