Rishi and Ashmita walked to the hut. After reaching it, they found it old and abandoned. But the view around was still captivating.
"Come here Ashmita.." Rishi invited.
Rishi laid a blanket on the dry grass and sat on it. He patted the place next to him and invited Ashmita to sit down.
Ashmita went towards Rishi with a smile and sat next to him. Then Rishi takes out some fruits and a small bottle from a bag he brought with him.
"Here, fruits and juice.. Guess you did not eat well this morning?" Rishi said while handing the fruits to Ashmita.
Ashmita liked the gesture. She took them with a happy face.
"You have some fruit as well. I cannot finish them all by myself. Actually now I remember, you didn't have breakfast today. So please eat, I insist.." Ashmita said.
"No, it's alright.. I am not feeling hungry," Rishi said with a smile.
"Oh, Is that so..? Ok, I too am not hungry.." Ashmita placed the things down and pouted.
Rishi saw Ashmita pout for the first time and he lost it. He never expected that Ashmita would be so damn cute.
"Hmm.. Okay, I will eat but on one condition," Rishi stated.
Ashmita looked at Rishi and asked, "and it is..?"
"I will tell you once we're done eating. But promise me that you will fulfil it," Rishi asked with a smirk.
Ashmita thought for some time and told him, "This princess does not make promises blindly. So the condition first?"
Rishi chuckled and stated, "Then I am not going to eat."
Ashmita thought for sometime and a brilliant idea came into her mind and smirked. 'Now you will regret My Prince Charming'
"Okay then, I will eat," Ashmita said and started eating.
Rishi dumbfounded. He thought that she would at least compromise. According to Raj, girls give in when their loved ones don't eat or refuse to do something which they asked.
But why Feisty didn't do that?
Ashmita took a grape and propped it into her mouth and exclaimed, "This is very tasty…!"
Rishi looked at Ashmita and was mesmerized by her antics.
She took a strawberry and bit some part of it. She closed her eyes in enjoyment, "This is heaven..."
Slowly Rishi's expressions changed and now he understands Ashmita's antics. His sight then shifted from the fruits and just stuck on her lips and eyes.
'This is hell for me!' Rishi thought to himself.
"Do you want to bite it?" Ashmita asked Rishi innocently.
"WHAT?" Rishi exclaimed.
Ashmita startled by his sudden outburst. She looked at him and asked, "Do you want a bite of this fruit?"
Rishi looked at her hand and she was holding another strawberry.
"Ahem.. No. Carry on.." Rishi said looking away. His throat is dry.
'I want some water..' Rishi searched for the bottle and he saw Ashmita drinking the juice in it. A small drop of juice settled on her lips, waiting.
Ashmita licked it slowly and closed her eyes with pleasure. Rishi lost all his senses by her acts. He doesn't know whether she is doing it deliberately or she is just enjoying it.
But one thing he's sure of is that she is torturing him. Then Ashmita took Mango. Rishi's eyes widened with shock.
'My god. I cannot handle this. Should I just eat the fruits?' Rishi thought to himself.
Ashmita started eating without cutting the fruit because she doesn't have a knife to cut a fruit.
"Should I cut it for you? I brought a small knife with me," Rishi offered.
"Ah.. No thank you Prince Rishi. For now, it's better this way," Ashmita and had a bite slowly.
Once Ashmita bites the fruit, the ripened mango juice oozes out and it spreads on her hand down.
Ashmita extended that hand with the fruit to Rishi with a smile and asked, "Still, don't want to eat?"
Rishi felt that smile as a smirk and her words contained another meaning. They are challenging him.
He felt them like 'Still you want to suffer?'
Ashmita was taking her hand back to continue eating but suddenly Rishi grabbed her hand and looked at Ashmita with a smirk.
"You are really a tease Ashmita," Rishi said with a dry and husky voice.
"Wh.."
Before Ashmita completed her words, looking into her eyes, Rishi slightly bent his head down and took a bite from the Mango. Ashmita's eyes widened and she turned crimson.
She tried to take her hand back but Rishi kept her hand still and continued looking at Ashmita with his charming smile.
"Stay Still. My Princess.." Rishi said and bent down to taste the juice on her hand.
Rishi felt Ashmita's hand shiver but he tried to tease her more. So he slowly took another bite and touched her finger with his full lips.
Ashmita felt shivers down her spine with the touch of his lips on her finger. She went rigid and her face turned two shades darker crimson.
"Really, it tastes so good. Isn't it? Thanks for offering princess. I wish to have more of it but I should let you enjoy it too, right? So please, continue." Rishi smiled and released her hand.
"Ya!" she nodded with an awkward smile and took her hand close.
Ashmita felt sad for some odd reason. She dont know how to react.
'But. is that an indirect kiss? Ah.. Ash what are you thinking?!'
Ashmita looking down, ate the mango silently.
After sometime Rishi looked at Ashmita and said seriously, "Ashmita I want to tell you something.."
Ashmita suddenly feels nervous. But she doesn't let it come on her face. She nods.