I should have known that the past month is the calm before the storm. It was way too peaceful. I thought I can be happy in this relation in the long run.

Even though we both didn't interact much, we didn't fight. I count that as a victory. So, I thought maybe in the future we can fill the silences with our words. I am wrong.

She wants a divorce. I am currently sitting in a bar near the hospital after the meeting with the lawyer. Here I am planning a future with her and she; she too is planning a future but without me, her husband. Who am I even kidding? She doesn't even consider me as her husband. I am just her sister's fiancée.

For the last one month, I was happy. Granted she and I were almost never alone in the house, but, whenever I come from work there was always food waiting for me on the table. I just have to heat it and eat. I used to have very irregular eating timings and because of that, I had gastric trouble. But now, it is gone since I am eating healthy food. I never thought that she can be such a good cook.

I didn't use to have the energy to clean my room after a 36-hour shift. But now, whenever I return home from work there is a clean bed waiting for me and all my clothes are folded in my wardrobe instead of lying around the room. I know house help does this, but, I can't help to think that she hired her. She turned the house into a home.

I didn't know when I started to observe her. Her working in the kitchen became my favorite scene to watch. She would be wearing an oversized t-shirt and sweatpants with her hair tied in a bun and humming to the songs from her earphones and does the cooking. Her waking up late for work, eating, and running in a hurry is a blessing to watch. I never knew I can laugh like that. Whenever she thinks that things don't go in her way with Sid and Karthik, her pouting and stomping her feet is a feast to my eyes. I never wanted anything more than to touch her hair. Will it be smooth to touch?

Her sitting beside Sid, leaning on him and nonchalantly touching him, glaring at him when he teases her, laughing at him, looking at him with concern; I am envious of that bond between them. I want that with her. Is it too much to hope for?

I think it is. She doesn't want anything with me. She wants to divorce me. She is in such a hurry for a divorce that she even wanted an annulment.

"Sir, Is that you?" I came to this world with this question.

I turned to find Sid standing next to me.

"Oh... Hey Sid. Sorry, I didn't see you. I was thinking about something"

"Ooohh....About Ananya?" he asked mischievously.

"What? No..." I told him immediately shaking my head.

"Anyone can tell that you are whipped", he laughed sitting next to me. He and I became somewhat close to each other this past month.

He is always in our home raiding our food supply. and because of him and Karthik, things were not awkward between us.

"So, Why are you here? You are not the person to come to a bar", he asked me.

"Um...Nothing. Just like that" I answered him sipping my drink.

"Sir, we are closer than that. Tell me what's wrong" he insisted.

Does he know? Had she told him? Should I tell him? He is her best friend. Maybe he will tell me how to deal with this situation?

"Umm...she wants a divorce," I told him after five minutes.

"What? Why? I thought everything is good between you two" he asked surprised.

"Even I thought the same. Apparently, it's not"

"Tell me everything" he demanded me. So I explained everything that happened in the lawyer's office to him.

"I don't know how to deal with this. I don't understand her. Everything was fine. We didn't even fight with each other. Suddenly, she wanted a divorce" I told him dejectedly.

"This girl is getting on my nerves these days" he mumbled angrily.

"Sir, she doesn't tell what she feels even if she is suffering. She is wired like that. She just ignores her feelings and does what she thinks is right for everyone. I thought she changed. I thought she is getting adjusted to this marriage. But, she just improved her acting skills. To understand her, you need to first understand her relation with Sharanya."

"You know that Sharanya wanted to get approval from her parents all her life. Ananya wanted to get approval from Sharanya. She wanted them to be sisters. But, Sharanya due to her own insecurities always ignored Ananya. You know that they only reconciled recently. You are the first person Sharanya has ever loved. Ananya knows that. For her, as long as Sharanya loves you, she wouldn't even take a glance at you. She thinks that she will be betraying her sister even if she thinks that you are her husband" he explained.

"You know that Sharanya didn't even tell you about Anu working with you thinking that everyone will choose Ananya over her. So, you can imagine what will Sharanya say if she knows that Ananya married you the minute she left. She will never ever talk to Anu in her entire life. Ananya knows that. She will never jeopardize her relation with Sharanya for you. She only married you because she doesn't have any choice at that time. Now that her family is safe she is again concentrating on Sharanya. She thinks that if she wants this marriage to work, she will lose Sharanya. If the choice is between this marriage and Sharanya, She will always choose Sharanya" he told me.

"So, no matter what this marriage is doomed" I wondered loudly.

"If she doesn't lose Sharanya over this marriage, then there might be a chance. Otherwise, she will only see you as her sister's fiancée rather than her husband." He told me.

I scoffed at that. I know Sharanya. She will never let this go. So this marriage doesn't even have a chance. Understanding this made my decisions simpler.

I don't want to be the one to come between the sisters. I will divorce her once this year is up. I think for any relationship to survive, efforts have to be done by both parties. If she is unwilling to be in this marriage then I won't force her. If there is no chance for this relationship to survive, it is better to let go as fast as possible.

When I came home she was there sitting on the couch obviously waiting for me. I didn't even talk to her after the lawyer appointment. She stood up as she saw me.

"Sir, I am sorry for asking to come to the lawyer so suddenly and..."

I stopped her before she can continue.

"It's ok Ananya. It has to be done. We were playing hide and seek for a long time. I think you should move back to the hostel so that we can show the court that we are living separately" I told her. Why postpone the inevitable?

She just stood there gaping at me with wide eyes.

"And don't tell anything to our parents. I don't want to involve them in this. Moreover, they won't accept. Let's just pretend as if everything's normal in front of them and let them know once we are divorced"

Saying this I left to my room leaving her there with her jaw open.