FF - The Colour of Love Updated page 103 :) - Page 68

Originally posted by: gargi21

Honeyyy...

Day n night im waiting waiting...

Where is d update hina... ???😒?

THIRTY SEVEN

Antara had just finished talking to Rukku catching up with everything she was missing. Raghu had finished packing his flight was in the early hours of the morning which meant he was going to leave at two 'you all set' she asked with a distinct sadness in her voice. Raghu walked up to her and kissed her forehead 'promise to be back soon' he said with a reassuring smile 'hmmm next time no surprises please...let me know when you are coming' Raghu raised his hand 'point taken...no surprises'. Antara opted for staying home she wanted to make sure she spent every second with Raghu without any distractions. She herself was going to go Florence then Pisa for a two day trip she quickly went to her room and packed her travel bag as Raghu attended a video conference.

As Antara gathered her toiletries Raghu came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her Antara leant back into him letting the heat from his body overtake her. 'Hey' he softly spoke into her ear making her shiver 'Hey back...you know you should get some rest you have a long flight' keeping his arms wrapped around her tiny waist he turned her around 'and what miss out on this?...Never' Antara blushed as his eyes filled with naughtiness, feeling the heat in her cheeks rise she tried to free herself from his hold only to be held tighter 'Raghu' she whispered shyly 'Raghu all you like Antara I'm not letting you go' he said teasingly. Raghu moved Antara towards the bed and lay her down still holding her close as Antara settled her head on the pillow, Raghu caressed her face and placed feather like kisses on her cheek. He slowly moved his hand over her body eventually gripping at her waist and pulling her in closer, Antara parted her lips as she let out the breath she was unintentionally holding, that was enough for Raghu to move in, his kiss deepening by the second it wasn't long before his hand glided under her top. Antara froze at his touch she felt like her whole body was about to erupt, Raghu's hand gently stroked her silky soft skin causing his manhood to awaken.

As much as Antara wanted him to continue deep inside she knew she was not ready to take the next step Antara slowly moved her hand down and placed it over his and then pulled away from his kiss. Raghu looked at her and it was only then he sensed her hesitation 'I ...I'm sorry Antara' he said moving away from her, Antara didn't want him to feel like she was rejecting him in any way she quickly got up 'no..Please don't say sorry...it...it's not like I don't want this Raghu, it's just that I don't know if I am ready...I...I'm scared' she admitted lowering her eyes. Raghu smiled he totally loved her for her innocence 'Antara its ok, there is nothing to be scared of...and I told you that I would never do anything you were not happy or comfortable with' Antara looked up at him 'Raghu...it's just I feel like I am...I don't know upsetting you or disappointing you' Raghu cupped her face 'Antara, don't ever think that' letting out a chuckle frustrated but never upset or disappointed' Antara smiled you promise' Raghu kissed her forehead 'Raghu...' Antara felt butterflies in her stomach she didn't know how to have a full blown conversation with him about having a sexual relationship she looked at him as he waited for her to continue 'if its ok with you...would it be ok if we take this...I mean can we wait until after we get married' Antara quickly closed her eyes feeling embarrassed 'we can wait for as long as you want Antara and after marriage is fine, it's the way it is supposed to be right?' Antara opened her eyes and leant into him 'you know what this mean though' 'what' she said raising her head to see his face 'I need to move forward the wedding date' Antara playfully punched his chest going red as a beetroot.

'Raghu, David is here hurry up' Antara shouted out, Raghu was talking to Aman to make sure everything was in place for him for when he reached New York. Raghu picked up his laptop and walked towards the door David took his bag and laptop and made his way down to the car. Raghu took Antara by her hands 'you make sure you look after yourself, and keep me updated on your travels and..' Antara lifted her hand and placed her finger on his lip 'I will be fine you just make sure you are too' Antara hugged Raghu, she had promised herself that she wasn't going to cry she had done enough of that in the last two days. 'I love you' he said placing a quick kiss on her lips 'me too...now go before David starts horning the place down'.

As soon as Raghu left she went back to bed trying to cram in as much sleep as she could. Antara woke up to a feeling of emptiness she had already started to miss him so much. Without further delay she quickly got ready and made her way down where David was waiting for her 'you never cease to amaze me, how is it that you are so ready all the time...I feel so bad, don't you ever rest' she asked him, David laughed 'and good morning to you too ma'am' he said as he opened the door to her 'how about we drop the ma'am and stuck with Antara 'as you wish Antara'.

As Antara entered the classroom she didn't fail to notice her friends eyes that were following her every move and asking her a million questions 'what' Antara exclaimed raising her hands and shrugging her shoulder Ayla narrowed her eyes 'you know perfectly well what Miss Baroque' Antara started to laugh 'well come on then who is he' she said Antara picked up her left hand and pointed to her ring all she heard was a number of gasps 'hey did you practice that' she joked as they all reacted in sync. Ayla and Soniyah were by her side within a flash whilst Feroze and Romeo sat back looking like they had just come second place. Antara promised to fill everyone in at lunch time and of course they were going to leave for Florence later in the afternoon giving them enough time to gossip.

