Prem Vivah

• Pink Dupatta •

"Ouch." She wailed in pain when his masculine body dominated her fragile one, and Sameer quickly shifted himself aside, not willing to cause her more physical anguish.

"Sorry." He mumbled, awkwardly, almost raising his half body from the bed.

Naina clasped his wrist and made him look back at her lying posture in bewilderment. She kept staring at him with turbulence in her moist eyes as if wanted to feel him closer to her, closer to her heart, to her soul. Moments of silence passed by, but none of them bothered to utter anything...her fingers were tightening on his wrist and her eyes were reflecting a grey waterfall in agony.

"Leave my hand," Sameer said politely.

"I am sorry," Naina mumbled, freeing his wrist with a crestfallen visage.

She raised her delicate frame and blinked her dewy eyes.

They both sat comfortably on the edge of the bed, once again letting the silence envelope between them. Sameer was dangling his feet in nervousness, neither wanting to get up nor willing to talk to her. The situation was such that it made him wonder if actually they became so distanced that they couldn't even utter a word. It wasn't that they were strangers, forced to sit in a room to talk about arranged marriage stuff. They were freaking a beautiful couple months ago, who used to set an example for youngsters who are more into flings than commitments, who love hooking up with strangers but don't want to show fidelity to one person and live happily with them. He could feel his half-naked body burning tremendously within the cold temperature and he knew why he felt like this. The innocent girl beside him was igniting flames of passion and desire in his heart, and he couldn't even just get up and throw her out of the room. This isn't what his mother taught him, he can't make her feel humiliated. He still respects her from the bottom of his heart and he would continue to do that for the rest of his life, whether they reconcile their ways with each other or live their lives as strangers. The respect he had for her won't vanish.

Both of them looked at each other at the same time, and the accidental awkward eye-lock threatened the sweat buds to appear on their skins. Naina indeed looked bewitching with those big black eyelashes naively flickering at him, her raspy pink lips squeezing the moist forming out of her mouth, her soft hands mingled tightly as if she was trying to control herself from disclosing her inner wildness and longing, and her uncontrollable heartbeats turning more furious when he locked his intense gaze with hers, intentionally.

There was a sense of protectiveness, calmness, assurance, and warmth in his dark orbs, she didn't feel like moving her eyes away from his tranquil ones even for a millisecond. Those captivating pairs of irises create havoc inside her body, no matter what. She still wants to get drawn into these intense eyes which express concern and extreme love for her. Naina gently raised her shivering hand and placed it hesitantly on the right side of his unshaven cheek. Sameer would lie if he said he didn't feel goosebumps on his bare arms. The touch was so soothing and blissful, she has been closer to him umpteenth times yet her touch today felt homely and lovely.

It felt as if they were never alone but with each other throughout these months. The touch, the burning proximity, an unyielding passion in their firm gaze, and the raising meter of their heartbeats were evidence of how badly they wanted one another in their lives.

"Main tumse bahut pyar karti hoon sameer...par mere gharwale tumse utni hi nafrat karte hai, tum apni aai ki ek lauti umeed ho, tai ki toh shadi hogayi...ab kaki ko tumhare sahare ki zarurat hai, aise me main nahi chahti mere baba ya dada me se koi bhi tumhe kuch physically torture kare. I don't know whether what I'm saying makes sense to you or not, but haa...it'll be better agar tum mujhse door raho apne parivaar ke liye." Naina finally spoke about whatever was tormenting her for days, and miraculously Sameer listened to her words calmly and silently.