18. Being husband and wife..

The first feeling that Farah's mind registered was off a caress in her hair, she was coming out her slumber slowly, but the soft rub on her forehead was very hypnotic, not allowing her to gain senses. Her mind started re-calling events before she slept, slowly connecting things and finally giving her the approval of whose hand it could be and with what right is he so close to her. She blinked her eyes twice to see Wali was rubbing his fingers on her forehead, she got up with a smile on her face, and cuddled in his arms as she sat up, "good morning Wali", she said slowly, closing her eyes again

"good morning, I was waiting for u to get up", he said with his fingers still mingled in her hair, and Farah blushed, "ku?",

"because I have to leave for work",

Farah raised her head from his chest, realizing he was all dressed up and ready for work. She slowly moved away, adjusting the sleeve of her shirt, "sorry..", she felt embarrassed and moved more away, while Wali got up from her side, and headed to the dressing, grabbing his wallet and mobile,

"tum chale jate,..", she managed to utter in a low voice. Wali looked at her through the mirror, and the hurt look on her face was very evident, he sighed and came to sit beside her again, "chala tu jata, but somehow I felt that ur morning wish would make my day better", he said wearing his wrist watch and Farah just looked at him in disbelief, and after a few moments the pink color was evident on her cheeks, he looked up and kissed her cheek leaving her in surprise again,"lunch main ne bana zarminey hai, I didn't  know k tumhain breakfast main kia acha lagta hai tu wo tum khud bana lena, bahir telephone cradle pe diary hogi, us main se number le k zarminey ko phn kar lena plz, she wanted to talk to u, apna mobile number tumhare cell main save kar zarminey hai, ghr ki chabi kitchen main fridge pe hai, and now I am getting late, and we will meet at lunch", again a kiss on her cheek and he left.

Farah was surprised that he spoke so many sentences in one go! Surprised, laughing and blushing she got out of the bed and folded the sheets and arranged the pillows, softly rubbing her hands over the pillow they shared last night, she just wasn't able to control her blush, taking a deep breath and trying hard to control her smile she looked at the clock, out was 7.30, her office was to start at 9.00, so she still had an hour, she could leave at 8.30.

She quickly grabbed her clothes and headed for a shower. She dressed herself in a royal blue knee length skirt, and tied her hair in the usual high pony. She went in the kitchen and prepared herself a cup of coffee , Wali had made mixed vegetables, and before she could think of packing for herself, somewhere her mind told that it would have been packed, she glanced at the counter, and found a tiffin packed, she smiled, more on the thought that she guessed right. She threw it in her bag, grabbed the keys from the fridge and went to the telephone cradle and noted down zarminey's number, she was surprised to see the diary, it was almost empty!, "sarial!, he has no friends!", she said shaking her head and left for work.

Walking down the road, she dialed shehna's number, shehna was much tensed about her, but Farah's jubilant voice and  blush made her relax.

She reached her office at about 8.50, and before starting her work, she decided to call zarminey. She was nervous, but the moment she heard zarminey scream after she introduced herself, all her awkwardness was gone. They chatted for a while and had to hung up because of Farah's work. She thanked her for the gifts and Farah promised her to send her picture once she would go home and for that they exchanged e-mail ids. She noticed how much she loved her brother, well that was no surprise to her. Sisters almost shower their lives on their brothers, whether brothers show their affection or not.

After having a hectic and heated discussion with her boss about the final approval of banner designs, she finally had something to cheer about! It was lunch time!

Again taking a final approval from the mirror, she left the office to have lunch with Wali - umm..with her husband!, she corrected herself, with an ever beautiful smile gracing her face. 

She reached his work site, finding him again at his corner place, she decided to give him a surprise. Walking stealthily, she was about to place her hands on his eyes when she was taken aback by his voice, "good afternoon Farah", he calmly said and she was furious, sitting beside him she huffed,"I was about to surprise you!", she pouted and Wali broke a bite form his tiffin, "surprise?, but I was sure that u would come", he teased her taking a bite and passing her an intense look which made her lower her eyes. She opened her lunch and started eating slowly, experiencing frequent glances from him, but after taking a couple of bites, she was completely engrossed in her lunch, because it was very tasty, and Wali was observing her ways. She looked beautiful, blue suited her the most, he thought, but no, she looked good in brown also, but yesterday in red she was looking heavenly, guess it is not easy to come to a conclusion, so giving up in deciding in what did she looked the best, he got up seeing that Farah had finished her lunch, "ok Farah, see u at home", he was about to turn, "tum kab tak ghr aao gey?', she re-called his part time job,

"almost 12", he again normally said and left, she was about to leave, when she sensed that Wali had turned and was looking at her, glancing sideways she found her doubt right! Wali smiled lightly and headed to his work.

