Huf huf….and heavy breathing, noise of treadmill and smell of sweat & iron. This is the definition of the place as per , where svelte figure Nayna runs on 3^rd treadmill. Why 3^rd? ….arrrrr….because it’s a corner and she enjoys sweet nothings with the trainer Yogesh.

Let me introduce you to characters in the story:

Nayna: 21, MBA, Investment banker, JP Morgan

Aditya: 24, Medical Scientist, ICMR

Prologue

Nerdish Boy and sweet girl literally growing together in middle class neighborhood. ‘Bride & groom’ game in child life, didn’t take much effort to translate into real life. They knew each other, liked each other and had seen through ups and downs.

Nayna studied to become a banker and Aditya completed his science studies and started working as a Medical Scientist at ICMR. Nayna who was a simple middle class girl with no taste of lipstick, make up kits; had to start it all because she was working with Investment banking arm to keep up with her image. Aditya was nerdish and had to remain nerdish because of his job as a scientist. If you look cool, you can be a model not scientist…that’s how you define them in India. Some people, who pretend to be intellect, apply a lot of oil and wear nerdy specs…but thankfully Adi didn’t overdo it and he was presentable and well behaved man.

Good behavior and beautiful wife is a deadly combination and it paid in terms of rishi…a sweet little cute child.

1 year before present

As a part of corporate wellness programme, Nayna was gifted an annual gym package. Initially she was tired and never wanted to go but encouragement & constant praises from Aditya made her go gym regularly. When she saw the before and after images, vital stats of herself…she was glad and proud of herself.  

Lioness had tested human blood and slowly she started comparing 4-8 packs of gym junta with single pack of Aditya. The comparison engine continued working whenever she visited hair salon or any happening do with or without Aditya.

Re launching characters

Nayna: 27, MBA (Married but Available), 34” / 27” / 35”

Aditya: 30, Medical Scientist, ICMR, 36” waist, receding hairline

Yogesh: 21, 12^th pass, Trainer at Moksha Gym, Athlete body

She met Yogesh, a 12^th pass or fail trainer with access to human body, licensed to touch. He saw dada kondke movies, read crude stories…and sometimes to try something new, crudeness attracts... it started. He wanted to touch and see how a reach girl looks like; she wanted to be touched, to see how an athlete body feels like. When you are deprived of some things, you long for it and are not concerned about consequences.

Aditya was himself, a caring & loving husband; he has reached a senior position and needed to require more time at work.

Nayna started meeting Yogesh outside, he took her to small joints, shoddy corners and she liked it, because it was an unknown territory. It was a blessing in disguise because even if she wanted, yogesh was not presentable to be taken into social dos and it was always a danger that somebody will see through it. With Aditya around, she never had to pay a bill and here she was footing all the checks so she was feeling good about it too. When you have grown under a banyan tree and suddenly everything goes and u get opportunity to grow at best pace….she was contemplating being with yogesh forever.

Present

Aditya was going to New York to attend some medical seminar; he insisted she must accompany and she followed suit as such she needed some time to decide the future course of action. The compliments from fellow passengers and glances from strangers were enough to tell her, she was looking good whereas Aditya was ok.

She thought about it, decided about future course of action to be taken back India and slept. It was a best evening out for her, Aditya was his jovial self, poured her a glass of sparkling wine, took her to have sushi, presented her a nice Armani dress, she has always longed for.

Morning 7 am, Aditya was out, gave her a bunch of flowers and told her to be ready as they had to leave for some ceremony.

The reached venue by 8:30 am and when they got down from limousine, flash bulbs were going crazy…she was lost in her own thoughts….her own beauty and admirers. But she was dazzled by seeing so big a crowd.

When Aditya was called on the stage, she came to know who he was married to. Aditya has invented a Chromosome jumping coupled with genomic DNA technique, which was helpful in reversing the human age by 10 years, improving the receding hairline by 70% and making the human body proportionate and ideal.

More flashbulbs followed, he called Nayna to receive the award with him and dedicated his invention to her. Just after the award ceremony, there was ‘Meet the Press’ initiative and questions followed:

Press: What made you invent this technique?

Aditya: My wife. She used to work out and cry in pain, I love her so much and thought of making her job easier.

Press: What will you name this invention?

Aditya: I am dedicating this invention to my lovely wife, Nayna so it will be named after Nayna.

Press to Nayna: Since you look younger to Aditya and he is showing signs of aging, do you want Aditya to use this invention to look 10 years younger?

Nayna: No. Time we have spent together was and is beautiful and immortal…I want nothing of it to go away.

One tear left the corners of Nayna’s eye and lost his way on the hand of Aditya, he was holding her in his arms and smiling…and she was proud to be back.