"hey how about a ring ?" She suggested.

"Good but too common and more then that I don't have her finger size." He said unchantingly looking around for something in showcase of shop.

"Show me that." He indicated at something which the attendant offered him. He took it and turned to her.

"Try this and tell me how's it?" he made her wear a golden loop with a gold pearl in mid of it, large enough to touch her jaw line.

"it's beautiful." She looked in mirror and whispered.

"Yes, Beautiful!" He looked at her in mirror and repeated.

Their eyes met through mirror. For few seconds they were just lost in the moment.

"Such a cute couple." Someone from attendants at shop whispered and He got a smile on his face while She looked away from him and said, "Are you sure you want to gift this instead of a ring?"

" Yeah am not going to propose for marriage. At least not now. Gifting A Ring means a lot you see." He confirmed his choice while paying for it. The cashier handed it to her in a wrap. They moved to their next destination, a boutique, from 3rd floor.

"So which color should I get for her?" He looked through the collection and inquired from her. But She didn't replied. He repeated himself but again there was no reply finally he had to turn to her, to find her gazing in opposite direction of him.

"What's there?" He asked while stepping in the same direction.

"Nothing. Was just thinking something." She stopped him by holding his hand and added, " yeah, you were asking about color. I think you should think about the dress first then we can get any color of it."

"Yeah . You are right." He replied to her but his sight was still searching in a direction and finally his eyes met with something, hanging behind a thin white curtain.

"Hey wait." He stopped her from searching any other dress and stepped to that dress only.

"How about this frock?" and he removed the curtain. It was a Baby Pink knee length frock made with a fine soft net on much soft silk cloth. "It's beautiful isn't it?" He looked up at her while She was still gazing at the dress with mesmerized eyes.

"Max!" He called her name aloud only then She removed her eyes from it.

"Yeah! don't shout! Am here only. Yeah, it's Beautiful but are you planning to get it for her? Mean You should get her some awesome Gown e.t.c not a frock!" She exclaimed in bit annoyance.

"Should I take it as Jealousy or think that You were planning to get it for yourself." He teased her and laughed while He actually felt how much She liked it.

"Me! No ways have you ever seen me wearing such soft, smooth , pink! Girly stuff?" She tried to hide her liking for it while touching it with longing .

"Oh yeah true. It's not your type. But please do me a favor. Try this please.l I just want to see how will it look after wearing and if She will be comfortable in it or not." He requested as He knew She wanted to try it but her rough and tough image had always stopped her from donning such clothes.

"Ok if you insist." She replied with a suppressed smile taking the dress in her hand.

He just watched her leaving with a smile.
He moved to other section checking few other dresses.

After a few minutes He heard a low sound, hardly audible. He turned and found her standing behind a row of hung dresses.

"Hey. Why are you standing there behind those dresses." He inquired as her face was quiet red.

"Ahm actually... I wore that dress." She said making a sorry face.

"Ok, and I think I asked you to do that only. Now will you please come out so I can see it and decide that we should buy it or not." He replied raising an eyebrow.

"I think you should get it for her. It will look beautiful on her. Am just taking it off and we will buy it." She said with an odd smile and turned to get back to changing room.

He stepped ahead quickly and removed the queue of clothes from between them by pushing it aside. It made a bit of noise.

She turned quickly to face him. She stood there stunned just like Him.

He was standing as if stoned to find her in that dress.

It was perfectly fitting her curved waist, covering down there to knees while it's long sleeves of fine net were reaching to her wrist. He looked up at her face. She was gazing at floor, her long lashes were perfectly defining true meaning of feminine beauty while those strands on her cheeks from top bun was making jawline more attractive.

"Stop Gazing at Me Mike. You are embarrassing me." She groaned at him looking away in nervousness.

"Am sorry." Her rebuke got him back to reality, he felt a bit embarrassed of the way He was gazing at her. Though He didn't want but he looked away from her for a second to get his senses back and find some words.

Then He continued, "I'm sorry Max but I didn't know My friend is so beautiful." He couldn't help but laughed out of embarrassment to hid his own blush.

"Stop pulling my leg and turn around. I need to change this dress." She said in irritation.

"Change it! But why ? You are looking gorgeous. Am not teasing you." He stepped ahead toward her with these words but she stopped him almost with a scream,
"Stop! Stop!" She said aloud, stepping backwards away from him.

"What happened?" he got puzzled.

"Ahm... actually it's." She hesitated.

"it's what?" He inquired.

"Turn around I need to change it as am unable to zip it at back. Before anyone see me like this I should change it." She said and stepped closer to the wall at her back.

"You mean you are standing here with an unzipped dress, showing your sexy back!" He said mischievously to tease her.

"Half zipped! It's not unzipped you duffer. And stop it." She rectified him in anger and stepped toward him.

"Stop what?" he stepped closer toward her.

"Stop trying to act A Cool Casanova!" She stepped a few more steps ahead pointing a finger at him.

