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angelfire78

@angelfire78

Kunal and Kuhu walk towards the room. The room has been nicely cleaned up and sleeping bags are laid out on the floor. “Tum logo ne kafi clean up kiya hai yaar. Wow!” he says, looking at Kuhu. “#ofcourse mujhe bhi toh sona hai.” “Bahut thak gaya hoon,” Kunal says moving towards the sleeping bags. 

“Kapde nahi badalne hain kya?” Kunal looks all around the room and then looks at Kuhu, “Lekin kahan?” “Yahin,” Kuhu says smiling. “Haan par…” “It’s OK, Kunal. Main nahi dekhungi. #Ipromise!” Kunal is a little embarrassed but changes quickly as Kuhu is rummaging through her bag. “Tum bhi change kar lo,” Kunal says. Kuhu just looks at him. “I also promise I won’t look!” 

Kuhu tries to change quickly, but her zipper is stuck halfway down. “Kunal...meri help kar do. Yeh zip atak gaya hai.” Kunal comes and fumbles for the zipper and ends up tracing his fingers down Kuhu’s back instead. Kuhu jumps a little from the resulting shiver. She turns around and finds that Kunal is trying to find the zipper with his eyes closed. 

“Kunal, aankhein khol ke karo na. Aise kya kar rahe ho?” “Woh main tum…” “Jaldi karo na please,” Kuhu says, turning her back towards him again. Kunal takes a deep breath, opens his eyes and brings the zipper down. “Done!” he exclaims and quickly moves towards the bedding. 

Kuhu turns to him once she has changed. “Tum kyun itna sharma rahe ho? Madad hi maang rahi thi. Tumhe kya lagta hai? Maine purposely zipper stuck hone ka natak kiya? #desperate?” “What?” Kunal says looking up. “Of course not!” Kuhu winks, “Ho sakta hai mujhe madad ki zaroorat nahi thi,” she says, walking towards him. Kunal is lost for words as she runs a finger down his cheek. 

“Waise mujhe  pata hai tum romance kar sakte ho. Mishti ke haldi mein kafi kuch kiya,” Kuhu says with a smile, “Instructions padke aaye kya?” “Iske liye instructions hote hain? Kahan? I mean…,” he breaks off not knowing how to complete that. Kuhu bursts out laughing. “Come on Kuhu!” Kunal says in an exasperated tone. Then he smiles seeing how happy Kuhu looks. She sees him smiling and softly smiles back. 

Slowly they stop smiling but continue to stare at each other. They are not aware of moving towards each other but suddenly they are in each other’s arms kissing. 

The kiss ends and both of them are still staring at each other, a little stunned. Still in a daze, Kunal moves to sit down and falls into the bedding. “#oops,” Kuhu says, finally breaking free from the spell that had held her silent.

“Ouch! Abhi abhi toh mere back problems theek hue hain. Ab pata nahi kya hoga,” Kunal moans. “Lagi kya?” Let me see. #turnover” He turns over with a secret smile. “Kahan dard ho rahi hai Kunal? Yahan?” Kuhu asks, pressing a spot. Kunal mumbles something. “Main balm laga deti hoon. Itni driving ki aur floor pe sona pad raha hai. I hope it’s #nothingserious.”

Kuhu gets the balm from the bag and comes back near Kunal. She reaches for his shirt when he suddenly turns around and pulls her forward. She is startled. Kunal winks at her, “Ho sakta hai mujhe chot nahi lagi ho. I am a fast learner.” They spend some time lost in each other. 

A dog howls outside, breaking them out of their reverie. Kunal looks towards the window and says, “I’m so glad ki hum andar so rahe hain. Yeh camping sab mere bas ki baat nahi hai.” “#samehere Kunal, lekin thoda stuffy hai. Wait main windows open kar deti hoon. Close kiya tha so that machar na aaye.” 

Kuhu moves to the windows and opens them. “#perfect,” she says turning back to Kunal, to find that he’s sleeping. She smiles to herself thinking how tired he must have been to fall asleep in seconds on bedding on the floor, and then goes and lays down next to him. “Mujhe lagta hai ab sab theek hoga,” she says and closes her eyes as well.