Page 24 of That Same Old Love

A few days later, Mahi had a dilemma. Their idyllic time would hit a small glitch.

“By the way, my womanly parts are off limits for a few days. So if you want to spend some time away from me and do your own things, I’m totally fine.

” Since most of their relationship was based on physical intimacy, Mahi really didn’t know whether Samrat would be interested to spend any idle time with her.

Samrat frowned and then he understood. “No. We can still spend time together. And now that we have some extra time, do you want to watch a movie or play some video games? Or maybe we can go out somewhere to eat.”

Mahi nodded. “Okay. Anything that will allow me to relax. Maybe we can watch a movie in your room. Pick something interesting,” she said before going into her house, still wondering how they would pass time with each other in a hands-off way.

After dinner, they went upstairs to Samrat’s bedroom and he disappeared for a few minutes before returning with some blue gel like pouch.

“What’s that?” asked Mahi, watching him bring it to the bed.

“It’s my hot or cold pack that I use sometimes when I have sore muscles after I lift heavy weights. I warmed it a little, so you can place it on your stomach, to ease your discomfort when you lie back on the bed.”

Mahi felt her heart flip a little. “I… uh… don’t have any problem with cramps or any other major discomfort. I just like to relax and not do any strenuous activity during these three days, that’s all.”

He just nodded and then was setting up his home theatre to start the movie. It was supposed to be a Japanese movie with subtitles.

“How do you know so much about menstrual cramps and pain? I thought it was a taboo topic for men and they usually shudder when anything referring to the female cycle is mentioned,” she asked him curiously.

Her brother, father or even her ex-husband would be caught dead discussing about cramps or other stuff, let alone bring her a warm pack to ease any discomfort.

“I grew up with a sister and mother who suffered from severe symptoms and needed help sometimes. So did my wife. I used to ease my wife’s discomfort with a back rub,” he said absently while looking at the huge television screen and changing some settings.

And then he turned to her. “Let me know if you need a back rub… I’m pretty good at it. ”

Her heart gave another flip. Looking at his stern and masculine face, no one would ever guess that he helped out the females in his family during their most uncomfortable time each month.

“No. I’m fine for now. Just hold me,” she said, feeling a little emotional again.

And this time, she blamed it on the hormones.

Samrat joined her on his bed and sat back towards the headboard. He pulled her between his legs with her head resting on his chest and wrapped his arms around her.

Fifteen minutes into the movie, Mahi closed her ears with her fingers and opened just an eye to see if it was safe to watch.

“What the hell, Samrat? It’s a horror movie! Who the hell watches a horror movie on a weeknight? I need to go home tomorrow morning all by myself!” she shouted.

She could feel his chest rumble and then shake as he began laughing, especially when he watched her hide her face under the blankets with only her eyes being visible.

“Oh come on. Don’t be a coward. It’s a cool movie. One of my favorites and one of our teams is developing a video game based on it.”

She turned and glared up at him. “Turn it off! I don’t watch horror movies. Like ever!”

“Why? What is so scary about them once the movie is over? Are you worried that when you go back to your place tomorrow, you’ll see that girl hanging upside down on top of your ceiling?” he teased, kissing her ear.

She exhaled loudly. “Guess which finger I’m sticking out?” she snapped, poking a finger under the blanket.

He burst out laughing.

She accidently saw another scene. “Oh God! Make it stop. Seriously, this crap will scare me for days! Or maybe even months! I’m going to make you come along with me to the bathroom tonight, and also to my house each time I have to go there to shower or change.”

He laughed and hugged her closer. “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? I could have played a horror movie, days ago.”

Eventually, she whined and complained enough to make him stop playing the movie. He continued holding her close and they talked about their favorite movies while growing up and also their favorite books.

Soon, she got sleepy and she fell asleep in his arms. And for the first time in nearly four weeks, since they had been together, both of them had their clothes on while they slept.

***

During all the weekdays, they spent the evenings and nights at his place. And whenever Mahi cooked dinner, they would spend some time at her place before heading to his place.

And over the weekends, they spent the days mostly meeting their family and friends separately, but during the night time, however late it was they would make sure to spend it with each other.

They spent some weekend days together as well, either spending a leisurely day at one of their homes or going out to eat.

On one of the Saturdays, Samrat accompanied Mahi to a car showroom, when she decided to buy a car.

She ended up buying a cute little car for herself that she enjoyed driving everywhere.

She also used it to get to work when Samrat worked from home.

And whenever he had to go to the office, he refused to get into the ‘Lilliput car’ as he termed her car. He made her drive his SUV.

Mahi actually enjoyed spending time with him. And not just because of the awesome sex. While sex took up a lion’s share of the cause of her enjoyment, she loved talking about their day, things happening at each other’s work and even about their friends and family.