The Love In Marriage

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Quarantine left me too jobless.

Here's the next chapter. Enjoy Loves!

Keerthi blinked her eyes open when she felt too warm. She opened her eyes to find herself in her husband's embrace. They were cuddling,his one arm below Keerthi's neck, cushioning it and the other on her waist, with Keerthi's hand on Vikram's chest,their legs tangled under the sheet.

Keerthi blushed. It was the first time she had been intimate with her husband. Though it felt new and a tad bit uncomfortable,she felt brilliant,on the whole,a warm feeling enveloping her after he respected her choice of not going further.

She sighed,though her husband's embrace felt good,she felt hot. She raised her hand from under the blanket cocooning them, relishing when cold wind blew against her hand. Unknowingly,she felt her hand moving to her husband's hair, brushing it away from his forehead.

When she caught a glimpse of Vikram frown,she retracted her hand quickly, keeping it in place.

Vikram opened his eyes,turning to his left when he felt a weight on his arm to find his wife in his embrace,smiling.

"Good morning", Keerthi whispered.

"Morning",Vikram yawned,glancing at the clock in his room.

Seven fifteen.

It was too early to wake up on a Saturday.

He closed his eyes again, feeling lazy to get up when he felt his wife moving around restlessly.

Keerthi tried getting up,to gently move away without disturbing Vikram, who seemed to go back to sleep. When she still couldn't,she poked her husband's arm.

"What?", Vikram raised an eyebrow.

"Are you going to get up?", Keerthi asked,eyeing their position.

"Not yet", Vikram answered, shutting his eyes again, playing dumb.

Keerthi huffed,moving Vikram's arm away from her waist when she suddenly shreiked.

Vikram pulled his wife on top of him.

"What are you doing?", Keerthi exclaimed.

"Stop shouting",Vikram reprimanded softly.

"Vik.. Vikram?",Keerthi tried,her hands on her husband's chest as she tried to get up.

"What?",Vikram asked,his eyes still closed,though he locked his wife in his embrace,both of his arms going around her waist to hold in place.

Keerthi blushed,the position seemed too intimate.

"Let me go",she said shyly.

"What an old line Keerthi?",Vikram teased.

When Keerthi gave him a look,he continued,"Okay. Give me a kiss. I'll let you go."

Keerthi gaped at her husband, blushing.
She hadn't expected him to be so verbal. They had only kissed last night for the first time.

"Come on", Vikram encouraged, grinning at his wife.

"Vikram", Keerthi whined.

"Okay then. Upto you", Vikram shrugged, closing his eyes.

Keerthi's palms started to sweat. She was okay with him kissing her, not her initiating it. She still didn't have the guts to.Her heart was beating rapidly,almost on the verge of it being painful. She didn't know if it was healthy for it to beat so fast.

Vikram opened his eyes after a few moments to see his wife in deep thought. He took pity on her. It must be new to her,so he squeezed her frame in his arms one time,and let her go.