RAYA SS - A Simple Wish Part 14

RECAP :

The day flew by with Ram and Priya..spending all the day in the balcony..either swinging in the swing together…or Ram..swaying slowly it while Priya..kept talking….or both of them sitting at the bridge of the stoned fence..looking at the weherabouts of the morning sun…making its way for east to west…they shared their lunch and tea also at the balcony…
Night was something different..which left Priya pounder more on her relationship with Ram….

PART 14


As the sun dipped into the ocean…giving way to night life…Ram and Priya..walked down the stairs…their little finger entwined against each other….he brushing the back of her palm..genlty…with his thumb..



Priya would..down cast her eyes each time she looked at him…..finding his eyes soft eyes at her..it had a different shine in them…against the mildly light grand hall of Kapoor Mansion…


Jeffery laid the last of the cutlery..as they approached the dining table…


All this time Ram did not leave her hands…They ate peacefully…letting their eyes do the talking…Priya flushed each time they meet his gaze…eat was getting difficult for her…and he knew it…his heart was filled with a different kind of emotion….he felt happy..being close to someone again…


“How about a walk….” He asked her….her eyes were still trying to rest on his handsome face..but each time it made her weak inside…and helplessly to hid her sensations that he created on her..she darted them away…


She could only nod in reply…


While moving into the garden…Ram asked Jeffrey if he would get hot chocolate for them there….


The garden was dimly light at places….it had that typical smell of earth….it got back the memories of her home…which and a small front garden…


Sound that filled the air was as if crickets were having symphonies and fireflies were their audiences…


Ram tucked his hands inside the pocket and took a deep breath..as if getting ready to say something…but words failed him…he started to look here and there…trying to break the ice…while Priya wrapped her hands around herself….walking beside him hoping he would say something…


Then it was there…Ram…eyes wondered into the deep night sky…it was glittering with tiny shining stars…


Craning her head towards the direction Ram was looking Priya saw the blanked of stars… shining back at them….


“Look at the stars how they shine for us….every night..they are so…small from here but light up the darkest night…I’m truly awed by them…all I want is to fix my gazed at them and stare up… the shine the belongingness they share with the night….”


He followed the line of stars and his vision rested upon her she was looking at him..straight..there was this urge of longingness….as if her eyes were begging for his belongingness…she wished to tell him…she was also thinking the same…if only the word stars are replaced ‘YOU’….


There was  a spark between them…which hand be fighting against the storms filled inside Ram…but now it seemed...he too wanted to shield it….give it time…Tension was building between…which they desired to grow….but….


“yes they are beautiful…”Priya broke the gaze looking back into the direction of the sky…..trying to make the situation ease of the tension between them…she playfully stated… “someone is being poetic here…hmmmm…” and nudged against his shoulder….


“No..I was just saying…” he smiled a little..


“Well I find that ‘saying’ as being poetic…” she continued pulling his leg…and again nudged him…


“Oh come on Priya it was just a line nothing….as you are saying…” he was blushing….


“Oh my…Mr.Poet is blusing….” She again went on to nudge him..but Ram dodged….this time…


He was ready to grab her…this time…


But she was quick enough to escape…She ran past him…into the garden..laughing…at his loss of catching her…


Ram ran behind her…he could have easily grabbed her the next moment…but he liked watching her like that…laughing…running ahead of him…her hair dancing along her move…her dress swaying along with her…..he would give up anything for this sight…


“What happened Mr. Poet not good enough to catch me?….” she challenged him….still laughing…


He ran behind her…she dodged behind the bushes and the metallic garden arrangement…it was he who let her escape….he was liking this little fun and game…..


She showed her tongue to him….and ran towards the swing….


But this time he was not letting her go….jogging toward her…he caught her by her waist….clasping by her wrist he caged her…due  to their sprinting…..they jerked and tumbled on the ground….


Her petite form lay under his well-built body…her hand still clasped by her wrist in his strong grip…the only thing between them…he could feel the fast thumping of his heart…he could see her gasping for breath after the fun play….


