"Saree ka dukaan? Kya hua?" He asked in an astonishing tone, seeing her having hiccups that too non stop. Not that he cared for her or something, but out of curiosity he asked, at least that's what he satisfied his own heart with.
"Hichki.. " She hicupped as she tried to form a sentence without the attack of hiccups in between.
"Stop it! Now! " He said in an annoying tone to more of shoo away all kinds of concerning and caring thoughts creeping up in his mind than to scare her.
"Hichki hai, *hiccup* tumhara staff nhi *hiccup* ki order doge aur *hiccup* ruk jayegi! " She said getting offended at him.
"Tum aur tumhara hichki dono ek jaisa hai! Jao apna hichki ka ilaaj karao! Fir aana! " He said trying to act as cold and brutal but his staff knew it better as it was just a facade behind an extremely caring and sweet him which they all gets to witneess once in a while all thanks to Pallavi and their friendship.
"Lekin tab tak *hiccup* toh late hojayega! " She said as his nod to the agreement was necessary for her. She anyhow wanted her shop in first floor in the mall and some other brand can take the shop at third floor, but she would only take the one on first floor.
That was the reason, she was here in his mansion, but her hiccups too were there to accompany her, much to her dismay.
"Aur jo tum mera dimaag ka kachra kar raha hai uska kya? Jao abhi! " He ordered but he himself walked away to his study.
"Nhi Raghav *hiccup* meri baat toh suno! *hiccup* " She pleaded following him.
"Kya sunu? Itna der hogaya, lekin hichkiyo ke alava kuchh suna nhi so forget it! Mai kal tumko khud call karunga! I hope tab tak yeh theek hojayega! " He said in a bit frustrated tone as he heards her hiccups even when he was speaking and her mouth was closed.
"Please Raghav *hiccup* hichki nhi ruk rahi *hiccup* toh meri kya galti? *hiccup*" He sighed in annoyance listening her.
"Fine! But first let's get rid of your hiccups or i will end up killing someone in frustration! " He uttered making her happy that he would not only listen to her but would also help in stopping her hiccups.
"Uhh paani? " He asked, the first thing which came in his mind.
"Subah se bohot pi chuki hu ab agar aur piya na toh ulti..... " She explained but was rudely cut off by him.
"Don't you dare complete the sentence! Bada aya! " He huffed in anger not in a mood to handle her vomitting on his expensive furniture.
"Anna, agar hasaaye toh maybe.." Farhaad said entering, making Raghav narrow his eyes in confusion and anger.
"Farhaad tum eves drop kar raha tha? How dare you! " He snapped.
"Sorry Anna, maine bas itna suna ki aap pallavi ki help karne wale hai hichki bhagaane mei! Aur kucch nhi! " He explained.
"Hmm but kaise? Saree ka dukaan ne paani peeni se mana kardiya! " Raghav blurted out.
"Anna, ham hasa ke dekh sakte hai! Maybe ruk jaye! " Farhaad gave the idea.
"Ab mai kya tumko joker lagta hai? Mai aisa kucch nhi karega! Saree ka dukaan ke liye bhi nhi!" He stated.
"Sorry Anna... " Farhaad started but was cut off by Pallavi.
"Ab ho toh isme *hiccup* bura manne wali baat *hiccup* nhi hai! " She teased.
He glared at her.
'Hichki gaya nhi hai lekin attitude same to same hai!' He thought.
"Harish.. " He called out shaking his head.
"Ji anna! " Harish greeted as he hurriedly appeared in a minute.
"Saree ka dukaan ko joke sunao! Aur aisa joke jisse ye hase, roye nhi! " He informed.
'Ye gorilla koi kaam toh aaya!' Raghav thought.
"Mai woh anna... " He started as to how will he find a joke at this moment when his boss looked anything but to hear a joke from him.
"Haa tum! Jaldi nhi toh you are fired.. " Raghav deadpanned.
"Arey itni choti si baat ke liye.. " Pallavi intervened but hiccuped making her sentence stop in between.
"Hichki rukwaana hai na toh chup chaap baitho! Hichki ke alaava koi awaaz nakko!" Raghav said as he made her sit on the chair opposite his large table, he himself occupied his own while Farhaad and harish remained standing.
