U And Me Will Always Be Together

Chapter 25

Santhosh?" Rishika beamed into his room shouting his name. It was almost midnight and she was tired after the eventful party.

As soon as she entered, she noticed Santhosh standing on his toes, on a stool searching for something above the wardrobe.

"What?" Santhosh asked her quite irritated at the interruption and went back to his search.

"What are you searching for?" she asked quite surprised at his behavior.

"My play station kit. Raji said that she put it here somewhere. " He said looking at her closely. She was in her night dress – a cotton kurti and pyjama with her hair slightly messed up tied in a bun.

While he was glad he wore a vest not bare. "You want something?" he added before resuming his search again.

Rishika sighed deeply before answering. She closed her eyes and remembered Suganthi's eyes scanning her once again. She can't afford being caught again. "Yes. I want to sleep with you." She said as a matter of fact.

The next moment she heard a loud thud and closed her eyes immediately. When she opened her eyes she found Santhosh on the floor, rubbing his elbows with the stool beside him.

She then noticed a shocked expression on his face.
Santhosh's heart stopped beating when he heard her words.

Not able to balance himself on his toes, he lost his balance and fell down on the floor. He got up rubbing his elbows and his butt and found her standing before him with a straight face.

"What?" he asked shell shocked at her words. Shock was an under estimate to his feeling. 'Is she out of her mind?' he thought and gulped.

"Yes. I can't bear aunty spying on me anymore. Moreover she is with Raji in her room. So I can't sleep there and-"

she stopped midsentence as she realized what she had spoken earlier. The expression on his face made it quite clear for her what he thought.

"No no. I mean I want to sleep in the same room." She corrected her words immediately "Not that I want to sleep with you." She looked down immediately embarrassed as hell.

Santhosh sensed her embarrassment and inorder to lighten the mood replied "Oh, thank God. I was scared as to how to protect my 'you know what' from you in the first case." He put his hands across his chest dramatically.

Rishika's mouth fell open when she heard his words. "Shut up, you moron" she exclaimed irritatingly but thanked him inwardly for not embarrassing her more. "Ok you sleep on the couch and I'll sleep on the bed." She stated moving to the bed.

"What? No way. This is my room. If you want to sleep here it's you who have to sleep on the couch" he declared adamantly.

"No. Remember you said you would do anything for hitting me. Well, this is your punishment." She said and herd him groan. She then noticed him pulling the play station kit form the upper shelf on the wardrobe and switch on the screen.

"You want to play?" he asked hopefully.

Rishika nodded at him and said "But I don't know how to play."

"Oh no problem. That's very easy. I'll teach you first and then we can play."

She said excitingly as he made place for him beside her on the bed.

Santhosh taught her how to play and then they played together- shouting, giggling and enjoying the company. Too tired to stay awake for a long time, they fell asleep unknown to themselves.
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Santhosh woke up first with something disturbing his sleep. Opening his eyes lightly, he noticed something black and thick over his face. 'This can't be my hair.' he thought pushing it aside.

He pulled the sheet over him and closed his eyes. He felt 'something' near his chest and pulled it closer with his arm wrapped around 'it', before drifting off to sleep.

After a moment, he stirred slightly as he felt some movement beside him. He ignored it first but the next second, his eyes popped open and he was baffled at the 'thing' beside him.

Rishika slept peacefully next to him with her back snuggled up into his chest. And his arm wrapped tightly around her waist with his knees bent  slightly, inwardly into hers.

He noticed Rishika pulling the sheet closer and over her head. He smiled looking her tactic of avoiding the light.

The next moment, he felt her turning towards him and her arm on his waist with her breast pressed against his chest and her face at his throat.

Santhosh gulped the lump that formed in his throat and wiped the sweat that formed quickly on his forehead.

He could hear his erratic heartbeat in the quiet room. He then noticed the lights and PS screen still on and the remotes beside her on the bed. He assumed they would have slept while playing.

His heart asked him to stay there and savor the pleasure of her sleeping in his arms but his mind warned him.

Already after the day's events, he didn't want to make it more awkward between them. So he pulled his arm back and putting her arm aside, got up from the bed carefully without disturbing her.

He noticed her stirring a bit but relaxed when she turned to her other side and slept peacefully without a movement.

He collected the remotes from her side and put them on the dressing table. Then switching off the screen and the lights, he jumped onto the couch and closed his eyes.

But sleep was smiles away from him as he looked at her sleeping on his bed. As much as he avoided, he remembered of the feelings he had with their close proximity throughout the day – when he saw her in the saree, then the dance and now her sleeping in his arms.

Shaking his head, he turned to the other side and shut his eyes tightly, battling with his thoughts and most imporatantly his feelings towards her.
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How is it guys? I haven't read it even once after it was over. I don't think it came out as I expected as I wrote it in a rush. So please excuse me if there are any mistakes. Neverthless, I hope you like it.
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NavyaAS