A Bond Of Intellect

Chapter - 33 (have mature content)

Warning: it's to tell the readers who are reading my story, I have tried my best not to add so explicit scenes, but I know, since I am making a romantic story, so i have to add some scenes, but even if they are not too intense in your ways, its my responsibility to add a warning before hand, so I have add a scene little mature, I hope u will read it after reading the warning.

At night dinner was simpler__ dal with jeera rice and a mixed sabzi she freestyled without really knowing the rules. But Evan ate every bite without a word of critique.

When the dishes were done and the clatter faded into calm, they settled on the the floor mattress, textbooks fanned around them like tired petals. Riti scrolled through her notes while Evan sat beside her , back leaning against the wall, rubbing slow circles at his temple.

"Are u feeling headache?", she asked without looking up.

"Mhm", he murmured, "not intense, just normal."

"You want tea?" Riti asked.

"You made dinner, it's enough, i don't want to waste ur time." Evan said,

She rolled her eyes and said, "You Don't have to put my studies ahead in everything."

She thought Evan was so tired he will not notice her gesture, but he is still sharp even if he is tired, and stare at her, when Riti feels his intense stare, she said, "It's__...I don't want to do it but if you will consider ur health like that, then why can't I roll my eyes",

Evan takes a deep sigh and said, " But still u can't behave like that, if u did today, u gonna do it often, and it's shows disrespect to other person."

And then Riti admit it and concentrate on her notes, during halfway of topic, she noticed this silence had stretched too long.

She turned.

Evan had dozed off head tilted with wall, eyes shut, his position was still looking graceful, like she thought to herself "how can someone sleep with such elegance"

Seeing it something warm tugged in her chest. She set her notes aside, crept closer, and gently pulled the book from his lap. Then she almost without thinking, move his head up and stand behind him, hesitating for a second before she pressed her thumbs softly against his shoulders.

He stirred. Then she whispered, " Now don't say anything, let me do it."

He chuckled, "You are not qualified to perform massages yet."

She worked gently, kneading the knots she could find, and by the time she finished, his breathing had even out.

Evan, the ever responsible, the one disciplined, was finally still.

And Riti sitting beside him, watching the soft flutter of his lashes, felt something she hadn't expected to so soon in life.

Gratitude. Not for the grand things. But for his hard work for her, his care for her.

Now, by her third year, Riti has undergone little growth.

She wasn't the girl who skipped chapters or burned toast with a smile. She was now a grown up, her gaze steady and curious. She asked deeper question, __about the body, the brain, the ache in someone's chest that wasn't always physical.

And when she looked at Evan...it was different too.

It wasn't admiration anymore. It was something slower, warmer-something that curled beneath her skin when he leaned over her notes or pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear while she studies, its not like they didn't did anything, they kiss, Evan has touched her, but before she was not aware of her feelings, desires, but now at the little moment with him, she already feels butterflies in her stomach. And since they have to their new apartment they don't get time, they not even kiss.

And now she starts noticing his little things, like how his sleeves rolled just above his forearms when he cooked, how he laughs, and his smirks, his stare..

One day at college, Riti heard her classmates talking about, living with their partner, how they giggled and compared notes on more than just anatomy. At first she thought; Medical students don't have time for that kind of romance.

And one day... Something changed.

It had been long week since that day, and both she and Evan were sprawled across the floor mattress in their usual place__ Riti with her notes, Evan quietly reading a research paper, sleeves rolled to his elbows, glasses low on his nose.

She tried to focus on her textbook, but her eyes kept drifting to him.

The strength in his forearms, the slope of his neck, the gentle curve of his smile as he read, his tense jaw. He'd always attractive _ undeniably so__ but tonight, the way the light hit his skin, the sound of his breath, even the quiet authority in how he sat....it stirred something in her.

And when she glanced up again_ he was looking at her too.

His stare wasn't playful or teasing. It was quiet, sharp. A little confused.

"Do you..not understand something?" He asked, tilting his head.

She opened her mouth__but no words came. Her cheeks burned.

"I_" she swallowed, eyes dropping. "I'm feeling...weird."

"Weird?" He repeated, now fully turned towards her.

She clutched her notes, fingers trembling. "I just these days, I -i was thinking, w-we, don't do the things,.. like before__and..., i mean ,now u don't.., it's just i get weird feeling, whenever u look at me like that__ my stomach does this thing, a_and s_sometimes feels weird d_down there also ..., i don't if it's hormones or not __ what is this?"

He didn't speak immediately. He just watched her_ breathing, his eyes of full of something careful and quiet.

"You're just feeling sexual desire, Riti", he said gently, "And it's okay, it's natural. But.." he said but riti's sentence stop him.

"I know", she said looking down, clutching her hands  and softly interrupting. "I don't care if it's  hormones or whatever, b-but, right now I-i want u to t-ouch me, I just want to feel you. Just a little touch, but do something about it, o-or i am not going to concentrate on studies."

Her voice was barely above a whisper. But Evan don't want to do something which impact her studies, so he said, "Riti, not now, if I did something today, u will crave for tomorrow  also, and I have decided not to touch u before u don't graduate and get ur degree."

But riti don't understand his words she was delude with her desires, and said pleadingly, " please, just a little touch, i don't know how to handle this,.. I promise I will wait patiently for the graduation day, I will not ask u to do anything before it ...."

Seeing it, Evan stood up without a word and pick her up and sat on sofa putting her onto his lap with care, like she might change her mind at any second.
He gently lift her chin, kiss her at lips, and moves his hands under her pjs, slowly moves down there, but first whispered in her ear, " You sure about this?" Riti's face hiding  in his chest, gave him a nod.

And Evan slowly calm down her desires by moving his fingers slowly.