Os - piya ore piya
ft. Aashiq Singh Rathore

[ Aryan's realisation of love ]

She was off to a nearby district for a field project for 3 days with the team

They have been married to each other for 3 months now and have slowly been habituated to each other's presence. It is a routine to see each other's face before sleeping at their respective places.

The unsaid words, their eye locks spoke, were a daily thing now.

Her eyes were the first thing, his eyes would wish to see, every morning.

Aryan's heart would start it's day by feeling the cute yet fresh smile of Imlie.

Her chin with 3 dots were his secret desire as he wants to nudge the skin with his thumb every time his eyes fell on them.

Also, kiss the dots too when she smiles wide, just as a gesture to thank them for making her look more beautiful with their presence.

Her ruffling hair when she dries them using a towel were the reason of his smile.

"ABP ! Uthh jao .... " She would call him to wake up as he would act sleeping when she would turn towards him, was the little mischief he learnt to do.

" ABP ! ABP ! " She would come upto him, shake him up and he would lazily wake up streching his hands.

The hidden motive was to have her touch on his skin even before he could feel the touch of mother earth when his feet touches ground. Her touch was his morning prayer

He would bath after her as he was getting used to her scent in the bathroom. The after effect of using a herbal soap would leave a fragrance but ASR would call it her scent.

He would tuck in neatly, his ironed shirt and tuxedo and as a routine imlie would stand up from the dressing table, turn around and close the  button of his collar. He would be on call with editor on bluetooth while wearing a watch and she would button up his collar and tie a tie around it.

Anyone who would see them could appreciate the wonderful sync they had, as they would get ready for office. 

It was their thing !

Once while buttoning up his collar stud she pressed it a bit hard as it was struck due to hard press iron. It eventually came out of threads and fell on ground. She could sew it up if only aryan wouldn't have signalled her that it was getting late while on phone.

She opened all his shirt buttons, brought another shirt, removed his shirt and made him wear another within a minute and buttoned up in another second.

While she did that, aryan for a second was lost how quickly she did that not disturbing his meeting which was going on call.

She even put up the body odour exactly the way he would put it. She put up a pen in his coat pocket which is towards inside. For a second, aryan was stunned as no one knew he would put a pen inside the coat. It was his thing only and no one knew it.She made him wear the coat and buttoned it up too.

And she walked away casually from the room after signalling him to come down for breakfast. He had a unusually proud smile on his face as she was equally a great observer of his things as he was.

On other side, he was blushing how she made him wear a shirt without making it awkward. He was falling for her.

His morning food would start with them fighting over having a black coffee or fresh lime juice and she would finally win making him drink it. It was a ritual to leave his black coffee for the end of breakfast as she would not let him drink it in the first place.

At times, he would often make her drive his lambi gaadi whenever his badi maa taunts her and she gets upset. He would let her drive it as she wants to. No complains as he could take any damage not her sadness or silence. Her getting hurt is not tolerated at all and he would find ways to cheer her up.

Professionally, they are boss and employee. They maintained that dignity. Also, at times, he would scold her for not doing the work clearly. She would take the punishment too and work for late hours at office.

He would go home, change his dress and come back to office to pick her up, not as her boss but as her husband.

Once imlie asked why he was there at the entrance and he replied,

" I'm Aryan Singh Rathore...."

When she cut him saying

" Ya .... You are owner of ten businesses and you can do anything but that doesn't mean you do the job of a watch man here ...."

He replied,

" Hold on ! Apart from the things you stated, recently i have been awarded with one more title ... Do you know that ?"

She said , " what's that ?"

" Now I'm imlie's husband too ..... so Husband Singh Rathore is on duty mam " he said with a smirk and she blushed.

Though he acted as if he didn't see her blushing, he was gone thing when she actually blushed. He had shots of bombs spurting inside his chest when she had a cute blush and he controlled his own blush.

Every single day, aryan found something new about her and he would admire it the whole day. It was strange how he would keep thinking of it.

Aryan was slowly growing fond of imlie's every bit of her.
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He dropped her in the early morning near the office, as they were going to nearby district in bus.

She walked to bus, put up her bags and stuff. They were about to leave when she halted the bus, got down, returned to him saying she forgot to inform about some clients whom she gave appointment to,  were coming at 11am to meet him today. She also gave a pen drive saying it's important.

She stood there thinking what else is left to inform him about. As she was behaving as if trying to recall something, he was constantly watching her face.

Aryan understood that these were just reasons for her to come back to him to say final goodbye.  He held her hand, pulled her towards him, held her neck with his large palm with another hand and kissed her forehead saying,

" Khayal rakhna apna aur mere biwi ka bhi"

[ Take care of yourself and my wife ]

The restless imlie she was a minute ago, calmed down the moment she felt his lips.

She closed her eyes feeling the kiss and a lone tear escaped her right eye.

That was a beautiful moment !

He gave her assurance that both of them will be alright without each other as it was just a matter of 3 days. He himself was not sure about the thing but he was there for her, giving assurance. It's not that they can't have conversation over phone or do a video call or skype meeting, it was just not to feel  each other's presence for 3 days.

She nodded and left.

He drove back home and was ready to leave for office when he shouted,

" Imlie .... It's getting late..."

That's when arpita had come to him giving him the lunch box saying,

" Your wife is on field duty Mr rathore..... Remember you dropped her this morning? " she said teasing him a bit.

Realisations struck. .

" That just came out of habit.... I do remember " saying so he left not meeting his sister's eyes.

The whole day he was busy with his meetings and work stress. Yet, he had a strange feeling on his back and wrist everytime he laid on his chair.

