Salekh Fan Fic # 5: Salekh Home Alone!
Chapter 1: Games.
Ok Guys this is Part 1 of my VERY LONG Salekh Fan Fic, this part is entirely in Sadhna's point of view. In this fic, Sadhna and Alekh are home alone for a whole weekend and more, when RagVir go to a wedding in Goa, and Vasu and Inderjit are away on a business trip together. Enjoy and Review!
I was ironing Alekh Ji's shirt when I heard him yell some expletives at the bathroom sink. Alekh Ji himself was still in the bathroom. Apparently something was going on with the plumbing in our house, and all the bathroom sinks were getting affected by it. I laughed because Alekh Ji addressed the kitchen sink as if it was a real person. "How dare you do this to me again? If I'm late for work because of this nonsense, I swear to God!"
"Alekh Ji! Stop swearing! It's not good to swear! Hurry up and come outside!" I yelled at him, while leaning on the bathroom door. I continued laughing to myself and then he came outside of the bathroom with his head hanging, and it looked like he'd been sprayed by water on his face and shirt. He gave me the look of death. I couldn't help it but giggle. Anger just didn't suit Alekh Ji. His face was meant for smiling, and seduction, but that part was just for my eyes.
He continued frowning and I shoved his clothes at him playfully. "It's up to you what you want to do with these clothes, Alekh Ji, you look like you're ready to kill the next person in sight, so perhaps you can dress up for the occasion". I smiled at him, trying to lighten his mood. It worked, he tried holding back but he smiled at me, and then he started laughing. We both laughed together and he put his hands on my shoulders and pulled me forward, and kissed my nose.
"I can't believe it Sadhna, this is three days in a row this has happened. Why aren't the plumbers doing anything about this? Ranvir had the same issue yesterday in his room. He went to work with shaving cream behind his ear. It must be Ragini's saazish that she didn't even point that out to him". Then he laughed even louder and I couldn't help myself, so I laughed too.
"Stop it Alekh Ji, don't laugh at your little brother like that. Ranvir Ji stormed out of the house angry that day, just like you were about do today. Only difference is, I stopped you because I had some mercy on you, and Jiji didn't." He laughed harder when I said this.
"Sadhna, Ranvir is my little brother, I'm supposed to laugh at him!" I pushed him away. He winked at me and continued dressing.
Well I had succeeded in bringing the most beautiful smile back to the most beautiful face in my world. Now I seriously needed to go after those plumbers. Apparently even they couldn't find the problem, and today would be our 3rd set of plumbers; hopefully these guys could find the problem. Thank God Mummiji and Papaji weren't home. After many years, for the first time, Papaji had gone abroad for a business trip, and Mummiji had willingly gone with him. I know that if Mummiji was home, the plumbers wouldn't leave the house alive. It had only been 4 days until Mummiji and Papaji had gone to Italy for their business trip, but the house had been acting pretty weirdly since they'd left. I mentioned this to Alekh Ji who made up some story about how the house missed its owners. I guess he was right. The dishwasher was stuck too. But that one probably had to do with last night's dinner, and the fact that Ranvir Ji and Alekh Ji just shoved the dishes in, without throwing the bones away! Ugh, those two.
Alekh Ji was complaining again, this time about his watch being stuck. "Oh my Goodness Alekh Ji, you hate being late for work, but you're making yourself late for work. C'mon, that's your old watch. Why don't you wear the one I bought you?"
"Sadhna that one is for special occasions!". Alekh Ji was like that, he loved keeping certain things for special occasions. He loved planning. And he loved making things special. It was cute, but right now, I needed to get him out the house ASAP, or I'd get blamed for making him late again in front of everyone, giving people the wrong impression. Right, like I'd be the one taking advantage of innocent Alekh Ji in the wee hours of the morning. These people had no idea it was a miracle Alekh Ji got up on time every day! Somehow every night he'd get into bed next to me, he'd forget the fact that he had to actually wake up early the next morning. He said it was my fault, but what was I supposed to do, sleep on the sofa again? I never even tried touching him on work days, it was always him. He always started it!
