TLLF Chapter 24 updt 15/8 Pg 21 - Page 12

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CHAPTER 21

He could not take his eyes off her she looked so adorable when she hugged him like a support. Poor thing he thought, if I get him anywhere I will not leave him. He was taking the bottle from her hand thinking she was done with it but stopped progressing when she naturally pulled back the bottle.

He removed his handkerchief from pocket to mop her mouth that had water smidgens around it. Like a small kid she pushed his hand without any force but, as it was a disturbance in her chore but he still continued.

You know I hate you. He ignored it considering it to be her useless blabbering.

You are very bad you always are with that friend of yours. This was something he got engrossed into What is her name? Haan Shruti. No..Shruuu pressurizing on the last word. You like her no…. ? she said straightened her head looking up at him into his eyes. This was the first time he ever stared into those black pools who were having a thick layer of emotions frisking in them.

Wha..t me and Shruti…

He carried her to her bedroom in his arms. She had put her hands around his neck and resting head on his left shoulder. He placed her lightly on the bed switching on the table lamp and removed her sandals, pulled over the blanket on her, switching off the remaining brightness he looked at her one last time as he will never ever get to see her this close. She looked beautiful he thought with that innocent look on her face and wished if could ever get to see it for him and not as she was in a besotted condition. He started to leave when he felt a tug on his hand, he stopped and was pulled back and landed besides her on his feet kneeling down. She looked at him I will tell you one thing?

Yes tell me.

I don't like Shruti.

Why is that so?he had a soft chuckle

Because..because She likes you.

so?

You are so dumb.

So I don't like that, that she likes you.

She puked the remaining juices that troubled her inside her stomach in the wash basin. He held her hair back that would bother her. After the whole scene he helped her freshen up her mouth and the rest of the spoiled cloth on her. She was wet all over as the water was spilled. He helped her wipe off her face. She kept looking at him with moist eyes, completely lost in his activity. He happened to look at her, she was continuously staring at him with damp eyes. His gaze was held by hers as if it was locked there by a tight string.

Khanak you dint answer my question of why u don't like Shruti.

Because I like you. I love you Shantanu. She said between the sobs those were developed from the tears now.

He was still in his place. He thought as if he was watching a dream. But then it was real, she was drunk. What Soberness conceals drunkenness reveals. He was in a cloud 9. Now he understood why she was not comfortable when Shruti would be around him. All the flashbacks crept in front of his eyes, the first time she had seen Shruti and the way expressions on her face molded was a highlight of that day. Also the previous day when her expressions changed at the interruption of Shruti when she first had taken his hand for sterilizing was a blow on his mind. His grinning from ear to ear was a proof of the happiness he was into.

Please don't leave me. I have lost my love once. I can't let that happen for the second time. Her voice had started drooping. Before he could say anything she had blacked out in his arms. He carried her to the bed and made her sleep. But the wet cloths needed to be changed, which put him in an awful situation. But her condition since few days which included her sickness was what he was worried about. He also was aware about the fact that even if she had confessed her love for him, the state she said it in was not alert. He dint want to take advantage of her this mode by changing her into her night dress. Being completely aware of the circumstances he switched of the remaining dim light in the entire room, placed her on the bed, making sure there was no single ounce of bud light he started his task. Even in dark he held his gaze elsewhere. He somehow managed to get his white kurta from his room. Her entire being had turned cold in his warm hands. His hands performed the task as if they had their own brains. He covered her first with the sheets taking extra care. He somehow managed to get rid of the long six metered cloth. The moment his hands came in contact with her silky skin he lost a beat then and there. Controlling his weird urge he forwarded his numb hand and unknotted the pieces of cloth. Without wasting a single second he slipped on the kurta adjusting the sleeves and the covers which were way too huge for her, being of his size. He got up to leave when something struck his mind he went back and placed a small peck on her forehead adducing her that he will never ever leave her.

