Antara came back in the room after 10 minutes with a cup of coffee...
Raghu was sitting on the bed.. leaning his head back.. keeping his arm over his temple..
as if he was trying to relax...
she came in and stood beside him..
coffee..?? she said slowly..
he opened his eyes..and looked at her..
hmm.. thanks..he said softly and sat...
u need anything else..? she asked him..
ummhmm.. he replied..
in last 30 minutes so much has happened between them.. and suddenly everything was like it used to be..
they both were surprised..how they were even able to meet their gaze..
she went into the bathroom to finish her remaining work..
and he again leaned back on the bed..and closed his eyes...
he felt her soft fingers caressing his rough skin and reaching till his jaw line..
when those rosy soft lips touched him... even now he felt a shiver through his spine..
those mysterious and deep dark eyes like some dark yet peaceful and restful night...
her moans when he nibbled on her skin and she wounded her arms over his neck...
when his eyes met hers and slowly she closed them feeling his hot breath on her lips...
how she gasped when he captured those shuddering lips into his rough ones which tasted like rose petals to him...
Raghu opened his eyes with a jerk.. he wasn't able to remove those moments from his mind...
he sat on the bed and sipped his coffee.. he got up and took a medicine from his bag and had it with coffee..
he was having a bad headache so he slipped in his duvet and soon dozed off..
Antara came in the room after half an hour.. she looked at him and thought he was taking rest..
so she din't disturb him and came out..
she herself was still lost in that moment happened an hour before...
his behavior was very strange for her..but she din't had courage to ask him anything..
she never had..
to distract her mind.. she switched on the tv..bt even after an hour her condition was same..
nothing was helping her..
at a moment she was getting irritated by herself..and another moment..she was smiling remembering those lovely moments...
she came in the room.. raghu was sill sleeping.. she sat in front of mirror and was making plait of her hairs..
but she was not able to meet her own eyes..
and when she did.. her eyes got widened.. and her cheeks turned crimson..
she caressed her jawline and noticed his love bite on her chin..
that bruise was clear because by now it started turning blue..
she touched it and hissed in pain..
she closed her eyes and felt his touch all over her body...
she slowly removed her dupatta from her shoulders and looked in to the mirror..
she had bruises near her neck, collarbone.. she blushed still feeling his hot lips on her skin and a shiver ran through her spine down..
she immediately got up and ran towards him..
she stood beside his feet..and kept staring at him...
he was sleeping peacefully..
she could spend ages seeing him like this...he was looking so innocent and relieved right now.. she thought..
he pulled his duvet above and turned in his sleep...her heart skipped a beat...
after a few minutes when he turned again.. her knees almost melt and she lost her balance..
she almost fell down on the bed beside him..
she held his legs for support and a current ran through her spine..
she got scared..and looked at him.. seeing him sleeping she felt relieved..
she chuckled at herself..and got up immediately.. picked his coffee mug and ran into the kitchen...
she was smiling and her heartbeat was raised..
but then she got worried about him..
why he came from the office.. he never sleeps in day time.. is he okay..??
don't know if he had anything in office or not..n it's already 5 in the evening..
she made some sandwiches for him in hurry and another cup of coffee
and came into the room..
he was still sleeping...
she kept the tray on table and walked towards him...
she cleared her throat and called him in a trembling voice..
suniye..she said very softly...which he obviously din't hear..
suniye.. uth jaiye.. she tried to wake him up again.. but he din't..
she got worried... she shook him a little..
and he just cuddled more in his duvet.. she touched his shoulder and her eyes got widened..
she immediately sat beside him and touched his temple..
his body was burning.. she touched his forehead again and then his neck..
he opened his eyes lazily feeling her cold hands on him..
he looked at her with his slightly opened eyes..and tried to sit..
she immediately got up..
u hv fever.. she said in worry..
nah! m fine..!
see.. its almost burning.. she leaned over him a bit and touched his forehead... he lifted his eyes and looked at her..
their faces were just few cm away..antara pulled her hand back and stepped back..
i'm ok.. i already had medicine..
u din't even tell me..
it was just...uh!
i'm fine now...
he licked his lower lip... "i guess cz of rain.." he said in meek voice..