"Alekh Ji stop it with special occasions! Your old watch is finally broken, now that's a special occasion! Now you're running late and Ranvir Ji is probably done with breakfast already, wear this watch NOW or I'm not sleeping next to you tonight". That should scare him.
"Fine, I'll wear this damn watch! Stupid unnecessary distractions! Why does something like this happen every morning?" He continued grumbling with himself. There he goes again.
I started laughing again and he noticed it, so he pretended to storm out the room and went to breakfast, but I could always tell when he waspretending. I went right behind him and saw him holding the plate in his hands and eating while standing. In fact, both Ranvir Ji and Alekh Ji were doing the same exact thing. Jiji was busy trying to fix Ranvir Ji's shirt collar. Well at least she wasn't going to let him walk out with a messed up collar, the shaving cream behind the ear must have been some kind of pay back. These two were always up to something like that.
"Eating while standing up won't make you earlier for work!" Jiji turned Ranvir Ji around and was frowning at him.
"Ragini, we have a plan here. We will position ourselves to run out of the house at any moment. That's why we're standing. Isn't it obvious?"
Alekh Ji and Ranvir Ji nodded at each other in agreement. Both Jiji and I rolled our eyes in unison.
"Oh please, you two are so transparent. We can see everything you're doing." Ranvir Ji said casually.
"Oh by the way Ragini, make sure you're all packed before I come home tonight. I'm not waiting for you. The wedding is not next door, it's in Goa, and I'm not going to be late". Ranvir Ji threatened Jiji.
"Oh Ranvir , I'm already packed. And who are you talking about that you'll be waiting for? You're the one who takes longer than a girl to get ready".
Jiji pushed Ranvir Ji and he headed for the door, but both were smiling. Alekh Ji turned and raised his eyebrows at me, naughtily. "Oh, we're going to be all alone tonight? This whole house to ourselves? Oh my god, with all these creepy things happening? What's next? How will we pass 3 days and 2 nights all alone in this house?"
"Enough Alekh Ji, you're too much. Get going NOW. Or I'll spend those two nights at Mamaji's house, and then you'll be left alone to deal with the creepy plumbers."
He smiled at that one. Ah, there's my smile. He walked out the door and turned around and blew me a kiss. I smiled widely at him. Jiji elbowed me. We really acted like a bunch of teenagers sometimes, all four of us. It was so adorable!
Yes it's true, Alekh Ji and I would be alone in the house Friday evening until Sunday night. Alekh Ji had been pretty excited about this. Ranvir Ji's best friend from the US was marrying here in India after his parents convinced him that it was best to hold the marriage in his home country. The marriage would be in Goa. Ranvir Ji and Jiji were going at 7:30pm and Jiji was very excited. This was her first time going to Goa. I had helped her pack a week ago, that's how excited she was. They would be back late Sunday night. Ranvir Ji always wanted to do some sightseeing in Goa if possible.
Jiji was still confused about what to wear on the wedding, so the rest of the day, while I arranged the house and dealt with the elements of our bathroom plumbing situation, I helped Jiji arrange all her jewelry and clothing for each day she would be there, starting with what she would wear tonight.
While I helped Jiji out, my thoughts went to Alekh Ji. He had been teasing me about this for a week now. He was ecstatic that we'd have the whole house to ourselves. I guess it did give us more privacy. I was pretty excited too. This was the first time Alekh Ji and I would be completely home alone for this many days. I had some plans for him, and I KNEW for SURE he had plans for me. He even held back the past few nights, he told me he was saving it all for this weekend. Seriously, I had never imagined our physical relationship would be so intense. Our love life was seriously something else. I didn't know it would be like that. I wasn't complaining! I felt like the luckiest woman in the world. Besides, it wasn't all about physical love between us. Sometimes our intimacy every night would be just holding onto one another and talking until we both fell asleep. Sometimes we'd both cuddle up and watch a movie. Sometimes in the middle of the night, Alekh Ji would force me to sneak into the kitchen, and eat all the ice cream and cake in the fridge. He still had that naughtiness in him. It was a part of his personality, which he only showed me. It was so endearing. It made me fall in love with him over and over again. One time, Alekh Ji tricked me. He bought me a brand new sari and made me get really dressed up and went about the night making me think that he had only ONE thing on his mind. He blindfolded me and made me sit on our bed, when I opened my eyes, he was standing in front of his painting kit. "Sadhna, I want to paint a portrait of you".
