"Did you see my phone?", Mike asked searching it on the table beside the bed.
"I don't know", Aliz replied in a slow voice.
He looked at her in disappointment.
She took her bag and walked out of the room.
They got married 3 weeks before. Aliz is 24 years old. When her mother furst talked to her about this marriage proposal she don't want to accept it. Her break up was happened not long ago. Sh edated a lot of guys, but she always felt their relationship missed something. Whenever she tried to get used to tye relationship, it only hurted her more. After the last breakup she thought she should never date a guy again.
When her parents said meet him once, she nodded her head with hesitation. The day they both met, Mike started talking first.
"I'm not feeling like getting married now. My parents are forcing me. But I", before he finished his sentence Aliz jumped saying "Let's get married for them then. Just marriage in front of others and be roomates inside the room"
Afterall that is what she wanted, where the society look at them like a married couple and inside the room they will be just room mates.
Till today the total number of words they talked to each other is within 100.
Their usual talks are like
"I will be late tonight"
"I'm going out"
"Close the door"
"Switch of the light"
Most of these sentences never got an reply.
It rained that night. Aliz is on her way back home.
She forgot to take her umbrella. After getting married that was the first rain. She was fully drenched. She was waiting on the side of the road to cross it when the light turns green.
Water drops running through her forehead. She tried wiping it. Suddenly she felt a shadow above her head. She looked up amd found out it was an umbrella. In a shock, she turned back to see who was holding it.
It was him, Mike.
"Did you forgot to take your umbrella?", he asked.
She nodded.
"Let's go", he said. They both crossed the road. After the martiage that was the first time they are standing close to each other.
Even when they slept on the same bed they both faced away from each other.
She turned her head slightly to look at him.
He must be 10 centimeter taller than her. His long eyelashes, beautiful eyebrows, brown pupils; he have such a beutiful eyes. His tall nose brigde and his beautiful lips; Yeah his side view is definitely handsome. That was the first time Aliz looking him properly.
He turned his head suddenly to her side. She choked.
He tilted his head in confusion.
He shook her head a looked to the front.
They soon reached the basement of the apartment.
When they were waiting for the lift, she looked at him again.
"He is good looking", she thought.
"What are you looking at?", he asked.
"Ah!!! I... Did you eat?", she said.
He looked at her in a shock. The lift opened. They both got inside.
"I shall order some food later", he said.
When they reached their floor, Mike did not say anything and walked towards the house.
She flollowed him shivering in cold.
'Achooo', she sneezed.
He turned back to look at her and giggled.
"I'm shivering, but you are laughing. All boys are jerks", she thought.
She ran in to the bathroom to take a bath. After a bath and changing in to dry clothes, she cam eout and sat on the couch. She switch on the TV, when mike came out from the kitchen with a cup surrounded by hot vapour. He walked towards her and placed the cup.ingront of her.
"I made some ginger tea. It will help you with the cold", he said.
"So you really cared?", she asked.
"What?"
"It's nothing. Thank you for the tea", she started sipping the tea.
He sat near her.
She looked at him, who was immersed in his phone.
"What are looking at?", she asked with a curious eyes.
"Ah!! Something for my work", he replied.
"Oh!! What is your job?", she asked it and looked away to avoid the embarrassment.
"You don't even know what my job is? Haha.. I'm a Deputy director in a marketing firm"
"It's not like like you know what my job is?", she said pouting.
"Why don't I know? You are an elementary school teacher", he said.
She flushed in embarrassment.
The more he talked the more curious she become.
"So why don't you want to get married?", she asked.
"I never said I don't want to get married. I just said I don't want to get married sooner", he smiled.
"Why?", she placed the cup on the table.
"I liked a girl", he said.
"You dated another girl?", she asked in a shock.
He shook his head. "I was not dating. I liked that girl. You can say it was a crush. I thought to tell her about my crush to her first. If she accepted then I wanted to date her for some time and then marry her"
"Then why did you marry me?", she asked with a terror filled eyes.
"Because you told let's get married", he said calmly.
'Why are you so calm?', she thought.
"What kind of rubbish excuse is that? You should have just refused my offer", she said in anger.
'Why would I refuse? You are the girl I liked', after telling that he calmly got up and walked in to the bed room.
He terror filled eyes shrunk. Her heart started beating faster.
"What is that?"
An year before...
Mike was taking his mom to shopping. After walking they both walked to the parking lot when he first saw Aliz.
"Let just breakup", a man said to her.
"But I'm really trying hard to....", she said.
"That's what I'm saying. When you are trying hard, it hurts me", that man said and walked away.
She wiped the tear drops on her cheeks and put on a fake smile.
At first he thought she was just an other girl who passed his way.
But after a few months, he saw Aliz again. This time it was infront of a restaurant, another man but same dialogue.
"Let's break up", that man said.
This time she did not say anything but just nodded. The man walked away.
She wiped her tears and put on that fake smile again.
"Why am I coming across the same girl again and again? That's even during her breakup. Is she a player or what?", he thought.
Though this time he had a contradictory opinion on her, she still made a huge impression on him.
A few months later, he saw her again. This time it was infront pf a movie theater.
She was with another guy but the same dialogue.
"Let's breakup", that guy said.
"Sure, let's break up", she said.
He walked away.
Mike expected her usual actions, wiping her tears and putting on a smile.
But she squatted down and started crying.
He understood, she did really try to work out the relationships.
He walked towards her and handed her a kerchief. She raised her head to look at him, "you guys are jerks", saying that she got up and walked away.
Looking at her walking away,he sighed.
He saw a id card in the place where she stood. He took it.
"Aliz... That's a good name", he smiled.
After that one day, his parents told him about their friends daughter. When he came out for meeting her, he was really surprised to see that girl was Aliz.
He wanted to tell her about how he met her and want to date her. But she asked him for a marriage. The way she asked for it, looked like she asked for a help. So he said yes.
After getting married he tried talking to her so many times, but she always avoided it. And that day he got the chance to blurt ot out.
.....
Aliz walked in to the bed room. He was already asleep.
That night she got a fever. When she woke up in the morning she saw Mike sitting on a chair next to her and sleeping. A wet cloth on the top of her head.
"Did he took care of me the whole night?", he thought.
She got up. Hearing the noise he opened his eyes.
"You are awake. Are you feeling better now?", he asked.
She nodded.
"Then I will make something for you to eat", he got up and walked towards the door.
"Mike", Aliz called.
Mike turned back to look at her.
She smiled, "do you want to try dating after marriage?"
He giggled, "Should we?"
Both hoped it to be their last love.
