"you are so different"

"How so?"

"Look at everyone else.
They are merely
Just words.

But you,
You are poetry"
                         -Timothy joshua

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Something Euphoric

Sadhvi’s POV

I smiled when I felt fingers running along the side of my face to my hair, lightly grazing the scalp there.

I almost purred like a cat in my sleep.

The rough tips of his finger pads managed to touch me lightly, so softly that I felt for a moment he was touching a new born. So smooth, so light and so peaceful.

I lay there on my stomach facing the opposite side, the curtained glass wall. I moan upon the feeling instead of purring and upon realizing I was now awake Avrudh moved at his place.

“Hey” he wished

I nodded dreamily, because the moment felt euphoric to my sleepy self.

The soft fingers went further into my scalp caressing and massaging, if I were Copper I would purr, literally.

I turned my face and now faced Avrudh’s half lying position still with eyes closed.

With the soft of bedsheets ruffling I moved and wrapped my hand around his naked stomach burying my face against his sides, I felt the skin of his on my nose. Soft and muscled.

Avrudh once again continued with his caressing part after me finding a comfortable position, his hand now touching the other side of my face.

Best way to begin my mornings with. As if being pictured in some calming videos with soft background music. Goals types.

Palm running against my cheek and fingers tangled in my hair my man was showing his love. He was blessing me with all of his attention and I was euphoric.

I nuzzled myself into him, because maybe I was taking after Copper these days, like he snuggles himself to Avrudh I was doing the same tonight. I decided to take a power nap after getting my work done and sure after some action afterwards.

I never knew getting myself some action would get me this tired always.
Avrudh you feel me? Don't you feel tired too?

Avrudh’s knuckles rubbed my jaw,
“Open your eyes, Sadhvi”

I nuzzled inhaling him in response.
"Do I have to?"

He huffed a laugh, side squeezed me to him when he bent sideways to kiss my forehead, against he murmured,
“Happy Birthday”

I grinned opening my eyes. I looked at his dimpled face and everything in my being soared.
I was aching, I was full, I was complete, I was defeated, I was so many things at moment that I wasn’t in my power to resist the man, ever. Not like I wanted to either.

I was happy defeated.

I mouthed, “Thank you”

To which he squeezed me once again and kissed the side of my temple once again to him before retreating he caressed my eyebrow and kissed it too.

I pushed myself up and was about to thank him properly when my phone went off.

Avrudh picked it up for me leaning over me,
“It’s mid-night, this must be the parents”

I smiled at him when he handed me the phone, I still couldn’t find the answers of the reason of my fate being entangled with him. How could I be this lucky?

You were there in this world for me since so long and now I found you? Just now?

I wish I would've met you sooner.
This story would've been different, beautiful now then beautiful-ler even than.

I was many things that moment but happy was top of them.

I answered the call pulling my eyes off my man, I was about to cry because,
“Hello”

The voices echoed, “Happy Birthday”

I heard the voices of four people, from the strong voice of my father, loving voice of my mother, sweet voice of my sister to the manly voice of my brother, I heard them all wishing me a happy life ahead.
I turned thirty.

No sweat.

I just aged.
Boo yeah!!!

“Thank you so much. I love you all so much”
I eye rolled but smiled nonetheless.

“We love you too, beta” Papa ji said, I smiled adjusting the almost falling strap of my sleeping gown while sitting up straight

“You were sleeping?” Mummy asked

“Hanji, Avrudh just woke me up five minutes ago” I said by now I was anything but sleepy.

“Sleep now honey and happy birthday once again” Mummy said

“Hmm” I said looking at smiling face of Avrudh. He was lying beside me looking at me talking to my parents.

“Leave for home early tomorrow, we have a party planned for you, okay?” Sanidhya’s voice called

“Sanidhya!” Meheka’s warning voice called

“That was supposed to be her surprise” She started scolding him

I laughed caressing Avrudh's side hair absent mindedly,
“It’s okay. He is a duffer anyways”

Realising who I was talking about Avrudh chuckled too.

“He spoiled the surprise” Meheka whined

I laughed once again. Always.

“That’s fine, she still doesn’t know anything about your plan, Meheka” Papa ji tried searching peace in the chaos

I smiled looking at Avrudh’s smiling face.

“Chalo, you sleep beta, good night”
I was about to reply when Avrudh’s phone ringed.

“That must be your in-laws” Mummy laughed, “We were just talking”

“Oh… I am going to talk to them now. Good night everyone, I love you” I said in a sing-song voice

“Good night honey”

I disconnected the call and Avrudh tapped the green icon of his phone for me keeping the phone on my ear when I smiled taking it from him.

“Namaste Mom, Namaste Dad”

I greeted when Avrudh taking my phone from my hands kept it on the side table

“God bless you bache. Happy Birthday” they both said in unison

“Thank you so much”

“Happy Birthday Sadhvi” Said bua ji too

“Thank you Bua ji” I smiled playing with the hem of my gown, I was sitting now clutching my knees to my chest.
With Avrudh laid beside me.

