"Recognize"

I knew I had to talk to him about it, sooner or later. If I wanted to make this work. Make us work. To say that Karish wanted to take our relationship to the next level was an understatement. Since we were reunited he was nothing but patient and understanding but I could feel all the emotions he kept under the surface. The way he looks at me sometimes, as if he were eating me alive but he had shown restraint time and time again, with respect for my unspoken boundaries. Boundaries that I wanted to break and let him in.

Only God knows how he makes me feel every time he touches me. The pain in my stomach has calmed down while I lay in his arms and I wondered if there was more to it than just numbing the pain. I was silent for a moment, pondering the words. I continued to look into his eyes as if they had the answers to all my questions.

My mouth opened and closed a couple of times, I have to look to him like a fish out of water. Karish's eyebrows rolled, he looked puzzled but then he smi