Little Hearts

Chapter - 33

||Win or lose?||

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"Hurry up, it's almost 10 o'clock", Shravas was shouting at Lasya as they were munching scrumptious sandwiches in the canteen of Sri Ram College of Engineering.

"Wait...let .. me..me eat this", She said muffled as her mouth was stuffed with her favorite.

He chuckled looking at her the way she was eating without any thoughts about how she might be looking or what others would think about her.

'such a carefree girl, my little hearts',  he mumbled himself giving a glance at her.

She raised her brow in confusion. She stopped chewing her food, "Did you just say something?"

He nervously smiled, scratched his nape, and thought of ways to cover up. 

"Yes, I did say to hurry up we are going to be late for the event", He without letting her know changed the topic.

She sighed and munched faster.

"Okay, I am full now", She said as she wiped her lips with the tissue.

They left the hotel by around 7.30 in the morning and took 45 minutes to reach the venue. As soon as they entered, Lasya started feeling very giddy and nervous and when she is nervous she finds it difficult to cope with the surroundings so to gain momentum she has to eat something she is fond of.

So here they are, together again in the college's canteen where they served her favorite paneer cheese sandwich. It's almost an hour since they are eating, especially Lasya eating.

She has finished almost 2 sandwiches and a bottle of coke.

"Thank God, you are at least full now. It's like, you haven't eaten for so long when I saw you the way you were eating just a few seconds ago", He said shaking his head in disbelief.

"I am unique. So yeah, sometimes I eat a lot more than you expect especially when I am nervous as hell", She said shrugging her shoulders as if it was not a big deal.

"Anyway, it's your treat, right? So I didn't do anything wrong. I just ate what I could have done a few days ago. That's it", His eyes widened like a saucer, and sighed heavily.

"I must be very alert again and I need to think twice before asking you out for dinner or something else especially where food is involved", He said and burst out in laughter after seeing the invisible smoke coming out from her ears.

His laughter was down when he saw her standing there with her arms down and breathing heavily as if she was ready to pounce over him any second just to tear his rib apart.

Soon, he straightened himself and ruffled his hair with a frown.

"Come, let's go. We don't want to be late now, do we?", He asked as he grabbed their backpacks and made the way out of her sight.

When he was away, he let out his breath which he didn't know he was holding.

'Oh holy Lord, she seems to be very scary when she is angry. It's better to be in her good card if I don't want to die before my love confession', he groaned mentally.

Meanwhile, when he left, Lasya burst out in laughter and as she couldn't control, she took hold of the nearby table to steady herself.

She then gulped a glass of water kept on the table and then went trailing behind him.

'Did he really get scared? Thank God. I didn't know I could be this scary and furious. Ha, Serves him better then', she thought mentally and giggled at him.