She was still smiling….straight at him….he was blankly looking at her…admiring the beauty he was holding in his hand….his jet black eyes looking deep into her..soft brown ones…it creating another series of sensations between them…..it was then she realized he was so close to her….so near her…that she could feel his warmth his touch upon her….


He slowing raised his free hand….traced the side of her face…slowly…feeling her pink radiating skin…his eye following the path of his finger over her face….


She closed her eyes….to his touch….to keep herself calm…but it was in vain…her breath went little bit soaring…
She felt him move over her…..as if he was right looking down at her….


He leaned over her planting a soft kiss on her forehead…he traced down to the bridged of her nose not leaving his mouth upon her and kissed the tip of her nose..he moved further down towards the juncture between her nose and lips…..


Her shoulder and body went stiff….her fingers drew into a fist….


His lips brushed her lips…slightly….but then…


He tilted his head slowly…kissing her rosy cheeks….


She flushed at the kiss….but she went more red to the thought that he was about to kiss her….


She opened her eyes…and found his…he was smiling at her….she blushed…


Ram turned and rested himself…on the ground his head under his arms….She moved forward…resting herself over his broad chest….


Both knew..there was something else to this…and it was not only friendship anymore….he was feeling lucky to have her…while she was happy at the fact that he was not being the idiot…he hand been in fast couple of days and was accepting her..to be something more…in his life….


He encircled his arms across her waist…they lay looking at the blanket of stars lying over them….


But then Priya..shrugged his hand off which lay on her waist and sat up with a jerk…he was left aghast over this act of her…..but smile at her innocence…when he realized the reason of her action…


“Here are the Hot Chocolate you asked Sir…”Jeffery was standing beside them…with a shining tray..were the steaming hot chocolate cups…rested…


Ram shifted a bit....sliding against the trunk of the Old Gulmohar tree…He took the two cups…and nodded to Jeffery…


“Thank you…. Jeffery… That will be it”


“Good night…Sir…Good night Madam..” the old butler wished them and left…


Priya was shying away….not looking at him….he laughed softly..at her vulnerability…


“Here you go….” He offered her the drink…


She moved towards him…took the mug and rested herself between the ‘V’ of his legs…resting her back against his chest….


They sipped the hot liquid and talked about the stars…Ram made up stories….and each time he narrated them…she would turn back and give a look…. ‘Oh really…don’t think I am a kid…’ Ram would laugh and try hard to convince her….


It was as if time had given a new way to them….to understand and know each other…


Priya opened her eyes…..he was looking at her..resting his head on against the elbow….She spoke sleepily…


“Good Morning…”


“Good Morning…” Ram wished her back and kissed her forehead…


She also leaned forward..kissing his cheeks…and running her fingers through his morning messed up hair…Ram could but laugh at this action of her…while Priya…. pressed her lips hard to suppressing the giggle and joy that she just achieved…


“I shall ask Jeffery to get coffee here itself…”He picked up the codeless intercom….


“No”…She replied bluntly..


“So you want something else….fine I will ask that too…”He looked at her…waiting for her request…


“No…” she again replied…taking the intercom placing it on the side table…


“I would like to have something made by you…” she replied…


“Priya you know I don’t even know at what temperature water boils……like I know it boils at 100’C….but I don’t know when does it boil….” Ram tried to explain her blabbering…..


Priya was so enjoying looking at her handsome Hunk….looking so lost for words like a school boy trying to explain…she placed he figure on his blabbering mouth….


“I am there with you….I will help you….” She spoke…and he smiled…


He held her by her shoulder…their forehead kissed…. “Anything for you your highness….”


 Priya pearched herself upon the edge of the kitchen slab…while Ram stood like an obedient…student waiting for instructions….


