TANGLED❤️‍

Chapter 23

The past couple months Manik and his mom haven't been getting along at all, he did mention how much he hates her but especially the past couple months she keeps troubling him for god knows what but his face literally drops and his body freezes a lot when she calls and asks for something

"How about you drive me home and I can pack a bag" I whisper

"You will come with?" He asks

"Of course I will, I can even stay over if you want?"

"Please" he mumbles making me smile

He drives me home but he didn't get out of the car, I went in and packed a bag for myself, getting back in the car. When we got to his house, Manik went straight to shower, while I made us some salad because neither one of us were super hungry

I am not even going to lie when I say he looked super bummed out, it was almost like he was going back into that shell I pulled him out of because when we met he was this person who wouldn't say anything too personal but then slowly he opened up and it feels like he is pulling away again

It's not just that, the past few days he had been taking his anxiety medicine but he still cannot sleep at all which is scary. I know he doesn't wanna share much but I will for sure push him today to tell me what's going on

"Nandini" I hear his whisper

"In the kitchen mani" I mumble

his heavy steps come closer, his arms wrap around my waist, his chin on my shoulder.

"Hi handsome" I whisper

"Im sleepy" he says

"I know, I made some food, lets eat and then you can sleep okay" I tell him

"Im not hungry at all" he says

"Doesn't matter, you need to eat" I say

Sighing he hops up on the kitchen counter, I place a salad bowl in his hands, he takes a few breaths, something he does when he is convincing himself to eat

I hate when I see him like this, there are times it is hard for him to eat, even drink water but he never shares it with which is a problem because I tell him every little thing but he doesn't.

"Mani, come on" I say grabbing the bowl from his hand

"Where?" He asks

"In the balcony" I say walking over to his room going out to the balcony

He follows and I point at the hammock, he sits down and I make myself comfortable sitting in his lap

"I love you" I whisper kissing his cheek

"I love you so much" he mumbles

"So I tried something new mhm I used some spicy stuff so tell me if you like this better or the normal one I make" I say feeding him a bite which he takes

He chews on it slowly as I take a couple bites as well.

"Mhm I like this better, but why did you put this tofu in here?" He asks knowing I like chicken better

"Because you didn't have enough chicken in the fridge so now we use tofu to mimic the chicken"

"But I can taste the difference"

"No you can't, shhh just imagine a nice piece of chicken" I say making him smile a little

His head tilts a little resting on the side of my head making me smile

"You know you can talk to me and no I don't mean just about work, I mean about everything Manik" he nods taking another bite

Smiling I kiss his lips and then his chin