AN: This piece is for all those who asked me to write something new on Avneil. Hope u all enjoy reading this!

Not proofread. Kindly excuse the errors.

Mildly mature content.

Dialogues are in Hinglish, so plz read accordingly.

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Neil was sulking in his room and Avni did not have any clue about it. Well that exactly was the problem isn't it? Avni has no clue about how Neil was feeling... Here he was missing his wife so badly and there she was busy spending time outside... He was angry and miserable so he did the only thing he could do... he took her pillow and hugged it to death! Well what could he do because it smelled so divinely like her...

And that is how Avni found her husband, hugging her pillow to death! She really couldn't control and burst out laughing looking how adorable and cute he looked! Her laughed brought Neil back to reality and looked at her angrily! She laughed at his petulantly angry face and asked, "Aww Neil tum aaj kal kuch zyada hi cute dikhthe ho!" Neil sulked even more...

Avni was suddenly worried thinking her husband might be actually seriously angry with her... So she gently went upto the bed and sat near him and tried to pull the pillow out of his hand so she could speak clearly with him. But he just petulantly swatted her hand away! She asked, "Neil kya hua? Kyun gussa ho?"

Neil, "Hmmpf"

Avni," Neil please... batao nah..."

Neil, "Agar tumhe yeh bhi nahi pata hai tho koi use nahi tumse baat karke!"

Avni now seriously worried, "Neil God please aise mat satao mujhe, just tell me!"

Neil, "Hum yahan kyun aaye hain?"

Avni, "Apne honeymoon ke liye..."

Neil, "Tho honeymoon mein kya karthe hain?"

Avni was suddenly shy and was blushing furiously... "who err... neil... yeh tum kya puch rahe ho.."

Neil suddenly blushing himself, "Err who .. er who main uske baare main nahi puch raha... Main sirf yeh kehna chahtha tha ki honeymoon isliye karthe hai ki ek husband aur wife ek doosre ke saath time spend kar sake aur ek doosre ko samjh sake jho usually sabke ke beech mein nahi ho sakhtha..."

Avni "oh who... maine socha..."

Neil now teasingly," Tumne kya socha Avni?"

Avni, "Err maine kuch nahi socha..."

Neil smirking," hmm problem tho yehi hai nah wifey... tum kuch nahi sochthi..."

Avni,"Neil tum kya gol gol baat kar rahe ho! Mein tho hamesha se tumhare saath hi hoon nah aur tumhare saath hi time spend kar rahi hoon, fir kyun gussa ho?"

Neil," Seriously tum mere saath ho? Tum bahut jhooth bolthi ho Avni!"

Avni," Neil ab bas karo! Maine tumse khabi jhoot nahi bola hai!"

Neil,"jhooth nahi bola hai?! Don't lie! Kya tum har waqqt mere saath thi?"

Avni now staring at him!

Neil, "kya tum jab se iss cottage mein aayi ho uss rose garden mein un roses ke saath time nahi spend kar rahi ho!"

Avni was stunned! Then she suddenly realised her husband was missing her and more precisely he was jealous of roses!

Avni looked at her husband for few minutes and realised he was genuinely upset and was actually jealous! She wanted to laugh at him but then she also realised that how much he must love her that he was jealous of roses which took away her time with him... Actually thinking hard, this must have been the sweetest thing somebody had said to her... People have complimented her beauty and smile often, but never have somebody valued her just for being herself and spending time with her...

But she decided to tease him anyway and said, "tum hmm Neil saab roses se jealous hain... Aww how cute!"

Neil, "Main jealous? Haa khai nahi! Neil is never jealous! Waise bhi mere paas yeh pillow hai!" and hugged it once again tightly.

She looked at him again and suddenly she realised what jealousy was... for she was now jealous of that pillow he was hugging tightly! Wasn't that her place to be? So she snatched the pillow from him in a sudden impulse and said, "Aaj se tum khabi koi pillow ko hug nahi karoge!"

Neil was stunned for a moment but then his senses kicked in and realised that his wifey who was teasing him of being jealous of roses was jealous of pillow now! Seriously they were one of a pair! Every love story has human villains but theirs had roses and pillows as villains and laughed and then after a second Avni joined in when she realised what she had said... They really were a ridiculous pair...

