~Butterflies And Blushes~

~Chapter 25~

I was numb. And then suddenly, all the emotions hit me in a single second.
The best moment of my life was right in front of me.
I just couldn't believe my ears.

"I know.. I know you must be feeling ki kitni stupid hai.. Par Kartik, I couldn't help it.
Mei.. It's okay tumhe agar mhujse baat na karni ho. I.. I am", she had continued her rant, but for the first few seconds I heard nothing.
(It's okay if you don't want to talk to me..)

She thinks.. She thinks it's one sided?
Bappa!
Mhaji Shri kitni god ahea!
(My Shri is so sweet)

I walked close to her, she was taken aback for a moment, as her talk stopped for a while.
Wiping her tears down, I softly tucked her hair behind her ear.
"I am.. I am s", she was about to apologize again, but I kept my finger on her lips.
Staring intently into her eyes, within few seconds I moved a little away as I held her hand and walked her to my art room.
I opened the door, as I again held her hand and asked her to walk inside.
She was confused for a moment.
But as she walked inside, I turned the lights on.
Her eyes ranked the room.
The look of surprise that took over her face was worth my life.

Her eyes widened, her eyebrows scrunched, her cheeks reddened, her mouth gaped as she looked around being all flabbergasted and surprised.

And why wouldn't she be surprised, the room, my art room, filled with her portraits, filled with our moments.
The canvases painted with the colours that she added to my life.

" This all! ", surprise was clearly visible on her face.
But it was the truth. My truth.
I love her.
Crazily.
Like I haven't ever before.

" Kartik.. This all! ", she said as she came to me.
I pulled her over, making her stumble.
Her hands right over my chest.
Having both her hands in my grip, I confessed it,my feelings,the love I had for her, looking straight into her eyes,
" I love you, Shri."

We continued looking into each other's eyes.
Those eyes that had been my ocean to get drown into from the very start.
My eyes, traced it down at what she was gwaking at. My lips

My eyes too travelled to those pinkish lips of hers.

"May I? ", I asked her, I wanted to taste her. There was this urge, strong urge to do so.
She nodded in a yes.

I pulled her more closer, leaving her one hand, as I smacked mine around her waist, that perfectly fitted around my hands.
" Words, darling! ", I bent down and whispered right beside her right earlobe.
Her warm deep breaths hit my Adam's apple, due to our height difference, making goosebumps to erect all over my body.
" Ye.. Yess! ", she breathed heavily, as she gave a throaty affirmation.

I softly, held the side of her cheek with my one hand, as the other one wondered on her waist, I bent further, as I raised her chin a bit.
Our lips were at a centimeters distance away from each other.
If her's were quivering to touch mine, my were too.
She ran her one hand in my hair, pulling me further into her.