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Everything that will be published under the label  IN ELYSIUM is purely plotless adorable romance.

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17th November 2020.

Munnar, Kerala.

"Shree!" Madhav exclaimed as he was being pulled by his beloved out from their bedroom "Where are you taking me?"

"To the garden of course!" she said cheerfully "It's going to be enthralling. You will love it"

"NO! It's going to rain, Shree!" he said almost shouting.

Thunder roared somewhere in the distance and lightning cracked the sky. Thunder once more rumbled and shook the earth and droplets of water began to cascade down the earth from the sky and soak the rich soil of Munnar.

"It's just a little rain after all" she said.

"A little rain?" he asks taken aback "It's pouring outside! Why don't we spend some time inside instead?" Shree had just returned home after a busy day at school.

"I told you right, it's going to be enthralling! You'll love it!"

"Yes, I'll love it when I sit in bed with a running nose and a freaking high temperature!" He says.

"Then do as you please" she said mockingly as she took of her dupatta and ran to the garden, as the raindrops touched her.

"Nanna, can I also go?" Madhu asks as she stands on the veranda.

"No, go inside, kanamma!" Madhav says.

"But Amma-"

"She never listens to me." Madhav says. "But you do, don't you?"

Madhu nods and runs back inside.

Shree turned to face him "You're going to miss this, Madhav!"

He raised his hand gently in refusal and leaned onto a wall. "I don't think so Chellam!"

The rain drops fell on her head and dampen her head. The droplets of rain were tangling in her hair glistening like stars in the night sky, giving the impression of a princess wearing a diamond studded hair loom on her head. She expanded her hands as if to embrace the rain and closed her eyes and her lips curved delicately into a smile. The rain poured heavily and Madhav noticed the drops of rain touch her forehead, flow through her small nose and fall onto her red lips like beads of pearls. 

Raindrops were flowing through the curve of her face, along her throat and soaked her yellow sari, drenching it. Precious and priceless drops. She was quite drenched within a few minutes, her silken sari, now almost translucent, exposed a great view of her shapely and slender waist.

It has been a few days after he had proposed to her. Both the families were excited when they announced it that night. Arrangements for their wedding were currently going on, and faster since Madhav and Shree both agreed to get married the next Sunday. Just five more days are remaining before they tie the knot, again.

When she said yes, he had pressed a deep kiss on her lips and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. He felt content while she felt loved in his embrace. She was indeed the best thing to have happened in his life. He cradled her in his arms pressing feathery kisses on her hair. He promised himself to make each day of their lives a grand festival, every minute memorable and never to make her feel lonely.

Madhav felt his stomach churn when she untied her hair, it rippled down like a cascade of waters and she shook it gently. He stood straight as he admired the scene, with eyes fixed on her, his eyes refusing to blink. Something inside him told him to go and join her. 

The rain now touched him and started to drench him as well. The raindrops fell from his shoulder and ran down as they fell on to his back and soaked his clothes. He looked at her intensely now, refusing to avert his eyes.

She opened her eyes and found him standing opposite to her. His eyes are a mesmerizing shade of hazel, clear, deep and intense. His jaw is set and his features on a craved and set expression. Rain drops fell on his head and slid through his face and fell onto his hardened chest from his stubble chin.

"I'm glad you changed your mind" she said softly and twirled lightly with her hands still stretched out. Madhav admired her childishness, she stepped onto something slippery as she slipped and lost her balance, and was about to fall down headlong when she felt Madhav's hands grab her waist and she instantly wrapped her hands around his neck. She opened her eyes and saw herself inclined, her waist supported by his hands, and her hands around his neck.

He looked into her blue eyes. They were sparkling like rare sapphires, shining brightly. The raindrops on the curve of his nose fell on her eyes, while those treacherous drops on his chin dripped on to her neck and disappeared under her blouse. Something caught Shree's eyes under a leaf on the bush near them. Shree freed herself and went closer to inspect it. It was a butterfly taking shelter under the leaf from the rain, which was drizzling now.

"Madhav!" she whispered and beckoned him to come closer. He obeyed it. It was a beautiful butterfly with shades of bright colours on its massive wings. It also had dark spots splotched on it; heightening its beauty.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Shree asked softly.

"Yes indeed" he said looking at her. The butterfly would have heard the roughness of his voice and flew away.

"Don't go!" Shree exclaimed softly, as she followed the butterfly.. Madhav walked towards her and settled his chin on her bare shoulder and took her hand, her palm facing upwards and positioned it above his. He stands behind her, her back pressed against his chest, and she, through her sari can feel his lean and well-muscled chest, and when he speaks and she enjoys the low rumble of his voice against her back. He placed a wet kiss along her neck, then sank his nose to nuzzle her shoulder blade.

The butterfly came to her and perched on to her soft palm. Madhav brought his face close to his and nuzzled her cheek. Shree smiled as she felt the butterfly's legs touch her palm. She turned around to show it to him. Madhav's tanned lips cracked into a smile that cracks apart her spine and extended his hand to touch her cheek. She blushed as the butterfly flew away.

"My dear Shree" he addressed. "If I ask you to be my legally wedded wife, will you say yes?"

"I think I gave you my answer on Diwali night." Shree tells him smiling.

"I know! But I just wanted to ask from you!"

Tears brimmed in her eyes as she nodded, to which he smiled.

"I'm the most fortunate man ever. I get to marry my beloved twice. Chellam, I can't wait until I marry you once more." he whispered her, holding her close to his heart. He smiled and kissed her sweet smelling hair and lazily peppered Shree's face with kisses. She looked up at him and he felt her lips beckoning him to come close. He smiled at her sliding his hand over her waist and she now had cupped his face, they came closer, as the distance between their lips decreased lightly and then quickly.

He brought his hand to his face and touched her cheek, brushing it softly with his fingers. He leaned in and kissed her tenderly, and she kissed back. She closed her eyes and parted her lips as he ran his fingers up and down her arms, slowly, and then lightly. She felt his hand come to feel the flat plains of her waist while his lips met her lips as slow as a time could pass. What started as a soft meeting of the lips became a deep and passionate kiss, their hands roaming over the other's with the greed to feel the other's bare skin.

"Mumma! MUMMA!" Madhu calls out as she comes running outside.

Shree distanced herself from Madhav and they walked towards Madhu, who was standing on the porch.

"What is it Madhu?" she asked concerned.

"Bhamma has called." Madhu said excitedly. "She wants to talk to you and Nanna."

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