When avneil woke up the next day it was pretty late. Avni had decided to sleep in because after really long she was in her husbands embrace and both of them had nowehere to get to. So even though she woke up at her usual 530am, she just snuggled into neil and went back to sleep. 3 hours later when neel woke up he was pleasantly surprised to see that avni was still in bed and fast asleep! This was not a moment he got too often...to admire his beautiful wifey as she slept.

So neel just stared at her face, admiring every little feature of hers- her beautiful mane of hair which would get crazily messed up when she slept but it was one of his favourite things, he loved the silky texture of it against his fingers especially when he buried his fingers into her locks to hold her close to him when he kissed her. He looked at her eyes- closed now but when open those deep brown eyes-were a window to her soul. It was those eyes that always bared her soul to him. Even when they didn't really know each other and she was ananya it was those eyes that kept telling him that she was not a criminal, she was not guilty. The pain, the anger that she held reflected in her eyes. HE knew when he looked at them that there was much more to her than she was letting on. And now those very same eyes held love, respect, and even devotion -all for him. He was proud that he could say that somewhere he had contributed to the happy twinkle in her eyes that she had now. HE looked at her nose, which had a tiny little dent on it. It was just perfectly shaped. He remembered the time she wore nose-rings. HE loved it...made her look like the bad-ass sherni that she was. He moved down to her lips...oh but before that was that beautiful mole above her lips. Oh how he loved that little beauty spot. Its like when god created her and saw how amazing she was he put a little nazar ka tika on her himself! And then those lips...rosy pink, perfectly kissable . She could wreck havoc on him whenever he placed her lips on him. It was comforting and at the same time it was a huge turn on! And neel knew from experience that avni was really good with using not just her lips but her entire mouth! Just thinking about it made him hot and heavy now...he shook his "gutter" thoughts away and continued to gaze at the serenity on her face. 

There were a few freckles and pimples that he could see up close on her skin- and he loved that even more about her-imperfectly perfect! She didn't have perfectly flawless skin, she didn't care about it either. She had a few dark circles- which made neel respect how hard she worked and how passionate she was about her profession. He remembered how last week shweta had come back from delhi and seen how tired avni looked and forcibly applied a home-made facial pack for her! Avni had been running away from her but finally shweta caught her and applied the face-pack. Neel laughed thinking about how pissed off she was when he had walked in and cracked up seeing her face with orange paste and promptly clicked a picture for future blackmail purposes! Neels eyes continued to travel to her ears- those perfectly curved ears- and her hidden erogenous spot apart from the one on her slender neck. Every time he bit her she would let out a moan that was music to his ears. Neel suddenly realised that he was getting turned on just from thinking about her. He decided to put a break on his thoughts before it got out of hand and got out of bed to freshen up. As he got up he pulled the comforter back over avni and caressed her face and left a small peck on her head. He quickly freshened up, took a shower and came out to find that avni was just getting up. She got up and sat in bed with her hair all over the place, stretched and let out a yawn. Then she suddenly noticed him staring at her and blushed- quickly fixed her hair and asked- arey tum toh fresh bhi hogaye, toh tumne mujhe pahle uthaya kyun nahi?

Neel- aaj chutti hai, jaldi uth ke kya karogi?

Avni- hmm...good point. She got up and started folding the covers when neel stilled her and said- tum jao, main kar loonga.

Avni- ok thanks...and she started to walk towards the washroom when neel quickly pulled her back unable to control himself and gave her a wet kiss on her cheek

Avni- in mock irritation she wiped her face but her smile gave her away

Neel folded the covers and then made his way downstairs to the breakfast table

He was sitting at the table reading the newspaper, his parents were still sleeping in.On weekends everyone at home was a late riser! :D Then he heard avni come down the stairs and he stared in shock- for Avni was wearing her ripped ¾ th jeans and had a white shirt on- except it wasn't her shirt- it was his! She had rolled up the sleeves and since it was long on her she had scrunched up the bottom half and tied up a knot in the front. Her hair was up in a messy bun. She looked absolutely ravishing in his clothes!

She moved to the kitchen and neel followed her in a trance!

HE cornered her against the kitchen platform

Avni- kya kar rahe ho tum?

Neel- pulled her closer by the front of her shirt and said- ab tum aise lagogi toh how is it my fault ha!

Neel- leaned in closer and whispered into her ear- my clothes look WAY better on you baby!

Avni just blushed in response.

Neel- vaise aaj tumne meri shirt kyun pehni hai?

Avni- none of my tops were ironed and I was too lazy to iron it and then wear it, so I just picked up yours.

