Namaskaram 🙏

Date of Update: 31.08.2022

Happy Vinayaka Chavithi! May Lord Ganesha brings lots of happiness in all our lives along with his arrival.

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"Hey that's the room. Make yourself comfortable. From now this is your new home. So feel at home!" Ragini said pointing at the room.

Laksh nodded smiling. He started moving towards his room when Ragini called him from behind.

"Hey what would you want for dinner?" She asked.

"Anything!" He said turning back towards her.

"I am going to have salad, would that be fine?" She asked.

"Umm..." he hesitated and also made faces without his knowledge.

She laughed seeing his expressions.

"So what's the lesson you have learnt today?" Ragini asked controlling her laugh.

"I have to be specific regarding my menu!" He said chuckling at the end.

"Good! So tell me!" she said.

He told what he wants and she nodded. She went to her room to change. Laksh sighed as he looked around the room. He was about to get ready to arrange his things in the room his phone rang. He looked at his phone to see it was his mom who called him.

"Yes mom!" He spoke as soon as he took the call.

"Did you reach your new home?" She asked.

He looked around the room and said yes to his mother.

"How is it? Shall I video call? Papa also is back. He also wants to see you." His mother spoke non-stop.

He sighed and said yes. His mother video called him as soon as they cut the voice call.

"Hello Mr. Son!" his father waved at him.

He smiled but it was clearly forced.

"Is something wrong Laksh?" His father asked concerned.

His mother also got keen seeing his forced smile.

"Ac...actually... it's flat of one of my colleagues." He said.

"So? What's wrong?" his father asked confused.

"It's she! I lied to ma in the afternoon. Sorry." he said.

"Oh!" that's what his parents both said.

He blinked his eyes few times seeing his parents reaction.

"So what is worrying you?" his father asked in confusion.

"Because it's she and not he papa!" Laksh stated.

"That girl has to get worried for letting you in but you are worried!" His mother stated rolling his eyes.

"You have no problem if I stay with a girl?" He asked with wide eyes.

"Is she going to be our daughter in law soon?" His father asked excited.

He rolled his eyes making his parents chuckle.

"Laksh you are not a kid. You know who you are. You know what you are. You know your limits. Why would we have problem for everything? If that place is giving you shelter and it is safe for you that's enough. Nothing else matters. So stop worrying." His mother spoke.

Laksh smiled at his parents as his father also nodded assuring him. He nodded at them and blew a flying kiss to them. They smiled and bid bye. Laksh sighed in relief.

"My New Home!" he said with smile finally.

He arranged his things and moved out of the room to just give a tour of that cute small house. He moved towards the kitchen to see her making roti which he had asked her to make. She is wearing shorts and T-shirt with her hair tied into a messy bun.

"Hey!" he called her moving towards her.

"Hey!" she replied.

"Let me do. You may do anything else if you have." He said forwarding his hand.

She smiled and passed him the rolling pin. She moved away letting him do the work and stood behind looking the way he worked. She smiled impressed.

"Not bad! You aren't that mumma's Prince who would say that food should be cooked by only girls." She said with impressed tone.

He chuckled.

"I am mumma's Prince for sure. But my queen is someone who believes that cooking is a basic for a human being. So here I am perfect in cooking almost everything I can make." He said.

Ragini smiled hearing him but her eyes have some void.

"Well... we always see lot's of memes in social media girls being called as Papa's princess, papa's pari and all. You tell me what kind of Papa's pari are you?" Laksh spoke.

Ragini's smile vanished. She suddenly lost her voice. At that time her phone rang. She looked at the id and cut the call.

"Hey you may go take the call. I will complete this work." Laksh said.

"No. It's actually not important. You continue this. I will make some juice." Saying Ragini immediately moved towards refrigerator to take some fruits.

Laksh shrugged his shoulders and continued frying rotis on the pan. Ragini sighed. Her phone rang again she cut it again as she saw the id. She made her phone silent this time so that it doesn't disturb her again.

After sometime Ragini arranged her dinner in a plate and sat at the dining. Laksh followed her and sat at the other chair near dining.

"Umm... nice!" He said.

Ragini just nodded formally.

"Hey you didn't tell me about your family?" he asked again.

Ragini who is about to have a bite of food stopped. She gulped and then spoke.

"Sorry if I am being rude Laksh. But I prefer eating food in silence." She said with a pleasing face.

"Umm... sorry! I know but I forgot. That's okay. Would you mind if I switch on TV and have food sitting on the couch?" He asked smiling.

She shook her head as no with a smile. He took his plate and left to the couch. Ragini looked down and had her food silently. That's her routine. She didn't lie. But this also helped her to not to talk about the topic she would prefer to avoid of.

"Hey if you need something you can take from the kitchen. Please don't hesitate. Will meet you tomorrow. Good Night!" She spoke as she moved towards the couch after her dinner.

"You already going to bed?" he asked surprised.

"Umm... I will read book for some time and then will go to bed. You need something?" she asked.

"No! I was surprised hearing that you are going to bed so early. It's just nine thirty." He said.

"Well today my dinner got late. I don't want my bed time to get extended. I mostly follow my routine without fail." She said with smile.

He nodded with smile. She bid good night once again and left to her room. She sat on the bed and her mind travelled to the conversation that happened in the kitchen while preparing dinner. Her eyes turned moist. She shook her head controlling her emotions and took the book. But she could concentrate least on the book. She felt exhausted suddenly due to her emotions. She switched off the lights and buried her head into the pillow letting her tears engulfed by the pillow making sure her cries get muffled inside the pillow.

Laksh on the other side went to his room called his parents, talked to them for sometime, then spent sometime in phone before going to sleep.

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Next morning by the time Laksh come out of the house he saw already breakfast ready on the table. He was surprised as there is one more hour for them to atleast start for their office. He heard sounds from kitchen and moved towards the kitchen to see Ragini struggling with opening the cap of a jar. He moved inside and patted her shoulder. She jerked and jumped in fear feeling a touch on her shoulder.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to scare you." He apologised.

"Ufff... that's okay!" Ragini spoke sighing in relief.

"Let me open it." He said pointing at the jar.

She forwarded it to him and he gave her back after opening the jar.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"I am making lunch." She said.

"When did you wake that you already made breakfast and almost done making lunch too?" Laksh asked taking spatula from Ragini's hand and signing her that he will look after the remaining work.

Ragini smiled and nodded.

"I wake up at 4.30 in the morning. I did my yoga and pranayam, read some book then started cooking. It's my routine." She said shrugging her shoulder.

"I bet you aren't from our generation!" Laksh joked.

Ragini just smiled. It took her months to make this routine. She is very much happy with what she had become for herself because it helped her a lot from overcoming many things mentally in her life. She didn't mind him joking on her. This routine helped her to stay calm and take things jovial.

"Hey if you have any work you can carry on. I will do the rest." Laksh said.

Ragini smiled and left from there.

One week passed. The whole week both of them are really busy with different projects. Laksh who always spend his weekend with his parents has to stay back due to his project. Both of them worked even during weekend at home. They had shared the household works equally making it easy for both of them. It's Saturday finally the day they can rest after ten days of continuous working.

Laksh and Ragini are sleeping peacefully in their respective rooms. Ragini has taken break of her routine for a day after two months due to tiredness. Suddenly there was continuous ringing of bell. Ragini jumped on the bed due to the sound. She groaned and moved out of the room to open the door. Laksh who also got disturbed due to bell came out of the room yawning.

Ragini and Laksh looked at the two women who were looking or to be precise glaring at RagLak simultaneously while both RagLak kept looking confused.

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With Love

Dharani (Dhaరणि)