CALL IT LOVE

SEE YOU SOON

My house is quite big. The main door brings you to the living room. The whole house was painted white and the house owner told me that I can modify it the way i want. So I painted pastel blue on the walls of the living room. To the right is a room, which is empty and I am planning to make it as a workspace.
To the left of the living room is the dining hall, whose left is the kitchen. To the right of the dining hall is the staircase. When you reach the first floor, again it's an empty white room. On one side, opposite to the staircase is my room. On the other side is another empty room, which Tanvi is gonna take over. You come up the stairs, to the right is Tanvi's room. Further right, we have the balcony. This lockdown, I'm planning to complete the decor of the house.

Tanvi was laying on the couch scrolling instagram on her cellphone. Meanwhile, I am sitting in the dining table, planning on what to make for lunch. LUNCH is all in my head. Arjun is going to eat my cooking. So I have to do my best to impress him. No, not impress, to get a good impression. I am sitting quietly on the table, lost in thoughts and suddenly Tanvi shouts.
"Are you gonna sit like that until Arjun comes?"
I did not hear her first.
"EXCUSE ME" She asks, in the meanest way possible.
"What?" I asked, calmly.
"That guy is gonna be here in 10 minutes and you are sitting like a statue. What am I supposed to do now? Join you with your nonsense sitting?"
"What are gonna make for lunch?"
"In 10 minutes?"
"No, I mean-"
"Tara stop it already. Stop obsessing over that guy."
"No Tanvi"
The doorbell rings. We know it's Arjun. Tanvi runs to the door and opens it.
"I know you did not expect me to answer the door" She says mockingly. He shyly smiles and puts his face down.
"Hi Arjun." I said as I come to the door to stop Tanvi mocking us."Come in."
"Ah, it's okay. Shall we go?" He asks, still standing at the door.
"Just a minute, lemme grab my bag" Tanvi says and runs upstairs.
Now it's just us. Should I ask him again to come in? Making him stand at the door and speaking to him would be so embarrassing. I want the earth below me to open so I can exit.
"Tanvi is staying here right?" He breaks the silence. I step out and go near his car and signal him to come over. I don't know what else to do. I then sit on the driver's seat. He stands leaning to the window.  I pretended to be looking at how the car is.
"Decided to not speak to me?"
"OH my God, no. Yes, Tanvi is gonna stay here. I am so happy that I got one good friend in day 1 of college. Or else, I would have gone to my home and then vishnu would have also come and then  the family drama." I let a huge sigh.
"Vishnu?" He asks doubtfully.
"Is that all you heard?" I asked him laughing.
"Enough of the flirting guys, start the car." Tanvi says as she locks the main door.
"Yes, my lady" I say mockingly and then start the car.
"You can?" He asked me thinking that I'd not know to drive this.
"This is also a CAR, Arjun" I said.
He sits in the front seat.
"I thought I am supposed to sit here, anyways thankyou" Tanvi says to Arjun and sits on the back seat.
Then I start driving. The whole city is empty. Small grocery stores and pharmaceuticals are the only ones open. Everything else is shut. Restaurants only provide take away. The roads are empty. I drove fast and reached the college in 10 minutes. I get down, hand over the car keys and waved a bye to him. Then Tanvi and I go to the dorm room. She unpacked everything in her room. She prepared her whole dorm room so perfectly. No one saw this lockdown coming. We took 3 hours packing and putting everything in my car. She brought brought much stuff with her that my car's trunk and backseat is full. She also keeps a big bag on her lap. I left my phone back in her dorm, so I ran back to take it up.
"3 missed calls from Arjun"
I call him back and speak to him on my way back to the car.
"Where are you Tara?" He asks.
"Um, I guess we are late. I'll go home in 10 minutes. I am on the way.
"Okay" he says and cut the call before I speak back.
We reach home and find the door open. I ran in to find a parcel of food on the dining table and Arjun sitting there.
"How did you get the keys?" I ask him in shock.
"Your dear friend left it in the backseat"
Tanvi chuckles.
It is 3 in the noon.
"I need 5 minutes. I'll change to comfort clothes." I said as I went up on the stairs. Tanvi also followed me. I pick out a marvel t shirt and paired it with a black colored knee length trousers. I put my hair into a bun, wiped off my lipstick, wask my face, put on my moisturizer and come out of the room. Tanvi is in a solid dark blue dress which is full length, collar necked and sleeveless. We come down for lunch. In the meantime  Arjun took plates from the pantry and plated our lunch. He bought 3 full meals which contains rice, sambar, a tamarind gravy, rasam, curd, 2 cooked vegetables, payasam for the desert, vadais and finally pappads. He has bought them from Annapoorna. I could guess it with the taste of its authentic sambar. We had a hearty meal. We were so hungry that no one spoke while eating. After eating, Tanvi went to the couch. Arjun put all the waste covers in a plastic bag and put it in the dustbin. I took all the dishes to the sink. Then we both go to the couch and sit there, like civilized citizens, unlike Tanvi who is laying on the longer couch.
"Okay then, it's time for me to leave" Arjun says as he stands up. I don't want him to go. I have no idea whether the lockdown is going to be released. I want to see him everyday, in person. I don't know when am I going to see him again. I have never connected to a person this fast and I feel something is lost when I am not with him.
I stood up. "Okay then. Bye Arjun. See you soon" I can see his face frowning from hearing me saying "see you soon." I pretended like I did not notice him. I get a call from mom. Tanvi sends off Arjun and I can hear the engine's sound fading.