Life was simple for Riya. She had a lovely time with her partner and two children. Raj was the kind of man she wanted to marry. She enjoyed his company because they were poles apart. Still, there was one thing that she missed now more than ever.

Riya wanted to go back to work again.

She had decided to quit her job before her wedding. While she wasn’t interested to spend all her time in travel, she also wondered about how she is going to manage a home. She took her time to learn things.

When a setback happens on the home front, she would feel a sharp pang inside her about quitting her job. The 4 walls were not enough for her to be herself. She missed everything about work. After giving birth to two kids, her time was occupied keeping them engaged.

She wasn’t sure about work anymore. It has been eight years now. How would she go back to work? She had no idea about what was trending now, also, she wasn’t sure about managing the timelines of the job.

When the discussion came up with Raj, he had already decided for her. This was something that made her feel too protected. She wanted to venture out, but he was always planning things for her. For once, she did not want that.

She wanted to go out, be on her own and do things herself. It has been almost 8 years since she ever did something all by herself. He politely left the place. She decided to go for a walk.

On her walk, she saw the old bakery. It was closed for a while now. Suddenly she decided to go inside and look. The place was empty, cold and looked miserable now. She did not want to see this place to be like this anymore. This place reminded her of everything she enjoyed there. The memories, the warmth of the bakery was still there in her.

She wanted to open her own bakery there. She had listed all the reasons she could to convince him to buy it for her. After all, she was asking him a loan. She would pay back. She ran back home and informed Raj about her decision.

Raj was stunned to hear that from her. He told her he wanted to visit the place with her. They took their kids and walked to the empty bakery. While she was mesmerized with the place, Raj gave the kids a folder. He asked them to give it to their mum.

The kids laughed and handed it to their mom. She was curious than ever. When she opened the folder, she found the place was already hers. This is what Raj had wanted to inform her before. Had he given it to her before, she would have not agreed to even check this place.

She thanked him as she hugged him. He was her biggest support through everything. Finally, she felt it was time for her to conquer her dream.

I am participating in Vineetha Dileep’s Fiction Monday. This is Edition 53. This is a piece of Fiction for the picture prompt. You can read my previous post here.

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“Brothers don’t necessarily have to say anything to each other – they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other..”

This is a tale of two brothers, Ved and Prem. True to their names, Prem was kind and thoughtful, the most generous person who believed everyone. As good natured as he is, he always talked and resolved everything. Ved measured everyone and everything, a balance sheet in reality. Though smart, he was doubtful about everything.

They blindly liked each other like siblings do until the time when their unmatched opinions became the reasons for their long silence. Prem was already in deep debt, while Ved was constantly falling into troubling times. Something inside them started ticking frequently. They couldn’t stand each other in the same room.

Slowly, Ved started finding fault with Prem’s approach towards everything. Somewhere inside him, Ved strongly believed Prem was the root cause for every trouble. Even as Prem tried to convince Ved, they were not able to see the brighter side of things anymore.

Days passed into months and years, opinions and arguments were only getting worse. Ved had always reached out to Prem for every smallest thing. Prem missed it, it had never bothered him to help. He never said NO to anyone. Ved wanted to be independent, but felt Prem was holding him back. He understood that life must be lived on their own terms. He disconnected.

It took a few years for them to reconnect with each other. As always, Prem was the one to make a call to his brother. He was surprised when Ved agreed to meet him. He knew something had changed for the better.

When they finally met, it was just the two of them. They went for a long drive without talking with each other for a long time. After what looked like ages, they were again in their favourite spot, just completely comfortable with each other.

They had never been like this before. Tears welled their eyes when they finally hugged each other before they left. There was no struggle or fight to stay in each other’s life.

Ved realized that constant judgement and comparison had banished their relationship. He loved what they have now, he cherished it more than ever. He respected the choices they have made in their lives.

They still did not meet eye to eye on many points, but they learned to respect the other person’s decision. They shared a lot with each other and meant well for the other. While others still put on their comparison hat, they decided to not fall prey to it.

All the way long, they had needed just one thing in their life to make this moment happen – SPACE. When they managed to carve out their life in their own way, their newfound freedom, paved way for love and respect for each other.

I am participating in Vineetha Dileep’s Fiction Monday. This is Edition 51. This is a piece of Fiction for the prompt QUOTE. You can read my first entry for Vineetha’s 50th Edition here.

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