Prism To Her Light

| 1 7 | bake

~ tum se hi din hota hai,
surmayi shaam aati hai
tum se hi ~

"Ummm... yes the batter is yummy"

"Just yummy?" she asked trying to tease him.

"no no no.. not just yummy but more delicious", he exclaimed relishing another spoonful from her the bowl.

"stop it, Neil, this is how you're going to teach me baking?", she smacked on the back of his hand.

"oouchh... and still you're being lady don to your teacher",

"shut up, Mr chatterbox and let me concentrate!",
She continued mixing the batter from the whisker, in full concentration.

It was an off day for both of them, and they were sipping tea on Avni's balcony enjoying the weather of cold winds and light sun rays when Misha called Neil to ask him for the recipe for chocolate cookies at which he slapped his head.

"how many times I have taught you mish, and every time you do this bhulakkad ladki?"

"Ah, please bhai. Tell me the recipe without any tantrums, I need to bake that for dad.", she pouted looking at him, requesting him to tell her the recipe fast.

Avni quietly listened to the tantrums and talks of siblings and smiled at them. She had always wished for a sibling in life, but never had and when Ali came, she saw more than a friend, a brother, and moral support in him.

She knew that Neil was much better at cooking but never had the idea that he was brilliant at baking to serve the recipe so smoothly.

"You know baking as well?", she asked him while he was busy talking to his sister.

"Oh yess Avni, he's a chef in cooking and baking as well. Bhai, didn't you tell her?", Misha jumped in between from the phone which Neil was holding.

"Shut up mish, you go and bake some and tell me how it was. Okay, bye", saying this, he put off the phone on the side table and smiled at her, while she was looking at him with her raised brows.

"Okay okay, I surrender mam. Yes, I do know that but I don't think I am such great in that." he smiled looking at her surprised face.

"chalo then, let's go", she said standing up and dragging him with her.

"arey par, where we are heading to?"

"to your kitchen, you will teach me baking a cake, chalo come on let's go", she dragged him with her and here they were in Neil's kitchen, where he was making her learn the ingredients and method to make a batter for a chocolate cake.

Her hands were mixed with flour and chocolate, while she struggled to put the strangle of her hair behind the ear.

Neil saw her struggling with her hair, he gently put her hair behind her ear softly, looking into her eyes.

She looked into his eyes, which were filled with warmth. His face held a smile which was pure and sweet, she couldn't detach herself from drowning in them.

A sudden sound from the door made them both come out of the reverie, and Avni moved aside to look down while looking at the door.

"ah sorry, I was just.., ah - I will see who's in the order.", he stammered not wanting to make it more awkward went to open the door.

The door opened to see a delivery parcel from Domino's, looking at which Neil's face lighted up. He took the order and asked for the payment to which he got responded by already paid.

He closed the door took two cans of coke and medium size cheezy corn pizza and put them on the dining table.

"wow Avni, smart haan. I just thought and you ordered it for me. How sweet, thank you Ms Mehta", he said a little dramatically at which she got annoyed at him.