Sidharth comes back home. Shehnaaz had already reached home so he goes to her room. She was reading something.

Sidharth: Sana you said you don't have any book to read but what is it that you are reading?

She lifts the book and flashes at him, it was an account maintained by her dad for household expenses and he had asked her to do the math for him.

She was still mad at him so she doesn't speak a word and continues with the work.

Sidharth: Oh!! Someone is still angry with me!! Who do I give these green bangles to? And this sweet smelling Son Champa as well.

She looks at him with a still frowning face.

Shehnaaz: I am not a 14 year old Sana, who would get lured with these. You are talking about getting a 'Sautan' (husband's another wife) for me so I am not going to tolerate it. I have gone through enough until now.

Sidharth: Sana, I was just teasing you sweetheart. I haven't informed Maa but I won't say yes to anyone. Tomorrow when we go home, it will anyways be ruled out.

Shehnaaz: I can't tolerate this statement even as a joke now that you have accepted our marriage.

Sidharth: Okay! I love only my possessive wife who hasn't once said I love you to me.

Shehnaaz: (blushes) Ammaa.. these bangles are so lovely.

Sidharth: Changed the topic again. Don't you love me or you don't want to say it?

Shehnaaz: I...

Sidharth: Yes, come on you can say it..

Shehnaaz: I am feeling shy (She hides her face with her palms)

Sidharth: Arey wah! You can cry for me, miss me, show your possessiveness towards me, get angry and mad at me but to say those three words you are feeling shy? Now even I am adamant on listening to it. I won't talk to you until you say it to me.

Shehnaaz: (takes off her hand) Huh?

He was gone. She makes a sad pout.

He was running behind me until I frowned. The moment I gave up my anger, he is showing me his attitude. Why do I have say it when I am already showing him my love? Why can't he understand that I feel shy to say it?

Sidharth was sitting with Mahinder and talking to him about politics. Shehnaaz gets tea and snack for them. She looks at him while giving him tea cup but he ignores her. She makes a disappointed face and goes inside.

After sometime she comes back again and pretends to see out of window standing behind Mahinder. She looks at Sidharth but he doesn't. She clears her throat, he still doesn't look at her. SD calls Mahinder and he excuses himself to go inside. Shehnaaz coughs and he now looks at her. She holds her ears to say sorry.

He smirks and looks to the other side. She throws a crumbled paper at him. He looks at her, she signals to open the paper. He picks up the paper and  opens it. It read "I Love You".

He looked at her and she blushed and shyly put her head down. He clears his throat and goes inside his room. Her face showed disappointment.

In 2 minutes, he comes back and throws a chit on her. She picks it up immediately and opens it. "You want to play with chits, I am ready but if you want me to talk, I want to hear the same words from your mouth."

She makes a cute puppy face at him but he goes back to his room.
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It was late night and they all had disbursed to their respective rooms to sleep. However, Sana couldn't sleep as he hadn't been speaking to her. She waits for sometime until her parents were asleep and slowly sneaked into his room. He wasn't sleeping but his back was facing her. She slowly goes and blindfolds him with her hand. Before he could speak, she whispers in his ears  "I Love You"

She left her hand and was about to run away when he held her wrist and pulled her towards him. She landed on his chest and he hugged her. She was so shy that she hid her face into his chest.

Sidharth: You took so much time to say this Shehnaaz. Why do you feel so shy dear? I am your husband. You can talk to me anything and everything under the sun.

Shehnaaz: Hmmm.. please leave me, Amma or Baapu might see.

Sidharth: But I don't want to leave you. You are my wife.

Shehnaaz: It's a matter of one day. Maaji will except me na?

Sidharth: Yes sweetheart.

Shehnaaz: (lifts her hand and looks at him) I am scared. It didn't affect me last time since I was too naive to understand but this time I will not survive if she rejects me.

Sidharth: What are you saying sweetheart? We will live together and spend our life together. Maa will surely accept us.

She keeps her head down, her ear was attached to his chest and she could hear his heartbeats.