23^rd feb Morning

A weird head ache was undergone by her. Her mouth had gone dry craving for a gulp of plain liquid in a go. Her stomach had become light due to last night's hangover. Ardently she got up which was denied by the burnout sensation in her entire anatomy. Holding her head she helped herself lean on the back over the bed top. Looking around as if she would find some assistance she got up from bed when she realized that her clothes were atypically loose for her frame. Rushing up to look at herself in mirror she ran towards it. She looked very tired and sick. The kurta reached just above her knees, one of the sleeves not clinging to the place was sliding from her smoothened shoulder. She stood there with tightly shut eyes recalling, but to her blighted hope she could not remember a single minute of last night.

Good morning!! He came in with a tray filled with a strip of aspirin, a lime juice and breakfast without a slender dubiety on his face. He looked strikingly dazzling in the tracks and a black vest. She positioned herself still unwittingly looking at him. Placing the tray on the table he eyed her and the feeling that was arising was wayward, she looked extremely vulnerable to him. Incontrovertibly he proceeded towards her without moving his gaze even a bit from her eyes. She continuously pulled up the sleeve to cover her exposing camber that was not unnoticed by him as if instead of her eyes his gaze consumed it. She dint know why she could not stop him from proceeding. As he moved more, her body naturally repelled like a magnet facing the mirror but him, forgetting that he could see her through mirror, Of course which was indubitable due to the willies of proximity they shared.

She looked pretty in the attire reminding him those words she said to him in the drunk state. He wanted her to confess it being aware of the fact that now he is conversant with it. she was nervously looking down but him. Easily he could see her reflection, the pulse at her small sharp perforation on swan like neck had started racing a race with itself making her breathe heavily. Seeing her incommodious and her struggle to complete her task he raised his hand and pulled up the thin cloth with two fingers which slightly brushed with her skin, that was interpreted by him when she held her breath with tight shut eyes to not to distract herself, the eye lashes clasped each other. She looked very fragile with the perfect picture of her common flicks which keep irritating her he thought, being jealous of them.

At the breakfast table

She tried to appear normal even though his behavior impelled questions to pop up in her mind. He was more than restless to talk it out, confess back when she was here in front of him perfectly rolled out. He came and stood near her when she was pouring coffee in the cup.

How many times have you got drunk before? Trying to sound general though it was just to initiate the essential talk he needed to make her aware about.

Immediately her head turned sideways to him. Excuse me? That was my first time. With a cocky tone.

Aah so you might not be aware that once a person gets the hangover, he speaks all rubbish but which is the truth. Now she had anticipated closely to what might have happened. She was frozen hoping the thing she was afraid would come out to be just her thinking, which changed the moment his antic tone changed to dithered one. Oh c'mon Stop playing games with me Khanak. Even you know what I am talking about. Standing near her with a fixed gaze at her. She was deflecting away that was noticed by him. Listen I don't know what you are talking about.

Oh really..pitching his voice higher. So when you said that you don't like Shruti just because she is my close friend and is free with me what about that?

I must be blabbering in my dreams.

And what about the part where you said that you love me.?

(Oh GOSH!!) she thought (Ultimately what I was afraid of ) What……..I said that.?she moved near the refrigerator to blot out the anguish on her face all over.

You must be mistaken. Even you were drunk no.

I wasn't drunk Khanak. You think if I was drunk ,I would have been able to get here and change you into the night dress. She blushed for a moment and suddenly something struck her. With giant steps she moved towards him.

How could you.?Seeing me in that state you just …you took my advantage? With a tremendous anger driven expression. I am your wife but you had only said that we will never have such relation till I want. And the moment you got a chance you had it?

What rubbish is that? Just listen to me first.

I don't want to listen to a single thing of yours. When she was about to walk past him he pulled her back and held her shoulders. Just shutup your crap and listen to me. He told her the whole scene, making her realize the reason for worry in his eyes.

You said that you love me. It dint mean anything ?

It dint mean Anything.It just meant that I was drunk and was in no

She so comfortably refused the seriousness about it by explaining him that she was drunk and it might be an effect of the alcohol. Her avoidance to meet his eyes was a proof to him to guess that she dint want to confess the fact. And that moment he promised himself that he will make her confess it.

yayyy she said she said she said it now i really cant wait 2 c how he ll make her 2 confess