Together Forever

Chapter 48: Finding warmth

Tiny specks of dust seemed to dance in the shaft of the noon sunlight that slanted through the glassy window. Drying her damp hair in the towel absent mindedly, Swara stood by the window with whirlwind of thoughts storming her mind. Though most of her features were in the shadows of dark, the little warmth that glowed a side of her face reminded her of someone - like soothing warmth in the barren winters and gentle breeze after the winds of stormy nights.

Instantly Swara slapped her forehead. She had promised herself to not think about him and here she was making metaphors on him. These unfading feelings and never understanding emotions that evoked in his presence had left her sleepless and thoughtless for the past few days.

Things had went haywire in her mind that for now she wants some peace. So she planned to not meet Sanskaar for the day and distract herself with something. Maybe she should switch off her mobile to keep her decision stand unfazed and that would only happen only without his mention. No one can stop her Mission: No Sanskaar Day!

And that's when her mobile buzzed, A message from Sanskaar. Swara hissed as she looked away from her mobile. No you aren't going to look into it - her mind warned her, Let's see what he wants - her heart barged and hit her walls of curiosity. Stuck between the inner battle, Swara sighed heavily.

Now her mobile flashed his name as he called her and Swara couldn't help herself from keeping away, Just his voice - that's how she convinced her mind and picked up the call. While her heart did somersaults for winning, her mind cursed for not listening.

"Shall we meet?"

That was all Sanskaar spoke but Swara instantly knew something was not right. His voice were shaky and disturbed. It didn't take a minute for Swara to say yes before disconnecting the call, all set to meet him. Letting her hand run through her damp locks that cascaded on her back and caressing the crease roughly from her simple emerald coloured summer gown, Swara took long strides to reach the entrance.

As the bell rang, Swara rushed to the open the door only to see Sanskaar standing a step away from the threshold with his hands tucked into his jeans. For a second, Swara thought she had started to day dream if not Sanskaar snapped his fingers to bring her back to the reality, "Sanskaar?"

To be honest, Sanskaar expected Swara to be surprised but not taken aback nor look at him with a question of whether she was dreaming. But sure he did enjoy the view, her beautiful big hazel's grown more wider, damp strands beautifully sticking over her nape and the emerald colour did highlight her milky skin. Suddenly, Sanskaar shrugged away his thoughts when he realised what he was doing.

"I'll take that as a compliment." His voice broke her trance. He must be real- she mused before she shot him with a questioning gaze, "Huh?"

"Either I should look like a palest ghost nor I should be looking charmingly handsome. And I prefer the second, thank you." Sanskaar gave a cheeky grin and Swara shook her head in disbelief. Okay, but then she had to agree about how good he actually looked on that casual open black red combinationated open shirt along with black tee undershirt, matched up with black jeans. His hair played on his forehead in the mild abundance of midday breeze while his eyes glintened with a tinge of tease.

"You called me to meet and you're already here." She pointed and Sanskaar lazily rubbed his nape, "I was too eager to meet you." Though it was never in the plan to meet her in house, Sanskaar couldn't wait for her to come that he himself made his way to her house and rang the bell with hesitation.

"Who was it Shona?" With Reema's call from the kitchen Swara came back to her sense. Now she had even forgotten her manners and it was all because of this boy who stood with that handsome cheeky grin and charming face.