Fateful night -OS

Damn you astha!!! Whatever do what you want... I don't care if you get eaten by animals here...

Shlok shouted and strode off towards the old hut leaving astha to herself... but he couldn't help but steal a glance at the lovely woman shivering in the cold ...she looked mesmerising even then.

Nevertheless... she deserves it, cmon she chose it herself don't you dare blame me!!! Shlok was arguing with his inner self who opposed his action. Dont worry she'll come around soon enough..I know her better than anyone. You wait and watch.. shlok argued back.

Sighing he entered the old hut and was examining it at leisure when he heard some footsteps... Oh the maharani comes now...hahaha...women are weak and so is she. Can't survive without a man by her side.hmmph!!! there she comes now...he was thinking to himself when she just bumped into him which made him startled...and he was about to shout at her when the thunder roared and she hugged him tight..and he dropped the stick he brought with him.

He noticed she was cold but however on the contrary the places she touched made him feel hot and he noticed the rain outside...and saw her. She was drenched totally... and her net saree clinging to her body made her all the more alluring. Not being able to touch her he was nearly groaning in frustration...

Astha!!! ASTHA!!!! He pushed her away from him so that he could control himself."The thunder has stopped , don't worry" he said in agony, which made astha realize what she had done...

"sorry, sorry" astha mumbled and moved away from him. She felt somewhat wary but didn't realise a pair of chocolate brown eyes devouring her as if she was it's prey.But even the closed space of the hut couldn't keep her from shivering due to the cold. She was starting to feel numb and senseless.. and when she couldn't hold it anymore she thought of asking shlok for help... and called him.

"Shlok???" astha called out to him, but there was no reply... she called him again but no reply yet, she became scared and inspite of the cold she started to search for him when she bumped into him and knocked out something from his hands...

"Do you have eyes or not??? Can't you see what's in front of you??? You women are always stupid...chaa!" shlok roared.

" What the hell!!! Where have you been??? I was so scared that you left me...Don't you dare do this to me shlok!!!" astha was shouting at him tearfully hitting his chest...it made shlok flinch for a minute...he lifted her face with his finger and looked at her doe shaped hazel eyes...they were slightly red from crying, which made him feel hurt.

" Don't worry I won't leave you like this, If I do then I have to answer baba and everyone else, and I don't like to do that especially since Mrs. Agnihotri will also be asking me. So I'll stick with you no matter what." Shlok said casually.

Before astha could retort back something shlok continued " hullo, maharani... help me gather the sticks... hope they are not wet from you touching them or the rain..."

Astha realised that she had actually bumped into him while he was carrying the bundle of firewood, so she quickly bent down and help shlok gather the firewood back. Both of them, then placed the firewood at the centre of the room and went to find for some kind of match stick or any other source of fire... luckily they found a kerosene can and a matchbox in the nearby room which they concluded might have been the kitchen.

After igniting the firewood both of them sat down to warm themselves up...shlok remembered what astha had told him previously..." dharampatniji, you told that the jungle animals was much better to be with than me...what happened to you now that you came running to this animal??" he said with a smirk.

He sould see astha shiver a bit but still she managed to answer him back.." Actually it started raining soon after you came here and I heard the bear growling. I became really scared...and thought that being with this bear is much better than that bear..." she added with a quirky smile.

" hahaha... very funny, you and your sense of humor, just like your middle class mentality..."shlok muttered. He turned to face her when he saw her giving a very cute pout. She looked just like a innocent child who doesn't know anything about the outside world or the ways of life, and unknowingly a smile slipped out of shlok's mouth.

Astha was relieved to shlok smiling rather than his short tempered irriating sarcastic witty one liners, and she too smiled at that thought, but not for long before the cold hit her nerves bad and she started shivering again...and started wimpering like a child.

Shlok noticed her feeling all cold and felt sad , he immediately had an idea and stood up from the fire and went out of the room...astha got scared again and started to shout..." shlok!!! SHLOK!!!"

She was reassured when a voice reflected from the insides of the old house..." sweet heart!!! I'm just searching some clothes for you because you are shivering a lot from the cold... now If u just shut your mouth I could concentrate on the search and find something more quicker.So please stop shouting my name, I can hear very well... Be a good girl and wait for me..." it said.

This kadoos will never change, damn him!!! Astha murmured to herself and waited in the room warming herself like a obedient child just like how shlok had asked her too. After a long time, shlok returned back with nothing in his hands...he couldn't find any piece of cloth for his wife.

