RaghVi - Love, Lust and in between

Mr. Perfect

Set a few weeks after Expectations after they started sharing a bedroom.

It was 1am in the morning when Raghav finally reached home.

The business meeting for tomorrow was cancelled at the last minute when he had almost reached Warangal.

He could have stayed the night at the hotel but decided to make the 5 hour drive and come back home. These days he liked coming home, having dinner with his family & chatting about mundane things with Amma, Keerti and Pallavi.

He hadn't informed anybody he would be coming home today instead of tomorrow so he doubted anybody would be up. All the staff would have retired to their quarters by now. Assuming Pallavi would also be asleep and not wanting to disturb her he went to the guest room to change. He found his black shirt and tracks and changed into those since his night robes were in the bedroom. Feeling hungry he walked into the kitchen and searched for something to eat. There were fruits and snacks but they weren't enough to satiate his hunger. He opened the fridge to find that there was no food. His Amma was very strict about food wastage and made sure that food prepared would be consumed by the end of the day. The only thing he found was dosa batter. He decided that it had been a while since he had made his signature Raghav Rao dosa. He placed the batter on the counter, cut a few veggies, quickly mixed spices and grated some cheese. He then spread the dosa batter and added the rest of the ingredients. 

Pallavi tossed and turned in the bed. She was unable to sleep. Though she hated to admit it, she had gotten used to sleeping next to Raghav.His slight snoring would lull her into sleep. But, he was not coming home tonight and she was finding it very difficult to go to sleep.Finally she got up from the bed and looked around for some water. The water jug was empty so she walked towards the kitchen.

As she walked towards the kitchen, the smell of delicious food wafted upto her.

"Who was cooking this late at night?" she wondered and she came across a strange sight. Raghav was standing at the counter, with a spatula flipping a dosa on the pan. His hair slightly wet, in casual clothes & cooking in the kitchen humming a telugu song, he looked completely different.

"Tum kab aye aur kya karahe ho?" she asked

He looked up at her and then ignored her.

"Tumhe khana bana bhi atha hai?" she probed

He ignored her again, he was no mood to banter with her

"Main help kardeti hoon, jala doge dosa ko" she said worried he might spoil the dish. 

It never occured to her that Raghav was actually a pretty good cook.

"Chup chap baito" Raghav said indicating her to sit at the stool near the counter.

Irritated at her assumption and wanting to prove her wrong he transferred his cooked dosa on the plate and slid it towards her.

"Taste karo" he ordered

Pallavi tore a small bite from the end of the dosa forgoing the curry and cheese mixture.

"Asalu thinadumkuda radu (Silly girl, doesn't know how to even eat)" he muttured with annoyance as he tore another piece which had curry and cheese and held it to her lips. Surprised she opened her mouth and ate the morsel. It was delicious, probably the best dosa she had ever had. The melted cheese, the flavorful spices and the perfectly crisp dosa tasted like heaven.

"Utna bhi bura nahi hai" she declared not wanting to further boost his ego. 

He was already Ghammandi.