is that why u came back from the office... ? she asked again..
hmm..he replied.. and sat on the bed..[scoffed] leaning his head back.. yeah!
u must be hungry.. i'll get you something..
uh!..hmm.. he said and got up from the bed..
he looked at the tray and saw coffee and sandwiches in it..
u already brought that??.. he asked..
umm.. its not good for u.. i'll get u plain breads.. n a strong tea..
no its ok.. i'll be just get fresh n up..he said and went into the washroom.
he came after 5 minutes..and the tray was missing..
he closed in eyes in disbelief..
did she really not listen to him.??. he thought..
he was feeling weak so couldn't go outside...
she came after 5 more minutes..and kept his tray on the table..
he was looking for a t-shirt in his closet and turned hearing some sound..
"i made you this.. " umm..
"in anyways coffee was getting cold.. so.." she said even before he could ask her anything..
he took the tray and nodded in yes.. he walked towards the bed and she moved back giving him space..
he sat on the bed.. she served him the tea and toast..
they both looked at each other and was lost in each other eyes..
after a few seconds raghu noticed blue marks on her chin...he realized what was that..
and he immediately looked away..
though he smiled deep inside which could have been seen in his eyes..if she did look into them...
she grabbed a chair for herself and sat near the corner of bed obviously making some distance from him..
now she had those sandwiches and coffee.. and he had the toast and tea..
if those sandwiches n coffee are cold.. why r u eating them...? he looked at her and asked...
she smiled and her eyes were behaving mischievously..
itne bhi nahi h... she replied.. he sipped his tea and looked at her with corner of his eyes..
i like sandwiches.. she said...
he took a bite on toast and smiled so that she won't see him..
once they were done.. she collected all pots.. he got up from bed and wanted to have a little walk outside..
how are you feeling now??...
yeah! m fine..
i'll make something light for you in dinner..
hmm..
u sure.. u okay.. i mean u need any mediii...
before she could complete..he cut her in between..
antu.. abhi i said na.. i m fine..
it was just...
uh! ohkay.. she said and left..
she thought of something..and stopped.. "what did he call me..??." she thought..
and turned.. she narrows her eyes and looked at his face..
what??
aapne....
and he understood what she was about to say...
he cleared his throat...maine kya..? i'll just go for a walk and will be back in half an hour..
hmm.. she nodded in yes...
and left from there..
once she left raghu closed his eyes in relief.. he wore his tshirt..and came out..
antara got busy in her stuffs..but she was still thinking if he actually called her Antu..
nahi nahi.. nahi kaha hoga..
wo kah hi nahi sakte.. she thought..and shook her head in no..
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Raghu was sitting on the bed.. leaning his head back...
its been an hour they had their dinner and she wasn't here..
unknown to himself but her absense in the room was making him restless..
and he was feeling awkward in actually getting up and to look where the hell was she busy at this hour..
and again.. why he wanted her to be here... thousands of emotions and thoughts were undulating in his mind...
Antara was just doing some stuffs in the kitchen.. she din't had courage to go in to the room..
after whatever happened in afternoon.. she could still feel his touch all over on her body..
though she talked to him in the evening.. but now as knight was getting dark..
she was feeling scared.. or she was just trying to hide herself from him due to shyness..
she was feeling awkward..yet exotic...
she knew she can't just spend her whole night in the kitchen.. she switched the lights off and came out with slow steps..
she peeped in the room and found he was awake..
it used to happen everyday since they got married..
she comes in the room.. finds him lying on his side of bed.. silent..!!
engrossed in his book... and then she silently used to slip on her side of bed..
and after half an hour so he too switch off the lamps and gets slipped in his duvet...
they barely wished good night to each other..
she used to wish him in starting.. but soon he learnt it all doesn't matter to him...
but today... she can't just go and sleep.. it was quite obvious to her..
she was scared like a small kid who stays out of his house for first time..alone..
her knees were melting and her breath was def not normal..
she was feeling dizzy...and was shivering like she felt on her first night...
she came into the room.. and as usual found him engrossed in some book..
sometimes she used to think if these books were her main rival...
she walked towards the bed and sat on the corner of her side of bed...
finding him busy in his book she din't leave a chance to drool over him... again..
she was feeling hot inside even seeing him in that simple black tracks and vest...
but she immediately brushed all thoughts off..and lowered her eyes...
raghu looked at her with corner of eyes..taking care of she doesn't notice him...
but she gulped her saliva feeling his gaze on her..though she knew he was reading...
