Devilz Lair: First Touch of Love prt 2 pg 61 - Page 29

Together…..till the end

She looked at the big building in front of her eyes and then looked sideways to the man standing next to her looking at her with hope and guilt. Her eyes turned questioning upon seeing guilt in his dark brown orbs while all the hope vanished from his eyes and he tore his gaze from her as his head hung downwards. She reached forward and raised his head again by placing a hand under his chin while he looked at her now with eyes full of sadness and her heart stopped beating. He mumbled a "sorry…." While she asked "for what??" and he replied "Look….I know this is not according to your standard but an apartment in this building was all I could manage….I am so sorry for dragging you into all this mess…I….I…" she silenced him by placing her index finger against his lips and when he seemed to have calmed down a bit she cupped his face with her one hand and held tightly his hand in her other hand. Her lips turned into a gentle smile before she said "Swayam I LLOVE YOU….I can give away all the money in the world just to catch a glimpse of you….you r my world….I am nothing without you….those were not my standards those were my dad's standards …… I am bursting with excitement to start making our home together….I don't want anything but you by my side please don't ever leave me and don't look like you are not good enough for me it hurts to see you like this" swayam smiled at her lovingly as all the worries left his eyes. He moved forward and gently pressed his lips against her forehead and whispered "You r my life Sharon…we will make it work" and when he moved back she gave him a huge smile and yelled out loud "YES, we will make it!" making him laugh along with her.

Sharon squeezed his hand tightly as he placed the key in the key hole and opened the door. She gasped as she took in the view of the apartment which was now going to be her home. It was handkerchief sized. A small bedroom with an attached bathroom, an open kitchenette with a TV lounge serving as the biggest and the centre room. There was a small terrace also outside their bedroom and she loved the house. Honestly the house was the size of her room back her home but it didn't matter. The apartment though very small was very cozy and gave off warm and homely vibes. It was the kind of place which gave you the welcome home feeling when u come back from office after a long tiring day.

She entered the house and swayam loved her awe-struck face. He locked the door as she roamed around and memorized herself with every nook of the house. Then she came and stood in front of him jumping up and down with excitement saying "It is our home….we will live in it together!...I love it" he smiled back at her and said while looking at the bedroom "well, it's been a long day we ran away from home, got married and then came here….I am very tired we should sleep" She tried hard not to blush as the thought of sleeping in the arms of the man she loved for the first time sent tingling sensations in the pit of her stomach and in order to try to hide her embarrassment she slapped his hand away as he reached out for her saying "No, we will sleep later there is so much work to do…." He scratched his head while answering "what work?" she replied while placing her hands on her hips "Sheesh Swayam you boys can never see how dirty a place is….there is so much cleaning work to do….and then I have to make a list of things we are gonna need…the walls need to be painted…..the plumber needs to be called…..we have to go grocery sho……" he silenced her with a kiss while she was too surprised to respond back. He pulled back quickly and saw her flushed face and then said "I love it when you talk nonstop while you are nervous….and besides there is no way we can to all of that at this hour of the night…however we can do something else" she tore her gaze from him as her face grew hot while he pulled her closer by wrapping his arm around her waist then cupped her face with his other hand and trailed her lower lip with his thumb. While she closed her eyes and shivered with anticipation. He moved forward and ended the distance between their lips this time she responded back and as the hunger took over she grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him down more closer towards herself while he who was supporting both of them realized they were about to lose balance and fall down so he turned her around and slammed her body against the wall and took its support. They had to stop to let some air go in their lungs but swayam soon left a trail of feather soft kisses down her throat to her collar bone upon her bare shoulder as he had pulled her dressed down her shoulder.

Her finger worked up and down his chest and soon opened the buttons of his shirt which he took off in no time and threw away. Sharon pushed him away as she felt him tugging on the zip at the back of her dress and took a few steps forwards while her heart beat erratically in her chest. Swayam also came and stood beside her until her back was flat against his exposed chest. Then he placed his hands on her arms and gently moved then up and down and said "If you don't wanna do this then we won't" she slowly turned around and looked at him. He was looking at her with so much understanding and love. It took her a few moments but she stood on her toes and captured his lips in a sweet and lingering kiss. He didn't need an answer anymore and carried her in his arms to their bedroom. As he placed her on the bed his stomach growled in protest and Sharon laughed while ruffling his hair "aww u r hungry?"

