“Just gimme 10mins, I will quickly finish the call and then we can go,” I replied to my wifey's shoutings.
“Arey baba you said we would leave by 6 now it is 6:40. Jaana hain ya nahi” She was still furious. [Eng Trans. - Are we leaving or not]
“Gimme 10mins. Ok. I will finish the call and then we can go.” I replied saying the same thing for the last 30-odd minutes.
“Okay. Jaldi karo.” [Eng Trans. - Make it fast]
“That idiot is not answering his phone, re baba. Otherwise, we would have reached Vijayarani by now.” I tried to fill the wait time with the reasons why we were not at the restaurant.
“Koi nahi, wait karte hain.” [Eng Trans. - Its ok, will wait.]
I received a call from an unknown number. My face lit up. Showing the phone to wifey and gesturing that it won't take much time.

“Hello!!!” I answered.
“Hello Sir, This is Sunil from Vijayarani. We have been waiting for you for more than 10 minutes. Will you be able to make your dinner reservations?” The voice on the phone asked.
I panicked and looked at the watch.
“Ummm, Can you please hold that for another 30 minutes?” I asked.
“Sorry sir, It's Valentine's Day and we have a long queue. The best I can do is 10mins.” The voice replied.
“Oh! I don't think we can make it.” I accepted my fate. I am going to be executed tonight.
“Ok Sir, Thank you. We are proceeding with cancellation. Have a wonderful evening.” The voice on the phone has no idea that he is wishing a dead man.
I hung up and my eyes met my wife’s. She already had that sadness mixed with disappointment. After all, it was my Idea for us to go out and have dinner. Just the two of us. We already sent the kid to his aunt in the evening.

“What happened?” She asked.
“The reservation got cancelled,” I replied in a weak tone.
“No, the reservation wasn't cancelled, we didn't show up on time.” She corrected me.
“It is ok, we will go somewhere else. Anyway, Vijayarani is overrated.” I tried damage control.
“No.” She replied with a flat tone.
“Vijayarani is not overrated?” I asked.
“No, I am not going out,” she replied and slumped into the sofa. Not minding that her dress creases are getting ruined. Not a care on her face.
My phone blinked. It was a message from the team member. “Call rescheduled for Tuesday, Regard GK”
‘Great I stayed late for nothing’ I thought to myself.
I was expecting a full frontal assault but this reaction from her caught me off guard.
“Hey I am sorry, I wish I finished this earlier” I pointed to my laptop with the open presentation.
“No, it is ok.” She replied.
To my surprise she was taking it well, Usually, such incidents invite a big fight and taunts but nothing like that tonight.
‘I should call it Valentine’s Day miracle and call it day.’ I thought to myself.
“Hey, let us go to the Mall then we can have something to eat there. And you can shop” I asked.
“Nope, I’m not in the mood.” She replied.
Code Red - Wifeys heading for a cold war. Alert was issued in my brain. Act immediately.
“Hey, I am really sorry.” I apologise for being late.
“Arey jaane de. Irritate mat karo abhi.” with that she left for the bedroom. [Eng Trans -- Let it go, and don't irritate me.]

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Hi Folks,

And this is episode 1 of the Happy Valentine's Day. And I am hoping to complete it in the next episode. As you know I have tried fiction in a while and this is just an attempt at fiction. Please do let me know what you think of it.
And a big thank you to IndiaUnited, Be Awesome and Thoughtfuldailypost community for motivating and pushing me.

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