Farah's heart was warmed by his gesture, he was a sort of a person from whom such treatment is not at all expected, and whenever it came from him, it was really special. This over-whelmed feeling stayed with her the whole day.

And on entering the home, she felt so happy, contrary to what she used to feel before, thanking God on the sudden change He had bestowed her with, she changed into her PJs and after selecting from a pile of  pictures, she decided what to send to zarminey, she mailed her about 5 pictures, hoping she would like her. First she thought that she would ask Wali about which pictures to send, but she knew he won't answer, and instead would say something that would make her blush like hell. He had this strange, witty and intense way of romancing and complementing which she was experiencing a lot during the past two days.

Catching up on some of her office work, she went in kitchen. She thought the same food for dinner would be boring, so she boiled some rice and mixed the vegetables into the rice, making it a vegetable rice, by adding a few more spices. She tasted and she was satisfied with the taste.

 She looked around the home, finding some business books, his degree, his accounts book. She didn't open anything, somewhere she felt she would ask once, she was sure he wouldn't like. There was a lot more to be known about him, but she knew she would come to know him.

At about 12, she was waiting for him, going through a magazine, when her wait finally finished, she jumped up in hearing the click of the door and ran towards it, and as Wali entered, she hugged him, "welcome home", her soft voice felt like music from heavens and Wali closed his eyes -  this was the reason he married her - her warm touch.

He hugged her back planting a small kiss on the nape of her neck and she closed her eyes, pulling herself away, she looked into his eyes, being very close, as he had not bothered taking his arms off her waist.

"u are on time, it's exact 12,", she softly said, placing her arms around his neck, "that is because, ", he pulled her close, "I didn't want to keep my wife waiting", he normally said and she lowered her head blushing while he tilted his head to observe the pink color forming on her cheeks, " u have started romancing the moment u entered," she said trying to loosen his grip but it was not working, "so any problems?", he leaned over her ear and she chuckled, "Wali dinner nahi karna hai?', he reached for the clip in her hair, "I have better things to do than dinner,", he opened her hair and she managed to open the grip of his arms around his waist,"Wali plz dinner kar lo na, I have cooked for the first time", she said as her eyes become wide with imploring which was enough to melt his heart, "ok!, I'll just go and change", he kissed the tip of her nose and went inside and Farah smiled .

He returned, changed into his tracks in about 10 minutes, finding the dinner table set and Farah standing there, looking so beautiful in her open hair and smile. He took his seat and Farah served him the rice, and sat opposite him, waiting for him to take the first bite, but he was busy glancing at the rise, "well if I am not wrong, then I cooked all of this nahi?', he took a bite and looked at her ardently to see her angry expression, "g nahi!, u cooked only the vegetables, I mixed them in rice and then I added more spices, so this dinner belongs to me", she said stamping the glass at the table, which made Wali smile.

"well, the truth is that the base of this is cooked by me", and Farah's expressions turned more stiff, "but u made it worth eating", his voice was as usual normal, without any emotion but Farah felt the hidden meaning. After the dinner, Wali got up and just picked up the plates when Farah held his hands, "ye sab main kar lon gi, u go and rest,", she took the plate from his hands, "u are spoiling me, I am not used to all of this", he said handing her the plate and this time she decided to be naughty, she took the plate and placed it on the table, and placed her arms around his neck "well it's better u get used to me, because I am definitely not going to let my husband arrange dishes, especially after when he returns home after working for 18 hours", she softly said with a smile and Wali just noticed how beautiful she looked with curved lips, "ok now u go and n rest, I will just catch up on cleaning", she was about to move away when Wali caught hold of her waist, "well u said to get used to u!, right?",  he said moving close to her and she plainly nodded, "so for that I need u with me all the time ", he inhaled the fragrance of her hair and she tilted her neck shying, "I just need half an hour", she managed to speak, while he kissed the corner of her left eye, "15 minutes", he whispered and left for their room. Farah took a deep breath to absorb the intense passion.

She finished all the cleaning in about 12 minutes and entered the room blushing.