WHY THIS DISTANCE

22| Aadriti

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After we finish doing the rituals Agastya's mom gets excited to show me Agastya's childhood albums.

I laugh after seeing Agastya's nagu pangu photos and capture them in my phone, just in case!

She insists that I take the album with me so I can see it whenever I want and who am I to deny that?

"Oh, I have never tried it how does it tastes?" I ask Agastya's mom as she fills the filling in the puranpoli specially for me to take home.

"Its a sweet dish I am sure you will love it" She adds with a smile.

I insist on helping her but she suggest that I shouldn't because it's my first time holding a fast.

I sit on couch chatting along with Agastya's mom when his dad appears inside the living room.

I glance at him side ways observing his actions when he sits down on the couch infront of me grabbing a newspaper.

Its literally afternoon!

I roll my eyes mentally and my stomach grumbles telling me to eat something but clearly that's not happening today.

I hear clear throat clearing noise which makes me turn my attention to Agastya's dad instead.

He holds the newspaper infront of him and stares at me narrowing his eyes when I raise my eyebrow in question.

"Where are you from?" He questions looking down at me from the specs he was wearing.

"From India?" I answer it as a question with a smile which gets him to stare at me more intently.

He clears his throat once again while I wait for him to utter something else getting ready for a rapid question and answer.

"I mean where does your family lives?" He asks again and I glance at my mother in law who watches our exchange of words in amusement.

"They live in a bunglow actually" I reply innocently which gets him to frown further.

"What do they do for living?" He decides to ignore to my answer and continues questioning.

"They fight with bad people" I add leaving the 'like you' part to myself not wanting to cause fights with my sasurji on the first day itself.

"Oh are they in police force?" It's my mother in law asking this time as she looks at me in surprise and amusement.

I just smile laughing awkwardly at her ignoring the look on my sasurji's face.

I suddenly feel nauseous which gets me to drop my smile immediately. My mother in law looks at me in concern at my sudden reaction.

"What happened?" She touches my arm looking at me in concern when I feel the wave of nausea coming again.

I rush towards the closest place which is kitchen and bend over the sink getting ready to vomit but it doesn't happen.

Strange!

"Aadriti are you fine?" I hear rushed footsteps coming towards the kitchen noticing my mother in law coming towards me as my sasurji stands near the entrance.

"What happened bachha?" She asks moving a soothing hand on my back when another wave of nausea hits me again.

My throat starts to feel dry and I feel the energy level of my body dropping down.