I stormed into my room angrily, scaring the shit out of Puli.
"Acho, I'm so sorry da" I bend to his level and he walks away.
"Na avar mela ulla kovatha door kitta kaamchitten, sorry puli" I pout and he stops, before walking further away from me.
"Ethukku kovama irukkenu kekamaatiya? Sari paravailla naney solren. Antha daldamanda yenne one hour laye veetukku koottitu vanthrchu" I sigh and explain to my cat who was more interested in sleeping.
"Puli, inga va"
Puli stares at me and shuts his eyes, before dozing off.
"Sari, nanum thoonguren"
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"Sai?" a faint knock reaches my ears and I sit up instantly. Rubbing my eyes with the back of my hand, I look at the time and realize it's time for dinner.
Okay that's good. Food time.
Hopping off the bed, I unlock my door and meet Parvathi's eyes
"I'm so sorry-"
"Pars-"
"I swear to God, Sai if you call me Pars one more time I'll kill you" She gives me her murderous eyes and I chuckle.
"That suits you"
"No. It doesn't" She crosses her arms against her chest and glares.
The siblings have one thing in common, the glare.
"Okay okay. I won't call you Pars. Okay? Pars doesn't-"
"You're calling me that again"
"I didn't call you pars I was just saying-"
"I give up" She sighs in defeat and a grin takes over my features.
"As you should" She simply rolls her eyes at me.
"The dinner is ready" She informs, before disappearing into the kitchen.
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I slowly walk towards the dining table and notice the siblings are already seated.
For good two minutes, I eat in silence, watching them talk about their family, the taste of chana masala melting in my tongue.
Can Pars get any more perfect at cooking?
"Vara vara nalla samaikka kathukittiye Da anna" she pats his arm and I nearly choke on my food.
Did he make this?
I'm supposed to be angry at him and not eat his food.
But the food-
No.
I shouldn't listen to my conscience anymore.
"You made this?" I ask, in fake disgust. He shrugs before digging into his plate.
"I don't like this" I push my plate and pars looks at me confused.
"Then don't eat" he retorts before I could make another comment.
Jerk.
"This tastes awful" I lie smoothly and lean against my chair.
"Are you okay?" Pars asks concerned and I nod my head frantically.
"Yes yes. My tastebuds are working just fine, it's just the food" I lie again and take the plate to the kitchen
'Ayyayo ivlo sapadu waste ah poguthey' my conscience cries and I too join my conscience.
After dumping the food on the trash can heartbroken, I head to the room without meeting anyone's eyes.
I plop on the bed, heartbroken, and look at my always asleep cat.
"How are you able to sleep 24/7?" I wonder out loud and puli's eyes snaps open before shutting again.
"Meow" That's a warning for me to shut up.
I sigh and my stomach grumbles.
"Ippove pasikka aarambichitte" I whisper and hide my face in the pillow.
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After three hours of tossing and turning around, I groan silently when my stomach rumbles again.
"No no no no. I'm not supposed to be hungry" deciding whether if I should drop my ego and have food or die starved, I go for the most sanest option anyone in my situation would go for.
Removing the blankets off me, I silently open my door and tip toe to the kitchen.
"Kadavule, enakkum koncham sapadu irukkanum" Quickly praying, I find myself opening the perfectly covered food in the fridge and thinking if should I heat and eat or simply eat without heating which would save me from the oven chiming sounds.
Unwrapping the aluminum foil-covered bowl, I dip a spoon in the chana masala and look for roti which was covered in the foil too.
I nearly bite my tongue when the chill food enters my mouth and moan slowly when the taste takes over my tastebuds.
"Ayyo, itha poi na waste pannitaney" I hiss and continue eating
My breath hitches when I hear a door creaking open and the next thing I know, I'm crawling on the kitchen floor to the dining table and hiding under it. I place my plate on the surface slowly and cover my mouth with my hands.
"Huh?" I could hear the confusion in his voice when he walks over to the fridge.
" I thought I asked her to keep these in the fridge," He says slowly. All I could see was his long legs striding his way to the table I'm hiding under.
No no no
This shouldn't happen.
He then opens the fridge which was placed opposite the dining table and slowly takes out a water bottle.
Not knowing what to do, I take the plate in my hand and munch a piece of roti slowly. The dropping of the water bottle cap buzzes in the kitchen and I hold my breath. The cap stops swirling and stays still on the ground.
Do you really have to drop the cap Akshay? Yen enakku mattum ipdilam nadakuthu Kadavuley?
Internally crying and praying to God he shouldn't bother taking the bottle cap and leaving the bottle of water wide open but I know anyone in the right sense wouldn't leave the water bottle wide open and he would definitely pick up the cap.
God has different plans and he bends down to pick up the cap and almost notices me. I breathe out a sigh of relief when he straightens himself without noticing me and munch another piece of roti slowly.
Thank go-
"What are you doing?" startled by the voice, my eyes move from my plate to Akshay, who was bending and looking at me, in almost disbelief. I almost choke on the roti and cough vigorously.
"Here" he hands me a bottle of water and I gulp them down in one go.
Now how do I face him?
"What are you doing?" He asks again and I shut my eyes, my cheeks heating up in embarrassment.
"I'm trying to sleep" I lie and open my eyes to find him nodding
" I see. Have a good sleep here then" he says and disappears from the kitchen.
Huh?
That wasn't so bad. Was it? Nope.
But what if he mocks me tomorrow?
Oh God, I'm already not looking forward to tomorrow. Groaning I pick another piece of my food and now I don't want to eat.
Oh my stomach, can you get any more annoying?
Silently crying, I try to stand up only to hit my head on the table. Grunting, I carefully remove myself from the table and head to bed.
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