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It was around 12 pm exactly when Avni was about to finish cooking the Dal and rice...She completed her task by putting the tempering in the Dal that was on the stove... After she learnt cooking she had willingly taken over the responsibility of the kitchen though Beema was assigned that work. 

She set all the utensils aside, washed her hands and heaved a sigh of relief...but she felt tired for once. She just felt like resting for sometime and turned to leave to her room but stopped to find her dear hubby observing her from a little distance away, leaning to the door of the kitchen. 

"Neil, tum...tum kab aaye?" Avni enquired in her usual tone. 

"Tabhi jab meri wifey dal mein apne pyare haathon se tadka laga rahi thi...you were looking so gorgeous with those hair strands wavering on your face, those sweat drops on your forehead...uff all I could do was just adore you wifey !"  Neil described his plight in one go as he neared to Avni and started to caress her cheeks with his fingers. 

"Oh !" Avni sighed and moved away from him and walked towards the door showing zero interest in his romance. 

"Hein? Just oh ! I praised your beauty so nicely and you reply with just oh ? Not fair Avni... " Neil complained with a sweet little puppy face as he went near her. 

"Ah I'm sorry Neil... By the way thanks for telling me that I looked gorgeous !" Avni replied bluntly as if it was just a formality.

This gesture of her stunned Neil even more and got him thinking that there must be some reason for her strange behaviour. 

Neil just looked at her with a big question mark on his face but tried to divert her on a lighter note since at that point of time her smile was important to him.

"Haaa toh Mrs. Khanna aaj khaane mein kya bana hai dal ke sath ?" He asked enthusiastically but received the same grin from his dear lady.

"Sorry Neil, Dal ke sath sirf chawal banaya hai meine..woh tabyet kuch theek nai..." even before she could complete her sentence Neil horrified listening her last words as he interrupted her.

"Tabyet theek nai hai matlab kya?  What happened suddenly ? You were all fine last night hai na ? Fever hai kya?  Sardi lagi hai?  Kya hua meri jaan ko ?" Neil asked with a worried expression on his face while he cupped her face with his palms.

"Neil...relax. aisa kuch bhi nai hua hai... I'm just feeling tired, I'll be fine after some time if I rest now." Avni tried to dodge him but in vain as Mr. Supercop was already on hyper mode. 

"Feeling tired ? Avvvnnniii this is the reason I tell you not to do so much household chores ! There are people to do all these right but tum ho ki kabhi sunti hi nai...dekho ab tabyet kiski kharaab hui?!" Neil questioned her with concern, holding her shoulders.

But to his shock, Avni shrugged off his hands from her shoulders and said in her high pitch. 

"Neil please! Enough! I've to rest ! Kuch toh samjho...!" 

Avni left the place swiftly without even waiting for him to react. Neil was left aghast due to such a strange and wierd behaviour of Avni which he had never experienced with her. It was the very first time she had behaved rudely with him for no fault of his. 

He just kept looking at her walking away until she diappeared into the room.

All this was being watched by Shwetha and She kind of understood why Avni might have behaved that way. She went towards Neil and shook his shoulder.

"Neil...Avni ko galat mat samjho beta. It must be "that time of the month" so she is kind of juggling with her mood swings and cramps.." 

Shwetha had tried her best to make her son understand with possibly the best English words that she could use ! But she had failed miserably when she found Neil looking at her with a confused expression like a kid who was taught a difficult mathematical theorem ! 

"Mom... that time of the month ? Cramps?  Aap kya bol rahe ho...?" He ruffled his hair with his palm in ambiguity!   

"Oh Gods!  What to do with this tillu ?! Mein aur kuch nai bol sakti...Smart phone hai na ? Internet bhi hoga ? Toh... toh research karo !" 

Shwetha hinted him and left the place as fast as she could murmuring to herself about how dumb her son is...! 

While Neil was left spellbound as he thought to himself..."God! These women...! Ajeeb hai...Ab inko samajhneke liye internet pe research bhi karna padega...!"  

And he googled those two phrases which his mom used to search on the net ! 

He was kind of embarrassed at first when he read that it was about menstrual symptoms and all that... But as and when he read more about it he realised that women go through lot of pain, physical and mental struggle every month which is not even imaginable for men ! 

He wondered how in this whole year which passed by along with his wife so close to him never had an instance where Avni showcased her mood swings!  He then realised that in such a roller coaster year which had so many hindrances, missions, sadness and agonies there was no room for Avni to behave like a  normal girl ! 

A normal woman who goes through so many ups and downs, turmoils inside, mood swings, pain, cramps and what not ! She had successfully hidden all these for 1 whole year ! Or rather she never paid heed to her womanhood by being busy in solving her life problems, fights etc. 

Neil felt sad...that his wife had lost being a girl so much because of the obvious past. She was so selfless that she always wanted a happy normal family but never craved to be a normal happy GIRL ! He had known that She had lost her childhood  but realised now that she had also lost those small moments a girl goes through !

 He thought firmly that now...he will make her live the life of a normal girl. 
He will pamper her to the fullest and even spoil her with his love and over pampering. 

He left the kitchen and went towards their room, not before slipping a chocolate into his pocket from the fridge. As he reached the room, he thought to stand in the corner and observe his wifey... just to understand her more. 

Avni was lying on the bed...flat on her back. Her forehead had wrinkles and face was pale. Her eyes were wide open a second and the next were getting wrenched. She turned to her right side, turned to her left...slept on her stomach suppressing the mattress...she sat up...hugged the pillow to her chest... Fidgeted with the feathery comforter...she was restless ! 

