"Going so soon to bed?", I say "But I'm not finished with you yet"
She turns over on the bed and God help me, she is beautiful and sexy.
"Come on, let's do it once..."
"No."
"Why not?"
She doesn't answer.
I go near her. She smells good. Hmmmm...what could it be? It is jasmine.
"Do you know that you smell like jasmine?"
"Really?"
"Yes."
She is on her back and I ask, "How can a beauty like you ever love me?"
"I don't know."
I ask, "What do you want tonight? Veg or non-veg?"
She gushes. "Veg...only...always."
I sulk.
"Can we try only once, non-veg?"
"No!"
"Okay. Let's have it this way. You take veg and I will have non-veg."
"No way."
"Do you know that you are stubborn?" I ask
"Cheee...bad boy. I can never allow non-veg."
"But it's me...your lawfully wedded husband."
"I said, 'No!'"
I know that it is pointless to try any further.
"Okay. Let's have veg." I say "Where do you want me to start? Ears, mouth, eyes, neck...?"
"Your wish." she says, "I'm yours...almost."
"In that case, I will start with your mouth. I will close it so you won't say 'no' anymore."
I put my lips on hers.
Taking a mouthful, or more precisely a lipful, I say, "Your lips are so clean and reddish."
She doesn't say anything.
I roll back and look at the ceiling. I say, "Acchu..."
"Tell me..."
"Can I ask something?"
"What?"
"Why do you only like me?"
She is silent.
"Why do you like me and not love me?"
I look at her face. She doesn't look back at me. Her face has turned serious.
"We needn't have married. We needn't have gotten into the relationship in the first place."
She is nervous. She gets up to go.
I say, "Stop!"
She stops but turns her face the other side.
"How long can I put up with you?" I say, "I'm never enough for you. Come on...say something. Atleast say, 'I have to say "yes".' I didn't lie to you when I said that I wanted to be with you even if it meant only over the phone. You are all that I ever wanted. If only you were actually with me now. Look at me now. A wretched man not knowing the real from the imaginary. If only you had told me that you are just reflecting my affection and that you had no feelings for me on your own. I wouldn't have persisted on you. Sure, I would have been a wretch for a couple of years but I would have never been lost. Did you say that you love me because it was done in the movies and the books? My heart bleeds in self-pity. This is not the life that I ever expected. I'm not angry with you. I'm sad that you weren't a little more honest. I have no one. I don't have you. I don't have my parents. I don't know why I'm still living. Can you do me a favour?"
She asks, "What?"
"Can you allow non-veg?"
She turns over on the bed and God help me, she is beautiful and sexy.
"Come on, let's do it once..."
"No."
"Why not?"
She doesn't answer.
I go near her. She smells good. Hmmmm...what could it be? It is jasmine.
"Do you know that you smell like jasmine?"
"Really?"
"Yes."
She is on her back and I ask, "How can a beauty like you ever love me?"
"I don't know."
I ask, "What do you want tonight? Veg or non-veg?"
She gushes. "Veg...only...always."
I sulk.
"Can we try only once, non-veg?"
"No!"
"Okay. Let's have it this way. You take veg and I will have non-veg."
"No way."
"Do you know that you are stubborn?" I ask
"Cheee...bad boy. I can never allow non-veg."
"But it's me...your lawfully wedded husband."
"I said, 'No!'"
I know that it is pointless to try any further.
"Okay. Let's have veg." I say "Where do you want me to start? Ears, mouth, eyes, neck...?"
"Your wish." she says, "I'm yours...almost."
"In that case, I will start with your mouth. I will close it so you won't say 'no' anymore."
I put my lips on hers.
Taking a mouthful, or more precisely a lipful, I say, "Your lips are so clean and reddish."
She doesn't say anything.
I roll back and look at the ceiling. I say, "Acchu..."
"Tell me..."
"Can I ask something?"
"What?"
"Why do you only like me?"
She is silent.
"Why do you like me and not love me?"
I look at her face. She doesn't look back at me. Her face has turned serious.
"We needn't have married. We needn't have gotten into the relationship in the first place."
She is nervous. She gets up to go.
I say, "Stop!"
She stops but turns her face the other side.
"How long can I put up with you?" I say, "I'm never enough for you. Come on...say something. Atleast say, 'I have to say "yes".' I didn't lie to you when I said that I wanted to be with you even if it meant only over the phone. You are all that I ever wanted. If only you were actually with me now. Look at me now. A wretched man not knowing the real from the imaginary. If only you had told me that you are just reflecting my affection and that you had no feelings for me on your own. I wouldn't have persisted on you. Sure, I would have been a wretch for a couple of years but I would have never been lost. Did you say that you love me because it was done in the movies and the books? My heart bleeds in self-pity. This is not the life that I ever expected. I'm not angry with you. I'm sad that you weren't a little more honest. I have no one. I don't have you. I don't have my parents. I don't know why I'm still living. Can you do me a favour?"
She asks, "What?"
"Can you allow non-veg?"