RAYA SS - A Simple Wish Part 11

RECAP :

Placing her in the car….he buckled her…properly….. ‘In no time we will be at Kapoor Mansion….’ And he tipped her nose softly….Priya’s eyes almost popped out….Ram got on the wheels and drove towards the mansion…… Smile of delight on Ram’s face and Smile of confusion on Priya’s face…….

 
PART 11

The car glided through the streets of Mumbai…Street lamps shining on the car at every interval… allowing Priya to read the expression on the owner of the car…..
He seemed to be happy…. She was also happy to sit by his side…being taken care by him….the affection he showed…. But again her inner soul showed her the mirror… ‘ Priya he may take you as a good friend and only as a good friend…. That’s it the end of your fairytale…. Don’t think that he is your Prince Charming….’ She answered her back… ‘ I know that but what about all the two days adventure we had… He took me to a place where no one has ever gone apart of his family member…..the home he showed me and those words…. ‘Mum’s gift for my daughter-in-law….’ And then at the hospital Aunt told me how he was weeping for me…..then sweeping me off my feet carrying me here….and the small flick on my nose…..and as far as I remember he did kiss me on the forehead before I passed out on the helicopter…..Are all of it just care as a friend ?..... well if so then……’


Before she could mock her inner soul with a rightful answer….the car stopped with a slight screech…. The next voice she heard was of Ram ‘We are home….you stay there I will carry you in….’ ‘Ram please I am fine enough to walk now…. You need……’ Before she could protest any further….Ram had already unbuckled himself and scurried to her side…. She was still blabbering and protesting…….Ram opened her side of the door…. He bend down and was face to face with Priya…..his eyes gleaming in the moonlight….She could feel his breath on her face…..but more than her…. her soul shivered to his touch….


Ram placed his cold hands on her soft warms lips… “shhhhhh…..I am here to take care of you and this right of mine no one can take it away from me…not even you….” His eyes narrowed and a mischievous smile came over his lips….She liked the possessiveness in his voice…and smiled inside and teased her inner soul which was mocking her a few minutes back…


As Priya was busy in rejoicing her victory over her cynical brain….she was taken aback as a pair of hands slide under her knees and lifted her gently..she could feel the warmth of his body..and the manly…aura…She encircled her one hand at the back of his neck to support herself and the one resting on herself….the strong bulged of his biceps were even evident from the leather jacket that adorned his form…


Priya had no idea when did they walked passed the garden…they were now standing at the grand hall of the Kapoor Mansion…living area settled with the best of the furniture of the country….and a king size chair…at the head of the area…which would sure belong to HIM…on the right was the dinning area…gracefully laid with the silver cutleries….and on the left his study room..so usual Ram Kapoor style with shelves full of books..the latest system installed on the wooden table…with stalk of files beside it…


They reached the stairs….as Ram placed his foot on the first fleet…Priya spoke timidly… “Ram…I am fine…I can walk up the stairs….” But was cut short by him… “ what did I saw…I am doing all the work her…you just take rest…..and would you hold on to me properly with your other hand too….as the grip of your hand is losing around my neck….”he indicated towards Priya’s resting hand….She did not know how to react….to suppress her nerves she pressed her lips hard and slowly moved her hand around his neck… “Thank you “ he chuckled..and moved step by step up the stairs….


Stepping the last fleet he placed her on her feet..and opened the door… “ your highness…your room” Priya blushed and tried to hide her giggle…playing along she held her head high and walked like a queen waving her hands in the air.. “Thankyou….”


They both busted with laughter…as they entered the room…Priya could not believe she was actually at Ram’s house..her conscious had a smile that of the Cheshire Cat reflecting her own emotions….Ram went and switched on the lights illuminating each corner of the room…


The walls of the room was painted in pista color..with designer prints on it in golden…open windows made the room airy and soothing…the balcony opened out looking over the night sky over her and the gleaming star shining back…


It was simple the way she liked…looking around she found case of old music cd and rack of some book…she brushed through and looked at Ram..who was busy looking for something in the closet…


He turned “this would do for the night…” he pressed his lips in a hard line.. confusion lingering on his face… He was holding his T-shirt and track pants…. “I hope its ok…you can change in these for now…later I can buy new ones for you…”


Priya walked slowly up to him look at his baby face she had to try extra hard not to laugh…. Taking the clothes from him… “that will not be required I have asked Eli aunty to get my things here”….“these are perfect for the moment” she could see his shoulder relax which were stiff till now … as she slid the pile from Ram’s hand to her’s their palms brushed….and she gave a soft smile….leaving for changing room.