"looks like u have good luck today, your bappa thinks it's better if you wear this cold drenched saree... looks like he is teaching a lesson for you being ingrateful... you got your punishment I say.." shlok chuckled looking at her.

" Stop it shlok, I'm feeling very cold and feverish... please help me out here...cmon, even if you are a kadoos you should be human no?? You will be only answerable if I get sick..." astha said tartly. And with that she started to grit her teeth in coldness...and was suffering innately.

Shlok stone heart melted seeing his wife suffer... suddenly he got an idea and unbuttoned his shirt...

"Shlok?? What in heavens name are you doing???" astha was highly embarrassed and scared by shlok's action. Shlok was startled by the embarrassing astha and he got embarrassed himself...

" Hey!!! Where are your thoughts huh??? I'm just removing it to give it to you, because I can't stand to see you shiver and suffer being drenched and cold..." shlok said heatedly and kept his shirt for a few minutes near the fire and gave it to her with gentleness.

For a minute astha recognized a difference in shlok... and her eyes welled with tears realising that the person standing before is entirely different, different from the shlok she loved and the shlok she hated, as if it was someone else but the shlok she knew feeling unreal yet so real...as if this was the original person named shlok and all that she had seen till now was just a fabrication of lie and a facade. A tear escaped her eyes as she closed them and it glistened attracting shlok.Shlok found it breathtaking and he ran over her cheek with his fingers wiping off the tear... astha suddenly felt numb as if electricity passed through and with all her might she opened her eyes, which brought shlok back to reality and he stared at astha's eyes for a second when she started to speak.

"shlok... Why now???" astha asked him with tears rollling down her cheeks...

Shlok was feeling a lump in his throat and he could not answer her back... he gathered all his courage and somehow managed to talk back to her.." Astha you're getting cold, go and change into my shirt, this is the only thing I could find for now, Now go..." he jerked back from her and pushed her away... when she slipped and sprained her ankle.

"Ouch!!" astha exclaimed in pain... shlok got agitated and hurried to her side."Astha are you okay??" he asked with concern..

"I'm fine, don't worry" she said trying to get back up when she slipped again.

"No you're not all right...here let me help you, Am so sorry astha.." shlok apologised to her and tried to help her but astha snapped his hand..

"I'm fine shlok don't worry... after all you cannot be there for me all the time right??? You said so yourself, I don't want you to feel burdened by me again...I can help myself up. Thankyou" she replied curtly and got back up painfully which showed in her eyes...

Shlok got angry at this reply and retorted back..."Fine suit yourself...I'm not bothered" and stormed off to the other side of the room nearby the fire and sat down...he saw astha limp towards the opposite end of the room and starting to get herself changed...into his shirt.

She started to remove the pallu of her saree when shlok noticed her complexion, it was as if he had become numb and oblivious to everything except that petite figure and it's movements...and her pale creamy white skin...looking very delicious..shlok gulped in frustration when he noticed astha looking at him shyly... it made him even more embarrassed and he somehow tore his eyes away from hers.

Why is he staring at me like that??? I thought he hated me ..then his eyes... astha blushed deep red thinking about the expression shlok had given her just now. But she was too immersed in self thoughts that she didn't notice the pair of chocolate brown eyes piercing every nook and cranny of her body.

She removed her saree and started to spread it as a screen for both drying and concealing...and after that started to remove her blouse...unaware that shlok was peeking at her with desire burning in his eyes; with his mind travelling into an unknown fantasy.

The shadow of the woman called his wife showing her getting undressed roused shlok...and he was slowly losing his senses and his control over sanity...hypnotised , he first gazed at the shadow on the wall caused by the fire he lit sometime back...as if the fire was his desire and the shadow like the wood fuelled it.

He was becoming increasingly frustrated by each passing minute...he wanted to catch a glimpse of her skin and so he glanced up to see her through the screen of her saree...her silhouette felt even more breathtaking and sexy through that semi transparent cloth and he watched her move as though it were a dance..Premiering just for him...unsatisfied he stood up came closer to see more of her when he noticed a piece of mirror hanging on the wall... it was broken but it proved quite useful...