Michael had accidently booked the wrong train instead of going on the express service they were on the much slower one meaning they would be reaching Florence an hour later than they had hoped. Antara didn't mind it meant she could relax that much longer or so she thought. The whole way she was bombarded with questions about Raghu, talking about him brought back all the memories it was like she could feel every emotion that she had experienced it was hard for anyone to believe that two people who began their relationship with hate could be engaged to be married. She remembered how she referred to him as a monster, Antara laughed at the thought he was still a monster but only to the outside world as RNN to her he was just Raghu, the man that she loves beyond anything.

Once everyone had settled into the hostel they hit the local area for some sight-seeing as well as grabbing a bite to eat. They only had 24 hours in Florence, which meant Antara had to put in twice the amount of work to ensure she had everything for her research. 'What are you basing your work on' Soniyah asked intrigued as Antara was the only student who hadn't discussed her work. 'I haven't really come up with something concrete am still playing with a few ideas, as soon as I know will share all' Antara said, all of a sudden realising that she needed to quickly pick out and finalise what she was basing her project on and give it a name.

As the group sat and ate Antara took the time to catch up with her loved ones back in India, she sent messages to Sara and Sahil to Rukku and her parents and not to forget Raghu, she hadn't spoken to him since he had left. It wasn't long before she started receiving messages back from everyone; Antara was sharing a room with Ayla as they were the only ones that objected to sharing a room with any of the boys. 'Antara will you put that down staring at it isn't going to make him text you any faster' Antara knew Ayla was right she had messaged and called Raghu so many times but had not heard back 'ok, point taken' Antara and Alya spent the next few hours talking getting to know each other better their girly talk reminded her of the times she used to sit up with Rukku and talk to the early hours of the morning.

The next morning the group split up visiting various places of personal interest, Antara spent most of her time in a few local parks and walking through a number of small markets just observing people as they passed by. She saw a couple sitting outside a small coffee shop hand in hand she didn't need to understand the language to know what they were saying to each other to her the language of love was universal as she admired them sitting their her thoughts went to Raghu it had been over a day and he had still not contacted her. She decided to call MachMach and ask him of his whereabouts and also just to check if he was ok. MachMach responded to Antara's message as soon as he received it

'Have not heard from Raghu but Aman has spoken to him on a number of occasions - he is fine just extremely busy, don't worry am sure he won't keep you waiting much longer. Miss you lots'

Antara huffed 'he has time to talk to Aman but not to respond to any of my messages' she said to herself, she was no longer in the happy mood that she was a few minutes ago. Antara looked at the time she still had two hours before everyone met up again to make their way to Pisa. Walking around she came across a bookshop the shop was small and overcrowded with books, it had a distinct woody smell as she walked further in she called out to see if anyone was there, just then a little old man came out of a room that was at the back of the shop 'hello' Antara said giving him a warm smile the man smiled back but never said anything. Antara continued to browse, she stopped at a shelf that contained a number of art books as she looked through them she sensed the old man standing behind her she turned towards him and smiled the man looked at her blankly and then stepped forward coming closer as he did Antara stepped back, as he carried on walking towards her Antara held on to her bag starting to feel a little nervous she saw the man reach out his hand at which point Antara closed her eyes shut as if she was waiting for something bad to happen after a few seconds Antara opened her eyes to see the old man still standing he had reached out to pick out a book which he was holding up to her.

The old man motioned for Antara to take the book, Antara slowly reached out for the book her hand shaking in the process 'thank you' she said quickly taking it from him 'you can keep' he said in a soft voice Antara looked up 'oh...no its ok...' as Antara was about to protest further the man put his hand over hers making her jump 'please you keep' Antara wasn't sure what to say or how to respond she looked down at the book which was covered in a thin layer of dust as she about to wipe her hand over it to read the title she heard a little bell tingle she looked up to see where the sound had come from, the old man had gone Antara walked around the small shop calling out for him but there was no answer she reluctantly put the book in her bag and walked out the shop. As she walked towards the station Antara was lost in thought, not really understanding what had just happened who was that strange old man and where did he disappear to?

'Antara' Feroze shouted out for the third time, he ran up to her and shook her shoulder Antara who obviously hadn't heard or noticed Feroze took a couple of seconds to snap out of her trance and relocate herself 'huh' she said looking totally confused 'Antara, what's wrong with you we have been calling out to you for ages, have you lost you hearing' Feroze asked jokingly 'um...no ..Sorry I was miles away' 'obviously...come on our train arrives in ten minutes' Antara hurried her steps and followed Feroze to where the rest of the group where sitting.