“May god bless you with every dream you aspire.” Said my mother in law

“Thank you so much mom”

“What gift do you want daughter?” Dad asked when I switched the speaker on

I grinned, “Nothing dad I have everything, I could ever ask for”

“No. Sadhvi ask him what you told me” Bua ji demanded

“Okay, Um...Dad I want you waking up early every morning to go out for running. I need you to lose five kilograms of weight before Avesh’s wedding”

“Oh, now you need to respect the wish. You aren’t going to disappoint your Daughter-in law’s wish, are you?”
Mom asked him

I smiled looking at Avrudh shaking his head upon hearing me

“What are you talking about! I am a proud man, I never disappoint anybody”
Dad said in shock, maybe

I laughed, “So you are promising me then?”

Dad scoffed, “Ofcourse I am. I give you my word, before Avesh’s wedding I will look even slimmer than your mother-in law”

Both my husband and I laughed upon hearing the gasp.

“Happy Birthday Bhabhi” Avesh wished

“Thank you Bhaia”

“He is going to say this much only” Bua ji joked when Avesh couldn’t seemed to find anything more.

Everyone laughed, “Good night Sadhvi. Good night Avi” said our mother

“Good night mom” Avrudh said

“Good night everyone” I said

“Bye “   “Bye” we disconnected the call.

I sighed keeping the phone at the night stand before plugging it back to the charger. I met my face with a sitting Avrudh, who sat leaning against the headboard looking at me with a small smile.

I was once again back to the ocean.

I inhaled a deep breath in and moved to sit on his lap, straddling him.

I cupped the side of his bearded face in my palms and gazed into his eyes, the deep brown mirror of his deep soul. The mirror where I found what I couldn’t in any other.

Running my thumbs against his cheek I realized how past we have walked along. How into deep we are now. How impossible it is for us to live separate now is.

His face since the very first day came into my vision and everything flipped unexpectedly ever since.

The mere tease comment would lead me here, I had never thought.

If anyone would’ve told me I was to fall in love with the man I was fangirling about outside a club—I would’ve barked an insult or two at them.

But here I am sacrificing every tad-bits of my dear heart to him.

“Thank you” I whispered to him

His scrunched eyebrows said that he has sensed the change of emotion in me.

Avrudh’s large hands cupped the beginning of my hips tight,
“Don’t thank me ever, Sadhvi. You deserve more than this” he nuzzled his nose with mine

I hanged myself on him like baby koala to his mother.

I buried my face into the hollow of his neck hiding my happy tears.

“Thank you for everything Avrudh” and inhaled a snotty breath in

“What are you so emotional for?” he said wrapping me tight with him, one hand running on my hair while the other pressing me to him

“You have made my life beautiful. You have completed me in a way like never thought I needed” I was able to form this much of a sentence only when traitor tears dripped on his shoulder.

“Sadhvi, my Sadhvi” Avrudh said swaying me back and fro on him

“I love you so damn much” I said in a baby like crying voice

“Hey, I like my angry bird red not blue” He said kissing the side of my cheek

I inhaled a snotty breath once again before looking at his face, I cupped his cheeks once again saying, “With you there’s me, without you there is no me. I maybe expressing too much at moment but deal with this cliche too”

Avrudh looked at me with so much love that it literally poured out of his eyes,
“I love you Sadhvi”

I smiled pecking his forehead, “Me more”

His dimples appeared and I pushed my fingers in them,
“I want our kids to have these too, I swear”

Avrudh laughed out loud that for a moment I thought Copper will come running inside. “And I want them to have a nose like yours”

I laughed this time loud, “What’s wrong with yours? I love it.” I pinched his nose between my thumb and index finger shaking his head

“I know that you love it but not everyone has a bad taste like yours” Avrudh said grinning, his hands back to cupping my ass cheeks from both the sides of my waist.

I gasped offended when he said,
“But I want this strange love of yours to myself only” he completed leaning on me

I arched backwards on his lap,

“That’s some strange obsession you’ve got there sir for me. Were you like this from the start?”

“Now you say? Your magic works like crazy.” He said leaning on me further

I wrapped my arms around his face bringing our faces together,
“Are you accusing me of black magic, sir?”

“I wouldn’t dare. I gave you my reins by myself remember?”

I gasped when I was suddenly pushed against the mattress, with a thump I fell back first on bed from his lap, I slapped his naked chest, “You sure like this don’t you, making me gasp.”

He only winked, “Happy Birthday sexy”

With a proud face of my own, “That I am”

I pulled his handsome face cupping his nape. My legs still wrapped around him.

“The temptress” Avrudh grinned

“Your temptress” I grinned at him right back.

And the mid-night that started with a birthday wish let its ways witnessing something strangely more euphoric. 

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'I love writing to you,
I love trying to describe you,
how happy I fumble
telling everyone
how satisfaction feels like.
It's you.'