Drops of water were falling of her bare back when shlok looked through the broken piece of mirror. He wanted to touch her so bad that he was gritting his teeth with anger, the way those drops slid down her back made a liquid current pass through his body, he licked his tongue in hunger for her as if he wanted to run his hands and tongue all over her body and devour her but he only clenched his fists in anger, over himself that he is willing to be seduced by her and also on astha that she is seducing him...

He was watching her change the whole time, unaware of other things happening around him, changing his angle of vision simultaneously viewing her through the saree, her shadow and the mirror... and he was finally able to stop himself only after the bare back got covered by a dark brown tunic which he realised was his shirt and he again started to sink back into reality.

What happened to you huh??? You are not so weak over a women... contro l yourself , you are MR.Shlok agnihotri... you don't swoon over a woman..his inner emperor was screaming to his conscious trying to evoke control, but no use... his mind was tasting astha's beauty insatiably...his eyes refused the control of his mind. A long battle was going on inside shlok s senses when he heard a hissing noise...his mind went on full alert and his eyes searched for the source of the noise, when he found a snake slithering...through the floor towards astha...

OH MY GOD!!!! I should protect her..shlok thought and in a spilt second his legs spun and reached astha...he crushed her between his body and the wall and covered her mouth with his hands...

"Mmm, mmm" astha muffled through her covered mouth. But shlok rolled his eyes towards the floor and when she followed his eyes, she saw the snake slithering. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw the snake...and her body turned to stone in fear...

They remained silent like that for a while until the snake slid through out of their sight. Shlok let out a huge sigh of relief and then turned towards astha to see how she was doing. Her breathing started to turn normal and was becoming rapidly hot as she realised the close proximity between herself and shlok. Shlok directly looked into astha's eyes to infer a reaction from it, but was getting drowned in her eyes just as she was in his, and this lasted an supposed eternity. His heart started beating in unison with astha's rapid breathing...

They finally broke apart from each other's gaze..shlok glanced upon astha who was wearing his shirt...she looked all supple and delicious like a Turkish delight..shlok could only stare at her intensely and his mind was wondering about how she looked in his shirt. Damn!!! I know she is petite and cute, but she is totally something else...was my shirt ever this attractive and sexy...??? woah!!! I want to touch her, I want to kiss her, I want to make love to her...his mind was complaining to his conscious, and he shook his head in disbelief as to how he could actually think about her that way. No shlok, No!!! remember ???...you hate her, she is your enemy , she caused humiliation to baba and our family, you only married her out of revenge, you don't love her, how can you think about making love to her??? His conscious battled back...Is it really the reason?? Did you not love her at all??Do you only hate her shlok?? Ask yourself shlok... his mind voice trailed off..when he was snapped from his thoughts by astha's muffles...

Shlok glanced upon astha one more time when he noticed a water drop sliding from astha's face down to her neck . His control broke and he removed his hands from her mouth ,put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Astha shivered at the touch of shlok for it felt both hot and cold at the same time and grabbed shlok's vest for support.

Shlok couldn't resist astha's seduction and finally sunk into astha's neck to drink the water drop licking it with his tongue...the minute shlok's tongue touched astha's neck, a jolt of electricity passed through her body and she felt numb and senseless as if her body could only sense his tongue and her fingers dug into shlok's back in excitement.

"No!!!" shlok pushed astha away from him and stepped back.He looked shocked and confused as to what he had done...and soon the expression turned to regret. He muttered "sorry" and turned to go when he felt a tug .

Shlok turned around to see astha s hand pulling his vest."Shlok... don't go away. Don't push me away." She said with pleading eyes, before he could answer back, she hugged him tight and didn't let go of him. she could hear his heartbeat ... as she rested her head against his chest.

"I could hear your heart beat wildly shlok...and so is mine. See..." she said pulling his hand and placed it in her bosoms so that it could feel her heart. Shlok could hear her heart beat wildly too, he felt happy... so happy that no words could describe but still he hesitated out of unknown fear. He tried to push her away but it turned futile, she wouldn't let go of him. shlok thought it would be best to reason with her, and so started to talk.

"Astha, I don't love you...this isn't right. Please step away from me. Or else I won't be the one responsible" he said biting his lips looking at astha.

"No shlok, not tonight...Do you really not love me?? I know what you feel about me shlok...Don't deny it. I've had enough of you hating me shlok, I can't stand it. I feel too lonely... don't let me be that way...I'm tired of everything. Tonight feels like a dream shlok... let me live this dream a bit longer ...please..." she pleaded caressing his face with her fingers.

