A JACKFRUIT IN HEAVEN

A jackfruit in heaven [4] A love giant

The last Sunday morning in December with covered snow of laziness. It's been a month since we started living together after the registered marriage of Mathu and me.

And here also the lot pomegranate trees have around her house. When the snow falling over them, I felt the sense of loss to migrate from my mother village to Mughalpuram. Now, I am a refugee who migrated from Mughal Puram to Mathu's Koyikkal village. But one thing, the presence of Mathu is consolating me from all difficulties. I can stay here with Kaiju for as long as I want. But I have to go with Kaiju to Mughalpuram. Sometimes I can't stay in the Khan Mansion. But I could stay in the house that my father got as share.

Mathu's father didn't oppose our decision. But he strongly recommended we shouldn't go to my village for a few months. He was afraid we will be victimized by moral police or religious groups.

Between the two winters, we loved and understanding each other, that time was enough to understand our body's chemistry. Almost seats were empty in the bus that returns from Mughalpuram to her village. We used that amenity for conversation, but sometimes that conversation would end when she starts to sleep in the middle of the journey. I had understood that she was waking up early morning to take the first bus from her village to meet me at our Library. But we can't forget the first-day journey from my street to her village.

I touched on the mark in the old wound on my forehead, the one-year-old wound that I had achieved intentionally for my life partner.

Why the gardener is quickly running to the front gate?

There has somebody making commotion with the lady sweepers. But I can't get a clear vision of who is there because of the snow. When I came there I saw a lady sweeper caught Mansoor's shirt collar. And Mansoor afraid and he is standing frozen like a statue.

Hey, take off your hand from him, he is my cousin. She said the sorry to him and me and walked away from us. He has come even in the snow to see me, but I felt uncomfortable when I saw him in the early morning. Suddenly, I remembered my father and his bad health.

For a few moments, I couldn't understand what happened there in the current situation, so even I felt my words stuck on the throat, then I realized my mind has been going through mixed emotions.

What did you do to her to be she so angry? I asked him when we start to move to the house.

She didn't allow me to enter inside so I abused her in bad words.

This is your serious mistakes, Mansoor, you know? She is an MBA Graduate. I feel sad, about this difficulty that you faced, but, you should avoid your shot- temper manner and these bad words, that is now what you have been doing to Kaiju also so that the reason Kaiju was always away from you.

Please don't make a stigma fence around you by your behavior if you really loved Kaiju.

Kaiju is not feeling well, Akram.

She no longer needs my gift or presence, now she needs a doctor's presence. The last week suddenly she was falling unconscious. Now she is in cancer treatment. Blood cancer.

I realized he trying not to look at my face when he was saying that. I too tried not to look at his face. Sometimes maybe we cry. We were silent, the first time we afraid of silence. I can't cope with it. Are we, three persons, are going to be reduced to two in the coming days?

We sat in the step of lotus pond unable to talk even a single word. Or what should we talk about right now?

Kaiju had always behaved to me like a sweetheart though I didn't accept her love request. But, Mansoor has deeply loved Kaiju even though, she didn't take him seriously. Once, when we all together sitting for dinner, just before Mansoor seated with us, I indicated with seriously to her about his deep love and Mansoor is always waiting for you. When I asked her why you didn't reply to him, she didn't answer me. After that, When I saw she served food for him, I thought, her mind has been changing. But my expectation was pretty wrong. But, later I realized, she has only to sympathy with him as a member of Khan Mansion. But, there had unity among us as members of Khan Mansion, but, Praseetha she was like a guest that frequently come among our family circle. Mansoor was excited and happy the times whenever Praseetha joining us. Because he was seeing in her a helpful friend for his love with Kaiju. We together walked early morning, actually, we were celebrating that time with loud talk and laughter.