#92 in Romance category.. Are we rocking it or what guys! :D

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Avni and Neil's concentration was blurred and so were the lines between them. The sun was now getting hotter and the breeze stilling down. Avni moved a little and Neil moved back to allow her to come back from the window. They still had a lot to discuss and talk. But none felt like it. It was far more soothing to just sit side by side on the small couch, which they did.

Neil broke the silence first, and for Avni's sake - "Main medicine laata hoon.. It is time.."(I'll bring medicine)

Avni nodded and started to get up. Neil put his hand up to stop her as he was already up and getting it. He gave Avni her tablets and then handed over some water to gulp them down. He kept on looking at her having the tablets - he was noticing each small detail such as the movement of her throat as she drank water, the drop left around her lip which he felt like immediately clearing up and the strand of hair that had slid in front of her face in the process. Then the feeling of someone calling out from far.

"Neil.. NEil..ye lo glass wapas..", (Take the glass back) it was Avni. Neil was day dreaming to the extent that time had stopped for him and he was focusing on only one frame of her movement when she had moved on to the next!

He took it from her and then smiled - "Avni.. mujhe bahut saari baatein karne ka mann hai"(I want to talk about alot of things)

Avni smiled as well - "Can we sit on the bed though? I am a bit tired"

Neil, with a mischievous glint in his eyes - "Oh so fast! Mujhe lure kar rahi ho apne bed pe!"(You're luring me to your bed!)

Avni showed mock anger as she opened and closed her mouth and raised her pillow on the couch to hit Neil. But then she kept it down as he was already walking towards the bed.

Avni - "Actually I want to take a shower Neil.. It is quite humid now.."

Neil - "Be my guest ma'am!"

Avni went inside and NEil sat on the bed, then he just lied back on the bed so that his legs were down and his waist and above was lying on the bed. His hands were folded behind his head and he was staring at the ceiling.

Neil closed his eyes. And he saw the kiss they shared. He saw her holding him when he was covered with blood. He saw her crouched on the floor in dark at Raghu's hide out. He saw her shrinking in pain when his mom was verbally stinging her. And he saw her laugh uninhibitedly at him as they shared a light moment! It was a mixed bag! And so was their life together. Neil wondered if this is what they will look back at when they are older, maybe in their 80s, married together still and looking at the sea together still.

Avni had come out from the bathroom. She called out softly to him - "Neil.."

He realised he had been smiling with closed eyes and opened his eyes and looked at her. Avni was fresh out of shower and the fragrance was livening up his small apartment. Neil walked up to her..He expected Avni to say something but she just turned around pointing to the zip of her dress.

She was still injured and could not close it by herself. Neil touch the nape of her neck and then stopped. He kept his lips on her bare shoulder and closed the zip. Avni turned around after that and said - "Thanks Neil"

"My pleasure"

She started combing her hair after that but he could see she was not able to raise her hand properly. Neil took the comb from her and as she sat in the chair, tried to run the comb through smoothly, disentangling her smooth hair that the sea breeze had dared to mess with..

Neil looked at Avni in the mirror as she sat on the chair and thought the same thought that Avni was thinking at that very time - "I am the luckiest person in the world"