I will never get tired of this. Waking up next to maya, her face on my chest, her arms around me, her breath on my neck. It is as closest to heaven I will ever reach.

She stirred, rubbed her face on my chest and tightened her grip on my stomach. I smiled, she almost purred. She just a big cat. I pushed back the hair strands that was spread on her face. her eyes fluttered, I grimaced she was about to wake up. I immediately pulled my hand back and pretended to be asleep.

I could literally feel her being awkward. She slowly lifted her head and removed her arms. She got up and padded down to the bathroom. The smallest creaking of the floorboard made her hiss. I opened my eyes only after I heard the thud of the bathroom door. a chuckle left my mouth as I turned in my bed.

I know nothing is fixed, I know we are not going back to normal. But there is hope. I can earn her back. And I will never stop until I succeed.

I sat up in the bed and typed a long message to arjun describing the events of last night. I spent most of yesterday afternoon in this room talking to arjun on the phone. he must be dying to know the latest details.The message was so long that it took me almost 15 minutes to complete it. he wont wake up for a few hours, but when he does he's in for a treat. When I hit send I heard the thud of the bathroom once again.

My breath caught. There she was, her hair wet from the shower bundled up in a towel. she was wearing a dark green kurti and cream leggings. The skin of her neck and face glistening with a fine line of water. Her lips looked rosy and plum and seemed to invite me in, but I kept back. I cant just pounce on her every now and then. The kiss last night was just a method for both of us to stay sane. I know. But she looked so damn gorgeous.

Maya flashed me a small smile and turned towards the mirror. she removed the towel from her head and ruffled her hair. A small drop of water splashed towards my face. I gulped.

That's it. I cant do this.

I immediately grabbed my towel and ran to the bathroom. If I stay near her in this condition, I might do something drastic. I didnt even bother to remove my clothes when I emptied a pitcher of cold water on top of my head.

I was barely containing my laughter when i saw Adhi running to the bathroom. I love that i have this effect on him still. I stopped for a minute. is this even right? Should i be forgiving him so soon?

i mean I assume Tara told me to talk to him because arjun mustve told her about this. I have no reason to not believe him. No one would lie about their own mother. Would they?

I quickly combed my hair and fixed with two bobby pins. i wore a light shade of lipstick and applied kajal to my eyes. I took my dangly earrings from yesterday and put them on. I was searching for yesterday's dupatta when Raji aunty burst into our room.

It still feels weird to say our room. But its kind of nice.

"Maya why are you still in- oh" she stopped. I guess she believed i would still be in bed.

"Wow maya, you became responsible after marriage. Getting up in time and all ..." she beamed.

I smiled "Adhi is in the shower, we will- he will come out in a minute. ill come with you now" I bit my tongue, what with me and pluralising. Me and Adhi are not a we, Atleast not yet.

I found my dupatta and heard adhi's door opening. Then I remembered, he hadn't took any of his clothes with him. he will come out in a towel. oh dear god. I ran to the opening bathroom door and slammed it close. A curse boomed from inside and I figured I had crushed his fingers.

"sorry..." I yelled back.

And Raji aunty was staring at me like she saw a ghost. " what the hell was that?" she shrieked.

"um.. he's naked" I blurted.

"everyone showers naked"

"no I mean, he's gonna come out naked, his clothes are out here soo"

Realisation shined in Raji aunties eyes, she smiled sheepishly "OH.. oh... okay.. im just gonna go" she slowly moved to the door "just come out when you are ready, we can start the pooja for now, you guys can join later"

"okay" I joined her at the door, I was about to close the door when she pulled me towards her and whispered "did yesterday night workout? did my tips help?" she wiggled her eyebrows.

I was too stunned to speak but I managed to make a thumps up and close the door. One door closed and the other one opened. Adhi stood there in a towel. his left hand clutched in his right. I immediately rushed towards him.