Shlok was defeated by her purity, he couldn't deny it any longer...he really was in love with her. Not yet completely but still nevertheless...he took her hand and kissed it indicating his assertion. Astha looked at shlok with gentle eyes, content eyes...

"Woah!!!" astha said out loud when she felt shlok lifting her...shlok didn't say anything back but chuckled and kissed her on the cheeks. He felt amused when astha turned beet red. He slowly carried her and laid her among the pile of straws at the corner of the room. He then slowly removed the tresses of hairs obstructing astha's face... usually he loved them but now, it was purely nuisance. When he pulled them he saw astha smiling brightly...she lifted up a little kissed him the forehead and whispered to him..."I Love you Shlok" seeing his eyes.

"Hmmm, I Know" shlok murmured back and started to kiss astha ...first at her forehead, next at her cheeks, at her eyes and then slowly placed the kisses downwards from the top...and finally he reached for her lips..when he saw astha's fingers obstructing his path...

"Shhh!!!" astha said placing her finger on his lip...but shlok being naughty started to kiss the tip of her fingers...which made astha turn all crimson...and an unknown pain coursed through her veins...but the pain felt like pleasure...scared of losing herself.. she quickly jerked her hand away when shlok caught her...her hand. He pulled her closer to him and crushed her within the strong lock of his arms...

"Shlok..." astha said in a whisper to try and get away from his strong hold, but she was embarrassed that shlok didn't pay heed to her at all...his chocolate brown eyes only continued to feast on his dessert...a delicious one at that...she felt numb seeing the passion and desire in his eyes...and her eyes got lost in his...and she continued to stare at his eyes when she felt something rubbing her..more like her lip...she glanced down to see that shlok's fingers were rubbing her lower lip...she felt her breath stop...while her brain tried to turn back to reality and refused to see the pleasure...

Unable to resist the temptation she soon gave up her sanity and willingly decided to get lost in the emotional whirlpool...but she wanted to initiate first and so she arched forward, removed shlok's fingers from her lips and started to kiss him...

Shlok got surprised to see the shy woman take initiative and felt heaven when her lips touched his...insatiable lust overtook him and he started to probe more into her lips... he got even more surprised seeing her respond with equal curiosity and passion...and soon both of them started to dig deep into the other's...while their bodies moved in a erotic manner ... as if it was a dance that only the two of them knew...that belonged to only the two of them...

Both of them broke after a long time, feeling their lips getting all swollen from the passionate session just before...but not sated...they longed for more...and so they came closer to each other again...when astha suddenly pushed shlok under her and started to kiss him again, this time more confidently...I won't let him win this time...wait shlok, wait and watch this astha take control of you tonight... Astha's pride as a woman talked to her mind...she smiled with her eyes and continued to kiss him more deeply...

We are playing games now are we??? I'm the Shlok agnihotri astha... And even failure fears me...You can't beat me...Not in a hundred years...Shlok thought to himself on seeing astha chuckle and understanding the reason behind her mona lisa smile...

He slowly got up kissing astha even more deeply and probing into her tongue , continuing the game...he picked her up and sat up straight with astha kneeling in his lap...

Astha got delighted secretly and continued the game of kissing... but it no longer satisfied her...she wanted more... more of his eyes... more of his piercing glance... more of his perverted hands and his tongue...she wanted more...infact everything of him...and she noticed that shlok was feeling the same frustration and appetite too...

Both of them broke off understanding each other's needs...and shlok laid astha down again. shlok was groaning in frustration and he lunged forward at astha as if she was a deer, like a tiger...he quickly removed his shirt from her as he got insanely jealous of the close proximity it had with her body...he dug into her skin...drinking it like ambrosia, unfulfilled and getting more greedier by the second...he started to bite into her skin when she started feeling restless and passionate at his advances...he managed to bite every part of her pale delicious creamy skin...to make proof that she was only his...from this time until eternity and forever...

Both of them took time to discover each other...the parts they didn't know of well... they now discovered it a passionate and intimate manner...they were coming closer to ecstasy when shlok realised it was time...

"Aaahhh!!" Astha cried in pain as shlok went inside her...unable to bear it.

"Astha...are you ok???" shlok asked worriedly...kissing her in her forehead...

"It hurts a bit..." astha said in a tone close to crying...but held back.

