Nandani's POV
"Nandani, please wake up na...we will miss this. Nandani..." I felt Manik whispering into my ears and caressing my forehead. I wanted to open my eyes but my body said otherwise. I turned around and snuggle into his arms more. "Nandani, come on....it's my day today. We will miss it if you don't wake up!" Manik said hugging me back.
Slowly I opened my eyes and saw him all ready-to-go. "Manik, what's the time!" I asked rubbing the sleep away from my eyes.
"It's 6:00 a.m. Please get ready, we need to reach this place by 7:00!" Manik said talking my clothes out.
"Manik what's the hurry? Since when do you plan things so early in the morning?" I asked as I walk closer to him.
"There have been a lot of first's after you walked in my life and this is one of them. So please hurry and get ready before you spoil my surprise. Go...Go....Go." Manik said and literary pushed me in the bathroom after giving me my clothes.
As I step out of the bathroom, I see our small handbags packed. "Hurry up Nandani, we don't have a lot of time. And you washed your hair....let me help." Manik said as he noticed me.
Before I realised, Manik unwrapped the towel from my hair and started drying my hair. He was so cute. I didn't bother to ask anything and started applying the light make up I do while Manik was very lovingly drying my hair with the towel. His full concentration was on my hair and mine, on him. "Stop staring, I am feeling shy." He said as he caught me while I looked down in embarrassment.
"It's not my problem that you are feeling shy, I have an official license for doing whatever I want to do with you." I playfully said to build the flirtatious atmosphere.
I felt Manik's hand on my tummy and he pulled me into his chest while his breath teased my ears. "So what do you plan to do with me?" He seductively whispered into my ear and bit my earlobe, leaving me speechless and greedy for wanting more of his sweet torturous. "Tell me...what would you do?" He asked again along with the flow of kisses he left on my neck.
It took every sense in my body to control my accelerating heartbeat and breathing while I hear my Monstu laughing his lungs out. I admired his laughter for a while in confusion but then asked, "Why are you laughing?"
"Just a little touch from me and you lose control over yourself. But you still claim to 'do-anything-you-want-to-me'? What will you be able to do Nandani?" He teased me while I sadly pout.
"You will get to know that with time....but for now, keep laughing like this. I like this version of your's." I said and he displayed his million dollar smile.
"Stop flirting Nandani and let's get going." He said and started taking the bags out of the room.
"OMG....A Disney Cruise. This is amazing Manik...!" I said as Manik took the blindfold off my eyes. I saw all the Mickey mouse characters standing outside the cruise, ready to welcome all the guests.
"You liked it? Or do you think it's all childish?" Manik hesitated and asked.
"No Manik...You know me, Navya and the rest of us had planned this once during our boarding days but then events changed such that all of this was forgotten. But I am really thankful to you for taking me back then. This is really really nice." I said it in uttermost excitement.
"Well then let's go in." Manik said and held my hand and took me in.
It was so beautiful, the interior was beyond perfection and the aura was positive. I literary dragged Manik with me around every corner of the ship and Manik happily followed. After the tour, introduction and breakfast we sat on the docks viewing the mighty ocean.
"Why this Manik...I mean you could have organised a normal cruise too, why a disney cruise?" I asked.
"Navya once mentioned your love for disney cartoons when we first went to Shimla so I thought you would like this." Manik said while playing with my hand.
"And what about you?" I asked as I had noticed him avoiding eye contact with me.
"What about me?" He said again looking away.
I pulled his chin and turned his face towards me but he still looked down as if I had caught his theft. "I know you way more than you think I know you. So speak..." I said and finally he gave in.
"There is really nothing to say Nandani. Just that I don't have anything good to remember about my childhood after dad....I know I can't remove them from my memory but I can at least make good memories with you so that I don't think about them ever again." Manik said looking down.
I held his face with my hands and kissed his forehead. We joined our foreheads and stayed like that as I spoke to him. "You know Manik, sometimes God shows us the bad phase so that we can appreciate the good one. I don't know what to say now but I want you to tell me whatever you feel. I know I talk a lot but I love to listen too."
"By the way, you don't only talk a lot but you snore a lot too." Manik said.
"Don't lie Manik..." I said as I hit him. "I don't snore..." I again was hitting him but he held both my arms and pulled me onto his lap.
"I am a witness, I am always next to you when you sleep." He said playfully. I can never understand this man in front of me. One minute he is all sad and the next one he is all flirty.
"Well maybe cause you make me so tired." I too joined in not wanting to get all sentimental.
"Really..! What do I do?" He asked seductively.
"You know what you do...! Only if I could relax a little." I said acting all sad.
"Nandani, there is a spa here. You want to do full body massage?" He asked. It wasn't a bad idea.
"Well okay. Let's go." I said.
Manik's POV
"Manik, why are the spa ladies wearing such short clothes." Nandani innocently asked. I knew where this was going. But I had to have my share of fun.
"It they are going to do such hot job, then obviously they would wear such outfits." I said while she looked at me confused.
"What do you mean? What 'hot job'?" She asked.
"Massage and all." I said.
"What's hot about that?" She asked.
"Well, a lady....a guy.....no clothes.....massage....you understand what I am saying right?" I explained controlling my laughter.
She thought about it for few minutes and suddenly freaked out. "Manik let's go. I don't want any massage vassage. Let's go." She said dragging me out.
"But Nandani, I wanted a massage! Let's go back na.." I acted to see her reaction.
"You want a massage? Okay fine...let's go, I will give you a massage." She said seriously. This got me thinking, what was in her mind.
I followed her to our room and she asked me to wait outside. "Nandani, I was just jok..." Before I could confess she shut the door. 10....15....20 minutes now but she still hasn't opened the door. What was this girl planning to do?
"Sawadika." She appeared in this sexy avatar and said.
"Hello..." I said scanning her from top to bottom.
"This way sir..." She said and asked me to enter our small bedroom. "Please take your clothes off." She asked me and I kind of felt shy but still took off my t-shirt and jeans. I pretended to take my shorts off to which she interrupted. "Please don't take your shorts off, it will distract me sir."
I controlled my laughter and went with the flow. "As you say madam. What should I do now?" I asked being an obedient customer.
"Please lie down on your tummy." She said playing her role well. I do as she says. After a while I feel her soft hands on my back running in circular motion, perhaps using some oil too. She was good in whatever she was doing at that moment. It felt heavenly as I gave myself to her.
"Madam, would you like to be my friend?" I asked.
"Why do you need a friend when you have such a beautiful wife?" She played cunning. Well I was loving this role playing with the massage.
"She is beautiful but you are sexier." I said and she giggled.
"Thank you for the compliment, but my husband is much more handsome than you." She said. Smart!
"Well you are saying that because you haven't seen my front profile yet." I said.
"Well then let me see." She said and I turned around.
"Hmm...Not bad." She said as she started to massage me again.
"So you still don't want to be my frieeenddd?" I asked.
"I keep my personal and professional life separate sir." She said.
"Oh...like that. Then please massage here a bit more, it's painful." I said pointing towards my shoulder. She leaned in further and I quickly kissed her cheeks.
"Manik!!" She screamed angrily.
"Yes Madam!" I innocently said.
"What did you just do?" She asked sitting on my tummy.
"You didn't understand? Let me show you again." I said and switched our position. I leaned towards her and kissed on her other cheek. She started giggling and 'Madam/Sir' was long forgotten as we surrender ourselves once again to each other.
I loved her and that was all I wanted to remember all along this trip. I want it to be just her and me, no one else.
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