Author's POV:

Finally it's Monday and the leave days are over for Megha and she started to get ready for the college after finishing her chores. They spend the morning like everyday she made breakfast and lunch, packing the lunch for him and herself. Koushu helped with the cleaning of house and put clothes in the washing machine. She left the utensils cleaning to do in the evening since she is running out of time. They ate breakfast hurriedly and koushu offered to drop her at the college. She politely denied him but he insisted. So she complied with him and sat in the car.

Koushu was stealing glances at his beautiful wife while she was just placed her head against the window glass and closed her eyes. Koushu was feeling something off with her from two days already. He frowned looking at her face which was full of frigidity and tiredness. He wondered what happen to her and wanted to ask her about the same. While megha was sighing every two minutes in despair thinking about her one sided love which she couldn't get in return.

"Megha, is everything alright?" He concerned.

"Yeah!" She gave a small smile which didn't reach her eyes. He wanted to ask more about it but he doesn't want her to think of him as he was prying into her personal space. Though he wanted to hold her in his arms and protect her from whatever she was troubled with, he opted to give her the much needed space.

After he dropped her at her college, he told her that he would pick her up at evening. But she politely denied saying she'll be done with her classes at afternoon itself so she'll book a cab to return.

Koushu just nodded instructing "send me the details of cab when you hailed the cab and text me after reaching home safely.". She nodded and said goodbye which he gladly return with a smile and drove back to his office.

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Megha left a long exasperated sigh when she slumped on the couch after returning home. She didn't like the way she was behaving, depressed. She wanted to be like her normal self and move-on accepting the reality. She started to do the household chores which she left unattended in the morning. After done everything she started to cook dinner while playing some songs on her phone.

Koushu took a peaceful breath coming out of the office at his usual time. Now a days he was very eager to go to home, he realize he was no more a loner and someone is waiting for him at home. He even stopped to visit the café for his favourite coffee. He was enjoying the coffee his wife was making for him more than anything. So he immediately hopped into his car, speeding up to his home not even waiting for his best friend to say formalities.

Of course karthik was also being busy with his one sided love and started to spend most of his time at the café because of Madhu. He was becoming a love sick puppy day by day. Without knowing he fell in love deeply with that certain strong headed girl who didn't even raise a single eyebrow to have a look at him till today, discarding his every attempts to coax her into the dustbin. As usual he went to Madhu and took his usual place, before her, across the bar. But today was different, to his shock Madhu gave him a small smile when he greeted her and returned the gesture. Karthik was on cloud-nine thinking he got one step closer to her heart.

Here koushu went to his home and pressed the password, he opened the door only to hear some music was playing in their home. He realized it was coming from kitchen and unknowingly his steps took him to his wife with a smile adorned his lips. The music was playing in some other language which he never heard of. The sight infront of him was very amusing for him

Megha was doing some children's dance to a fast beat song. It was crystal clear that she don't know the ABC's of dance. She was trying to waggle her hips while stirring something in the pan placed in the stove. But she was just looking like a overexcited 3 year old kid shaking her body in all the way.

'The palak paneer smells really good, dinner is going to be delicious.' He thought.

Megha was back to her cheerful mode for the relief of koushu who was worried all this while. He was happy looking at her but he couldn't hold much of his laughter while looking at her who is dancing like a drunken monkey without care for who came inside the house.

Megha got startled at her husband who was trying to stop his chuckle while she was angrily glaring upon realizing who was the intruder.

She turned back to continue her cooking without saying anything to him and stopped the audio player in her mobile.

Koushu cleared his throat to attract her attention which she royally ignored and started to prepare his coffee.

"I like the song which you were playing. What was that again!?" He tried to make her talk to him, though he doesn't even understand a bit of that song.

"Isn't it!" Megha exclaimed, completely forgetting that just seconds before she was angry on him.

"Yeah! What language is that again it sounds nice." He made a fist in the air mentally for successfully made her talk to him.

Now she completely forgot her anger and came to him to give him his coffee with a big smile which he gladly accept with a smile of his own.

"It's a Portuguese song called Sim ou Nao" She clarified while pouring some flour to knead the dough for chapatis in a bowl.

"You know Portuguese." He exclaimed raising his both eyebrows in surprise.

"Who told you that?" She laughed.

"Then why are you listening to that if you don't understand!" He pointed out in confusion.

"Didn't you ever heard of music doesn't need a language. Moreover I was just listening to his voice." She deciphered him.

Koushu was just looking at her like he saw an alien. Looking at his expression she started to elucidate him.

"When I was surfing through YouTube one day I got a recommendation of a song sung by the singer called MALUMA. I really liked his voice and I became his fan. I used to crazily crush over him just because his voice sounds so sexy and sensual. At that time I downloaded all songs of him in every language he sang. I really got addicted to the voice and when I hear it I literally forgot everything around me. His good looks are just cherry on the top." She said dreamily like a teenage girl. She used to crush over him because now she loves her husband though he couldn't reciprocate. She doesn't want to say this and make him guilty.

