PART-7
He was still in daze, having felt the freshness of Kalpi's lips and her delicate body; it took him some time to register the pain of her slap. He was dumbfounded for some moments, as he heard Kalpana roaring at him "How dare you? How dare you kiss me and touch me like that?" she said loudly, taking a few steps backwards, she made some more distance between them.
Clenching his teeth he was back to his old self "Don't you think you were a bit too late in giving me that slap?"
Kalpi while giving him an expression conveying "unbelievable you still have the guts to face me and argue with me on this point!" said: "Just what do you mean?" in a low but angry voice.
Raghav: "You really want to know what I mean, I mean really. Can you face it Kalpi?"
Kalpi: "Seems the effect of my slap has gone to your head! This is how you take care of your responsibility, and a girl whom you know since your childhood?"
Raghav: "I am perfectly fine Kalpi dear, but maybe you don't want to accept these new feelings and relation between us. Afraid again huh?" he said taking few steps towards her "And you bloody well know what I mean by that!"
Kalpi was very much angry by now and she didn't even know with whom she was angrier with, Raghav or her. She gave him two-three light slaps and some punches angrily on his chest which had nil effect on him; Raghav had held her wrists by now. Kalpi freed herself again, pushed him saying "I hate you even more, hate you so much Raghav. Wait till I make your complaint to Aai and Gauri Aunty" she said turning to go back to the room.
"Go ahead, complain them about me. But what will you say, that I kissed you and you enjoyed my kiss? Or you let me kiss you, let me touch you like this?" he said turning Kalpana by holding her arm, pulled her towards him and moved his hand across her back and waist to finally hold her again with one hand; the back of his left hand touching her cheeks in a light stroke. Raghav also didn't know why was he doing this, was he angry that Kalpi didn't reciprocate or accept what he felt and what she felt really for him; which was still so new and weird for both of them; or was he was doing it because of his hurt ego. "Whatever" he told himself "I am not letting go of this moment & opportunity so easily; she feels so good against me" his lips itching to kiss her again.
She stared back at him unbelievably, realizing what he was saying was right; besides how could she share such a thing with her Aai. She also didn't want to break her Aai's trust which she had on Raghav.
She started wriggling in his arms, trying her best to remove his hand and he loosened his grip, giving her the opportunity to go back to the room. "You are such a liar and egoistic Raghav. You still cannot accept your fault. I did not feel or enjoy anything at your...your...your touch & kiss". She said and went back to the room stomping her feet; her intention to run away from the boundaries of his room to find another open one just for herself.
He followed her quietly but swiftly inside, turned her again towards himself; grabbed both of her arms and pinned her to the next wall. "Are you sure about your truth" he asked her. "Yes I am. In fact till now I disliked you as you were my enemy no.1, but I hate you so much more now" she replied.
"I don't think you hate me so much Kalpi" he said in a dangerously calm voice.
"What? You are a disgusting guy. Leave me before I scream".
"Hmm, I will. But not before I prove my point" he said. In response to her shocked, questioning eyes he said "That you don't hate me as much as you proclaim; that you too enjoyed me touching you, kissing you; that you are a bigger liar than you think I am dear".
"Well, you cannot prove anything" she hissed.
"Yes I can Kalpi and I will do just that" he said and pressed them both against each other, ignoring her struggles. He pressed his lips against her again, enjoying her softness, allowing his hands to roam on her whole body with one; and with the other firmly holding her. He felt her curves by moving his hand on her side from her bosom to hips; finding more ways to torture her body without actually touching her skin. She had frozen, she struggled for first few seconds, but couldn't deny herself the pleasure her mind and body had subconsciously allowed herself to feel. She started enjoying this new kind of touch and feeling, and rested her hands on his shoulders in a tight grip, her eyes tight shut. His T-shirt on her was already loose on her, with one hand he slid it down from one of her shoulders, revealing her bare skin, caressing & touching it softly as he kissed her. He kissed all over her face, placing soft kisses and she couldn't say no to him, her knees felt weak with a mixture of nervousness, pleasure and realization that she was losing herself in his arms, losing her sanity. He continued his sweet punishment by shower of kisses on the side of her neck and revealed, bare shoulder; then going back to kiss her on her lips passionately, as he started it all over again. Once his kiss was over he released her suddenly, staring at her with a winning look, only to pull her towards himself again. "See, this is what I meant, if you have understood by now. Or do you want me to make you understand more, hmm?" he studied her scared face.
