Prema (Pranushka)

Chapter 12

Prabhas

"Who is it," I groan, my eyes barely opening up as I turn my body around to face the other side of the bed. Instead of being met with another sleeping body, I see the body sitting up and leaning towards the nightstand on that side of the bed.

"They meant to call another person but accidentally called me," She replies, a little slowly with a more scratchy, raspy voice as she slowly slides her body back onto the bed and puts the phone back down on the nightstand. Her hair is in a braid so it's mostly away from her face and her pajama shirt is one of the ones she loves to wear, with some kind of graphic on it and a cheesy line about hating to wake up early. I move closer to her, using my left hand to pull the blanket up higher so it's covering up to our chests now. She gives me a slight smile, her eyes still holding the tiredness of her work week, so the fact that it's a Saturday morning makes me happy that she can get some rest.

"I think I'll just get up now," She mumbles as she moves closer towards me. I put my arm over her body and frown as I move my head from my pillow to hers, "Why, it's still early." I let her hair tickle my face as my nose takes in the divine smell of her shampoo.

"I know but we have a busy day today," She says to me, frowning as she lifts her head up so that we are looking straight at each other's eyes.

"What busy day. It's Saturday that means stay home and be lazy," I reply to her, leaning out to kiss her cheek softly before placing my head back down in close proximity to hers.

"Prabhas, you know we have a lot to do today," She mutters to me as she squints her eyes a little as she moves to put her arms under her chin. I don't say anything for a few seconds as I just look at her, my eyes half open as I feel myself being taken back into the portal of sleep.

"Don't tell me you forgot we talked about it all yesterday," She blurts out with annoyance, referring to the plan we made together last night while eating dinner about the weekend ahead and what all we had going on.

"We need to get up and work out. Then let's come back and eat first then shower and get ready to go to Lasya's baby shower with your parents and probably go to their house for a while and come back in time to go to the engagement party for Abhi and Samaira." She lets out a small breath after she recites everything to me, as if she has it all memorized and practiced it a thousand times. It sounds so terrible of me when I say this, but I did already remember what we had planned for today, well for the most part, but I just wanted to hear her say everything. I wanted to hear all the little details she added in between every big event, making sure she didn't leave everything out. I like to see the drama she adds with her hand movements and the changing expressions on her face.

"It's ok nothing will happen if we sleep for a few more minutes," I say to her, pushing her messy hair back behind her ear as she frowns at me. A sigh leaves her lips as she turns around so her back is facing me and her body is buried under the blanket.

"Ok," She mumbles as she leans back against me and I move to put my arm over her waist and nuzzle my face into her shoulders. I move my arm so it is resting on her waist under her shirt and slowly rub on her skin that feels both warm and cloud-like under my fingers. I leave my lips pressed against the base of her neck as she scoots back on the bed even more so her body is more tightly pressed against mine.

"Cheera esukovala engagement party ki," She asks me, tilting her head up slightly so her nose grazes my chin and scratches against my scruff [Translation of "Cheera esukovala engagement party ki": Should I wear a sari to the engagement party].

"Yes please. I love when you wear saris," I say to her, placing a kiss on the top of her head and rubbing her fingers that are wrapped in my hand.