Sharon and swayam walked towards the refrigerator and swayam sat on one of the kitchen stools as Sharon opened the refrigerator and peeked inside. It was empty just a few things were present like some eggs, bread, butter, jam and a box of milk. Sharon took out two eggs to make an omelet while swayam watched her as she prepared the first meal as his wife for him. She was done soon and while she was pouring the omelet on the plate the light went off. She stopped what she was doing scared to create a mess and called out for swayam who knowing how much Sharon was scared of darkness was by her side in a second. He placed a warm hand on her arm and quietly assured her that he was there. Then when she passed him a smile he took a few steps back and took out two candles from the bottom most drawer and lit them up. He placed them on the counter and then took the plate from sharon's hands and also placed it on the counter between the candles. Then he went and sat on the stool again while Sharon smiled and said while grabbing a stool for herself and sitting on the opposite side of the counter "our first candle light dinner….I like it" he smiled at her as he handed her a fork and they both started eating. Sharon watched in awe as he ate quietly too lost to notice her gawking at him. He obviously was very hungry.

Swayam belonged to a middle class family. His mother died when he was ten years old and after her death his dad became cold….very cold. He would sometimes even see his father bring a random girl home and don't even realize that he was watching him standing in the corner and the next morning there would be no sign of anyone. When there were no girls and his father was down then there was alcohol and occasionally him beating swayam. His mother was murdered and it was as if his father had also died that night. Sharon on the other hand belonged to a very rich family. His father was a business tycoon and in his quest to become the best he became so greedy for money that his humanity seemed to evaporate from him as time passed. He never wanted a daughter and it was her mother who had molded her personality into such a beautiful being. She was a dancer and she had taught Sharon dancing which was their little secret something no one else was aware of. Swayam and Sharon were two broken pieces of same soul. Fate brought made them bump into each other and destiny made them one. Swayam's father didn't want him to get married to Sharon because he wanted him to work and earn him a lot of money so that his old age would be secured after that he could do whatever he wanted before that he didn't want him to take useless responsibilities on his head while sharon's father could never allow her to get marry in such a middle class family. He wanted to make a business deal out of her by getting her married to his best friend's son-a business expansion and sharon's mother made swayam and Sharon run away to get married so that her daughter can avoid the fate she had to endure.

Swayam saw Sharon looking at him and asked "what?" she sighed and asked "what are we gonna do Swayam?" he knew she was not regretting or accusing him of anything, she was just asking what does she needs to do to make this work. He set the fork back in the plate and replied "I honestly don't know" They sat in silence for few minutes and then Sharon said "I want you to complete your education" he looked at her and said "but Sharon…the expenses and the needs…I don't think we can manage this much" she placed her hand on his hand and lightly squeezed it saying "Yes, we can…its only six months till your finals…don't waste the effort you put into this…then you will have MBA degree in yours hands and I know how much you want it to give me everything that you think I deserve" swayam sighed as he ran a hand through his hair and said "yeah, I know but….if I go to university in the morning and then work at evening then I don't think we will have enough money to pay the bills as well as the fees" Sharon replied holding his hands again and said "I know, but I will work too" swayam cut her in between and said "look I know u wanna help but I don't want you to exhaust yourself" Sharon gave him a look which made him shut up and said "I WILL work in the morning and then at the evening I can teach dance….I am trained Swayam u have seen me dance, I might not know enough to be professional but I know enough to teach at least starters and I saw a dance academy not too far from the apartment" swayam sighed and said "I can't do anything to make you change your mind right?" Sharon nodded and then swayam said "Fine then, you will complete your bachelors after I get a decent enough job that will be our first priority….only the last year is left and you will complete your education" Sharon gave him a big smile after agreeing.

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The next few days went in a blur Sharon got a job in a nearby school as an elementary teacher and also taught dance in the evening while swayam went to university in the morning and worked at a call center in the evenings and his nights usually went by catching up on his study.