Again she hit the bed and struggled a bit to finally find a comfortable position to sleep. 

She held her stomach with her arms cross crossed...her face had numerous expressions changing each second within blinks.

After seeing her plight, all Neil could do was immediately rush to her...he sat on the bed next to her...

"Avni..." he whispered lovingly in her ears. 
As she heard his husky voice, Avni opened her eyes and saw him...rather stared into his eyes and looked down the next moment as she realised how she had behaved with him some time back.

Neil quietly pulled up her head on to his lap and caressed her hair. 

"It's ok Avni...nazre churaneki zarurat nahi hai. I absolutely understand now about your mood swings and cramps! " 

As Neil said those last few words...Avni's eyebrows shot up ! Embarrassment was clearly written on her face in bold... noticing that Neil continued...

"Hey wifey...I'm your husband my dear. No need to get embarrassed at all..."  he gave a peck on her cheek. 

"Hmm...voh toh hai...par how did you know that today I have..." Avni said and got up from his lap. 
"Ummm...mom told me." Neil said nodding his head.

"Satyanash! Oh god Neil...you went and asked mom about me ?" Avni made a crying face and 
 to his shock again, she screamed !

"Neeeiiilll...not able to bear this pain..! Aaa heee my tummy aches ! My back hurts!  It's like my tummy is a washing machine and it's rinsing,twisting and washing all the parts in my stomach !! Not able to sit nor stand nor sleep ! Kuch bhi nai kar paa rahi hu...! Upar se I'm getting irritated to each and every thing! No mood to do anything! Kuch khaana chahti hu par nai khaana chahthi!  Kuch karna chahthi hu par kuch bhi nai karna chahthi...! Aah my tummy...!!!" 

Avni wrenched her stomach with her hands as she expressed her rant like a little child complaining about something..

Neil was amazed to see how freely his wifey was talking to him about things which she never spoke about before and ofcourse he was sad to see his wife suffer so much...

She involuntarily lied down on his lap...making baby faces she looked at him who was just adoring her...

"Avni...yeh dekho...chocolate! Have it, you might feel better. After that I've a perfect plan to comfort you" He forwarded the chocolate to her and she snatched it in a blink and started eating it.

Neil just looked upon her wondering where had she hidden this carefree side of hers all these days ! 

After she was done with the chocolate, she looked at him...

"So, what's your perfect plan now?" She asked as if she's going to listen to a fairy tale ! 

"Hmm... that I'm not gonna tell you sweetheart ! I'll show it..." he smirked as he shifted her head from his lap to the bed. 

He was away for few mins from the room...and returned back asap. 

He turned off the bright lights and kept on the dim ones. He went near her and sat on the bed. 

He slowly removed her saree pallu...

"Neil...please...not now. Mera man nai..." Avni resisted while he interrupted...

"Ssshhh... it's not the only thing always on my mind sweety...have patience ha.." 

He removed her pallu completely... the he laundered his fingers around her navel... and turned back to fetch something...

"Neil...kya kar rahe ho ?" Avni averred. 

He turned back and saw her... 

"Here is the warm water bag...to reduce my dear wifey's stomach ache! "  he said as he placed the bag on her bare belly...he kept changing its position around her stomach every now and then so as to let the warm water reduce her ache... 

Avni was left speechless to see how caring her husband was ! She looked at him with an amazed expression silently letting him do what he was doing... she felt much better. 

After some time of warm water therapy Neil held her and turned her to face the bed...

"Ab kya karoge Neil...? It's ok...you... you don't have to do all this..." Avni said though all this pampering was much needed for her...

"Shshhh...I need to pamper my wife. Tum beech mein mat bolo !"  Neil said firmly like he was ordering his subordinates at the police station.

"Hehe ok ACP sahab...!" Avni chuckled.

Then he did some thing unexpected by Avni... he unhooked her blouse and her bra...and slowly he massaged her back and her waist..! 

His palms gave a cushion kind feeling for her ailing back... a massage at that point of time was so relieving for Avni... 

"Thank you so much Neil... Dil se!" Avni expresses her gratitude. 

"Pati ko kaun thanks bolta hai yar!  Pati parmeshwar ko sirf "Love you" bolna chahiye...thanks nai...!" He smirked as he strolled himself next to her.. 

"Theek hai patidev... I love you..." Avni blushed as he moved closer to her... 

Neil hugged her and whispered "I love you too wifey !" 

"Vaise Neil... yeh sab pamper karna... I mean pehle chocolate phir warm water therapy phir massage aur ab yeh cuddle karna...kaha se seekha tumne ? I mean this is all any girl would want on a day like mine " Avni questioned while burrying her face in his chest.

"Sach bolu...? Meine internet pe padha tha ! How to pamper a girl when on periods !" Neil smirked while Avni hit him slightly hard.

"Aahwee Avni...dheere se maro na..voh Mom ne mujhe kuch ajeeb sa kaha and I didn't understand a thing ! So I asked her to explain and She slammed me saying smart phone hai na...usme se research karlena...toh mein bechara kya karta...?" Neil tried to explain making puppy face. 

"Aww my hubby...itna sab kuch mere liye kiya tumne I'm very happy and guess what I'm feeling much much better...you healed me Neil..." she said as she placed a gentle kiss on his lips.

She thought which husband would have the patience to pacify a moody wife's tantrums and even comfort her to reduce her pain ! She had the best man...the best husband... her man, her Neil ! 

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Thanks for reading guys ! I know it's bad... and pretty lengthy...so sorry if it was boring... please do comment whatever you feel... criticism is also welcome wholeheartedly 

Love,

Avni