Somewhere in Between

Creating and Recreating Moments

"Lunch break shuru ho chuki hai." HM insists again, folding her hands behind her back and looking at her seriously. Her eyes sparkled with a familiar mischief. KS only had to look in her eyes and she knew exactly what she was thinking.

KS steps closer, putting her hands in her pockets, and facing HM completely. KS gives her signature smirk and playfully asks, "Acha toh aisa hai?"

"Jeee," HM responds back in the same tone, smiling at how easily KS understood her and played along.

KS takes another step and gets in her personal space. Her eyes soften and she looks up at HM adoringly. Her voice seamlessly changing to a warm, affectionate tone.

Suddenly, it was Kashi speaking, "Hmm... toh bataiye, kya chahiye humari Hassie ko?"

HM gulps at the proximity. They had been together long enough that she knew what being loved by KS felt like. It was the best feeling in the world obviously. But no matter how many times she experienced it, KS's words, her affection, even her tiniest gestures, still left HM stuttering and stumbling. Overwhelmed and craving for more.

After some very long seconds, HM composes herself enough to break their intense eye contact. She looks away and vaguely gestures towards the stall she'd seen, "W-woh. L-lunch"

KS smiles, now aware of what effect she was having. She takes her hands out of her pockets and hooks one of her fingers in HM's belt loop, pulling her closer still. Catching her eyes again. HM's eyes widen at the gesture.

Satisfied with the reaction, KS let's out a soft laugh and turns to walk to the chaat stall, gently tugging along a still frozen HM from her belt loop before letting go.

For her reputation's sake, no one mentions how long it took for HM to recover from that.

But once they wrapped up their little moment, SI Karishma Singh and SHO Haseena Mallik take a break for their lunch hour. And instead, in their place, Kashi and her Hassie have an impromptu chaat date.

They talk about everything under the sun. Share different dishes. Feed each other. Play fight over whose chaat is better. And just enjoy each other's company.

And then they make sure to get some food packed to take to MPT because PJ and Santu would definitely kick them out of the family if they didn't.

When HM goes to pay, KS refuses to let her. HM protests and tries to slip away. But KS grabs her hand and pulls her close again. Suddenly, HM is close enough to feel the warmth of KS's embrace without even touching her.

Everything melts away and all she can focus on is KS. Her scent. Her heartbeat. Her heat.

HM's senses go into hyperdrive, overwhelmed by all of KS surrounding her.

All of a sudden, KS pulls away and quickly pays for the food. And sadly HM is so lost in the previous moment that she doesn't even fight back. KS just smirks at her. Victory.

Later when they finally get to finish work and go home. They simply have to look at each other and they reach a silent agreement. Without a word, they both know they are taking KS's bike and going home together. It hadn't taken them long to figure out they only slept well next to each other. And once they finally got to hold each other, neither wanted to let go.

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The chaat stall case is HM's first case as Urmi. Like her first day back at MPT, the case was also making her slip back into HM's habits and she had to be extra careful with everything she said. Especially when chaat and street food really brought out the childish HM in her. She had thought she missed the Lucknow food in Mumbai, and the first chance she got, she made CC bring all the street dishes for her.