Blood and heart

18.

" I still remember the feeling I felt when I first started talking to you"

REYANSH

Naina was peacefully sleeping with her head on my lap while I sat on the bed, resting my head on the headboard. I softly caressed her hair, admiring her features: her chubby cheeks that rarely blush, her button nose now red from a cold. Her long lashes rested gently on her cheeks. Even in sleep, she took my breath away with her beauty.

Saying I was lucky to have her would be an understatement. My mind drifted back to the first time I met her. Though it was high school for her, it was the time I always remembered. The story from my side, which she doesn't know, revealed how clueless I had been back then. I couldn't recognize her for who she was. You can blame me for that.

I remember the day vividly: the hustle of students, the indistinct chatter, and then there she was, talking with her a few friends of hers there was a huge smile on her lips, the way she was all lively and the most chaotic one among them.

Back then, I was too absorbed in my own world, too busy with friends and the chaos of adolescence to really notice her. The fact she was even at the Singhania mansion for my 16TH birthday but I don't remember seeing her..? Or let's I was too far from her.

As we started talking, the connection was instant, as if some unseen force had finally pushed us together. It was then that I realized how foolish I had been not to notice her back in school.

Our conversations flowed effortlessly, and for the first time in a long while, I felt completely at ease.

Now, watching her sleep, I can't help but marvel at how fate brought us together. She's my anchor, my calm in the storm. The thought of not having her in my life is unbearable.

She doesn't know the full extent of my feelings, how deeply I care for her. I'm determined to show her every day how much she means to me, to make up for all the lost time.

With a soft sigh, I lean down and place a gentle kiss on her forehead. She stirs slightly, a small smile playing on her lips even in sleep.

I smile too, knowing that whatever challenges come our way, we'll face them together. For now, I'm content to simply hold her, cherishing this quiet moment with the woman who unknowingly captured my heart all those years ago.

She slowly opens her eyes, a lazy smile on her lips a soft smile makes it way on my face. "Feeling better?" I ask her in a gentle voice she hums in response.

She gets up sitting on the bed, " I am hungry" her voice comes out horse and raw "wait here let me get something for you" I get up from bed, when she holds my wrist.

"Let me come with you I can't stay in bed the entire day" she says in a slow voice, I nod my head and she comes with me.

Reaching downstairs I find Mumma and Chachi sitting on the sofa talking about something, spotting us mumma comes towards Naina.

"Are you feeling better?" She asks Naina in a gentle voice. Naina nods her head with a small smile. Chachi comes forward.

"Naina I have something for you come" Chachi says Naina nods along following her. Me and mumma were sitting on the table when Aarav comes.

"Hi bhai, where is Bhabi?" He asks looking around. "She went with Chachi in her room" I answer him. His face was tensed with anger and tiredness in them.

"All good?" I ask him in a concerned manner. He was about to answer when Naina comes he turns to her "are you feeling better Bhabi?" He asks checking her temperature.