10* Laying On Him

Devika’s Pov

“I’m sorry, that came out the wrong way”, I reply awkwardly, hoping he didn’t misunderstand.

“It’s okay Devika you don’t have to apologize” he replied with a smile.

“So? Am I forgiven?” he asks and I nod.

“Great because I have something planned but it all depended on you accepting my apology”. He replied, pulling me back into the house and to the living room.

“Where are we going?” I ask curiously as I try not to focus on the butterflies in my stomach nor the tingling sensation coming from where her held my hand.

“Wait here” he said as he let go of my hand and walk into the dark living room. He lit a candle, letting its tiny light illuminate the room as much as it can. He uses the single lit candle to light the other candles, giving the room a very warm and cozy vibe.

There was a tent and white blanket at the living room floor, the couch and sofas were nowhere in sight and in front of the tent is a circle tray with goodies in it. There’s pizza, glass cups, biscuits, popcorn and wine in the tray.

“What are these for?” I ask as I walk to take his outstretched hands. I can’t help but feel like am in some movie scene where the couple are having a romantic date night but we aren’t even a couple.

He takes my hand, led me into the tent and turned on the Tv saying “I planned a movie night for both of us”.

He looks to me to react but I can’t seem to get myself to say anything, as my stupid heart was reacting in a very weird manner. Aside for birthday celebrations, this is the 1^st time someone is doing something so sweet for me.

“I heard that girls enjoy having movie nights with friends so I organized it for us but if you don’t like it, it’s okay, I can plan something else to make it up to you.” He said, cutting me off from my thoughts of how amazing he is. He got up from the tent, turned the tv off and carried the tray up to leave.

“Hey, what are you doing?” I ask dumbfounded at how quick he was to react when I hadn’t even said anything.

“I’m taking them away so that we can just have dinner” he replied still walking away and I had to run to him and grab his hand to stop him from walking into the kitchen.

“We still need the snacks for the movie, right? Why are you then taking them away?” I ask, making him look at me like I’ve grown two heads.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I ask, letting out a very nervous and awkward smile.

“Nothing” he replied with a smile of his own.

“Great, let’s go before the pizza gets cold” I say, practically running back into the tent. The air is so thick and the whole ambience makes the environment so hot.

“What would you like to watch?” he asks giving me that intense look and for a moment, I almost get lost in his gaze.

“Let me see” I say, grabbing the tv remote and scrolling down the list of movies to choose from. The first 10 – 20 movies I scrolled through were romance and Erotica and just the titles make my core tighten in anticipation.

I ignore the romance movies and go straight for a thriller, Anna. I smile at him as I return the remote and pick up the popcorn.

“Why did you choose this movie?” he asks me, catching me off-guard.

“Uh… um… i uh…” I find myself stuttering in response. How do you tell a guy that you chose the 1^st non romance movie you saw because you may jump on him if you hadn’t?

“I’m bot saying it’s a bad movie Devika, I just want to know you better that’s why.” He says and when I look into his eyes, I can’t help but fell so touched. At the same time, I can’t help but wonder if he is doing this because he is trying to be a good host or because he might have feelings for me.

“My personal favorite type of movie is romance comedy but I chose an action thriller because you are a guy and I don’t want you to feel awkward.” I reply, looking down at my lap, hoping he wouldn’t see through my lies.

I felt his hand under my chin as he slowly brings my face up to meet his gaze. I don’t know how he does it but each time I look at him, I just want to hug him as though my life depended on it. I get so drawn to him as if there was an invisible thread pulling me to him in ways that cannot be explained.

Sometimes I get this feeling of home by holding his hands like am in the right place. I know he is still a total stranger but looking at him right now, I have this knowing that I know him forever. If it’s a past life connection, I don’t know but I just hope this never ends, whatever it is, I don’t want it to pass.

“I arranged this for you Devika so I would like you to choose something that you would truly enjoy. Tonight, I would like you to selfishly enjoy yourself and have fun, understood?” he says making me heart swell for him as I nod in response to his question. At the rate my heart is growing, I can’t help but hope it doesn’t explode. The feel of his hands on my face is driving me nuts and one glance at his lips get me thirsty as though I haven’t tasted water in the last decade.

“Good, now select something you would actually enjoy” he says, giving me the remote. As my palm came in contact with the remote, I snapped out of whatever trance I’ve been in and reply “I already chose a movie Damian, am sure I will enjoy it”.

As predicted, I did enjoy the movies but I barely focused on it. I kept on thinking about the sexy specimen beside me and how this warm night could have easily turned into an erotic one. I had no idea when or how I fell asleep, but when I woke up, he was laying right next to me.

He looks so cute and adorable in his sleep; his lips press together in a fine line as if he was smiling. The more I looked at his lips, the more I felt like kissing him and I couldn’t help but shudder at thought of our last kiss.

His smile widened as he opens his eyes, making me breath seize. I should be gasping for air as I can’t find my breath but I can’t seem to.  Being this close to him is doing insane things to me, I should feel embarrassed that I got caught staring but I still can’t tear my eyes away.

“Good morning Beautiful” he says and I find myself falling face flat on his chest. His morning voice caught me off guard, it sounded so husky and breathy and hot and it did a lot to my body.

Realizing I was now laying on him, I got up, turned around and hurried towards the stairs without looking back or saying anything. I can’t afford to look back or stay for a second longer else, I might end up saying or doing something stupid.

Yet… I can’t help but wish he would come after me.