"I married you Nirvair,not to be friends with you for my whole life.....agar hum dono mein husband wife ka rishta nhi ho sakta toh koi aur rishta bhi nhi ho sakta"

Nirvair sighed for the nth time that day because no matter what Iknoor's words weren't leaving his head.

He was constantly thinking about what she had said.

She was right.

If they aren't husband and wife they can't be anything to each other.

It was all his fault.

If he had told her everything before their wedding it wouldn't have taken place and they wouldn't have been stuck at this phase of their relationship now.

"Kya soch raha h?"Kartik said as he saw Nirvair lost in his thoughts.

"Log shadi kyu krte h yeh soch raha hu yrr!"Nirvair said and Kartik laughed hearing that.

"Kya hua h?"Kartik asked him and Nirvair turned towards him.

Of course he can take Kartik's advice,he has been married for 4 years now!

"Husband wife friends nhi ho sakte kya?"Nirvair asked.

"Ho sakte h"Kartik said.

"Sirf friend's nhi ho sakte kya?"Nirvair again asked.

"Agar sirf friends rehna h toh shadi kyu krni h?"Kartik asked.

"Arre yrr tu bol na?!"Nirvair said irritated with his question.

"Nhi,nhi ho sakte because husband -wife ka rishta friendship,family relationships,siblings relationship inn sabse alag hota h......your partner is your partner,your better half,your best friend,you parent,your sibling,your everything,you can't categorie your marriage in one thing okay?"Kartik said making Nirvair think about it.

"Why are you so hell bent on not accepting this marriage?"Kartik asked looking at Nirvair who sighed.

"Meine kr li h bhai accept......meine accept krne se mana nhi kara h,mein sirf yeh keh raha hu ki maybe hum dono normal husband wife jese na reh paaye,isliye friends bankr rehte h na?"Nirvair said and Kartik sighed hearing that.

"See husband wife friends nhi ho sakte, matlab ho sakte h but they are always more than friends okay! husband wife jo closeness share krte h na Nirvair woh koi nhi kr sakta,in terms of emotional bonding, physical and mental bonding "Kartik said and Nirvair nodded at that.

"Wese bhi unka chod tu,tujhe nhi lagta tujhe bhi ek partner ki zarurat h,for life?you can't live your whole life like this right,koi bhi akela nhi reh sakta h zindagi bhar Nirvair,sabko ek companion ki zarurat hoti h,tujhe bhi h and trust me bhabhi tere liye ekdam sahi h.....you are just in a different zone right now that's why you aren't accepting this.....tu relationship ko aage nhi badhana chahta kyuki tu unko hurt nhi krna chahta but you are doing the exact thing you don't want to do Bhai!.....bhabhi bolti nhi hongi but I am sure your words might be hurting her a lot"Kartik said and Nirvair again sighed.

What was he supposed to do?

He has accepted the marriage.He truly has but he doesn't knows if he can be the husband Iknoor deserves.

"Wese bhi tu kya kr sakta h kya nhi ab isse kuch farak nhi padta,teri shadi ho chuki h,so be a man and accept it and stop hurting her"Kartik said and Nirvair nodded his head at that.

He pondered over what Kartik said.

It wasn't as if he doesn't wants someone or he doesn't finds the need to have someone when he sees couples together.

Nirvair has always grown up in a very loving environment,he has seen the love his parents share,his grandparents,his chote papa-choti maa,his chachi-chahu and now even his younger brother and his wife share that love.

Growing up Nirvair also thought that life could be happy only when you find someone to love and someone who loves you.

He thought one get's settled in life by marrying the love of their life.

But things changed drastically for him the moment he joined RAW.

It was never even in his plan,he had never thought he could be a part of something like this,but here he was.

Serving the nation without even his family knowing about it.

His job has changed a lot of things in his life.

Once his family was his priority,now RAW is his priority.

Once Nirvair Sehgal was a carefree,fun loving boy,now he is a responsible,mature man.

Once he had wanted to get into an arranged marriage and find love in it like his parents did,now he has gotten married but finding love in it is getting difficult for him from within.

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Nirvair entered his house,he was late again and he knew Iknoor might be waiting for him even though he has asked her not to.

But he frowned when he found his siblings sitting in the living room.

Where was Iknoor?

Was she asleep?

She might be sleeping because he had seen her car parked in the parking lot when he had went to park his bike.

"Aap h?!"Aashu said and he frowned hearing that.

What did she mean?

Were they expecting someone else?

"Itni raat ko mein nhi toh kaun aayega?"Nirvair asked.