Neel just chuckled at her

Suddenly they heard a cough and shweta was standing at the doorstep with a grin on her face

Tillu beta, avni- tumlog toh kahi pe bhi shuru ho jaate ho!

Avni and neil sprang apart quickly. Avni blushed and set about getting plates and things to set up for breakfast whereas neel –said ma,vo vo, aisa kuch nahi- he started saying

Shweta- haan haan janti hun main ki kaisa hai- ab tu bahaar jayega ya thodi der bhi apni biwi se door nahi reh sakta? She teased.

Neel didn't reply- just left shaking his head and smiling to himself

Shweta just chuckled at her lovestruck son! She was happy to see him finally happy! Then she looked at avni and said- arey vaah, tum toh aaj badi stylish lag rahi ho! I like this look:)

Avni- thanks mummyji she smiled back

Soon they all enjoyed a family breakfast together with yummy aloo and gobi parathas.

Through breakfast shweta was fussing with avni about how dull avni's hair was and how she wasn't taking care of herself. Aaj raat ko na mere haathon tujhe ek acchi si head massage doongi. Overnight tel laga ke soyegi toh agle din dekhna baal kitne shiny or soft lagenge!

Neel- champi? He said happily. Maa mujhe bhi

Shweta just laughed- haan why not! Tu bhi aaja

Accha aaj ka kya plan hai tum donon ka

Avni- mujhe apne saare kapdon ki istri karni hai, aur baadme agle hafte ke meeting ke liye kuch tayyari karni hai

Shweta- kya? No no, ye kya tum donon humesha kaam me lage rahte ho. Saara kaam office me karo. Tum sirf relax karo ok.

Avni- ok mummyji! she moved to shweta and gave her a hug and a kiss on her cheek. Vaise mummyji hows the tailoring going? Got any new pieces to show me?

Shweta- arey haan, come come. She dragged avni with her to show her the latest creation

Neel watched happily his mother and wifey bonding. Ever since avni had gifted her the sewing machine shweta had been busy coming up with her own designs. Neel had always known that his mom had an eye for fashion but he was also shocked to see how talented she was. Shweta had been creating and putting together her own creations of Indo-western work wear and using avni as her model! When avni had worn the first Shweta outfit to work she had received SO many compliments. She came back and coaxed shweta into coming up with a whole collection which she said they could market also. She had an old college friend who was a designer working with an online label and avni thought that shweta's stuff could be sold on an online platform. Her marketing brain had ideas for how to sell shweta's amazing stuff as affordable and fashionable work wear. Neel was so proud of his mom and also a little guilty sometimes that he had never recognised her potential like avni had.

Neel made his way up to the room and thought about what to do and then suddenly an idea struck him. He pulled out all of avni's clothes and set up the iron and started pressing them for her. HE was carefully ironing all of her clothes and he was almost through with the pile when he got a call from DD about a case. He talked to DD about the case for atleast 25 minutes and when he came back to the iron he realised with shock that he had left it on high heat on a delicate white top of Avni's so now there was a brown burn outline on the top. And neel knew it was one of her favorites because he had gifted it to her. HE knew she was going to be very pissed off with him! He heard avni's footsteps so he quickly hid the burnt top and got back to ironing the remaining clothes. When avni walked in and saw that neel had been ironing her clothes she couldn't help but fall in love with him all over again. She went up to him and gave him a tight hug and said- tum itne amazing kyun ho mr.khanna? she said as she snuggled into him.

Neel- hugged her back- but in his head he was super guilty because of the burnt top!

Neel- Avni, suno na...

Avni- hmm...bolo na

Neel- voh main...vo main tumse kahna chahtha tha...

Avni- haan kaho

Neel- voh..voh

Avni- kya vo vo kar rahe ho? She pulled back and looked at him- kya hua? Tum itne guilty kyun lag rahe ho?

Neel- voh actually...

Avni- ok I know. Tumhe kaam agaya haina? Station jaana hai...its ok I understand. Itna darne ki zaurat nahi hai. Kha nahi jaoongi tumhe. You go finish your work and come back soon

Neel- (in his head- oh no, isko lagta hai main kaam pe jaane ke liye bol raha hoon should I tell her about the top? ) and then DD called again and turned out he really did have to go for some case related work. So he gave avni a hug and left promising to come back soon.

It was late afternoon by the time he wrapped up the work and he was sitting in his car at the traffic light when suddenly he saw a clothes shop and an idea struck him. HE had earlier thought about buying another top for avni but he didn't remember the brand or which shop he bought it from! But he could always buy the same cloth and ask his mom to stitch another one....he mentally praised himself for his own presence of mind and made his way home happily.

