Call me your cousin

This night was different, Kush held his mug of tea and passed another one to Nayera.

She was not joking when she said she could have tea anytime.

"Nice," she commented as they stared at each other for a whole second before Kush settled on the bed.

They were in her room which could give competition to Shimla's weather.

She liked it so chilled that it annoyed him sometimes.

"About this night—"

"I am still mad at you," sip

"I know"

"Telling them that you're my girlfriend was the only thing I could think of when they started hitting on you,"

"You did not ask for my consent before you declared me your girlfriend,"

"What else was I supposed to say?"

"Anything, a friend maybe? Friends do hang out right,"

"3 am at a bar, you expect them to believe me when I say you are my friend,"

"Why fucking not?" She asked folding her hands in front of her chest. Which reminded her she was very uncomfortable in that black dress.

"It works that way Nayera, girls royals hang out this late are always their girlfriends or wives, not with just a friend,"

"Keep your royal shit to yourself," Nayera said in anger as she glared at him.

"Nayera!" Kush warned her, he was a royal and he was proud of it, he wouldn't let her disrespect royals.

"Drop that tone because you did not ask me before telling them and pulling me to you calling me your girlfriend, could have told them I am a distant cousin or something for fuck's sake," she suggested making a weird face. Just for the sake of it, he could tell them anything other than the 'girlfriend' word right?

"Cousin? Seriously?" Kush said as his pupils dilated.

Nayera shrugged her shoulders as if it was no big deal for her.

"I cannot call you my cousin ever," Kush stated as Nayera glared at him, always answering which suits his actions. Nayera school her head at him.

"Oh, it is because I am not rich like you?" Her question caught him off guard as he looked at her.

Keeping his mug aside, he dropped his head before he sneaked his arm around his waist and pulled her closer.

"Cousins are not supposed to do this," he said, as his hand rested on her small back. She looked into hai eyes

"Cousin brothers are not supposed to hold you like this, possessively," he said holding her with both arms, more like a hug with a little distance between their chests.

"Cousins are not supposed to joke about the dirty stuff like we do," he said as his voice went low, they did joke about dirty stuff like it was nothing.

"Cousins are not supposed to take intimate photos together and fool the world," he said pointing at his home wallpaper, which had their faceless photo displayed right then.

"Cousins are not supposed to find you sexy when you wear a slit black dress," he said as his hand rested on her knee, she was still wearing the slit black dress, looking oh so sexy with bed hair.

"Cousins are not supposed to be this close," he said pointing at their proximity.

"Cousins are not supposed to see you almost naked," he said remembering just this morning when he saw her almost naked. It took all his self-control not to remember her prickly breasts.

He could get hard right now but he had to control himself. himself, he could not risk another bad impression on her.

Otherwise, she would leave.

"Cousins are not supposed to know you are wearing a black bra underneath," he said pointing at the bra strap.

"Cousins are not supposed to know you will pull it off and be naked under the sheets as soon as I get away from here," he said remembering her. The other day he slept in her room, she thought he was sleeping when she did that but he was not, not to make her uncomfortable, he did not point it out.

"I could not call you my cousin for these reasons, Nayera Garg," he explained himself as he released his hands from her waist.

"You can't be my cousin, Era," he said creating some much-needed distance between them as she felt herself releasing the breath she did not know she was holding for so long.

"Umm, aa... Yeah okay," she could not form words, not at least when he was so close to her when she could still see the light mark of what seemed to be a pimple.

He was too close.

"I apologize that I didn't get the chance to ask you, I just could not whisper and ask what I should tell them," he said as she took a frustrated breath.

"Make sure next time you don't address me as your girlfriend," she said after a long paise.

"Okay," he said as she finished her tea. Changing into soft cotton nightwear, she walked out of the room only to find him holding the phone in his grip.

"Hwya happened?" She asked looking at his strained face, he was still a little too much.

His hold on his phone was close to breaking it off.

"Kush?" She asked making a bun of her hair as she put her hand on his shoulder.

"I messed up," he murmured as he looked at her.

Nayera made a stupid face and rolled her eyes at him, "what did you do?"

"I sent Sneha and the guy she was selling the information to the palace in anger," he said as she nodded.

"I remember that but what's the big deal? That's your home right?" She asked. She did not know about him or his family other than the fact he was close to his mother.

She had seen his international with her the other day.

"Sneha told her father, Veerendra uncle that my girlfriend helped me all along and Veerendra's uncle confirmed your presence with me and now they all are demanding to meet my girlfriend," Kush explained.

"Fuck!"