“This is my new year resolution ke main sar jhuka kar tumhari har baat sununga!”
“Aww. Ek din bhi nahi tik paayenge iss resolution par!”
“Ye confidence mere patience par hai ya khud ki irritate karne ke ability par?”
“Irritate?” Her fist landed on his arm. “Main irritate karti hoon aapko?”
“When did I say that?”
“Um like five seconds ago?”
“Maine to bas ek sawal pucha hai.”
“Ji nahi! Aapne mujhe taunt mara hai. Wo bhi naye saal ke pehle din par? Matlab pura saal taunts maarenge aap mujhe!”
“Ab ye maine kab kaha?”
“Yahi to problem hai. Aap kuch kehte hi kahan hai? Like it has been ages since you said I love you to me?”
He rolled his eyes as she began to derail the conversation.
“At times, I feel that you don’t even-“
Advancing toward her, he snaked his hand around her waist. Wounding her hands around his neck, he lifted her to steady her feet on his. “Jo kehne jaa rahi thi… kabhi mazak me bhi mat kehna. Tumhari har bakwas sun sakta hoon but not those four words.”
His slight annoyance brought her a smile like always. Mrs. Malhotra had come to understand very well how to get Mr. Malhotra on his toes whenever she wanted.
A sweet giggle escaped her lips when his hand slid aside her Saree and his fingers brushed against her bare waist.
Her head fell onto his chest as she stepped off his feet. “Aap kitne predictable hai na, AVM? I precisely know how you’ll react to everything that I say.”
“Is it so? Does that mean that you were manipulating me, Mrs. Malhotra?”
She took a step back with every step that he was taking toward her. “No, that means that you were getting manipulated.”
“Ah, right, right!” Curling his fingers around her hand, he pulled her onto him on the bed. Tucking her hair strands behind her ears, he pressed his lips against her forehead. “I love being manipulated by you though.”
Her heart almost fluttered. His way with words still swept her off her feet even after seven years to their marriage that felt not more than seven days to her.
“I love you, Mr. Malhotra.”
“I love you equally back, Mrs. Malhotra. I love you equally back!”
I
Love
You
Equally
Back!
💜
This is a random piece of fiction. Absolute imagination. Kind of a random mini tale based on the picture on the characters named Ishqi and Aahan from the show Ishk Par Zor Nahi.Â