Roommate (ASHAANGI)

Two

I could feel something tugging my shirt.

A gentle tug at my hair now.

And now, something is on top of my back. Something changed its position beside my face and started patting my cheeks

Groaning, my heavy eyelids opened, my eyes meeting with my cat.

So the something was pulimurugan. A smile takes over my features when he places his head next to me and watches me intently opening my eyes.

"Goodmorning" Smiling, I place a kiss on the top of his head and he simply ran to the door. I sit up, the blankets still hovering me.

Sunday. No work day. Wooohooo

A grin breaks out on my face when I think about not going to work today. Lazily removing myself from bed, I walk towards the washroom.

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After a hot shower, I step out of the washroom slowly and get dressed into a comfy white long-sleeved shirt and solid wide-leg pants. Drying my hair, I head out of my room and meet with an I'm too bored to give a shit guy watching TV, his expressions blank.

I roll my eyes and walk to the kitchen. The smell of coffee instantly hits my nostrils and I beam at my bestfriend, Parvathi.

"Thank you," I say, before taking the mug of coffee from her hands and heading to the living room, without even waiting for her response.

"Saiiiii" She yells angrily, and I laugh at the fact that I stole my best friend's coffee

"Sorry" I yell back and sit on the end of the couch, away from Mr. Grumpy. He leans against the couch, his eyes never leaving the TV.

"Stop staring" He says, his eyes still on TV.

I quickly averted my gaze and my focus shifted to the mug on my hands. Smiling evilly, I slurped my coffee loudly and earned a silent groan from Akshay. Another loud slurp and I'm sure Akshay lost his shit.

"Something is at the door. A straw. Go get it and stop slurping" He speaks, his eyes still on the TV. I hold back a snort and slurp loudly again. This time I earned a look that made me stop whatever I was doing.

Sheepishly smiling, I watch Parvathi strolling out of the kitchen and to the living room with a phone tucked between her ear and shoulder, gripping two mugs on her hand. She looks at her brother and passes a mug to him while talking to the person on another side of the phone.

"Okay... Yeah, it's no problem. No no no it's okay" She hangs up and looks at me with apologetic eyes.

Uhuh, I don't like the sound of what's about to come next.

"I'm so sorry Sai, I'm really sorry but I'm afraid I've to cancel my plans with you today" She gives me her apologetic eyes and I nod

"I'm really sorry. I have work to get done. Like right now. I'm really sorry" She apologizes for the second time and I dismissively wave my hands.

"Don't be, I'll be fine. We can still go next week" I assured her and smile at her, indicating I'm not at all mad and she can go do her work without feeling guilty. She quickly gives me a side hug and runs to her room. After what seemed like ten minutes, she steps out of her room, wearing a professional suit with piles of folders in her hands and exists the apartment

"Hey" I turn to Akshay and tilt my head to have a better look at him. His eyes were still glued to the TV and didn't bother to spare a glance at me.

"Hiiii" I greet again and his eyes briefly meet mine before landing on the TV again.

"What are your plans for today?" I slowly ask.