<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Nandini, if you don't get out of this room with me right now, I swear I'll pick you up caveman style over my shoulder and...</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">My eyes widen as I read his whole text. I looked up to cajole him and saw him advancing towards me with knowing steps. No no no, he wouldn't do that in front of everyone. Alya, Mukti, Cabir, Navya, Dhruv, all of them are here.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Oh, damn.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">I take a cautious step back to make a run for it before the mad man gets hold of me.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"Are we playing?" he asks, eyes twinkling. "You know I'll catch you."</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Everyone kissing my shoulder.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"I do. But I didn't know that you would that in front of everyone." Okay, that's a lie, I knew he was gonna do that, I wanted him to. "You can't- "</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"Yes, I can," he said huskily, nipping my earlobe with his teeth. "I haven't talked to you all day Nandini, you know I can't go to sleep with you mad at me. So just forgive me for clipping like that at Navya. But she just wasn't leaving us alone... I know she's pregnant and all, but I need you too."</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">I let out a sigh in surrender. "Sorry," I replied softly. "I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. But she's in a really vulnerable place right now, and her hormonal mood swings are confusing her. Me and Cabir are the only emotional support she has. But that doesn't mean I was ignoring you... I would have found a way to spend time with you too."</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">He sat on the bed and pulled me in his lap, forming a protective cocoon around me. "You're not just my girlfriend, baby. You're also my best friend, you're my person. Um, you.. erm- "</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"Manik, sshhh," I murmured, kissing him tenderly. His fingers braided themselves into my hair, kissing me harder. My arms locked behind his neck and his hand slid down my back, pressing me tighter against his chest. The heat that slithered down my stomach at the intimate contact had me moaning and quivering as he explored my mouth with a thoroughness that had me trembling in response. He broke away, panting. But his lips didn't leave my skin, groaning, he gave me hot, open-mouthed kisses on my collarbone. He broke away, panting.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"We're gonna continue with this when everyone leaves," he promised, his voice soft and serious. I nodded in response. I got up from his lap and gave him my hand to get up.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">We went downstairs to accompany everyone else in the living room.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"Done already?" Mukti asked.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"Dude, that was even faster than pizza delivery!" Cabir teased. "Oh, Nandini, you have to stopwith these blushes, even though they're adorable... you should get used to this by now."</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">"CABIRRR. Shutup!"</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The End.</font>
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