It was a well-known fact to both that the other loved them as much they loved the other but somehow the never could move ahead from the easy friendship like bond they had been living since the beginning of their relationship... Their family which had finally accepted Avni as their daughter in law or more like their own daughter finally were the ones who decided to send them on a honeymoon after all the harrowing experiences they had overcome lately. They wanted the young couple to take some time for themselves and spend some quality time in their guest house in Nainital, where they were at present. It was a beautiful and cosy stone and wood cottage built during the British time just overlooking the famous Naini Lake. It had beautiful vines growing on the exterior walls almost covering the cottage in a green curtain. Surrounding it was beautiful garden filled with roses of all colours mixed with jasmine, bougainvilleas, lilies, tulips and other wild and beautiful blooms. On the whole the misty hill station air, the quaint cottage and the myriad hues spilled by the bouquet of flowers, just spelled romance in every breath one took...

Both Neil and Avni had secretly thought that this was the godsend chance for them to move onto the next stage of their married life. But somehow their inherent formality and genteel manners never left them and they still were behaving like real good friends who share a bed with no hint of romance even in their vicinity. It had been 3 days since they arrived here and all Neil could do was stare at her when she was asleep and moon over her while she explored the house, its garden and nearby sightseeing places. She looked at beautiful scenery in wonder and he looked at her in wonder seeing her wonder... For nothing was more beautiful than her to him... Somebody had perfectly said, Beauty truly lies in the eyes of the beholder... And his eyes belonged to her...

First two days he loved the look she gave the roses in their garden and the smile it brought to her face, but as days went by it seemed she was more interested in those than she seemed interested in him and the truth be told he was jealous... Well especially when he got up and saw that she wasn't there in the bed today... For it had become his daily morning ritual for many months now to get up early everyday just to see her sleeping, especially see the way her nose crinkles when she gradually wakes up... It was a sight to behold and he had promised himself that if he could have his way, he would always wake up to that beautiful sight every single day here after...

Avni on the other hand always knew he watched her during the last leg of her sleep... It was one of the best things that happened in the mornings lately... To wake up to the face of her handsome husband staring at her and yet acting like he wasn't! Oh how she longed to pull him close and kiss that lovely lips of him senseless?! But alas she never dared and he never approached... It was becoming unbearable to keep her hands of him and hug and kiss him when he did the most sweetest of things for her... Like yesterday when he cooked her a lavish lunch or when he decorated the house with candles because the current had gone and she was afraid of dark!

Today she had actually woken up early or so to say she couldn't actually sleep... His presence next to her was harrowing... He was so close yet so far... The unspoken 'rekha' between them was like unbridgeable abyss... She turned and saw that he was facing her and smiling in his sleep and his hand was curled securely around her right shoulder as if assuring himself of her presence even in his sleep... She couldn't resist and slight bent to kiss him... She lightly almost in a feather touch way kissed him... And when she felt his smile widening, for a moment she was scared that she was caught! And moved back suddenly! But she needn't have worried for he wasn't awake... He was actually dreaming of her only so he didn't realize the difference between dream and reality! But whatever it was, Avni realised she couldn't be sane when she was near him and decided she better get up and go for a walk outside to clear away her muddled thoughts...

Now back to the present conversation where both Neil and Avni had realized about their ridiculous jealousies and enemies which were roses and pillow respectively, they both looked at each other. The look which was supposed to be contemplative turned into a staring session which Neil was enjoying immensely as he could literally see his wifey turning pinker and pinker blushingly furiously right in front of his eyes! He then decided that maybe this was his turn to do something about their situation and said, " Tho wifey jab tumne meri life se pillow ko ban kar diya hai tho abb yeh bhi batao uske jagah pe mein kisse hug aur kiss karun?"

If he thought that was the prettiest pink he could ever see his wife before, now he realised that was nothing compared to the tomato red she had become now after understanding his trap! She blushed furiously and instead of deigning to answer his obvious trap question decided to escape from the place! But hey Neil Khanna was not IPS for nothing and caught his wife hand in lighting reflex before she could run away back to those wretched roses!

