Anurakti

19: Sitting Close

Sahaj closed his eyes and took a deep breath in. He can't bear it anymore. He has asked her to sit still three times already. She stopped swinging and tried to sit still too. But it didn't take much time for her to start swinging side to side again.

After Sahaj has asked for the Batman eraser, Samidha took her time trying to complicatedly explain him that it was not available. Her voice leveled up his anger so Sahaj thought it would be better to leave. After that he came back after the teacher came in the class.

They couldn't talk after that and 15 minutes to the lecture Samidha was swinging side to side, shaking the bench a little and disturbing Sahaj very much.

"Samidha. I swear to god if you don't stop shaking then I will really punch you."
Sahaj murmured looking at her dangerously. Samidha didn't stop shaking, but turned her head towards him with wide eyes.

"What? I didn't hear it."

"Fuck it."
Sahaj whispered to himself under his breath and sneaked his hand around her shoulders and pulled her flush towards him.

Samidha stopped and her eyes widened even more. Her breath hitched as she looked at him, feeling sudden butterflies in her stomach. She totally ignored the fact that his grip was not soft at all, instead he was digging his fingers in her muscles.

She looked up at him to find him looking at her only. He leaned in and she pulled back, scared at the sudden action. (Scared that he will kiss her. Stupid right?)

His eyes were red and he looked angry!

"Sit.still. Start swinging again and I'll throw you out of the window."
He threatened and went back to listening to the lecturer.

But Samidha she still had her heart beating fast and eyes, as wide as pans, staring into thin air ahead of her.

She was in shock and the zoo in her stomach didn't let her think straight.

Sahaj sighed in relief after a minute.
She didn't start shaking again. Maybe he should always keep a tight grip on her hand opposite to him. It really stabilizes her.

Priya turned around to ask for an extra pen, just to find Samidha staring at her notebook with extremely wide eyes. It was not odd. But what took her off-guard was that Samidha was sitting so close to him that her body overlapped his a little. And what almost made her gasp was Sahaj's arm around her shoulder.

Sahaj raised his brow at Priya. Why was she staring at them.
When he saw that Samidha was not making any move to brush the annoying girl off, he took matters in his own hands.

"Ahm. Any problem?"

He cleared his throat when Priya didn't make a move to start minding her own buisness.

Priya looked up at him and her already wide eyes widened even more.

"N-no!"
She squeaked and Sahaj nodded.

"Then look ahead and mind your own fucking buisness!"
He snapped and Priya turned around with the speed of flash.

What the hell was happening behind her? Why wasn't Samidha saying anything?

As the class continued Sahaj got comfortable sitting with her close to him. He was focused on the lecture, so much that he didn't even realise when he started playing with Samidha's locket.

His fingers kept twirling her chain around them and then suddenly he would unbind it.

Meanwhile, Samidha was distracted. First of all she couldn't digest the fact that he himself, willingly kept his hand on her shoulder and that he was still sitting very close to her. And second thing, why was he playing with her locket like that? If he was so much of a kid then why act to be so tough and all.