“Keerthi”, Vikram cooed gently, sitting next to his wife.
When she doesn’t respond, Vikram sighs, pulling the covers down, to come face to face with his wife’s pink face, tears running down her cheeks.
“What?”, Keerthi sniffed,”You don’t want to talk right. Be that way.”
Keerthi mewled in protest when her husband pulled her up into a sitting position.
“I was mad at you because you thought I would do something to you if I was angry, not because we didn’t kiss”, Vikram started out softly.
“I was only playing a prank on you, to see what you would do if I was angry. But clearly, you understood differently”, Vikram explained, his tone turning bitter at the end.
Keerthi opened and shut her mouth multiple times, thinking of a reply.
“Oh”, She settled with , turning to face her husband.
“I.. I am Sorry for thinking that way”, Keerthi apologised softly, fidgeting with her fingers,”I know you have been very patient with me. But please understand it’s not easy for me. I will try harder though”, Keerthi promised, relieved.
She grinned internally, her husband was mad at her because she thought he would hurt her?
Oh, what an utter Sweetheart.
“Good”, Vikram said, brushing a tear off her face,”And also try not crying every time we argue, yeah?”
Keerthi glared at him,”You are very mean sometimes.”
“I know”, Vikram grinned, rubbing his thumb over his wife’s lower lip.
Keerthi’s breath hitched at the contact.
Although she was nervous, truth was she wanted Vikram to replace his thumb with his mouth.
Vikram leaned back, breaking the moment, placing a hand behind his head.
“You are not mad anymore , right?”, Keerthi looked down at the covers.
“I won’t be, if I get my kiss”, Vikram felt like it had been a long time since he kissed his wife, though it had been just over a day.
Keerthi blushed, looking up at her husband.
“Come on”, Vikram teased.
Keerthi leaned in, shyly leaning towards Vikram’s cheek, when Vikram jerked back.
“Uh huh”, Vikram tsked,”I want a proper kiss.”
“Vikram!”, Keerthi felt mortified. She needed a lot of courage to initiate a kiss, which she lacked.
“What?”, Vikram shrugged innocently.
When Keerthi didn’t move, Vikram rolled his eyes,”Why are you so hesitant ? It’s just a kiss.”
“If you want a kiss, you can take it. I am not giving you one”, Keerthi announced, blushing bright red.
Vikram frowned at his wife’s choice of words, grinning when he understood.
“Oh. Is it?”, Vikram smirked.
“Stop teasing me”, Keerthi whined, slapping his chest gently.
Vikram takes hold of her hand on his chest, bringing it to his lips, as he places a kiss on her palm, skimming his lips over her palm.
“Ah. Vikram”, Keerthi chides, when Vikram grazes his stubble against her palm, poking it, placing another kiss in the middle of it.
“You said I could take my kiss”, Vikram gave a smug smile.
Keerthi rolled her eyes, a smile playing on her lips, when she felt her husband’s strong arms pull her against himself.
Keerthi blushed, shifting to his side, so close their sides touched. Keerthi leaned her head against Vikram’s shoulder, her hand in his.
“Why did you sleep on the couch?”, Keerthi asked sad, her voice muffled from hiding her face in his chest.
Vikram sighed, choosing not to answer his wife’s question, his hold merely tightening around her.
“Why? Did you miss me?”, Vikram made light of the situation.
“Vikram”, Keerthi gave him a flat look.
Vikram sighed, running a hand through his hair.” I don’t have a reason. I was just too pissed off.”
“Okay”, Keerthi said softly, nodding her head.
“You are very short tempered”, Keerthi commented after some time.
“No. You are just a cry baby”, Vikram teased.
Keerthi kept quiet. She wasn’t a cry baby. She was genuinely hurt with her husband’s behaviour.
“Hey”, Vikram pulled his wife closer, as he turned around,”Were you very upset?”
Keerthi blinked her tears back, looking down. She didn’t know what to answer. Truth was, he was hurtful, uttering harsh and mean statements.
“It’s Okay.”
“Look at me”, Vikram ordered softly.
Keerthi looks up at her husband, tears welling her eyes, as a drop falls onto her cheek when she blinked.
