AN INEQUITABLE LOVE

No Tour With You, The Village and The different touch

" Aaj jitna ghumna hai ghum lo. We'll be leaving tomorrow. Yaad hai ya phir yeh  bhi bhool gayi tum?", Rishabh taunted.

"Bol liya? Ab niklo", Shehnaaz gave him an uninterested look." Shoda kithe da!", she said as he left. Shehnaaz would have been in a good mood only if he left a chance to provoke her. It seemed that it made him happy. She would have killed him if she was allowed to.

Shehnaaz paired a white colored loose top  with a striped denim skirt. Wearing a brown beaded multi-layered necklace, she carried a jute sling with her as she wore her wedges. " Ready! " , she exclaimed.

She asked Shrey how she looked while he just said fine. " Shrey beta, bata na mumma kaisi lag rahi", she asked him to praise her for the hundredth time. " Superb mumma! ", he said. He was all smiles but changed his expressions as he looked at her hair.

He scratched his head and looked at her. "Mumma yeh nest jaisa Kya hai aapke sir pe? ", he said to her.

" Messy bun kehte hain isse". That was enough for Shehnaaz to again start with her asking session on how she looked. " Sachi achi nahi lagri kya? ", she asked again.

" Baal kharab hain", he stated and got busy with his game. " Yaar! Itni mehnat se kiya tha", Shehnaaz whined. She undid the bun and left her hair open. Applying a light colored lip gloss she admired herself in the mirror.

Shehnaaz narrowed her eyes, looking at the mirror. " Kisne haq diya tumhe itni khoobsurat dikhne ka?Haan?", she said to herself, moving her hands all over the mirror. She kissed her reflection and whispered, " I love you, Shehnaaz. Kitni awesome ho tum! "

She knew how to make herself happy. Self acceptance and self love are really important and never did she fail to give her all the love. They complement each other. Never demean yourself. Treat yourself the same way you treat your loved ones. We tend to get toxic towards our own selves because of the imperfections but that's what makes us unique. One would prefer to stand out in a crowd rather than being like someone else.

" Mumma!", Shrey called Shehnaaz asking how he looked. Like mother like son. She pulled his cheeks and gave him a kiss. "Eww ", Shrey made a face as he rubbed his cheek. " Bada eww ho raha hai tera? Ab aana tu mere paas", Shehnaaz said. She turned towards in a second and held him tight in her arms. Giving him a big kiss on his cheek she irritated him again.

Shehnaaz and Shrey met with Sidharth as they walked out of the hotel. " HI! ", he shouted from some distance, waving his hands as he ran towards them. Not again!, Shehnaaz thought. She greeted him with a smile while Shrey just jumped into his arms.

"Chalein?", Sidharth asked, excited.

"Kidhar? Aur kyun? ", she said. She did not want to go with him.  He was too clingy at times but he had a good heart. Shehnaaz had started noticing his actions way too much . Though she looked uninterested last morning, she too wished for his attention yesterday while he sat near the pool with his wife, last night. The only reason being that she felt attracted towards him. All she knew was that she wasn't heading towards the right direction. It was fine to like somebody but she did not want this to turn the other way.

"Nahi jaana mujhe", she said.

" Abey teri maa kya cheez hai! ", Sidharth said to Shrey.

Shrey signalled him to come him. Sidharth bend down to him, placing his ear near this mouth. " Mujhe bhi nahi pata ", Shrey whispered as he giggled.

" Chalo na yaar! ", Sidharth cooed her. On getting no response he pulled her to the car as they drove off.

"Kahan Jaa rahe? ", Shehnaaz asked after good 15 minutes.