♡Roshni's POV♡

A series of notification ringtone disturbs my slumber and I remain motionless on the bed. It must be Alia, sending pictures of last night and tagging us on the social media. That girl's life practically revolves around photography and social media.

But I am too tired to move, we returned home at 2 am. I am so glad his parents asked to rest for today and take Romeo tomorrow. Additionally, the animal has taken a liking towards Ayaan and vice versa. It fascinates them to see someone different than others and they remain busy among themselves. That reduces his parents' efforts and I don't have to worry for overburdening them.

I move to my left, only to be held back by a hand over my waist. I open my eyes and blink a few times to view clearly. He is sleeping on his stomach with his arm over my waist and head close to mine on my pillow.

We have slept this close before, but for some reason the proximity causes me to shiver with an unknown sensation. It excites me to a different level and I crave for more. Even my brain doesn't interfere by sending negative vibes. Everything seems so perfect.

But I am scared what if his thoughts are not drifting in the same direction where mine are. What if he suddenly changes his mind? I don't want to ruin our friendship in something else. I don't-

He groans, pulling me out of my thoughts and murmurs profanities for the continous ringtone. Alia is ruining everyone's slumber this morning.

I assume him to wake up, only to be surprised as he snuggles against me and buries his head in the crook of my neck. Since we were tired and didn't even change clothes before sleeping last night. His stubble gently scratches my exposed shoulder, causing goosebumps to form on my skin. His hot breaths falling on my neck, remind me of our proximity last night at the pub.

We never left each other's side, my three musketeers gave me suspicious looks, Jay smirked and Durga was happy, while his siblings teased us. Yet I never moved away from him neither he removed his hand from my waist. It was new, still natural and calming to have him so close to me.

I feel him move again and clench the bedsheet in my fist. His lips brush against my shoulder before he lift his head to face me. I drown in his unique aqua blue eyes, which were wide awake and seem to lost every ounce of sleep. None of us utter a word and his hand cup my cheek.

Slowly he leans towards my forehead to drop a kiss and I close my eyes as his lips stay longer than usual. His lips part from my skin and land on my closed left eye then the right one. I tighten my grip on the bedsheet when his lips press a kiss to my left cheek. It brings back the memory of the night before, though he doesn't stop there and I feel his lips on my right cheek.

His hand slides from my other shoulder to my hand and releases the bedsheet from my hold. His fingers laces with mine and my breath hitches as his lips press a feather kiss to my jaw. It continues a slow journey towards my neck, dropping kisses at every inch. Soon his lips part, leaving deep kisses on my entire neck that leaves me breathless. I moan at the sensation and clench against his fingers.

My reaction stops his actions immediately and his lips no longer touching me. I take a few breaths to calm myself before opening my eyes. We look at each other for a moment, him observing me and I wrapping my mind around this moment between us.

"Though it happened unintentionally and in the heat of the moment. I am not going to move away, stay awkward for the day and get back to normal tomorrow by pretending that nothing happened between us. Do you want to pretend that?"

I shake my head in negative and he asks, "Do you think I am taking advantage of your trust?"

I shake my head in negative again without wasting a second and he smile before leaning to kiss my forehead. But this kiss wasn't long and intense as earlier.

"You are the most important person of my life, Roshni. I care for you too much to hurt you or lead you to something for which you and I aren't ready. I will stay by your side and want you to never stop trusting me. Can you please promise that?"

"I promise."

My voice was lower than a whisper, but the smile on his face is enough to know that he heard.

He leans again, but not towards my forehead this time. His eyes are focusing on my lips and my breath quickens at the growing proximity.

"Stop me now, Roshni."

For some reason, I don't stop him and close my eyes. None of the voices in my head asked me to push him away or yell at him. It seems to be waiting for his lips against mine and I move my other hand to lace my fingers in his hairs. He has my consent, I want this.

"I will take care of you."

I was expecting his lips to meet mine, but I feel him moving away from me. I open my eyes and he nods reassuringly before withdrawing his hands from me. He stands to walk towards the window to draw the black curtains over the white ones. It restrains the sunlight to enter the room and because the door is already closed, the room turns dark.

I can only see the outline of his body and he walks back to me without turning on any light. I was confused with his actions and suddenly felt subconscious of my body.

I never cared for my figure unless I got clothes of my size. I wasn't fat, but I wasn't like a model either. I had an average body because I never worked out for curves or cutting down the excess fat. I was happy being a bit chubby and never worried of anyone judging my body. Though now I regret not taking up dieting and going to gym to look good. What will he think of my body?

His hand cups my cheek to shift my attention to him and caress my skin lovingly. I relax under his touch and he leans to peck my cheek.

"I am the one, who has initiated this and you are just following behind in the heat of the moment. I am not doubting your emotions. I am just avoiding the chance of regret or discomfort when the aftereffects will kick in."

I frown at his words and he continues, "I can be away or at office when you will analyse everything before this moment. The conclusion may or may not stand in my favour, so this restriction of light shall comfort your heart. I can wait to see more of you, but I can never see a drop of tear in your eyes."