He held her again closely to himself by waist, and surprised her by lifting her in a bridal style; carrying her to the bed, his other hand at the skin on her thighs & knees.
"Raghav no, leave me. You can't do this" she pleaded to him; as now she was terribly scared "what a roller-coaster and scary night this has turned out to be" she thought.
He put her on the bed, and he seemed to loom large over her. She could feel his hands moving up from her bare legs, to upwards; but she was surprised when she found that he was covering her with a bed-sheet. He leaned over her again, held her by neck, kissing her deeply again, before placing a last kiss on her adam's apple. "I think I have proven my point enough, that you too like me, like my touch. Now go to sleep without another word; or else..." and he turned leaving the room without looking back at her, trying to find the sanity in the air of the other open room.
Kalpi sat up in her bed, letting herself be sure that Raghav had actually left her alone in that room; and went to sleep in another. When she was convinced that she was alone, she broke, crying bitterly "I am sorry Aai I broke your trust. I am sorry, but I don't know what had happened to me, I was so lost in him; I am sorry I don't know how come I enjoyed it so much", "but Aai, this is not the Raghav I have known all my life, today he felt, he seemed different. Why Aai, why? I used to dislike him so much, then why suddenly all this between us?" she said still crying, letting her own fears run down the cheeks.
Therein the other room Raghav too was wide awake; he too dumbfounded at what that night had turned out to be. He had shocked himself, when he realized he was attracted to his childhood acquaintance, friend, no; childhood enemy- Kalpana. With whom he had no other relation except fight, competition, taunts, apart from the sense of responsibility his Mom imposed upon him frequently to take care of Kalpana, see to it that she is not in trouble; and if there is any, he'd remove it. He'd never shown it to her, not let this know to Kalpi, because he always did this behind her back, because Kalpi's Aai was his teacher, he felt he owed this much to Kamla Maa. He thought Kalpi won't understand and won't take it seriously. But he had always kept a close eye on her, on people around her since school, aware that she was the youngest in the whole class. He never let anyone else bully her, or put her in trouble; when she needed notes, he made sure she got those, of course through some other source. But this new feeling of attraction was so new to him too. That night both of them remained awake half the night, in their separate rooms.
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Morning brought Raghav a sense of wrongdoing, he realized that Kalpi was still a teenager, only 17years old, "poor thing must be so scared" he thought. "This must be all too new for her. I have to say sorry to her somehow, make her realize that I didn't mean to hurt her". On the other hand Kalpi didn't say a word to him, even when he tried talking to her. All through their drive to Kalpi's home, Raghav stole side glances towards her; she refused to interact with him. When she had opened the car's door he stopped her, held her hand "Kalpana I am...I am so..." But Kalpi didn't let him complete his sentence.
"Don't" she said "don't even try" she said, banged the car's door and left. She poured all her anger on him, unaware that she was trying to hide her weakness from him, which she was used to since childhood. She was used to make efforts to keep upper hand from Raghav, to win from him, but today for the first time she was afraid she'll lose from him. She went away, leaving a sighing Raghav behind, he kept his head tiredly at the back of his seat, thinking "I'll try at the theatre again. I have never behaved with any girl this way before" like Kalpi he too didn't realize, that for the first time in their years' long acquaintance he had allowed his ego to be kept aside.
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"Eight years after our separation, I am awake again. For so many years I spent in that night's memory and in the faith that God shall help me in fulfilling my promise to her" Raghav thought, coming back to present as he remembered that last day & last night they were together eight years ago. "If only my attempts to correct everything had not gone so wrong" he wished "I still remember the visual which had greeted me when I'd gone searching for Kalpi, in her changing and makeup room later that day".
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction using characters from the show "Ek Mutthi Aasmaan" on "Zee TV". The characters are owned by creators and owners of the show.
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