My Beating Heart

Chapter 10 - Head over heels

The continuous knock on the window glass brought them both back to the real world. Sivaangi moved away from him , face completely red with blush, while he tapped his fingers on the steering wheel controlling both his mind and body.
She wiped her lips with her tongue wanting to taken in whatever is left of his taste and turned towards the door to open it when a sudden thought stopped her.
She waited  for a second, turned, held his shirt collar, pulled him near her and kissed him again like almost crashing her lips on to his.

He hesitated a second due to her sudden act but then accepted her completely letting her enjoy every bit of his lips.

But with the same speed that she kissed him, she pulled herself away too, and opened the door right away as if knowing that hesitating will end up only in more kisses.

"Finally, come on, get out, get out, man I am talking to you only, get out" Tarika said pointing at Ashwin.

"Naana? Why? Who will drive then?" he asked getting down

"I am, go and sit in the back" she ordered and got into the driver's seat

"Ayo, neenga ivalo nallavangala, Cha ungala poi kalaichitene, come on Sivaangi Ma" Ashwin said opening the door for her.

"Aye, nee enga pora? You are going to sit in front with me, kola panniduven raskalagla" squealed Tarika and started the car.

Rest of the journey went on without much obstacles with both Ashwin and Sivaangi stealing silent glances at each other, after 6 hours Ashwin took over again and they reached Chennai around 1 am, they dropped Tarika first as her house was on the way.

"Mariyaadhaya rendu perum veetuku poreenga solliten, avanga avanga veetukku. Nee reach pannitu enakku video call panra de ok va? Kadaisila enna hostel warden maari aakiteengale da" Tarika said in a fake vexed tone and bid good bye to both of them.

Both of them sat in the car silently without knowing what to talk, they had already reached Sivaangi's house and it was time for them to part ways.

After few minutes they both took a deep breath and looked at each other

"Next eppo?", "good bye Sivaangi" both their words overlapped and what each of them said shocked the other.

"Oh!" "Oh!" Again their words crossed but with different kind of emotion this time.

"Sorry sorry, my mind was on something else,what did you just say?" He asked confused

"Nothing Ashwin, thanks for everything, good bye" Sivaangi replied curtly and got down from the car.

Ashwin looked at her with confused emotion, he knew he has to do something now, but despite being a genius in his field, he failed miserably not knowing what to do now except for staring at her retreating figure in the middle of the night.

"So did you see him? What did he say?" Her grand mother asked looking at Sivaangi who was sitting on the sofa and having her morning coffee looking at the tv screen.

"Nothing the same old sob story, I didn't have a choice, I am so sorry I did this to you, bla bla bla" Sivaangi replied lethargically.

"Hmm, what else then?" Her grandmother asked again

"What else? Nothing else, we reached, we spoke, we came back, that is all" she replied lethargically.

"Aahaan, then why is your face telling a different story?" Her grand mother asked looking at her pinkish face.

"No different story, I am tired paati, no proper sleep and a drive after a long time, adhaan ungalukku thonudhu" sivaangi replied in a tired voice.