➽────────── MAYA

“Adhi!”, I screamed between my giggles. He was tickling me. It was a calm Sunday until Adhi decided to start tickling me out of nowhere and also turned on my hyperactive mode. “Stop. It's tickling”, I cried between the laughs.

“It's so fun to irritate you”, he said, finally stopping his ministrations as he took the place beside me on my bed, pulling me into a hug. He was spooning me, my back was resting against his chest.

“Maya”, he cooed in my ears. His hand was playing with the hem of my t-shirt.

“Hmm?”, I hummed, caressing the back of his palm.

“My life has changed a lot since I met you. The last one and a half years with you has been probably one of the best”, he said, pressing a soft kiss on my earlobe. “We’re already in our final semester”

I turned around to face him, still in his embrace. I kissed his nose. “And we still have a lot more years to go, together. Till our children's children get married. I hope you won't stop having interest in me once I become an old wrinkled grandma”, I joked.

He pulled me closer, pecking my lips. “Even if all your teeths fall off, I’d still love you the same way as I do now”, he whispered, caressing my cheeks.

“Same here. Even if you become a bald old grandpa, I'd still love you”, I said with a chuckle.

Though it's only been a year and a half since we met each other and a year since we started dating, we were sure that it is us forever. Sometimes, the universe does have a way to tell you that he's the one for you, right?

“By the way, my t-shirt looks good on you”, he teased.

“Oh sure, I do”, I beamed. I was wearing his t-shirt because all my night dresses were in the washing machine, yet to be washed.

He leaned closer hoping to steal a kiss. But I'd like him to taste his own medicine—a revenge for tickling me. I sat on his stomach and started tickling him.

“Maya-”, he said in between his cries.

“It's called revenge, darling”, I said as I finally stopped tickling him. I folded my arms, still sitting on his stomach, giving him a “now-tell-who-has-the-upper-hand” look.

He looked up at me, breathing hard from the tickling session. He suddenly pulled me down by my waist, making our faces almost touch.

“Being naughty, huh?”, he whispered.

“Maybe. Maybe not”, I replied. With that, he took my lips in his for a “oh-so-good” kiss. The kiss was neither rough nor soft. It was his way of teasing me.

It left me wanting more, the warmth of his lips sending a shiver down my spine. I leaned closer, wrapping my arms around his neck as his fingers found their way to my waist, holding me just close enough to keep me on edge.

His eyes sparkled with mischief as he pulled away slightly, leaving just enough space between us to drive me crazy. "Is that enough to change your answer?" he murmured, his voice low and teasing.

I bit my lip, my cheeks flushed. "Maybe," I whispered, letting him pull me back in, lost in his touch and the thrill of his playful kiss.

As the kiss continued, I suddenly felt a cramp hit me. Shit. That's when I realized, I just got my periods. I pulled away from the kiss.

“I just got my periods”, I said, pulling away from the kiss.

“Nice timing”, he said, tucking my messy hair strand behind my ear. I got up from his stomach and went to my cupboard and took a sanitary napkin and made my way out of the room, to the bathroom.

“I fucking don't know why freaking every romantic moments of us turns into something comical or stops in the middle”, he groaned.

“Turning every moment into a fiasco is probably our love language”, I screamed from the bathroom.

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a/n: so this concludes the journey, full of fiascos, of adhi and maya. hope y'all had a fun time reading about them <3