Her Secret Smile

24.

"Love is a demon"

It was a Saturday evening, Nidhi's parents went to Kerala to visit her maternal grandmother. Nidhi too wanted to go with them but her stomach cramps turned her to stay in-house. After taking rest for the entire day she got up from her bed in the evening.

Lazily she headed to take a hot shower that almost healed her muscle pain. Once she is out, she turned her attention to her phone that was ringing at the top of its lungs. She was surprised to see the call from Varun at this time.

Standing only on her towel Nidhi hangs up the call to wear the pink T-shirt and black shorts. But Varun kept calling her that irritated Nidhi to the core. Once she is done,
"Hel..lo," she mumbled not showing her distress since Varun leaving to Delhi next week. So no fights!

"Are you sleeping? Why you hang up my call?" from his voice it is evident that he is pissed off a little.

"No, just now I got up," she replied rubbing her nose.

"Oh, what happened Nidhi? Are you not well?" his concerned tone bought a smile on her lips.

"Yeah, stomach cramps," she sat on her bed and her wet hair started soaking her shirt.

"Periods?" he asked.
Nidhi shyly hummed yes.

Varun without thinking further headed towards Nidhi's house, he pushed the front door and for his surprise and luck, it is open.

"Where are you now?" Nidhi casually asked him and laid on her bed.

"I am in your house!" he announced that almost stopped her heart for a second.

Nidhi unlocking her room went out still keeping the phone on her ears and eventually her lips curled to see him before her.
Sliding his phone into his pocket, Varun pulled her close to him and engulfed her body with his strong embrace.

"Varun!" She exclaimed in a surprise because she didn't expect him to hug her all of a sudden and lightly wiggled her body to get a grasp of oxygen.

"Shush, don't talk," he whispered and hugged her tighter.
If Varun has an ability to cage her inside him he will gladly do that since that much he is missing her crazily at each second he is without her.

What is the solution to all these?
He wants to see her without any restrictions, he wants to talk with her not caring about her parents or his parents. He wants to hug her like this even the entire world is against it.
Varun clearly knows how to do it but there is a hesitation whether Nidhi will say yes!

Burying her face in his chest Nidhi closed her eyes to feel his heartbeat, his scent, his warmth and wanted to be caged by him for the rest of her life.
Love is a demon if it enters your world then you became the slave for it. It will demand you, turn you crazy and finally tie you with the emotions where you can't get out once you are fully immersed in it.

It is been a week since her college started. In this entire week they not even had a chance to meet, as Varun was so busy with his work and preparing to go to Delhi. Nidhi can't really accept the fact that they are going to be separated from now even that is only temporary.
This is something she never wanted, the more they are distanced the more she thinks about him, and eventually, she will miss him and will cry if that missing turned very controllable.

"I missed you," Nidhi told, those words are not enough to describe how much she felt those past times and also imagining about the future.
In her life, there are only a few people very close to her heart among that Varun was an irresistible one. She doesn't know how he entered into her heart and became the king for her castle and now he is the one the only ruler for Nidhi