Recap: Sharan apologizes to Isha and she asks him to prove it.

At night
Ishana's POV

After completing my work in the kitchen I stepped into the room. I am very tired and I want to sleep asap. I saw Sharan working on his laptop. I took my pillow and bed sheet and made my bed on the floor. Just as I was about to lie down someone else occupied it.

Any guesses who?

Of course, it is none other than our very own Mr.Rude. Please note the sarcasm.

"What do you want now? Will you please allow me to sleep?" I spoke to him.

"Sure, I will allow you your sleep but not on the floor. Your place is on the bed" he said.

"I don't want to sleep on that bed. Wasn't it you who didn't want to sleep with an employee, what happened now?" I asked to irritate him and he smiled irritating me further.

"I did tell you that you are not my employee anymore. Why are you being so stubborn dear?" he pouted.

Seriously?

"I don't want to sleep with you. How can I sleep with a person who doesn't trust me?" I took a new tactic and he became sad hearing my words.

"Isha please believe me, I will not doubt you anymore. I trust you" he said sounding sincere.

This time I did feel sad for him but I hid it. The reason being my secret pleasure at his irritation. Isha, you are so cruel!

"I have said this once already and I am repeating again, please leave. I want to sleep peacefully" I said.

"Is that your final decision?" he asked seriously.

"Of course" I said without any hesitation.

"Fine then, let's sleep. I am going to sleep with you" he said lying down. I was honestly confused.

"What is this? This is my place, go and sleep on your bed" I said trying to move him away from the bed that I had made on floor. My sheets!

"If you are sleeping here then so am I. Come let's sleep, I am tired too" he said.

"Oh god! Why are you behaving like a child? Are you mad? Until yesterday you hated me and now you are behaving in the opposite way." I spoke shaking my head.

He started to fake-sleep. I know that he has a back issue and that he will be hurt by sleeping on the floor. I don't want him to suffer, I also don't want to lose to him.

"Okay. There isn't enough space here. If we sleep together here then I will have to touch you. I don't want that. Come let's sleep on the bed. At least I can sleep there peacefully in a corner" I said and he gave a victory smile which irritated me.

"What are you thinking? That I accepted my failure? No. This is just an adjustment" I said.

"Ms. Kind-heart, I said nothing of that sort. I accept my failure, you are smarter than I am" he said and I blushed at the 'kind-heart'. Ms. 'kind-heart' melted just a little.

"I am not a Ms. anymore Mr. Call me Mrs. Do you understand?" I asked and it was his turn to blush.

If he was going to be sweet and nice then I was going to utilize it to the maximum. "I can't walk anymore, lift me" I said in implementation of the aforementioned strategy.

"What for? You have two proper legs, don't you?" he asked me.

"You idiot! This is your punishment for hurting me. Now, will you lift me or shall I sleep here itself?" I asked making him irritated.

I expected him to shout at me for calling him an idiot but he surprised me by smiling. It was as if he was enjoying enduring my torture as much if not more than I was enjoying dishing it out at him. I am feeling proud of myself because when we got married I wasn't sure if I could change Sharan but now I think that I can do it. I can do what I had promised to appa that I will.

"Hey Mrs. Idiot, stop thinking. Your brain might just blast with all that nonstop thinking, if it exists that is" he said lifting me in his hands.

I played with his nose while relaxing in his arms, my head against his chest. He placed me on the bed carefully. I was surprised by his behavior. Just a few days ago he didn't leave even a single chance to hurt me and now he is being so caring. It is like he doesn't want to hurt me even by mistake.

"You can sleep now" he said lying down on the other side of the bed.

I moved towards him to see his reaction. As a result he moved away. I continued to move a little more, just to irritate him while he too continued to move away until I heard him scream. I sat down immediately to see that Sharan is lying on the floor. He had slipped from the bed.

Oh shit! Only god can save me now. Sharan must be super angry for this stint that I pulled. I helped him up.

"Sorry Sharan. It was not my intention to hurt you, it just happened" I apologized genuinely.

"It's okay Idiot. I know that you didn't do it intentionally" he added after that, "I trust you" his words hurt me and suddenly I started to cry.

"Hey! Why are you crying? I didn't do anything wrong" he said consoling me and I hugged him.

"Oh god! This girl is really impossible. Okay, okay, what should I do for you to stop crying?" he asked me and I stopped crying.

"You have two options, either you joke and make me laugh or-" he interrupted me.

"That's not possible. What is the other option?" he asked.

"Or you have to sing a song and lull me to sleep" I spoke and he is shocked.

"What!" he jumped off the bed.

"Will you do it or shall I start crying again?" I said and started my fake crying.

"Stop your bullshit. I will sing a song" he said.

I paused and he started to sing some English song. It's better to just not sleep than hear his mooing. Yes, he sings like a cow.

I am pretty sure that everybody can imagine how Sharan's first singing stint will go. I started to laugh and he looked at me pointedly.

"Okay sleep now. I have completed my part" he said and I am confused.

"I don't understand" I said.

"You asked me to either make you smile or to sing a song to lull you to sleep. Well, I sang a song and you are smiling now. Now sleep peacefully, good night Idiot" he said lying down on the bed.

I smiled at his clever reasoning. I returned his good night and slept peacefully after many days.

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In the morning
Ishana's POV

I woke up to an empty bed and tensed not finding Sharan there. Just then I saw Sharan entering the room with a cup in his hands.

"Good morning, Mrs Idiot" he greeted me.

"Good morning, Mr Idiot" I greeted back not really in control of my mind after just waking up but he just smiled.

"Here's your coffee" he gestured towards the cup.

"What! Coffee! You?" I screamed.

"Yes. Me. Coffee. For you Mrs. Kind-heart" he said and I am confused.

Yesterday he sang for me. Now he is giving me coffee. This is too good to be true, can I believe him? Maybe he is doing all this for my forgiveness and when I forgive him, he will avert back to Mr. Rude.

"Please give that brain of yours a little rest. I know that you will not trust me but I am not doing all this for your forgiveness. These are all my punishments" he said and I continued to stare at him confused.

"Punishment?" I asked.

"Yes these are all punishments that I issued to myself for hurting you" I felt a little sad for him.

"Okay then, give me your special coffee" I tried to divert him.

He handed the cup to me and I tasted the coffee.

Yuck! It tastes horrible.

He has added salt. I gulped the coffee with a lot of difficulty and carefully head my expression behind the cup. He will feel bad if he knows how bad this coffee is.

"It's nice" I said not wanting to make him suspicious.

His eyes lit up and he said that he wanted to taste the coffee. Shit! What do I do?

Before I could say something he basically snatched the cup from my hands and tasted it. I hid my face. Oh god!

He spit the coffee out the moment he took a sip.

"Why didn't you tell me that it was salty?" he asked.

"I know that you will be disappointed that's why" I said.

"Sorry Isha, I might have added salt instead of sugar. Sorry" he spoke in a low tone.

"It's okay Sharan. This is your first time right? See next time we will make a super coffee together" I tried to cheer him up. I continued, "Go and freshen up, I will bring another coffee for you" I started to leave.

"Anyways I love your coffee more than any other coffee" he said and I think that he is blushing a little.

"If you love my coffee so much then may be I can test chilly powder or pepper instead of salt and sugar?" I asked him with mock seriousness.

"Please just don't kill me" he shouted back as he walked away. I laughed as I left the room too.

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Final Editing Done On: 14/12/2018
Edited By: k21pt11