"Are you okay?" Ram asked once they were back to the penthouse.
"Yeah why?" Priya frowned as she came to bed after changing into shorts and T-shirt.
Ram who was in shorts and T-shirt was half laying against the bed rest when Priya came and laid down right next to him, wrapping her arm around his stomach and resting her head against his shoulder while he wrapped her in his arms and slowly rubbed her arm.
"Mom was being too much, as well as dad.." He mumbled "Good that I changed the topic"
"Hmm, but you said that I'm interested in fashion designing which I'm clearly not" She pouted and he chuckled lightly "Doesn't matter"
"But I do think of doing something different.." She said as she went into her thought and a smile formed on her lips "I've always dreamt to run a book cafe, you know meet lots of people who love books just like me and one day I happen to bump into my fictional man.."
Ram looked at her dreamy eyes and her face shone with spark which kind of irked him "Am I not your fictional boyfriend already?"
This made Priya snap out of her trance and look at him "You're my fictional boyfriend, but not my fictional man who'll love me, cherish me and just be mine"
His heart somewhere hurt knowing she'll someday be someone else's. Someone will love her, cherish her, keep her happy and only be hers as she'll be only his. But she'll no more be his...
His jaws clenched at that and he looked away grumbling "It's a stupid thing"
Priya frowned feeling offended and pulled away from his warmth making him look at her "Excuse me? What do you mean by stupid? I just shared you my dream and you're calling it all stupid.. how insensitive and inhuman of you!"
With that she turned around and laid down grumbling to herself "stupid it seems, how insensitive...hmph"
Ram shook his head and sighed before calling her "Priya"
"Priya? Come here now"
But she doesn't respond and just lays with closed eyes.
"If you don't come now, I'll make sure you don't disobey me the next time" His voice carried the warning.
"I don't talk to insensitive people" She replied and he said "I was just stating facts, until opening a book cafe was practical but bumping into a fictional man? That's fucking bullshit"
At that Priya sat up and turned to him "I bumped into you, you turned out to be my book boyfriend! So even this is bullshit? Don't you remember asking me to see you by calling yourself my book boyfriend?"
He bit his lip knowing she was right that he kind of proposed to hook up using such a cheesy line.
Priya smirked at that "Late realisation hmm"
"Whatever but that fictional man thing is utter bullshit okay, you'll never bump into someone like that.." Ram stood his ground.
"What if I do?" Priya raised her brow and ram chuckles "You won't darling"
"I'm manifesting to bump into my fictional man in this week" Priya said.
"This is another bullshit" Ram rolled his eyes.
"Let's see about that Mr.Kapoor"
"Fine, now you come back here" With that he pulled her to him which made her squeal and giggle as he squish her in his embrace and they drifted to sleep after making out for some time.
"Can I take an off today?" Priya mumbled in a hoarse voice as she pressed the pillow to the lower stomach.
Ram who came out after shower said "What's wrong?"
"I've got my periods" She mumbled scrunching her face as a cramp pulled her stomach in pain.
"Okay, But let me get you a heating pad and make something for you... go and freshen up..."
She interrupted in a painful groan "No please... let me be"
He sat next to her lying self and kept his palm over her stomach and started applying little pressure as she rubbed his palm slightly across her belly.
Priya sighed feeling better and he sat there trying to ease her up a little bit.
"Let me get you stuffs" with that he went to the kitchen and soon came in with a tray of sandwiches and a glass of warm milk.
She slowly sat up with scrunched face "No milk and no food"
"Eat something and milk is really good, it'll subside the pain" He said forwarding her the glass to which she made faces.
"How do you know that" She whined.
"Just have it" He said and she slowly sipped making a face "Yuck! It's bad"
Ram shook his head "You're really a kiddo... come on don't make me angry now and have it priya"
"You can go to office, I'll be fine" She whispered before taking another small sip.
"Actually I don't think I have anything important today so I'll just skip office" He said and she stared at him and mumbled "You don't have to skip office for me"
"I'm not doing it for you, I just don't have anything important today" Ram shrugged and said "Just don't expect that I'm doing this for you, remember we're just hooking up?"
Her heart clenched at his words but with a small tight lipped smile she nodded slowly and sipped on the milk which was actually helping the aches to ease up.
"Have some sandwiches too" He said and she shook her head "I'm not hungry"
"But.."
"Can you please leave me alone? I prefer to be alone" She said slowly while picking her phone from the side table and scrolling through it.
Ram glanced at her for few seconds before leaving the room.
Priya sighed once he was out and looked up at the door which he had closed behind him.
She blinked back tears and thought
Why the hell it's hurting me whenever he reminds me that we're nothing but just hooking up! Maybe he's too caring for my own good that I'm getting attached to him... I've started liking him for no good!
It'll be good if I maintain some distance from him. I don't want to get attached and hurt myself.. anyways I'm not someone to be loved.
I've accepted this long back otherwise my parents wouldn't leave me if I was capable of being loved.
A tear slipped down her cheek...
I'll not let ram hurt me!
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