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Part 4

The electricity had gone out, and they stood blinking in the dark. It goes without saying the mood had gone with the lights.

"Let's just go out?" He offered.
"I'll wait while you get dressed, but I need to get to my phone-"
She reached out, only to come in contact with his bare torso.
She was about to pull back, not to make him uncomfortable when he held it back against him.

After grappling in the air, he finally held her face and drew it close.
Again, the air between them was static, and they filled the space between them with leccy.

But the universe wasn't about to let them be just yet.
The lights flashed on, making them wince from the sudden brightness after a while in the dark.
Ansh was met with Gayathri's eyes locked on his by the time he had adjusted to the sudden brightness. He couldn't look away from how they sparkled.
Sparkling the way they had back when they had met, when they got married, on their way to their new home...dazzling the way only her eyes could, sending him into a haze.

Her eyes twinkled in a tease and Ansh decided to accept the challenge. Pulling her in by the waist, his eyes mirroring her taunting regard.
Gayathri rested her hands on his elbows, her forearm along his, his arms were solid underneath hers.
"Are you flexing?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.
He laughed, throwing his head back, his neck drawing her attention which strayed down from there.
It wasn't the first time she'd seen him like this, or even up so close, but today the awkwardness had lifted enough to give her eyes free reign over everything offered.

"Liking what you're seeing?" Ansh asked, his question laced with a grin.
Gayathris's eyes shot up to meet his, sheepish.
"I'm gonna go wait outside, I'll let you get dressed," she managed to say, her cheeks turning scarlet, a smile playing at her lips.

He nodded walking backwards to his closet, watching her closing the door.
Her eyes found his through the narrow gap between the doors before she shut it.
He counted that a victory.