I looked around the room and gasped. The room was decorated with candles. I looked at his face and my own jaw was probably hanging, but I met his eyes and he was smiling so sweetly. I ran into his arms and hugged him.
"Alekh Ji, this is so perfect. How did you think of this? How do you come up with these things? I love it! I love everything. I love this sari! Thank you!" I kissed his cheek again and again. He just smiled at me.
"Sadhna, I'm always thinking of ways to decorate your nights". He said this so sweetly, I knew it was straight from his heart.
"Alekh Ji, you are the biggest decoration piece in my nights, in my days, and in my life."
That was Alekh Ji. He just found ways to make everything so special for me. I was always blown away by his thoughtfulness, and that everything he did somehow revolved around me. His every thought and action, came right back to me.
"Earth to Sadhna, wake up Sadhna". Jiji interrupted me.
"Oh, sorry Jiji, I was just thinking".
"I know Sadhna, I could see that! It's ok, Don't worry about being all alone for a few days, Jija Ji will take good care of you". Jiji gave me an innocent face as she said this.
"I know Jiji…I don't doubt him".
I left Jiji's room around 4, because the plumbers would be here any minute. They were 30 minutes late. At least these plumbers seemed to be a bit more competent. They got the job done in one hour and when I tried all the bathroom sinks in the house, everything was working fine. Well good, at least we wouldn't have to deal with these issues this weekend.
Jiji soon began dressing and around 6:45, she was ready. Jiji wore a black and blue combination Shalwar Kamiz suit. She looked gorgeous. About thirty minutes later, the bell rang, and Ranvir Ji stomped in angrily in with Alekh Ji laughing behind him.
"What happened Alekh Ji?"
"Ranvir left his IDs in the office, so we had to go back again, otherwise we would have been here earlier. Now Ranvir can't shower and change, he'll have to get into the car and head out immediately".
"What did you say Bhaiyya? I'm damn well going to shower and change!"
Alekh Ji almost doubled over with laughter. Jiji was laughing now too. Guess Ranvir Ji would be the one making them late after all.
Finally around 7:50, Ranvir Ji was ready and he and Jiji got into the car, and we said goodbye to them.
"You two, behave yourselves back home. Jija Ji, take good care of my baby sister, please?" Jiji said to Alekh Ji.
"Bhaiyya, if Bhabi asks, it was YOUR idea to put the dishes into the dishwasher without dumping the bones first. You thought the dishwasher also worked as a garbage disposal". Ranvir Ji and Alekh Ji playfully punched one another.
"Ok you two, are you going to go or not? We've got some work to do around this house" Alekh Ji said and I blushed immediately.
"Alekh Ji! Jiji, Ranvir Ji, have a safe trip, see you Sunday night!".
And they were off. I looked at Alekh Ji who was smiling widely at me. I pretended not to notice and walked into the house ahead of him. I knew what he wanted tonight, but I wasn't going to give in so easily. It was just so much fun teasing him. I had done it a couple of times before, and his reactions were always to die for! Usually I gave in immediately, but we'd be alone the whole weekend, and there would be many opportunities, and I would have to direct how a few of them went.
I went into the room and locked the room from inside on purpose. Alekh Ji was banging on the door. "Sadhna, let me remind you that I still haven't changed my clothes, what is this?"
I smiled to myself. Really, I couldn't be cruel to him for too long, it went against my nature. He was usually the hunter, and I was the prey when it came to these games. But I had to show him a different side to me every once in a while. I undressed and showered and put on a light chudi dar and kamiz suit. It was light pink, with purple designs on it. I opened the door and saw that Alekh Ji wasn't outside. I went into the kitchen and started warming dinner up. Alekh Ji was sitting in front of the TV in the living room, flipping through channels, looking quiet uninterested. His tie was barely hanging from his neck, his shirt was unbuttoned, and his pants were unbuttoned too. He saw me pass by and turned around.
