Deceiving Veils

Chapter-37{Intersection point}

Her wet wisps swayed across her petite waist as she walked a little ahead of Manik. He could see golden of sunlight touching her frame, making her look farthest dream which had happened to be his reality. 

The moment they had lived few minutes back was enough for a lifetime. He pressed his own nails into his palm to ensure how it all what happened back at spring was real. Nandini turned around wearing a benign smile and he came out of day dream. 

"I have never seen such beautiful place," She said touching the violets. 

Manik smiled further trying to absorb it all. Her smile hadn't an ounce of that sorrow which he hated the most. She turned around swiftly making wet of her hair moistening his face. Her giggles echoed and it sounded like each leaf in that forest welcomed the melody. 

"You know I had only read about such places in books," She confessed, her face covered in enchantment. As she twirled one more time, he couldn't help but gather her in arms. Her giggles subsided as she peeped into his eyes. 

"Always smile like this," He murmured on her red nose. Nandini smiled warmly granting his wish. 

"Now let me go," She asked peeping into his eyes. 

He didn't reply back but kept registering her angelic face into his eyes. 

 "I will never let you go," He said cupping her face, his eyes speaking volumes. 

"I cannot," He added before kissing her forehead with all his might. 

Another flaming kiss on her cheek before he grazed the next spot near her nose, he was back at tormenting her in sweetest way. 

"Manik," She mumbled unable to take the heat. 

"I cannot think of me without you," He confessed before dropping another kiss on her cheek. 

Clutching the hem of his coat, Nandini tried to make it through. Not in her entire life, she had felt that ablaze. Her heart was on fire which could keep her going for decades. She wondered if that was how it felt to be kindled. You burn but you reborn. 

His sweet torment traveled each possible pore on her face before he gave her sweet time to get ready for another tour to that place called void. As he inched closer to seal the little gap between their lips, she put her finger between that chasm. 

"I won't be able to cope up," She pleaded as his breath tingled her finger tip. He smiled against it and kissed the tip of it. 

"I thought we were past that," He teased reminding her of her own valor few minutes back. 

She smiled looking down and then stepped back. 

"You love to tease me, don't you?" She asked narrowing her eyes. 

He sighed taking in the force she was. 

"I love everything about you," He uttered absentmindedly and she flushed. 

Turning around, she tried to calm her thumping heart. 

"Let's go back," He said dropping a tight kiss on her hair. 

Holding her hand, he started to walk on grassy ways. Camp was nearby as delectable aroma touched her nostrils. Her face dropped thinking about end of this beautiful moment but then she tried to smile again thinking about how long memory of it would last. 

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Aryan reached the point where chief had asked him to. He asked people to call it a day as sun set. It was going to be dark any moment. He looked around to find utterly beautiful valley. Abbas, head of third unit had still not reached the meeting point. Aryan smiled thinking how they might be making a home on those beautiful grassy hills. The mountain range was endless as his eyes didn't find an end. It was just the start of north-east Chief had talked about.