But I want to cry. I want to cry in happiness for having him in my life. I want to cry in joy for taking care of my comfort. I want to cry in contentment for knowing me like an open book and my wild thoughts that wonder anywhere when I am upset or angry.

However, I don't cry, I wrap my arms around his neck to hug him. Even if I wasn't 100% conscious or agreed in a trance. By now, I am willing to take this step with all my heart. This step towards the marital journey, which we never acknowledged before. This step of being a couple in the real sense. This step to give our love life a well deserved chance.

My chain of thoughts halt as his lips brush against my shoulder and he kisses along the length of my arm. He shifts to his side and his lips reach till my fingers before lacing his hand with mine. He kisses the back of my hand one last time and pins to the pillow beside my head. Due to darkness, I had a tough time to observe that his eyes were closed most of the time as if he was cherishing this moment, our moment.

He faces me to cup my face and leans towards my lips. This time, they touch mine and I can never explain in words the feelings rushing through my body. Though he remains still for a few seconds, probably for any sign of discomfort from me. I move my lips against his soft ones and he is quick to respond. This kiss is slow, we were devouring the feel of each other's lips, while he hovered over me. My hands eager to lace with his hair after he deepen the kiss and he caresses my cheek with his fingers. Breaking the kiss, he presses a kiss to my forehead and his lips travel down to my neck. 

His touch, his kisses gentle on my skin as he took his sweet time to make love to me. He halted a few times to check whether I am uncomfortable or willing to stop. I kissed his nose each time to assure him, which made him smile adorably. 

None of my clothes were discarded or moved aside to expose my skin even after the room was dark. When he turned me to lay on my stomach. His fingers and lips explored only till my exposed skin, while I waited for him to unzip my dress, which he didn't. He was careful with his approach and kissed my forehead many times. He said he can wait and kissed me to not prolong the discussion.

He didn't stop me when I gathered some courage to pull his t-shirt off his body. My hands roamed on his back and chest, loving the feel of his toned muscles against my fingers. Yet he didn't cross the limit, which he created for himself and didn't stop me to hover over him to kiss him. Despite he initiated, I was craving and eager for more. I kissed him again when he moved us to lay on our sides, cuddling with me. 

We lost the track of time as we remained busy with each other. We ignored every call on our phones and door. Nothing seem more important. We cuddled, kissed and held each other in a comforting embrace for the rest of the day.

#

I greet Candy at my doorstep the next day and turn around to walk back to the kitchen. I had avoided all three of them yesterday, only to regret in the morning when I saw their message of suspicion towards mine and his relation. Our close dancing at the pub had alerted them and they wanted answers. I am glad, only Candy came and not the other two. Navu would have emotionally blackmailed me to confess and Jerry threatened to kill him.

I and Gaurav had talked yesterday on waiting for sometime before sharing our decision with our friends. This is new for us as it started with an arrangement, our casual friendship got deeper and now we are catching feelings for each other lately. At this stage, we need time for understanding our emotions because we haven't talked much. We were taking this slow and steady. We need to be confident enough to share with anyone.

Thus, I am nervous to hide from Candy, she is a good observer and will sense something different in me. I wish, he was here. But he skipped work yesterday and doing even today won't be right. Work commitment is equally important.

"If you are not willing to talk on that matter then you could have said later. We never forced you to talk on topics where you are not comfortable. But why are you ignoring us?"

It breaks my heart to sense the sadness in her voice and I turn to hug her.

"I am not ignoring you, we were just trying to-"

"Trying to?"

I break the hug and request, "Can you wait please? I promise to share everything. It's just....just like....like..."

"Confusing?"

It wasn't confusing actually, still I nod at her suggestion and she nods in understanding for which I am glad. I hate to lie or hide from my friends, but I really need time for it.

She gives me the chocolates muffins, which she picked for us for the chat, but decided to leave me alone. She said the less disturbance, the better decision.

Now I am left alone with my thoughts and yummy chocolate muffins.

#

He was right. 

When he will be away at the office, I will analyse everything before the moment, we shared yesterday. Despite my efforts to only focus on present, I was bringing every damn thing of the past into my mind.

And he knew, I am going wild with my thoughts, that's why he didn't call me at the lunch time, which was his daily habit. He just messaged me to inform that he is eating the lunch box and loved the mixed vegetables with rice.

He knew I can go on negative track, yet he didn't answer my calls or messages and asked his employee to lie to me that he is busy with a client when I called at the landline.

And Durga came with Romeo for spending some time with me. I have good visitors today, but I guess a little distraction can help me to think better. As she played with my pet, I offer to make coffee and use the muffins Candy got.

I stand to walk towards the kitchen, only to stop as the doorbell rings. I sigh in defeat on having another visitor. Why can't people leave me alone?

I open the door and my breath hitches, while my hand goes to hold the heart pendant as I see someone completely UNEXPECTED at the doorstep.

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