the coffee shop

that coffee shop had an aroma of the old teak coupled with the boiling coffee which was creating a sensation so deep that anuj was not able to help himself detach from amlost intoxicating fragrance that sanjana had. he tried to dig deep inside the fat book which smelt almost like sanjana. or was it just her and anuj was making it up as the smell of the book? he looked her her, cautiously, 'cause he didn't want to make her cautious thus inviting affectations from her. she was not often affectatious but often had an effect from anuj's presence.

the coffee and the cake came.

there wasn't much talk because anuj didn't want to look at her and she hated him talking to him with his eyes downcast. it was just his eyes that defeated her, weaken her. otherwise she was the outright winner. she had all the control and she directed the train of thoughts and of life that transpired between them.

"there is something stuck on your lip", anuj couldn't help saying.
"where?" sanjana asked
anuj raised his left hand to point to the spot on her lip but couldn't help extend it till he entangled his fingers in the hairs that covered her ear and placed his palm on her cheek. sanajana's lips quivered. anuj touched her lower lip with his thumb which almost trembled at the contact with the warm lip and smudged the small dot of chocolate sauce into a streak.
"oh!" anuj exclaimed
"what happened?", sanjana asked as if to answer the question in his mind. the eyes met again for more than a brief moment and anuj pecked on her lip and their lips locked. he cudn't decide what was sweeter, the chocolate or the sensation.