Destined To You

CHAPTER 9 - Burn it off, Babe !

3rd person pov :

"Next stop, Dakshinachitra heritage museum", Ankitha said as they went in, Ankitha covered herself with a scarf and Shrey was covered with his cap and mask.

They spent around 45 minutes, looking at the peaceful collections in there.

"Yash, what do you want for lunch ?", Anki asked

"I would like South Indian"

"Seriously, Shrey ? No Italian, chinese ?"

"Nope, I could eat that in Mumbai, south Indian is quite rare there, and I would prefer South Indian food over all the other cuisines", he replied

"Wait here then, I'll get a call and we can leave", Anki said and went to some distance.

After few minutes, she came back

"You are lucky, Yash. It is available. Now come, we can go"

They started, "Anki, isn't it your home?", Shrey asked when they reached. 

"Yes, it is. Now come in", Anki said holding his hand and took him inside.

"Amma, we are here", Ankitha called out

"Shrey beta, come . I'm really sorry, it would take about 15 minutes. so go freshen up meanwhile", Raji (Anki's ma) told and Shrey looked confused.

"Okay ma, Adi have his dresses here, right ?", Anki asked. "Yep", Raji replied and went into the kitchen hurriedly.

"Come, I'll get you the dresses", Anki said and went into a room, Shrey gussed that it would be Adi and Ani's room. Ankitha came out with a comfy 3/4th pant, Come, Shrey".

"Anki, won't Adi mind ?", Shrey asked and and gave him a look, "He doesn't even know that he have his dresses here and will you be comfy in those jeans, seriously ?"

"No, definitely not"

"Then what, come", Anki said

"And we are here for lunch, love?", Shrey asked.

"Yep, becauseall the south indian restaurants will be crowded at this time Yash, That is why i asked what my amma is cooking and she listed out all tha south indian dishes, but I'm not sure if you would like it or not", Ankitha said. 

Shrey didn't reply anything, he just got her in a hug and whispered,"Thanks, love"

"oh god, We are just halfwat through our date, the evenings are amazing. So, keep your thanks to yourself", Ankitha said and handed him the towel and bottoms,"Come down when you are finished, I'll be in the kitchen with amma, hmm?", she asked and got a nod as a reply.

After around 5 minutes, Shreyas came down and went to the kitchen to see his atha and Anki doing some cooking.

"Atha, I troubled you, didn't I?", Shrey asked and his atha replied,"No Shrey, Obviously not. we cook these regularly and if I did it especially for you, then there is nothing wrong, I will cook speccially for Anki sometimes, and doing it for my SIL is not a problem"

"SIl..ha?", Anki who was listening to this convo teased as Raji didn't even mind her making Shrey laugh and Anki to roll her eyes in annoyance and continued her work. 

Shrey noticed Anki doing something on the stove,"Atha, Anki cooks?", he asked in a low tone.

"Yes Shrey, actually she cooks better than me, no hiddings I completely agree with that,"His atha replied with the same low tone.

"That's awesome, Atha", Shrey said and they were interupted by Anki,"guys, come. I will keep this in fridge. We can take it after lunch"

Shreya had a great lunch, he never had this tasty South Indian food anywhere, his amma cooks these but she don't know these..authentic pulikuzhambu, kootu, poriyal and all the other dishes. It was just the three of them, as his mam was in his job.

For desserts, Raju brought the chilled payasam for them and after a proper south indian meal, that felt heavenly. And it was made by who ? Our princess, right !

"Boy, don't you have to follow your diet and all?", Anki reminded him.

"No problem. I'll burn it off, babe", he said and Ankitha choked on her payasam, her amma patted her back and mummbled a "Carefullll~" to which Ankitha replied "I'm fine,ma"

"What do you mean by you'll burn it off, Yash?", Anki asked.

"I'll hit the gym", Shrey said in an obvious tone and he got clicked on What Anki thought.."Or if you help, We can burn it off, Babe." he teased

"Shut up...you, Prat !", She hissed and Shrey laughed at her flushed cheeks all that went unnoticed by her amma.

Author's note : And another one is right here~ do vote and comment your thoughts, y'alll~

byeeee, and gud ni8 👋