Note: I am really bad at giving warnings...whether it is PG-13 or R or 18+ or 21+. So please make your own judgments. Which obviously means you will have to read the update first and then decide which totally doesn't make sense. LOL. I wish someone can be my adviser for such updates. Any volunteers? OK not you underage folks of course.
P.S. - This doesn't fall under any of the above categories I think...I think. So don't get your hopes too high. LOL
Chapter 76
She lost a lot of sleep the next couple days, trying to burn the midnight oil in order to get as much studying done while he was asleep. The finals were upon them and as always, she had to put in the extra effort to do well. He had let her alone, restraining himself from going near her to steal the kisses she so much cherished even though it disturbed her concentration. But she couldn't concentrate even when he kept away.
She would abruptly get up from the chair near his study table where she would study to catch him off guard while he was buried in his work to steal a passionate kiss. And just when he would get into it after the moment of surprise passed, she would pull herself away and walk back to the table as if nothing had happened, leaving him all high and dry. And surprisingly it had not prevented her from focusing on her studies the next moment. He didn't complain though, but kept track of how many times she did that, for him to take revenge on her later.
She had been really focused that evening and had gotten late in stealing her kiss because when she went to him, she saw he had already fallen asleep, probably while studying. She quietly released his hold on the laptop and kept it aside before removing his glasses to place them on the night stand. She looked at him for several moments...taking in his features in the dim light of the room. His skin shone light wherever it fell... his eyes, even though closed, were reflecting calmness around them through their eyelids...his lips soft and tender as they had always been, had a whole different appeal to them. There was something about them that attracted her towards them, wanting to feel them on every inch of her skin. She did not resist the urge to kiss him then, but gently so, so as not to wake him up before turning around to walk away.
Before she could do that though, she felt a tug on her hand and turned around to see his drowsy eyes open with effort and a smile form on his lips. He tugged harder on her hand pulling her closer to him, wanting her to lay next to him on the bed. As she climbed on the bed, he crossed his hand around her so she would lay with her back against his chest. She did not resist any of it even while Simran's words echoed in her head at that moment.
She lay there enclosed between his arms trying hard to breath evenly, fighting the nervousness that was rising like a huge wave in her. He moved aside the hair that stood between his lips and her neck, the effect of it causing her to tingle everywhere all at once. She felt as if he had removed a layer of her clothing, the effect was so intense. He kissed her nape softly at the same time he slid his hand under her spaghetti top to caress the skin around her waist. Both those actions left her incapacitated. She wanted to arch back to ease the tickling of his fingers around her waist but also wanted to arch forward to create some distance between his lips and her neck.
While she was still debating how to react under his touch, she felt a tug on the strap of her top. He tugged on it with his teeth and then released it almost immediately, the elastic hitting her on her skin. The pain was almost imperceptible and was forgotten in a split second as she felt him slid the strap off her shoulder to place a kiss where it hit her skin. She didn't know if it was his touch or her lack of sleep that was making her feel drained of energy all of a sudden. She felt her eyes closing as his movements slowed down. She thought she would wait for him to fall asleep again before getting up to go to her usual sleeping place in the other room. She must have managed to bring her heartbeat back to normal even while his ministrations were on because she fell asleep right there...in his arms.
She woke up with an involuntary smile, feeling rather well rested. She looked at the bed side clock and her eyes widened as her heart started beating faster in her chest. She looked down at herself and saw that she was covered in a while sheet. She sat up on the bed holding the sheet close to her chest and looked to her side as she tried to shun the images that played in her mind. Guilt and regret were slowly climbing on her now...
Her eyes widened even more when she saw him...and then looked down at herself again. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her clothes were still on. Her head jerked towards him then, love oozing out of her eyes as she took notice of her surroundings. He was sleeping on the edge on the other side of the bed almost ready to fall off, in a vest without any sheet or blanket covering him, his pillow that he should have used under his head now resting between them.
She then concluded that he didn't love her...he didn't love her at all. Because otherwise, why would he cause tears to flow down her eyes every now and then? She removed the pillow from between them to move closer to him and kissed him on his back that was facing her. She contemplated on placing the pillow under his head but thought better of it lest he woke up.
As she turned around to slide off the bed, she felt the tug on her hand again while he turned around to make her lay next to him again, with her back against his chest. She felt her heart smile at that even though none appeared on her lips. Her belly contracted at the warmth of his body as he pressed her closer to him...and then she finally smiled through her lips as she wished him "Good morning." ruffling his hair.
"Mmm..." is all he said as he nuzzled her neck while she struggled to not turn around and take him in a kiss. She was not so sure about her own self but the previous night made it evident he wouldn't make any such move on her...even if presented with such an opportunity.
"I'll make you some coffee and breakfast." she told him as she made to get out of his hold but he tugged on her again.
"Mm mm. I want tea." he told her, his arms sliding back and forth the length of her arm.
"Tea? You never have tea in the morning." she spoke turning her head towards him, now fully awake.
"Mmm... I want to try your way of living..." he whispered in her ear destroying all the self control she had gathered. She turned around in his arms trying to fight the tears that lay at the brink of her eyes as she gave him the scrumptious dose of his early morning breakfast.
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