"The most beautiful people wear their hearts on their sleeves, their souls in their smiles and hiding their pain in their hearts."
As though an alarm had gone off. Around 6 a.m., Aadrita awoke. She has a habit of waking up around 6 a.m., even if she sleeps late. She prayed to her favorite god, Lord Ganesh, "Ganapathi Bappa Morya."
Then she went to freshen up. Slowly, the last day's events came into her. She cursed under her breath when she remembered how she woke Arjun at 2.22 a.m.
Aadrita is someone who blurts out anything that comes to her mind when she is emotional. But once her emotions stabilize, she regrets her impulsiveness. She gets drunk on her feelings, which carries her away.
It's not the first time she had done something crazy when emotional. But as always, she regrets everything after one night's sleep.
Coming out of the washroom, she looked in Arjun's direction. He didn't show any sign of waking up. She kept fidgeting around for apologizing.
'It's already the second time that I will be apologizing. What is happening to me? Why am I behaving like a drunk?'
Breakfast and noon were soon gone. Arjun still didn't show any sign of waking up. Aadrita was bored to sleep after checking on Arjun for the umpteenth time.
When Aadrita went into dreamland, Arjun woke up hungry.
As soon as he woke up, he saw a sleeping beauty, so quiet and beautiful, as if she was an angel. But as he saw yesterday, it was not an angel but a sleeping devil.
Not wanting to think about yesterday night and get mad, he went to freshen up and get something to eat from the canteen in the next bogie.
When he came back, Aadrita was looking at him apologetically holding six packets of Uncle Chips. It could be seen that she was embarrassed to apologize again.
When Arjun thought that Aadrita would keep all the snacks aside and apologize.
Aadrita offered all her snacks to him.
" Sorry for yesterday... I was so deeply integrated into my emotions that I disturbed you in the middle of the night. My mom always said that when we apologize we should show our utmost sincerity. These are my favorite snacks. I will give you this to express my sincerity."
Arjun thought, 'She is a baby, but she is a lot more composed today.'
"Okay, I accept your apology, but I don't eat these snacks so you can keep them for yourself. It was me yesterday, but the same will not be the case for everyone, so take care of your emotions. "
"Hey... you have not eaten these snacks. It's really tasty. Do you want to try it? "
"No, I don't prefer junk food," Arjun replied, forgetting that he had vouched not to talk with her.
"Oh, another health-conscious person..."
"It is better to prevent than cure."
"Ya ya ya..." Yesterday I was at heart and a bit confused. That's why I behaved so... though I do get consumed by my emotions sometimes. it's the first time I have behaved as such to a stranger... I'm sorry...I know you accepted my apology. But still, thanks, and I do know if it was someone else's, the outcome would not have been so... I can feel that you are a good person. Like a guarding angel or police uncle: :P. I just wanted to explain. "
"It's okay, just take care of it. And I am also not that old...I am just going to get married...I am going back for my marriage this time... it's the day after tomorrow."
"Oh, what a coincidence. I'm also going back for my sister's marriage; it's also the day after tomorrow."
"Coincidence? If you were going to get married, it would be..but it's your sister. How can that be considered a coincidence? It will always be someone's marriage."
(Who knows, maybe it will be Aadrita's wedding)
"Okay, What if your wedding hall and my sister's wedding hall are sides in the same place?"
"Nope, Mine is in the rotary club where no other wedding hall is present."
"Then it can't be the same. My sister's wedding is at Sree Chitra's wedding hall. Ah, I don't want to go to her wedding."
"Why? You sound happy while talking about your sister's marriage, then why don't you want to attend?"
"That's because they will aunties asking me. What's my plan? When I am going to get married and all ?"
"The usual drama, huh?"
"Yup, Actually she is my cousin, and we are just 28 days apart. Moreover, I am older than her hence taunting will be full-on. I want to enjoy the wedding, but the aunties won't let me."
"Getting married isn't all that horrible. You can gradually choose na. In our culture, whether a male or a woman, we must ultimately marry."
"Hey, stop talking about me, tell me about how you liked your bride. Is it an arranged marriage or a love marriage?"
"It's an arranged marriage. My profile was given in the newspaper. They called, matched our horoscope, and then we went to meet. We both talked and it worked out, I guess."
"Hey, I am not asking about the standard "Penukanal procedure"! I'm asking about how you knew she was the girl. I mean, something must be clicked on right. As if she were your ideal partner or something."
"My expectation of marriage is simple: I don't need my partner to be according to some predetermined chart. I just want her to be herself. I want a simple life. I won't interfere much with her life. I will accept her and her family. Similarly, I want her to accept me and my family. There may be a mountain of differences, but together we have to solve it. I want to respect her wishes and get respect from her. "
"Hey, that was nice... some simple yet profound marriage thoughts. This is your thoughts. What about your bride? What were her requirements? Were they the same as yours?"
"No, actually I only saw her two times. One was when we went to her house and talked professionally, such as when I told her about my future plans and she told me about hers, and then we communicated through messages. But then my company got busy and we were not able to go into deep talks...The second time we met was at the railway station, where she came to send me off to Manali, where I had a project contract. She was more of a reserved type and was really quiet. I am so myself...Everyone told me that we were quite a match."
"I think you guys could have interacted more. How would your relationship work if both of you are silent? I mean, being a man, you could have been more proactive."
"I know that... I also feel bad. But I got really busy with this project. I will make up for it after marriage. "
"You should do that. You should make her feel cherished. "
"I know... I will do so."
"You are lucky that the girl didn't dumb you yet. If it was me, I would have run away alone... I would want someone who could support me emotionally... you know, cherish me. Whatever you said, I would expect that from my life partner, but I would also want his attention. Then, what is the difference between getting married and not getting married? "
"If you have such a clear view of your partner, then why are you not getting married."
"Huh...Actually, I want to, but I am afraid of getting married... But let's see till when I can stall..anyhow, soon it will be do or die time.. "
"What is there to be afraid of...? In any case, you will marry, and if you start looking early, you will have many options; as we age, our options become fewer. "
"I know... I have to think it through... OK, then you continue with your book. I will go and take some blankets from the TTR. I was getting cold last night. "
"Now I got the correct reason for why you woke me up... you didn't sleep, so you wanted to disturb me too"
Seeing that Arjun was teasing her, Aadrita threatened him, " Do you want to get disturbed today too?"
"No, please... I have to get my beauty sleep today... "
"Oh, now boys also maintain beauty sleep, ah? Anyhow, continue... " by saying that she went in search of the TTR