After office hours, he was tired and sat on his chair. He felt a pain in his back and wrist. He wondered why is that paining so much. He touched a spot near his lower back and recalled a warmth that touched his skin in the morning.

When he kissed her forehead in the morning today, imlie held his shirt in the back so tightly that he felt her skin's warmth through the cloth of his shirt. She held his wrist in turn, so tightly, when he held her wrist to pull her closer.

He smiled thinking how her touch would print itself on his skin.

He called her when she picked up in the second ring asking did he get a mail of today's progress of field work. He smiled knowing how impatient she got when she lifted her phone. He said yes, and told her that he would review it. She breathed.

Her voice soothed his back and wrist pain.

They didn't ask, that did they eat or not but spoke everything about work. That's how they care and it was their thing.

He came back home to find the bed empty. He roamed around for late hours in night trying to sleep without her presence.

Spending two days seemed too difficult for aryan. He would often miss her at their usual encounters in the day, like button up his collar, tieing up, breakfast fight, her singing and sometimes her hair fragrance when she would take a head bath.

Many things happened to ASR during these two days. He would often smile at some thought in the middle of a meeting recalling her funny faces she would make when he was strict with her.

He apologised his colleague who was presenting, as he chuckled recalling her funny gesture when she threw a sip of protein shake out of her mouth.

Shit ! Aryan !

What did you do ?

Behave ! Behave !

He once pulled himself out of office and went to a nearby stall to have a strong tea from road side. He sipped it on and enjoyed it silently.

He also called imlie's mom to have a casual conversation with her to know how is she, how is dadda doing. Meethi was surprised when he called but liked his gesture as she understood he was trying to fill in the gap of imlie's absence. Imlie would call her every friday to know about her and in her absence ASR did the job.

He looked around for imlie in the office during his schedule and ordered his secretary to call her in. When she said, imlie was not there, he bit his tongue and realised how he was missing her presence. She was always around him and he is realising it now when she is away.

In the night, when he slept he was taken back into another world.

They were sitting on the bench in the lawn.

A : " what happened ? You are so silent?"

I : " hmmm ..... Just thinking how lucky I have been .... "

A : " lucky ?"

I : " yeah! Sita maiyya has finally given me a shore when life had thrown all storms at me.A shore, to stand on, for facing all storms of life with strong will. All these days  i have been just swimming through hard times but now i have a ground to stand on "

A : " what's with you today .... Speaking all these things ? "

I : " today is very important day for me "

A : " really ? what is that ?"

I : " TODAY is the day when i met my shore for the first time .... Today is the day where my life took a major turn ....."

A : " that's good .... Who is that ?"

I : " YOU "

A : " what?"

Aryan turned around to look at her. Until then, they were conversing sitting on the bench facing the sky but when she said that he looked at her face, especially her eyes which were numb.

A : " imlie..... I haven't done anything for you .... You have done it all yourself "

I : " I agree but somehow only my heart knows that, because you were standing behind me, it gave me strength to move forward .... You are that ground I always wished for and now you have become the most important person in life after my parents ..... You are....."

And he woke up suddenly looking around for imlie in the room. He realised it was his dream and she wasn't there.

He couldn't believe he actually heard her almost confessing but it was he who was actually falling for her. Such dreams were now a daily thing and he stated her absence made it more obvious for it to appear in his dreams.

He turned on her radio and a song was being played. The lyrics were,

" Koi kami si thi jeene mein,
   Jaana ye humne kahan .....

[ There was a void in life,

which i didn't know ...]

Aise mile ho jaise hum pe,
Ho meherbaan yeh khuda...... "

[ Until you walked into my life, as a blessinof almighty.....]

"Ho......Main Waaree Jawaan

Me Waaree Jawaan

Saantho Ki Hoyo Ve Kasoor Re....

"Rab Di Marzi Hai Apna Yeh Milna

Barsa Hai Hum Pe Uska Noor...."

[It's the wish of almighty that we met and it's his blessings that are showering on us ..]

The lyrics started reminding him of all their previous meets since the beginning..... And how she became an important part of his life ....

" Piya ..... O re piya ......

Piya re piya re piyaaa...... "

And that's when imlie's face popped infront of his eyes

And everything fell into place.

She was that missing piece in the puzzle of his life. She is that centre piece which would fit into the whole picture as if it was made for that place just like imlie would fit into his arms, body, heart and life as if it was her place, her very own place, where she actually resides.

Imlie was the cutest tamarind with sweet and sour flavours to spice up the hot chilly he was. Together they were a great combo and the love would be the salt of their relationship, much needed one, without which their would be no taste of life.

He finally realised that he was in love with his jungli and the fact that no one can be imagined in her place gave a burst of happiness in his heart. The queen has conquered her throne in his kingdom.

He felt all shy when he realised that she would be his love of life.

He fell asleep thinking how he would say it to her when they are just blooming in their married life.

His morning shocked people as he was seen blushing, smiling, lost in thoughts. Also arpita observed that her aru was in casuals

She looked at calender and smiled wide.

Today was the day imlie would come back from her field trip. Don't know what imlie had felt, but arpita has seen her aru go restless to sad to lost to brooding in 3 days.

Aryan was literally waiting her to return back to delhi, to home, to room, to him, to his chest where he can feel her breath on his skin when he hugs her.

The thought itself made him smile wide.

" Come back to me, I am waiting to engulf you my woman"

Aashiq singh Rathore was completely lost in love of his jungli, his Mrs, the one and only  imlie aryan singh rathore.

The end

With love,

Writer_Ak ☺️❤️