The tiny flame - a devakshi fanfic

"Aap mujhe moti keh rahe ho?", sona questioned him, feeling a little offended. She looked at him, daring him to answer and just that moment, everything went dark. The power was out. And she felt all her confidence float away. She was afraid of the dark, bit there was no way she was going to let it show in front on Mr. Aubodhro here. She muttered her fears and he asked " kya kaha aapne?", quickly she shunned him saying " kuch nai". Kichu bhaiya calls out to dev and says that he is going out to check out what the problem was. It was then that they realized...she was in his room, towering above in front of his fallen frame. Dev saw her body tense up. Was ms. Bose afraid of the dark? Or was it their situation that had made her aware?

Sona's brain was running at a very high speed trying to collect some composure. Dev tries to get up from the bed and as he does, his knees bump into sona's knees as she was standing close to his legs, this takes her off guard and she loses balance. Dev's instincts kick.in and he quicky an arm around her waist and another on her arm. She holds him too to steady her self. Once grounded, they both turn to face each other. They slowly breathe out. Never had they ever been in such close proximity to each other. Even in the dark, Dev could make out her big brown eyes, and her perfect lips that he was trying hard not to look at. Sona couldn't take her eyes off dev's round innocent eyes. She felt his hold on her and her skin tingled everywhere they made contact. Her spine was doing weird things to her that were emerging from the point his hand rested on her lower back. She felt blood rush up her cheeks as he looked at her like he never had before. Dev couldn't take it anymore.. There was something in him that was forcing him to look at her lips but he knew that if he did, it would be difficult to hold back. Sona's hands rested on his chest and on a shoulder and her touch was driving Dev crazy. The two stood there, in the dark, with a glint of moonlight, enough to illuminate what the other wanted to see. Their breaths had become ragged as the two fought with their wills to not succumb. But one does not just win against their own will. Dev looked at Sona's slightly parted lips just as she looked at his. And that was it. Unconciously, he slowly leaned in and so did she. Something felt right, like a relief, but the anticipation still hanging in the air like a knife. Their lips just centimetres apart, about to meet when a bang pierces the air like a siren. Both of them flinch and open their eyes. It is then that they realize what had almost happened. Dev and sona look at each other with a shocked expression on each of their faces. Like they didnt know what they were doing. But also, there was a little feeling in both their stomachs that was mad at the bang for interrupting them. Dev lets go of her and sona steps back. They both look down and turn away from each other trying to process what they were just about to do. "Was i just about to kiss mr. Dixit?!" sona thought and as it dawned on her that was inded what had happened, she turned beet red and her face felt like it was on fire. Dev ran hi hand over his face amd thought " i almost kissed her. What was that bloody bang? Couldn't it go off after a minute? What is wrong with me?! I almost kissed dr. Bose?! She is going to be so mad at me" he turned around to apologize and as he saw her, she had turned around too. They couldn't face each other without shying away. But Dev managed to say " im sorry...woh..." and sona replied " its okay...im sorry too"... There was an awkward silence between them and dev rushed out of the door to end it but Sona couldn't just stay behind! She walks behind him.

As much as she wanted to avoid seeing mr. Aubodhro right now, she didnt have any other choice. She was mortally afraid of he dark and Dev was the only other human being around. As Dev walked ahead of her and wondered why she was following him, it dawned on him. Dr.Bose was scared of the dark. A small smile appreadnon his face as he turned around to look at her. She did look a little flusterred and he asks " ek minute, dr. Bose aapko andhere se toh darr nahi lagta na?" she looks up at him incredulously and tries to answer " naiii toh... Aaa aaapko aisa kyun laga?", to prove his point, dev moves quickly and walks away from her and she runs towards him. He looks at hsr smugly, as she looks down, knowing that this was a lost cause. Dev doesn't say anything further and lets her walk along side him. They go into the kitchen where he looks for matches as he lights one, he truns around to see sona's face basking in the faint warm light of the match. He felt his heart warm up and his brain turned fuzzy. The way he looked at her made sona feel warm inside. The memory of the almost kiss washed up her brain and she looked down. This made Dev gather his senses and he found a candle. He lit it and walked to the dining table where he took a seat amd so did sona.

They sat there, trying their best to not look at each other. Sone would stand up, walk a few steps and sit down , every seconds. Dev asks her " aap kyun baad baad par uthrahi hai aur baith rahi hain?"

Sona looks at him with a troubled expression her face and says " mujhe bathroom jana hai." and turns pink. Dev, who has never been in a situation as such before, decides to help out. He takes the candle and stands up, "chaliye" he says. Sona, shocked to see mr. Dev dixit helping her out, walks behind him. "mai yahan thairta hoon aap jaiye" , dev says to sona, as the enter a room. Sona walks into the bathroom and that's when dev's mischief kicks in. He lets out a roar like scary sound to scare sona and it works! Sona screams and rushes out of the bathroom and scaringly clutches at dev's arm for comfort. She buries her head in it while holding him tightly, while she does that, she hears something that makes her pull.her head up. She looks at something that completely changes her feelings in that moment. Dev dixit. Laughing, his face lit up like a little boy, laughing his heart out and somehow that made sona smile. She had never seen mr. Aubodhro smiling properly, let alone laugh. And in that moment he dint seem so aubodhro after all. He was cute, his laughter was endearing. But it him who scared her so she puts a stern expression on her face and death stares him. He turns his head to look her and his laughter slowly subsides. " Not. Funny" she says. He tried to hold his laughter back and says, " if you say so". She lets go of his arm and dev instantly feels an emptiness where here fingers had touched , and it stung.

They walk out the room and wait for the electricity to return. They both steal glances at each other without letting the other one know. Had the powercut sparked a little flame in them? Dev couldn't stop think about sona's hands on him and the feel of holding her against him. Sona couldn't stop thinking about Dev's arms around her and his face so close to hers. She wanted feel his strong arms around her again. They were both adults and hard working professionals. But what they also were , is young people, who share a mutual attraction towards each other. Their almost kiss had left both of their minds in a a frenzy and it would be a wonder if any of them got any sleep that night. Maybe this attraction could turn into more.

The end.