Shehnaaz: Can I go now? Please, Amma had asked me to sleep in another room until Maaji accepts me.

Sidharth: Sasurji requested the same to me. You know what I couldn't sleep all this while because I didn't speak to you and wanted to hear those three words from you. But now after you've said it, I won't be able to sleep as well. It gave me chill the way you whispered it. In future, you might say it thousands of times but this will be inked forever in my heart and ring forever in my head.

There was no reply from her. He lifts his head and checks and find her asleep. He hugs her tightly and falls asleep.
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Shehnaaz was awake but her eyes were still closed as she had the habit of praying before opening her eyes. After praying, she smiled with her eyes closed reminiscing last night and suddenly she panicked when she realised that she slept in his room. Though they didn't do anything wrong but she feared her parents to find her in his room. When she opened her eyes, she found herself in her room alone. She sighed and smiled. He had lifted her and placed her in her room at night.

She finished her morning chores and went to his room to check on him. He was still sleeping. She  went close to him. She shook him slowly but he didn't react. She checked the door and then slowly kissed his forehead, he didn't wake up so she planted few more all over his face.

She gazed at his lips and ran her thumbs over them softly. His words rang in her head "I had promised you that I won't make your mouth jhoota until you want me to." She ducked closer to his face, her heart was pounding louder and her breathing was irregular at the thought of what she was going to do next.

She flinched from her place when she heard SD calling her. She looked at the door and sighed since there was no one at the door. She looked at him and Oh Snap!! He was awake, sitting on the bed and smirking.

Sidharth: Are you going to continue what you were doing? I promise I will sleep or atleast pretend to.

She blushes and runs away. He smiles and lies down again. She peeps into the room and speaks with her head down.

Shehnaaz: Please don't sleep. I am not going to come again. Get ready since we need to leave in another hour. (She goes away)

Aww.. my wifey!! I so love her.. I wish I hadn't walked away 5 years back, I missed so much in life. This guilt will stay with me and trouble me for my remaining life.
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Sidharth: Maa.. maa..

Sulochna: Arey Sidharth! I thought you are going to come on Saturday. You should have been working today right? (She looks at Shehnaaz standing with him) Oh! You got a guest home.

Sidharth: No Maa, She isn't guest. She is your daughter in law.

Sulochna: What? You got married without telling me?

Sidharth: No Maa, She is Sana. I got my wife home Maa.

Sulochna: Huh? What's this Sidharth? After 5 years, suddenly you got her home.

Sidharth: Yes Maa, I met her again in college, she is my student. You thought she moved on, but she didn't. Maa, I love her and I want to spend my life with her.

Sulochna: Is marriage a child play for you Sidharth? Whenever you want you get her home. Whenever you want you leave her. How am I suppose to ask her parents? You know in what circumstances they took her away from here. With what face will I ask them to send her back? And what about the other proposal we were suppose to see this weekend?

Sidharth: Maa, Sana's parents are outside and they've already agreed. They are just awaiting your approval. Infact they were embarrassed to come infront of you.

Sulochna: Why are they standing outside? Call them inside.

Sidharth escorts them in and they greet Sulochna. There was a kind of awkwardness between everyone except Sana as they all knew that they were wrong earlier.

Mahinder: Please accept our daughter and forgive us for the past deeds.

Sulochna: I want my son's happiness, if it's with Sana then I am happy. I just hope that we take lesson from the past and move forward leaving behind the past baggages.

Shehnaaz looks at Sidharth with another concern which he already understood.

Sidharth: Maa, As I said Sana is my student as well. She is in 2nd year, she would like to complete her Bachelor's degree.

Sulochna: But where should she stay since you stay in a PG with your other friend?

Sidharth: For now, she will continue to stay with her sister until I find a rented house somewhere. Maa, after that, you will come and stay with us.

Sulochna: Let her finish her studies and then will decide where would I stay. I don't want to leave this house because it was built by your father.

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To be continued.. ❤️❤️

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2 more old melodies in this chapter. I hope y'all listen to it and enjoy them.