Love in chat

Chapter 2

Third person's pov

Parental love

The only thing… no that's not a proper word that is one of the essential things that Kevin was deprived of from the very start. His parents never seemed to get along… They were like enemies to each other. Kevin was a result of their drunken mistake so both of them didn't really love Kevin. He was a mere responsibility to them.

It's not like they didn't try to get rid of him, sadly they did. But his mom came to know about her pregnancy after the third trimester so he couldn't be aborted. And Kevin's grandparents forbid them to put him up for adoption because they were sure Kevin would be the only heir and there would be no second child. They provided him everything he needed, expensive clothes, gifts on his birthdays, let him go to birthday parties, but was that all he needed? No he needed love, attention, care, which he didn't receive.

Now the question is did Kevin know the fact that he was never even welcomed to life by his parents.

Yeah, he did.

Her mother took out all of her frustration on the little kid but he was too small to understand the fact but now he did.

“Gosh, you remind me of him! Why the hell did I drink that day!? I am fed up with your father and you!”

It didn't affect him though.

His parents are now divorced, they check on him once in a while but it seems like a mere formality to him. And he answers them as a formality too.

Back then when he was little, he used to observe other parents asking their kids about their days and in return some kids excitedly babbled about their day while some complained about their teachers or friends.

And here Kevin was picked up by a driver who used to drop and pick him up lazily as if he was forced to. He didn't even know the man's name.

Reaching home, he used to be welcomed by either silence or shouts. Nobody seemed to care about how his day went or how he's doing. And a time came when he expected nothing. It's not like he despises his parents, he understood that they had their reasons. It was selfish but he couldn't hate them, they were still his parents.

But being asked the question he unknowingly craved made him feel a pang. 

“So how was ur day??”

This is what she asked and Kevin found himself answering it. How he wakes up tired, how he wandered in the streets and ended up sketching.

And her answer really gave him comfort. That he is not considered a weird or boring guy by the girl.

And the strange feeling of jealousy occupied his mind and he asked about Jacob. He instantly felt relief when he knew that it's not like how he was thinking. It was not the fact that he assumed.

“I told u I am not the one to initiate a conversation. I am just comfy around a few people.”

Kevin thought at least Mia had a countable people to be comfortable with, here he had no one.

Or maybe he did?

Mia?

“Am I one of them?”

Kevin crazily wanted to be one of them, in fact ‘the best’ among them. But he didn't know why or maybe he did.

“It made my heart flutter 👉🏻👈🏻

The person I admire is talking so sweetlyyyy with me!!!

Ajoydswtgbmkirdbmou!!?!?!?”

The girl always makes Kevin chuckle as his proposal has been accepted by a girl.

“Don't have instant noodles too much. Even if u are late or busy just order a takeaway... Better if u cook it urself.

Eat healthy... And take care of your health Mr. Handsome. Now go to sleep so u could wake up early and attend uni, don't miss your breakfast too.”

And this message…. Kevin took a while to process each and every word. He read it… re-read it…. Re-re-read it. And when he realised what it meant, he felt like one of those 90’s people who received a love letter after waiting for a week from his lover.

It made him question if he was so lovesick… so love deprived that he is being emotional when someone shows a little care about his diet. Did Mia know what she was doing with Kevin?

He wanted to reply… but what? He didn't know as he himself was not able to gather his emotions. And he ended up sending a ‘good night’.

Kevin didn't know how relationships or friendships work. He didn't know how to love or how to care. He was unaware by the fact how love feels. He didn't even have a crush on anyone.

He didn't know he wanted to befriend Mia or he is having a crush on her or it's love.

But he knew one thing, crystal clear…. That he needed Mia. He couldn't afford to lose her. He wanted her close to him and with him which he never wanted from anyone else before.

And he was afraid of this feeling… because he always looked unbothered but he was always the most bothered. And here he had no guarantee or assurance, what Mia wanted.

But he still was stern with his emotions and he ever got to relive this, he would feel this again. He knew it. That night Kevin slept strangely peacefully and cooked a nice breakfast. It felt good… strangely good.

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