that sweety,sweet-nothings and me....

it was a sunny day of february when i first saw her.she was wearing a white salwar suit with combination of red dupatta.little droplets of sweat were on her forehead.after two months of spine chilling cold,summer was slowly entering our lives and most probably she was too hot...ooops,i mean she was feeling too hot.she was waiting for an autorickshaw outside her college.she was student of women's college.and i...did i introduced myself?? no na? okay,let me first tell you all something about me.i am akshat..akshat jha.sounding like-"bond james bond".my dad owns a sweet shop in boring road and i am a bit nikamma type so after completing my m.b.a,i didnt joined any company.i told my father that being his one and only child,how can i leave mom and him alone in patna for doing work in someone else's company?i should reside at patna and look after our sweet's shop-"sweet nothings".my mom when heard this became emotional and said to daddy-"main na kahti thi ki humara beta humein chhod kar kahin nahin jayega,akhir nau mahine maine isse apni kokh mein rakha hai,ye mere bina nahin rah sakta hai.." and she wiped off tears with her aanchal. so after resting some days at home,i started sitting at sweet nothings in two shifts a day.my first shift was from 8amto1pm and next shift was from 3pm to 7pm.in this way i get a lot of time for sleeping,net surfing and searching a good sanskari bahu for my parents.and this area when i was browsing near women's college ,i saw her and my heart said-"she is the one akki,she is the only one made for you." i was thinking and suddenly an auto came,she got in and the auto took her away from me..... i was on my mobike and i didnt wanted to lose her so i started following her auto.i was so pleased when her auto turned to boring road crossing and stopped at the police check post,just infront of sweet nothings.she took left turn and walked in the colony named shri krishna puri.i was delighted.my residence was also a colony nearby named patelnagar.but my shop was located at a better place than my house.my dad now surely needed full time rest at home.afterall he had a young,qualified son who can look after sweet nothings full day. i didnt knew her name.but she was fair,beautiful with dark brown hairs and black eyes,i named her "sweety". for one complete week i gave my daddy full rest,sat in sweet nothings and looked at nearly 1368 girls but didnt saw her once also. i was disappointed.may be she lived at some other place or maybe she came here that day to meet any relative or friend...or may be she got married?????? " no akki,stupid what the hell are you thinking?she is made for you and she is still studying,she cant get married in this early age.she is yours,think positive silly boy." my heart scolded me."bhaiya,ek pastry ka 13 rupiya kaat ker baaki madam ko de dijiye" my staff raju passed a twenty rupee note to me.i was drowned in my own thoughts.i kept that note in drawer and took out a five rupee and a two rupee coin and kept them on counter."thanks" as my ears heard a sweet voice,my eyes automaticaly looked up to see the owner of that voice and unexpectedly i gave a broad smile,yes! she was sweety!!"you are moossst welcome!" i said and she was gone in a moment.she will be mine one day and i must think positive. a couple of days after this she came with two small girls,most probably her sisters to sweet nothings.the girls were so ravenous,they ordered for samosas,pastries,patties,pizza,sweets,coldrinks and chocolates."you both are going above my budget" she whispered to the girl with spects."naina di,today's your birthday and this day doesnt come daily"she smiled.so her name was naina and today,22nd march is her birthday..."you are so cute,whats your name?" i asked the girl with spects."my name is tiny,this is my sister rini and my didi naina"thank god she didnt came with her entire family."do you go to school?""ya,i study in st.carol's in ukg and rini is in the same school in prep and naina di....she is in college..""shut up tiny.."sweety scolded her."i dont know she is in which class...naina di..tell bhaiya you are in which class?""tiny keep quiet,he is asking about you not about your full family.dont talk much you silly girl.i will tell didi....""okay,sorry!" they were gone in ten minutes and courtsey tiny i got a lot of information about my sweety.i prayed god to send tiny everyday to sweet nothings.that night i dreamed of sweety and sweety only."akki,beta utho,nau baj gaye,dukaan per nahin jaana hai kya?"my mom pulled away my blanket.9o'clock!! i was getting late.i freshed up,brushed my teeth,took bird bath and got ready in 15minutes."daddy's gone to shop today,you come with me for shopping at vishal mega mart,if you are free"mom served an aloo parantha after me and said."shopping? mom! please! go with daddy,i will go to shop,daddy and you should spend time together""hat,badmash! mom se majak karta hai. i need time to spend with my sweet son""and i want to see my sweety mom"i thought but said nothing.i sacrificed my day for my mom's shopping at vishal mega mart."ok mom,shop fast,i have got a lots of work to do today",i said."excuse me aunty"someone said and mom and me turned back.my eyed widened up with surprise."is this watch yours?"sweety