WHY THIS DISTANCE

55| Aadriti

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My head turns towards Agastya in surprise as he steps out of the bathroom and sneezes while rubbing his head.

"Why are you-" My sentence comes to a halt when he sneezes again causing me to stand up from my sitting position on the bed.

Agastya sneezes again rubbing his nose while I take quick steps towards him in worry.

"Did you catch cold-" I grab the towel from his hand looking at his face when he sneezes again.

"I am-" one more sneeze from himself stops him from finishing the sentence and my eyebrows scrunch "Fine"

"Come sit here, you are not fine!" I grab his bicep leading him towards the bed.

"We were out in the rain for a long time, I guess that's why-" Agastya manages to speak before he sneezes again.

I make him sit on the bed quickly drying his wet hair while he struggles with the cold.

"Do we have any medicine? What should I do-" I look at him frantically while keeping my hands busy drying his hair.

Agastya looks up at me and manges to give a little shake of his head before he sneezes again.

I look at him in concern not knowing what to do in such a situation as his nose turns red due to the cold and his face pales.

"You-uhm" I hold his shoulders looking around the bedroom not sure what I am looking for

"Sit here I will look for something" I mutter, dropping the towel beside him and go search for medicine in the bedside drawer.

"It's fine, I'll be okay in some time" Agastya Mumbles before his sneeze catches up with him again.

I search through the drawers and find nothing frustrating me even more as I think about ways to make him feel better.

"There is no medicine, tell me what should I do" I tell him gently while coming to stand in front of him.

Agastya grabs my right hand trying to look okay but he doesn't say anything as he sneezes again and again.

I rush towards the other side table looking for any medicine that could help his condition right now. I wordlessly search through the drawer picking up things and throwing them back again.

A hand grabs mine, stopping my frustrated search.

I look up at Agastya wanting to know his reason for this sudden interruption. He simply drops my hand beside me while reaching for the drawer himself.

I let him go through the drawer while standing beside him quietly watching as he takes a bottle of vicks from the drawer.

I narrow my eyes when he holds the bottle in front of me and tips his head at it. Opening the cap he rubs some of the gel on his nose.

The minute he closes the cap of the bottle he sneezes again causing me to side eye him with my hands folded in front of myself.

"It will take some time to work" Agastya mutters, noticing my stare as I still stand there unsure of the credibility of vicks.

"Oye, oye, where?" My eyebrows shoot up when he starts moving towards the bedroom door causing me to grab his arm.

"To cook dinner" Agastya replies and my face morphs into realization that I didn't let him stop his bike when he suggested getting the food parceled on our way home.