Partie Trois
It was past midnight now and Yuvi had been driving non-stop for about four hours. His back was stiff, his eyes were stinging, his legs were aching like hell. Ashi had fallen asleep, her head resting on his back and her hands curled round his waist, securely. He was loving it.
Ashi felt the cool blast of the wind slapping her face and she smiled. It was cold but she wasn't feeling it… instead she was feeling deliciously warm. She was on something soft and smooth… and yet strong. She hugged it and snuggled closer. Yuvi felt her hands tighten around him and glanced behind and called out to her gently, "Hey ashi…you awake"
"Yeahh…I guess…" she murmured softly. Yuvi then stopped the bike and made her get down. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and yawned, looking around the deserted road. Yuvi took out the water bottle and gave it to her.
"Drink…and we should get some food, what say?" He said casually glancing at her She did not reply, she was busy drinking and splashing her face with water. His gaze held to her face …she had taken her hair out of its ponytail and was raking her hand through it. The moonlight shone brightly, illuminating her face…the water droplets glistening on her face…her lips all wet and sparkling….and she had no idea how amazing she looked to him at that very moment. Yuvi took a few steps forward as if he was going to scoop her in his arms. But he stopped suddenly and clenched his fists… It wasn't done to think about her… not when they were nothing…they had broken up a long time ago and now they were just friends and he didn't want to crumble their feeble friendship too.
Ashi caught him looking at her…his deep black eyes were lost in some other world altogether...as though lost in some memory….and yet managing to be piercing and sincere. She felt herself blushing, her breathe quicken, her hand immediately going to her jean pocket with which she toyed nervously, trying not to think too much about the way his eyes were fixed on her face. And then he closed his eyes and looked to be counting to ten. She was suddenly aware that he had closed a considerable amount of gap between them. She stepped back from him letting out a breathe.
"Shall we eat then?" she suggested, her voice trying to sound normal.
"Oh yes, ofcourse," he said smiling. She smiled back, trying to make her face go back to its normal colour.
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"Hey bhaggu!!! Finally!!! We are here!!!" she said her eyes shining with excitement. Yuvi tried not to stare at her too much. As it is, he was having trouble concentrating on the bike, after the incident when he almost kissed her. And now if she was going to look like that the whole time here he wasn't sure he could keep his control…
"Yes Anvesha. Congratulations! You have just stated the obvious!" he said trying to sound petulant and still trying not to stare…
"You know psycho…if we were any place other than here, I would have punched on your nose but here…I'm just too happy to care!" She grinned at the snow…she loved it. It was looking very beautiful…the roads filled with snow that was ankle deep, the house looking white and cozy with the glow of the fireplaces coming through the windows, the white roof tops and the fields white washed with snow… She didn't know where to start looking.
Yuvi went back to the bike and started taking off the bags and stuff when he felt something soft hit him on the head. He turned around, rubbing the back of his head to see Ashi waving at him cheekily and grinning.
"Wacko…you're gonna get it now!!!" he said and dropping what he was doing, he bent down and started cupping a snowball in his hands. By that time she had hit another one at him. He threw his snow ball at her frustrated and was annoyed to find that she quite neatly side stepped it. She was laughing wildly at him enjoying his defeat.
'I swear I would have killed her if she didn't look so damn cute,' he thought not knowing whether he was angry with her or taken in by her.......
Edited by xMarauderx - 18 years ago