Sona's POV:

"Teacher finished... teacher finished"

My kids began screaming and pointed towards their notebooks and clock at the same time only to show me that they have finished their work in time and now it was time to say "Tata bye bye"

Quickly I checked their books and sent them off to their homes...

Picking up the mat I swept the living room and marched towards the kitchen as my hungry lion would come at any moment and whine for food

The time with my kids flew so fast that I didn't even realize that it's already been a month since I met these little monsters...

They are too naughty but not less than me as my husband says...he feels I am the naughtiest among all the kids and he wanders how I teach them and what they learn from me

So mean he is...

Never speaks a good word about me...

He only taunts me...

But also he is my support system...

As expected the execution of home tuition wasn't easy...

Parents weren't ready to send their kids to a place where a divorced drunkard stays...

I was awarded by many taunts...few of them were

"What will they teach the kids... how to drink and get into jail??"

"How to be violent with the people??"

"How to be a slave to a drunkard??"

I was questioned for kids safety and had been asked for good results within two days as if I was cooking a two-minute Maggie noodles

But come on uncles and aunts even Maggie won't cook in two minutes, how can you expect the results in two days...

Let the kids get habituated to me first...

As a parent they were right too...thinking about their kids safety is their top priority but at the same time they shouldn't judge us by the tags we have in society...

Initially, they were scared then hesitated and when finally they came to know us a little more and their prejudgments were proved wrong now they have surrendered their kids completely to us

And my schedule is perfectly managed too...

I cook lunch boxes for both of us then leave for our respective places...come back home...take tuition...cook dinner and finally have a peaceful time with my husband...

I share my everyday stuff with him which he listens to and nods a big "hmm"

But he has not left his Hitler character...

He checks my assignments and journals whether they are incomplete or not and as always being a cutie pie he completes them and I doze off to my dreams...romantic ones off course

Arun Sir is back from the village but he spends most of his time in the factory and Maa is doing well too...

And a special mention...Suhan

He apologized for crossing his limits and we are back on the track of being best friends

As of now, life seems pretty peaceful and content...

And tomorrow this peaceful life is going to be a happy one...

Ask why????

It's my birthday tomorrow...

And also our 6 months anniversary...

We are going to celebrate both occasions on the same day....

I am so excited....

And I don't know when my body automatically started jumping at the thought itself...

Oh hello, miss jumping jack...

Don't be so excited you might hurt yourself...

True...

Excitement develops expectations and as you all know...expectations always drown you in the pool of hurt and disappointment

So no more excitement...

Let the day go with the flow...

Though I convinced myself a small part of me still has a little expectation...

I want to celebrate this day with my husband...

I know he won't do anything special for me like a surprise celebration or something but at least I want him to wish me...

Those two words from him will swell my heart and I would just fly in the ninth cloud that too without wings...

But as decided...

No expectations...

But please

Wish me, Arjun..

I'll be so happy...

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Next day:

Author's POV:

Exactly 6 months before two confused yet already destined hearts came together and today they are celebrating 6 months of their blooming love...

He didn't talk a single word to him since morning and she was confused by his sudden behavioral change but little did she know that the beast himself was planning a surprise for his beauty...

Though he had beautiful plans of celebration destiny had served something different in their fate so she came up with the only thing she knows...

Expressing his love through words...

The day went as usual but she was confused by his silence...

Post dinner he simply handed her a box and signaled her to wear it...

She was over-excited now...

Finishing her night chores she was waiting for the beast in the verandah to come back from his walk and all of sudden her hand was pulled by another one and was dragged far away from everyone and everything

She was startled by the sudden pull but instantly calmed as he felt her presence...

A pair of black mysterious yet innocent orbs met the beautiful chocolate brown ones...

It was bound that every time their eyes met the magic of love had to drizzle its beauty...

First, it was a surprise...
Then a brief gaze where only their eyes talked a few unsaid words and finally they both smiled...

Seeing themselves in each other's eyes their hearts smiled more...

She kept adoring his gentle calm and resolute black eyes while he smiles happily as his face was gleaming with the moonlight-like look...

She looked absolutely cute in the red saree he had gifted her that he so wanted to pull the big baby's cheeks and lifted his hands to her face but somehow he suppressed all his urges and softly took her innocence-filled face in his rough palms...

The feel of her cheeks against his palms felt so simple yet beautiful...

She was startled by his sudden action  and her lashes lowered while he slowly whispered "I want your eyes to look at me so that I can engrave you to every depth and every corner of my heart"

She blushed at her words...