Koushu just made a face hearing all that. His inner jealousy was burning. Don't know for the fact that she used to crush over him or that she forgot everything listening to his voice. He started to retreat to his room after finishing his coffee when Megha grabbed his hand. He felt tingles through her touch and look at her only to get disappointed. Megha was showing his pictures in her mobile and crushing on that stupid singer again infront of him.

(Sorry to the fans of maluma, including me. It's just the jealousy of koushu speaking, I'm not at all related to this 😥)

'Wait! isn't he the hunk who was in megha's WhatsApp profile.' He wondered and it was clear that was indeed him. He narrowed his eyes at the pictures of maluma muttering profanities under his breath. All the while Megha was dreamily smiling at those pictures.

He got out of his thoughts just when he heard the most absurd thing he could ever thought of from his wife's mouth.

"Isn't he handsome, his voice is just like honey, so smooth and sensual. Just look at him and don't worry I allow you to crush on him, I'm not a selfish fan." She blurted out and kept her hand on her mouth upon realizing what she has just said. She doesn't want him to know that she knows about him.

On the other side koushu was just baffled hearing her comment. It's not like he was against of homosexuality. It's just he couldn't bare the fact that his wife, whom he was loving was telling him to crush on someone. What does she think of him, didn't she understood that he was trying to get close to her, he was physically attracted to her, it's not like they didn't share their moments of being touchy. He was hell confused right now, after all his wife doesn't understand his advances with her.

"What!?" He finally asked after getting out of his dilemma.

"Sorry, I thought I was talking to Madhu." Megha just covered up awkwardly leaving koushu let out a relieved sigh.

"Umm... I'll go and freshen up." He said awkwardly and ran off to his room while Megha facepalm herself.
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It's been four days after that awkward discussion. Megha was applying moisturizer on her body after shower, sitting infront of dressing table. Koushu was looking at her from the bed without her noticing, he was acting like he was checking something on his phone but his concentration was on the petite beauty with chubby cheeks infront of him. He cursed himself for not proposing her yet, it was hard to control his feelings day by day. He wanted to take her in his arms and go to bed with full rights, not like he was doing everyday after she fell asleep. He wanted to do things to her openly and look at her with full rights on her, after all she's his wife.

He wanted to pinch her chubby cheeks and desperately wanted to taste those plump lips. Unknowingly his legs take him to where Megha was standing and applying lip balm, finishing her night care routine. He placed his left hand on her waist and right one on the side of her neck while the thumb was started caressing from her cheeks and jawline and finally stopped at her lower lip. He touched his forehead with hers breathing heavyily. He let out an exasperated sigh trying to control himself. The smell of her mint body wash mixed with the sweet smell of her moisturizer was playing with his senses. He was not in his senses.

"Smells so good." He breathed out against her lips. His thumb was still caressing her lower lip feeling the softness of her moist petals in euphoria.

"What?" She asked cluelessly. That's when he snapped out of in whatever bliss he was and took a look at what position they were in. He took a step back realizing their proximity and at the same time afraid of her reaction.

Megha was looking at him wide eyed, after all she thought he was not interested in her. He was still intently looking at her. He wanted to say that he loves her. But instead he blurted out "your lip balm smells good!" with a little stuttering.

He cursed himself for being this much of a coward. But unknown to him Megha thinking otherwise.

"Oh! I thought you were going to pinch my cheeks like everyone." She said whining.

'o god! You don't even want to know what would I wanted to do with you babygirl!' He sighed mentally thinking about his perverted thoughts about his wife.

"You know everyone in my family and friends used to pull my cheeks because they were chubby. You know how much it pains! You got lucky that you have hollow cheeks." She complained him sighing.

He has a small smile adorned his lips looking at the huffing figure before him. She looks so adorable. But soon his smile faltered listening to her last sentence. Involuntarily his hands went to his cheeks and he looked at the mirror. He was looking fine to him. Of course because no Wattpad hero till now has chubby cheeks, they only have sharp facial features just like him. Maybe his wife want someone with chubby cheeks, he thought. But megha's rambling was still not come to an end.

"You asked about this lip balm right? This is peach flavour. Here, take it, you too apply. It's very nice for Chappy Lips and it doesn't colour your lips. So you can also wear it." Saying this she kept the lip balm in her husband's palm and went to bed after giving him a full blown smile.

Koushu was just baffled to see her. He was just looking at his palm and his wife again and again. He couldn't understand a thing that what was happening with him.

First, his wife told him to have a crush on some other man.

Second, she said his cheeks are so hollow.

Third, she gave a lip balm to apply saying he has chappy lips.

He was one second away to pulling his hair in frustration. He doesn't even want to think what was going on in her brain.

'Is she trying to tell me that she doesn't like me the way i like her.' He worried looking at her peaceful sleeping figure, who was sleeping happily making his sleep fly away.

Sorry sorry sorry guys.

I know I'm terribly late but I'm very sorry because of some personal problems I had no time to update.

I'll really try to update weekly from now on, if not more.

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