Melting Hearts

Part 28 - Aftermath

***Arush's P.O.V***

Her soft thumb was still absentmindedly perhaps, grazing my lips and I could feel myself melting at her touch.... Why was she doing this why why why?!

I could feel something rise within me and even though my senses were going haywire with this simple gesture of Sahana, I wanted her to continue doing it.....and more over, I wanted her to be this close to me for every second of every day!

I wanted her to keep touching me like this, caressing my face and just looking at me while I glanced down at her - could the time just stop here please?!

My self restraint was breaking with every passing second but she seemed to be completely lost in her own world - that smile...she was smiling to herself whilst her thumb was still caressing my lips - what was the reason behind that smile?

Did she want to kiss me....did...did she want me to kiss her?!

Holy moly fuck I haven't kissed anyone in my life and well, my porn choices too...they don't teach a lot about kissing!!

All of a sudden, she stopped caressing my lips and looked at me with a horrified expression on her face.

Does she regret doing all this?! Does she regret getting close to me?! I felt dejected and like...okay imagine someone promised you an ice cream or pizza and you've been waiting for that for ages and finally when the day comes to treat you they're like this brand of ice cream doesn't exist anymore......know what I'm talking about??

"I.....I..... I'm.....s....s....sorry....sorry... I didn't mean to... But I couldn't stop myself...I'm sorry" she stuttered, looking distressed.

I looked down at her whilst my heart felt heavy with rejection - she didn't mean any of this?!

"Your face.... You have... YouHaveAveryHandsomeFace" I heard her blurt out, and her cheeks turning red faster than a driver skipping the traffic signal!

"Come again?" I said, still trying to decipher whatever she'd said at the speed of lightening.

Sahana blushed deeper if possible and that made me sure that whatever she had to say was surely gonna make me feel better!

"You...have....a...very....handsome....face....I couldn't stop myself....from.... touching your face....I'm sorry I didn't...." she broke off when I moved my face closer to her's.

The tip of my nose was touching the tip of her nose and my brain was egging me to move ahead and seal the distance between out lips.

Would she get mad? Wait hang on!! Does she like me in that way?!

Woah wait for a moment....DO I LIKE HER IN THAT WAY?!

What if all this was in the spur of the moment....the heat of the moment or something.... I know she's not like the other girls out there and she's definitely the opposite of what I believe about girls and yet....and yet I want to know... What's all this?!

Resting my forehead on her's, I closed my eyes, feeling her breath on my face, the lavender of her perfume acting like some sort of a soothing agent.

Right Arush ma boy, calm the fuck down....you can do this!! You want to do it right?! You do want to tell her right?!

Tell her that you have a soft corner for her, tell her that you want to hold her hand and have long walks with her, tell her that you want to hold onto her and protect her from every harm and every fall, tell her that you want to call her beautiful every morning before starting your day and before going to bed. Tell her that she makes you weak!!

"I wish that time would just stop right now and we could just be like this forever" I heard her musical voice which was now barely louder than a whisper.

I shot my eyes open at that and saw her looking straight into my eyes and I knew in that moment that she meant every word she said....and I also knew that she knew how I felt about her, like how I knew now how she felt about me.

"But then, your back would hurt seeing how you're sitting so uncomfortably.." her voice trailed off as her soft warm hand trailed down my back, and even though my shirt prevented the direct contact of her hand on my skin, still, my skin burnt behind her hand.

"...and your hand... It'd hurt too" she said softly, caressing my right arm that was testing on the top of her seat.

I couldn't help blushing at how she genuinely cares about me, and how I've started getting used to seeing her, to having her in my life.

A car honked somewhere from within the basement parking which echoed loudly, making both of us jump and come to reality.

We didn't blush, but we just looked at one another before bursting out into laughter.

I sat back in my seat and laughed like no tomorrow, with Sahana's musical laughter in the background - my second most favorite sound now, the first being her voice specially when she calls my name.

Still chuckling slightly, I brought the engine to life and drove out of the building, enjoying the peaceful silence in the car.

"Do you... Um... Shall we go for a movie?" I asked her hesitantly, not looking at her.

"Oh...um yeah sure...but which one?"  I heard her ask s little hesitantly, and I turned to her in shock to find her pretty face tinged with pink - damn she looks so cute when she's blushing like that!!

"What about Fantastic Beasts and Crimes of Grindelwald?!" I asked, turning my attention back to driving.

My dear Arush couldn't you actually think of any romantic movie?! Really?! Crimes of Grindelwald?! A HARRY POTTER MOVIE?! - My kind subconscious chided me, banging his head on a wall.

"Oh shit I haven't seen it yet. Sure let's watch that" she said gleefully.

"So Reyansh and his friends are going to IMAX to watch Bohemian Rhapsody, so let's just go to PVR?" I asked her, hoping she'd say yes.

I'm not an expert in such stuff, but well, I do know that it wouldn't do well to take a girl on a movie date to the same theater where I know her over protective brother is going to be!!

"Yeah sure... I'll just inform Bhai and mom that I'll be late" she said and turned in her seat to get her purse from the back seat.

"Bhai's going to Bohemian Rhapsody with Bharath and gang and a few of their other friends... Hmpf... Bharath didn't inform me!! He usually does invite me along like..." Sahana was muttering under her breath, still gazing at her phone.

Funny thing is, my brain seemed to go number and didn't grasp anything beyond Bharath usually does invite me along.

Was he an ex or a crush or someone she was interested in.... whatever or whoever the bastard is, sounds like competition to me!!

To be continued...