Present
The house was empty, with only skeleton staff walking around busy with trays of empty glasses
Shivaay ran my hands along the wall until he came to the corner; peeking around as he heard a familiar voice talking.
Anika was busy making sure everyone was taking care of for Holi celebrations outside as she delegating some task to staff nearby.
She was lost in her thoughts,as she washed her blue stained hands, trying to forget her first Holi experience in the Oberoi mansion.
She started to wash a few breakfast dishes taking them from one of a servant’s when I felt a presence behind her.
A plate slid from her hand but she was lucky enough to catch it before it fell and she placed it into the warm water.
Shivaay came from behind placing his hands on her waist, his fingers ever so slowly making their way across her bare stomach.
“Sorry,” he said, his warm breath teasing her ear, causing her body to shiver.
“No, Anika. Let me apologize.” He said as he kissed her earlobe, pulling it into his mouth, gently sucking it.
He messed up alright, as it was their first Holi and he went ahead to play with his brothers first as tradition.
This was the one thing she was looking forward to but yet again his brothers had first priority and she felt like she was just an afterthought to him.
Today his Evil thoughts would win over her Good ones…..
She didn’t turn around when he proceeded to slide his hand to the pleats of her white saree.
She gasped and moved backwards, till her body was against his pelvis and staying there.
“He wore the cologne that he knew would drive me crazy” she thought steadying herself against the island sink.
“Oh,Beti ki,” she said as she exhaled.
His other hand had crept up the back of her blouse attempting to undo the clasp; she could feel her heart beating faster in anticipation of what could happen.
His eyes were dark and dangerous as he turned her around to look her in the eye and she felt herself sinking deeper and deeper into them.
Flash Back
He was so use to playing with them that he had forgotten about her, he couldn’t even deny it.
When Om came to wish him, he didn’t give it a second thought about how his life has changed as he too applied colour to Om’s forehead as well as his cheeks.
He looked around for Rudra but couldn’t find him,then he felt a tap on the shoulder and turned around when his face met with cerise coloured powder and a bucket of water to top it off.
“HAPPY HOLI, BHAIYA” An excited Rudra exclaimed.
Wiping the colour from his face he turned around as Anika walked in with a plate of blue colour powder.
The plate fell on the floor,splashing on the floor,on her dress even on her face.
His eyes met hers,disappointment flashed in them, but she said nothing, just walked through it leaving behind her footprints which marked the pathway to where she was standing.
In his room
The faint sound of “Hori Khele Raghuveeraa Avadh Mein Hori Khele” could be heard from the hallway as Shivaay walked in his room.
He combed his hand through his hair “I needed to fix this….well try to fix it” he said as he paced the room.
His eye caught sight of him in the mirror, he pulled one of Anika’s “michmichi” faces, and he most definitely needed to change.
Shivaay rummaged through his wardrobe to find a white kurta but nothing seems to fit the occasion, when his eye finally caught a cut-out one.
Shivaay stripped off his colour-soaked clothes almost ripping it off as he stepped into the shower.
Turning the knob of the shower, Shivaay enjoyed its warmth as the water trailed down his body.
“This problem needed to fade; to dissolve, like the colour that tainted his skin. That was the root of the problem” he thought as he watched it whirlpool down the drain.
After what seem to be an hour, Shivaay stepped out of the room refreshed.
His blue eyes had a certain twinkle in it, flashing a mischievous smile he flicked his fingers through his wet hair like a ritual when he slowly opened the door and tiptoed through the hallway.
Flashback end
He paused for a moment relishing the way how she shivered when he touched her.
What he did next caught her by surprise.
Anika opened her mouth to say something when his cheek rubbed against hers.
“Happy Holi”,he whispered and a soft “Ohhh”,escaped her lips.
She so wanted to be angry and scold him but he had of a way of doing things to her; that sometimes made her forget what she was doing.
Eventually,she turned around,breathing heavily.
This time when he looked into her eyes it was soft and his smile quickly disappeared, replaced by something else. Something darker. Something sinister.
“Shivaay?” Anika looked at his blue coloured face.
He smiled and said: “That’s not very courteous, Anika? Today is Holi. I came to apply some colour on you”.
It was at this time that Anika felt something on her cheek,she instinctively touched her cheek and surprised by the blue colour powder on her hand.
Shivaay had used the colour that fell face to colour his.Anika came near and smeared a little of the powder on his other cheek.
He took some yellow powder that was on the counter and with a naughty smile ,he began to apply it on her bare waist trailing his finger all over her soft skin.
She next did the same by lifting his shirt,colouring him, so I emulated her.
Shivaay felt some sparks as her touch burned his skin,tantalizing him when her gentle hand drew some lines on his chest.
She somehow wished she didn’t need to go further, but of course he has something different on his mind.