"how are you feeling now...??" she asked softly while knotting her dupatta...
she was actually feeling weird and shy of her own thoughts..
"better..." he replied..
ok.. she said in barely audible voice and tried to slip in her duvet...
while she was lost deep thoughts..
"some times i don't understand what is wrong with him...
in all those months.. he never came close to me.. never touched me..
he always gave me all the privacy.. even more than i needed...
and suddenly today he did all that as if we were always together...
and again after a few minutes he behaved so normal.. like nothing happened..as it was like some dream of me..."
she closed her eyes and a lone tear was dropped..;
was it is so casual and normal that he doesn't even care to think what i felt.. or what i want..
not even for once...
today was the most beautiful day of her life.. at least after her marriage..what she felt..
when for the first time her husband took her in his embrace..
but she wasn't able to understand that why she wanted to cry today...
tears were rolling down on her face... she closed her eyes tight and tried to control her sobs...
though her husband denied her on the very first night of theirs..
but after having that encounter today... at this moment she was feeling rejected...
when she herself can't tell her husband that she wants him to love her...
after a few minutes.. Raghu closed his book and looked at his right side only to face her back..
there was this mere silence in the room...
when she heard that only sound of closing the book..a shiver ran though her spine down..
she waited for him to switch the light off.. which usually happens immediately after he closes the book..
Raghu placed his hands behind his head and leaned over the bed...
he was lost in his thoughts...
he again looked at her.. he knew she wasn't asleep but only pretending to be...
his heartbeat raised with the thought why is she pretending to sleep...
or actually.. why she is not able to sleep...
everything that happened.. it took place just because of a slip of moment..
and we both were drawn into this...
he licked his lower lip slowly...and gulped his saliva..
but...!!
how do i ask her now...? he wondered...
i want you.. n i can't deny that..
but i can't touch you without your permission... he thought deep inside...
Antara was wondering what was he doing.. he should have sleep by now..
but she felt relieved when she felt some movements on the bed and raghu turned towards lamp..
but no..it wasn't dark here..
he only dimmed the light...
her brows were frowning in surprise..what is he doing.. she wondered..
she kept laid still.. but her heartbeat was def not normal..
she din't feel any touch of him.. yet she felt he caressed her arm... not a single part of his body was encountered with her...
yet she felt as if he was lying just behind her..
she closed her eyes tight when she finally felt his hot breath on his nape...
though she assumed she opened them with utter shock.. but actually she couldn't dare to.. not even a bit..
she was shocked... or surprised.. actually happy..because earlier she was feeling rejected..
and now feeling him so close.. she forgot everything and felt giggling and ticklish..
raghu moved a bit closer to her.. "so gayi kya??" he asked her in his husky voice..
her feet turned cold feeling his voice like a whisper in her ears...
she wanted to turn and hug him but she couldn't dare to...
her voice was stuck in her throat with the thought why he asked her that.. and that too coming so close to her..
he looked at her sweet innocent face and moved her hair locks behind her ear...
she was wondering why the hell she is pretending to sleep...
when raghu din't hear anything from her... he felt guilty..
sorry..!! he said and caressed her hairs...
goodnight.. he said in barely audible voice and moved back..
he switched the lamp off..and slipped in his duvet..
as soon as he moved back and switched the lamp off.. antara opened her eyes..
and cursed herself for her behavior...
she slowly turned a little and looked at him with corner of her eyes..
and found him lying flat and looking at the ceiling...
though their lights were off.. but she could see him in the moonlight that was coming from the window...
should i tell him.. that i'm awake.. she thought..
are you mad..??? what will he think.. then why was i pretending to sleep...
she turned on other side.. and decided to stay quiet..
raghu heard the sound of her bangles and looked at her..
he knew she was awake.. a smile appeared on his lips realizing that she is nervous.. may be...
even that thought filled his heart with so much warmth..
he closed his eyes... and was lost in some thoughts..