My Destination, My Bondita

94 - A Morning Full of Surprises

When they broke the embrace, Bondita was relieved to see him smiling at her. He gently moved her hair back behind her ear, looking at her like he only had eyes for her. The way that he was looking at her was making her blush.

"Get changed Bondita," he finally said.

"You too Pati Babu," she whispered.

He nodded and went to his wardrobe to get his clothes. 

"You want to change first?" he asked her. 

She shook her head. 

"No, I'm not risking it," she told him softly. 

He looked at her with surprise. 

"Risking what?" he asked. 

"What if I go and get changed, and then you run away from me?" she asked back, frowning cutely. 

"Bondita," Anirudh said with a small laugh, "I promise, I won't go anywhere from you." 

"No, Pati Babu!" she decided. "You've made this so hard already today, I don't trust you!" 

"You don't trust me?" he asked, sounding offended. 

She took his hand and pulled him towards his bathroom. 

"You can go and get changed, but I won't!" she said decisively. 

Anirudh couldn't help but smile, and he asked, "Then what would you like Madame? Would you like to sleep in these clothes?"

When he called her madame, she was reminded of their drunken night. A blush appeared on her cheeks from the memories. 

"I can sleep in anything Pati Babu," she told him softly, "If I'm with you, then there is nothing I can't do." 

He smiled at her, his heart fluttering again with her sweet words. She smiled back at him. 

"Bondita," he laughed. "I won't go anywhere. You'll be hot in these clothes, so you should change."  

She shook her head, and stubbornly said again, "No! I'm not risking it today!" 

Anirudh sighed and said, "Okay, I'll go and change, and then we can decide what to do about you." 

When he said that, Bondita's heart fluttered for some reason. Anirudh, shaking his head slowly with a smile, went inside the bathroom and locked it. 

After he went inside, Bondita fell on his bed and clutched the edges of it, smiling widely. Today, although it was emotional, it felt like the best day of her life. 

She recalled the missed kiss from earlier and covered her face with her hands. Why did he turn his face? It was so embarrassing. 

Pulling her hands away from her face and blushing, she wondered out loud, "How come I can kiss him everywhere on his face, but not his lips? What's wrong with the lips?" 

She blushed and covered her face again with her hands. 

Inside the bathroom, Anirudh washed his face properly, smiling to himself. He couldn't believe how the darkest day of his life had turned into the most beautiful one. His Bondita wanted him, and only him. He felt like he could fly right now. He was so happy!

He used a towel to wipe his face, blushing when he recalled how she bossed him around. He enjoyed it when she showed her rights on him and was possessive about him. Her feisty nature was one part of her that he absolutely loved. 

Recalling how she almost kissed him, Anirudh blushed again. 

"She's so innocent," he murmured to himself, as he finished drying his face with the towel. "She doesn't know what all of this means, that's why she was doing it so freely."