A RoNakshi FF- Hero for Hire

Chapter 18

A month or so later, one morning, Rohit woke up early.

He had hardly slept all night as Sonakshi's presence on the bed, so near her, disturbed him.

It was fast becoming a problem for him..

Glancing towards her side, he saw she had already left.

He tried going back to sleep, since his shoot was in the afternoon today. Tossing and turning, he finally got up and out of the bed.

Opening the bathroom door, rubbing his eyes, he suddenly froze.

Through the frosted glass, he saw Sonakshi's form in the shower cubicle.

He closed his eyes, and turned around.

God, please have mercy!

He was about to leave, when he heard the cubicle door open.

Without intending to, he peeked back.

A hand came out to take the towel, followed by a long bare leg.

Something alerted her, maybe a sound he made, and half a head peered out from behind the glass.

She screamed.

Loudly.

'I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't know you were in here.' He apologised quickly.

'Ab to pata chal gaya hai na, to GO!!'

'I'm sorry..mujhe laga tum ja chuki ho..'

'Rohit! Can we talk afterwards?' she gritted her teeth, wrapping the towel around herself tightly and hiding behind the glass.

'Darwaza khol ke kon nahata hai?'

'Tum so rahe thay na..anyways..saari baaten issi waqt karni hain? Get out!!'

He finally left, leaving her shaking inside.

Pagal hai tu Rohit..bilkul pagal.

She soon came out of the bathroom, fuming, her hair wrapped in a towel, turban style.

'Kya badtameezi thi yeh?'

'I'm sorry! I didn't do it on purpose!' he put up his hands in surrender.
'But it's not entirely my fault! You should have locked the door!'

She controlled herself.

Breathe Sonakshi, breathe.

'Ok fine!'

And she turned and took off the towel from her hair. Her wet tresses now framed her face.

Kitni khoobsurat hai yeh..

He watched her as she began drying her hair. He was fascinated by how different she looked with her open hair.

More beautiful, more of a woman who was vulnerable, more..

She looked up to see him looking at her with dazed eyes.

'What? Ab jao na bathroom, abhi tak to bari jaldi thi!'

'Yeah!' he quickly left.

A hint of a smile touched her lips.

Unknown to her, Rohit saw that tiny movement and smiled to himself.

                      ***

The next day, Sonakshi called Veena to tell her that there had been an emergency and she would be late.

As soon as Rohit came back from his shoot in the late evening, Veena told him.

Mujhe batane ki zehmat nahin ki. Kya hai yeh larki? Mixed up signals deti hai..