HUMNAVA MERE ☑

Chapter 26

They reached Shehnaaz's appartment at 7, smile fixated on their face. Shehnaaz was about to step down when Sidharth stopped her. She looked at him with a smile.
'Breakfast ke liye mom ghar bula rhi hai' he told her.
'I'll take time to get ready...beer ki smell aa rhi hai..mujhe shower lena hai' she said with a pouty face.
'I'll wait' Sidharth smiled. Shehnaaz smiled and blew him a kiss. She chuckled and got down. Shehnaaz and her antics never fail to surprise Sidharth. He giggled looking her get down and stretch standing up on her toes, yawning. She turned and raised an eyebrow at Sid. He shook his head and got down. Luckily no one was around and they both quickly stepped into the lift. They entered her appartment and she straight away went to shower and get ready. Sidharth lazed around yawning. He sat on the couch and switched on the television to listen to early news bulletin. He scratched his head and yawned, they didn't had a proper sleep. He thanked God that he had nothing to do today, he could sleep peacefully after having breakfast. He looked around being bored and found a booklet from a interior designer.
He pouted angrily, maybe she wanted to change some interiors. He saw a book mark on one of the pages and directly turned onto that page. He smiled to him on seeing that it had cane seats, she might be wanting one for this flat.

Shehnaaz came and saw him intently looking into the booklet and smiled at him. He saw her and she looked fresh and beautiful. Her hair were slightly wet and her face bare, free from any makeup. He couldn't help but admire her beautifully glowing.
'Kya dekh rha hai?' Shehnaaz smiled.
'Huh?' he reacted as if suddenly woken from a spell. Shehnaaz controlled her blush and with eyes pointed towards the booklet in his hand, 'Kya dekh rha hai'.
Sidharth facepalmed in his head and muttered a curse under his breath. Shehnaaz couldn't hold and let out a small chuckle.
'Tu cane seat le rhi hai' Sidharth said trying to suppress his blush. He felt like a young boy caught oggling his crush.
'Soch rhi thi pr ...nhi' 
'Kyu?' he frowned.
'Ughhh...vo... balcony bhut choti hai' she made an excuse and bit her lower lip. She was clearly lying but how could she tell how she thought of being married to him in another four months. She was looking generally for a swing but then she thought that it would be useless after few months. Her thoughts further wandered on how this house could be used by her friends or family if they were to visit Mumbai. They could even use it for parties or if nothing it was a nice investment. She thought of all and then blushed thinking how she was thinking of future. Future after their marriage. This thought would have been so irritating a month ago but he came and changed things making her feel blessed. Her mind might still be in a denial that she can be happy and love again but her heart was again wanting to be filled with love. It felt empty otherwise. Sidharth was not convinced, there was at least space for a small cane seat. But he let her be.
'Chai?' Shehnaaz asked. He shook his head.
'Chalein? Mujhe bhi nahana hai' he spoke in his baby voice making Shehnaaz laugh.

They reached Sidharth's appartment and mommy welcomed Shehnaaz with a warm hug.
'Good morning bacha' mommy said loving stroking both their faces.
'Good morning' they wished together.
'Ghar gye the pehle?'
'Haan aunty' Shehnaaz smiled.
Nisha entered rubbing her eyes and hugged Shehnaaz.
'Good morning Sana' she said yawning. Shehnaaz rubbed her back.
'Party kaisi thi?' Nisha asked.
'Huh?' Shehnaaz asked confused.
'Boring hi thi' Sidharth quickly answered making mommy laugh.
Shehnaaz looked at him with furrowed eyebrows but didn't say a word.
'Dono dekho khud ko...mama aur bhanji ek jaise...jao nhao' mommy said to cover up.
Nisha left to take a bath. Shehnaaz kept looking at Sidharth waiting for him to say.
'Kya?' Sidharth looked at her
'Kya?'
'Btata hoon...' he sighed. 'I always go to that place with friends for camping ...peechle do saalon se I never went there. Neetu and jiju ne bhi plan Kiya tha but I denied because vo mera happy place hai...and I didn't feel happy in past two years...' he started to walk away not wanting a conversation on this, 'Until a month away' he said walking away making her both smile and wanting to hug him tightly. That place was special to him, he had spent much happy time during his college days there. It was his peace location. She was happy he found her important enough to share that place with her.