The Dancing Tale

Chapter 25

"I am not riding."

"well I wouldn't mind you to take control but I am not in mood to comply with you this time."

"You can't force me. It's... It's against my human rights. I will complain about you."

"You can whine all you want darling. Your options are not much. Either ride or stay."

"Fuck you, rudra agrawal."

"shall we get started then. I can't wait for you to actually ride...... "

"I will slap you if you won't stop deliberately making this conversation look like a discussion of dominance while having sexual intercourse."

The threat in my voice was clear and he threw his hands in the air as a gesture of surrendering and laughed . I was tired fighting with him about our ride for college today. He decided to take his monstrous bike out and I am definitely not looking forward to it. But the jerk he is and he wouldn't comply with me.

After his birthday, his demeanor changed for better. He finally let go of the darkness and started embracing light. His eyes are no more dull and droopy and his smile reaches his eyes. Uncle and aunty haven't been this happy before. He asked them for forgiveness. They told him the same thing that I did, that it's not his fault. He is blaming himself for nothing. They love him and only want to see him happy. I was so happy for them. The little celebration that we had on rudra's and rudrani's birthday was something that cheered their mood up. It wasn't much. We decorated rudrani's room with balloons and then just a small cake cutting there and a little chat in her room. The emotions were overwhelming but there was something calm about them. A feeling of serenity of acknowledgement that neither the wheels of time can be spin back in past nor the void after her demise can be filled but they can show their love to her soul in any and every possible way. Perhaps she will feel them and smile in some parallel universe.

The power of love is that it travels even faster than light and consume the darkness.

A week after that day and here we are. Rudra annoying me like usual. When I walked down to his room to leave for college , he was standing while leaning on the wall of outside of his room with his keys of bike dangling from his finger and a smirk on his face. I instantly knew what he is planning on.

"I don't wanna go to the college today. I am staying in. You can go on that death ride." I said and looked out of the balcony. The view from here was good and the sky was shining blue which made me stare at it.

I see sky as my one and only limit and the inclination to explore the heights of it is maddening.

"Are you sure my persuasion wouldn't change your mind.?"

I turn to look at him when I heard him say that. I saw the need and passion in his brown orbs which were shining even more in sun . If I was distracted by the beauty of sky before then now I am captivated. Captivated by his presence, his husky words, my feelings for him which seems to surface every time he is near. All in all my senses stops listening to me when I am around him. My heart beat fastens on its own accord. My breath becomes rugged yet I feel most comfortable in that jiff. The connection that I feel between us is deeper than anything that I ever felt before.

I don't know about him though. We haven't talked much about what's happening between us. The physical attraction is definitely undeniable. We can't stop our hands from holding each other when we are together or the need to kiss whenever I walked to him or leave his room. It feels so empowering. I know actions speaks louder than words does.

But sometimes you need words to liberate your heart.

"That depends on what that persuasion is." I replied and shrugged my shoulder.