After a late lunch with avni who had waited up for him they headed up to their room.

Avni- accha, you wanna make a list of those songs for our mixtape now?

Neel- ya lets do it.

And so they both sat down to think of all their fav songs and started making a list.

About an hour and a half later...they both looked up at each other in dismay

Avni- neel this is MUCH harder than I thought! There are so many songs to choose from!

Neel- I know he said scratching his head! I guess it'll take a while. Why don't we work on it slowly. I don't hink ye ek din ka kaam hai!

Avni- ya I agree. Ok we'll work on it slowly. Then she looked up at the clock and said- oh its already 430. You want coffee?

Neel- yes, but I'll make it. You wait, I'll make it and come!

Avni- nahi, main bhi chalti hoon na

Neel- no, you go wait on the terrace. I'll bring it. And don't bother arguing because I'll have to carry you there and lock you up he warned her

Avni- geez, fine!

Neel- that's like my good girl! He pinched her cheeks and went down to make them both some coffee.

While in the kitchen he quickly found his mom and also explained his predicament with the burnt top. Shweta had laughed at him and agreed to stitch a new one! He told her to find the top in his room.

Shweta- lekin avni hogi na vahaan

Neil- nahi, mane us ko terrace bhej diya hai. Aap jaldi jaake voh top lelo. Main coffee le jaata hun.

And he carried both the coffee mugs to the terrace and found avni leaning against the ledge...

HE made his way up to her and handed her the coffee and said- ye lo wifey- neel khanna ke haath ke special coffee he presented to her

Avni- took a sip and said- hmm...sach me bahut acchi bani hai! I think ab se tumhe hi banana chahiye!

Neel- what do you mean sach me? Main humesha acchi coffee banata hun okay?!

And they bickered like kids over each others cooking and finally ended up laughing.

They finished their coffee and stood there just looking at the view from their terrace.

Neil had caged avni between his arms and together they were staring at the view and the sunset.

Once it got drak they could hear shweta calling out for them so they headed back down.

Neel- vaise avni I have 2 surprises for you.

Avni- oh haan, I almost forgot! Bolo...she said excitedly

Neel- took her to the room and gave her an envelope and a box.

Avni- first she opened the envelope to reveal tickets for a standup comedy performance that evening- in 2 hours! WOW neel tickets to the comedy show! Thank you she hugged in excitement- ye toh aaj hai. We need to leave in an hour. Chalo lets get ready!!

Neel- arey dusra gift bhi kholo na

Avni- unwrapped it to reveal a beautiful charm bracelet- it had individualized charms for her- a blue dolphin, a guitar, a little heart, a small pair of handcuffs, a gun (because her husband was a cop!)- OMG neel this is so amazing...thank you!

Neel- I'm glad you like it. Ye actually tumhaara anniversary gift tha but voh charms individualized hai toh thoda late hogaya to get it made! He slpped it on for her and it looked very cute.

Avni- I love it. Thank you she told him.

Neel- ok chalo, lets get ready.

Avni- haan ok. Neel quickly changed into his outfit but when he looked at avni he saw that she was frustrated.

Neel- kya hua?

Avni- arey mujhe voh meri favourite white top nahi mil rahi hai!

Neel- (shit! He thought to himself) – umm...uh...kya farak padta hai- kuch aur pehen lo na!

Avni- arey what do you mean-its my favourite because you gifted it to me! So I wanted to wear that with the bracelet you've given me!

Neel- he was happy to hear how much she valued his gifts but also panicking that she would be mad if she found out what happened- umm...its ok na avni. Don't worry. We'll come back and look for it later. Ok now just wear something else. We are getting late

Avni- oh ok she said resignedly and went to find something else to wear

On the entire way to the show her mood was off because she couldn't remember where she misplaced it!

Thankfully though she cheered up during the show. They had a fab time and laughed their hearts out. For dinner they went to their fav pav bhaji shop and ate to their hearts content. After dinner they went back home and enjoyed the champi session with shweta ji as discussed earlier in the day. When they finally made their way back up to the room and were on the bed avni said- today was such a relaxing day she said with a happy sigh!

Neel- smiled at her and tucked her closer into him.

Avni- and this is the perfect ending to the day she said hugging him close and shutting her eyes.

Ok here's the next one! Just got some regular day to day Avneil moments...hope you like it! double update since its a weekend!:) please do write to me with your feedback in the comments and also send me song suggestions for the mixtape!