She was lost in her thoughts, and he called her "Ashi". She looked at him, he was grinning from ear to ear. She asked him what happened and he said I just wanted to look at you. Her face glowed & all her worries were gone in a second, only he could do this to her. She doesn't remember when her best buddy became her life partner. It still feels yesterday when he asked her to marry her with the ring which shines on her finger. They walked down the road and there was a familiar silence, they had known this for years. The walk from the grocery store to their apartment on the next lane was mostly uneventful. It was only eventful when he would rush back to the store for the car keys he left at the counter or she would remember that there is no haldi back home and they need to rush back. Today after five years too when he calls her heart skipped a beat.
Married and living the same lives, eating endless boring dinners together, talking about world politics and listening to music arguing over the beats, this is what life is all about to Ashi & Karan. And they loved it, that's they chose when they committed five years ago taking pheras around the fire. Marriage is all about dal chawal for the next 50 years Ashi told Karan when he proposed to her. And he said just give me some chicken with that I will manage. She didn't know what to tell him, but he left no stone unturned to make her say the yes. And every time she remembered the day her eyes would well up with tears of joy.
Karan, the guy who just went on backpack trips getting up in the morning not talking to anyone for days, today woke up to see Ashi sleeping by his side. He never thought that anyone could tie him down to the institution called marriage and yet there he was with the love of his life every morning, drink black coffee with her, hate the bitter taste and love her sweet smile. The traffic didn't bug him anymore because she would sit by side humming the song on the radio. What had she done to him, he felt he was no more the guy he used to be. He still remembered the day she walked to Meera's party in that long flowy skirt with hair loosely falling on her face and shining danglers. Her eyes sparkling, her laughter filling the room, he knew something was different.
She looked more beautiful today, her face was glowing more than ever and he knew it was him. There was somebody else, he was not the only one in her life now. He didn't know what would happen next. She was very uncomfortable, he held her hands and she looked up, she knew he will be by her side through this. They took her to the labour room, they didn't know how much time had passed by , she was crying in pain. They heard a cry and both of them laughed, their daughter was born. Today, they got another name to their relationship "parents".
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