Sunita's laughing
Sunita was laughing
so loudly in her sleep. That Arun felt as if entire room was moving with
earthquake. He knew. He needed to understand his mistakes but he couldn’t. He
was just busy in thinking how right he was in his life. He wanted to think
positively about his life but it was not happening. Arun was trying to find
suitable girl for such a long time. But since his parents had issues in their
marriage which went out of hand & even landed as news in paper every one
considered him bad choice. It was so stressful for him. He tried to convince
all that it was not his mistake but still they kept taunting him. He began to
get so irritated by their opinions. He wanted someone who would appreciate him
& marry him without objecting his situation. He tried so hard. Finally, one
day Sunita came to date him. Sunita was good looking & she was interested
just in financial status. She was more interested in money than anything else.
She felt so upset when he discussed few loans he needed to take once. But she
was happy when he said that he had already repaid them & earned double
income. She smiled. She wanted secure income & he provided it to her. So,
she began to date him. He felt that she was his perfect trophy wife so he began
to show off her. It was perfect combination for them. He never understood why
did she wanted to find a partner so desperately until he didn’t get married.
Arun was sleeping on bed peacefully when he heard loud voice of laughing. He
turned around. His beautiful wife Sunita was laughing in sleep. He smiled. It
seemed romantic gesture to him. But slowly she began to talk. She was saying
some odd words. He couldn’t make meaning out of them. He decided that it was
just one of her nightmares. He closed his eyes & tried to sleep. She kept
saying things in sleep. She continued talking. He knew that he needed to learn
to sleep peacefully but it was not happening. She managed to upset him. He knew
that talking in sleep was normal habit. Some people had it. Sunita had it too.
He didn’t need to make something big out of it. He just decided to ignore her.
But when he closed his eyes, he began to see scenes out of some horrible
moments of his life. His memory turned in such negative way that he began
journey of just negative side of his life. He always slept peacefully. He never
faced nightmares in his life but due to Sunita’s talking he was having them. He
knew that he supposed to love his wife. He decided that he needed to adjust. After
all his parents went to that kind of divorce since none of them was adjusting
so he was not going to make same mistake. He closed his eyes & tried to
sleep. After that on every night he was doing same thing. Sunita laughed on
every night same way. He couldn’t get positive thoughts in dream on every
night. He was moving in wrong way he could clearly feel it.
Sunita woke up in morning. She looked
towards Arun with strange indifference. She married to him since she knew that
her talking in sleep was big problem. Arun was not going to try for divorce
after what happened with his parents. He was perfect bait for them. But she
never thought that he would be such irritating person. Arun never fulfilled her
wishes. He always remained man who avoided all arguments. He was not ready to
fight for his more money & power. He kept feeling so troubled &
nervous. Sunita slowly looked towards Arun & said “Have you thought about
changing your job?” “Why? This one is great!” “Come on. You are not getting
promotions for long time.” “I need some time. I am sure then I will get
promotion.” “Oh! How long are you going to keep doing this?” “What?” “Waiting
for promotions?!” Arun felt so nervous in his heart. He began to feel so
inferior. He didn’t understand why did his life landed this way. First his
parents got divorced which managed to get bad publicity now his wife was feeling
so negative about him that he felt certain she regretted their marriage. She
was not talking about Divorce but she was regretting this marriage. He looked
nervously towards her. Arun said in small voice “I will start searching for new
job.” Sunita smiled happily. Arun immediately began that task too. He was
shocked when he got few interview calls. He was so excited. He started to work
hard to get new job. Finally, Arun managed to get one job of large salary. He
was so happy when he came home. Sunita seemed on top of the world. Finally,
they felt as if they did right thing by getting married to each other. Sunita
was so happy. But when time of night came, Arun started to get upset. He knew
that he couldn’t able to sleep since Sunita would talk in sleep. It would be
frustrating for him. He kept having nightmares due to her voices. He decided
that he would try to adjust. But he couldn’t. Suddenly he sensed that he needed
to concentrate on his work. He must get peaceful sleep. He said slowly “I think
I need to study new things. I need to read & work. I can’t do it without
light. Is it okay if I sleep in other room?”
Sunita smiled sweetly & said “Of course. You need to earn money.
That’s most important. We can adjust other things.” He smiled & went in
second bedroom. Luckily his house had two bedrooms. He knew that this change
was created by his parents since they wanted to avoid arguments but it just
increased distance between them. Now he was doing same thing. He was shifting
in second bedroom. Suddenly he began to feel that he needed to change
something.
Sunita agreed that Arun could sleep in
next bedroom. But she was confused. She sensed first time that she was already
in love with Arun. She wanted money but she didn’t want to lose him. He was not so
ambitious still for her he worked hard & got this new job. But now he left
room. She began to feel that she managed to make him angry. Sometimes she
pushed too much. Her mom often told her to go slow but she kept running fast in
life. She never understood when she crossed those lines & started to hurt
others. Now she needed to talk sweetly with Arun & manage to turn things in
right way. She began to plan positively about all. She decided that tomorrow
she would cook favorite dinner for Arun. She could do nice candle light dinner.
They didn’t have much romance in life. It was creating issues for them. She
began to think that she needed to prepare something. On that day Arun slept
peacefully. He was so happy to get rid of those voices for one night. He went
in new office happily. He did all work & came home. He was shocked when he
saw Sunita arranged such beautiful candle light dinner for them. For first time
she showed so much affection to him. He began to feel nervous. He knew that it
must be since he got increase in salary. Suddenly he began to feel so negative.
His wife Sunita was just interested in his money not him. Sunita smiled towards
him. He began to feel guilty. He slowly
said “Why this?” “I felt I am running just after money. Romance is missing from
our life. I start to think that I need to show my love. So, I found this way.” Arun
smiled. He shivered. He didn’t want to sleep in bedroom. He loved her but her
laughing in sleep was so negative. He couldn’t say it. He began to dislike her
since he couldn’t sleep at nights. He didn’t want to go back to their bedroom
again. He began to look around nervously. She started to look angry. Sunita
screamed “What is it? You dislike me!” He didn’t say anything. He just decided
to keep quiet. She continued “Do you have someone else?” She started crying. He
began to feel so hurt. He didn’t want it to turn this way. He said in slow voice
“I don’t have anyone else. I just don’t want to be with you.” “But why?” “I
hate the way you laugh in night.” She looked so angry. She slapped him. He was
so angry. He didn’t understand what he supposed to do. She just left him. In
that night packed her bags in anger & she just left him. He was so shocked.
He tried to call her but she didn’t answer his calls. He started to feel upset
but he couldn’t pay attention to his personal life since he got new job. He
knew that his marriage might not survive but he was getting appreciated by his
Boss so he needed to make sure that his career must survive. He kept working
hard. As days went ahead. He began to feel more stressed about his marriage. He
decided to visit his wife’s parent’s house. When he came, he was so scared. He
was expecting some angry reactions. But his father-in-law talked very nicely.
He understood that Sunita already managed to find someone else on internet &
she was happy to marry him. He smiled sweetly. But word of divorce scared him. He
began to demand to talk with Sunita. He started to get nightmares again. Then
finally he talked with doctor who suggested psychiatrist. He went there with
hope to cancel his divorce. But Psychiatrist convinced him that he didn’t need
to convince Sunita to stop divorce. He needed to convince himself to take it.
Slowly step by step he got over that fear. He decided to go for Divorce. After
all he never loved Sunita & she never loved him. He was happy with his
career. He was no longer needed to run after promotion. He managed to start his
slow & happy life. He was better of as divorcee than married man since he
never loved his wife & his wife never loved him.
The End
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