He walked behind me and came and sat at the dinner table. He stared at me the whole time I was warming dinner. Finally, while I was serving him dinner, he grabbed my by my wrists and pulled me down on his lap.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"No where. I'd like to have dinner too, Alekh Ji, so please let me get up and go have a seat". I tried sounding serious. It was going to be a tough night for me, torturing him this way, but change was always a good thing.
"Sadhna, this is your seat. You can have dinner sitting here with me. I'd say it's pretty comfortable". He smiled at me. Oh, I needed to make the message clearer.
"No actually, your lap isn't as comfortable as these wonderful chairs. I don't think I can enjoy my dinner sitting on your lap." I pulled myself out of his grip and reluctantly got off his lap. I wanted to give in, but really, that can get boring after a while. I really needed to stick to my plan; I was doing pretty well so far.
He looked at me with a look of confusion and I'm pretty sure he was already getting annoyed. I just ignored him and continued with dinner. I acted casually at dinner and we engaged in small talk only.
After dinner, I scolded him about the dishwasher and told him to stay away from the kitchen from now on, and keep Ranvir Ji away too! He laughed and headed for the bedroom, he was finally going to change out of his clothes. I mean, sure the unbuttoned shirt was a good sight, but it was already close to 10, and he needed to freshen up already.
In the mean time, I decided to go watch a little TV. I wanted to watch a movie with him tonight, and I had a bunch of DVDs lined up. I knew he wanted something else, but that could wait. I loved just cuddling with him and watching a movie. He'd never concentrate on the movie until the very end, and then I wouldn't be able to concentrate on it, trying to explain to him what had happened so far.
I went and occupied our usual couch for a movie night. I chose a horror movie. That was unlike me, but hey, more reasons to cuddle. I turned it on and went back and lay down on the sofa. Alekh Ji came in a few minutes later.
"A movie? Sadhna I wanted to watch TV."
"No Alekh Ji, TV is always there, we can watch it after the movie. I want to see this."
"Fine." He sounded so annoyed! He was adorable when he got annoyed. It was just like old Alekh Ji.
He tried to sit on the couch and I gave him no room. I knew this was going to annoy him to no end. This is the couch we often cuddled up on to watch a movie.
"Sadhna, I'd like to sit WITH you." Wow, he was really annoyed already.
"Alekh Ji, I'm tired, I want to lie down and watch TV, and you can go sit on that other couch by yourself".
"Sadhna, I want to sit WITH YOU. Move over, and let me sit with you. If you're so tired, maybe you should go to bed, in fact, why don't we both go to bed now?"
"No Alekh Ji, I haven't had any time to myself all day. I was busy with Jiji, the house, the stupid plumbers, now I want to relax."
He put his hands on his waist as if he wanted to lecture me, but then he went onto the other couch and sat there. He folded his arms around his chest and didn't look the least bit comfortable.
My poor Alekh Ji! Oh Sadhna, don't do this to him. He's tired, he's in the mood for romance, and he's being tortured by you!
I turned around to look at him and burst out laughing. I couldn't help it. He looked so angry!
"Alekh Ji, I was kidding. I'm sorry. Come, it was my plan all along for us to watch this movie together. Come, sit with me." I patted the spot next to me on the sofa.
"I don't want to".
"Why?"
"Because…"
"Because why?"
He got up, and slowly walked over to me, he was standing over me looking at my face contemplatively. Then he basically picked me up and moved me over, and came and took up 90% of the sofa. I fell on the floor. He started laughing.
"Alekh Ji!"
"You can still have a seat…on my lap." He wiggled his eyebrows again and smiled.
"Fine!"
"Oh, look who's angry now."
I went and sat on his lap, and he lay down, and I lay down next to him. He put his arms around me and the movie started. Whoa, they weren't kidding when they called this a really scary movie. Alekh Ji put his hand on my face and covered my eyes in all the scary parts.
"I don't want you having any nightmares."
"But I want to see what's happening!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes".
I watched and it was some bloody torture scene where people were getting their limbs cut off. I felt my dinner heading north, so I turned and hid my eyes in Alekh Ji's chest.
"Told you."
I tried watching a bit more of it, but it only seemed to be getting word. Instead of limbs, now people were getting their heads chopped off. Oh boy. I felt a wave of nausea and ran from the couch to the bathroom.