"Hame laga bhabhi aayi h"Shivansh said and Nirvair frowned deeper hearing that.

Iknoor wasn't home?

"Iknoor ghar pr nhi h?"Nirvair couldn't help but ask.

Her car was parked in the parking lot then how come she isn't home?

"Woh bhabhi ko ek emergency delivery krni thi toh unhone kaha woh late ho jayengi,hum unka hi wait kr rahe the"Hriday said and Nirvair nodded hearing that then.

How will she come though?

She doesn't has her car with her.

It's not safe to take a cab or uber or anything this late, anything can happen.

Women aren't safe anywhere.

"Uski car toh yahi h,woh kese aanewali h?"Nirvair asked looking at Hriday.

"Unhone kaha humse ki hum unki car le jaye,woh delivery ke baad drive krke nhi aana chahti thi,unhone kaha woh cab se aa jayengi"Hriday said.

She would get tired and couldn't drive that was fine.

But taking a cab this late at night wasn't safe.

"Itni raat ko cab se aana thik nhi h,yeh ladki bhi na!"Nirvair said as he tried calling her but it went unanswered.

She might be busy.

But he wanted to let her know that she can't use a cab.

"Woh OT mein hongi isliye call pick nhi kr rahi hongi"Hriday said.

"Mein lene jaata hu usse"Nirvair said and turned to leave but stopped and asked for Iknoor's car's keys from Hriday.

He is comfortable on a bike but she might not be after a hectic day at work.She can comfortably sit in the car.

Hriday went to fetch the car keys and passed them to Nirvair who took it and left.

None of them tried to stop him as it was his responsibility to make sure his wife was safe and get her home.

Nirvair drove towards his father's hospital and parked the car and went inside to see if she was done with her work or not.

"Is Dr.Iknoor free?"Nirvair asked the receptionist who stared at him in a lil surprise.

Nirvair hardly visits his father's hospital and so he doesn't knows many people here,also very few people know him which includes Mishra uncle who is his father's PA.

"Dr.Hriday......

The receptionist was confused as to what she should say to him now.He seemed like Dr Hriday who interned here but at the same time he seemed a lot different.

"No I am not Dr.Hriday....could you please let me know if Dr.Iknoor is free?"Nirvair asked not explaining his relationship with Hriday because he didn't find it important to tell her.

"No sir she is in the OT right now"The receptionist said.

"Could you tell me where her cabin is?"Nirvair asked and the receptionist gave him a wary look.

"Sorry sir I can't let you know that"The receptionist said.

"I am her husband"Nirvair said then and the receptionist was still not sure if she should led him into her cabin.

Dr.Iknoor wasn't married after all!

She had joined work just months ago and she was single.

Also it was against rules.

"Sorry sir I still can't do it"The receptionist said.

"Dekhiye mein uska husband hu,I think you can let me into her cabin"Nirvair said but the receptionist still shook her head in denial.

Nirvair sighed then.

It was no use arguing with her for now,he can just sit here at the waiting area and wait for Iknoor to get done with her work.

So he did just that and waited for her.

When Iknoor came out of the OT,she immediately went to change from her srubs and sanitise herself,after that she went into her cabin and sat down doing some paper work that was needed.

She took her bag and went out towards the reception to sign for her log out from the hospital as her duty was done now.

"Ma'am,there is a man who was claiming to be your husband, don't worry I didn't let him enter your cabin"The receptionist said as Iknoor signed in the register.

Iknoor frowned hearing that.

Husband.

Did Nirvair came here?

"Pr woh Dr.Hriday jese lag rahe the ma'am,Mujhe laga wahi h pr unhone kaha woh Dr.Hriday nhi h"The receptionist added and now Iknoor was sure it was Nirvair.

"Kaha pr h woh?"Iknoor asked and the receptionist pointed out behind her and Iknoor was a lil surprised finding Nirvair sitting there staring at her only.

"He is my husband,next time please don't make him wait in the waiting area,lead him directly to my cabin"Iknoor said looking at the receptionist who seemed a lil shocked hearing that but nodded immediately.

"Sorry ma'am,I wasn't aware,I thought....

"It's fine,aage se please dhyan rakhiyega"Iknoor said and the receptionist nodded her head at that.

Iknoor made her way towards Nirvair who stood up seeing her.

"Tum yaha kya kr rahe ho?"Iknoor asked.

"Tumhe pick krne aaya tha,chalo"Nirvair said as he started walking and Iknoor followed him.

