Reeya stopped in her tracks. She was so excited that before she could realize she had already pulled Ira to her favourite shop."Will she like it?"
"I didn"t even ask for her preferences!"
"What should we buy for your husband?"she asked after thinking for a moment.
Ira lanced at her and answered "What do you suggest? I never bought any clothes for him." She was fidling with her clothes embarra.s.sed.
"Never" Reeya looked amazed. They had married for more than two years.
"No." Her voice was so low akin to a mosquito.
Reeya decided to explain "the importance of shopping for a partner to the girl" to Ira who had very little idea about it.
"You need to start buying them. And once you start never stop."
"Huh, Why?" Ira was puzzled. "Why never stop?"
In a enthusuastic voice she explained, "Don"t" you want to see him in clothes you like? Hehe. So you should buy him the clothes you want him to wear." She wrapped her arm around Ira, ducked her head towards Ira and said aloud the secret,
"And after some time his fas.h.i.+on and type of clothing will change according to your preferences."
Ira stared at her. "How will it change?" She was looking at Reeya like an anxious child who wanted his teacher to answer all his curious questions.
"That"s what happens. Once you make him depend on you, he will follow your style. Men are lazy when it comes to shopping. Also their fas.h.i.+on sense is bad.."
"Make him depend" Ira nodded and repeated the important teaching. No one ever taught her that.
"His fas.h.i.+on sense is not that bad. I don"t want to change him.But..."
Reeya interrupted Ira, "But...there is always a but. Isn"t there something you don"t like?"
"No..not much." she shook head, "only a few things"
"Like?" Reeya encouraged her.
"He doesn"t wear formal clothes as much. He loves his suits. I have never seen him in Jeans.
"Huh" It was time for Reeya to get confused. "never.."
"Yes "
At work and fuctions he wore his suits. When home he wore pyjamas. But during holidays she didn"t know how he dresses for comfort.
"Also"
"His suits are perfectly tailored. But I don"t like the V neck kneetwear he wears under those sometimes. His white tie uggh.. that looks bad with black suit."
"The s.h.i.+rts collars out of the suits.That"s bad too. And his shoes.. those square tootheted "
"He wears sneakers with suits."
"His wallet. Its so overstuffed he needs to get a bigger and organised."
"Oh..okay" Reeya interrupted Ira who first claimed that there were not many things to change in er husband"s dress sense but wouldn"t stop rambling.
"Okay! lets go buy him everything." Reeya exclaimed, "Everything you like."
"Yes." Ira smiled.
She noticed there were many things she would like to change in Viv"s dressing.
"Though not poor, his fas.h.i.+on sense lacks compared to a woman"s. Need his wife to take care of him. " Ira imagined Vivan wearing the clothes of her choice everyday and night.
She laughed. Her laughter sounded evil.