Keerthi turned sideways, quickly wiping her face, when she felt Vikram turn her face towards his.
“I am Sorry I had hurt you”, Vikram apologized sincerely, wiping his wife’s tears, as he placed a wet kiss on her cheek bone.
He looked at his wife, their faces so close to each others, the sides of their noses grazing against each other and their cheeks brushing, breaths mingling with the other’s.
“It’s alright”, Keerthi looked at him.
Vikram grazed his lips against his wife’s, soft from all the crying she’s done. Keerthi closed her eyes, as she leaned into the kiss, their lips pressing against each others, delicious pleasure coursing through their veins.
Keerthi’s heart pounded in her chest as Vikram continued to kiss her, sucking on her upper lip, biting it gently, making Keerthi involuntarily open her mouth, to provide more space to kiss. She moaned when their tongues met, her hands disappearing into Vikram’s hair, pulling him towards herself with urgency.
Vikram let his wife dominate the kiss, as she explored every nook and corner of his mouth, feeling all the dips and crevices as they kissed.
Keerthi pulled back, feeling out of breath. She moaned, pulling on to Vikram’s hair when she felt him place gentle kisses , starting from the side of her face to her neck, progressing lower.
Vikram grazed his teeth over the mole above his wife’s cleavage, the one he was obsessing over in recent times. He placed a kiss on it, above her shirt, taking the soft flesh into his mouth as he sucked on it.
Keerthi moaned, moving her hand desperately, feeling restless on the pleasure overload she was receiving. “Ah”, Keerthi winced when her husband’s teeth sank into her skin, right above her cleavage.
Vikram pulled his wife onto his lap, so she was straddling him.
Keerthi stiffened at the new position.
“Vikr–“, she whispered.
“Shh”, Vikram placed a finger on her lips,”We aren’t going to do anything you are uncomfortable with. Trust me?”, he asked. Vikram just wanted to continue kissing and touching his wife.
Keerthi nodded, her lips hyperaware of Vikram’s finger there.
“Good”, Vikram brushed a kiss on her mouth.
Keerthi balanced herself on Vikram’s lap, her hands on his shoulders, as Vikram’s arms went around hers, one hand disappearing into her hair, and the other on her waist.
Vikram pulled his wife closer, his hands buried in his hair, as he kissed her urgently, biting and sucking onto her lips. Keerthi moaned in his lap, her hands going around Vikram’s neck.
Vikram continued peppering kisses over his neck , burying his face in her neck, biting the skin under her jaw, sucking on it slowly to ease out the pain.
“Vik.. Vikram”, Keerthi moaned. She was going mad with all the affection her husband was showing.
She felt her husband smile against her neck, as he placed a kiss there.
“Hmm”, Vikram hummed, as he placed a kiss on her neck, trailing kisses from the top of her neck.
Keerthi jumped in Vikram’s arms when she felt him suck on her sweet spot on the side of her neck, pulling him impossibly closer as he clutched on to him, one hand in his mane, the other on his shoulder.
Keerthi stiffened when she felt something poke the inside of her thigh. She wriggled in Vikram’s arms, uncomfortable.
“Stop moving so much”, Vikram said, his voice laced with desire, cupping his wife’s bottom when she jumped.
“Ah”, Keerthi moaned, resting her head against Vikram’s shoulder, when she felt her husband squeeze her ass.
Both of them breathed heavily, Keerthi’s hands around her husband, face shyly hidden in the crook of his neck. Vikram wrapped his arms around his wife, one arm around her waist, the other below her hip.
Vikram winced when his wife got off his lap.
“Let’s go to sleep”, Vikram leaned back, looking at his wife, as he squeezed her hip.
“Ye.. Yeah”, Keerthi whispered.
Keerthi adjusted her clothes as she lied down next to her husband, fidgeting with the covers, when warm hands covered hers, making her look up.
“You are beautiful”, Vikram brushed a strand behind Keerthi’s ear.
Keerthi blushed, murmuring a shy,”Thanks.”
Vikram placed a gentle kiss on Keerthi’s lips, pulling her closer, his arms going around her.
“Goodnight “, he wished.