SidNi TS : Really, Bro? *Completed Pg11* - Page 7

Third Shot

The birds chirping disturb her sleep and she stretches her hand rolling over to the right side of her bed when she lands on top of him. She opens her eyes slowly and notices him sleeping next to her. A small smile appears on her lips, events of last night echoes in her mind and she sits up with a jerk. Holding her head in between her hands she recalls her date with Kunal and how it ended in the ER of the hospital. She hits him on the chest, waking him up, "What are you doing here?"

He mumbles in his sleep, "Sone do yaar.."

"Why are you sleeping on my bed?" she kicks him on his leg, giving him his morning kick start.

"Why, don't you remember what happened last night?" he raised his brows naughtily.

"What happened last night?" she asked him immediately looking down at herself to see her clothes.

"So you think we became friends with benefits in one night?" he asked sitting up.

"I don't remember anything, and why are you behaving like a psychiatrist? Answering my questions with a question! My head is aching!" she hits him on his shoulders.

"Well yeh toh hona hi tha, after all you had the entire rum cake without me! God ne punishment de di tumko!" he gets up from the bed.

"Please tell me what happened last night!" she gets up and tries to stop him from leaving.

"Hmm.. maybe after a glass of lemonade?" he smiled at her.

"Yeah that will be better!" she smiled back at him.

"Okay, cya outside then" he leaves for the kitchen whereas she goes to the washroom to freshen up.

After sometime, she comes out of her room in a puzzled state and sits on the stool. He places a glass of lemonade in front of her and sits beside her.

"What happened? You know what, drink this before you speak!" he pushes the glass towards her. She takes it and gulps the lemonade at one go.

"Feeling better?" he holds her shoulders and asks. She looks at his hands touching her and nods. Immediately he retracts them and says, "So what's got you all perplexed?"

"I called up in the hospital to ask about Kunal, and they told me that he was shifted to the I.C.U this morning!" she said creasing her brows.

"You checked on the person who tried to sleep with you?" he laughed.

"Wrong. I called to check on the person whom I had put in the hospital in the first place! But I swear I just broke his nose and kicked him on the nuts, then how come he is in the I.C.U?" she asked while getting up from the stool.

"Why are you getting worried about him? Are you regretting your decision? Do you like him?" he came closer to her with a tinge of jealousy in his voice.

"What? No...No I don't like him... I am not that kind of a person who puts people in the hospital! I am not a violent person! I... Oh god what if he got some permanent injury and he won't be able to..." she stares at him with fear in her eyes.

"Ok, so let me get it right, you're worried that he won't be able to father any children coz you kicked him so hard?" he falls off laughing on the sofa.

"Just shut up! What if he sues me in court?" she throws the pillow at him and he starts laughing a bit more loudly than before.

"Oh God! You will kill me! Just stop it now.." he said in between his laugh.

"You are so mean! Why am I even talking to you about all this? You know what I will just call up the hospital..." she goes to pick up the phone while he stops laughing and runs to stop her.

"Hey..Hey... Listen.." he holds her hands and turns her around.

"I don't want to talk to you! Leave my hand!" she snaps instantly.

"Okay, I am sorry. But listen to me please... once!" he said in exasperation while letting go off his hold on her.

"What now?"

"See, I am sure it's not your fault that he is in the I.C.U... Maybe the doctors gave him the wrong meds and he is reacting in a bad way!" he chuckled nervously.

"Really?" she said with all the sarcasm that she could manage.

"Okay.. how about... I look into this matter... and I promise he will not die... I will take care of it... why don't you stay out of it?" he asked desperately.

"Why will you take care of it? It's my fault!" she pushed him away from her route.

He pulls her back from her arms towards him, "Coz I am your friend, your bro... and he...he was an asshole who insulted you yesterday night... it's...it's better if you don't meet with him again coz it will give him the wrong signal.." he mumbled fast and looks up to see whether she was understanding his nonsense. All he could see was confusion in her face.

"Unless... off course if you do want to give the wrong signal... I mean it will be the right signal if you want to give right?" he chortled.

"Dude. Fine you check on him! Stop with your hysteria, you are freaking me out!" she stepped back and sits on the sofa making a loud thud.

He sighs with relief and mutters, "Thank you, God!" to himself.

"So now will you tell me why you were sleeping on my bed?" she asked looking straight into his eyes.

"You asked me to" he shrugs his shoulder and lies on the sofa beside her.

"I asked you to sleep beside me?" she raised her brow questionably.

"No, you asked me to stay, I got comfy!" he teased.

"So, nothing happened between us?" she fiddles her fingers in anticipation of his reply.

"Well... I won't say nothing...we... we kissed... actually you kissed me, I was just in shock!" he scratches his forehead.

"Oh no!! What's wrong with me! I went on a date with a guy who was trying with all his might to kiss me and then I came home and did that with you! I am so sorry!" she said hysterically.

"Hey..hey... I didn't mean it that way...I mean you don't have to apologize!" he said raising his hands up in the air.

"What does that mean, that you don't have any problem?" she asked in a puzzled tone. "So, why were you in shock? Why didn't you kiss back?"

"You want me to kiss you back?" he asked.

"Answer my question first."

"You were high! I didn't want our first..." his eyes widen up as he stopped.

"Our first?" she leans towards him.

"I meant... main nahi chahta tha ki tum yeh socho ki maine tumhara fayda uthaya.."

"Oh!"she mumbled and sat back with relaxation contemplating on his answer.

"So, you wanted me to kiss you back?" he pressed the question again.

"Umm.. if you would have then that would have meant my kiss was excellent" she murmured sadly.

