Megha's POV:

When i woke up, Koushu was not here as usual. He always managed to woke earlier than me regardless of how much late he'd slept. I know for a fact that he always sleeps after i slept but wakes before me. Now he must be having his black coffee and starting for his jog. God! How much coffee he consumes daily, here at home when he was leisure he'd have almost six cups per a day, what if he is in office i don't even want to imagine. Maybe that's why he dont sleep much, And he always prepares his own coffee, that too black coffee with a little hint of sugar, aaaahhh must be sooooo bitter. I made a face just thinking about that horrible drink. I shook my head from the thoughts and went to the luggage my mom brought me yesterday from my old stuff and took out a churidar.

Today we were going to koushu's, sorry our home. So i thought a churidar would be nice and comfortable than a saree. Moreover i got a green signal from my husband that i should wear what i feel like to wear and comfortable in, Athayya also told me to wear comfortable clothes. So i thrown my mom's words of wearing sarees for sometime, out of the window.

I rushed to bathroom and did my business then got readied. I wore my maroon colour churidar with white leggings and white dupatta. I combed my hair and braided it, didn't want a bird's nest on my head for when we were traveling. I thrown all my toiletries in a small bag and kept it along with my luggage. We all were going to leave after breakfast like 8:00AM. Mom, dad and raga would come to the apartment by themselves.

After i went to kitchen, only to see Athayya was busy in hustle-bustling through the kitchen, she already got ready. I slowly went tip-toeing to her and stand while her back facing me. I back hugged her while shouting a 'bow' in her ear. She jumped a little bit placing her hand on her racing heart. Her breath got to normal pace after seeing me and she narrowed her eyes looking at me.

"You silly girl! How dare you to scare me!" She fake twisted my ear a little bit.

"I'm sorry Athayya, I'll never do it again. Please leave me." I also fake pleaded her.

She laughed at my drama and continued her work.

"What are you doing Athayya?" I tried to see what she was doing from her back.

"I'm packing some spices and masala powders for you to use. Don't buy them again, these are homemade. Tell me when you got finished with them, I'll send you more okay." She instructed me.

"Thanks Athayya! I don't like the packed spices powders and masalas either. You saved me." I sighed in a relief.

"Your mom told me that she'd also packed some stuff for you but i didn't know what she brought, so i packed what i have. If anything missing go and buy them okay." She again instructed.

"Okay Athayya." I nodded.

"Your husband didn't have any storage containers either. There wasn't so much of kitchen appliances. Make sure to buy everything you need. We'll check your marriage gifts first, they mostly gave kitchen appliances usually and then buy whatever we need. Okay?" She suggested casually.

"Don't worry Athayya. You and mom will be there right. I still don't know what would I be needed, so i need you both to list out what should we buy when we went there." I pleaded her.

"I'm so happy for both of you. I wish my babies would have all the happiness in the world." She told me cupping my cheeks with her hand and her eyes held the moisture of happy tears.

"Everything packed?" Mavayya enquired coming into the kitchen to where we were.

"Almost." Athayya chirped and continued her work.

"Don't strain yourself to cook till you set the home. Let your husband do the work, you just tell him what he need to do okay and just go out to eat these two days. I know how your husband would have kept the house. It was in a horrible state last time when we went there. You've got a lot of work to make it to eligible for a living." Mavayya told me taking his place at the dining table with a newspaper.

"Yeah! I bought all those curtains, bedsheets, pillow covers and table clothes etc when he bought the house almost 7 years ago. He didn't even bother to change a thing since then saying he only went there to sleep. He didn't even let me wash them saying he'll do it once he got time. Like really he has fully automatic washing machine, it's not like he has to hand wash them, but still he was so lazy to do things." Athayya gave a defeated sigh.

I just smiled listening to them.

"Aren't you guys bad mouthing me too much behind my back!" Koushu exclaimed entering into the home.

He wore gray coloured tshirt and black shorts, sweat beads were glistening on his forehead and hands. His clothes were hugging his body with the wetness of intense workout. His toned muscles were almost seen due to the damp clothes. If only the thin fabric isn't there, it would be a feast to my eyes. He stand in all his glory keeping his hands on his waist looking at his parents with a scowl on his face. He looked really cute with that expression. I want to pull his cheeks.

After that we ate breakfast and started to leave, the car was loaded with my luggage and the gifts from wedding. Koushu has only couple of things for him to carry as his laptop and few files. I phone called my parents about their whereabouts. They told us they were going to start soon.

