Aye Jaate Hue Lamho - IshRa OS

Aye Jaate Hue Lamho

He finds himself waking up to the smell of vanilla and roses.

The edge of his jaw caressed by something soft, warmth enveloped in his arms and even before he has opened his eyes, a slight smile graces his lips.

He stirs a little, to loosen his joints, his body stiff from holding the same position for long and feels the reciprocal of it immediately as she shifts in his arms unconsciously in her sleep as well. Her head now pillowed on his forearm instead of his chest as she faces away from him.

Unable to hold back any longer he opens his eyes at last as he spoons her from behind.

Moving aside a lock of her hair, he twines it around his finger as his smile widens. Oh how he has wanted to do that for so long and can do so at last , nothing, no reason now to hold him back.

Releasing the twined tendril, he moves aside her curls, places the softest of kiss at her nape, and hears a small sigh escape her lips even as she sleeps, the sound bringing back to his mind the flood of memories of the moments the night past.

His hand starts it descent from her shoulder on its own accord as it traces her curves to go around her waist as it gathers her closer in his arms. He feels her stir awake even before he sees her opening her eyes. Accustomed to her pattern of sleeping, attuned to her he notices her uneven breathing even before their eyes meet.

He knows he has woken up to the most beautiful morning of his life, realizes nothing could ever beat this as she finally turns her head around and looks at him.

The sight of her stirring awake in his arms definitely the most precious gift of his life.

Perched on an elbow he watches, her half-closed lids struggling with sleep even as a smile graces her lips answering his own at last unleashing him as he does not refrain any longer and lowers his head and places his smiling lips on hers.

"Good morning wife." He whispers to her in the softest of tones, his voice husky and gravelly from the sleep and something else.

"Good morning love." She answers him and with the epithet his eyes soften, something shifting and melting inside his chest as he hears her address him so.

He does not reply to her after that, does not say a word only captures her lips with his own as his hands move aside the duvet covering them.

The curtains in their room struggle in vain to obstruct the rays illuminating the space as if wanting to give them a little more time as well before they get lost in the mundane, before they can return again to this place, to each another yet again.

Their bare forms satiated, part only to come together again in an embrace as she places her head above his heart,

"It's time." She says finally in hushed whispers.

His hands continue to caress her even as he lays silent for a while before finally replying,

"I know...but I want to stay in a little longer, with you."

She does not say the words but he has her reply as her lips place the softest of kisses on his chest; their hold on each other tightening even more.

"I have to go now, duties call."

He lets out a sigh and meets her eyes, her head now raised to look at him. He hears her words and sees her eyes and knows this is as hard for her as it is for him, can tell it because while her mouth may say something, her eyes reveal differently. He knows she wishes to stay in his arms too but cant, not any longer.

"Raman...please." She requests him softly.

"I know we have all our lives up ahead and all, that this is just the beginning, you are gonna be with me forever, I will come home to you tonight and all...but even then..."

"What?"

"I wish I could prolong these moments a little more, we could have had some more time."

"I know." She replies in a barely there voice, her eyes downcast, a flush spreading across her cheeks.

He cradles her face then, his thumb caressing her cheek as his hand finally goes around her neck, bringing her closer to him as their lips meet again.

He finally releases her lips but does not allow her to leave his arms, as he voices out,

"I can't wait for tonight already..."

The words make her blush prettily as she hides her face in the crook of his neck,

"One night, just one night with you and I am already ruined." He husks as he puts his arms around her, making her shudder; the movement earning a reprimand from him.

"Stop doing that or else I won't be able to let go off you now."

She raises her head to look him in the eye as she replies,

"Then stop making it difficult for me already."

The huge smile on his face has her pulses racing and her heart thumping even loudly; something which he notices as his fingers trace the outline of her heart.

"Oh is that so? But I think it's only fair that you be as affected as I am."

Running a finger along his chin, she murmurs,

"Have I even tried to deny that? Am I even trying to refute it?"

He sweeps her hair aside, tucks the locks behind her ears; his hand tracing the shape of her cheeks as he withdraws it.

"Go now before I change my mind."

Shyly she sits up and gets off the bed. His eyes tracing her every movement, he watches as she walks over to their cupboard and takes out a set of her night clothes and changes into them along with her essentials, as she picks up the pile of clothing scattered all over the floor. He notices how she flushes scarlet as she finds the necklace lying on the floor that had started it all between them when the clasp entangled in her hair. He had stepped up to help her with it last night, only to find his lips upon her skin the moment he had finished the task.

The moment had been what they were waiting for it seems now. They uttered those words a while back now, confessed their feelings, only life got in the way one way or another and they never got around to find the moment of culmination, of unification until last night; an ordinary night after an ordinary day and things changed forever.

He looks upon as she sets some order to their room before she leaves their room but only after giving him a last look that has his heart racing all over again.