He did as she guided him…took out the milk carton…lit the fire..cautiously…the smile on his face was worth a million dollar…at his achievement…while the milk boiled…She showed him to mix the coffee powder with sugar…..asked him to place the bread into the toaster….he scratched his temple in confusion when the red light did not turn on….he searched for the loop hole but could not figure out….Priya was laughing out over his puzzle face…she then hit the main switch….Ram bit his tongue at the small glitch….


Coffee and Toast turned out to be perfect…Priya patted him on his shoulder praising his efforts….Breakfast ended at a nice note sharing a laugh…


“Now let’s decide what can you cook me for Lunch…” She spoke keeping the coffee cup down…


Ram almost chocked at the coffee…his eyes popped out…


“Lunch….and me…are you crazy..?”


“Yes Lunch and you….” She commanded… “otherwise…I am not having lunch…she crossed her arms over her chest….like a stubborn kid…


“Priya coffee and toast is different…lunch….” He tried to explain….but she would not budge..


He was left scratching his temple searching ways to convince her….but failed….


“Fine…your wish is my command….”


“Yeeeeaaaahhhhh” She pulled his cheeks…. “shall meet in 30mins get ready…will go to the market”

She stood walking towards the stairs…


“Market…?” another shock for Ram….


“Yup to get groceries….”


“I can ask Jeffery to get them…we need not go….”


“Nope we are going… that’s final”…she shouted reaching the last fleet…and vanished into her room
Ram smacked his head….


Priya was ready within 20min…She wore a purple suit….let her hair down over one side….She waited for Ram….in the Grand Hall…past 10min…but no sign of him…


Then she heard him call her ….. “Priya!!!!”


She stood up with a jolt…. As if it her ears were ringing….she waited…to listen again…there it was…. “Priya!!!”


She moved slowly toward the stairs…keeping her eye in the direction of  his room….it would be the first time she would be entering  his…Ram Kapoor’s room…another trophy to adore her shelf….

She stopped at the entrance of his room….closed her eyes took a deep breath…adjusted her hair..and dress…


“Ram” she called out slowly…and peeped inside the room…


No one was there…but she was awestruck by the fact it was not as fabricated as she thought it would be…it was simple…with a round bed at the center…walls were painted shades of purple..with patterns equal to that in her room…there was a side table…and a King Sized chair…which mirrored the one..in his study….she smile imagining how he looked while sitting in it…


“In here” came his voice…


She moved further..and found a walk in wardrobe…


He had his back to her…he was in a black vest…and grey trousers….the end of his hair…had little hint of droplets….left after his bath…

Sensing her presence…he look back..


“Oh please help me I can’t understand what to wear….never been to market before..” he moved back from the cupboard…shrugging his shoulder slightly…


She took the empty space…but her mind was at him…his attire…his aura…his look…


“Priya help…” he spoke flying his arms towards the lined clothes…


“Oh yes…sure…” looked that all the suits hanging in a neat line…


“Suits….” She rolled her eyes..looking at him… “Don’t you wear casuals…”


“Occassionally….” Ram scratched the back of his hair and indicated to the other door….

She opened it…and found few…casual were..running her fingers though them…she took out a dark blue t-shirst…and a jeans


“This….” She took it out and handed it to him….


“Fine…I will change and come…you wait…here”….he took it and went to change…


She sat waiting for him….He appeared adjusting the tshirt….it was not the first time she saw him in casuals….but everytime it felt different….


“Shall we leave….” He passed her…who was still under his trace….the magic he always created…over her..


Finding her still sitting Ram snapped his finger infornt of her….. she came back to self…


“Shall we leave…???” He questioned…


“Oh yes….” She saw Ram taking his car keys…. “But why the keys…”


“Hello we are going to the market….remember…” he waved his hand…


“Yes…but it’s just around the corner… Ram we can  walk…” she rolled her eyes relying…


“Walking….I don’t think so…” He was amazed at the idea..


“Yes I think so…” she narrowed her eyes..


“No…”


“Yes…ok then I will not be at the table during lunch…”


Ram held the back of his neck in frustration…. “Ok my Liege as you command…”He bowed….and Priya giggled…looking how he is following all her wishes…