A One-Sided First Date

Bondita was looking out of the window quite disturbed by Anirudh's whistling, when she saw their destination.

He had taken her to the newly opened coffee shop in Tulsipur. A place that had made Trilochon quite angry as a lot of couples used to go there. Which he thought as a sin. He may even wish to drown the place in Ganga Jal to purify it.

It was quite an expensive place. She was looking blankly at the signboard, when Anirudh had quickly indicated her to get out of the car.

As she stood next to him, he swiftly took her hands firmly in his hold and took her inside the cafe.

As they sat down on their seats, she was in a daze, until the aroma of coffee and something savory reached her nose.

Anirudh had already ordered for them. "Bondita here drink it, it is a special type of coffee they drink in London. You will really like it"-he said oblivious to her state of mind.

Bondita tasted the coffee and it was quite good but it wasn't something that she liked the taste of. Moreover, she was uncomfortable at this place.

As there was a lot of couples there. A few of them were even looking at them. "What was Patibabu even thinking? What if kakasasur ji got to know about their trip? He won't spare us"-she thought with a grimace.

"Patibabu, we should leave from here"- Bondita's Statement stunned Anirudh. As this place was something he heard a lot about from his colleagues. When he was researching about places for their first date.

"Why Bondita? Is there any problem? Are you uncomfortable?"-Bondita nearly smiled at him forgetting their circumstances. He cared a lot for her. "His Responsibility", she thought.

"Actually Patibabu, kakasasur ji wouldn't like it, if he got to know about our trip here. Moreover, Batuk and Somnath Dada would feel bad if we tell them that we've been here without them, let's do one thing, let's get them something good. Hmm..Patibabu"-Anirudh was stunned listening to Bondita.

Here he was, at a romantic date with his wife. And there she was, getting concerned for his family members.

At times, he loved her concern for his family. But her extreme pampering of them made him irritated too. As he believed, she gave his share of time to his family.

What he didn't know was, Bondita was extremely grateful to his family as they had stood up for her during his second marriage. She had an immense amount of gratitude towards them. So, she over pampered them always in order to get rid of the guilt that; they had taken a stand for her at her lowest against their own.

She didn't have any money or property after her father's death. As it was snatched from her cruelly by her Thakumaa and her uncle. In their greed and orthodoxic behaviour they had thrown them out of her father's home.

She always craved for a home that was her own. And the Roy Chowdhury Haveli had became her home. Not because of Anirudh but because of his family. Who wasn't the biggest fan of her at first but now was her greatest support system.

Bondita's 'over caring' nature towards the family was the only way she could repay them, according to her.

"Bondita..Bondita, fine; we'll get them something okay. Now can you please focus on me. This is our time"- Anirudh loved the flush on her creamy cheeks at his words. Honestly, he loved to make her blush. It had became his favourite occupation these days.

Bondita blushed despite not wanting to. These days his blunt flirting caused her walls to crumble a little bit. And it scared her a lot. She didn't want to again get tangled up in her 'Attraction' for him. Bondita took a deep breath and engaged him into a conversation to distract him from her. Unknown to the jealousy Anirudh was about to show.

Anirudh was happily talking to his Bondita when he noticed a young man looking at her in a dreamy Sort of way. For the first time in a while, non violent Anirudh Roy Chowdhury wanted to thrash someone. And it didn't scare him at all, the fact that how far he could go for the sake of his Bondita.

Anirudh didn't want to cause a scene today and that is why he quickly made a plan to get her out of there.

"Dear wife, let's go have some kulfi. After all it's your favourite. So how could our date end without it"-his charming words caused her to stutter.

"Date! Pa..pa.. Patibabu"- her adorable stuttering made Anirudh laugh at her.

"She is stuttering at the mention of date. How would she behave when we will start staying in the same room after I talk to Kaka about it"-he thought with a smirk.

He decided to not tease her further as she was blushing fiercely. And he also didn't want to give that guy any opportunity to look at her lovely blush.

"Her blush is only for me"-Anirudh's heart uttered. And his mind agreed.

As they left the cafe, Anirudh didn't notice that the guy he beat up in his mind had taken notice of Bondita's departure. Now, who knows if their paths will collide in the future?

Anirudh first took Bondita to a Fuchka seller. And enjoyed his time alone with her in the open.

He even fed her some Fuchka with his own hands. And made her feed him too by her own hands.

If anyone asked him anything about the details of today, Anirudh will not be able to answer. Except for uttering how beautiful his little wife looked. He could have written a thesis on her beauty today.

When, Anirudh took her to get kulfi, Bondita nearly fainted. As he took one small bowl of it only. Citing that, they had too much of coffee and other items, so they shouldn't consume anymore sugary items in large quantity. And didn't Bondita have school tomorrow? What if she got sick! Was his brilliant argument.

"Don't you have court tomorrow? What if you got sick?"-her counter argument made him look at her with a proud smile as finally his "Tark Sundari" was coming out. He nearly hugged her when she argued with him. After a long time, he got the glimpse of his old Bondita and not the perfect image of 'Bondita Anirudh Roy Chowdhury' that she exibited in front of the world.

Whereas, Bondita scolded herself fiercely for arguing with him. As she thought, she had started behaving freely with him again. Which was detrimental for her own self. So, she changed the topic of their conversation.

"Patibabu, let's take kulfi for everyone at home. They would really appreciate it. Don't you think?"-she didn't even wait for his consent before placing the order. And quickly started blabbering in order to hide her emotions from him.

Anirudh on the other hand, loved the way Bondita took control over him. The way, she ordered him around was making him blush a little. As her behaviour finally looked like the typical behaviour of a wife. Also, the way she behaved reminded him of his little Bondita. Who was always free with him.

As they finished their food and took the kulfis for home. Anirudh felt an immense amount of happiness for their time together and Bondita felt relieved as she thought "Finally, the time is over with him"...

Anirudh on the way back suddenly took a hold of her right hand tightly in his left hand and didn't let go of it. He again started whistling a romantic British tune, While holding her hand.

Bondita was shocked by his behaviour. And tried a few times to take her hands out of his grasp. But he was too strong for her. She stopped trying when he suddenly placed a kiss in her hand.

Bondita was frozen by the kiss. She looked at her Patibabu numbly. While Anirudh himself was shocked by his own act. He wanted to say sorry to her immediately but at the last moment, he decided against it.

He didn't know why he did it. But all he knew was that, it was his first step towards her. And these small steps of his would bridge the gap that was created between them by themselves.

As they reached the Haveli, suddenly Anirudh realized the date was quite one sided. His Bondita didn't speak much today. Nor did she looked that comfortable. But as soon as that thought came up to him, he dismissed it. For how could it be, as his wife would never feel something like that; in his case.

He trusted his mind. And he thought, maybe she was hesitant today or shy even as she was growing up.

"Slowly she would get used to it and open up"-he thought as they reached the gates of the Haveli.

Ramadan Mubarak everyone. May you have a great month of Ramadan with abundant blessings.
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