was holding mom's wrist watch with her slender long fingers and i was surprised to see her pink nails that too without nail enamel.i was continously staring her.she was in green and pink suit and unlike other girls she was wearing the dupatta in a decent way.man! she was so simple,so natural and i was in love with her."thanks beta,where did you find it?""i saw it felling down from your wrist aunty"she smiled.automaticaly a smile developed on my face too."thanks beta,this is my favourite watch.akki,my son"mom looked at me,"gave it to me on my last birthday"."he is your son?"now she was looking at me.she smiled,"i have seen him in sweet nothings"."ya that is our shop,it means you live in boring road?""yes aunty""it was nice meeting you.thanks again.my son is very busy today nahin toh aaj tumse thodi der aur baat karti main.its getting late...""no mom .....akki stupid boy! why the hell did you said mom that you have got a lots of work today?"my heart scolded me and for sure i deserved this scolding."bye aunty""bye beta,chalo akki ab chalte hain,else you will be late beta." that night too i dreamt of sweety,but this time my mom was the lady villain in my sweet dream with sweety in sweet nothings. i counted in one week,i saw sweety minimum 4 times.something was better than nothing at all.i wanted to talk to her but she never came to sweet nothings.but one good thing happened,we both had started smiling at each other.it feels great but i wanted more,i mean i wanted to talk to her,to go on a date with her,to.......what? why to tell you about those censored scenes? i loved her for sure.one day i saw her at a golguppa stall.i was free that time so i started counting."..22..23...24....25....26...,my god akki! she is ravenous like her sisters,she can eat complete sweet nothings...and daddy will then surely kill you duffer to fall in love with such a petu ladki"my brain said."dont listen him akki,he is showing you the wrong way.whats in golguppa?you can eat 50...its not a big deal.agar petu hoti to mustandi hoti..."my heart favoured sweety. some months passed."akki beta i have selected a girl for you"mom said."why mom?"my heart pounded with fear,did she wanted to get me married?"for your marriage"yes she did."mom,look at me,i am just 25.i am still a kid""she is just 20,she too is a kid,lets do your baal-vivaah and get a baalika vadhu for us" dad laughed,"i was married at 22,your mom and we didnt even saw each other before marriage""but that was 27 years back...""no arguements son...ye mera antim faisla hai.you will have to marry her"dad went to his room."mom!""i cant do anything in this matter....i too like that girl.she is sweet." i cried whole night.not only my mom,my dad was also the villain in my love story and that stupid girl's parents were the main villain.next day surprisingly sweety came to sweet nothings.she ordered two pineapple and one chocolate pastry.raju packed it for her."thirty nine only" i said."you will take money from ME????" she said in shock."you are customer and you will have to pay for whatever you order" i said in sad voice.no need to smile at her when i was getting married to some stupid girl of my parents choice."CUSTOMER! OK!"she said in a loud voice and kept a fifty rupee note on my counter and turned away."excuse me mam take the change"i shouted."keep the change as your tip"she said angrily and i felt so insulted in front of raju."tu kyo hans raha hai?"i scolded him."kuch nahi bhaiya"he smirked.
"akki beta do you want to see the photograph of your bride?" mom asked generously."no thanks.i am least interested and least bothered" i said angrily. i was not engaged as engament ceremony was not under our family traditions.i directly got married in a grand marriage hall situated near my house.i till that time never saw my bride once also.i neither wanted to go for my suhaag raat as my sweety was not out of my mind and heart by that time."jao bhai ash karo"my cousins forcibly entered me in my bedroom.like bollywood movies suhaagraat scenes,my room was decorated with scented pretty flowers,my bride was sitting on my bed wearing maroon colored lahanga.i could only see her henna tattoed pretty hands,and aalta tattoed feet.she was fair but i was not excited at all.i changed into my night suit,took my pillow and no...my room doesnt had a sofa like hindi serials and films,where hero sleeps on sofa if he is not in love with his wife....so now where will i sleep?i cant go out,not at any cost,my daddy will kill me. what to do now? should i sleep on my bed?should i? or shouldn't i?"what are u thinking? i gave you tip that day,so you are angry?"she said and i jumped with joy.she was....."sweety"i said."kaun sweety?"she put her veil off and asked,yes she is sweety."you,else who?tumhi ho meri sweety,my love...""then why did you asked to pay for those pastries that day?" it seemed she wont forgive me for those fifty rupees."i didnt knew i was getting married to you.....i thought you are an ordinary customer,but i was wrong""why?""you are special customer of sweet nothings""no""kya?""i am the owner of sweet nothings...""no""why? now i am your wife""you are owner of my heart and my soul,not that mithai ki dukaan..."i sat near her...now it was time to convert all my censored dreams to reality...... the end.