"Hey... who told you that it wasn't? In fact it was the best kiss... it blew my mind off... I have never been kissed like that in my whole life..." he said with excitement.

"Sachi?" she asked happily.

"Muchi" he replied back with a smile.

They gaze in each other's eyes and the longer they looked - their smile disappeared from their lips and their heart beats raced. An awkward silence surrounded them suddenly, what was happening? Did their equation change overnight? They have been always way too open about every topic with each other but why suddenly a topic on kiss made them uncomfortable? Was it because for the first time it was them who shared it?

"I should go and take a bath and pack... I..." he gets up and leaves for his room hurriedly.

"What happened to me last night?" she whispered to herself as he left. She picks up her phone from the table and runs off to her room.

After One Hour

"Well, I cleaned up your guest room and there is no trace left that I was sleeping there" he joked, while sliding the bag on his shoulders walking to the hall where she was sitting silently drinking from a cup.

"That's good." She muttered while sipping.

"What are you drinking?" he asked sitting beside her while wearing his socks.

"Coffee.." she said.

"Really?" he takes the cup from her hand and sips.

Making a face in disgust he hands it back to her, "This is the worst coffee I have ever had!" he wears his shoes.

"Everyone cannot make the world's best coffee" she whispered.

"Huh?" he turns around looking at her.

"Nothing!" she keeps the cup on the table angrily and gets up.

"Umm.. Okay! Thanks bro, for taking me in... I owe you one! Now bye, getting late for work!"

"Siddharth.." she calls out to him and he stops immediately. She picks up the cushion from the sofa and starts walking towards him. He eyes her suspiciously as she comes near him unable to understand what was in her mind.

She was now standing close, closer than usual and she encircles her hands around his neck.

"Roshni... kya kar rahi ho? I thought you were not a violent person!" he teased her.

"Tumhare jaisa ladka..." she plays with the collar of his shirt, "sirf... maar khane ke liya bana hai" she yells towards the end and hits him with the cushion too many times to even count in the fingers.

"Ouch... Oww.. Roshni...God" he shrieked in between the blows.

Finally he catches hold of her hand and in the process pulls her closer to him than before, their faces were inches apart as they gazed each other.

"You remembered?"

"You moron, how could you leave just like that after last night!"

"I thought... you didn't know... that you didn't lo..." he stops midway scared to confess his feelings.

"I didn't what?" she hits him again.

"Like..." he gulps down in fear.

"Really? Like?" she hits him again, this time she had become teary eyed.

He holds her face gently in between his palms and whispers, "I love you. I was scared; I thought you don't feel the same about me. I didn't want to lose our friendship for the sake of my love."

"This is the silliest thing I have ever heard! Tum raat ko hospital jaake Kunal ko aur maarke aaye? Mere mana karne ke baad bhi? You love me so much?" she asked grabbing his collar. He places his hand on top of hers and says,

"How dare that baldie treat my bro like that... he deserved more than what you gave him! But I think my mere presence in the room stressed him out, and his condition went critical before I could do anything! I left hurriedly after that in case anyone noticed me...but how come you got to know about that?"

"I called up the hospital the nurse gave me the description of the guy who came to meet Kunal at night, and I knew at once that it was you... and fir pata nahi mujhe sab yaad aa gaya ki kal raat hamare beech kya hua tha... aur kya nahi..."

"You didn't say..." he whispered looking at the ground..

"Say what?" she asked.

"That you love me." He continued and looks up at her mischievously.

"I love you Siddharth. I have loved you since the day we met." she said genuinely staring into his eyes.

"Why didn't you ever mentioned that before!" he was astonished.

"Coz...i was waiting for you to say it first..." she stammered.

"Whaat! I used to think you deserved more. That I am not enough for you, since you were never interested in me. Pure dunia mein yahi ek chiz mila tha apna ladkipan dikhane ke liye??" he was frustrated as he shook her from her shoulders.

"I am a girl at the end of the day, if you have ever noticed!" she yelled back.

Before she could catch a breath, he presses his lips on hers and pulls her closer by her waist. She wraps one of her hands around his waist and traces them upwards to his hair while with the other she opens the first button of his shirt. Tugging his hair with her fingers she pulls his head backwards breaking apart the kiss.

He gasps for air, and she finds her way into his mouth. The force pushes him backwards and they collide into the gate, her tongue explores his mouth doing its twisted deed and instantly he pushes her back.

"What the hell was that?" he asked while panting for air.

"You didn't like it?" she asked coyly.

"No..it was...it was amazing.. do that again!" he asked childlike making her burst into laughter.

He pulls her back, and she collides with his chest "I am serious, bro!" he whispered.

"Really, bro?" she asked eyeing him.

"Oops, no more bro... you are my love and I want you to do that again.." he pecks her cheeks.

She pretends to muse over it and says, "Hmm... mood kharab kar dia tumhare 'bro' ne mera... chodo!" she pushes him and starts moving backward.

"Really! Main chodunga nahi tumhe... you know I get cranky when I am left midway..." he warns her teasingly as he walked towards her.

"Siddharth... no..." she said carefully moving backwards

"Roshni...yes.." he puckers his lips giving a kiss to her. She runs inside to her room and he follows her there.

"Don't you think the phrase bro's over hoes suit us now?" he asked suddenly as she snuggled on him while laying on the floor, covered in the blanket.

"You just had to ruin the entire thing with your stupid thinking, hai na?" she smacked him on his shoulders.

"Anything to get a hitting from you, babe" he winked at her. She kisses his shoulders and lays her head on them, while he kisses her hair softly.