Ram was left flabbergasted should he smile at her sweet smile or… the emotion that passed his veins when she touched him….. he closed his eyes and took a deep breath… running his fingers through is hair..nodding his head…he walked to the bed and sat…


His face was buried in his hands… with closed eyes he was contemplating but eventually failed to clear his mind of the emotion…..


On the other side…Priya clutched the T-shirt close to her heart…. they were like trophies to her…Ram’s clothes which he gave to her….to wear….


They must have been on him….quite a number of time…brushing his rough skin…filled with his aroma…She ran her fingers over the clothes…and inhaled it fragrance….


It smelled of Ram…her inner soul was now not only having a broad smile on its face but doing a hula hoop dance…


She changed herself into the clothes pulling them down her head and feeling the fabric against her skin…..


Ram opened his eyes when he felt the bed sinking beside him….she was sitting just arm’s length to him…in those clothes also she looked gorgeous… her jet black eyes were complementing with the black color of his T-shirt..the soft rosy lips radiating contrasting to the shades of black..and her hair…


Her hair black and shades of brown…which complimented her face..were now hiding under the T-shirt..

Ram slowing moved his hands towards her to free them…and let it fall on her shoulders which were the rightful place for them….she did look prettier with those hair falling on her right shoulder….

Priya was bit nervous the muscle of her stomach churned…looking at his hands making its way towards her….

As his hands passed her neck the fingers brushed her delicate skin…

She closed her eyes… sinking to his touch

Ram observed this….deep down in his heart he felt happy…not only seeing Priya’s emotion to his touch…but also to the fact that he touched her…and she was not hesitant about it…his lips turned into a smile…..

Slowing he let the hair loose on one side of her shoulder…

When Priya realized Ram has drawn his hands…she opened her eyes….He was staring at her… drinking her beauty…..

She flushed and tugged the strand of her hair behind the ears which was falling on her face….she did so because it was blocking his view….

Ram’s eyes moved from her eyes to her red cheeks and down her lips….

A soft smile was playing at the side of her face….and they were a bit parted…involuntarily Ram’s lips also parted…his heart was thumping inside is chest….he could feel it…..

There was spark between them…..the moment was full of vitality…..

But then Ram abruptly stood up from the bed and walked a few steps away…..he closed his eyes and drew his fingers into a fist….his body was stiff…..

Priya was left aghast….at the outcome of the moment….she did not know why did it happen ....one moment he is into the situation and the very next a chaos…..

She wanted to go upto him and sooth him out of the worry that was troubling him….but looking at his curled fist and stiff shoulder she let go of the thought…

Silence and tension the room….

Priya was trying to listen to Ram’s heart beat which he himself was trying to ignore…

“I thinking you should eat…and take your medicine..its getting quite late…” Ram finally spoke... moving his head crosswise so that Priya is not able to his face clearly….

He did not want her to read that chapter of his life whose pages were ruffled opened by the wind of this certain emotion…..between them

She looked blankly at him…and managed a feeble “ok.”

“Fine…you can make yourself comfortable…I will get the food” He pointed towards the table at the corner…and dashed out of the room…

Priya could just look upon him vanishing in the darkness of the corridor…

She held the edge of the bed..trying to calm herself…her inner soul which was doing hula hoop dance a few minute ago…was standing somewhere at the edge in the dark….

“Was it something to do with me…that he changed so abruptly…but he was so happy in the hospital that I will be staying with him…or is it me who is trying to read too much in his actions….before today he has never been close to me….he has been like a friend…” she kept staring at the floor…

“but then what was all that…accompanying me to the beach….listening me cry when I missed my parents and more over….the bike ride…island tour…the house which no one knows….except his family…and “My mother wants to gift this to her daughter-in-law”…why tell it to me….”she was still gazing at the floor contemplating…


“And what about the moment we shared a few minutes ago…He was so close to me…I could feel him when his fingers brushed against my hair…and those parted lips….which were just inches away from mine…i want to be lost in those…feel his lips on mine…but then why did he withdrew and over over closed himself…he does not even want to look at me….”

Films of tears appeared in her eyes….and a drop fell on her hands…


Wiping her tears from the back of her hand…she slowly walked up to the table and waited for Ram