When they returned home from the hospital, Sameer was more worried about work than anything else. He was busy talking to himself loudly about the work that must have gone unattended that day. Arya, however, was worried about something else. She urged him to stop worrying about work and pay a little more attention to his own body but he kept mumbling to himself. She asked him to stop talking and rest on the bed. When Sameer kept getting hysterical about work, Arya butted in.
“Today things could have turned out to be really bad. You are lucky to be discharged so quickly. You have no idea what the reports tomorrow might suggest. So stop worrying about work and look at yourself a little.”
“Oh no! I have to take another leave tomorrow. Who would do all the work there? My boss is going to kill me.”
Arya grabbed his phone, “Give me his number. I’ll call him and tell him that you won’t be coming to work for a week. If he comes here to kill you, he’ll have to go through me first.”
Sameer was awed, “Oh babe, I know that you will fight with the devil if you have to.”
Arya threw the phone back at him, “You only have one work to do tomorrow. Go and get that report and rest all day. You will not do anything else tomorrow.”
“But…”
“And rest your little head too. You have to give your body some rest. What happened today was not normal.”
“I feel quite fine right now.”
“Trembling in pain and nearly fainting is not fine.”
Sameer turned mute.
Arya continued screeching, “What kind of work do you do that forbids you from revealing a chronic pain to your spouse? What’s the point of earning so much if you die like this?”
“Who said anything about dying?”, Sameer playfully replied. “I am going to bother you for at least another fifty years.”
“If you bother me even for a minute more, I’ll kill you myself.”
“Have I ever told you that you look beautiful when you are angry?”
Arya put up an enraged face, “What’s so beautiful about this?”
“That little nose turning red.”
“That’s it. Where’s the knife?”
“Alright, alright. No more jokes. Just come and sit with me for a little while. See the good part about me fainting — now we can spend the day together. How I wish I could faint everyday!”
“Sameer! Don’t ever…”
“Alright. Alright. Who would dare to take me away when you are here to protect me?”
Arya hugged Sameer tightly, “I wouldn’t let anybody. Never ever.”
Frank Solanki 
This was awesome, Frank! Thanks. 🙂
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These flashbacks are lovely. I can get an idea that Sameer and Arya are really in love with each other.
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