Five Weeks by Shruti Omar (any book recommendations .txt) 📕

"Ah…ma…no…no, put me down. Ahh…Yuvraaj, you punk, I am gonna die…amgonnadie.... amgonnadie... Aahhhh..." With the series of that, Anahita started killing Yuvraaj the moment their feet left the ground. Her vocal cords parched as she screamed on the top of her lungs, making Yuvraaj clench his jaw to not lose patience. Nonetheless, his resolution was coming to an end.

"Shut up!" he finally yelled, half mad on her and half mad on himself. "I swear if you don't stop yelling right now, I will throw you in the water from here."

His browbeating made her breath stuck in her throat. She paled like her demise was nearing. Her mind rewinding their journey to conclude that given their antagonistic relationship, he could throw her down without blinking twice. Frightened, her yelling drew to a close and with that she closed her eyes too, if I am not going go see it, it will not affect me. Gust of damp air stroked her face and her breathing calmed down but she didn’t loosen her grip.

"Good! Don't scream and I won't let you anything happen." Yuvraaj fondled her and she nodded apprehensively with no intentions to get him mad and die in the cold waters of Sardinia; a place she now pledged to never come again.

"Now very carefully open your eyes,” he instructed and she shook her head, “no!”

"Open your eyes and look down, see the view is mesmerizing, you just gonna love this.” He emboldened her and she peeked open an eye only to close it back, “No, no, I can't do this, I won't...what are you doing?"

She gasped as he draped an arm around her body and pulled her closer, “I’ve gripped you now. Come on, you won’t die. Just look at the view, Anahita. You wouldn’t want to miss this,” he appreciated the beauty of the nature and whooped in delight, “This is worth coming all the way here.”

“I don’t think so. This trust building workshop will get me impaired.” She whined and he rolled his eyes, “If you’ll panic, we both will die. Though I am holding you, I won’t be able to save you if you wriggle so much.”

“Get lost, Yuvraaj!” She muttered under her breath and cleared her throat, “Alright, I won’t freak out.”

“Very good, tell me have you opened you eyes yet?” he enquired and she nodded, “Yes!”

“Look how we are flying like birds. This is so exotic. Wait, I am gonna show you the best view, hold tight!” He warned and took a low ridge flight, moving near the water surface. Anahita saw them bolting towards the ocean and screamed, “Arrrghh! I think this thing has stopped working, we are going to die. What are we going to do? Shout for help, you idiot!”

“To survive us, you've to bend your force backwards and release pressure.” He instructed her, “Push your strength and float against the gravity.”

“Really, is that possible?”

“Well, only if you want to survive,” she heard his voice and did somewhat what he coached but her feet brushed against the water briefly. She found her breath when she was in air and Yuvraaj dropped another bomb on her, “Let's make a circle in the air and after that, we shall land. Alright?"

Swallowing, she chanted all her prayers to keep them safe. She was actually enjoying but her fear was obstructing her from matching the excited squeals her husband was letting out. She had quickly learnt the accurate techniques of flying but she wasn’t confident enough. He made a few loops in the air and swayed until he finally found the satisfaction.

"Whoa! That was fun." Yuvraaj breathed out as they came on the ground safely and unarmed themselves. Returning the stuff to the instructor, he followed Anahita as she had already started walking. Quite amusingly, when he glanced at her, he noticed her rubbing her heart, taking breathes of relief. He smiled, spooning her in a hug, "Don't worry. You're alright, we are safe."

Anger peaked up in her and she pushed him with a frown kissing her face. Yuvraaj fell on the beach aghast, to her credit the whole conundrum was situated when they were nearing Villa. Hence, the audience was limited or in the miniscule number of them. Aghast, Yuvraaj was sprawled on the sand and she pounced upon him, showering slaps all the way.

"Who do you think are! What if we didn't reach down safely and how dare you leave the rope to clutch me, what if you could die?" She yelled, her eyes brimming with tears, "This all is a game for you, right? My life, your life, it is all game? How easily you said I trust you when you knew I could land us in danger if I hadn't correctly pulled the force? Why do you do that?"

Clutching her arms and flipping their position, Yuvraaj kissed her cheek. Anahita was on the verge and his touch was enough to break her. She started sniffing hiding herself in his embrace, "Are you ashamed of me? That your wife has some fears?"

"Are you mad?" He fired back, wiping her tears, "I didn't do it for anyone but for you. You might find me wrong but I think we don't try our best until something precious is in stake. Why don't you see that you actually saved us, if you hadn't pulled the force at that time, we would have been drowning, in case we didn't know how to swim, but it didn't happen because you did your best. You trusted me and I trusted you, which is why we both are safe. No relationship can survive without trust Anahita, no matter how much we love the other person. If we don't trust each other, we can't stay together for a day let alone the whole life." He softly stroked her hair and accolades her.

"I'm not ashamed of you, at least not in this lifetime and I also know that you've not overcome your fear but I am happy that you tried, I am happy that you trusted me and I trusted you. This is what I wanted to do." He kissed her eyes, "I am glad to know that you trust me."

"Still, don't do this next time. I don't want you to get hurt, Yuvraaj.” She caressed his bristled cheek and smiled. “I trust you.”