Koushu drove us with mavayya sitting beside him on the passenger seat and Athayya with me on back seat. The ride was peaceful with occasional laughs and lots of talks, ofcourse Koushu was playing audience while we were talking. It was already 11:00am when we reach there. My dad called Koushu to know the exact address when they reached the area. Koushu went to fetch them. Soon they came with the gifts of the wedding and my scooty. They bought my scooty saying might i need it. Raga didn't come as our exams are only few weeks away.

It was a 6 storey apartment in which ours was a 2bhk flat on 2nd floor. Athayya and mom made me break a coconut infront of the threshold at the entrance of the flat. I placed the flower garland to the upper threshold of the entrance door. After that i placed a half lemon with turmeric and vermillion on the top of rock salt on either sides of entrance. Then Koushu and i enter our home with a photo frame of lord Venkateshwara swamy (God Balaji). Then we cleaned the small Pooja place (a place where we worship God in our home). I lighted the Diya infront of God. Then i boiled milk in the kitchen for it to overflow on the stove, it was an auspicious ritual to say the house will always be overflowed with rice and money to live happily. Finally the house was just a simple two bedroom flat with a decent kitchen, living area and a lot of balcony space. We set up a Pooja place on one corner in the living room.

After that we started to clean every nook and corner of the house. We removed the years old curtains, bedsheets, pillow covers everything. Then we started to clean the kitchen. Till then it was already 2:00pm. So Koushu ordered some food and we ate peacefully. Then we unwrap the gifts of the wedding from both sides and make list of what we got and what we need to buy.

Athayya and mom told me and koushik to go and buy what we need for the home. When i asked them to come along with us as i don't know which is best to buy, they just look at each other with mischievous smiles and said they don't want to become third and fourth wheels between us. My dad gave us an amount of one lakh rupees to buy things that we want to furnish the home. We insist not to do that but in no way we were escaping and with no choice we had to take it.

Koushu drove us to IKEA to get some furniture we need for the new setup of the home and we ordered what we needed. Their prices were pretty high but the models and qualities were pretty good. At the billing counter when i wanted to give the money that my dad gave us, Koushu said no and he paid for all of them. When i ask why, he just told me that's a gift for me and he himself wanted to buy whatever i want for the home or for me. I just felt happy with his gesture. After paying the bill they told us they would deliver them tomorrow to our address. Then we went to nearest mall and we bought the kitchen appliances along with the curtains, home decors and everything we need.

When we went home my parents and in laws were already done with fixing home. It was already 5:00pm and we started to arrange kitchen with the things we bought from mall and brought from home.

We tidied up everything once again and ordered early dinner. After eating everyone went to their homes and we were the only ones that remain here.

My heart started to beat fast just thinking about him and me being together all alone.

After changing into pajamas i went to the living room where Koushu was sitting leisurely on a three seater couch. Only his back head was visible to me from the back of the couch

"Hey" He acknowledged my presence with a small smile turning his head to my side.

"Hey" i said waving my hand awkwardly like a school girl and started to take slow steps towards the couch. When i went near him my eyes got widen and I'm sure my jaw was hitting the floor right now.

I couldn't believe my eyes as Koushu was sat there with only his undervest and shorts, which in the name of heavens weren't even tring to cover his body. His full biceps were on display while the hair on his chest was proudly visible from the vest. His rock hard chest was rising and falling in a rhythm while he was breathing and i believe there must be yummy yummy biscuits underneath his vest. Some of his veins were displaying on his hands. His shorts were only reached to the top of knees. His tanned body was very toned and muscly. Though he looks lean when fully clothed, but now he looks no lesser than a Greek god himself, his hands, chest and legs were beautified with some hair. Though the hair isn't much to call it as a forest, but it was enough to say he looks manly with that hair.

'why does he must needed to candy wrap that delicious body of him in those clothes everyday!' i wondered in my mind.

'maybe to escape being eye raped by the perverts like you.' my inner self mocked at me.

I royally ignored it's words and continued my staring session. His moustache was as beautiful as ever, swirled at the ends and thick, covered his upper lip. Suddenly his face turned to me. I know i should stop my pervertedness now but who am I kidding, my eyes were in their own world doing festival with the view infront of me. I felt like his pink lips were calling out to my lips to come and taste them, who am I to resist such a delicious invitation so i started to jutted my lips to catch his own lips.

But then i saw his lips were moving in a different way than mine. 'Is it a way of kissing too!' i wondered.

But when finally my brain wanted to show up all the way returning from Himalayas just now, i finally registerd that he was talking something with me.

"Huh!?" I blurted dumbly in a daze of swimming in his deep eyes.

"I'll be abashed if you stare at me like this." Finally his deep masculine voice got to my ears but my brain doesn't seem to meant atleast a little bit.

He left out a long defeated sigh before shooking my shoulders vigorously.

Finally i came out of my daze and asked "what?" with a clueless expression.