Chapter 50: Hot-cross Buns
There was something about being naked with each other that either made people uncomfortable, anxious, or in their case, sane and civil. And she granted that much of the credit of that went to Shiv. In this respect, at least, she was grateful for the amount of experience that he had accrued with women. She was difficult to deal with under most circumstances, but if a man didn't know how to ease a woman's nerves after something as intimate and vulnerable as sex, well… she imagined that would be a serious bummer… not Shiv, though… even if he rubbed her the wrong way every other time – well, maybe not every other time – he always rubbed her just the right way in bed… oh Lord, was that a dirty pun? That was unintentional, she reassured herself… but then she smiled… dirty puns were sort of nice… well, funny… oy… why was she arguing about the emotional valence of dirty puns?
And speaking of dirty buns, no no, not buns, but puns… yes yes, puns… she told herself as she watched Shiv's backside as he walked from the bed to the bathroom…
She wanted hot-cross buns for breakfast today, she was positively ravenous…
She made up her mind and started to get out of bed when Shiv suddenly came back from the bathroom and lifted her off the bed in his arms to carry her to the shower. She barely had time to yelp before she was standing under the streaming water with him.
"Shiv, this shower does not fit two people." Besides, if she didn't get him to leave the shower, she was going to be late for her first lecture.
"Of course it does. It was specifically made to fit two people." He said confidently as he pulled her closer to him.
"At this rate, I will never make it to class."
"Of course you will. We have exactly 12 minutes. It wouldn't be my best work, but…" he started and she pushed him away from her laughing.
"… it will have to do." He grabbed her back towards him.
"At this rate…" she started again.
"Gauri, if I don't get my fix in the morning, I am bound to embarrass you in front of my parents again."
"You mean, embarrass yourself."
"Why would I be embarrassed? They must know I have a healthy appetite. And any man or woman looking at you will only thoroughly understand my position. It's one I enjoy highly. Besides my dear, embarrassment is really not a trait that I am cursed with."
"Yeah, I think everyone knows that!"
Her tone didn't faze him in the least. In fact, he only widened his grin as he turned her around to move her hair away and kiss her nape.
"Given that I have entered the "forbidden land" I find that I have developed an addiction to it. And given that your moods are positively mercurial when it comes to me, I intend on stealing into the garden as frequently as possible before you revoke my pass without warning!"
"God, what is with these metaphors? First it was the fruits, now it's the garden, what will it be next?"
He laughed at her pretend consternation. "Hmm… I don't know… I can be really descriptive and avoid the metaphors altogether. Because let me tell you something, women really don't like all this flowery shit. That's just the first two times. After that, they know that when a man really means it, he just talks dirty. Inventing wonderful flowery poetry requires a lot of pretense and effort that most men don't have. And if he does, he is just working you over."
"Unless you are Dev." She said with a smile.
"Unless you are Dev. But he is an exception to most rules…" He agreed with a nod and a grin.
She turned around now to face him.
"So, are you going to talk dirty to me?"
"No, my little virgin, not yet… I don't want to shock you out of your system."
"I think you can sufficiently do away with the virgin title. I think five times is enough to remove all traces of virginity!"
"Ah…but it's still not enough to make you stop blushing if I…" and he showed her. And sure enough, there was a flush that climbed up her neck.
"I think 12 minutes is over…" she finally said when she got her breath back.
"I will drop you off at work. Don't take your scooter." He said as he grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her body.
"No, that will make you late to work." She said as she grabbed another towel and ran it over his wet hair.
"I will be fine. I have been putting in enough late hours, thanks to you, that fifteen minutes here and there will not make a huge difference."
Rather than kissing her, he took her index and middle fingers and kissed it before pressing them against her lips.
She smiled as she climbed out of the tub and went to get dressed.
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