Shlok realised astha was not alright...she was feeling great pain as it was her first...he arched downward and cupped her face with his hands...he smiled at her, kindly , gently and full of warth and reassurance...

"Don't worry astha, I swear this is only time you will get pain...in your entire life...You are mine...we will be together forever..." he said and smiled again.

"I know..." astha replied back, a tearing slipping from her eyes, as a sign of extreme satisfaction..as if she had just lived the best moment of her life...

"Hush now...No crying..." shlok shooed her and started moving again, this time to astha's suprise more gently and concernedly...astha soon started to feel the pain fade and the pleasure rise...and she became happy that her shlok was feeling the same as her too...and they both lost themselves in each other's embrace...gyrating in a sync with the universe and reaching greater heights of pleasure and finally...inexplicable ecstasy, as they remained oblivious of the rain or the thunder...or even their own worries of getting lost and trying to find their way back home...of everyone and everything.

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Bright light shone through the windows of the hut and hitting shlok's face...sholk felt hot and jerked up from his slumber ...he opened his eyes and surveyed the surroundings as he slowly remembered yesterday...when he felt something heavy over him...

He looked down to realise that astha was sleeping beside him, hugging him as if he was her teddy bear, when he remembered yesterday's memories...he felt happy and angry at the same time...and it resulted in an unknown confusion...he remained still not being able to think what to do when he saw astha mumbling...

"SH-Shlok...Don't...le-leave me..." astha was sleep talking. Shlok felt a tug of war between his mind and his heart...he snapped out of it and shook up astha to wake her up.

"Astha...Get up!!! It's morning already..." shlok said to astha who started to get up in a half sleepy manner...

"What???" astha questioned sheeplishly.

"Get up... time to go...get dressed up..." shlok said angrily and jerked away her hand and got up to dress up.

Astha looked around her surroundings and remembered her boldness yesterday night...she turned beet red remembering it...and lost count to time smiling to herself incessantly.

"Astha????" she heard shlok shouting to her...angry now.

"Yes, yes...I'll get ready..." astha mumbled back to him and got up to get her saree...when she noticed shlok showing an expression that he usually shows...frim and full of anger...

Does her regret it??? Well I myself said yesterday is a dream...no use thinking about it now...but why does he look so...pained??not angry at me but himself???Why Shlok??? Why even now???Didn't you change even a little???Was last night a mistake to you??I don't know what to think...It hurts...So i guess the play got over...now the curtain is closed...She thought to her self...as her eyes became moist with tears...but she wiped of them for the fear of shlok noticing her face... as he was exceptionally perceptive at these things...

Both of them soon changed into their clothes and somehow traced their way abck with the help of some local villagers living in that jungle...they reached their car by late evening..and were surprised to find another car standing nearby to theirs...they moved closer to find that it was their driver ashok who had come to find them...Shlok asked ashok to repair his car and took the one ashok had driven...and soon they were on the way home...

"Shlok??" astha questioned shlok.

"yeah??" he replied back indifferently.

"Nothing..." she mumbled back...clearly hurt by his indifference. She had got the answer to her question and both of them remained silent on their way home...

They soon reached home...and got out from the car... shlok started walking ahead of astha and when he was about to ring the calling bell...he felt a tug on his back.He noticed that astha was pulling his shirt...

"What astha??" he asked to her.

"It's just...I love you shlok...forever. Thankyou for yesterday...I am content now..." she said with a tearful smile.

Shlok flinched at her tears. He didn't say anything back and turned to ring the calling bell...

Maybe this is for the better...astha thought to herself when she felt shlok pulling her to him...

He kissed her on the cheeks and wiped her tears from her face with her fingers...and when he had, he simply smiled and said..." I love you too astha...my dear..." with warmth and gentleness...

He let her go as the door opened and they saw that the worried faces of their whole family...his borther varad was relieved to see them back and hugged shlok and ushered him inside...when he noticed astha standing outside...

"Astha aren't you coming??" varad questioned astha.

"Haan dada... am coming..." she smiled back seeing shlok smiling at her.

She remembered some words she had read before about love... Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you...she smiled amused at how true it had become...and with the newfound emotions she took step into her house once again... for a new destiny that she would make...something more profound than anything she had ever experienced...

SO??? how is it???? My full fledged attempt at physical proximity and intimacy...Hope you guys like it...Thanks to each and everyone who read this OS...😊