Amit was confused when she banged the door. He wondered what wrong did he do this time. He pondered on the activities he did while she was there during morning. "Is it because I got up late and she had to prepare breakfast for herself? Or is it because I left straight to bathroom without giving her morning kiss?", he wondered. But his ego precluded such thoughts.
"Why should I say sorry? I didn't do anything wrong. Why do I bother? She will come back home tonight with better mood and make up with me. I know her well. She can't stay mad at me for longer.", he said to himself. Fights happened before. Dina had left home before. Hearts were broken many times and bandaged several times. But they could never stay away from each other any longer.
The day passed quickly. Amit arrived home quite early than last night. He had neither received any messages from her nor did he message her back. His bruised ego never let him though he would check his phone several times. When he arrived home, no one was there to welcome him. She had not come back. But it wasn't too late for her not to come back.
He was strangely relieved that she was not there and there was no drama surrounding him. Silence bothered him still. He wasn't too tired to cook food for himself but he was used to her serving him hot food. So he ordered food from outside. He watched news after changing several channels on the TV. When food arrived, he waited for some time. "What if she came home!", he thought.
Several hours passed. She didn't come. He gave in to his hunger. He devoured the food. Outside food always seemed tastier than food prepared by her. It had become tiring for him eat her food without making a single comment on the taste. He felt peaceful tonight while having dinner. There was no one to bother him by asking silly question about how food was. He was free.
He jumped on the bed. He felt euphoric. He would get the entire bed tonight. The thought of sleeping anywhere on the bed, any position he liked made him, having the entire blanket to oneself and switching on the AC to lowest degree made him feel more excited. "Freedom!", he exclaimed. He remembered the times when he would never get the blanket because Dina would cover whole blanket to herself . There were times when he would be kicked to end of the bed by her. Tonight it was going to be different. As he closed his eyes and proceeded to sleep, he opened them abruptly. For the first time, he felt difficulty to sleep. After tossing several times on the bed, he didn't realize when the night turned into day.
(To be continued)
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