"oh my god im so sorry. are you hurt?" I checked his hand and sure enough there was a gash on his fingers.

"why did you tell her I was gonna come in here naked?" he asked playfully. and then I looked up to him. It was then I realised he was wearing at towel. We and barely two feet distance between us. I slowly backed away when he grabbed my hand and stopped me. He lifted one eyebrow in question.

"you didnt want her to see me like this?" he motioned to his wet, hot, dashing.... oh my god I need to stop.

"yes I didnt. why would I want my AUNT to see you like this?" I retorted.

"yeah good point" he moved away from me and grabbed his clothes from his bag. I put on my dupatta and waited. He looked up at me "You staying for the show?" he motioned to the clothes.

"oh.." I immediately ran out from the room and his chuckles followed me. it made me smile too.

This guy still got it.

The pooja started around 5 am and ended at 6.30 am. It was the long ass boring pooja ever. Me and Maya must have yawned atleast 200 times. Every time she yawn she would pass me a look, and it set my insides on fire. A small playful smile on her lips. This girl would be the end of me.

Also every time I yawn I could hear a muffled giggled from somewhere. It wasn't maya because she sat right next to me. But I couldn't figure out who.

We left the place immediately after changing into lighter clothes. We had to leave before it becomes light. The cops would be in place by then. After a lot of goodbyes and home made goodies stacked in our bags we left the wonderful home which gave me my maya back.

Well i don't have her back yet, but back at the tharavadu I would never even be able to talk to maya because of her soul sisters. Tara and vivek. Here atleast I got a chance to talk to her.

The bike ride back home was awkward and exhilarating. I slowed down several times on purpose so that I can savour these moments with her. She would tighten her nails in my stomach if slowed down and, I mean rib cracking tighten, then I would speed up and she'll losen it.

She's not just ordinary cat. Maya Menon is a Hellcat. Its hot. The cops did make appearances in some corners but we would either take a shortcut or take a U turn to avoid them. We dodged them most of the time. Thank god.

We stopped in the road once, maya was feeling sick again. I think its because she's not used to travelling in bikes. She didnt vomit like last time. but the break helped and she felt much better again. I joked that maybe her husbands aka my performance in bed had maybe progressed from vanilla to chocolate and might have knocked her up. She glared at me but there was a playfulness in that glare.

The roads were mostly dead except for the ambulances passing by once in a while. Covid is really taking atoll on us. We were almost half an hour from home when the whole atmosphere changed, the sun had came out earlier and had cast an orange glow in the sky, but suddenly black clouds started forming in the sky. The whole sky went dark.

"we need to go faster. its gonna be pouring soon." maya yelled from the back seat

But the next minute million of droplets of rainwater poured from the sky at once. I mean that's cheating right? We have to go for level one then progress to level 10. But the rain intern upstairs messed up today. Someone's getting fired....

We were shrieking as the water hit us. I stopped the bike infront of a shop. It was closed. Obviously. But there was this small space between two walls which could shield us from the rain. We ran there chuckling and shrieking. As soon as we got there we burst into laughter.

The Deja vu hit both of us at the same time. Our first kiss. I looked at maya our eyes met but the next minute her eyes dropped to my lips. And the next minute she pulled me in.

Our lips devoured each others, it wasn't like last night. It was no comfort kiss no.. This was pure Need. Maya gasped in pleasure when my tongue met hers, and she buried her hands in my hair. I love it when she does that. I groaned.

My lips left hers and drew a blazing path from her jaw to her neck. A breathy moan left her mouth and drove me crazy. When my lips met her neck, maya almost levitated from the ground but I pulled her in to me and sucked on her neck as hard as I can. That's gonna leave a mark I thought. But at this moment I didnt give a fuck. Maya was moaning so loud, thank god we were alone.

"stop" maya whispered but she was pulling me in at the same time. I rose from her neck and asked

"Do you want me to stop maya?"

She breathed "No"

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