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5. '7th Month Anniversary'

Sonakshi seemed more confident about her marriage and Dev, after her chit-chat with Shanaya that day. Dev was coming back tomorrow and she was excited to see him after a week. After having dinner, talking to Dev's parents on the phone, looking over a few files, Sonakshi decided to finish the laundry that had been sitting there for almost a week now. The office work made her tired by the time she was free from it. But she had to finish that load of Dev's clothes, before he got back tomorrow.

She opened his door and looked at the washed laundry sitting on his bed, it had to be ironed and then hung. Right when she was about to start the phone rang, before she could pick it up, it dropped.

His laundry was always fun to do, she found various things that were washed in his pockets. Papers, receipts, change, dollar bills, broken buttons, and God knows what other mess. When she was finished ironing and hanging, she looked thought his closet for any other suits or cloths that needed ironing. She might as well finish now that she was at it. To her joy there was nothing.

After making herself some green tea she walked back into his room to find a few files. When she found it, she moved back and sat down on his bed to look thought them and compare the fall and summer collections sales.

Dev had called Sonakshi to tell her that he was coming home tonight, not tomorrow. But when she didn't pick up he assumed she was already sleeping. Now, he quietly opened the house and walked into his room to drop his bags off before checking on Sonakshi in her room. But when he looked at his bed he was surprised to find Sonakshi sleeping there, files around her.

Ok, so maybe he made a mistake by sending her to the office. He went and changed quickly, then came back to clear-up the bed and stack the files away. He sat down beside her and then laid her down properly. That's when her eyes opened.

"Hey. When did you get home?" She blinked her eyes open and looked at him.

"Maybe fifteen minutes ago." He leaned down and kissed her forehead. "I didn't mean to wake you up."

"It's okay, I don't know how I fell asleep here." When she tried to sit up he stopped her. "You hungry?"

"No." He smiled.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming?" She sat up beside him and pushed her hair back.

"I did, but when you didn't pick up I assumed you were sleeping. Everything fine at the office?"

"Yes, and Shanaya and I solved our difference." She grinned at him now, more at his expression.

"That's good. Now what was wrong exactly?" He stretched his legs on the bed and sat down beside her.

"Nothing big, she was just upset her boss was married."

"Oh!" Dev laughed. "I'm glad you guys worked it out." His eyes started to close.

"You go to sleep, we'll talk tomorrow."

"Hey, hey!" He took her arm and pulled her back beside him. "Where do you think you're going?"

"To sleep." She looked at him. "Do you have 'plans' again?" She grinned and his face flushed almost pink. She laughed at him and then stopped. "Ok I'm sorry."

"Me too, about that night." He continued the frown on his face.

"Good night, Dev."

"Good night." He smiled and watched her walk away.
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Sonakshi allowed Dev to sleep late the next morning and called Shanaya to tell her that she would arrive late if she did at all today. While Dev slept in his room peacefully, Sonakshi showered, made her bed, then changed the entire bed set to pass time. After that she had breakfast, washed the dishes and dusted the kitchen where it needed attention. Around nine ,when Dev still wasn't awake she dusted the T.V. and other cabinets around the house. By nine-thirty she had nothing more to do so she sat down in front of the T.V. and switched through the few hundred channels again and again, then turned the T.V off.