"Khadus! " She muttered but loud enough for the people in room to hear.
"Suna maine aur appreciation ke liye thankyou! " He said with sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"Harish joke! " He said shifting his focus on Harish.
"Uhh woh ek baar ek cheeti... " He started but was rudely interrupted by his boss.
"Forget it! Apna ye nursery ka baccho wala joke tum apna pass rakho! " He commented.
"Sorry anna! " He said and walked out with disappointment on his face.
"Waise Anna, hichki daraane se bhi chali jaata hai! " Farhaad intervened.
"Aisa kya?" Raghav asked smirking.
"Raghav kya khichdi *hiccup* pak rahi hai tumhare dimaag mei? *hiccup* Chahte kya ho tum? *hiccup* " She asked as she found him coming way too much closer to her.
And in the next moment, he picked her in bridal style and walked towards his room. Not at all caring about the curses she was throwing his way, a smirk appeared on his face thinking about what he had planned to do next.
On reaching his room, he locked the door first and finally looked at her who looked like an exact copy of some angry bird to him.
"Tumhe.. Pallavi Deshmukh! " He said in a husky voice while dropping her steadily to let her stand on her feat.
"Huh! " She voiced out in confusion and hicupped yet again making him irritated now.
"Uhh firse! Kitna ziddi hai tumhara hichki ! Daraane se bhi nhi bhaga! Ab kuchh aur plan sochna padega! "He huffed backing away a bit, making her angry at him.
And she started hitting him on his chest for thinking of scaring her though her soft hands didn't affect his tonned muscles one bit but still he needed to stop her and calm her down and her hiccups were just adding to the menu.
" Saree ka dukaan kyu maar raha hai? " He asked locking her hands behind her and eyeing her in pure irritation.
"Punishment hai! Tumne kya socha? Tum aisa kar ke bach jaoge? Never! Vella Manus! " She angrily huffed out while still struggling to get free from his iron like hold.
He continued to stare at her with amusement, as everyday he gets to know something more about her, and today was no less as he got to know that her eyes have some kind of strange emotion when he stands close to her or share a close proximity with her.
The amusement he had on his face instantly melted away to adoration as his gaze fell from her eyes to her lips and their proximity.
And as his gaze fell on her lips, every thought which was not about kissing her, got locked in a box and jumped out of the nearest window.
A little taste of those luscious lips, was what his heart craved for in that very moment. Her lips seemed so delicious and inviting to him that he couldn't help but imagine the feel of them on his, already in his head. So without wasting an another second on any other stupid thought, he quickly inched closer to her, placing his lips on her's.
He expected a slap or retaliation in return to his action but what happened next, surprised him as she herself provided him enterance to her mouth by opening her lips a bit. Thinking this as his golden opportunity, his tongue quickly glided in, tasting her which had sweetness and a bit of coffee.
The combination was mind blowing.
'Will have a word with Reddy tomorrow to make my coffee sweet from now on, it's definitely way more refreshing than my regular one!' He mentally noted.
Initially, he kissed her lips slowly but later on it turned into a passionate encounter as their eyes were closed and lips continued to fight for dominance on each other in that very first kiss.
The way his tongue roamed inside her mouth, tasting her, it felt as if her mouth was his territory that he had already a claim on. And she had absolutely no idea when his hand went from her waist to holding the side of her neck, softly as he continued to ravish her mouth, enjoying the taste of heaven he was currently experiencing.
And just like every good story ends, their kiss too ended when the demand of oxygen raised in their systems. Though he still gazed at her lips, all set to claim them yet again. But did loosened his grip on her.
"Tumhara hichki chala gaya! Congrats Saree ka dukaan! " He voiced out huskily, after a moment of comfortable silence, still hovering over her.
But in the next moment they both got shocked as a hiccup escaped his mouth.
"Woh mujhe na ek bohot zaruri kaam hai toh mai chalti hu! " She hurriedly said but he held her waist to stop her from leaving.
"Maine tumhara help kiya ab tum mera karo! And we will be even! " He said in a challenging tone to which she gets provoked to do whatever he desires. And in the very moment, he wanted nothing else but to ravish her body with his own.
And then, they started the process of getting rid of his hiccups as he continued to explore her body.
By :Tunesof Heart
