Tell me you love me

Bas Ek Pal

As Aditya deepened the kiss, he slowly lowered Zoya's back on the couch; Zoya doesn't offer any resistance and follows his lead without protest.

Her heart and body are all ready to surrender her to Aditya, but her mind resists. Her mind keeps on warning her not to fall for his charms. Even though Zoya is scared about the aftermath and agrees with her mind's warnings, she can't resist.

Zoya had been attracted to Adi from the day she met him. Even at the time, she didn't acknowledge her love for him, he was undisputedly her biggest forbidden fantasy. Sometimes she and Ashu when indulging in girl talks and talking about sex, Zoya always expressed how she would love to do it with Aditya. In fact, Ashu and Zoya had discussed in detail the different situations and ways they would like to do it.; for Zoya, all her fantasies involved Adi.

Her favourite fantasy was being alone with him in his cabin; him being dominant, taking charge and trapping her against the wall and has his way with her (AN: play roop tera mastana in the background to get into the feel of it 😉). twice they had come close to making her fantasy come true but nothing happened ☹; on one occasion he actually initiated something but because it was at the time when Zoya refused to acknowledge her attraction towards him, she chickened out and ran away. Maybe she made him feel embarrassed or something because he never again tried to hit on her except that day when he directly asked her to have a one night stand after their partial confession. She found him insanely hot and despite everything she still does. it is kind of embarrassing to think even now, but back then when the news about Aditya's marriage reached her, she had sleepless nights mainly because she could not bear the thought of Aditya being physically intimate with someone else.

Both Zoya and Aditya were pretty intelligent people. They hardly needed to dress up to impress each other as intelligence was the most alluring feature for them, yet they constantly indulged in grooming themselves to entice the other person; it worked at the emotional level, however bloody social restrictions and their personal demons never let anything actually materialize.

At this point, the Bollywood moment, the hug, the kiss, the time spent in his cabin, the time in the car, the time spent in labs, the night they spent together at her apartment, the time they shared the bed; each and every memory came back to her and heightened her lust for him. Right now, she had two options: stop this moment right here and maintain her morality and dignity or let lose and give way to her desires and live for once.

(AN: I know, for some of you this might sound quite slutty and loose-character, but please this is a fictitious story and I am trying to deliver the emotions of the protagonists' emotions in the heat of the moment, I am neither justifying nor condemning these actions.)

Aditya could feel her resistance in her body language and how she was not responding to the kiss; he knew she was physically attracted to him and wanted it too. Right from the moment she had changed her dressing style to how she would stare at him with dilated pupils when they were talking one to one maintaining eye contact; from her discretely checking him out during lectures and labs to the way she slightly shivered when he was too close. He too had been insanely attracted to her, but somehow managed to hide it (AN: play aise na mujhe dekho in the background, to get the feels :D). Aditya was not a novice when it came to romance, he had been a playboy during his teenage and college years, for god sake!!!

The fact that this was their chance to live the fantasy they both yearned for and yet she refused to give in, was breaking his heart. He wanted her. he had always wanted her. they have had opportunities before when he could have easily manipulated her into it, but he didn't, he couldn't, not only because of the social restrictions but also because he loved her enough to not force her. even now, he was ready to stop because she was not comfortable with it.

Breaking from the kiss, he looked up to her face; she has her eyes closed. His one hand is beneath her shoulder while the other is tangled in her hair. He tries to remove his hand from underneath her when Zoya too opened her eyes and looked at him. Their eyes were dark with desire, still, they were not rushing it, they were waiting for consent from the other person. When Zoya felt Aditya ready to leave her, she forgets all her inhibitions and gently places a hand on his cheek, giving her silent consent.

Aditya had tears of happiness pooled in his eyes at this moment. It was a moment he had been yearning for nine years. Beaming his most brilliant smile at her, he softly pecked her forehead; closed his eyes savouring the moment.

After that, he picked her up bridal style and walked towards the bedroom. Adi had been married before, but he had never displayed this sort of romance with Pooja, not even on their honeymoon. For Zoya, she could not believe that something like this could happen to her.

as her mind made one more futile attempt to dissuade her from indulging in her desires, Aditya silenced it for once and all when he kissed her on her neck, biting softly. He peppered her neck with kisses as he again made his way upwards to her lips, but Zoya's naughty side was active now. Before he could kiss again she rolled over, so that he ended up kissing her the back of her shoulder instead. She didn't want to give in so soon, she wanted to test his patience instead. So, Zoya tries to get up accidentally bumping on his nose, which by the way was still in bandage due to her earlier martial art stunts. Aditya sat back, whimpering in pain, and watering eyes.

" ooooo, sorry sorry so sorry! Lagi kya? " Zoya said teasingly trying to control her laugh. As she made a run for it, Aditya grabbed her from behind, and once again caged her between him and the bed, this time he entwined their hands and held her hands on the side of her head.

"Bahaut shaitan ho tum, let me teach you a lesson, baby", Adi said huskily in her ears.

The moment Aditya called her baby, Zoya lost all her mood. Zoya was one of those few people who absolutely loathed the use of terms like baby, babu, Shona between couples. Not that she hated romance but the concept of romance popularised by cheesy novels and k-pop made her nauseated.

Right now, the moment that word was used, making her tranquil state break, her insecurities and over-analytical mind pelted her with facts about her relationship with Adi, which made her question everything once again. Her mood took 180 degrees turn and she no longer wanted to continue this, wanting to be left alone; however, by this point, Aditya is too invested to stop, nor that Zoya made any attempt to stop him, she felt guilty for leAding him on in the first place.

Aditya was as gentle and loving as he could be with her, he was enjoying himself too much, to notice that Zoya was no longer reacting much and just lying still. She faked it once or twice just for his sake, while she waited for it all to get over. In her mind she hated it all; this was her first time, she had fantasized about this for a long time, but she felt such a strong distaste for it all, that was not Aditya's inability to pleasure, yet, in a way, it was all his fault.