He pulled her back with the force that she ended up falling on to the bed directly onto his lap! All Avni could do was hide her face with her hands! Neil was having the time of his life as God had literally put everything he ever asked for right into his lap! He gently smiled at his beautiful wife and tried removing her hands from her face, but the moment he removed her hand she turned towards him and hid her face into his chest! He never knew Avni would be this shy but there she was hiding herself his his chest! Life had many more pleasant surprises for him it seemed.

Instead of prying her away, he smiled and hugged her gently and whispered in her ears, " Acha tareeka doonda hai mere question ka answer dene ke liye... Khud hi dikha diya kisse hug kar sakhtha hun aaj se..."

She realised what she was doing and tried to move away but he just pulled her tightly towards her and whispered into her neck," Ek baar jab tum yahan aa gayi ho tho abb no escape dearie... You belong to me and no one else ever, understood?!" He smelled her neck and wetly kissed her there... Then he sensuously ran his tongue over her pulse point on her neck feeling the smooth skin enhanced by the rapid pulsations of her increased heart beat... He then huskily said, " Waise I don't know why you like roses so much? You should look at yourself through my eyes... you are more beautiful than any of them and smell divine, not to mention taste heavenly..."

This triggered the immense passion she was trying her best to control and she finally let go that damned control she was anyway finding so hard to maintain and moaned wantonly in response to the love and passion her husband was so unbridledly showering on her... She then hugged him tightly in response and whispered in the same husky sensous manner, "Main tumhari hi hoon Neil jaise tum sirf mere ho! Yeh khabi mat boolna ki tumhari har hug, har kiss aur har saas meri hain jaise meri har cheez tumhari hai, hamesha hamesha ke liye..." Saying she left her inhibitions free and finally did what she wanted to do for a long long time... she pulled her dear darling husband for their first kiss!

Neil was pleasantly shocked hearing her possessive confession and for a moment was too stunned to respond when she started to kiss him unexpectedly... He had till now thought his Avni was a beautiful firefly, gently glowing but he was stunningly surprised to see that she no simple firefly but the very powerful mix of colourful fireworks, lighting and thunderstorm itself!

But the whole stunned surprise of Neil was leading to no response to the molten lava of a kiss his wife was bestowing on him and an irate Avni jus tightened her hold on his hair making a frustrating noise! Oh his wifey was not someone to second guess his lack of response and back off thinking he didn't love her or something silly like that... She was in her true element finally, she knew he loved her and demanded that he give her that love just uninhibited as she was giving him finally! And ACP Neil Khanna needn't be told twice! The Diwali and New year's fireworks were nothing compared to the exploding passion between them... That kiss was just the starting of the explosive and intense expression of love which two souls made for each other would express... They became one in such a way that day, that no one would or could ever dare to separate them... for not only their physical selves but their very souls itself had truly melded into one, ravenously transcending the physical borders of their bodies...

Later that day as he lay awake staring wondrously his wife who was happily sleeping in his arms, he thought he was the luckiest guy on earth or for that matter the whole universe for the universe had chosen him to be the one she chose! Seriously he was so damn lucky! Neil then promptly sent a grateful 'thanks' to the universe and happily continued his staring fest. Then he heard a slurred, "Dekhthe hi rahoge ya kuch karoge bhi" from the most naughtiest wifey ever! He laughed at her sudden speech as he genuinely thought she was sleeping! But looks like his sneaky darling was very good at acting too!

He then didn't waste time in speech and since the ACP always believed in action speaks louder than words, he just pounced on her for a second session starting with a searing kiss which she laughingly returned!

Neil and Avni always knew that their love wasn't a simple 'I love you and I love you too' kind of love... That was too simple... Theirs was much more than that... It was more passionate and soul consumingly intense than anything people have seen lately... It wasn't born of silly crushes and falling for good looks and sweet talks... No theirs was not the love of movies or novels... theirs was the love of epic proportions.... It was something pure and sharp forged in times of molten red hot times of ultimate trials and tribulations... They have known each other in their best and worst and still chose to stand with each other... They are sure their difficult times may come again but aren't bothered one whit because they are never alone in any battle; the other person will always be the with them and they can be blindly assured even without turning to the side to believe their other half is standing rock solid next to them to face any enemy of theirs... Their love is just too intense for words... Too scorching for visuals and too heartbreakingly beautiful to experience... Simply put, theirs was the love legends were made of... a love made to last beyond forever...

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