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Sharon snuggled closer in swayam's chest and smiled as she looked at the stamped fee-bill in her hands and said "this was the last installment right?" swayam nodded and placed a kiss on her head while she said "it's been three months swayam…I told you we could do it together" Sharon then grabbed his hand and jumped off of the bed pulling him along with her saying "come on…I still have some savings, we got some shopping to do" Then went to the furniture store and bought a beautiful sofa set. Then after that Sharon dragged him to a shop where she had given some of their pictures to be printed and enlarged so that she could hang them on the walls. Swayam was surprised to see so many of their beautiful memories had been captured and saved by her. after they came home and waited for the sofa set to be delivered they sat down on the wooden floor with all the pictures scattered around them and relived each memory teasing the other while putting them in a frame. Finally the sofa set was delivered and swayam said he will go ask the neighbor to help him take it upstairs while Sharon stopped him and said while pulling her sleeves up "what am I here for?" she helped him take one sofa upstairs and after placing it at the desired place she fell down on it and took labored breaths while swayam brought her a glass of water. He chuckled as she chugged down the whole glass in one sip and she looked at him with narrow eyes asking "what's so funny?' he shook his head while replying "nothing….just….I warned you that u should not do it…u r so weak" Sharon glared at him and said "I am not weak" he laughed and said "yeah right" and stood up and she tackled him to the floor saying "I am not weak" he grabbed both of her wrists and rolled over so that now she was under him. she glared at him as he once again said "SO WEAK" she tried pushing him up but he didn't budge an inch finally she gave up and looked away while he couldn't control his laugh and let go of her standing making her annoyed. She also stood up and punched him in the chest cutting his laugh short and making him groan in pain and after that she held up her hands in victory saying "I am not weak" swayam looked at her and said "Oh yeah…now we will see how strong I am" and without wasting a second Sharon ran for her life with swayam chasing her.

They slept like babies that night as they were hell tired. The next morning which was a Sunday Sharon woke up and prepared breakfast for them. Then she woke swayam up and they had breakfast after that swayam wanted to lie down again. He wanted to spend the entire day being lazy but Sharon had other plans. She dragged him out of bed and gave him some nails and hammer so that they can hang the pictures. They fought over every single picture million times where to hang which one and why. It seemed as if they were two teenagers decorating their room instead of two mature people. Sharon pointed a spot on the wall saying "there" and for the first time swayam didn't argue. It was the last picture and he just wanted to get done with it. He stood on his toes to reach and the spot and drove the nail in the wall with the help of hammer then Sharon said "okay now pick me up" swayam sighed and said while placing his hands on his hips "seriously siren why don't you stand on the stool? I have been holding you up for every picture that we have hanged..sheesh my back hurts" Sharon replied making a puppy dog face "u r lying ur back does not hurts…it is just you being lazy…besides u don't hang them straight that's why I have to hang them myself and its easier this way or else I would have t carry the stool around everywhere besides I can trip over it but I know you will never let me fall" the last line brought a smile over his face and he shook his head picking her up again and said "yeah you know how to make me work" she giggled in response and gave him a short and sweet kiss while he carried her to the kitchen and placed her on the counter saying "okay now plz gimme some food its already past lunch time"

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Sharon grabbed swayam's hand and squeezed it tightly he looked at her and smiled. They were looking at each other with so much love that for any other person it would have been an invasion of their privacy to look at them looking at each other with so much love. Swayam had completed his education and a got a pretty good job while Sharon worked no more in the mornings and went to complete her final year and in the evenings she didn't taught dance anymore instead she learned it. Swayam knew it was her passion and encouraged her to learn her favorite dance style and be as good a dancer as her mother. Their home sweet home was now fully decorated with more love than any other luxury. It was not just a home….it was their home a place which indeed gave them a feeling of home coming. Sharon's smiled grew wider as she said "I told you we could do this" swayam smiled back in return and replied "Yes, you did said we could do it if we were Together" Sharon said "we promised to make it work" swayam pulled her closer and said while opening the door and stepping inside "and we will make it work…Together…till the end." Sharon reached up on her toes and captured his lips against hers after whispering "together…. till the end" swayam closed the door and locked it then picked her up while she wrapped her legs around him and carried her to their bed room never breaking the passionate kiss.

P.S: Bad right? still do lemme know...I don't have any inspiration to write so I don't know when the next update of my works will be thats the best answer I can give as of know.

A big sorry to Uzma and Nehal...guys ur challenges are next...hopefully that next will be soon...I am so sry for dragging the challenge for so long but busy life and i don't wanna spoil the write ups by forcing myself to write.

thanks

-Baz