U And Me Will Always Be Together

Chapter 9

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"Basket" his words barely escaped his throat. "Thank you so much Santhosh. Thank you. I am so happy. I owe you a lot."

Rishika said with her voice full of joy. Unknown to himself, he felt happy finding her happy, and his arms encircled her.

He felt a shiver of pleasure run down his entire body as his palms came in contact with her tiny waist.

Oblivious to the surroundings and the warnings from his brain, he pulled her closer and nuzzled into her thick hair, breathing in her rich feminine fragrance. Rishika was too drowned in her happiness to realize what they were doing.

"Ahem Ahem" Santhosh came back to his senses when he heard Raji's voice and so did Rishika.

In a flash he loosened his grip off her and jumped back. Rishika turned red with embarrassment while Santhosh tried to find some excuse to Raji.

"So Santhosh, how did Sanjay agree to it?" Rishika fumbled with her words and was surprised with her initiative to speak.

Raji noticed their awkwardness and smiled to herself and decided to ease it off. "Santhosh go and get ready. I guess you have your shift at 8.30 am." Santhosh rushed to his bedroom while Rishika remembered that her shift also begins at 8.30 am and decided to leave.

"Rishika, you stay for some time. You may go along with Santhosh. I know your bike is under repair. Come have some breakfast." Rishika tried to protest but Raji pulled her to the dining table.

While waiting for Santhosh to turn up at the dining table, Raji told Rishika about Santhosh and his pranks right from his childhood. Rishika laughed her heart's fill to his antics.

As she heard Raji's narration of Santhosh's childhood, a lone tear escaped her eye. She quickly wiped it away but it didn't go noticed by Raji.

"You remember me of my mother." Rishika whispered.

Raji felt bad for her. She got up from her chair and planted a kiss on Rishika's forehead said "Santhosh told about it. I am sorry. You miss her so much?" Rishika put her hands around Raji's waist and rested her head against her stomach and nodded.

Rishika felt content staying like that.  "No problem. Take me as your mother. Why don't you come and stay with me? However I am bored of Santhosh."

Rishika smiled at Raji's words and said "Then Santhosh would eat me alive". They both chuckled at her words.

"What's today's breakfast Raji?" Santhosh came shouting into the dining room unknown to the fact that Rishika is still there. He was surprised when he found her at the dining table and frowned. 

"I asked her to stay and told that you will drop her as her bike is at the mechanic shed" Raji answered his unasked questions narrowing her eyes.

He thought it's better not to protest looking at Raji and nodded taking his seat. All three of them had their breakfast pulling each other's legs and cracking jokes. Rishika and Santhosh completely forgot their anger towards each other and worries and lived in the moment.

When Rishika was about to leave with Santhosh, Raji called her and said "Rishika, you may come here whenever you feel like talking to me. I would be happy." Rishika was overwhelmed with Raji's words and hugged her tight and said "Sure aunty. Thank you so much". She bid bye to Raji and left.

Rishika was scared beyond her wits during their ride to KIMS. He drove it at a jet speed that Rishika had to clasp his shirt tightly for grip and close her eyes.