Love Me

10

"She was really upset yesterday, like really upset. She was even crying. It broke my heart to see her like that," Daksh told Ayaan over the phone, the pain clearly evident in his voice.

"Daksh, we can do nothing about the boy's matter. She clearly misunderstood him. Give her phone, I will talk to her and make her understand this," Ayaan said.

"She's sleeping. If you have some free time, come spend it with us," Daksh said while making himself a cup of tea.

"I will. By the way, why is she sleeping? Is she taking a day off?" Ayaan asked.

"I just didn't wake her up yet, but I'll wake her up soon. She can't take a day off. If you're free, come visit us. I'm hanging up now," he said, ending the call and heading to his room with his tea.

"Roshni, wake up! You'll be late," Daksh said.

"Let me sleep, Daksh. My head is hurting so much," she replied, turning away.

"It's probably because of crying. Okay, get up, or you'll be late," Daksh said, taking the blanket off her.

"I'm not lying, my head really hurts," she insisted.

He held her hand and made her sit up. He put his palm on her forehead and sighed.

"You have a temperature again. I told you not to cry, but you didn't listen. You've been running a fever since last week. It went down for a few days, and now it's back. Ok, we are going to the doctor today," he said with a sigh.

"I... I... I'm going to get ready. I don't have a fever, sorry," she said, quickly leaving his room and heading straight to the bathroom for a shower. She came out wearing her school uniform. She walked into the kitchen, looking down.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

"What are you sorry about, Roshni?" Daksh asked in confusion. He was holding her bag, which he placed on the table, then turned to Roshni, giving her his full attention.

"For being sick?" she said, almost like a question. When Daksh didn't reply and gave her a look of disbelief, she again apologized.

"I'm sorry, but I'm fine now," she whispered.

"Roshni, you're one step away from getting slapped. Sit down and eat something, then we will go to the clinic," Daksh said in a firm tone.

"Fever will be gone if I take a day off," she requested, taking a step near him. She gave him puppy eyes with an adorable pout, making his heart melt.

"Ok," he sighed.

"I have Riyansh's register. Give it back to him. Then I'm going to my room," she said immediately, hearing his changed tone.

"Who's going to have your breakfast? Me?" Daksh said, placing her breakfast in front of her.

"Rest means rest, no TV. I'll come straight after school. I won't go to college today. Don't take any medicine, I'll take you to the clinic," he said before heading off to his car, leaving Roshni alone.

"What should I do now? Forget all this, let's watch a movie. Best idea. I can even catch up on my sleep. Do I have to change out of this uniform? I don't want to... Oh well, I'll change later," she muttered to herself as she made her way to the living room and turned on the TV.

Unknowingly, she dozed off while watching TV, only to be jolted awake by the sound of the doorbell.

She went to answer the door without bothering to check who it was, then returned to the couch.

"Aren't you going to at least say hello to me?" a familiar voice said.

She widened her eyes upon hearing the voice.