The Love In Marriage

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Keerthi glared at the wall in front of her. The clock struck ten thirty. Her husband still wasn't home.

He had left before she even woke up yesterday and came back after she had slept.

She missed him.

She only waited for him tonight because he said he didn't have dinner in the office. She wanted to at least look at his face while he ate. She missed it.

Vikram walked into the house at Eleven fifteen,he pecked his wife in a greeting and made way to his room to freshen up.

Keerthi glared at her husband's back,they hadn't even kissed properly in the last few days,for crying out loud.

She thought he would want to spend time with her,make love to her.

But her husband's priorities were clearly different.

She decided to wait till he ate though.

Vikram was famished by the time he came downstairs,to see his wife setting his plate.

"It's late. Why didn't you eat in the office?"

"I don't like eating at office everyday", Vikram shrugged.

"Fine", Keerthi mumbled.

"Are you seriously going to work now?", Keerthi asked,disbelief clear in her tone,when she saw her husband sitting on the couch in their bedroom, switching his laptop on.

"Just for a little while."

"Come on. I am sleepy."

"I didn't ask you to stay up", Vikram glanced at his wife.

Keerthi was getting irritated."You can do it tomorrow."

"No. I can't.",Vikram replied

"You got so busy", Keerthi complained.

She didn't even talk to her husband for more than five minutes in the last week.

"Keerthi", Vikram snapped,"I am not having fun here. Understand when I say I have work. Go to bed if you are sleepy."

"Fine", Keerthi hissed,angry.

She switched the lights off, getting into bed.

Vikram glared at his wife,talk about overreaction.

He sighed,taking his laptop and walking into the study.

Keerthi jumped when the door slammed shut.

She turned to see that her husband disappeared. She was disappointed,she half expected him to come to bed.

It was only at sometime in the middle of the night that she felt herself pulled into a familiar warm chest,as she snuggled into it, slipping into a deep slumber,a smile on her face as she felt her husband place a kiss on her hair.

**

"Vikram", Sakshi looked at her son,a frown on his face.

He looked tired.

Vikram had gone to the kitchen to drink a glass of water before he went to bed, surprised to meet his mother on the way.

He expected her to be asleep.

It was late.

"Goodnight Ma",Vikram wished his mother,squeezing her hand.

Sakshi pondered if it was the right time to talk to her son. He was exhausted as it is.

But she sighed,making a decision.

"Let's have a talk,yeah?"

Vikram was puzzled,though he followed his mother.