Bepannah | Jenshad

a soft brush |Chapter 13

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Harshad is keeping an eye on Jennifer as he drives, seeing she doesn't hurt herself as she twists in her seat, playing with the jacket he had placed on her so that she doesn't catch any cold. It had become hard to get her to put her jacket on as she had thrown it thrice on his face and after much pleading she had settled with it being placed over her, so that she can duck in whenever the sky would fallen down

He had chuckled agreeing with her, not able to deny those innocent eyes blinking seriously at him.

He is driving slowly, just as he knows she likes, not to fast and not to slow. His eyes wandering to her as she mumbles, her head lolling moving up and down as she tries to squeeze into her jacket trying to cover herself in it like one does with a duvet.

He can't help but smile at her as he shakes his head.

A loud song comes as a soft one ends on the radio and he jerks his hand out trying to mute it but her hand stops him, Jennifer now all alert as she says "Don't. My favourite song!!"

He sighs as she increases the volume and a jolt of surprise woke in him as she grabs his hand on the gear, clasps it in hers, intertwining their fingers as she smiles brightly at him, smile stretching till her cheeks as she shifts in her chair energized.

"Come take my hand, I won't let you go"

She squeezes it, pressing it to her chest as she rests her head on the arm rest behind, her eyes on his taking in every inch as she continues, her voice, calm and slow than Beyoncé.

"Don't let me go!"

He laughs loudly, happiness flooding through him like never before as he listens her sing, her voice. It's sexy, not shriel as one expects to be or a soft one. He likes it, likes her singing.

He squeezes his hand in hers making her smile as she continues "I promise not to let you go!"

"Love you like crazyyyy" she shouts throwing her hands as they drive in the night.
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It's later when they reach, Harshad grabbing her hand this time, intertwining their fingers tightly as he guides her in the darkness, trying to keep her quiet as he puts a finger on his lips.

She obeys giggling and laughs as they enter her room.

Harshad doesn't bother to switch on the lights incase it will hurt her eyes and moves towards the bed, taking her with him. The moonlight from the window illuminating the path for him.

He makes her sit before pulling our the duvet, he makes her sleep rolling the duvet on her. The whole time Jennifer eyes are locked on his as she silently watches him work.

He is about to move away removing his hand from hers that she grabs it quickly, sitting up "Harrrr... Don't go. I told you to never let me go"

Harshad remembers the line from the earlier song she sang and couldn't help but smile. She was adorable, Jennifer was adorable.

He removes the hair falling on her eyes as he explains, trying to understand as he removes her clasp on him slowly "It's getting late Jen. You have to sleep"

"Bu-t but you-" her eyes are alarmed as she struggles to get a grip of his hand

"I am not going. I will be in mine room" he softly says, his voice dropped down trying to passify her.

But she shakes her head violently, her hand fighting his as she shoves her fingers through his clutching his hand tightly to her chest, pulling him on the bed in process "But you went away Har! I am not letting you go"

"I am going to tie your hand with me -" she starts looking around for something but looks back at him as he starts, his voice soft

"Jen, Jen baby..."

She looks at him, like a child looking in wonder as he tries to remove his hand from her, knowing she needs to rest "Listen -"

But Jennifer cuts him off, hard and fast, pulling his hands so strongly that he falls down , landing next to her as she tightly clutches his hand, placing it on her chest as she says, "No you listen! You staying wi-with me. Look! I have space"

With that pushes herself a little behind, showing him the space she created, her hand moving on the empty space.

When he doesn't move, she pulls him "Come"

"Jen baby-" he sighs knowing it's not right to sleep beside her, not right at all and he needs to live but before he can continue, can make her understand that he is not leaving she asks, her voice low, fearful cutting right through his chest

"You don't love me?" she asks tilting her head to one side, the strap of her pink dress falling of her left shoulder,her bottom lip sticked tightly by her teeth.

"It's not like that, you know I do" because he does, he loves her, cares for her so much. And he know she deserves to be cared for, deserves to be love.

"Then why you leave me? I - I was so alone..." tears cover her eyes as she speaks, her voice drooping no longer the cheerful tone she always has and it breaks his heart, seeing her like that breaks him, his happiness.

"All alone" she clutches his hand to her cheek, blinking at him and he is unable to hold back, unable to ask about her, worry making his way up as the amount of things he had heard from her tonight.

"Jen? Why were you alone?"

There is a silence which follows and he thinks he fucked up already, not even before he begin but she speaks, an anguish in her voice as she says"I was.... "

Not disclosing anything more and jumps up pulling Harshad to her as she announces "But not anymore?"

He smiles getting inside the the duvet knowing she isn't going to listen.

"Now sleep!" she orders blinking her eyes at him as she twists, now on her side facing him. She tucks his hand below her head, resting on it, his palm cupping her cheek.

"Okay..." he sighs giving into her anyway, knowing it's lost case as he has never been able to stand up, against her always letting her win, as he turns towards her shifting on his, facing her.

And just as he is about to get cozy, adjust in the duvet, she blinks her eyes open, her voice loud as she moves towards him hand on his chest "Waitttttt!"

"Sleep baby you're going to feel worse tomorrow" he tries to calm her down knowing all of this is going to take toll on her tomorrow and she is going to be tired with hangover.

"You forgot my good night kiss" she states, childlike and he is surprised, never seen this side of hers in years. He blinks smiling at her because her brown eyes are shining brightly at him and he can see the stars in her eyes as she is his universe, and really who in their right mind will ever deny her a kiss.

So he moves forward a little but stretching himself softly and places his lips on her forehead after he whispers "Here"

Jennifer is scrunching up her nose not satisfied with his efforts at all, as she shifts close to him, their foreheads inches apart as she says pressing her finger on her lips leaving Harshad stunned " Not that one Harshad. Here"

"Jen... I - I" he stutters lost for words because she never asked him off this, because her pink lips were too pink right now, because she had moved forward and the thought of how it would be like to kiss her entered in his head.

Losing her patience Jennifer moves forward, brushes her lips over Harshad's. And it is a slight brush, the softest she has ever done, her lips grazing his and she smiles at him pulling away, happy before snuggling into his arm going in the perfect slumber.

"Goodnight Harrrr" she slurs leaving him stunned as he keeps looking at her, the warmth of her lips, the feel of her skin on his fresh on his mind.

His fingers travel to his lips as he tries to make sense of what just happened, tries to understand why he felt that current just by a single brush, his mind replaying leaving him awake for the rest of the night with only one thought in mind as he keeps staring at her, eyes not leaving her face, why did he wants to feel that again?

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