RaghVi - Love, Lust and in between

Mischief

Set the day after Care.

Next morning, Raghav woke up feeling relaxed and happy.

The last night's massage had drained away most of his tiredness. As he woke up he realiszd that his Saree ka Dukaan was curled up next to him, still asleep. He smiled thinking of her and how she had looked after him last night. He was so grateful. Any other grateful person would have let the person sleep and moved away quietly. But not Raghav Rao. He had a sudden impulse to annoy his adorable wife. He leaned closer to her and with his finger gently stroked Pallavi's earlobe. She sleepily jerked her head away from this intrusion. He repeated the motion and she again tried to get away from him. When he did it the third she open her sleep laden eyes and looked at him irritably.

"Kya hua?" she whispered

"Kuch nahi" he replied his eyes full of mischief.

When he again attempted to stroke her ear, she caught his wrist. He attempted to free his hand and she caught it with both of her hands and looked up with annoyance.

"Sona hai mujhe" she pleaded

"Nahi" he replied his eyes twinkling with mirth. It was so much fun to annoy her. She tried to kick him with her leg but he hadn't become a don without his share of dirty street fights. He caught her leg in between his legs and looked at her with a challenging smile, waiting for her next move. he left his wrist and tried to smack him in the chest and he caught both of her wrists in his one hand and grinned down at her. She struggled to free herself but he held her effortlessly.

"Katungi mein ab (I will bite you)" she warned as she scrunched her nose in anger

Raghav looked at her smiling widely, enjoying this tussle completely unbothered by her threat. She leaned forward to make good on her threat when he moved away and flipped her over onto him. She was now straddling him and was able to free her wrists from his grip. She looked at him with an evil victorious smile. Looking at her with her hair all messed up straddling him, Raghav just grinned wider. His wife was too cute in the mornings.

"Ab toh tumhari chutney banoungi" she declared as she brought down her hand to smack him in the face. Raghav closed his eyes prepared to take the well deserved punishment for all the mischief he had caused. Pallavi looked at him, with his eyes closed waiting for her to slap him with a smile still playing on his lips .He was a beast of a man and with solid arms like tree trunks and with all his fighting experience, it would take him less than a second and absolutely no effort to hold her down. Yet instead of escaping he had closed his eyes and waited for her to punish him for his shenanigans'. Looking at this powerful man, her husband submit to her this way, all the annoyance drained out of her.

Something inside her heart melted and instead of slapping him, she gently caressed his face stroking his beard. When he felt him being gently caressed instead of being tightly slapped as he expected, Raghav opened his eyes in surprise. He found that his wife instead of being angry was looking at him with warmth and tenderness. Any sensible man would have thanked his good fortune and stayed silent at his wife's changed mood but Raghav Rao being Raghav Rao decided to act smart.

"Saree ka Dukaan, Itna zyada pyaar hogaya mujhse?" he teased

With that annoyance returned to Pallavi eyes and she gently smacked him on his cheek.

"Veda manus" she muttered as she got off him and started to tie her hair in a bun, ready to get started with the day.

As she turned to leave, she saw that Raghav's smile had dimmed as he sat up on the bed. She turned went back to the bed and bent to place a gentle kiss on his cheek.

"Shayad" she whispered and ran out of the room before he could fully understand what had just taken place.