Is it for real...she thought

And he smiled as he said "I have a message for you in my heart that I want it to reach your heart"

Lifting her lashes she smiled a little at him as she was eager to know the message

He took a deep breath and let his heart reach the message to hers...

"People are put into this world to find the other half of their soul and you have been put here

To find me...
To see my heart...
To touch my soul...
And to heal my pain...

With your innocent love, you unlocked the door to my heart and put your first step in it and now you rule it like a queen

In 35 years of my life, I have spent so much time intensely longing for something that I didn't even know but then you entered my life like an angel and turned my life upside down...

I have invisible ugly scars on my heart that people have honored me with so much love and that's the reason I protect myself from people and the word called love but being an angel you unlocked my heart with your love wings and made me crave more and more for your love...

There was a time when I ran away from you and your love but the more I have striven to remain detached from you...your love brought me, even more, closer to you

With your love, I am becoming everything that I was in the past...

You make me feel the old me...

I was full of thorns but your love is forcing those thorns to turn into flowers...

It is said that an angel doesn't knock on your door when you wish instead an angel knocks on the door to your heart when you are left alone sulking in the clouds of darkness...

And one fine day a little angel knocked on the door of my broken heart...

With your every breath
you taught my heart to beat with a new hope

With your every smile, you enlightened my soul and brought me to the world of lights

So every time my heart beats it echoes only one tune that are you...

Every time my lips curl up I wear the beautiful smile that is your pretty face...

I was just a piece of flesh and blood until I met you...

And once I met you your name is imprinted on my heart and your existence molded in my soul

And you know what Sona...with the experiences embraced in my heart I never dared to give even a tiny bit of myself to anyone before but when I am with you I get a strong urge to give myself completely to you...

And now my heart and soul completely belong to you...every ounce of me is you Jaan... only you...my soul belongs to you, Sona

And if I ever lose you  I'll be dead

Don't leave me, Sona...

Please"

He shivered at the thought itself as his eyes welled up with moist tears...

She slide her hands down and rested them right over his chest underneath which his heart was pounding softly yet anxiously

Resting her hands on his chest she asked his heart to listen to the depth of her  love

Feeling his heart against her palm felt so good that words will never be able to describe what was she feeling right at that moment

"Where will I go Arjun...

You are my home...

Though you never feed me food with your hands you feed me your utmost love and affection that swells my heart...

Though you never put me to sleep in your arms your caring and protective lullaby let me drown in a peaceful slumber...

Though your hand never touched mine you touched my soul with your selfless love...

I heard that when we are married we should see a parent and a baby in our life partner and I feel the same in our relationship...

You become my parent and scold me when I am wrong and correct me with your guidance...

When I am with you I be myself...
I'll be the one that I want to and I so want to spend a simple sweet happy life with you...

With you, my little world seems so beautiful"

He was dumbfounded at her confession while she simply laughed

"I know I am being too filmy but I want to say this to you, Arjun...

Every ounce of me is only you...

My soul belongs to you...

Ever and forever"

He couldn't help but smile at her while she simply leaned close to his face such that their breathe meddled

"We are to be one soul.. one bond as one entity till eternity...

I want this new beginning of ours to be memorable and beautiful"

Her right hand slowly traveled to his forehead where he had an innocent mark of his childhood...

She began caressing that cute mark of his with her fingers as she said "This mark of yours is an eternal symbol of your childhood innocence and it's so adorable that I feel jealous that I couldn't see my small baby's innocent stunt...

But never mind...

I will do something worth memorable for my big baby...

Just like this eternal mark, I want to give you one more mark as a symbol of my love for you

And again...

This one will be eternal

She said those words and before he could understand anything her hand traced back to his head making him lean towards her and that was the moment...

Her lips gently touched right at the mark on his forehead imprinting an eternal symbol of love on his heart...

Her lips pressed tightly yet softly against his forehead while he just stayed numb absorbing the warmth of her lips on his cold skin

At this moment two hearts felt warm and moist like the calm waves in the sea that even if we put a big stone it will not set off a big wave...

That soft and sweet kiss of love was everything they would ever want...

It was out of the world...

Unexplainable...
Indescribable...
Magical...
Divine...
Blissful...
Beautiful...

Promising her love to him she slowly leaned back her head but couldn't look into his eyes as a tint of pinkness flushed her cheeks she looked down to his heart but her lips couldn't help but speak

"I love this...I love feeling your heartbeat...this feeling is so serene...so blissful...

I wish to spend all my nights feeling your ecstatic rhythm of your heart"

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Sona is waiting for his answer...

Will he fulfill her wish??