"Am not" He stood closer to her and his arm went around her, "Am just trying to make you understand that you don't need to feel shy" He gazed into her eyes and as if glued Her's.

His palm slided on her back lightly as if searching for something and pulled up the half done zip of her frock.

She felt hitched as his palm slided upward with the zip, "from me."

He Continued while his palms held her by shoulders "and You don't need to change it for now, just have a look in mirror. How pretty my Max looks." And he turned her around to show herself in mirror.

She looked up at her own reflection in mirror, "am I not looking weird? I mean isn't... It's back bit too open?" She asked setting hair strands.

"Weird! Ha Ha" and with a laughter he untangled her bun and made her long dark brown hairs to fall and cover her back.

"You looking just perfect Max." He said gazing at her in mirror and kept quiet for a second to admire her beauty and next moment he pulled out those earrings from his pocket and made her wear them. As his finger tips touched her skin at earlob, She felt what the word 'Numb' actually defines. Her eyes got close itself while heart stopped to beat.

She felt his arms wrapping around her belly, so light that only the warmth of his presence embraced her, not even the weight of his hands at her belly where He locked his hands.

His face rested at her shoulder and a whisper accrued from his lips, "Now tell me Am I lying?" He inquired adoring the simple beauty in his arms.

She opened her eyes slowly with thumping heart as the warmth of his face at her shoulder had just flipped her innerself. Instead of skipping beats her Heart had started to thump against cage of ribs.

As her eyes fell on their reflection in mirror The song buzzed at the music system and filled the whole atmosphere,

"When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold

Her eyes met with his in mirror. An unknown blush ran across her face. She lowered her sight heaving deep.

When your dreams all fail
And the ones we hail
Are the worst of all
And the blood's run stale

As her eyes lowered, He felt a strong urge to look back in those dark brown eyes of her's. He slided his face closer to her's at her shoulder.

I want to hide the truth
I want to shelter you

But with the beast inside
There's nowhere we can hide

He nuzzled her hairs away to reach from her neck to ears. As His nose glided upwards She felt a shiver going down her spine.

No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come

"I just want You to feel, How much I love You Max! How much I need You to know it." He whispered in her ears and kissed at her temple from behind only.

At the same moment a silent tear rolled down from his eyes and fell on her neck. His voice at the warmth of his tear jerked her badly. She clenched his hand at her belly and turned at once in his arms to look straight into his eyes.

When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide

"Can't you see Mike that I know it already." She replied back in the same depth in her voice and tears in eyes.

When the curtain's call
Is the last of all
When the lights fade out
All the sinners crawl

"Then stop acting like Am nothing for you. Stop pushing me away from yourself Max" He said cupping her face in his palms, rubbing his right thumb lightly on her cheek.

So they dug your grave
And the masquerade
Will come calling out
At the mess you made

Tears started to fall from her eyes at his words. She wanted to accept it but was falling weak every second.

Don't want to let you down
But I am hell bound
Though this is all for you
Don't want to hide the truth

"I know What I am for you but You don't know What are You Mike? You deserves the best! And I am the worst match for you." She touched his forehead with her's and continued, "I know am greedy, attention freak, always took all of your time and love. But You deserves who can Love you the way You Loves me!" She held his palms at her face only.

No matter what we breed
We still are made of greed
This is my kingdom come
This is my kingdom come

"I can't snatch it from you. The opportunity to get a happy, healthy partner unlike me who is emotionally weak and mentally unstable." She placed her palm at his cheek to wipe his tears and feel him.

When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide
Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide

"No! I need You Max. All I ever needed was You. And always will be only You."

They say it's what you make
I say it's up to fate
It's woven in my soul
I need to let you go

Your eyes, they shine so bright
I want to save their light
I can't escape this now
Unless you show me how

He pushed off her hand as her arms were causing the distance between them and hugged her tight.

When you feel my heat
Look into my eyes
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide

Max pulled back a bit to look back in his eyes. She felt the Love and need in his eyes and unknowingly got pulled closer to him.
His lips brushed slightly against her parted lips. She felt her breaths hitched and pulses going down.

Don't get too close
It's dark inside
It's where my demons hide
It's where my demons hide

"Your choice is really very pretty sir." At the same moment the owner came there and complimented them.

Max and Mike both got shocked at sudden accurance of the voice. As it caused to break their imagination. And in reality Mike was actually standing behind Max holding her shoulder, looking into her eyes. They both got lost in moment and confessed but in real they were just stoned like that.

"Ma'am I think the dress looking really pretty on you." He added.

Max turned back to face Mike with blush on her cheeks and questions in her calm eyes.
Mike looked straight into her eyes as if they were confirming if it was real or just their imagination.

"Yeah we are getting it." He replied with a smile on his lips, looking into her eyes and turned to the owner, feeling a bit proud of his choice as he got that the owner complimented him for dress and for Max as well.