FF (Shiv-Gauri): The Oldest Story... -pg. 140, 142 - Page 79

☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️ This is awesome..... stuff...m totally lost of words to describe..just how amazing this piece is 👏👏👏👏

Devi that was brillant, your writing is amazing, I don't know what else to say but bravo

that was just awesome update...really loved it

ahhh I missed the midnight treat :( Continue soon - I have to check out the books that you refer to in your FF they sound very interesting...

aye hayeee. that was beautiful :)

Chapter 38: Shaayad

When she woke next, the sun was well past its zenith and it deceived her into thinking that it was early morning… until she realized that she was alone in bed and even though she had a sheet over her, she was quite naked too… she bolted up then and grabbed the bedside clock. The time read 6:00 PM.

Oh Shit! She had already missed two 3-hour lectures in the morning and her third class was just over! So much for being caught up on work! She plopped back down on the pillow as she wondered whose notes she could possibly borrow that would be as meticulous as her own.

She rubbed her hands over her eyes as she tried not to think of what really was filling her head… no no… she wouldn't think of him… clearly, she was the only who had been incapacitated as a result of their night… he had been completely functional and had gone to work as usual while she had slept the whole day away… it struck her then that Shiv's mother had not checked in on her or come to wake her even though it was so late… that meant that she must know… or worse, she must have heard! Oh Lord! How would she face her?

She slid off the bed and noticed that her whole body felt strange… it wasn't pain as much as an overall feeling of instability… she placed her bare feet on the floor and slowly stood up and when she felt like the Earth wouldn't shift beneath her, she walked to the bathroom. As she closed the door behind her, she caught her reflection in the vertical full-length mirror on its back. She stood there for a second, looking at herself. She didn't think she looked any different… he had left many marks on her, she could see… but he had taken care to not mark her where others would be able to see and for that she was thankful... this was bound to be embarrassing as it was without getting hickeys like they were teenagers… she had left them on him too, she remembered… aside from those tell-tale marks, there were no other changes that were visible to the eye… incredible… nothing inside her felt the same, yet everything outside was remarkably identical to yesterday… she wondered if he would be able to see any changes in her… or anyone else… was it possible for people to tell when a woman had known a man for the first time? She pulled her hair back from her face and peered closely at the mirror… it was the sight of her lips that did it… without warning, images of the entire night burst open like air from a popped balloon… there was no controlling it as it spread around and expanded just like air… She closed her eyes as her breathing accelerated and her body answered her mind's call as though he was right in front of her…

She couldn't force her mind or body under her control by willing it all away and had to stand there, leaning against the bathroom wall, until they calmed on their own, reaching their own catharsis without her permission…

Finally, she climbed into the shower and adjusted the water until it was warm. As it sluiced over her, she felt a sweet sting everywhere he had nipped her, both in passion and in tenderness…

She had been a fool to think that she could give herself one night with him and come through it unscathed… that she could share her body with him and separate her mind and soul from it all… her eyes drifted close as she wondered what was to come now… was she to pretend that nothing happened? Could she? Would he? She didn't try to push those thoughts away as they came at her… she let them be… there was no sense in trying to figure this all out by herself… he was involved too… she would see how he acted… and she would respond in kind… if he wanted to pretend as if nothing had happened, then so would she…

She finally dressed and walked out of her room. She could hear noise in the kitchen and slowly walked down the stairs… how would she face Shiv's mother?

She needn't have worried because as soon as she walked in, Smitha aunty glanced up and said, "Gauri, I was just going to have dinner. Will you eat with me?" as if she had not noticed that Gauri had not gone to any of her classes or that she had whole slept the whole day away.

She nodded as she walked over to the kitchen counter to grab plates.

"Let's eat in the living room today and watch a movie. What do you say? It will be just us girls tonight. Shiv and his father won't be home for dinner."

She wasn't prepared for the pinching she felt in her heart and she waited a few seconds until the feeling passed before she asked in what she thought was a neutral tone. "Oh?"

Smitha aunty nodded and continued as she opened the cupboard to take out tupperware. "Yea, they had to go to Cochin to meet a client. They will be gone for two or three days."

Before she could completely absorb the shock of such an unexpected separation from him, Smitha aunty added, "Oh, I forgot Gauri. Shiv sent this over with one of his assistants before he left." She went and grabbed a long manila envelope from the table in the living room and brought it back for her.

Gauri opened it and found three CDs inside. There were marked 3-6, 12-3, and 9-12. She glanced up at Smitha aunty, who was looking at them curiously, "There is no note?"

Gauri shook her head and managed to give a careless shrug, even though what she really wanted to do was run upstairs to her room to play the CDs. She put them aside and turned to Smitha aunty with a smile. "I will see what it is later. Let's have dinner."

She thanked her mother in prayer that night for having had a best friend like Smitha aunty… not only did she not ask any questions about what happened, but she also chose an old funny movie that kept them both entertained throughout dinner. Later on, when Gauri took the dishes back to the kitchen to wash them, Smitha aunty came in after her to force her out of the kitchen, asking her to go study. Gauri resisted, but Smith aunty was insistent, and when she finally turned to walk out of the kitchen, Smitha aunty casually reminded her, "Don't forget your envelope."

Gauri bit her lip as she grabbed the envelope and forced herself to walk and not run up the stairs. But once she reached the top of the stairs, she did run to her room and shut the door behind her to rush over to her laptop to play the CDs. She inserted the one marked 3-6 and waited. There was some static in the beginning, but then she heard his voice.

"Gauri, how do you stand it? These classes are so boring! Well, here goes another three hours of my life that I will never get back!"

As she listened in shock, she heard her third lecture of the day, the one that ran from 3 to 6 pm. She picked up the other CDs and played them as well and sure enough there were her lectures from 9 to noon and noon to 3. The one in the morning, he had prefaced with, "Do you know that your professor does NOT like to be taped? I had to tell him that you had severe food poisoning and couldn't come to class and that you being the diligent student that you are, sent your husband in your stead, for him to finally agree! What does he think I am going to do with this? Sell it on eBay??" She laughed at that comment even while she felt sudden tears cloud her eyes.

The one marked 12-3, he started with, "Don't these people get a lunch break? No wonder you're so skinny. They don't let you eat here!"

She put the last one in again and forwarded it till the end to see if he had any more comments.

He did…

"I have to go away for two or three days Gauri. Dad is being a little boor about it, so I can't back out of it." It was just dead air for a few seconds and when she thought that that was the end of it, she heard his voice again…

"I…" He started, but then she heard him clear his throat and pause. When he spoke next, his voice was steady and he said, "Good night Gauri, sleep well."

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shiv is just too sweet ☺️...i can't believe that he had 2 leave, this morning of all mornings but as they say ...absence makes the heart grow fonder 😛 xxx

ahh gud thing I checked IF before turning off my laptop for the day hehhe...lovely update as always ;)

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Shiv does the most cutest things! He actually went n recorded her lec? I cudn't stop saying awwww at the ending...

I know I said it before BUT I sooo want a carbon copy of Shiv 😳😃