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I gently shut the door behind and looked at the room which was no more mine now. My gaze fell on one of the windows which was left to be covered. I immediately drew the curtains and now the room was semi dark and I sighed. I didn't want to disturb her slumber. She was all new to my family and I wanted to make everything easy and comfortable for her - it was my duty, I suppose. I was a little uncomfortable in sharing the room with a girl who was still a stranger to me, no matter she was my wife now. I sat next to her and pulled the duvet to cover her properly. I touched her forehead and realized that she still had fever, I pressed my lips inside. The minute we entered my house after all the rituals, she fainted. I placed her properly in the room and restricted everyone's entry. It had been 5 hours now, she was still sleeping and I didn't feel like waking her up.

When I saw her pretty face, I could see the glimpse of my beautiful future in my present. I hardly know her much, but I was looking forward to know her more. She was still in her bridal avatar: her makeup, her clothes, her bangles and henna on her hands. Thankfully, the jewelry was taken off from her body by my mother. I wanted to remove the rest but I couldn't – that wasn't the right time for us. I kept on watching her and listening to her soft snores which really soothed my eyes and my ears. The feeling was unusual and strange to me. My heart was jumping inside my chest and I had no control over it. I had never imagined that this weird feeling would give me such sweet torture. The first day of after my marriage and I had never imagined that it would be something like this; I also knew that this day would never come back to my life. My lips curved into a smile when I realized that what I was thinking.

She moaned a little and I was out of my lame thoughts. I became attentive and kept my hand on her shoulder just to assure her that I was there for her and would always be with her for the rest of our lives. She opened her eyes slowly and saw me sitting in front of her holding her shoulder. She was taken aback. I could see the fear building up over her face. We were sharing the same feeling inside. We were equally scared and nervous.

"How are you feeling now?"

"Better..." she said while getting up.

"Keep lying..." I couldn't say anything more.

"hmm..." she nodded.

"Have this and sleep." I offered her the medicine with a glass of water. She took with an amused smile. I wanted to know what she was thinking that moment but...

"Sleep, even I need to take rest. The marriage was so tiring. I don't want to faint, no one this there who could pick me." And she giggled and took my heart away.

"Thank you!" I heard her saying.

"Just make yourself comfortable here. We are all family now. " I said while lying next to her. I didn't know where did my hesitation run away! I didn't want to see her reaction so I closed my eyes. But still I could feel her eyes on me but I remained ignorant again. After a few minutes, I felt her movement and realized she lied again next to me, perhaps, her hesitation was also fading away. I twisted at my place and faced my back towards her as I knew that she was still watching me. My heart jumped again and it went out of my control. Soon I heard her soft snores again and in relief, I sighed!

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