The Three-Way Love!(#Wattys2015, #YourStoryIndia)

Chapter 6: Clothesville!

Rohan took a seat next to me. I asked Margaret to get some breakfast for him.
He sat there for a minute, avoiding a direct eye contact. I waited for him to start speaking. After a while, he started saying "I want to apologize for yesterday. I got a little high because of the carousal. Did I say something inappropriate last night?"
He had concern mixed with a little guilt in his eyes. He did not cross any serious line when he spoke last night. He just spoke about his relationship and a single sentence about the towel incident. But I guess that's fine.
I held his hand between both my hands and told him "Chill. You didn't say anything like that. You just told me about Natasha, just because I started the topic."
He gave a sigh, his eyes focused on the plate. "What did I tell about her?"
"Nothing much. Just the truth about how you feel about her" I told him calmly.
I continued because he was totally silent "You don't need to feel anything about what you told me last night. That's what friends do, don't they? Talk about their lives. Without any hesitation!"
He looked into my eyes. The kind of look that meant he would confide in me always. And I felt like I wanted to be the person he would confide in.
Margaret came with his breakfast. I let go of his hand immediately. She kept the plate on the table and left.
I decided to accompany him till he finished his breakfast. To change the topic I said "When's the college starting?"
After having a bite of the bread piece, he said "After two weeks. Till then, we can roam around."
"I need to unpack first. Then I need to shop for college."
"I can help you if you want" he said politely.
I wanted to ask him about his equation with his brother. But now wasn't the good time I guess. He was already feeling bad for last night.
"Sure" I said with a faint smile.
He asked me "Are you liking it here?"
"Yes I am. But I think it will take time to get used to this place."I said with a grin. (The grin was like my favourite expression)
I paused for a moment and continued "The only thing that bothered me here was the paparazzi. I got clicked with your brother yesterday when I arrived. Annoying!"
He seemed uncomfortable when I mentioned his brother, step-brother technically. He didn't say anything and ate his breakfast.
I wondered if he saw my picture in the paper with Raj or not?
"When is your penthouse going to be ready?" he enquired.
"Are you waiting to get rid of me?"I raised an eyebrow giving him a dubious expression.
"Absolutely not. Why would I do that?" he said taking a sip of water.
"In July! Till then, my brother will be back. So I would share the apartment with him."
"Two months! I will irritate you a lot till then." He gave an evil laugh.
"Expect the same from me" I told him.
He was done with his breakfast. I got up along with him and we started walking together. He said "Again, I am really sorry for what I must have said last night. I hope you didn't mind. It was all due to vodka."
I gave him a blank expression. Punching him on his upper arm, I said "You really don't have to be so formal with me. Friends don't do that!"
He walked me till my room and left as he had to meet his bitch girlfriend.
As I entered the room, I gave a sigh looking at my luggage. There were about five suitcases for me to unpack for the day. I hated unpacking. I had a long day ahead of me. I sat cross legged on the floor unpacking each suitcase one after another.
Four hours later, I was done with just one suitcase. I could barely move from my place. The entire room was messed up with clothes and other stuff lying around.
Margaret came to call me for lunch but I asked her to bring it up to my room. After having lunch, I got back to my mission unpacking. After a long time, there was a knock at the door. Over six hours and I was done with only two and a quarter suitcases.
There was no space to move so I squeaked in a higher pitch "Come in!"The door opened and Raj was standing there dressed in a simple t-shirt and half pants holding two mugs in his hand. Coffee I guess! I could tell from the smell.
The moment he saw my room full of clothes around he said "It's like Clothesville ( I don't think such a word exists, just exaggerating ) in here."
"I know. It's a bit messy!" I said.
"A bit?" he chuckled. His smile was so infectious that it made me smile.
"A lot messy! There's no space in here." Before I could say anything else, he came in and positioned himself at a tiny spot on the bed where there were no clothes and said "I got you some coffee. Here you go!" handing me the mug.
I was still sitting cross legged on the floor. I got up to sit on the bed. He started talking in a pleasant tone "I saw that picture in the paper today. Annoying right..people following you around? But slowly you will get used to it."
I didn't pay much heed to what he said. I noticed one of my neon coloured bra was lying right near the spot he was sitting. Shit! Did he notice it? That was so weird. I hope he didn't see it. What if he had seen it? What would he think?
Definitely he might have seen more than just a bra. But then too, I needed to get rid of the thing before he saw it.
He was waiting for me to reply. He must have thought what a zoned out type of person I was.
"I am new to all this. But I think I'll be used to it soon. You got an off today from work today?"I said in a low voice.
When he responded I was busy trying to shove that thing under the pillow and finally succeeded and plastered a fake smile (He must have thought I was some mad lady just moving her hands over the bed in an awkward way) "It's a Saturday. I have an off on weekends."
"Oh!"I said sipping the warm coffee. "So got any plans for the evening?"I asked him politely.
He let out a mischievous smile running his hand through his messy hair, indicative what his answer would be, he said "I have a date." That's all he said.
"Ooohhhhhh" I said taunting him and poking him at his shoulder with a finger.
He gave me a hearty smile and said "Do you need any help with this mess?"
"Don't try to change the topic, Raj!" I told him and started sipping my coffee again.
He started giggling and looking at him I joined him too.
There was a knock at the door again and Raj said "Come in!"
Rohan came in and saw Raj sitting beside me. He totally ignored his brother. I wanted to know why Rohan gave his brother a cold shoulder. Looking at the amount of clothes in the room, he said "What is this? You need some help with these I guess. Should I send Margaret to help?"
I got up from my place, kept the mug on the side table and told him "I will handle it myself. I will finish till tomorrow." He must have been surprised to see so much mess around. To distract him from looking at the mess, I asked him "What brought you here?"
"Your parents are going to leave in a while. You must..."I interrupted him in between "I must go and see them." And I walked towards the door and both of them followed me downstairs silently without saying a single word.
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