"Mujhe pick krne?kyu?mein khud aa sakti hu"Iknoor said because it was almost 2:30 in the midnight now.

He might had to wait a lot.

"Tumhare paas gaadi nhi hogi na aage se toh mujhe call kr dena Iknoor, please don't use cab or uber this late,it isn't safe"Nirvair said as he pulled the door open for her and Iknoor sat inside letting him take the driving seat.

She just nodded not at all arguing with him because she was tired and hungry too.

Nirvair started driving.

"Sorry tumhe wait krna pada,woh hospital ke protocols h,aise kisi ko bhi ander nhi bhej sakte kisi bhi doctor ke cabin mein bina appointment ke"Iknoor said but he shrugged it away.

"It's okay"Nirvair said.

Suddenly they heard a noise and Iknoor was very embarrassed because it was her stomach.

She hadn't had her dinner and she had missed her lunch as well because she had a lot of appointments today so she thought she would have it later but then this emergency delivery came and she got busy with that and so now her stomach was empty and she wanted to eat something very badly.

Nirvair chuckled hearing that and looked at her.

"Tumne dinner nhi kiya?"He asked and she shook her head in denial,still embarrassed.

"Chalo kuch khaate h,meine bhi nhi kiya h"Nirvair said as he took a turn which didn't go to their house and Iknoor gave him a confused look.

"Agar ab ek resturant mein jayenge na toh bht time lagega khana aane mein,mein tumhe kahi aisi jagah lekr chalta hu jaha do min mein khana mil jayega and bht tasty bhi hoga"Nirvair said as he stopped the car infront of a small road side cart which selled bhurji.

Iknoor looked at him.

"Egg ya panner?"Nirvair asked.

"Egg bhurji"Iknoor said.

"Okay,gaadi mein hi betho mein abhi leke aaya"Nirvair said and Iknoor nodded and kept sitting in the car while he fetched them the bhurji.

True to his words the bhurji came literally within 5 mins,that too hot and it smelled amazing.

He forwarded her the plate with egg bhurji and pav and himself took the panner bhurji he had got for himself.

Iknoor started eating it because she was really starving now.

As soon as she took the first bite she moaned at the taste of it.

It was so freaking delicious.

She looked at him with wide eyes and Nirvair couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction.

"I know bht tasty h na?"He asked and she nodded her head at that.

"This is so tasty!meine aaj tak itni tasty egg bhurji nhi khayi"Iknoor said.

"Dekho aise khaake dekho,aur tasty lagega"Nirvair said as he took one of the pav and separated it and filled the egg bhurji into it and added a few sliced onions and forwarded it to her.

Iknoor took it from her and had a bite and again widened her eyes at how amazing it tasted.

"Mein yaha pr aata hu Ali aur Kartik ke saath"Nirvair said and she listened.

"Tumhe egg bhurji nhi pasand?"She asked as she saw him eating the paneer bhurji.

"Khaa leta hu mein,pr paneer bhurji zyada pasand h mujhe"Nirvair said.

"Tum sab bhai behen ko panner bht pasand h lagta h"Iknoor said as she had seen Hriday,Maahi and Aashi eating panner more then they eat non-veg.

"Papa ko bht pasand h panner,unki wajah se hume pasand h"Nirvair said and Iknoor nodded hearing that.

They relished the bhurji pav and then Nirvair passed her the chilled water bottle he had bought along with it.

They gulped down the water and then Nirvair started driving towards their home.

Halfway through it Iknoor was fast asleep as she was tired and her stomach was full.

Nirvair stared at her sleeping figure for a min and then continued driving.

As he parked the car into the parking lot he stared at Iknoor,she seemed too peaceful right now and he didn't wanted to break her slumber.

Should he carry her?

What if she get's offended or doesn't likes it?

Well it wasn't as if he would be carrying her for the first time.

The next moment he gently picked her in his arms holding her bag with one of his hand as he kicked the car door close with his leg and walked towards the house.

She can get mad as much as she likes later on.

He is ready to hear her scoldings too.

For now he didn't have the heart to wake her up.

He carried her in his arms till their bedroom and gently laid her down on the bed.He then removed her footwear and wrapped the blanket around her.

He frowned as he saw her hair which were tied with the help of clutch.

She might be uncomfortable with the clutch.She usually sleeps with her hair open that he has noticed.

He should remove t

he clutch and free her hair,what if it pricks her head while she sleeps?

He leaned forward and gently kept his left hand under her head and with his right hand he slowly tried to remove the clutch.

Once done with that he put her head back on the pillow and decided to freshen up and sleep.