Calming The Storm🌌 (#wattys2019)√

55. First Fight

Dedicated to Priyadarshini2001 I don't have much to say... But thank you... Thank you so much for reading this story.

"Just as the lone sands in the desert are destined to stretch miles without a soul in sight;
maybe you and I are meant to explore that desert together..."

-Elegiac_Damsel
__________
14th December

Sampurnaa's pov:

I woke up at 6.30, half an hour later than usual. With the onset of winter in Mumbai, sunrise is much more delayed. Even at 7.30 a.m., it seems like dawn.
I felt a chill when I woke up. The weather was gradually turning cold. Indrayan was still asleep, tucked in bed under the warm duvet.
I switched on the geyser and opened the window for some fresh, morning air and then went to take a shower. I got ready by 7 a.m.
The hearing is scheduled to be at 10 a.m., so I decided to wake him up.
"Ei je shuncho! Uthe poro... Shokal hoe gieche! (Hey, are you listening! Wake up... It is morning!) I called out to him

He got up after 15 minutes. I don't exactly blame him for being lethargic; the weather sort of just urges you to remain in bed with a warm blanket or duvet.

"Good morning!" he wished me

I smiled and wished him back.

"I am going down to get the breakfast ready." I told him and walked away
...

The breakfast is ready. Maa and I prepared it together. She asked me to go and hurry up and change as it was already 8 a.m. We definitely had to get out of the house by 8.30!

Just as I was going upstairs, to the room, the doorbell rang.
I went to open it. It was the laundry man. I asked him to wait as I had a few clothes that had to be given for dry cleaning.

I went to the bedroom and took out the pile of clothes from the wardrobe that I had kept aside for dry cleaning. One of Indrayan's suits was also there. He was in the shower.

Assuming that it had been kept aside for dry cleaning, I picked it up along with the other clothes and gave it to the launderer.

I went upstairs quickly and took my clothes for changing. I had to use Boudi's room for changing as it was unoccupied.

I walked into our room once I was dressed. I had to wear my watch and brush my hair. Indrayan was there in his home clothes, looking for something. His towel was on the bed and that really pissed me off.

"Why's this wet towel on the bed? The bed sheets will get wet!" I told him annoyed

I picked up the towel and kept it outside in the balcony, for drying.

"You remember that you have to go to court right? What is wrong with you? You are literally roaming about the house in normal clothes when you are supposed to be ready for court! The wet towels are now lying on the bed and you just choose to be silent!" I just spoke out without thinking

His eyes reflected anger. He retorted,
"You had kept your towel on the bed yesterday! Did I say anything? I picked it up quietly and kept it in its place. And you are just screaming aloud early in the morning over something this stupid!"

And that fuelled my temper.
"Oh! Just because I did something wrong, absent mindedly yesterday, it means that you do the same in order to get back at me?"

"Obviously not! You think you are the only person in the world who can be absent minded! You think I would enjoy going to sleep on a wet bed? That was unintentional! Why on earth are you making such a big deal out of something this small?" he asked me seethingly