Little Hearts

Chapter - 23

|| Hard days like old times ||

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It's been two weeks since there is no secret message conversation between Lasya and Shravas. It's like maybe both of them were too stubborn to initiate a message even if it's in a friendly form.

It's been planned by Shravas that he will stay away from Lasya since she wanted this but he deeply knows the reason why she is not giving him a chance as she is scared, what if she won't reciprocate his feelings thus in the process breaking his heart.

On the other hand, Lasya was eagerly waiting to get loved, to be in love but her fear doesn't seem to allow her to get involved. So she ignores her admirer and requests him to stop all the building hopes of love and decides to concentrate more on her studies.

She doesn't want to come in such a situation, where her love would have to choose between her and his status. It's better to stay away from so-called love. She has Ritchie, and she plans to stay content for life.

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One day, as usual, Lasya boarded her college bus and settled in her seat across from the driver. After a minute, her friend Nihi joins and they start chatting about something they did over the weekend.

The bus came to a halt at Shravas's stop and he got into it.

"Hey, good morning girls", Shravas greeted them with much excitement while taking his seat behind them. It's been his usual spot just to watch his Lasya this close. At least he could get to take her scent if not her heart.

Nihi and Lasya turned to him and wished 'morning' with smiles.

"Hey Lasya, I have checked some topics for the paper we are going to present. So if you wish to look upon it, I will hand over the selected topics", He then searched his bag to retrieve the list of topics.

Lasya was eagerly waiting to look over the topics he has chosen for the event.

"Here it is", He forwarded the list to her and while doing so, his arm brushed against hers, and this was lot enough for Lasya as it was sending weird tremors all over her body. He also felt some unknown sparks when his skin touched hers tickling him inside.

She looked at him and they had a small eye lock for a second. They were just staring at each other with some unknown emotions conversed in their eyes.

It seems like telepathy paved the way for their moment. Their intense eye lock was broken by none other than her friend Nihi.

Lasya's cheeks started to deepen their color due to embarrassment since her friend caught her staring at him. She shyly looked away, turning from him back to her usual composure after taking the list from his hand.

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'oh God, what was that? Why did I shiver when his fingers touched my body? I never felt like this way before, then why now?' she thought mentally groaning.

'Like! you were very near to a man before! Her inner voice mocked with an evil grin'

She shook her head to get rid of such ridiculous thoughts away from her brain.

He internally smirked seeing his effect on her. But he scolded her friend mentally for disturbing their sweet moment.

He leaned onto her nape and took in the intoxicating fragrance she was emitting.

Her hair and body smelt like a combination of vanilla and sandalwood which turned him on at the instant.

She shivered under his closeness and with trembling fingers, she flipped over the pages of topics he has given, but the truth is that she didn't give any interest to the list he has given instead to him and his closeness.